Roundtable Breakout Sessions
Sunday, September 18, 2011 — 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Roundtables
1) Enterprise Asset Management
2) CIS/CRM
3) Water
4) BusinessObjects and Smart Grid Analytics
Join the ASUG Utilities Community for four exciting and informative roundtable discussions on Enterprise Asset Management, CIS/CRM, Water, and BusinessObjects.
Hear about call center efficiency ideas from your peers, hot topic results and discussion from Sapphire, participate in a discussion about influencing change, and discuss future activities for our community. We will spend the first 20 minutes together for a quick update on all of these areas, followed by a breakout into the four groups for detailed discussions with your peers on challenges, opportunities, and best practices. The ASUG utilities leadership team will facilitate getting to know the members of each breakout group. The contacts you make here will be one of the most valuable assets from this meeting!
Roundtable
SAP Utility Roadmap: Today, Planned Innovations and Future Directions
Stefan Engelhardt, Head of Industry Business Unit Utilities, SAP AG
Wayne Longcore, Chief Energy Solutions Manager, SAP
Paul Kurchina, Connector, Analyst, and Community Catalyst in the SAP Ecosystem, KurMeta Group
The utilities industry is experiencing change like never before. The ongoing liberalization of the energy market requires the unbundling of the utilities value chain into specialized new market roles. In order to help consumers significantly improve their energy efficiency, utilities are now rolling out Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI) technology. This session will provide details on the current SAP Utility Product Portfolio at a high level, and details on SAP’s planned features and overall mid- and long-term strategy in order to help utilities plan their SAP utility solution roadmaps. We will also discuss the SAP Utility Roadmap, additional resources that are available, and other utility experiences with roadmap development.
