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Although German supervisory boards are better than the global average in many aspects of AI, they are still self-critical.
It was with great astonishment that I read the text "AI agents are turning Salesforce and SAP into rivals. Artificial intelligence is blurring the distinction between front office and back office" in The Economist on June 5 of this year.
Innovation at SAP has shifted from IT to cooperation. An increasing number of partnerships are intended to mask the company's own lack of imagination.
Invoice processing is already highly digitized today. Artificial intelligence is now providing an additional boost: rule-based workflows are increasingly being supplemented by self-learning systems. The aim is to achieve a higher degree of automation—without completely replacing tried-and-tested processes.
Digital transformation requires secure, scalable IT solutions. SAP's EIC, combined with Suse Rancher for SAP Applications, enables modern, data protection-compliant integration - local, flexible and ready for real-time processes.
The combination of AI algorithms and powerful hardware, such as Nvidia's graphics processors, has sparked a revolution. The most visible result is ChatGPT, though SAP is also working on the subject.
A look back at all the new developments presented at Boomi World 2025 in Dallas, Texas. Developments such as AI agents, expansion in EMEA, better API management and many more.
Artificial intelligence requires a radical new approach in many areas of IT. How should SAP guide its well-established and highly successful ERP system through the AI revolution? It's an AI dilemma.
From left to right: Gerhard Kuppler, Vice President SAP Alliances, Oracle, and Kuen Sang Lam, Senior Director—Global SAP on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Technology, Oracle. In recent years, many black box systems have been replaced by hybrid architectures and composable IT. Oracle is at the forefront of this development with an extremely broad range of solutions.
While the current diversity policy of the Trump administration is being discussed in the USA, and SAP has scrapped its diversity targets, there is suddenly a new class of employee in the ERP environment: AI agents are here to stay!
Many SAP users stop halfway through automation. The potential of tools such as Ansible and end-to-end automation remains untapped—and with it the opportunity to combine migration with modern future-proofing.
From modernizing outdated technology to implementing responsible AI governance, a recent report has examined the key factors for the success of artificial intelligence in companies in 2025.

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

EUR 390 excl. VAT
available until 1.10.2025
EUR 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, April 22 and
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Tickets

Regular ticket
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.