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The digital association Bitkom welcomes the creation of an independent digital ministry by the future federal government as well as the many digital policy plans of the governing parties, but calls for the plans to be fleshed out quickly and funding to be clarified.
Many existing SAP customers are at a crossroads as to whether SAP's ERP should continue to play a leading role in the future or whether there are a variety of alternatives with a composable ERP. SAP is countering this with a new Business Suite.
Artificial intelligence is changing the world of work, and at Workday's flagship event, Elevate 2025, Workday is showcasing how companies are embracing this change.
A recent study shows that AI is particularly important in quality control and automated data and document management.
The assistant analyzes each query to provide relevant and useful content, adjusts the depth of responses according to the complexity of the question, and offers clear, comprehensive solutions tailored to the context, avoiding excessive use of technical jargon.
The IT company is honored by SAP in the Sales Success Midmarket category.
Customers now have the opportunity to benefit from the flexibility and interoperability of Iceberg combined with the Snowflake platform.
In terms of IT and SAP investment budgets, many companies continue to show a high willingness to invest. The overall IT budget is increasing at 40% of the companies surveyed in the DACH region, compared to 43% a year ago.
This year's Lünendonk Business-to-Business Service Award in the "Lifetime achievement" category goes to Hans Zehetmaier, founder of IT consultancy MSG.
SAP donation funds new endowed professorship for artificial intelligence at the University of California, Irvine.
AI foundation for companies: Over 15 LLMs already provided in accordance with EU standards, mainly in Germany.
A recent study by the Stifterverband (a German non-profit organization with a focus on science) and McKinsey shows that many companies recognize the potential of artificial intelligence, but are not yet exploiting it.

Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

FourSide Hotel Salzburg,
Trademark Collection by Wyndham
Am Messezentrum 2, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
+43-66-24355460

Event date

Wednesday, June 10, and
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Early Bird Ticket

Regular ticket

Subscribers to the E3 Magazine Ticket

reduced with promocode STAbo26

Students*

reduced with promocode CCStud26.
Please send proof of studies by e-mail to office@b4bmedia.net.
*The first 10 tickets are free of charge for students. Try your luck! 🍀
EUR 390 excl. VAT
available until 30.11.2025
EUR 590 excl. VAT
EUR 390 excl. VAT
EUR 290 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, April 22 and
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Tickets

Early Bird Ticket
Regular ticket
EUR 390 excl. VAT
available until 30.11.2025
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Subscribers to the E3 magazine
reduced with promocode STAbo26
EUR 390 excl. VAT
Students*
reduced with promocode STStud26.
Please send proof of studies by e-mail to office@b4bmedia.net.
EUR 290 excl. VAT
*The first 10 tickets are free of charge for students. Try your luck! 🍀
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2026, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.