USERday 2024
Join us for our yearly USERday on December 3rd in Dilbeek!
Where: Salons De Waerboom, Jozef Mertensstraat 140, 1702 Dilbeek
Simplify Everyday Work – Optimize user efficiency and experience, Embedded collaboration and Automation with AI
Highlights:
- Engaging Sessions: Learn from industry experts about the latest AI trends.
- Customer Case Studies: Discover how businesses enhance efficiency with AI.
- Networking Opportunities: Connect with peers and industry leaders to exchange ideas
- Win: Join the competition and get to know our partners!.
Why Attend?
- Innovative Solutions: Explore how AI can streamline your work processes.
- Practical Insight: Simplify work with enhanced efficiency through collaboration and automation..
Don’t Miss Out! Join us for the USERday to explore how AI can revolutionize your workplace, enhance productivity, and keep you competitive.
08h30
08h30 – 09h00
Welcome Coffee
09h00
09h00 – 09h30
Intro
SAPience & SAP – Gert De Pauw & Stijn De Beuckelaer
09h30
09h30 – 10h00
SAP Business AI
Kai will discuss the AI, ML, and GenAI capabilities embedded in SAP applications, highlighting Joule, SAP’s AI-powered digital assistant that automates tasks and enhances decision-making through generative AI. He will also cover the AI Foundation on SAP BTP, which supports the development and deployment of AI models across SAP systems, enabling seamless integration and advanced data management. Finally, Kai will preview upcoming AI innovations, including new features like predictive analytics, autonomous workflows, and enhanced automation within SAP’s product suite.
Kai Muehlbauer | Global Head of Partner Management and Product Management | SAP
Break-out rooms
10h00
10h00 – 10h45
Break-out room 1
Accelerate Your SAP S/4HANA Journey with Inetum’s certified “GO2 S/4” Service Package
Join Inetum and Panaya for an insightful presentation on the GO2 S/4 SAP Qualified Service Package. This session will explore how the accelerator package streamlines your SAP S/4 HANA migration process with minimal disruption, offering a fast, cost-effective, and secure transition tailored to meet your business needs. Learn about best practices, risk mitigation strategies, and how this solution aligns with SAP’s RISE program to facilitate a smooth path to SAP S/4HANA.
Kris Bogaerts | Inetum
Antoine Basson |Panaya
Break-out room 2
Vlaams Parlement: HR Service Delivery
Vlaams Parlement: HR Service Delivery, developed by Deloitte, is an integrated solution of SAP Build Work Zone and Employee Central Service Center on top of SAP SuccessFactors to transform, automate and streamline HR business processes and support your HR department.Marinke Van Laer | Expert in analytics and planning | Flexso
Pieter Janssens | Deloitte
Kristof De Moor | Deloitte
Break-out room 3
Elia Group build a future-proof scope 3 carbon accounting platform on SAP BTP
In recent years, Elia Group has advanced its efforts to decarbonize its supply chain by building a custom scope 3 carbon accounting platform on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). This platform has significantly improved transparency and maturity in tracking upstream emissions. Elia Group uses a web application built on SAP BTP with the SAPUI5 framework, designed for user-friendly data transfer and analysis. The SAP Fiori app automates data collection, calculations, and scope 3 reporting, integrating data from various sources. For the first time, Elia Group’s 2023 non-financial report will feature scope 3 emissions data generated by their own platform, raising awareness of the environmental impact of infrastructure projects and maintenance activities. This initiative lays the foundation for a future of integrated, supplier-based reporting.
Target audience: Sustainability officers, Procurement and logistics professionals, IT Manager, IT Teamlead, IT Architect, CIO
Philipp Von Normann | Elia Group
Dries Van Vaerenbergh | Flexso
Plenary room
10h45
10h45 – 11h15
Coffee break
Break-out rooms
11h15
11h15 – 12h00
Break-out room 1
The Cost of doing nothing by SAP
This session is compelling as SAP’s “Cost of Doing Nothing” framework reveals the hidden costs and risks of delaying digital transformation and cloud adoption. With the end of mainstream maintenance approaching for many systems, SAP can help you understand and quantify the costs of waiting, leading to financial losses and missed opportunities. This session equips organizations with a value calculator to understand the financial impact of maintaining the status quo and encourages action before outdated systems start to undermine their competitive edge.
Hassan Haydar | SAP
Break-out room 2
Transforming Supplier & field operations with SAP Business Technology Platform.
Stow International NV partnered up with delaware for designing and implementing 2 new portals running on SAP Business Technology Platform. The Supplier Portal is designed to streamline and standardize communication with our suppliers, particularly for direct shipments to building sites. The Assembly Site Portal will revolutionize the goods receipt and validation processes for our project managers and construction teams, providing a more reliable and efficient on-site workflow.
Target audience: CIO & IT manager & business analyst
Liselot Vanoutryve | Stow International
Wim Gantois | Stow International
Break-out room 3
Plopsa modernizes their SAP ECC with SAP BTP to improve efficiency and data-driven operations
Plopsa, a leading theme park group, partnered with Flexso to modernize its ECC system and infrastructure to improve operational efficiency, safety, and data-driven decision-making. Flexso upgraded Plopsa’s custom legacy applications using SAP BTP and Fiori on CAP, supported by SAP Analytics Cloud and Datasphere for enhanced data management and reporting. Security was strengthened through Azure AD (now Microsoft Entra ID), allowing users to access only the data relevant to their specific park.Several applications were developed within SAP Work Zone. These include a visitor tracking app that monitors real-time attendance across all parks, incorporating weather forecasts and cash register data to assist with budget planning. Additionally, Flexso created a safety app for tracking first aid incidents, an operations dashboard for park managers, a staff clothing management app, and dedicated apps for managing hotels and events.
Target audience: BTP Architects ,IT Architects, IT Manager, Business Users, CIO, SAP Key users
Marjolein Callant | Flexso
Stijn Verdoodt | Flexso
12h00
12h00 – 12h45
Break-out room 1
SAP AI Core + SAP Build Process Automation: A game changer for ZORGI’s healthcare
ZORGI provides a healthcare-specific S/4HANA on-prem template to more than 50 hospitals in Belgium and The Netherlands. Their landscape consists of a shared infrastructure with multiple development, acceptance, and production systems. Segregation is made possible via client specific customizing. Transports throughout their landscape is a tedious and time-consuming task (1 FTE) that is error-prone. Using several services on SAP BTP, we automated this manual process to increase efficiency and stability and reduce human errors. ZORGI provides a healthcare-specific S/4HANA on-prem
Target audience: IT Managers
Vivek Krishnadas | Amista
Zorgi
Break-out room 2
The importance of Segregation of Duties and how to monitor it
Segregation of Duties (SoD) is a traditional, but still important internal control. It remains today an essential component in your overall SAP risk governance model. This presentation defines what Segregation of duties is, extends the definition to critical access and explains the concept of mitigating controls. We’ll show why it is difficult to get SoDs under control in SAP and why you can’t do that without the help of proper tools.
Target audience: CIO/CDO/IT Manager, CFO, Business Process Owner, (Internal) Audit, Internal Controls
Chris Walravens | Expertum
Break-out room 3
Custom Fiori Application for maintenance execution at De Lijn
Emixa will present a case study on how De Lijn, a leading public transportation company, has revolutionized its maintenance operations by deploying a mobile application designed specifically for its technicians. This application plays a pivotal role in streamlining maintenance tasks, ensuring that technicians can work more efficiently and effectively. The mobile application enhances operational efficiency by reducing paperwork, minimizes the risk of errors, and ensures that all maintenance activities are accurately documented and tracked in real-time. This leads to improved asset reliability, reduced downtime, and ultimately, better service delivery for De Lijn
De Lijn
Emixa
Plenary room
12h45
12h45 – 13h45
Lunch
13h45
13h45 – 14h15
Paul Smit | Philosopher & Comedian (AI) | Keynote
Break-out rooms
14h15
14h15 – 15h00
Break-out room 1
Discover the Power of SAP Ariba Guided Buying: A Customer’s Journey
Discover how Group Ghent revamped their procurement process with SAP Ariba Buying, becoming more compliant and in control over their indirect spend. The decision to replace their on-prem SAP SRM solution with the cloud-based SAP Ariba Buying solution has proven to be a wise move. Thanks to the intuitive UI framework and Guided Buying capabilities, end-users receive a webshop-like purchasing experience, effortlessly guiding them to the right catalogs, contracts & suppliers. Increased user adoption, visibility over contract spend and improved compliance with company policies and budgets are mere example of the results. Join us and learn how the City of Ghent made it all possible.
Target audience: CFO, CPO, IT Manager, Business Analyst
Pieter Coenen | City of Ghent
Kjell Vanmechelen | District09
Break-out room 2
SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC) at Beaulieu
Electronic invoicing is growing increasingly important for businesses. No wonder, since it’s more secure, more standardized, more efficient, and more economical than invoicing on paper. Legislators have adopted laws for mandatory B2B e-invoicing in EU and beyond. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly important for organizations to switch to e-invoicing to remain compliant, but also to enjoy the benefits of this modern and efficient invoicing method. Learn how Beaulieu International Group leveraged the capabilities of SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC) to fulfill their e-invoicing needs in a multinational context.
Target audience: CIO/CDO/IT manager
Beaulieu
delaware
Break-out room 3
Empowering Success: Integrating SAP Companion with SAP SuccessFactors
Join us as we uncover the success of integrating SAP Companion with SAP SuccessFactors. The presentation will highlight the numerous benefits of this integration, including its impact on user experience and organizational efficiency. Additionally, insights will be shared from our experiences with clients to provide valuable perspectives and practical examples.
Target audience: HR managers, IT managers, L&D Experts, L&D Coordinators, L&D Managers
Morgane Verest | Amista
Joke Tibée | Amista
15h00
15h00 – 15h45
Break-out room 1
Learn how Kaneka accelerated management reporting leveraging the rich business content models of SAP Datasphere
Kaneka, a leading technology-driven chemical company, decided to opt for a complete transformation journey revisiting all their business processes supported by a greenfield S/4HANA implementation. Coming from SAP ECC with a lot of management reporting outside SAP and based on legacy technology, an overhaul of their reporting strategy was required. In this session Kaneka will explain how SAP datasphere is complementing S/4HANA embedded analytics as part of their analytics strategy and how rich business content is accelerating the entire implementation journey.
Target audience: CIO’s, IT Managers, Business Process Owners, IT- and Data-analists
to be defined
Marinke Van Laer | Flexso
Break-out room 2
Automate and accelerate your AP processess in SAP with xSuite invoice
In this Session, we will introduce you to the steps that an invoice goes through: As a PDF attachment to an email, via a Peppol portal in XML format, or classically in paper form in the mail – today, invoices are received in different ways and in different formats. In the first step, data is captured from all incoming documents and automatically transferred to your SAP system. Then AI-supported, digital workflows ensure that invoice verification and approval are as simple and user-friendly as possible. Every step is fully logged, and all documents are archived compliantly. The live demo during this webinar is carried out on an SAP S/4HANA system with the FI and MM modules. However, the solution is also suitable for the SAP modules PSM and PSCD as well as for SAP ERP systems.
Hans Willems | xSuite
Break-out room 3
Understand and troubleshoot your SAP integrations easily
The Integration and Business Process Monitor, a SaaS solution built on BTP and connected to your SAP Integration Suite using API’s, allows you to track all integrations to and from both SAP and non-SAP products. Easily search iFlow data by type, sender, receiver, and custom attributes to find specific information, including payloads. View error messages, reprocess messages, and generate reports by type, sender, status. Streamline workflow management and make technical data accessible to non-technical users.
Target audience: CIO/CDO/IT manager, business analyst or Solution Architect
David Jacobs | TheValueChain
Tom Meeze | TheValueChain
15h45
15h45 – 16h30
Break-out room 1
Application Management Services in a RISE with SAP context from a customer point of view
The RISE with SAP subscription includes software, tools, and services to help the transition to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, as well as software maintenance and support, infrastructure management and technical managed services. Basically, everything from the hypervisor up to the basis layer is the responsibility of SAP. Important to consider is what is not included, such as advisory, implementation and application management services. Based on your requirements, it is important to understand which services are and which services are not included with the RISE with SAP offering, and hence require in-house or partner resources.
Bert Vanstechelman | Expertum
Break-out room 2
Elevating AP Efficiency and Insights through Generative AI
In today’s fast-paced business environment, accounts payable (AP) teams face complex challenges. This session will show how finance professionals can leverage generative AI with Serrala’s integrated AP solutions to enhance efficiency and strategic insights.
Discover how Serrala’s intelligent automation—like AI-powered invoice processing—streamlines workflows and boosts processing rates. By harnessing generative AI, AP teams can uncover cost-saving opportunities and optimize cash flow, enabling better decision-making.
We’ll also share best practices for transitioning to next-generation AP solutions.
Target audience: CIO/CDO/IT manager
Oliver Kloster | Serrala
Break-out room 3
An Integrated multi-cloud SAP environment at Meat & More
How to maximise the performance of your entire digital landscape? Simply, by strategically building the right bridges in your multi-cloud environment and relying on smart best practices. Join us for an insightful presentation by Dimitri Deflo, IT Teamleader & SAP Manager at Meat & More, a leading Belgian company renowned for its fresh meat, prepared meals, and bakery products. Under the retail brands Buurtslagers and Bon’Ap, Meat & More is committed to delivering high-quality, sustainable products while embracing SAP innovation. In this session, Dimitri will outline the strategic rollout and timeframe for key SAP solutions that have been essential in the organization’s improved supply chain operations in recent years. He’ll delve into the migration from PI/PO to CPI, offering best practices for event-based integrations, such as those with Bizerba. Next to that, Dimitri will share his insights on the interaction between SAP BTP and Azure in a multi-cloud environment.
Target audience: IT Manager, CIO, IT Teamlead, IT Architects, SAP Manager
Dimitri Deflo | Meat & More
Kristof Capellen | Flexso
Plenary room
16h30
16h30 – 18h30
With the contest you can win an e-Step or 2 other prizes followed by the networking drink
Philipp Von Normann
Product Owner Scope 3 Platform I Elia Group
Marjolein Callant
Over the past 15 years, I have focused on customer-centric processes with a strong integration in cloud solutions and an SAP backbone.
Next to an internal role at Flexso to drive knowledge sharing, close collaboration and innovation within our S/4HANA and SAP cloud solution project teams, I support customers in building and maintaining future-proof IT landscapes with a clear understanding of their business processes and backed by the innovative SAP technology.
Dries Van Vaerenbergh
Dries has been a SAP developer for 7 years now at Flexso. He is a real SAP technology addict, with a particular interest in all the ins and outs of the SAP Business Technology platform. On a daily base he pushes SAP BTP services to the limits in designing, configuring, and developing scalable and futureproof cloud-solutions. With a great passion for new SAP technologies, Dries loves to share his insights and knowledge with the SAP-Community and exchange best practices. By doing so, he stays tuned with the latest SAP Business Technology Platform features and novelties in the world of SAP Innovation.
Dimitri Deflo
I work as an SAP Manager at Meat&More, with an extensive background in SAP projects and logistics process optimization. I started my career as an ABAP developer and later specialized as a functional analyst, where I built valuable expertise in warehouse management. In the next phase of my career, I coordinated the SAP implementation across multiple production sites for a manufacturing company in the metal industry. For the past four years, I have been responsible for SAP transformation at Meat&More. In 2023, we completed the migration to SAP S/4HANA, and we are currently working on various SAP optimizations, including the implementation of Plant Maintenance and a large program focused on the digitalization of the supply chain.
Kristof Capellen
SAP Integration Specialist | Flexso
David Jacobs
As a Partner in Innovation and Competence at TheValueChain, I oversee the quality, efficiency, and innovation of our solutions, ensuring we meet and exceed our clients’ expectations and needs. I am passionate about leveraging SAP technology to optimize and transform business processes, enhance customer satisfaction, and create value for our stakeholders.
Kai Muehlbauer
Kai Muehlbauer is the Global Head of AI Product & Partner Management at SAP, where he oversees the productization of AI capabilities within SAP’s business applications. With a focus on delivering exceptional customer outcomes, Kai and his team are responsible for overseeing the legal and commercial aspects of AI partnerships while also driving adoption of SAP Business AI within the SAP field and its ecosystem.
Pieter Janssens
As a passionate SAP solution architect, my expertise lies in designing integrations and extensions for SAP SuccessFactors and S/4HANA with a focus on SAP Business Technology Platform. With years of experience in the field of Human Resources, I have gained a deep understanding of SAP’s HR LoB solutions, and have helped numerous organizations optimize their HR processes. I am committed to delivering innovative solutions that drive business growth and enable organizations to stay ahead of the competition.
Kristof De Moor
Experienced SAP HCM/SuccessFactors/Work Zone Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the human resources industry. Strong information technology professional skilled in SAP HCM Enterprise software, SuccessFactors Employee Central, SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Build Work Zone, Object Oriented Programming, technical support, data migration and HR consulting in general.
Liselot Vanoutryve
Application Manager
Wim Gantois
Stijn Verdoodt
Stijn is a passionate and experienced full-stack SAP developer with a keen interest in the extensibility options of the SAP Business Technology Platform. He has been working for 4 years at Flexso where he also kickstarted his SAP Adventure. At Flexso, Stijn combines the power of new SAP technologies like UI5, BTP and S/4 extensibilities which he puts to practice while working on several thrilling customer projects. As a customer-oriented consultant, he loves to think outside the box and search for creative solutions based on customer requirements and wishes
Chris Walravens
Chris is SAP Security and GRC advisor at Expertum. He has over 25 years of experience with SAP authorizations and compliance projects. Besides being an experienced consultant, Chris also is a Certified Information Systems Auditor. This combination is ideal for conducting all types of GRC projects
Pieter Coenen
Hans Willems
Hans Willems began his professional career as a tax auditor. After switching to IT in 1997 for an SAP implementation, he worked in various companies as an SAP consultant FI/CO and as a team leader for SAP competence centers. In 2012 Hans joined xSuite Benelux BV and became Managing Director in 2014. His experience lies in supporting companies in process improvements, especially in the APIA process.
Kjell Vanmechelen
With over 13 years of experience, Kjell is a seasoned professional when it comes to Finance and Logistics processes. From Spanogroup to Unilin, Kjell currently serves as a SAP Ariba and S/4HANA Business Analyst at District 09, the Digital Business partner for Group Ghent. Kjell played a vital role in ‘connecting the dots’ between SAP Ariba Buying and S/4HANA.
Marinke Van Laer
Marinke is an SAP Analytics lead Consultant at Flexso with expertise in Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud, xP&A (Extended Planning and Analysis) & CDS (Core Data Services) views. Marinke’s expertise bridges the gap between technical solutions and business needs, optimizing processes and driving business growth. Her passion lies in problem-solving, and she delivers transformative solutions through a combination of technical prowess and a deep understanding of business requirements.
Morgane Verest
Morgane has extensive experience in the Change Management and Digital Learning area, from implementing LMS tools to creating e-learning content and setting up strategies to stimulate a learning culture, change management and user adoption for different customers such as Q8, Pidpa,…
Joke Tibée
Joke Tubée is an educational specialist currently working as a Digital Learning Consultant at Amista. She holds a master’s degree in educational sciences and has previous experience in projects with companies such as Elia and Prayon. Here she was responsible for designing and creating engaging learning content for both IT and non-IT topics using SAP Enable Now. Currently, Joke is involved in several learning projects for Fluvius. She is passionate about designing and developing digital learning solutions to make other people grow in their profession.
Tom Meeze
With a background in business and a passion for technology, I help turning innovative concepts into cutting-edge SaaS products. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, I oversee every stage of product development, from idea to market launch, ensuring seamless execution and exceptional outcomes. Together with our clients, we’re committed to delivering holistic solutions that drive tangible success, setting new standards for excellence in the industry.
Bert Vanstechelman
Bert Vanstechelman is Chief Executive Officer at Expertum. He has more than 25 years of experience in SAP technical consulting, covering countless SAP versions in combination with all kinds of databases and operating systems supported by SAP.
Vivek Krishnadas
Oliver Kloster
Manager Solution Architects / Pre Sales for P2P Solutions
Stijn De Beuckelaer
Stijn De Beuckelaer is the Managing Director of SAP Belgium and Luxembourg and has been part of the BeLux management team for over 10 years. During his 23 year career at SAP he served in several leadership roles within the organization. Thanks to these experiences, he has built a profound knowledge of digital business transformation and the business value outcomes customers are looking for. Stijn is a firm believer in the accelerating role of cloud to rapidly enable technology innovation within businesses.
Kris Bogaerts
Kris has 25+ experience in delivering high-value solutions for organisations undergoing digital transformation. Specialising in SAP solutions, Kris combines deep industry knowledge with a commitment to implementing business strategies that ensure a strong return on investment. At Inetum, we accelerate and de-risk SAP implementation & migration journeys for clients with package solutions grounded in best practices and the combined expertise of over 2,500 SAP professionals, built on insights from numerous projects worldwide.
Antoine Basson
Based in France, Regional Sales Manager in charge of all French-speaking territories. For over 2 years, I’ve been helping organizations transform their SAP journey into a smoother, better, faster and more secure one. Before joining Panaya, I spent over 14 years in a Franco-Belgian IT group, Econocom, where I held various sales positions. My last position involved helping a major supply chain company transform its business model by providing agile financial solutions to introduce automation into their warehouses.
Hassan Haydar
Value Advisory Principal | SAP Customer Advisory Organization
Gert De Pauw
Gert is Chairman of SAPience since december 2023. He has over 20 years experience in SAP. He is more than 9 years Project Manager within Ypto. Ypto is part of the railway family, and supply the necessary IT expertise to SNCB.
Paul Smit
Dries Van Vaerenbergh
Dries has been a SAP developer for 7 years now at Flexso. He is a real SAP technology addict, with a particular interest in all the ins and outs of the SAP Business Technology platform. On a daily base he pushes SAP BTP services to the limits in designing, configuring, and developing scalable and futureproof cloud-solutions. With a great passion for new SAP technologies, Dries loves to share his insights and knowledge with the SAP-Community and exchange best practices. By doing so, he stays tuned with the latest SAP Business Technology Platform features and novelties in the world of SAP Innovation.