Digital Business and Transformation

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Be one of the first 100 people to participate in our survey and get the NY Times Best Seller Blockchain Revolution: How the technology behind bitcoin is changing money, business and the world, by Alex and Don Tapscott.

Digital Talks. Live Events!

Our Live Business Event Series aims to guide Canadian leaders to achieve success in today’s constantly evolving digital landscape. The series features thought leadership from industry experts across the country and serves as an opportunity to connect with professionals in various fields. Welcome to the Conversation!

The tipping point of innovation is coming to Chicago November 2-3! Visionary speakers. Leading-edge technology in action.

Our platform brings you IoT, machine learning, blockchain & big data under one roof. Join us for Leonardo Live in Chicago and redefine your business.

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Digital Thinks

Digital Thinks is a multi-city Canadian luncheon series featuring thought leaders charting the course for the future of omni channel commerce, human capital management, procurement, and beyond.

Join us in a location near you with special guests and Canadian business executives and register today!

Future of HR: October 26: Vancouver
Executive Women's Luncheon: November 1: Calgary
Future of HR: November 15: Calgary
Future of B2B Commerce: November 15: Montreal
Public Sector Procurement: November 15: Ottawa
Future of B2B Commerce: November 16: Toronto
Future of HR: November 22: Toronto

SAP Canada Ideation Centre’s mission is to help Canadian leaders of business, academia, government and non-government organizations develop a deeper understanding of the digital forces driving the economy today. We bring forward made-in-Canada fact-based arguments that challenge decision makers to think about the potential of organizational shifts that were not possible in the past. View all past presentations.

Canada's waking up to Digital Transformation

Only 38% of Canadian business are executing a digital strategy. Are you on of them? Read the latest report from IDC Canada to where you stand.

What if the world ran on new classes of digital currency that are inflation resistant, create price stability, discourage bubbles and deflationary spirals? What if they could protect citizen’s savings without reducing liquidity when they save rather than spend?

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A Matchmaker for the Canadian Labour Market

Ideation Centre's Director, Lance Bialas, takes a dive into the UN's 8th Sustainable Development Goal: Decent work and economic growth.

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Digital Oil and Gas

Our 5-part whitepaper box set explores how the newest wave of digital technologies (Blockchain, the Industrial Internet of Things, Automation, and Machine Learning) support and enable structural cost reduction in the Oil & Gas industry.

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Banking on Blockchain

The Big Six banks in Canada saw operating costs increases by CAD $4.8B in 2015, further making the case for focusing on improving efficiency and automation.

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As digital and physical worlds continue to blur, what’s coming next? Business and IT leaders must understand and prepare for the impacts these disruptive trends will have on people, their businesses, and IT departments – and then determine how they can provide competitive advantage.

Now is the time for Canadian oil and gas companies to embrace digital technology and rethink the way they are running their businesses to remain competitive within the global industry.

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3D-printers it needs a new supply chain

3D printing will alter our working world, no doubt about it. Not only work, but supply chains as well. It wasn’t long ago that someone said, “companies don’t compete, supply chains do.”

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Calgary the next Silicon Valley North?

It looks like things are beginning to diversify somewhat – with tech in particular showing potential as Calgary’s next burgeoning industry.

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Aldo Shoes

"Being the retailer of your own brands - that's where the future is."

- Bryan Eshelman, COO Aldo Group Inc.

ATB Bank

“ATB is simply transforming banking – allowing customers to bank with us anywhere, anytime.”

- Curtis Stange, Chief Customer Officer, ATB Financial

Cirque Du Soleil

“We’re developing new tools and technologies to surprise our customer."

- Daniel Lamarre, Président and CEO, Cirque du Soleil

Chicken Farmers of Ontario

“We’ve not only transformed the internal process of our company, we’ve transformed the entire industry.”

- John Um, Digital Information Technology, Chicken Farmers of Ontario

Under Armour

"So what SAP really does for the Under Armour brand is it truly allows us to run our business end-to-end."

- Kevin Plank, Under Armour CEO

Smart Cities

Public Sector. Reimagined for a New Society.

To thrive in a climate of unprecedented innovation, Public Sector organizations must reimagine themselves as living systems. Learn to sense, respond, learn, adapt and predict constituent and business needs in the moment. Learn how SAP is working with the governments worldwide to reimagine business and produce the dramatic outcomes necessary to provide, protect and prosper in the new society.

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Financial Services

Adapt to modern, digitalized business models and create a competitive edge for your company – with financial management and accounting software from SAP. Our on-premise and cloud solutions support FP&A, financial close processes, treasury and risk management, financial operations, and GRC. We can help all types of corporate finance executives run their businesses today, and prepare for change in the future.

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Retail

RETAIL. REIMAGINED FOR THE NEW ECONOMY.

To thrive in a climate of unprecedented innovation, businesses must reimagine themselves as living systems. Retailers can sense, respond, learn, adapt, and predict customer and business needs in the moment with SAP’s transformational digital solutions. Now is the time to learn how SAP is working with retailers like you to reimagine business and produce the dramatic outcomes necessary for prosperity in a new economy.

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Utilities

UTILITIES. REIMAGINED FOR THE NEW ECONOMY.

Utilities can sense, respond, learn, adapt and predict customer and stakeholder needs in the moment with SAP’s transformational digital solutions. Learn how SAP is working with utilities providers like you to reimagine products, services and delivery methods to produce the dramatic outcomes necessary for prosperity in a new economy.

How is your Digital Readiness?

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Manufacturing

Learn about the Siemens Cloud for Industry – a market-leading Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform based on SAP HANA. The platform connects manufacturers to their assets in the field, helping them adopt new service-oriented business models.

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Oil & Gas

How are leading transportation companies transforming into truly global, digital enterprises? By deploying SAP S/4HANA. Find out how they’re using the digital business suite to run smart machines, embrace preventative maintenance, and more.

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