SAMS 2023 | we.Connect Global Leaders | 25 February 2023 | Maritim proArte Hotel Berlin, Friedrichstraße 151, Dorotheenstraße 65, 10117 Berlin, Germany

While your own IT is increasing the pace with DevOps, new products & services with new (open source) software components are being released faster and faster, new software products based on machine learning are flooding the specialist departments, in the midst of the crisis all services are also and especially for that Provide home office and ensure business continuity.

Find the way to strategic software asset management. Meet around 400 software asset managers, license managers and IT buyers from the entire D/A/CH region. Share your experiences and discuss innovative SAM strategies and concepts. The SAMS is not only Europe's largest SAM congress but also the annual meeting of the German-speaking SAM community.

Key Topics:
• Software Asset Management in the Subscription Economy: What are the Current Experiences, Future Challenges and Prospects?
• Bring Your Own License: What role does license mobility of server applications play on IaaS?
• Oracle Java SE: What will change with the new license model? What are the differences between the different versions? How do we deal with the news - pay or rely on OpenJDK? How do we deal with Java instances at Oracle Weblogic or IBM Websphere?
• SAP indirect use: What roles do price increases, exceptions and the correct interpretation of the SAP price and conditions list play?
• License optimization in complex hybrid system landscapes / containers and the lack of transparency of license models: licensing based on cores or actual use?
• From rapid deployment to license violations: What do conflicts such as SAM vs. developer mean for the correct handling of products such as Confluence, GitLab or Artifactory and how do we ensure • compliance?
• Open source components as a compliance trap: what happens to the licensed code snippets used in your own source code?
• From IT Service Management to SAM and Back: What Does the Integration of Processes & Automation Mean for the Future Role of Software Asset Management? What role does IST & SAM play in M&A, carve-ins/carve-outs?
• Why SAM & HAM (do not) belong together: What are the opportunities & risks of a holistic ITAM in the company?
• SAM in large, dynamic and decentralized corporate environments and SAM between IT, purchasing, legal: where in the company is SAM best placed and strategically positioned? How can a company-wide coordination of software procurement processes succeed?
• Contract and Vendor Management: How do successful negotiations with the big software manufacturers succeed? And how can a vendor lock-in with cloud services be avoided in the context of XaaS?
• Audits: What are best-in-class audit defense strategies and how can multiple parallel audits be carried out efficiently? Tips and tricks from practice
• Daily business vs. state of emergency: What can SAM learn from BCM with regard to preparation, risk scenarios and company-wide cooperation in the event of an audit?

2023 Speakers

Christian Walter
Director - Head of Software Category Management, Deutsche Bank

Andreas Koehler
Director Corporate IT Contract & Providermanagement, Continental AG

Hans Werner Forkel
Global IT Sourcing & License Manager, Schaeffler AG

Gerard Meyer
Head of Group License Capability & Processes, DHL IT Shared Services GmbH

Lisa Weigert
Head of IT Sourcing, LANXESS AG

Oliver Tesch
Head of IT Order and Vendor Management, Lanxess

Holger Weber
Head of IT Contract & License Management, Axel Springer SE

Ruslan Leikom
Global License Manager, Hannover Rück SE

Elisabeth Schnappinger Gerull
Manager Software Asset Management, Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

Michael Bloch
SAP License Manager, ALDI International Services GmbH & Co. oHG

Stefan Thanheiser
Chapter Guide Software Asset and Licensing Management, Atruvia AG

Philipp Butters
Senior License Management, Volkswagen Software Asset Management GmbH

Patrick Kriegl
IT contract and license manager, Andritz AG

Rainer Batz
Corporate License Manager, SHS Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co. KG aA

Thomas Flesch
Global Lead Buyer IT, Telecommunication and Services, SEG Automotive Germany GmbH

Dr. Marc Seifert
Team leader Configuration & License Management, Gothaer Systems GmbH

Claudio Hersberger
License manager, Baloise Versicherung AG

Daniel Roeder
Group Manager Software, Infrastructure & License Management, ERGO Group AG

Tilmann Gierth
Team Lead IT Commercial Management, IAV GmbH

Guido Dahl
Strategic license management, ERGO Group AG

Philip Exner
Group Manager IT Asset Management (Contracts & Licenses), Debeka

Robert Jande
Contract & License Manager IT Tires, Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH

Christian Dudziak
Product Owner Shared Services, IAV GmbH

Stefan Schwartz
Software Asset Management, Fielmann AG

Uwe Lehmann
License Manager, TUI InfoTec GmbH
Silvio Chionne
Software License Manager, Federal Office for Information Technology & Telecommunications Bit

Stefan Merchel
Senior Manager Sourcing, Wacker Chemie AG

Dorota Soldrowska
Senior Licensing Specialist, Orange Polska

Hannes Nitsche
License manager, Axel Springer SE

Steffen Hoppe
Global Software License Manager, KUKA AG

Axel Krueger
Manager Network Region EMEA, Allianz Technology SE

Martin Gaertner
Senior Process Manager, Allianz Technology SE

Robert Schmurr
Manager System Administrator, Delivery Hero SE

Silvia Bisio
Software Asset & License Manager, Atruvia AG

Steffen Kasel
Business Analyst IT Governance Systems, Marquardt-Gruppe

Magdalena Stolarska
Global IS Software Asset Manager Microsoft, ABB Business Services Sp. z o.o.

Clemens Rittel
IT manager, AMAZONE-WERKE H. Dreyer SE & Co .KG

Christian Koch
license manager, IKT Linz GmbH

Roland Dubenkow
IT License Manager, Citti Handelsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

Andre Neumann
Head of Procurement, Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG

Marco Sangiorgio
Director Solution Consulting, Snow Software

Sabrina Bauer
IT Software Asset & License Manager, Knorr-Bremse Services GmbH

Daniel Fink
Senior Sales Manager, USU Software AG

Ben Lipczynski
Global Head of Global Security Services, Origina

Olaf Diehl
Director of Product Management, USU

Dr. Andreas Zabolitzky
Manager SCA Cloud Economics, Crayon Deutschland GmbH

Volkan Oezdemir
Enterprise Account Executive, Origina GmbH

Dr. Jan Hachenberger
Head of Performance Strategy, TIMETOACT Software & Consulting GmbH

Andreas Schulz
Senior Solution Engineer, Flexera Software LLC

Patrick Amann
Team Manager ITAM Managed Services, SoftwareONE

Michael Bonk
SCA Managing Consultant, Crayon Deutschland GmbH

Fabian Gutschera
Team Lead Sales Engineering, USU Software AG

Thomas Hermann
Solution Sales Manager – IT Transformation, ServiceNow

Ruediger Johannes Gunther
Director Enterprise Sales Germany, Snow Software

Lauran Van Eyck
Sales Managers, USU Software AG

Nico Rochow
Practice Lead FinOps, DACH, SoftwareONE Deutschland GmbH

Patrick Heinrichs
Product Owner Application Modernization & FinOps, Softline Group

Fabian Conrads
Regional Sales Director North, Matrix42 AG

Volker Untch
Senior Advisory Solution Consultant ITAM, Servicenow

Joyce Study
Microsoft Licensing Professional | Microsoft SAM Professional, VENDOSOFT GmbH

Thilo Girth
Senior Manager, Head of Competence Center Procurement, Intero Consulting GmbH

Christian Grave
Managing Director, ProLicense GmbH

Julien Roemers
Sales Engineer, USU Software AG

Andreas Rohne
Solution Sales Specialist - Licensing, Insight Technology Solutions GmbH

Romy Laternicht
Solution Sales SLM, SoftwareONE Deutschland GmbH

Fabian Gerum
Microsoft Licensing Professional, VENDOSOFT GmbH

Maximilian Hoppe
senior consultant, BearingPoint

Markus Seirer
Sales Consultant, VENDOSOFT GmbH

Silas Heimann
senior consultant, HiSolutions AG

Jean Marc Galler
Principal Consultant, SoftwareONE

Gian Luigi de Bona
senior consultant, HiSolutions AG

Hilmar Jacobs
ITAM Senior Consultant, SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH

Martin Koegel
CEO, VOQUZ Labs

Louis Francus
Consultant, Sandmeier Consulting GmbH

Alexander Black
Senior Lead Consultant, Anglepoint

Francisco Fernandez Hansen
Vice President, VOQUZ Labs America

Peter Rattey
CTO, VOQUZ LABS

Christoph Karas
Licensing Attorney, C-Level IT

Michael Bohlen
Director Performance Strategy - ITAM, TimeToAct Group

Justs Cielens
Director, Squalio

Michael Sandmeier
Founder and CEO, Sandmeier Consulting

Tina Catherine Meschter
Program Director, We Connect Global

2023 Partners

• Matrix42 Inc
• Tanium BP
• Cape Foxx
• Foxit
• Voquz Labs GmbH
• Vendosoft
• C Level IT
• Snow Software GmbH
• JENTZSCH IT
• SVA Ltd
• crayon
• HiSolutions AG
• original
• preo Software AG
• BearingPoint GmbH
• Softline Solutions GmbH
• Sandmeier Consulting
• TIMETOACT GROUP
• Raynet
• Intero Consulting
• angle point
• ProLicense GmbH
• Squalio
• Insight Technology Solutions GmbH
• Flexera Software GmbH
• SoftwareONE Germany GmbH
• USU Software AG