SAP AMERICAS INSURANCE FORUM 2008

4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Onsite Registration/Check-In

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Opening Night Reception Sponsored by ConVista

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

Welcome/SAP Executive Presentation

Dan Drechsel, SAP
Leo Schneider, SAP

8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Presentation: A Brave New World of Modern Solutions: Changing Trends Require Carriers to Change

Chad Hersh, Novarica

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

Break/Visit Participating Sponsor Demo Pods

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

• Executing "Glo-cally": Balancing the Requirements of a Global Implementation and the Need for Local Flexibility

Salvatore Iannaccone, MunichRe
Joe Fox, MSG

• Identifying, Analyzing, and Responding to Risk with SAP Solutions for Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Amy Hire, Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company
Albert Dyck, Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company
• SAP Introduction for New Customers

Volker Mohr, SAP
Viswa Challa, SAP

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

• ConVista Solutions

Frank Westendorf, ConVista

• What's New in SAP Analytics and Business Objects Analytics

Peter Dubowchik, SAP
Rich Lewis, SAP
• Transparency Across Property/Casualty Insurance

Brian Dunn, SAP

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

• SAP Business Value Series: How Benchmarking Validates Business Cases

Mark Brockmeier, SAP

• SAP for Insurance – Solution Update (including Business Objects, an SAP Company)


• Development News on Enterprise Services

Dirk Troltenier, SAP

2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

• Building a World Class Distribution Platform at MassMutual

Sam Jaberi, MassMutual
Lucie Charles, MassMutual

• Building an Open Billing, Collections, and Disbursement Platform with FS-CD

Randy Gonzalez, AIG
Stefan Fraas, ConVista
• Cool Developments in and Around SAP Claims Management

Tony Golynkin, SAP
Emanuel Klenner, SAP

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Break/Visit Participating Sponsor Demo Pods

4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

• The Insurance Enterprise of the Future: The IBM 2008 Global CEO Study

Patricia Hamilton, IBM

• Insuring Execution to Strategy with Performance Analytics

Rachel Alt-Simmons, TowerGroup
Pat Saporito, SAP
• SAP Customer Service Management for Insurance

Michael Volanoski, SAP

4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Presentation: A View from the Distribution Edge

Frank Sentner, Director of Strategic Technology, The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers

6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Executive Networking Event

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

Presentation: SAP NetWeaver Technology

Isabell Jaeger, SAP

8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Executive Round Table

Moderated by Chad Hersh, Novarica

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

Break/Visit Participating Sponsor Demo Pods

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

• Partner Session by MSG


• Improving Claims Performance Through Claims Costing

Pat Saporito, SAP

• SAP Solutions for Life Insurance – How to Establish a Product Driven Process from Sales to Consumer for Life and Annuities

Michael Berlin, SAP

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Presentation: The Internet of Things Insurance – For Sure!

Nina-Cathrin Trunk, SAP