Conference Activities

Connect. Collaborate. Co-Innovate.

Business speak doesn't help you get things done. We know you're here to roll up your sleeves and understand how to take IT to the next level. Strategic use of technology is the key to becoming a best-run business. It is no longer enough to talk the talk and simply keep IT running smoothly. How do you really drive innovation and agility within the enterprise and eliminate the traditional trade-offs between efficiency and flexibility?

IT teams are challenged to apply technology to transform the way people work. It's about taking advantage of a platform approach to drive connectivity, collaboration, and co-innovation. It's about leveraging business process

management to deliver actionable insights and increase the flexibility to respond in near real time. It's about looking at business challenges and process needs and taking a suite approach to close the loop between business strategy and execution. And, if you do this right, you can deliver on the strategic IT promise — and actually deliver some cool innovations along the way.

In this SAP executive keynote, Léo Apotheker, co-CEO of SAP AG, will use practical examples and demonstrations to help you harness the collective knowledge and resources of the SAP ecosystem. You'll also hear about the latest innovations in technology, applications, and services that can help you more rapidly respond to development needs, expand IT capabilities, and maximize business impact. You'll learn how to:

• Increase efficiency and streamline business processes within and across your business network using breakthrough innovations in business process management
• Improve insight and optimize business performance with cutting-edge solutions for business intelligence
• Expand the flexibility of your IT infrastructure and align your business network with a comprehensive approach to making service-oriented architecture easy to adopt

Keynote Speaker — Léo Apotheker

Léo Apotheker is co-CEO of SAP AG, alongside CEO Henning Kagermann. Prior to this appointment in April 2008, he had held the position of SAP Deputy CEO of SAP AG since March 2007. Apotheker has been a member of the SAP AG Executive Board and President of Global Customer Solutions & Operations (CSO) since 2002. In this role, he is responsible for all of SAP's customer operations including sales, marketing, consulting, education and training, SME, and field services.

Since joining SAP in 1988, Léo Apotheker has held various positions within the company including President of SAP EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) from 1999 to 2002. Prior to that role he was CEO and founder of SAP France and SAP Belgium (1995-1997) and President of SAP's South West Europe region (1997-1999).

During his career, Léo Apotheker has held management positions at a variety of companies in the IT industry. From 1994 to 1995, he was management partner at ABP Partners, a strategic management consulting company specialized in global strategy definition and implementation and in restructuring of ailing software companies.

Before joining ABP partners, he served as founding president and COO of ECsoft (1992-1994), one of the largest European venture capital startups. He also held positions at McCormack & Dodge Europe and Swift.

German-born and fluent in five languages (Dutch, English, French, German, and Hebrew), Léo Apotheker graduated in International Relations and Economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of AXA.

In December 2007, Léo Apotheker was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d‘Honneur.