SAPHILA 2023 | African SAP User Group | 8 July 2023 | Sun City Resort, R556, Sun City, 0316, South Africa

The event promises to elevate the information technology industry by creating an all-encompassing immersive environment for all SAP users to connect, create, collaborate and knowledge share in the very latest innovations, implementations and service delivery best practices, that the world of SAP has to offer. So register now and ASPIRE to new heights by engaging in unprecedented levels of plenary keynote presentations, industry streams and workshops, partner exhibitions, evening networking and social events and so much more.

This event enables attendees the ability to connect, create and collaborate and have access to a world of first-class peers and experts, customers – including CIOs, CEOs, Management Level IT Users, SAP End Users, Partners, Consultants and of course SAP Senior Executives – who can bring to you first-hand the innovative technologies and solutions that SAP has to offer, ensuring you understand and learn about real-time data, Intelligent Enterprise and all the latest hot topics.

Who should attend:
• CIO
• CTO
• COO
• SAP COE Manager
• SAP Project Manager
• SAP Super User
• SAP IT Program Manager
• SAP IT Program Directors
• Business Specialist
• Business Strategist

Why you should attend:
• Keynote presentations brought to you by industry experts who will inspire you to take your organisation into the future with the latest innovations.
• Content provided by board-level SAP experts and industry leaders, as well as a range of customers who have responded to a call for papers and will speak on some of the latest and most exciting industry topics.
• Exhibition spaces packed with SAP Partners showcasing their solutions on implementing projects faster, better and within a cost-effective budget.
• Showcasing and demonstration of new products, presented by SAP and SAP partners. Various high-value round table discussions, panel discussions, workshops, and presentation streams.

2023 Speakers

Reg Barry
Sap Representative

Vusi Thembekwayo
Speaker, Investor, Leader

Sven Denecken
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Solutions Officer for Industries and CX, SAP SE Germany

Hannes Venter
Industry and Value Advisor - Utilities (Africa)

Philipp Meyer
Senior Business Owner for Solution and Innovation Experience, SAP SE Germany

Rheinhardt Schulze
Supply Chain Lead for Africa, EY

Martin Zloch
Head of SAP Practice Africa, EY Africa

Sasha Perhat
Senior Manager HR Systems, Toyota

David Bann
Managing Director, K5 Business

Timo Elliott
Global Innovation Evangelist, SAP SE Germany

Dr. Oliver Gutzeit
Vice President, Experience Technology, SAP SE Germany

Hanlie Van Der Berg
SAP Architect, BMW

Arndt Hoffmann
Chief Customer Officer, SmartShift

Paul Kurchina
Connector and Analyst, SAP Community Evangelist

Koustubh Waikar
Head of Global Customer Engagement and EMEA, Data Management and Landscape Transformation - SAP Adoption Services Centre

Juan R. Carvallo Alarcon
Manager, Experience Design and Enterprise Architecture King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Andre Russell
Director RISE and S/4HANA Centre of Excellence EMEA South, SAP Apple Ambassador SAP

Ralf Wagner
Vice President, HXM Solution Manager, SAP SE Germany

Peter Blignaut
Manager Pre-sales, SAP South Africa

Tim Steuer
Vice President, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), SAP SE Germany

Lauren Wortman
Vice President, Application and Cloud Dimension Data

Dr. Uwe Grigoleit
Senior Vice President, SAP Customer Evolution, SAP SE Germany

Dr. Martin Kotula
Global Vice President, Industry and Value, SAP SE Germany

Nihmal Marrie
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Robert Heneke
Executive Head, Cloud, SAP Development and Technology, Pick n Pay

Bushy Thebehali
Application Services Manager, Aspen Pharmacare

Toni Serra
Chief Information Officer, AECI

De Wet Naude
Head, Sub-Saharan Africa, SAP University Alliances, SAP SE

Graham Henderson
Architecture and Advisor, SAP ALM

Orscilla Haggard
Group Executive, Finance Business Support Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited

Dawid Oelofse
Supply Chain Executive, Dischem

Raik Kulinna
Global Lead for Waste, Recycling and Environmental Services, SAP SE Germany

Karen Theys
SAP Alliance Driver, PwC

Lucky Gaokgorwe
SAP S/4HANA Lead, PwC

Tlotlo Loselo
Foundation for the Future Graduate, PwC

Ivana Granelli
CEO, Can!do Consulting

Sphume Dlamini
Team and Solution Lead, Can!do Consulting

Johan Boshoff
Digital Learning & Education Specialist, Can!do Consulting

Thandwefika Tshabalala
SAP Training Specialist, Can!do Consulting

Anja Leonard
Enterprise Solution Architech, Pick n Pay

Ronel Pfotenhauer
Business Owner Success Factors and People Analytics, Sanlam

Prinushlee Govender
Data Scientist People Analytics, Sanlam

Innocent M. Dlamini
COO and Sponsor of the SAP Transformation Project, Sincephethelo Motor Vehicles Fund

Steve Jacobs
SAP Specialist, Technofit

Krishna Agarwal
Consultant, Technology Risk Limited

Rahul Ghosh
Partner, Technology Rick Limited

Mohamed Yusuf
Global Head, HR Technology and Solution Advisory SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Dubai

Werner Carstens
SAP Solutions Architect, Capitec Bank

Duke Mathebula
Chairman, AFSUG

PANEL:

Deon Du Preez
Product Manager, Dimension Data

Gail Ridley
CIO, Bell Equipment

Rob Coombe
Group IT Manager, Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation

John Morisson
IT Manager, Polyoak

Debbie Allison
CIO, Macsteel

Rolf Ronander
COO Technology, Group Services Office, Absa

Roopa Bharat
Head of Technology, Finance Management and ERP, Absa

Jason Bath
EMEA Head, ERP on Aws, Amazon Web Services

Aveena Mothilall
CIO, Engen Petroleum

Felix Chabeli
Managing Director, SAP Quality Assurance and SAp ALM Architect, Strarforetech

Kosh Panday
Senior Manager, Accenture

Gerhard Greyling
CIO, Digitization Protagonist, CEDA Development Finance Bank - Botswana

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND:
• Dimension Data

PLATINUM:
• Ey
• BCX
• Wipro

GOLD:
• Accenture
• Opentext
• Pwc
• Pyramid
• Ibm

SILVER:
• Quintica
• Lemongrass
• Dimago
• iOco

COLLABORATIVE SPONSOR:
• SAP

EXECUTIVE SUITE:
• Deloitte

COFFEE SPONSOR:
• Adapt IT

CHARGING STATION SPONSOR:
• Engaged

GOLF SPONSORSHIP:
• Google Cloud
• Heineken Beverages