The SAP Americas Insurance Forum 2008 agenda offers a variety of engaging general sessions and breakout sessions led by your industry peers, leading industry experts, and technology and business innovators. You'll gain the insight you need to incorporate new techniques and proven best practices into your strategy to optimize business performance.

General Sessions and Breakout Sessions

Sessions at this year's forum will explore a wide array of business issues impacting the insurance industry, including globalization, finance, emerging technologies, business process models, and platform optimization.

Hear from our esteemed speakers, including:

• Chad Hersh, Novarica
• Frank Sentner, The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers
• Leo Schneider, SAP
• Dan Drechsel, SAP

Attend our breakout sessions to:

• Experience state-of-the-art technology practices and business strategies
• Hear real-world case studies on how leading insurers are turning to technology to meet fast-changing business demands
• Learn practical tips for technology enhancements and process improvements
• Build your professional network

Premier Sponsor and Customer Sessions

Seasoned practitioners and leading technology and service providers will collaborate in our premier sponsor sessions to deliver sought-after insights for the implementation of proven technologies, and our customers will share best practices, successes, and benefits of using SAP solutions.

Learn the essential ingredients needed to respond to today's challenges and maximize your future success by attending sessions led by:

• ConVista
• IBM
• MSG

SAP Expert Sessions

Gain practical insight into the latest insurance solution innovations. Whether you're currently using SAP for Insurance solutions or evaluating technologies to address the challenges you're tackling today, SAP expert sessions will provide a comprehensive overview of the existing and planned functional characteristics of the SAP for Insurance solution portfolio.

Attend SAP expert sessions to learn how SAP for Insurance can:

• Help you increase customer satisfaction and grow in a competitive market environment
• Support service-oriented architectures (SOA) and integrated analytics to better manage all aspects of today's insurance business
• Enable key business strategies to improve bottom-line productivity

These sessions provide a unique opportunity for open discussion with SAP solution experts in a small group setting. Choose from 40-minute sessions focusing on key solutions that support segment-specific challenges and opportunities for insurance professionals, including:

• SAP for Insurance Solution Update (including Business Objects, an SAP Company)
• SAP NetWeaver
• Performance Analytics with Business Objects
• SAP Business Value Series: How Benchmarking Validates Business Cases
• SAP Introduction for New Customers
• SAP and Business Objects Analytics
• SAP Solutions for Property and Casualty Insurance
• SAP Solutions for Insurance Customer Service
• SAP Solutions for Life, Health, and Annuities Insurance

Check back soon for additional agenda information, including session descriptions, times, and locations.