2025 SAP Public Sector Summit

Fuel up your morning discussions with a networking breakfast ahead of the 2025 SAP Public Sector Summit.

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Leadership under pressure. Innovation with purpose. In this compelling panel, distinguished former government leaders share how they led transformational initiatives within some of the nation’s most complex organizations. From modernizing legacy systems to motivating teams through uncertainty, their stories offer timeless lessons in resilience, strategic vision, and change management. Public Sector leaders will walk away with insights to drive innovation and unify their own missions.

The following roundtables are available during this time block:

1. Gaining Efficiency and Accuracy by Modernizing your End-to-End Budgeting, Planning, and Execution Processes | cBEYONData
   Ryan Swyers, Federal Budget Consultant, cBEYONData
   Frank Ruff, Vice President - Solutions, cBEYONData
   Steve Azzara, Vice President of Business Development, cBEYONData
   ATRIUM GALLERY
   This conversation will focus on innovative strategies and technology-enabled solutions to streamline budgeting activities to improve transparency and accelerate decision-making. We will explore how organizations can cut through inefficiencies, build greater transparency, and empower leaders with the right information at the right time. Join us to share lessons learned, success stories, and practical strategies for making budget execution not just faster, but smarter.
    
2. Creating Operational Efficiency Across the Federal Acquisition Lifecycle Through AI-Enabled Smart Contracting | Cognitus
   Denis Gustin, Managing Director, Intelligent Spend, Cognitus
   Marco Estavam,  Senior Presales Executive, Cognitus
   CONTINENTAL C
   Federal agencies and their supplier networks face growing pressure to improve efficiency, transparency, and compliance throughout the acquisition process. This session explores how AI-enabled smart contracting can modernize the full lifecycle — from buyers to n-tier suppliers — by streamlining workflows, connecting data across systems, and automating compliance. Participants will learn how modern ERP and AI technologies can help reduce administrative burden, improve visibility, and enable faster, more accountable acquisition outcomes across the Federal landscape.
    
3. Smarter Contracts, Stronger Missions: How AI-Enabled CLM Empowers Federal Agencies | Icertis
   Patrick Hughes, Senior Director, Industry Advisory - Public Sector, Icertis
   CONTINENTAL B
    
4. Modernize and Innovate with SAP and Microsoft | Microsoft
   HORIZON A
    
5. Readying for Modernization: Transform with Clean Core | SAP
   Terri Wright
   HEMISPHERE A
   Transformation to SAP S/4HANA represents more than a technical upgrade, it's an opportunity to fundamentally reimagine how Federal organizations architect their enterprise systems for agility, security, and long-term sustainability.
   For Federal organizations managing complex missions, stringent compliance requirements, and legacy customizations accumulated over decades, Clean Core offers a path to innovation without compromise.
   The "Clean Core" approach is a strategic framework that enables agencies to modernize while maintaining system integrity and reducing technical debt. At its essence, Clean Core means preserving SAP's standard functionality as the protected foundation while extending capabilities through SAP endorsed methods.
   By adopting Clean Core principles during S/4HANA transformation, agencies can future-proof their ERP investments, seamlessly adopt AI and emerging technologies, and maintain the flexibility required in an evolving regulatory landscape, all while ensuring the mission continuity that Federal operations demand.
   This roundtable will translate clean core into practical steps for federal environments: establishing extension guardrails and fit-to-standard policies; triaging legacy custom code; preparing data and processes for standardization; and building an operating model that sustains clean core over time. The goal is to share lessons learned and actionable approaches that protect mission readiness while unlocking modernization benefits.
    
6. Modern Government in Motion: Reimagining How Agencies Work, Serve, and Deliver | SAP
   Sarah Taylor & Bill Greeves
   INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY
   Public agencies today face competing pressures—aging systems, workforce challenges, rising citizen expectations, and increasing scrutiny over every dollar spent. The organizations that thrive are the ones that approach modernization as more than a technology upgrade; they treat it as a mission redesign.
   In this interactive session, government and industry leaders will explore how SAP’s integrated Business Suite—spanning finance, procurement, HR, analytics, and more—helps agencies move from patchwork processes to connected, insight-driven operations. We’ll discuss practical examples of digital transformation in action, from automating key workflows to enabling AI-ready data strategies that drive efficiency, accountability, and better outcomes. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of how to align modernization investments with mission success—and why SAP is uniquely positioned to help government get there.
    
7. Driving Value Fast: Adoption of your SAP Investment | SAP
   Matt Bogan (NS2) & Gaurav Harnal (NS2)
   HORIZON B 
   This executive roundtable brings together Customers and SAP solution experts to explore pragmatic approaches for shortening time-to-value in SAP deployments. The discussion will examine how Federal organizations can overcome implementation challenges, drive rapid user adoption, and establish effective governance frameworks that deliver measurable business outcomes. The discussion will feature insights on establishing early quick wins, prioritizing high-impact use cases, and creating momentum through measured success stories. Participants will share tips and techniques for phased implementation strategies, and performance optimization methodologies that have proven successful in maximizing SAP's business impact.
    
8. Moving to the Cloud: Cloud ERP via RISE with SAP | SAP
   Sundu Venkataramani
   HEMISPHERE B
   This roundtable will explore the distinctive advantages organizations can unlock by modernizing their SAP ERP landscape through RISE with SAP. The discussion will address the key TCO challenges customers face today—including software and hardware licenses and resource costs— and highlight how RISE helps reduce, simplify, and better predict these expenditures.
   The discussion will also dive into the benefits of AI and ML innovations available exclusively through RISE, examining how these intelligent capabilities accelerate business processes, improve decision-making, and drive operational efficiency. Additionally, the session will cover unique benefits of RISE such as the single-window ticketing experience for issue resolution and application-level uptime SLAs, which enhance reliability, accountability, and user confidence.
   Lastly, the roundtable will examine how we support customers in building comprehensive business cases for ERP modernization. This includes evaluating all relevant costs and quantifying the full spectrum of benefits over a defined time horizon. By clearly articulating the ROI of modernizing SAP ERP with RISE, we empower customers to make fully informed, data-driven decisions that align with their strategic and financial objectives.
    
9. Closing the Compliance Gap: Building Audit-Ready, Cost-Savvy Federal Programs | SAP CONCUR
   Larissa Kim, Director, Federal Government & Government Programs, SAP CONCUR
   Corina Sanchez, Director, Public Sector Practice Management, SAP CONCUR
   Aaron Wasserman, Gov Affairs North America, SAP CONCUR
   ROTUNDA
   Government agencies face growing pressure to modernize compliance, boost audit readiness, and reduce costs, all while adapting to shifting executive orders and workforce challenges. Join this roundtable to discuss best practices for achieving auditability, finding common ground across agencies, and linking compliance to measurable cost savings. We’ll explore how to leverage commercial technology, strengthen charge card programs, and maintain transparency and efficiency, even amid headwinds.

With over 40 years of experience overcoming challenges in business and in life, Alden Mills understands what it truly takes to be successful - an Unstoppable Mindset. Training audiences to focus on the aspects of challenges that are within their control, Alden offers a practical approach to raising standards and developing confidence through an internal sense of resilience. Much more than just a motivational experience, his session provides a system to tackle tough challenges, use obstacles to your advantage, and achieve success time and time again