LeverX Innovation Forum
Unlocking Success Together: A Celebration of Innovation, Collaboration, and Growth
When:
October25-27, 2023
Duration:
3 daysWhere:
Miami, Florida | JW Marriott Marquisleverx
Event agenda
Day 1 – Wednesday, October 25
| Day 1 – Wednesday, October 25 | ||
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| 9:00AM – 10:00AM | Pre-Event | Design Thinking Networking Breakfast Pre-Event Registration Needed | LeverX HQ: 801 Brickell Ave # 1970, Miami, FL 33131 |
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| 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, FL 33131 |
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| 1:00PM – 2:00PM | Pre-Event | Design Thinking Networking Lunch Pre-Event Registration Needed | LeverX HQ: 801 Brickell Ave # 1970, Miami, FL 33131 |
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| 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, FL 33131 |
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| 2:30PM – 5:30PM | Presentation Dry Run | Speaker check | Panel Discussion check JW Marriott Marquis | 255 Biscayne Blvd Way, Miami, FL 33131 |
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| 6:30PM – 7:30PM | Early Badge Pick Up JW Marriott Marquis | 255 Biscayne Blvd Way, Miami, FL 33131 |
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| 7:00PM – 11:00PM | Welcome Reception | Networking JW Marriott Marquis | LeverX Innovation Forum 2023 kick off |
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Day 2 – Thursday, October 26
| Day 2 – Thursday, October 26 | ||
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| Time | Agenda / Speakers | |
| 7:30AM – 8:30AM | Registration | |
| 7:30AM – 8:30AM | Breakfast | Networking | |
| 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 |
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| 8:45AM – 9:00AM | Welcome Kick-off Laura DiBella, President and CEO, Enterprise Florida |
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| 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 |
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| 9:30AM – 10:00AM | Customer Keynote: Driving Digital and Business Transformation @SCALE at Schneider Electric Elizabeth Hackenson, CIO and SVP, Schneider Electric |
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| 10:00AM – 10:30AM | Unlocking Innovation: How Flex Partners with Startups to Tackle Business Challenges Sumaira Nabeel, Vice President Strategic Operations and Partnerships, Flex |
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| 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 |
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| 11:30AM – 12:00PM | Enterprise Intelligence Solutions by Google Cloud Edy Sardilli, Global Partnerships & GTM, Google Cloud |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 2:00PM – 2:30PM | Espresa's Journey: Transforming Ideas into a Cloud-Based Employee Platform Alex Shubat, CEO of Espresa |
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| 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 |
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| 3:00PM – 3:30PM | Connecting people, processes, and systems in supply chain across multiple enterprises Brooke Williams, Vice President - SAP Business Network |
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| Breakout Sessions: | ||
| Track 1 - Supply Chain, Logistics & Business Network - Room #1 | ||
| 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 |
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| 4:00PM – 4:30PM | The Ariba experience by Amer Sports Sylwia Piatkowska, Procurement Project Coordinator, Amer Sports |
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| 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 |
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| Track 2 - Product Lifecycle Management - Room #2 | ||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 4:30PM – 5:00PM | How to Improve Your Product Costing Process and Avoid Expensive Mistakes Lino Messerschmidt, Product Manager, SAP Product Lifecycle Costing |
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| Track 3 - Innovation - Room #3 | ||
| 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) |
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| 4:00PM – 4:30PM | Glasstower: Is the World Ready for Instant, Low-Cost B2B FX Payments? Keith Styrcula, Founder and CEO, Glasstower Digital, LLC |
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| 4:30PM – 5:00PM | Using AI to empower your organization with innovative technologies by Google Cloud Blake Lanning, Solutions Engineer, Google Cloud |
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| Track 4 - Business Technology Platform - Room #4 | ||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 6:30PM – 6:45PM | Meet up JW Marriott Marquis Lobby |
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| 6:45PM – 6:50PM | Shuttle departure to the Sefair Yacht | |
| 7:00PM – 11:00PM | Set Sail in Miami! Sefair Yacht |
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Day 3 – Friday, October 27
| Day 3 – Friday, October 27 | ||
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| Time | Agenda / Speakers | |
| 8:00AM – 9:00AM | Breakfast | Networking | |
| 9:00AM – 9:30AM | Miami Dade County is Future Ready Margaret Brisbane, Chief Information Officer, Miami-Dade County |
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| 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 |
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| 10:00AM – 10:30AM | Eliminating the physical paper trail while increasing transparency & efficiency Nathan Emler, Engineering Programmer, Ariel Corporation |
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| 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 |
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| 11:30AM – 12:00PM | Integrated Product Lifecycle Management on S/4HANA Lindsay Neill, Director Enterprise Applications, Mizuho-OSI |
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| 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 |
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| 12:30PM – 1:30PM | Lunch | Networking (Around the Pods) | |
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.
