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LEVEREDGE 2024

The Premier Business Event by LeverX

October 1 — 3, 2024 • Miami, Florida
JW Marriott Marquis

3
DAYS
300+
PARTICIPANTS
40+
Speakers
3
stages
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AI for Business
Discover how leading companies are leveraging AI to drive innovation, enhance efficiency, and generate significant value in the business landscape. Gain insights from industry leaders, explore actionable strategies, and witness the power of AI in changing business operations.
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SAP-Powered Innovations
Uncover how S/4HANA migration advances critical Enterprise Resource Planning processes. Explore how SAP solutions power crucial business functions, including Product Lifecycle Management, Digital Supply Chain, Intelligent Spend and Business Network.
Uncover how S/4HANA migration advances critical Enterprise Resource Planning processes. Explore how SAP solutions power crucial business functions, including Product Lifecycle Management, Digital Supply Chain, Intelligent Spend and Business Network.
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Enterprise Transformation Journeys
Get inspired with real-world examples of successful digital transformation journeys from industry leaders.
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Product Development Insights
Learn how our clients from various industries transformed their “idea on a napkin” into successful live products.
Design Thinking Workshop "Explore AI capabilities"
Led by Andreas Hauser, Senior Vice President of SAP AppHaus Network at SAP, and the LeverX AppHaus Team, this workshop is designed to give you hands-on experience with the latest AI tools and strategies.
Be part of our Celebration night at REgatTa GRove
Take part in both formal and informal events and engage in delightful experiences with industry peers.
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LEVEREDGE 2024 Speakers

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Florian Heretsch 
SVP, Head of Cross Product Engineering & Experience

SAP

Tony Azevedo
Chief Executive Officer
6-8 Sports
Five Time Olympian
Sam Yen
Chief Innovation Officer, Commercial Banking
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Robert Heideman
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
A. O. Smith
Lisa Lutoff-Perlo
CEO & President of FIFA World Cup 2026™ Miami Host Committee, Chairwoman of Hornblower Group, Author
FIFA
Hornblower Group
Andreas Schwarzer
Vice President of Global IT
FUCHS Group
Anchal Gupta
Chief Technology Officer
American Airlines
David McGrath
Chief Executive Officer
MarketOnce
Markus Albrecht
Senior VP & General Manager of Solution Area Business Technology Platform
SAP
General JOHN W. "JAY" RAYMOND
Chief of Space Operations
U.S. Department of Defense
Joshi Venugopal
General Manager & Head of Europe
Novartis Gene Therapies
Andreas Hauser
Senior Vice President of SAP AppHaus Network
SAP
Tamas Tobak
Chief Information Officer
Head of IT
Waberer's International
Naga Nallaiah
Head of System Security and Compliance
Varian Medical Systems
Michael O'Donnell
Chief Revenue Officer
SAP Digital Supply Chain
SAP
Stuart Van Houten
Chief Revenue Officer, SAP ISBN, NA
SAP
Shane Gorman
Chief Revenue Officer, BTP, NA
SAP
Alfred Sanchez
President & CEO
Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

Geoff Scott

CEO
ASUG
Cristina Greysman
Head of SAP on AWS Partners & Alliance
Amazon Web Services
Max Skalatsky
Global Vice President, Head of Product Localization
SAP
Mark Sargent
Worldwide Industry Lead
Apple Inc.
Shahaf Yaari
SAP TM Department Manager
ZIM Integrated Shipping Ltd
Roy Hirsch
Head Of Delivery
SAP Israel
TBA
Google
Sardor Mirzakhmedov
Chief Executive Officer
Safia Cafe and Bakery
Premal Bathia
Sr. Director,
North American CoE
SAP
Martynas Sarapinas
Chief Transformation Officer
Girteka Group
Koen Roaen
SAP Program and Project Manager
Joris Ide
Olena Toporovska
Head of Center of Excellence and SAP Program Manager
RETAL
CHRISTOPH FISCHER
Vice President of Sales, North America
LeverX
Maxim Chuprunov
Chief Executive Officer
Riscomp
Soumya Sekhar Das
Senior Partner Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
Tim Flaherty
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Enable Injections
Israel Ekpo
Cloud Solutions Architect
Microsoft
ERIC STAJDA
Senior Vice President, Delivery, North America
LeverX
Matthias Hohensee
Silicon Valley Bureau Chief
WirtschaftsWoche - German Business Week
Jekaterina Timofejeva
SAP HCM & SuccessFactors Service Lead
Girteka Group
JACQUES MURATORI
Solution Director, Intelligent Spend & Business Network
LeverX
Rene Riedi
Chairman of the Board
President & CEO
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Florida Chapter
Andreas J. Wagner
Chief Strategy & Market Development Officer for Digital Supply Chain
SAP
Carsten Dietze-Selent
Head of Engineering, SAP PLM
SAP
Sean Laughlin
PLM Solution Management
SAP
Nadia Torres
Global CoE Digital Supply Chain & Sustainability
SAP
Lars Olson
Senior Client Partner, NA
LeverX
Vincent Subilia
Directeur Général
Geneva Chamber of Commerce
Jim Osborne
Solution Advisor, 
North American CoE PLM Practice
SAP
Omar Jabara
Procurement & Supply Chain Expert
SAP
DMITRY ANTANOVICH
Solution Director, Digital Supply Chain
LeverX
SERGEY SELEZNEV
Director, SAP Software Solutions and Product Development, LeverX

Product Owner, DataLark

Kam Ghossaini
Director, Digital Supply Chain and Industry 4.0 COE
SAP
Edward Chavez
Senior PLM Manager
A. O. Smith
Siarhei Valenda
Head of Automated Information Systems Development
LeverX
Achim Rossel
Senior Vice President Business Development
DSC Software AG
Lina Ponomarioviene
Head of People and Culture Business Partnering
Girteka Group
Vitali Usau
Head of Innovation and Mobile
LeverX
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Take your chance to network with
industry experts and visionaries

Meet Miami-Dade County Mayor at LEVEREDGE 2024

Daniella Levine Cava
Daniella Levine Cava

DANIELLA LEVINE CAVA

Miami-Dade County Mayor | Visionary Leader | Champion of Innovation & Sustainability

EXPERIENCE

Daniella Levine Cava was elected Miami-Dade County's first-ever woman mayor in November 2020, after 40 years of advocacy for South Florida families. As mayor, she oversees more than 31,000 county employees, serves nearly 3 million residents, and manages an annual budget of approximately $12 billion. She is focused on building a more resilient and prosperous Miami-Dade. Her initiatives include combating gun violence, building a future ready economy full of opportunity, tackling the housing crisis, and preserving our precious environment. A social worker, lawyer, and activist, she previously served as the County Commissioner for District 8 and worked with vulnerable populations through Legal Services of Greater Miami and Catalyst Miami, an organization she founded. With her husband, Dr. Robert Cava, she raised two children, Eliza and Edward, in Miami-Dade.

MEET OUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES

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TED SOUDER

Former Google Insider | Global Speaker 🎤 Digital Transformation Champion | Advisor To Chairpersons & CEOs | Board Director | Professor | Art Collector

EXPERIENCE

Ted Souder is a leading authority on the transformative power of embracing a digital mindset in today's business world. With an impressive tenure as one of Google's earliest employees, Ted dedicated over 20 years to contributing to one of the most remarkable business success stories in history. Throughout his time at Google, he held various senior roles, including Head of
Industry, Retail, and Founder of the Google CFO Forum. Additionally, Ted served as Vice-Chair of the prestigious Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, one of the oldest and largest chambers in the United States.

A word from the Host

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DR. VICTOR LOZINSKI

Co-founder & Chairman of the Board, LeverX

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LEVEREDGE 2024 is a premier event designed to bring together leading minds from various industries to exchange knowledge, experiences, strategies, and visions through keynotes, presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and networking opportunities. We expect over 350 participants from North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The audience will include our customers, prospects, partners, SAP colleagues, representatives from AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, international Chambers of Commerce, local tech and business leaders, financial and academic institutions, and members of the LeverX team.

Event Agenda

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Day 1 – Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Time Agenda / Location
9:00AM – 10:00AM Pre-Event | Design Thinking Networking Breakfast  
Pre-Event Registration Needed | LeverX HQ: 801 Brickell Ave # 1970, Miami, FL 33131
LeverX AppHaus Team
10:00AM – 1:00PM Pre-Event | Morning session: Design Thinking Workshop "Explore AI capabilities" powered by the SAP AppHaus Network
Pre-Event Registration Needed | LeverX HQ: 801 Brickell Ave # 1970, Miami, FL 33131
LeverX AppHaus Team & Andreas Hauser, Senior Vice President of AppHaus, SAP
1:00PM – 2:00PM Pre-Event | Design Thinking Networking Lunch 
Pre-Event Registration Needed | LeverX HQ: 801 Brickell Ave # 1970, Miami, FL 33131
LeverX AppHaus Team
2:00PM – 5:00PM Pre-Event | Afternoon session: Design Thinking Workshop "Explore AI capabilities" powered by the SAP AppHaus Network 
Pre-Event Registration Needed | LeverX HQ: 801 Brickell Ave # 1970, Miami, FL 33131
LeverX AppHaus Team & Andreas Hauser, Senior Vice President of AppHaus, SAP
2:30PM – 5:30PM Presentation Dry Run | Speaker check | Panel Discussion check 
JW Marriott Marquis, Pool Deck, 19th Floor
6:00PM – 8:00PM Early Badge Pick Up
JW Marriott Marquis, Pool Deck, 19th Floor
7:00PM – 11:00PM Welcome Reception | Networking
JW Marriott Marquis, Pool Deck, 19th Floor

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Morning session: Design Thinking Workshop powered by the SAP AppHaus Network

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Afternoon session: Design Thinking Workshop powered by the SAP AppHaus Network

2:30 PM – 5:30 PM Speaker Dry-Run & Event Dry-Run

6:30 PM – 11:00 PM Early Badge Pick Up

7:00 PM – 11:00 PM Welcome Reception | Networking

Day 1

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Registration opens

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Welcome speech

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Keynote: The Future of Business AI

9:30 AM – 5:30 PM Insightful presentations and panel discussions covering the following topics and more: 

  • AI for Business
  • SAP-Powered Innovations
    • Digital Supply Chain and ISBN
    • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM Forum @ LEVEREDGE)
    • Core ERP & Migrations
    • Business Technology Platform
  • Enterprise Transformation Journeys
  • Product Development Insights

7:00 PM – 11:00 PM LEVEREDGE 2024 Gala Celebration

Day 2

Thursday, October 3, 2024

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Registration opens

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Warm up

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Keynote: Challenges and Opportunities in Digital Transformation

9:00 PM – 5:00 PM PLM Forum @ LEVEREDGE

9:30 AM – 2:00 PM Insightful presentations and panel discussions covering the following topics and more: 

  • AI for Business
  • SAP-Powered Innovations
    • Digital Supply Chain and ISBN
    • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM Forum @ LEVEREDGE)
    • Core ERP & Migrations
    • Business Technology Platform
  • Enterprise Transformation Journeys
  • Product Development Insights

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM LeverX Happy Hour

Day 3

Day 1 – Tuesday, October 1  
Time Agenda / Location
9:00AM – 10:00AM Pre-Event | Design Thinking Networking Breakfast   
Pre-Event Registration Needed
10:00AM – 1:00PM Pre-Event | Morning session: Design Thinking Workshop powered by the SAP AppHaus Network  Network 
Pre-Event Registration Needed | LeverX HQ: 801 Brickell Ave # 1970, Miami
1:00PM – 2:00PM Pre-Event | Design Thinking Networking Lunch 
Pre-Event Registration Needed | LeverX HQ: 801 Brickell Ave # 1970, Miami
2:00PM – 5:00PM Pre-Event | Afternoon session: Design Thinking Workshop powered by the SAP AppHaus Network  
Pre-Event Registration Needed | LeverX HQ: 801 Brickell Ave # 1970, Miami
2:30PM – 5:30PM Presentation Dry Run | Speaker check | Panel Discussion check 
JW Marriott Marquis, Main Ballroom, 3rd Floor
6:00PM – 7:00PM Early Badge Pick Up
JW Marriott Marquis, Main Ballroom, 3rd Floor
7:00PM – 11:00PM Welcome Reception | Networking
JW Marriott Marquis, Pool Deck, 19th Floor
Day 2 – Wednesday, October 2  
Time Agenda / Speakers
7:30AM – 8:30AM Registration | 3rd floor
7:30AM – 8:30AM Breakfast | Networking | 3rd floor
8:30AM – 8:45AM A Message from the LeverX Co-founder and Chairman of the Board
Dr. Victor Lozinski, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, LeverX
8:45AM – 9:00AM Welcome Kick-off
Laura DiBella, President and CEO, Enterprise Florida
9:00AM – 9:30AM SAP Keynote
Muhammad Alam, President and Chief Product Officer for SAP Intelligent Spend and Business Network Product Engineering and General Manager for SAP Business Network & Joern Keller, SVP and Chief Product Officer, SAP Business Network
9:30AM – 10:00AM Customer Keynote: Driving Digital and Business Transformation @SCALE at Schneider Electric
Elizabeth Hackenson, CIO and SVP, Schneider Electric
10:00AM – 10:30AM Unlocking Innovation: How Flex Partners with Startups to Tackle Business Challenges
Sumaira Nabeel, Vice President Strategic Operations and Partnerships, Flex
10:30AM – 11:00AM Networking (Around the Pods)
11:00AM – 11:30AM AWS for SAP, the proven cloud to run and extend any SAP workload
Cristina Greysman, Head of SAP on AWS Partners & Alliance, Americas Amazon Web Services
 Beth Sharp Sr. Solution Architect Manager, North America
11:30AM – 12:00PM Enterprise Intelligence Solutions by Google Cloud
Edy Sardilli, Global Partnerships & GTM, Google Cloud
12:00PM – 1:00PM Lunch | Networking
1:00PM – 1:30PM Panel: CIO Perspectives, Navigating Digital Transformation, Igniting Innovation, and Elevating Enterprise Success
Elizabeth Hackenson, CIO and SVP, Schneider Electric,
Gus Shahin, Chief Information and Digital Officer (CIDO), Flex
1:30PM – 2:00PM Panel: The Future of AI. Is AI our friend or enemy?
Andy Hancock, Global Vice President of the Center of Excellence within SAP
Melissa Medina, CEO & President of eMerge Americas
Ted Souder, Digital Transformation Champion, Advisor To Chairpersons & CEOs
Madeline Pumariega, President, Miami Dade College
Daniel Zimmermann, Partner, WilmerHale
2:00PM – 2:30PM Espresa's Journey: Transforming Ideas into a Cloud-Based Employee Platform
Alex Shubat, CEO of Espresa
2:30PM – 3:00PM Transforming Quote to Cash Solutions for Large and Medium-Size Enterprises
Arnold Heinz, Head of Product Management Quote to Cash, SAP
3:00PM – 3:30PM Connecting people, processes, and systems in supply chain across multiple enterprises
Brooke Williams, Vice President - SAP Business Network
Breakout Sessions:  
Track 1 - Supply Chain, Logistics & Business Network - Met Ballroom 2
3:30PM – 4:00PM Evolution towards Intelligent Enterprise in Logistics: Embracing the Transportation-Centric Approach and Unveiling SAP Solutions Implementation 
Julius Česnakauskas, Head of SAP Solutions, Girteka
Saulius Pauliukas, SAP Project Manager, Girteka
4:00PM – 4:30PM The Ariba experience by Amer Sports
Sylwia Piatkowska, Procurement Project Coordinator, Amer Sports
4:30PM – 5:00PM SAP EPD Collaboration integration to SAP Ariba Sourcing and Supply Chain Collaboration
Ulf Petzel, Head of PLM Global Solution Advisory, SAP
Track 2 - Product Lifecycle Management  - Met Ballroom 3
3:30PM – 4:00PM Digitalize product development, innovate faster, and build a digital thread
Mark Landrosh, Senior Director - R&D/Engineering Solutions at SAP 
Sean Laughlin, PLM Solution Management – Digital Products & Projects at SAP
4:00PM – 4:30PM Design to customer demand and product individualization with PLM software
Jim Osborne, PLM Practice Lead, SAP North American Digital Supply Chain COE
Achim Rossel, SVP Business Development at DSC Software
4:30PM – 5:00PM How to Improve Your Product Costing Process and Avoid Expensive Mistakes
Lino Messerschmidt, Product Manager, SAP Product Lifecycle Costing
Track 3 - Innovation - Met Ballroom 4
3:30PM – 4:00PM AWS SDK for SAP ABAP, intro Generative AI and how that helps SAP customers
Joao Bozelli, Specialist Solutions Architect, SAP on AWS na Amazon Web Services (AWS)
4:00PM – 4:30PM Glasstower: Is the World Ready for Instant, Low-Cost B2B FX Payments?
Keith Styrcula, Founder and CEO, Glasstower Digital, LLC
4:30PM – 5:00PM Using AI to empower your organization with innovative technologies by Google Cloud
Blake Lanning, Solutions Engineer, Google Cloud
 Track 4 - Business Technology Platform - Met Ballroom 5
3:30PM – 4:00PM Bring together data and analytics, artificial intelligence, application development, automation, and integration
Shawn Brown, Senior Director - Center of Excellence SAP Business Technology Platform
4:00PM – 4:30PM Innovating with SAP Business Technology Platform for customer value
Amir Bonakdar, Senior Director - Business Lead Global and Americas - AppHaus at SAP
4:30PM – 5:00PM Innovate faster with SAP BTP and 200+ AWS services
Soumya Sekhar, Senior Partner Solutions Architect - SAP at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
6:30PM – 6:45PM Meet up
JW Marriott Marquis Lobby
6:45PM – 6:50PM Shuttle departure to the Sefair Yacht
7:00PM – 11:00PM Set Sail in Miami!
Sefair Yacht
Day 3 – Thursday, October 3

Time Agenda / Speakers
8:00AM – 9:00AM  Breakfast | Networking | 3rd floor
9:00AM – 9:30AM  Miami Dade County is Future Ready
Margaret Brisbane, Chief Information Officer, Miami-Dade County
9:30AM – 10:00AM Developing Innovative Digital Tools to Understand Local Water Quality
Rebecca Tallon, Director of Water Treatment Technologies and Materials, A. O. Smith Corporation
10:00AM – 10:30AM Eliminating the physical paper trail while increasing transparency & efficiency
Nathan Emler, Engineering Programmer, Ariel Corporation
10:30AM – 11:00AM Networking (Around the Pods)
11:00AM – 11:30AM Navigating the Seas of Technological Advancement: Exploration of SAP implementation
Laurynas Prikockis, CIO, Western Shipyard
11:30AM – 12:00PM Integrated Product Lifecycle Management on S/4HANA
Lindsay Neill, Director Enterprise Applications, Mizuho-OSI
12:00PM – 12:30PM Enhancing People and Organizational Management through SAP SuccessFactors 
Jekaterina Timofejeva, SAP HCM & SuccessFactors Service Lead and Lina Ponomarioviene, Head of HR Transformation, Girteka 
12:30PM – 1:30PM Lunch | Networking (Around the Pods)
Day 2 – Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Time Agenda / Location
7:30AM – 8:30AM Registration | JW Marriott Marquis, Lobby, 3rd Floor      
7:30AM – 8:30AM Breakfast | Networking | JW Marriott Marquis, Main Ballroom, 3rd Floor
Blue Stage
8:30AM – 8:40AM A Word From Victor Lozinski and Master of Ceremonies
Dr. Victor Lozinski, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
Ted Souder, ex-Google, Strategic Advisor, Founder of Wiggs Holding
8:40AM – 9:00AM Welcome Speech From the Mayor
Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County Mayor
9:00AM – 9:30AM Maximize Your Business Potential: Unlocking New Levels of Efficiency and Experience with SAP
Florian Heretsch, SVP, Head of Cross Product Engineering & Experience, SAP
9:30AM – 10:00AM Perspectives on AI in Pharmaceutical R&D
Joshi Venugopal, General Manager and Head of Europe, Novartis Gene Therapies
10:00AM – 10:30AM Panel: Perspectives of AI & Digitalization for Prosperity and Sustainability
Rene Riedi, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
Alfred Sanchez, President & CEO, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce 
Vincent Subilia, Directeur Général, Geneva Chamber of Commerce
Moderator: Ted Souder, Former Google Insider, Digital Transformation Champion, Advisor To Chairpersons & CEOs
10:30AM – 11:00AM Data and Modernization
Anchal Gupta, Chief Technology Officer, American Airlines
11:00AM – 11:30AM Multi-Platform Service-App "FluidsConnect"
Andreas Schwarzer, Vice President of Global IT, FUCHS Group
11:30AM – 12:00AM Will be announced
12:00PM – 1:00PM Lunch | Networking
JW Marriott Marquis, South Pre-Function and Metropolitan 2
1:00PM – 1:30PM Future Engineering Challenges in a Global Organization
Robert Heideman, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, A. O. Smith
1:30PM – 2:15PM Panel | Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Customer Adoption Challenges in AI Implementation
Michael O'Donnell, Chief Revenue Officer, SAP Digital Supply Chain, SAP
Stuart Van Houten, Chief Revenue Officer, SAP ISBN, NA, SAP
Shane Gorman, Chief Revenue Officer, SAP BTP, SAP
Moderator: Max Skalatsky, Global Vice President, Head of Product Localization, SAP
2:15PM – 2:45PM Journey and Growth of Enable Injections with the Support of SAP
Tim Flaherty, Chief Financial Officer, Enable Injections, Inc
2:45PM – 3:30PM Keynote | Establishment of the United States Space Force
General John W. "Jay" Raymond
3:30PM – 4:00PM Networking (Around the Pods)
JW Marriott Marquis, South Pre-Function and Metropolitan 5
4:00PM – 4:30PM Managing Change: How to Seamlessly Integrate New Technologies and AI
Andreas Hauser, Senior Vice President of AppHaus Network, SAP
Siarhei Valenda, Head of BTP Practice, LeverX
Dmitry Antanovich, Director of Product, Digital Supply Chain, LeverX
4:30PM – 5:00PM Scalable Innovation that Empowers the Enterprise: Finding Opportunities through Human Inspiration
Sam Yen, Chief Innovation Officer, Commercial Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
 Green Stage
9:30AM – 10:00AM AI-Powered Clean Core Extensions with SAP Business Technology Platform
Premal Bathia, Sr. Director SAP NA COE, Business Technology Platform, SAP
10:00AM – 10:30PM SAP Cybersecurity: A Collaborative Endeavor, Assisted by GRC and AI
Maxim Chuprunov, Chief Executive Officer, Riscomp
10:30AM – 11:00AM Panel: Will be announced soon
11:00AM – 11:30AM Streamlining ERP Transformation @ BalexMetal : Successful S/4HANA Implementation in Poland
Koen Roaen, SAP Program and Project Manager, Joris Ide
11:30AM – 12:00PM SAP Warehousing: Trends and Innovations
Kam Ghossaini, Director, Digital Supply Chain and Industry 4.0 COE, SAP
12:00PM – 1:00PM Lunch | Networking
JW Marriott Marquis, South Pre-Function and Metropolitan 2
1:00PM – 1:30PM From Data to Delivery: The Role of AI in Modern Logistics
Martynas Sarapinas, Chief Transformation Officer, Girteka Group
1:30PM – 2:15PM Unlocking Strategic Insights RETAL: Leveraging Actual Costing Functionality SAP S/4HANA
Olena Toporovska, Head of Center of Excellence and SAP Program Manager, RETAL
2:15PM – 2:45PM Digital Transformation Journey Using SAP S/4HANA and Transportation Management at Waberers
Tamas Tobak, Chief Information Officer, Waberers International
2:45PM – 3:30PM Will be announced soon
3:30PM – 4:00PM Networking (Around the Pods)
JW Marriott Marquis, South Pre-Function and Metropolitan 5
4:00PM – 4:30PM Enhanced Employee Experiences: The Power of Mobile, AI, and User-Centered Design
Mark Sargent, Worldwide Industry Lead, Apple Inc.
Vitalii Usau, Head of Innovation and Mobile, LeverX
4:30PM – 5:00PM Digital Transformation of Safia
Sardor Mirzakhmedov, Chief Executive Officer, Safia Cafe and Bakery
Yellow Stage | SAP PLM Forum @ LEVEREDGE
1:30PM – 2:00PM SAP PLM Vision & Strategy
Andreas J. Wagner, Chief Strategy & Market Development Officer for Digital Supply Chain, SAP
Carsten Dietze-Selent, Head of Engineering, SAP PLM, SAP
2:00PM – 2:30PM Real-world Success: SAP PLM Implementation in Discrete Industries: Implementing a Global PLM System at AO Smith – A Legacy of 150 Years, AO Smith
Edward Chavez, Senior PLM Manager, A.O. Smith
2:30PM – 3:00PM Real-world Success: SAP PLM Implementation in Process Industries
Carsten Dietze-Selent, Head of Engineering, SAP PLM, SAP
Jim Osborne, COE Solution Advisor, North American PLM practice, SAP
3:00PM – 3:30PM Panel Discussion | Challenges and Trends in PLM
Jim Osborne, COE Solution Advisor, North American PLM practice, SAP
Carsten Dietze-Selent, Head of Engineering, SAP PLM, SAP
Sean Laughlin, Product Marketing Manager SAP Product Lifecycle Management, SAP
Edward Chavez, Senior PLM Manager, A.O. Smith
Achim Rossel, Senior Vice President, DSC Software AG
Eric Stajda, VP Services and Product Development, LeverX
3:30PM – 4:00PM Networking (Around the Pods)
3:30PM – 4:30PM Breakout 1: Specification Management & Formulation (Process PLM)
Carsten Dietze-Selent, Head of Engineering, SAP PLM, SAP
3:30PM – 4:30PM Breakout 2: Where the Digital Twin begins: Integrating All Aspects of Product Design Into SAP's PLM and ERP Solution Offering
Achim Rossel, Senior Vice President Business Development, DSC Software AG
Sean Laughlin, Product Marketing Manager SAP Product Lifecycle Management, SAP
4:30PM – 5:00PM Outlook Day 2
Celebration Night @ Regatta Grove
5:00PM – 6:30PM Free time
6:30PM – 7:00PM Transfer to Party Location
7:00PM – 11:00PM Celebration Night @ Regatta Grove
Day 3 – Thursday, October 3, 2024
Time Agenda / Location
7:45AM – 8:45AM Breakfast | Networking
JW Marriott Marquis, South Pre-Function and Metropolitan 2
Blue Stage
8:45AM – 9:00AM Day 2 Warm-up
Ted Souder, Former Google Insider, Digital Transformation Champion, Advisor To Chairpersons & CEOs
9:00AM – 9:30AM How to start with “Business AI”
Markus Albrecht, Senior VP & General Manager of Solution Area Business Technology Platform, SAP
9:30AM – 10:00AM Will be anounced soon
Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, CEO & President of FIFA World Cup 2026™ Miami Host Committee, Chairwoman of Hornblower Group, Author
10:00AM – 10:30AM Journey from an Olympic Athlete to a CEO of a Tech Company
Tony Azevedo, Five Time Olympian, Chief Executive Officer, 6-8 Sports
10:30AM – 11:00AM The Journey of Lead-To-Agreement in ZIM
Shahaf Yaari, SAP-TM Department Manager, ZIM Integrated Shipping Serviced Ltd.
Roy Hirsch, Head Of Delivery, SAP Israel
Tatsiana Nikifarava, Lead SAP Technical Consultant, LeverX
11:00AM – 11:30AM Partner Presentation: Adopt RISE and Then Leverage BTP and AWS services to Create New Processes and Innovations That Lead to Positive Business Outcomes
Cristina Greysman, Head of SAP on AWS Partners & Alliance, Amazon Web Services
11:30AM – 12:00AM Google, Uber, Tesla, OpenAI - Do Good Stories Also Mean Good Business?
Matthias Hohensee, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, WirtschaftsWoche - German Business Week
12:00PM – 1:00PM Lunch | Networking
JW Marriott Marquis, Main Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:00PM – 2:30PM Will be announced
2:30PM – 3:00PM Unlocking SAP Success: The Strategic Advantage of ASUG Engagement
Geoff Scott, CEO, ASUG
3:00PM – 3:30PM Networking (Around the Pods)
JW Marriott Marquis, Main Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Demo Lounge
 Green Stage
9:30AM – 10:00AM Will be announced
10:00AM – 10:30AM How Enterprise Customers can Benefit from AWS Generative AI solutions
Soumya Sekhar Das, Sr. Partner Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
Vitali Usau, Head of Innovation and Mobile, LeverX
10:30AM – 11:00AM Will be announced
11:00AM – 11:30AM Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Vendor and Supply Chain Risk
Omar Jabara, Procurement & Supply Chain Expert, SAP
11:30AM – 12:00PM Driving Excellence: SAP SuccessFactors implementation journey in Girteka
Jekaterina Timofejeva, SAP HCM & SuccessFactors Service Lead, Girteka Group
Lina Ponomarioviene, Head of People and Culture Business Partnering, Girteka Group
Yellow Stage | SAP PLM Forum @ LEVEREDGE
7:45AM – 8:45AM Breakfast | Networking
JW Marriott Marquis, South Pre-Function and Metropolitan 2
8:45AM – 9:00AM Day 2 Warm-up
SAP PLM Product Management
9:00AM – 9:30AM Keynote | Will be announced
9:30AM – 10:15AM PLM: The Catalyst of Sustainable Innovation - Unifying Compliance, Safety, and Green Finance for Future-Ready Enterprises
Nadia Torres,Global CoE Digital Supply Chain & Sustainability, SAP
10:15AM – 11:00AM Improving your NPDI process with AI
Jim Osborne, Solution Advisor, North American CoE PLM Practice, SAP
11:00AM – 11:30AM Prototype Phase: Creating Low-Fidelity Prototypes
SAP PLM Product Management
11:30AM – 12:00PM Enhancing SAP PLM Application Security: Governance, Compliance, and Protection Against Vulnerabilities and Data Loss
Naga Nallaiah, Head of System Security and Compliance, Varian Medical Systems
12:00PM – 1:00PM Lunch | Networking
JW Marriott Marquis, Main Ballroom, 3rd Floor
1:00PM – 1:30PM Open SAP PLM Discussion
All Participants
1:30PM – 2:30PM Enabling Engineering Change & Product Data Governance (IPS, IQ DMS, BMAX, PPX)
Eric Stajda, Senior Vice President, Delivery, North America, LeverX
2:30PM – 3:30PM Deep Dive: Sharing Product Data Across Design-to-Operations
Lars Olson, Sr. Client Partner, LeverX
3:30PM – 4:00PM Deep Dive: Roadmap for Discrete Industries
Sean Laughlin, PLM Solution Management, SAP
4:00PM – 4:30PM Deep Dive: Roadmap for Process Industries
Sean Laughlin, PLM Solution Management, SAP
Lars Olson, Senior Client Partner, NA, LeverX
4:30PM – 5:00PM Summary and Outlook
Jim Osborne, COE Solution Advisor, North American PLM practice, SAP
Sean Laughlin, PLM Solution Management, SAP
Lars Olson, Senior Client Partner, NA, LeverX
LeverX Happy Hour
5:00PM – 7:00PM Free time
7:00PM – 10:00PM LeverX Happy Hour
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October 1, 2024 • 10:00AM & 2:00PM • 801 Brickell Ave, Suite 1970, Miami
Design Thinking workshops "Explore AI capabilities"
  • Explore design thinking, a practical method used to solve tough business issues with creativity, with us and your industry peers.
  • Facilitated brainstorming sessions mixed with the inspiration sessions of our AI experts.
  • As a result of the workshop, we end up with a step-by-step plan for applying AI technology to a business problem.
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Seats are filling up fast. Don’t miss this chance to boost your AI knowledge and network with industry leaders.
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October 2, 2024 • 7:00 PM • Regatta Grove
Be part of our Celebration night at REgatTa GRove
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Take part in both formal and informal events and engage in delightful experiences with industry peers.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM COMPANIES THAT ATTENDED LAST YEAR’S EVENTS

RECAP FROM LAST YEAR'S VALUED SPEAKERS

Our previous LeverX Innovation Forum was an extraordinary showcase of the power of ideas and the brilliance of our esteemed speakers. From groundbreaking innovations to thought-provoking insights, these exceptional industry leaders left an indelible mark on our event, inspiring us all.

 

KEYNOTE & EXECUTIVE PANEL SPEAKERS
Muhammad Alam
President and Chief Product Officer for SAP Intelligent Spend and Business Network Product Engineering and General Manager for SAP Business Network
Elizabeth Hackenson
CIO and SVP, Schneider Electric
Gus Shahin
Chief Information and Digital Officer (CIDO), Flex
MARGARET BRISBANE
Chief Information Officer, Miami-Dade County

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LEVERX: WHO WE ARE

Founded in 2003 in the heart of Silicon Valley, LeverX is a global system integrator specializing in SAP implementation and custom software development.

As an SAP Gold Partner and Global Strategic Supplier, we've delivered 950+ successful projects for 800+ customers, maximizing their SAP investments.

Our expert teams support clients across North America, Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East, offering flexibility and reliability through digital transformations.

Our competence is confirmed by relevant certifications and partnerships with market leaders.

LEVEREDGE 2024: Registration Form