Our next annual SAP Planning & Analytics Summit is on the horizon – a convenient blend of thought leadership, education, enablement, fun and networking.
WHEN
2 action-packed half days this summer:
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Wednesday 6/18 at 10AM – 5PM Thought Leadership, Customer Successes and Education
- Wednesday 6/18 at 6PM Nashville Night Y’All Southern Comfort Food and Country Music at Alan Jackson’s Good Time Bar
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Thursday 6/19 at 9AM – 12PM Hands-On Experience with technology or business track
- Thursday 6/19 at 12PM – 1PM Joint lunch concluding the event
WHERE
Renaissance Nashville Hotel, 611 Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
WHO
You will meet many fellow Finance leaders like CFOs, FP&A Directors and Managers, Controllers, Finance VPs and Directors, as well as peer IT VPs and Directors at mid market companies as well as larger organizations and corporations. Please understand that we will not accept consultants, contractors or the like as this is neither a sales nor a recruitment conference but a practitioner community summit.
WHY
If you are interested in learning about modern solutions for your planning, consolidation and reporting process, look no further. Our customer speakers from RLDatix, NTT Data Business Solutions and AGCO, will share insights into their success and give you plenty of innovative ideas how to advance your teams’ success as well. The renaissance of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) will help shape your focus on growing your company based on data, AI technology and integrated business processes based on the SAP Business Data Cloud solution.
ADDITIONAL REASON TO ATTEND
You would not really have been at the cradle of Country Music if you had not experienced some live music on world famous Broadway. Join us after day 1 for a relaxed Southern adventure during our “Nashville Night Y’All” evening activity where we will host you for some hot soul food, chilled drinks and boots-moving live Country Music in one of the most famous roof top bars.
Sessions
Customer Success on Day 1 (June 18)
PlaniFi Consolidations and Planning at RLDatix with SAP Analytics Cloud: Learn from Colleen Prifogle (SVP Finance) about their tremendous success driving growth for this global health tech company, eventually improving patient safety, workforce well-being, and organizational efficiency through their strong software suite. RLDatix is running on Oracle / NetSuite.
Why did NTT Data Business Solutions selected PlaniFi Consolidations and End-to-End Planning (EPM Suite) at with SAP Analytics Cloud: Erin Daly (Senior Director Reporting) will share insights into this CFO initiative to drive an integrated business plan across the Americas region for this global services powerhouse, inclusive of financial consolidations across their multiple ERP systems within SAP Analytics Cloud.
PlaniFi Workforce, Capital Projects and OPEX Planning at AGCO and SAP Analytics Cloud: This global agriculture manufacturing heavy weight is everything but heavy in their Planning & Analytics process. Dive into Jaime Garza’s (Finance Director) session and learn about the cross-departmental and collaborative environment Jaime and team have established.
Thought Leadership Sessions on Day 1
The future of Planning & Analytics is already here: learn from SAP’s Eric Smit (head of xP&A Solution Advisory) about the latest innovations around Business AI, the Business Data Cloud framework and how this all ties to your Planning & Analytics process
SAP Business Data Cloud Strategy: in this session Mr. Tom Chelednik (Head of Solution Management SAP BDC) will lay out strategic guidance for your own company roadmap into the future
Seamless Planning with SAP Business Data Cloud: listen to SimpleFi’s Jason Reid (head of Customer Success) talk about very practical considerations for your current transformation journey as he delves into the powerful combination of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere
Welcome Address from our host and founder of SimpleFi Solutions, Mr. Jon Essig, inclusive of his take on 2025 SAPPHIRE and what you might have missed.
LoB (departmental) Planning with PlaniFi Applications: what are the latest updates in and new innovations the PlaniFi Enterprise Performance Management. Lead by our master Solution Advisor Ms. Jhanvi Patel.
Hands-On sessions for customers and interested folks on Day 2. This block is split into 2 tracks: technical and business.
Technical Track: Unlocking Insights with SAP Business Data Cloud
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- From Unified Data to Intelligent Analytics. Join us for an immersive, hands-on workshop exploring the integrated capabilities of SAP Business Data Cloud, a comprehensive solution combining SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BW/4HANA, and SAP Databricks.
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- This session will guide you through the full journey of transforming raw data into actionable insights using a unified, enterprise-grade analytics platform.
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- Your host will be Ingo Hilgefort (SimpleFi Senior Director BDC)
Business Track: Leveraging SAP Business Data Cloud for your Planning & Analytics process:
This session is split into 2 parts.
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- Leverage SAP Business AI and other innovative functionality within SAP Analytics Cloud
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- Utilize a healthy and symbiotic co-existence between Excel and FP&A
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- Hosts will be Mrs. Rose Alberga (SimpleFi Principal Consultant) and Mr. Jason Reid (SimpleFi head of Customer Success)
For your convenience, we have blocked some rooms in the Renaissance at a highly discounted rate until May 25th, in order to capture the rates please make a reservation at your earliest convenience
This is a very intimate setting with limited space. Please be considerate and share any changes in plans with us. And while this event is not intended for job seekers, we encourage you to check out our website and LinkedIn regularly as we post jobs there.
For now, we are excited to see you this summer in Nashville!