Conference Day One - 22nd. October 2019
8:00 am - 8:50 am Registration and welcome coffee
8:50 am - 9:00 am Opening remarks by IQPC
9:10 am - 9:50 am Opening Remarks by Chairperson Otto Schell, Co-Chairman DSAG e.V / Global SAP Enterprise Business Architect
9:10 am - 9:50 am The transformation of Finance through S/4 HANA: Structures, Roles, Processes
• Is there a short-term business case for S/4 HANA FI CO?
• CFO’s new role as Chief Financial Data Officer: Creating Value from Data
• How your perspective will change during the implementing S/4 HANA
10:50 am - 11:30 am The Change before the Change: Executive Alignment and Organizational Readiness before starting your S/4HANA journey
• Know where you come from: the case for S/4 HANA
• From desktop analysis to prototype: understanding your needs
• Success Factors and Stumbling Blocks
10:30 am - 10:50 am Speed Networking
Maximise your networking outcome at this event by participating in these
fast-paced 1-to-1 meetings. Get to know the other attendees and exchange your business cards.
10:50 am - 11:20 am Refreshment break and networking
11:20 am - 12:00 pm S/4HANA Finance Journey from the Business Perspective
• Data Quality and Data Cleansing
• Iterative Roll-Out Plan
• Why Finance and Production
12:00 pm - 12:40 pm Panel Discussion | The Change before the Change: Organisational Readiness and Data - Strategy before your Move to S/4 HANA
• Data Quality and Testing
• Processes and Interfaces
• Culture and Innovation
12:40 pm - 2:00 pm Luncheon and networking
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Masterclass A | DATA QUALITY AND TESTING - LESSONS LEARNED
Resource plan (both human and financial) is a key element for transformation project
planning. S4Hana implementation is not an essential version upgrade only, but most often
comes with a database migration. Data quality assurance and test management process
definition is essential to keep the project timing and budget within the targets. Purpose of
the discussion is to go through some real-life project examples and define best practices
• How to understand the particularities of your challenges?
• How to assess your current level of readiness?
• How to assess your current level of readiness?
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Refreshment break and networking
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Masterclass B | Business Transformation @ Lufthansa AirPlus
AirPlus is undertaking the largest ever transformation in the company's history - a complete remake of the entire IT landscape, the digitization and automation of end-to-end business processes and the introduction of an agile organizational structure. Central challenges are:
- New customer without SAP knowledge
- Replacement of the entire IT-system parallel to an organization transformation
- Process adaptation to accelerated digitization and automation
- Transfer of a specialized business model to SAP standards
- High demands on compliance by BaFin and international supervisory authorities
In this masterclass Sebastian Westphal, Director Transformation Finance at AirPlus International will lead through the main aspects of AirPlus' S/4 HANA yourney
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm Closing statements by the chairperson Otto Schell, Co-Chairman, DSAG e.V / Global SAP Enterprise Business Architect
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Evening Get-Together
Join our evening Get-Together and take this opportunity to network and
make new business contacts. Or just to relax and round off your first conference day.