2015 North American CWG ConferenceNovember 1 – 4

Monday, November 2: General Assembly, Grand Salon DE

08:00 – 08:30 Registration/Sign in CWG Members

08:30 – 09:15 Welcome & President’s Address

09:15 – 10:00 SAP S/4HANA Innovation for the Digital EconomyStephen Day – SAP America

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Refreshment: Atlantic Foyer

10:30 – 11:00 VC³ - SAP VC, SAP IPC and SAP CPQ - an overviewMarin Ukalovic – SAP Germany

11:00 – 11:30 Variant Configuration on HANA - UpdatePetra Meyer & Michael Zarges – SAP SE; Steve Schneider – Steelcase Inc.

11:30 – 12:00 Back Away From The EdgeSteve Schneider – Steelcase Inc.

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch: Nanking Restaurant

13:30 – 14:15 SAP CPQ on hybris - Overview and StrategyHarald Reitz – SAP America

14:15 – 15:00 IPC & PMEVC Development UpdateMichael Zarges – SAP SE

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break: Atlantic Foyer

15:30 – 16:15 Your path from VC to IPCLawrence Matusek – eLogic Group

16:15 – 16:45 SAP CPQ for Solution Sales Configuration - UpdateSteve Lenz – SAP Labs

16:45 – 17:00 Questions & Answers

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Tuesday, November 3

Grand Salon D Grand Salon E Grand Salon BC

08:30 – 09:15

A Deep Dive on Configurable Bill of MaterialsRamakrishna Gottipati – eLogic Group

MAAX ModulR web configurator customer storyChristopher Bolduc – Maax Bath Inc.

SAP CPQ for Product Configuration: Today and tomorrowKarlheinz Agsteiner – SAP SE

09:15 – 10:00

The Productivity and Freedom Provided by Master Data Mass Load SoftwareCory Layman & Don Neu - Kimball International; Jeremy Buckmier - Innowera

Managing large solution sales configurations at EricssonTommy Nilsson – Ericsson

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Refreshment: Atlantic Foyer

10:30 – 11:15

Road Map for Evoqua Water Technologies VC JourneyMark Lyles – Evoqua Water Technologies

Modeling Design Patterns: Class HierarchiesMichael Josephson – Mertis Consulting

CPQ on hybrisRiccardo Nalesso & Jörg Blum – Poet

11:15 – 12:00How to Model a Super BOMEric Koch – PwC

SAP ECM’s with VC Objects in a Golden Master Data ClientKevin Meyer – Haworth Inc.

3D CPQ with LumoLogic based on CPQ in HybrisMarc Herling – Lumo Graphics

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch: Nanking Restaurant

13:30 – 14:15

Class to Material Assignments (Part 1) – A Comparison of Available TechniquesSteve Schneider – Steelcase Inc.

K-Model - Specifying Configuration Knowledge Using Mind MapsAxel Brinkop – Brinkop Consulting

Guide, Select or Size: Find the right product to configureDuane Moore – SAP America

14:15 – 15:00

Class to Material Assignments (Part 2) – Hands On WorkshopSteve Schneider – Steelcase Inc.

Simplify your configuration and get ready for UI5 with trerobis VariantJörg Kern-Landgraf – Treorbis GmbH

SAP CPQ - CPQ Showcase Demos - Multi-Channel, Mobile, 3D, Proposal Generation & moreHarald Reitz – SAP America

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break: Atlantic Foyer

15:30 – 16:15

Bringing constraints and preconditions together: value exclusions with a single generic preconditionEva Jung – SAP SE

Don’t panic -The hitchhiker’s guide to Smart Master DataSascha Rauhe & Rainer Förster– aicomp | group

Accelerate Quotations and New Product Introduction with SAP Product Lifecycle Costing Harald Reitz – SAP America

Wednesday, November 4: General Assembly, Grand Salon DE

08:30 – 09:00 Picture, Presenter Thank You, Raffle

09:00 – 10:00 Rockwell Automation’s VC Journey including the System ConfiguratorVinayak Dixit & Julie Schmitt – Rockwell Automation

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Refreshment: Atlantic Foyer

10:30 – 11:15Automatic Order BOM creation and maintenance with ECO’s for configurable productsDinesh kanna Prabakar – Deloitte Consulting LLP; Gil Levran & Flavia Cheng – Applied Materials

11:15 – 12:00 BOM Complexity Reduction by Using Modular BOMCory Layman – Kimball International

12:00 – 13:00 Quick Lunch: Nanking Restaurant

13:00 – 13:45 MM17 - Your Ticket to Material Master Query Data IndependenceKevin Meyer – Haworth Inc.

13:45 – 14:30 Questions & Answers

14:30 – 15:00 Conference Officially Ends