SAP FOR HIGH TECH

Time

Session

8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Introduction

Roger Quinlan, SVP and GM, Enterprise West

Keynote Address: Business Network Transformation and the Business User

Doug Merritt, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Business User Global Sales, SAP AG

9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Software Industry Overview: Trends and Implications

Ragu Gurumurthy, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Jaco Van Eeden, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

SAP Roadmap (ERP) for Software

Tobias Dosch, SVP of Enterprise Application Solution Management, SAP Labs

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

360 Degree View of the Customer

Pat Liddle, Vice President, CRM, Capgemini
Jon Lewis, Vice President, Customer Operations, Investools

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Lunch and Networking

1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Improve Productivity with Business Intelligence

Mary Brigden, Vice President, BI Center of Excellence, Business Objects, an SAP company
Rob Singer, Director of Customer Relationship Marketing, Stub Hub
Jerry Bolger, Solution Engineer, Business Objects, an SAP company

2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Customer Breakout Sessions:

• Enabling Financial Excellence with SAP Solutions for Enterprise Performance Management


Jason Rose, Solution Marketing, SAP Labs
Jim Siudut, Solution Engineer, SAP Americas


• Revenue Recognition for Emerging Software Companies
  
  Judy Cubiss, Solution Manager, SAP AG
  John Komola, Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, Endeca Technologies
  Chad Wright, Manager, Enterprise Applications, Endeca Technologies



• SAP Acrobat Connect by Adobe
  JT Wheeler, Director of SAP Go to Market, Adobe Systems
  Eric Lerner, Business Development Manager, Adobe Systems

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Customer Breakout Sessions:

• Innovative Customer Service and SAP CRM 2007 Update
  
  
Leading Practices & Solution Overview
Jeff Staley, Director, Industry Solutions Group, SAP Americas
Neil Eberlee, Solution Engineer, SAP Americas

Innovative Customer Service with SAP CRM
Deborah Martucci, CIO, Synopsys
Deepak Karanjikar, Director of Applications, Synopsys


• Optimizing HR Processes with Adobe and Nakisa
  

Henry Smith, Deloitte Consulting
JT Wheeler, Director of SAP Go to Market, Adobe Systems
Darrell Lew, Solution Engineer, SAP Americas


• A Roadmap Discussion to Digital Distribution and Software Activation
  
  
Brent Shiely, Senior Director, Project Management for Strategic Partners, Digital River
Mark David, Industry Principal, High Tech, SAP Americas

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Adobe's Path to Excellence:

Colleen Berube, VP Enterprise Applications, Adobe Systems

5:30 p.m.

Software IVN Wrap Up and Final Thoughts
Adobe Kickoff to Cocktails

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Cocktail Reception
Wine Tasting, courtesy of Thomas Fogarty Winery