SAP Rail and Mobility
Annual Congress 2026 (Tue 21st)
SAP Rail Asset Management (RAM)
Annual Meeting 2026 (Wed 22nd and Thur 23rd)
Sponsors SAP Rail and Mobility 2026
Sponsors SAP RAM 2026
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Welcome to 2026 events in Dublin!
Hosted by Irish Rail at the iconic Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland.
Dates: April 21–23, 2026 (Tuesday–Thursday)
Venue: Croke Park
Join us for the SAP Rail and Mobility Annual Congress and the Rail Asset Management (RAM) sessions—three days packed with fresh ideas, practical insights, and collaboration with top industry leaders. Together, we’ll explore the future of rail and mobility and how SAP can contribute to innovate. Expect engaging discussions on customer experiences, along with the latest product updates and solution insights from SAP and its partners.
SAP ECC mainstream support will end between 2025 and 2027, with only costly extended maintenance available thereafter. For organizations running mission-critical SAP systems, these deadlines set a fixed horizon that cannot be ignored.
In railways and mobility, where public procurement and long project cycles are the norm, SAP ECC deadlines demand early action. The real risk isn’t 2027—it’s starting too late. Planning now ensures compliant tenders, controlled costs, and uninterrupted public transport services on the path to S/4HANA.
Highlights and Activities
- Free Time & Networking – Breaks built into the program for meaningful conversations.
- Roundtables – Open discussions around different themes led by an SAP expert
- Meet SAP Product Management & Partners – Direct discussions and demos by SAP experts and partners on product roadmaps and solutions.
- Workshops - focused on the hot technology topics for the industry, innovation at your hands.
During registration, you’ll select topics of interest and preferred activities.
We encourage you to make the most of every session—ask questions, share experiences, and connect over common topics and challenges.
Event Overview
SAP Rail and Mobility Annual Congress
Begins Tuesday morning (April 21) and continues through the day.
- Rail Asset Management (RAM)
Starts Wednesday (April 22) and concludes on Thursday (April 23) with a half-day program.
- Rail and Mobility workshop sessions (April 23)
Join the SAP experts for a hands-on experience around the latest technologies.
Agenda General Event
- DAY 1, 21st April
- DAY 1, Roundtables
Paul Cunningham | Managing Director SAP Labs Ireland
In the UK & Ireland, nearly 9 in 10 SAP customers are either using or planning to move to SAP S/4HANA, with adoption continuing to grow as organisations embrace digital transformation and prepare for the 2027 maintenance deadline, and almost three-quarters of users seeing enterprise AI as beneficial to their business strategy — trends that are critical for rail digitalisation and automation initiatives.
SAP Ireland has grown from just 35 employees when it started on April 1st, 1997, to over 1,700 employees representing more than 50 nationalities and speaking 46 languages.
Katharina Muellers-Patel | SVP, Service-Centric Industries, SAP Industries and Customer Advisory
SAP’s strategy for 2026 focuses on embedding AI and cloud-native capabilities across industry-specific solutions, using tools like Joule and Business Data Cloud to deliver automated, data-driven processes tailored to vertical needs.
Jude Carey | Head of Asset Management, Irish Rail - Iarnród Éireann
Jude Carey will share insights from the organisation’s ongoing digital transformation journey, including how modern data platforms and cloud-first strategies are strengthening operational visibility, decision-making and integration across core systems.
Shakil Wadiwala | AVP Corporate Technologies at Amtrak
Amtrak is the United States’ national passenger railroad service, operating intercity trains across a vast network that connects major cities and rural areas. SAP projects at Amtrak are part of a broader digital transformation strategy aimed at improving efficiency, consolidating systems, and aligning business processes across its nationwide operations.
Seçil Felek I Business Process Senior Consultant in Travel and Transportation industry
Join us as we strip away the marketing fluff and reveal the exact SAP tools you need to build a ruthless, clean, and untouchable architecture. We are unlocking the ultimate tech stack—from the process-mining precision of SAP Signavio and the deployment mastery of SAP Cloud ALM, to the hyper-accelerated intelligence of Joule for Consultants acting as your ultimate AI co-pilot. Discover the hidden features in SAP LeanIX and SAP BTP that the heavyweights use to dominate their markets while their peers are still doing blueprinting.
Vishwajit Shankar Bendre | Associate Vice President at Infosys
Jaykesh K Kutty I Vice President at Infosys
How can we deliver transformation and innovation while meeting the tight deadlines for projects?
Brian Gonsales | Technical Lead, Cybersecurity & Compliance at SAP
Railway safety prevents accidental harm; railway security protects against intentional threats. As rail systems digitize, cyber risks can impact operational safety. This session highlights how SAP applications support both—strengthening cybersecurity, asset integrity, and risk-controlled operations to protect passengers and infrastructure.
Clement Egan | Chief Technology Officer at Irish Rail - Iarnród Éireann
Clement Egan, Chief Technology Officer at Irish Rail, will discuss current SAP landscape and future strategy related to SAP in Irish Rail.
Catherine Garcera | AI Solution Manager IBU at SAP
SAP AI 2026 strategy and the way we can apply this to the industry cases for maximizing value for Rail and Mobility.
The goal is to have a short introduction to the topic and an open conversation (SAP product coverage, whitespaces, functional, organizational or technical challenges, lessons learned from attendees...) among the participants. The roundtables will run for 20 minutes each, people will rotate in up to three stations, 10-12 people maximum per table.
15 roundtables will be offered at registration (see details on the next tab); the top ten will be running (they choose 3 each participant at the initial registration-resulting in three conversations of 20 minutes each).
Kaya Yumusaklar I Managing Director, Technology-Strategy and Advisory at Accenture
Anne-Sophie Van Gaver I HR Transformation, Change Management & AI Innovations at Accenture
AI is transforming how SAP programs are delivered across the entire program lifecycle. In this keynote, we showcase practical AI use cases from real programs at Railway clients, illustrating how delivery teams can enhance efficiency, quality, and decision-making. Discover how to embed AI into daily delivery and unlock greater client value.
NMBS I TBC
Maxime Heller I Data Science Manager at Accenture
Use AI to transform historic maintenance data into actionable intelligence that drives faster interventions, improves reliability, and optimizes inventory: a story of how we are generating Task Lists (and parts) for corrective maintenance
Sameer Deshpande | Principal Solution Architect for Travel and Transport Services @ SAP
Sathyamoorthy Natarajan I Portfolio Lead for Passenger Travel and Leisure Industry
Urs Gerigh I Lighthouse Consulting
Rail and metro industry initiative launched by the Rail and Mobility IBU in 2025. Its primary goal is to accelerate adoption of SAP rail solutions by creating industry-specific best practices and preconfigured industry processes. This session will provide a progress update of activities.
Join On Device Solutions for the activity of your choice:
- Visit the Croke Park Stadium on a 1 hour tour
- Or enjoy the Halftime Team Talk with a 10-to-20-minute presentation that will cover history of Gaelic Games as a window into the heart of Irish culture.
- And the bar will be open for drinks.
SAP's Strategic Direction 2026 for railways focuses on an AI-First approach, using AI to optimize maintenance, scheduling, and operations. Agentic AI is the latest development, let`s discuss how this will be adapted and adopted by railways.
SAP's Strategic Direction 2026 for railways focuses too on an Business Data Cloud approach, but Data could have many angles-one of them relates to the general theme of the day: 2027 is approaching and Data stream will need to be a key part of the go live project- but there can be many others... (data driven entities, data strategy, data tools from SAP, data challenges, data location and ownership, data across processes in company or across companies...).
SAP cybersecurity is a critical enabler of S/4HANA migration, embedding security-by-design through identity management, continuous monitoring, and automated security controls across cloud and hybrid landscapes. By integrating security assessments and remediation early in the migration journey, organisations can reduce risk, ensure compliance, and protect mission-critical data while accelerating a safe transition to S/4HANA.
Agile methodology and Agile development relates to the general theme of the day: 2027 is approaching and the need to secure a predictible and un-disruptive S/4Hana migration or transformation project- SAP Agile deployment will need to be a key part of the go live project- understanding SAP best practices or discussing about the challenges and lessons learned from others can be a must for certain customers.
Passenger experience with SAP relates to the use of SAP CX technology+ BTP to provide passenger services support, on the communication, commerce, MAAS, service, loyalty, retail and assessorial ...
Planning operations in rail passenger or logistics is a heavy process involving human resources, asset management and complex rules. How are the SAP solutions giving support to rail operations planning today and what is the need from the industry?
The theme for this roundtable focuses on the need of the industry to provide compliance learning and certifications for the key roles in the organization, being this a must to be able to develop some of the jobs.
Fuel management processes are still, and will for many years, convered very lightly with SAP. How are others doing it and what is best practice from SAP?
RISE builds on the general theme of the day: 2027 is approaching and we all need to secure a smooth S/4Hana migration or transformation to go to cloud- RISE deployment will need to be a key part of the go live project- understanding SAP RISE or discussing about the challenges and lessons learned from others can be a key input.
SAP's Strategic Direction 2026 is based for other markets in a Public cloud-First approach. The public cloud option, with the associated pros and cons for this industry, should be a key part of the decision process for the S4HANA strategy- understanding SAP s/4 public cloud solutions or discussing about the challenges and lessons learned from other solutions or other customers can be a very good insight for the process.
Real Estate relates to the general theme of the day: 2027 is approaching and we need to make sure all our existing processes are covered, or even improved, by S/4Hana migration or transformation- understanding SAP RE solutions + Planon or discussing about the challenges and lessons learned from others can be a very good success enabler.
BRIM for rail can be applied to different aspects and use cases- from the MAAS clearing house, to the revenue assurance for rail public entities, including one invoice for rail logistics or line item reconciliation for infrastructure providers... we can look at the possibilities and define what will be the focus for each discussion.
SAP BTP enables seamless integration during S/4HANA migrations by connecting SAP and non-SAP systems through prebuilt integration content, APIs, and event-driven services. This approach reduces complexity, preserves existing landscapes, and allows organisations to modernise their core while maintaining business continuity and flexibility. Let´s discuss how railways is using it...
Revenue management relates to the general theme of the day: 2027 is approaching and we need to secure a smooth S/4Hana migration or transformation to go to cloud- migration and evolution of the revenue management processes will need to be a key part of the go live project- understanding SAP revenue/funds/planning/profitability analysis solutions or discussing about the challenges and lessons learned from others can be a very good success enabler for the finance area.
SAP Essential Adoption Services combine expert-guided implementation, built-in automation, and security best practices to help customers adopt SAP solutions faster and more securely. They leverage low-code automation, AI-driven document processing, and automated operations alongside a strong security foundation, delivered through a structured assess-configure-deploy approach that improves efficiency, reduces risk, and boosts user adoption.
Agenda RAM
- DAY 1, 22 April
- DAY 2, 23 April (Break-out) Infrastructure
- DAY 2, 23 April (Break-out) Rolling Stock
Johnny Clemmons | Industry Business Unit Manager for Construction, Professional Services and Travel and Transportation, SAP
Jude Carey | Head of Asset Management, Irish Rail
Our Asset Management Vision is to deliver "trusted information at your fingertips" will give us greater safety, reliability, and more effective use Funding. The project, called iTRAK, is a long-term commitment and journey with long term impacts in which we are laying down a Legacy for the next 20 years.
Elmar Paul | Chief Process Owner, Digital Supply Chain Cloud – Operate, SAP
SAP shares insights and strategic direction related to SAP asset management solution suite.
Tiago Fernandes | Business Development Manager - Intelligent Asset Management, SAP
Bart Schouw | Global VP Partner & Alliances, Cumulocity
Discover how SAP Asset Performance Management and Cumulocity IoT combine real‑time monitoring, predictive analytics, and intelligent maintenance to keep rail assets operating safely and efficiently. This session demonstrates how integrated insights help rail operators reduce downtime, extend asset life, and stay confidently on track.
Clement Egan | Chief Technology Officer, Irish Rail
Catherine Garcera | Lead AI Industry Advisor, Construction, Professional Services and Travel and Transportation, SAP
Alicia Gutierrez | Global Solution Manager for Railways, Industry Business Unit Travel and Transportation, SAP
The presentation will explain the need and value as well the progress of building an intelligent, mobile-friendly AI assistant that acts as a real-time field companion for infrastructure managers and technicians.
Marcus Fromm | Deputy CEO, valantic
Ram Bhaskara | Vice President, Advisory Consulting and Value Engineering, PiLog
This session explores how PiLog’s Data Quality and Governance Suite enables organizations to create trusted, standardized, and well‑governed data across the supply chain and asset lifecycle. Attendees will see how high‑quality master data drives stronger operational performance, reduces risk, and unlocks more intelligent decision‑making.
Noel Fagan | Mosaic
James Murhpy | Senior Consultant, Mobile/UX Technical Team Lead, SAP
SAP Mobile Asset Management digitizes maintenance execution by enabling field teams to work online or offline with real‑time access to asset data, tightly integrated with SAP S/4HANA. Following SAP’s AI‑first roadmap, the solution continues to evolve with smarter, more intuitive mobile capabilities. This session highlights what the solution delivers today and how to engage with SAP to achieve a successful, scalable implementation.
Ingo Teschke | SAP Application Manager, BLS
Darius Jurczyk | Industry Solution Advisor, SAP
This session highlights how members of the German Association of Public Transport Companies (VDV) collaborate to standardize and optimize their SAP‑based maintenance processes. Attendees will learn how shared frameworks, best practices, and coordinated development efforts help rail operators improve efficiency, reduce complexity, and accelerate innovation.
Ole Arnishøj Andersen | Advanced IT Business Consultant, DSB
By 2040, DSB will deliver a greener, more homogeneous fleet and a fully automated (GoA4) S-network, underpinned by the new Mogenstrup/Næstved maintenance facility. A clean core SAP S/4HANA system with SAP Asset Management for Resource Scheduling and SAP BTP—augmented by AI and early value from the API enabled TALGO warranty integration together with —will aid the transformation. This session highlights the roadmap, critical milestones, and operating model changes that turn vision into results.
Ingo Teschke | SAP Application Manager, BLS
This presentation explores how integrating projects with asset master data—enhanced by the Geospatial Enablement Framework (GEF)—improves data consistency, governance, and lifecycle visibility across capital delivery. It will demonstrate practical approaches, key benefits, and lessons learned from implementing GEF-enabled linkages in real-world project environments.
Mark Bender | Austrian Federal Railways
Michael Zangl | valantic
Experience sharing about how to use sensors mounted on autonomous robots to capture and integrate data to be used in asset management.
Stephan Albrecht | Business Enterprise Chief Consultant for SAP Geo Framework (GEF), SAP Real Estate Management, Property Management, Land Management, SAP
Mark Boeters | Product Owner, ProRail
Ingo Teschke | SAP Application Manager, BLS
This session highlights how ProRail, ÖBB, and BLS are leveraging the Geographical Enablement Framework (GEF) to unify spatial and operational data for clearer, more efficient asset insights. Attendees will learn how these rail operators use geospatial intelligence to streamline maintenance, improve decision‑making, and enhance network reliability.
Johannes Hofmann | valantic
Explains how best practices processes are used to accelerate the implementation of infrastructure asset management transformations.
Rainer Bammerlin | BVB
Learn how SAP Asset Performance Management leverages real‑time wheelset monitoring and predictive analytics to optimize rolling stock maintenance. This session demonstrates how intelligent insights reduce failures, extend asset life, and streamline maintenance operations.
Lukas Mathys | Business Development Specialist und Product Owner SAP Asset Management Rolling Stock, BLS
This presentation describes how BLS moved beyond visualization-only digital twins by redesigning the rolling stock asset model directly within SAP PM to create a fully system-integrated digital twin. Using a structured vehicle hierarchy and centralized bill of materials embedded in maintenance processes, the approach delivers greater transparency, faster analysis, and improved maintenance decision‑making, with lessons for scaling across complex assets.
Lisa Jordan | Global Business Process Owner, SAP Enterprise Asset Management, Alstom
This presentation outlines how Alstom defines and implements Entity in Charge of Maintenance (ECM) processes to ensure safety, compliance, and operational excellence across its fleets. It will highlight the governance framework, key process components, and practical insights from applying ECM standards in real maintenance environments.
Ivo Hutter | Rhaetian Railways
Matthias Wenzdorfer | valantic
Michael Nobis | valantic
A use case explaining how best practices processes are used to accelerate the implementation of rolling stock asset management transformations.
Hands-on Sessions
| Day 1 (April 21) | Day 2 (April 22) | |
| 1 | Apple on device AI for SAP mobile applications | Apple on device AI for SAP mobile applications |
| 2 | On Device Solution demos | On Device Solution demos |
| 3 | SAP AI demos | SAP AI demos |
Workshops
ATTENDEE PROFILE: Business/IT experts, basic understanding of SAP AI, no need for technical AI skills, good understanding of their business needs
DURATION: 3 hours
AGENDA
- SAP AI: How can we taylor to the industry needs? Discover the different ways to innovate with SAP business AI
- We will explain the different ways to interact and co-innovate with the SAP AI teams (AI Hackaton, Custom AI, Forward Delivered Engineering...)
- SAP AI for Railways and Mobility: What are we doing already? Feedback on running industry use cases development or SAP ideas
- SAP AI for my company: Wish list, Use cases Deep Dive and fine tune
- Let’s fine tune the use cases that the attendees will propose
- Pre-work: participants are welcome to come with their desired use case upfront.
- This is the beginning... Use case prioritization and next steps
ATTENDEE PROFILE: Business/IT experts, basic understanding of SAP AI, no need for technical AI skills, good understanding of their business needs
DURATION: 3 hours
AGENDA
- SAP AI: How can we taylor to the industry needs? Discover the different ways to innovate with SAP business AI
- We will explain the different ways to interact and co-innovate with the SAP AI teams (AI Hackaton, Custom AI, Forward Delivered Engineering...)
- SAP AI for Railways and Mobility: What are we doing already? Feedback on running industry use cases development or SAP ideas
- SAP AI Robotics: Deep dive on a robot with embodied SAP AI use case for railways with SAP and valantic
ATTENDEE PROFILE: Business/IT experts, basic understanding of SAP BDC, no need for technical skills, good understanding of their business needs
DURATION: 3 hours
AGENDA
- Details coming soon
Logistics
- Venue
- Hotels
From the airport… |
Approx Time |
Bus 41 from airport | ~30–40 min |
Aircoach express | ~35 min+ |
Taxi / rideshare | ~20–30 min |
Bus + walk via city | ~40–60 min |
Croke Park Stadium, Celtic Suite
Jones' Rd, Drumcondra, Dublin 3, Ireland
In the vibrant heart of Dublin city, Croke Park is in one of the world’s best-connected and friendliest cities. We are a 15 minute drive from Dublin Airport, a top-5 transatlantic hub and only 5 minutes from the city centre.
How to find the event in the Stadium
You should use the entrance to the Cusack Stand.
Here are the specific details you need to reach it:
• Street Entrance: St Joseph’s Avenue
• Access Road: Off Clonliffe Road
The Cusack Stand is the dedicated area for conferences, meetings, and events held on that side of the stadium. If you are using a mapping app, setting the destination to "Cusack Monument" will guide you directly to the correct entrance on St Joseph's Avenue.
How to get there
On Foot
Croke Park is just a 15 minute walk from the City Centre. See our location on google maps.
By Train
The closest railway station is Drumcondra at the intersection of Drumcondra Road (N1) and Clonliffe Road, a 5 minute walk from the stadium. The closest DART stations are Connolly and Clontarf. Connolly is a 15-20 minute walk and Clontarf a 20-25 minute walk to the stadium. The closest LUAS & Intercity Rail stop is also at Connolly Station.
By Luas
Croke Park is a 16 minutes (1.3km) walk from Connolly Red Line Luas stop. The stadium is also just 15 minutes (1km) walk from both Parnell and Marlborough Green Line Luas stops. For further information visit Luas.ie
By Bus
Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus offers a high-frequency, accessible and easy to use service from all over Dublin. A number of services bring you quite close to Croke Park and many others will get you to the city centre from where the stadium is a 15 minute walk.
Bus Routes that serve Croke Park
1, 7, 13, 14, 16, 19, 27a, 27b, 29a, 31/a, 31b, 32, 33, 40, 40b, 40d, 41, 41b, 41c, 42, 43, 44, 53, 123, 122 View route map and stop locations
Bus Éireann
Bus Éireann provide a nationwide bus service and private coach hire options to travelling fans. You can find out more about their schedules and services on the GAA News section of their site. Bus Éireann schedules and services
By Bike
Croke Park is just a cycle from the City Centre. The nearest Dublin Bike stations are located on North Circular Road and Mountjoy Square. For further information visit Dublin Bikes.
There are cycle locking facilities around the stadium, including the Cusack Stand car park and two-tier bike storage in the Davin Stand car park.
Contacts
Johann Schachtner
Head of Transport Asset Management
SAP
johann.schachtner@sap.com
Catherine Garcera
IBU Lead for AI and Sustainability
SAP
catherine.garcera@sap.com
Alicia Gutiérrez
Head of Railways
SAP
alicia.gutierrez@sap.com
Distance: ~25–30 min walk, Price/night ~€180+
Hotels nearby
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Distance: ~3–5 min walk from Croke Park, Price/night: ~€80–€140 approx. |
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Distance: ~10–15 min walk, Price/night: ~€100 approx. |
Distance: ~15 min walk, Price/night: ~€66–€90 approx
Holiday Inn Express Dublin City Centre by IHG
Distance: ~25–30 min walk, Price/night: ~€73–€90 range depending on dates
| Distance: ~20–25 min walk, Price/night: ~€168 approx |