SAP Next-Gen is an innovation community for SAP Leonardo supporting SAP’s 350,000+ customers across 25 industries in 180 countries, leveraging 3,200+ educational institutions in more than 110 countries in the SAP Next-Gen network and 100+ SAP innovation and development centers and startups in the SAP ecosystem.
The SAP Next-Gen program:
Enables corporations and partners to crowdsource insights from students, academic thought leaders and researchers; seed in disruptive innovation from startups; and connect with SAP experts, partners, and venture firms on the future of industries with exponential technologies.
Connects companies to the Silicon Valleys of the World, from Silicon Valley in California, to Silicon Alley in New York, to IT-Cluster Rhein-Main-Neckar, to Silicon Allee in Berlin, to Silicon Plateau in Bangalore, to Silicon Cape in South Africa, and dozens of other innovation hubs globally.
Supports SAP’s commitment to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals defined by the UN, through the SAP Next-Gen Global Challenges, a platform where everyone can contribute solutions for the Global Goals.
SAP Next-Gen enables SAP customers to seed in disruptive innovation and accelerate their SAP Leonardo journeys through connecting with academic thought leaders and researchers, students, startups, accelerators, venture firms, and other partners in the SAP Next-Gen innovation community for SAP Leonardo.
From smart cities and smart traffic, to sports and entertainment, to fashion and beyond, students working in SAP Next-Gen Consulting projects are developing innovations across industry topics. Industries as diverse as aerospace, automotive, and sports are already crowdsourcing some of their most disruptive solution challenges to students from globally leading universities in the SAP Next-Gen network.
Offerings include a global network of SAP Next-Gen hubs at SAP locations and SAP Next-Gen Labs at universities linked to the Silicon Valleys of the world, where industries can connect with next generation innovators to reimagine mobile business apps with the SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS.
The SAP Next-Gen network in partnership with Hasso Plattner Institute enables companies in all SAP industries to connect with next generation talents, SAP experts and partners for future industry scenarios, events, and services.
Customers and partners can join SAP Next-Gen through memberships including clubs for industries; clubs for SAP Leonardo including IoT, machine learning, Blockchain, and analytics; clubs for VR/AR, robotics, drones, and iOS enterprise apps; clubs for purpose driven innovation and for women; services including SAP Next-Gen innovation tours, boot camps, industry fellows program, and startup matchmaker program; and events including SAP Next-Gen global challenges, salons, meetups, and industry summits.
