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Financials 2010
Track 1: Financial accounting (FI) 2
Track 2: Managerial accounting and controlling (CO) 4
Track 3: Planning, budgeting, and financial reporting 7
Track 4: Managing your financial supply chain 9
Track 5: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 11
Track 6: The SAP General Ledger 13
Track 7: SAP upgrades, rollouts, and continuous improvement projects 15
Track 8: Consolidations and reducing time to close 17
Track 9: Performance and risk management 20
Track 10: Audits and segregation of duties 23

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) 2010


Track 1: Strategies and technologies for governance, risk management, and compliance 26
Track 2: Segregation of duties, security, and controls 29
Track 3: Implementations, upgrades, and rollouts 34
Track 4: Financial reporting, compliance, and risk management 36
Track 5: Preparing and conducting audits 39
Track 6: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 41
Track 7: Managing global trade, supply chain risk, and environmental compliance 43

Vendor-Led Sessions 44
Solutions Showcase
Financials 2010 Exhibitor Listings 47
GRC 2010 Exhibitor Listings 54
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Financials 2010

Track 1
Financial accounting (FI)

30 training and empowerment tips for users who rely on SAP ERP Financials
Rohana Gunawardena, Quality Systems & Software
Identify the most important areas to address when training end users on SAP ERP Financials functionality, including analysis, display, environ-
ment, and reporting. Take home 30 tips that will accelerate the end-user learning curve and reduce calls to the help desk. Learn how to help users
get the most from reporting tools, such as the ALV tool and report trees, to maximize their productivity. Learn how to teach end users to set key
defaults in order to trace and determine the status of financial documents, including confirmation of a documents reversal or clearance. Identify
the most frequently used codes by document type such as the general ledger account document (SA), customer document (DA), and customer
payment (KA) types as well as posting key (01, 31, 40, 50) to assist end users in quickly identifying the purpose of each posting. Walk away
with a list of key parameter IDs for finance users.

A fundamental overview of financial accounting in the SAP system


Chip Brenner, Breakwater Consulting
Take advantage of this introductory session to bolster your understanding of financial accounting (FI) in the SAP system and eliminate any gaps
in knowledge that may exist. Step through the functionality that makes up the FI component, including the general ledger, accounts receivable,
accounts payable, asset accounting, and the special purpose ledger. Learn how to automate and track postings and create documents and recon-
ciliations using these tools. Evaluate the reporting options available in the SAP system and understand the methods you can use to extract and
present financial information. Examine how data flows in and out of the application areas in the FI component, and see the points of integration
between FI and other components in your SAP landscape, including materials management, sales and distribution, and project systems. Take
away a solid understanding of financial accounting and best practices to optimize your financial landscape.

Best practices to design and configure payment methods for accounts payable, accounts receivable, and cash
management
Stewart Emore, e5 Solutions Group
In this session, explore your options for designing a successful global payment platform. Take an in-depth look at how to configure payment
methods in your SAP system for accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), and cash management using the payment IDoc for straight
through processing (STP) payments. Learn how to design payment methods, such as cross-border SWIFT and SEPA payments and domes-
tic ACH payments, for use across multiple countries and company codes. Pinpoint the technical configuration differences for each payment
method. Get tips for designing configuration shared in the F111 cash management and F110 AP/AR payment programs. Walk away from this
session with best practices from the field to tackle the challenges of a global payment solution.

Best practices to reduce your accounts payable backlog by 50% in less than six months
Sanjib Mukherjee, Deloitte Consulting
This session offers new recommendations, strategies, and advice to successfully manage an accounts payable (AP) backlog project. Learn how to
reduce the number of parked invoices by half in less than six months with more efficient and cost-effective payment processes. Understand how
to utilize SAP Business Workflow to send out notifications for service entry sheets and goods receipts. Walk through the process for creating
specific codes that indicate the reason your organization is unable to post an invoice. Learn how to assign these codes to the appropriate area,
such as procurement or accounts payable. Get expert advice for developing an AP agent output report for evaluating and providing feedback on
your AP processes. Find out how to create an executive dashboard populated with key performance indicators (KPIs) that managers can use to
measure AP and business unit performance. Learn how to build accountability into your supply chain and business units to enable a world-class
accounts payable department.

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Case study: How Thomson Reuters achieved a streamlined and automated accounts payable operation
John Kelso, Thomson Reuters
This session offers a firsthand account of how Thomson Reuters used SAP technology to automate accounts payable (AP) functionality and
implement workflows when faced with an acquisition and subsequent restructuring of finance processes and operations. Hear how the global
organization reduced costs and lowered cycle times, improved accuracy and visibility into liabilities, and strengthened internal controls through
its AP automation project. Walk step by step through Thomson Reuters project, and hear firsthand how it designed the project around a suc-
cessful end state. Look at Thomson Reuters assessment of new technologies versus existing in-house solutions, and evaluate what approach is
best for your organization. Take away Thomson Reuters lessons learned, as well as a detailed roadmap to apply to your own AP process automa-
tion project.

Case study: How Weyerhaeuser mastered account determination with financial accounting, materials
management, and sales and distribution integration
Yoshi Williams, Weyerhaeuser
Hear firsthand how Weyerhaeuser, a wood product and fiber manufacturer, integrated its financial accounting (FI) activities with materials man-
agement (MM) and sales and distribution (SD) activities. Explore the strategy the company devised and its approach to gathering requirements
for this FI integration project. Draw valuable lessons from Weyerhaeusers experience in building a custom account determination spreadsheet
to configure, test, deploy, and validate financial accounting postings, and review a sample transaction to see how the spreadsheet is used. Step
through the configuration, transactions, and tables used for account determination and examine the integration points between account determi-
nation, MM, and SD. Explore the similarities and differences between intra-company (stock transfer), inter-company (stock transfer with billing),
and third-party sales. Walk away armed with real-world lessons to conduct a successful FI integration project at your organization.

Financial ledgers: Knowing which ledger to choose and when and the overall impact on financial reporting
Rohana Gunawardena, Quality Systems & Software
With more than a dozen options available in the SAP system for financial ledgers, choosing the best solution to meet your needs can be chal-
lenging. Explore the different ledgers, including SAP General Ledger, the special purpose ledger, and the material ledger. Obtain expert guidance
to choose the best one for a specific task. Identify key criteria that will affect your choice of ledger, including how your organization currently
stores data, your reporting and training requirements, and your current SAP ERP release. Find out which ledgers you can and should use for
consolidation processes and which to use for business segment reporting. Understand the impact of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP
NetWeaver BW) on the overall reporting functionality of SAP General Ledger. Take home a matrix with complete details on each ledger, its
functionality, and how it works best, as well as a list of key SAP Notes.

Undocumented tips for calculating asset depreciation


Nathan Genez, Serio Consulting
Get an in-depth overview of how the SAP system calculates depreciation for both corporate book and tax purposes. See how the new deprecia-
tion calculation program (DCP) works, gain insight into the lessons learned by customers that have activated the new DCP, and get expert advice
to minimize risks. Learn how the changes to the DCP in SAP ERP 6.0 impact existing asset data, asset reporting, and existing custom develop-
ment. Step through the top four most important configuration parameters, and see what each does and how they impact the depreciation calcula-
tion. Learn what variables to take into consideration in order to pinpoint an asset reporting issue and how you can validate any issues that arise in
asset reporting and day-to-day processing. Take home an article introducing the new DCP and how to recalculate asset values.

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Financials 2010

Track 2
Managerial accounting and
controlling (CO)
Best practices to configure profitability analysis and reporting in SAP ERP
Sandeep Bagchi, Keane
Attend this session for an in-depth comparison of account-based and cost-based methods for calculating profitability analysis, and determine
which best meets the needs of your organization. Learn how data from the sales and distribution (SD), materials management (MM), project
systems (PS), and financial accounting (FI) components are traced back to CO-PA and the impact this has on profitability. Understand the mul-
tiple reporting features within CO-PA, such as drill-down reporting for marketing segments, and how they enable better profitability tracking.
Walk through the options for transferring CO-PA data to a data warehouse for more robust reports and analyses. See firsthand the CO-PA tables
that can store both cost-based and account-based profitability. Leave this session equipped with complete SAP configuration screenshots, rel-
evant master data, and SAP Notes to configure CO-PA. Walk away with a document that contains the fixes to the most common limitations in
CO-PA.

Case study: How AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies employs an effective cost management and reporting
strategy using activity-based costing functionality
Jim Shoemaker, AmeriHealth Mercy
Learn how AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, the largest multi-state managed care organization serving Medicaid, performs activity-
based costing and management activities to support their growing portfolio of service offerings. Hear firsthand how they were able to utilize
SAP functionality to better allocate accurate cost data to internal and external customers, determine true costs of business processes, and help
business leaders set competitive prices that support profitability goals. Walk through the various cost reports Amerihealth Mercy Family of
Companies employs and get a detailed overview of the companys costing process and methodologies. Finally, examine what benefits have been
realized with SAPs activity-based costing and activity analysis software including more accurate quarterly cost reports and improved operational
efficiencies.

Derive greater value from profitability reports and analyses by taking advantage of frequently overlooked
functionality
Mitresh Kundalia, Quality Systems & Software
This session delivers techniques, tips, and tricks to identify and fully leverage frequently overlooked profitability analysis (CO-PA) functional-
ity, such as the ability to leverage CO-PA and SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse for segment reporting. Pinpoint the fundamental structural
difference between the CO-PA ledger and SAP General Ledger and learn how to solve the reconciliation issues that frequently arise from this
difference. Compare and contrast the two types of profitability analysis costing-based CO-PA and account-based CO-PA and learn how to
simultaneously utilize both to meet management reporting and general ledger reconciliation requirements. Avoid common and costly mis-
takes in setting up CO-PA structures or setting the segment-level characteristics, such as sales orders and items. Examine the dos and donts of
defining summarization levels to improve CO-PA performance. Gain insight into how to avoid overburdening your CO-PA system and how to
properly account for degradation of system performance over time.

Expert guidelines to better use material ledger functionality for parallel valuation and actual costing
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele Consulting
Whether youre a new or veteran user of SAP functionality for finance, youre sure to gain invaluable insight into how to use the material ledger
for parallel valuation of inventory and for calculation of ending inventory at actual cost. Find out how using the material ledger could help you
make sounder procurement spend decisions and more easily access detailed costing and valuation views in the material master. Get expert tips
for preparing existing data to ensure smooth conversion to the material ledger. Learn the steps needed to execute the actual costing run at period
end. Understand how to use parallel valuation in conjunction with parallel ledger functionality in SAP General Ledger, and understand how doing
so will enable your organization to conform to the dual reporting requirements of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

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Financials Expert Live: Hone your manufacturing cost understanding for better decision making
Birgit Starmanns, SAP
Dont miss this opportunity to personally meet Birgit Starmanns, Senior Director, SAP, and engage in an in-depth discussion about one of her
most widely read articles from Financials Expert the leading publication and knowledgebase for organizations that leverage SAP solutions for
finance. After a brief overview of the article, Birgit will lead you in a dynamic, interactive discussion and question-and-answer session. Heres just
a sample of the topics covered: the importance of a products manufacturing costs, which affect profitability and margin calculations; tips for per-
forming period postings; and how to apply overhead from manufacturing overhead cost centers to the production order. Youll receive a copy of
the article free of charge and engage with peers who have the same interests and priorities.

Fundamentals of SAP functionality for managerial accounting and controlling (CO)


Chip Brenner, Breakwater Consulting
Learn how to leverage SAP ERP functionality for managerial accounting and controlling (CO) for an integrated approach to your financial plan-
ning, forecasting, and controlling activities. Get tips for designing a managerial information system that will better support your organizations
overall strategy. Find out the role that managerial accounting plays in decisions concerning resource allocation and performance evaluation.
Receive essential information for leveraging CO to manage and analyze cost allocations, overhead accounting, and variances. Learn the most effi-
cient ways to set up cost and profit center functionality that is available within SAP ERP Financials. Get customization tips to optimize CO and
examine the ways CO integrates with SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse as well as your other SAP software. Walk away with a solid under-
standing of this core financial component.

Guidelines for configuring costing variant functionality to more accurately plan costs for configurable products
Johannes Le Roux, Vortex Software Consulting
This session arms you with the key steps required to configure and leverage the costing variant within SAP functionality for product cost plan-
ning. Understand how variant configuration costing is performed based on the sales order, and how this differs from standard product costing
that is based on a bill of materials (BOM). Hear lessons, based on customer experiences, that you can use to set up, cost, and analyze your
products using variant configuration, including success factors and challenges. Learn strategies to manage key differences in variant costing as
compared to regular product costing, including the timing of the cost rolls and the product costing closing process. Examine integration points
between product costing with variant configuration and other SAP components in your landscape, including sales and distribution, materials
management, production planning, controlling, and core financials.

Make your material ledger activation hassle-free


Rohana Gunawardena, Quality Systems & Software
Learn the correct sequence of steps required to activate the material ledger in an SAP system that is already up and running. Find out whats
required to convert your parallel currency, parallel valuation, and actual costing data to be compatible with the material ledger. Gain insight into
how to detect (and correct) materials management and general ledger accounting errors in order to perform a successful conversion. Determine
how to overcome the challenges of converting a large volume of material master, production order, and purchase order data. Evaluate key con-
version strategies that will shorten conversion windows, minimize your system downtime, and spread the conversion load across your available
system resources.

Maximize the value of your product costing functionality and its integration within SAP ERP
Birgit Starmanns, SAP
This session offers strategies for getting the most value from product costing functionality and its integration points within the SAP ERP envi-
ronment. Understand the integration points between product costing and other SAP components in your landscape, including sales and distri-
bution, materials management, manufacturing, controlling, and core accounting. Learn how to better evaluate and reconcile financial results
between legal and management accounting. Walk step by step through a make-to-stock manufacturing process and see how t-accounts are used
to make FI and CO entries both in the general ledger and in controlling objects. See how subsequent allocations are made between controlling
objects to reflect the manufacturing process. Understand how the month-end general ledger meets legal requirements through month-end close
processes.

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New strategies and technologies to improve managerial accounting and profitability reporting and analysis
Janet Salmon, SAP and Richard Barrett, SAP BusinessObjects
This session shows you how to glean better insights from your managerial accounting processes by jointly leveraging SAP ERP Financials
functionality for profitability analysis (commonly known as CO-PA) and SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management. Learn
techniques to enhance your organizations order-to-cash and plan-to-manufacture processes. Find out how using controlling alongside SAP
BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management can improve accuracy to support better decisions. Learn how to better manage allocations
and cross-charging. Understand the simulation and scenario modeling options, including the impact on resource requirements. Find out which
CO-PA characteristics (e.g., customers, products, and cost objects) must be linked with SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management
to map activities to both applications. Compare the differences between the two solutions, and determine when to make cost assignments or cal-
culate contributions in one rather than the other.

Proven practices for designing an end-to-end product cost model


Cyril Johannes, Alta Via Consulting
Examine key criteria for creating a less complex, more sustainable product cost model utilizing the cost center accounting, product cost planning,
and cost object controlling components within SAP ERP. Learn the critical reporting and legal valuation requirements as well as the core compo-
nents of a product cost model that need to be taken into account in the initial design phase. Step through configuration tips for product costing
variant components, including valuation variants, date control, quantity structure control, and transfer control. Understand the impact of your
design on other SAP ERP Financials components, including production planning, materials management, and financial accounting, from both
an operational and financial perspective. Take home a white paper that illustrates several design points, such as the design of the conversion cost
pool and cost component structure.

Tips and techniques to develop a cross-functional view of overhead using the activity-based costing component
within SAP
Samir Tank, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Get a firsthand look at how to use activity-based costing functionality to identify process inefficiencies that could be driving up overhead costs.
See how to improve individual processes as well as entire process chains, such as your resource allocations. Get best practices to identify low value
processes in addition to identifying the idle capacity of overhead resources at the cost center level. Get detailed insight into how a large pharma-
ceutical company configured activity-based costing, with an emphasis on key integration points with product costing and profitability analysis
(CO-PA) functionality. Find out how you can use the insights offered in this session to get started or improve your existing use of activity-based
costing.

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Track 3
Planning, budgeting, and financial
reporting
A 10-step approach to get your SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation deployment off on the
right foot
Graham Johanson, Breakwater Consulting
Walk through 10 steps that will help you successfully create a functioning planning application from scratch using SAP BusinessObjects Planning
and Consolidation. See how these steps will help you fulfill planning, budgeting, and forecasting requirements, as well as enable legal and man-
agement consolidations. Find out what you need to know about master data, application sets, script logic, business rules, input schedules, and
reports. Understand why it is critical to mold your solution configuration around your existing custom planning processes. Examine the differ-
ences between SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver and version for the Microsoft platform. Find out
how the use of advanced features, such as business rules and validations, affect system performance. Step through visual examples that illustrate
optimal system configuration. Come away empowered to set up and use this solution in your organization.

A comprehensive guide to SAP functionality for financial reporting


Janet Salmon and Hendrik Vordenbumen, SAP AG
Learn which ready-made financial reports are delivered with your SAP system and what tools are now available to generate, customize, develop,
run, and distribute reports. Get an up-to-date look at the options available to create profit and loss statements, balance sheets, accounts receiv-
able and accounts payable reports and analyses, asset balances, acquisitions and retirements, asset history sheets, and cash position and liquidity
forecast reports. Examine the features and requirements of different financial reporting tools. Understand the differences between fixed asset,
cost center, and order accounting reports. This is an opportunity to evaluate and see demos of the new enhancements from SAP, including opera-
tional reporting for financials delivered with enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0.

Best practices to optimize financial planning and forecasting processes in a manufacturing environment
Subbu Ramakrishnan, Sandoz
Examine in detail how to approach each project step in the deployment of SAP functionality for integrated planning, including making the
master data changes relevant for financial planning, demand planning, production planning, cost center planning, and standard cost creation.
Examine the points of integration between planning and standard cost creation functionality, and find out how these components fit with other
components in the SAP landscape, such as production planning, cost center accounting, and logistics. Find out what Sandoz, a global genetics
leader, and other manufacturing companies have to watch out for in their projects for example, how each decision impacted the plant. Gain a
detailed understanding of the SAP transactions Sandoz used in the planning and standards creation process. Gain insights that will help you adapt
Sandozs proven methodology for conducting planning and forecasting for manufacturing sites. Take home a reference checklist to guide your
organizations project.

Case study: How Advanced Energy Industries has improved financial reporting processes, user training, and
system security through four quarterly planning cycles
Sydnie McConnell, Advanced Energy Industries
Hear a firsthand account of the lessons Advanced Energy Industries (AE) has learned since implementing SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation over a year ago. Garner insight into how AE has streamlined its user training program for SAP BusinessObjects Planning and
Consolidation with worldwide access to on-demand training documentation and videos. Learn what tools the organization uses to provide train-
ing and information to international users without incurring travel expenses or numerous teleconferencing calls. Look at the ways AE has made
advancements in its reporting strategy with new reports that provide valuable expense information to its users. Get tips on how to reduce admin-
istrative maintenance for quarterly budgeting cycles. Understand how AE uses security profiles to limit access to data. See how the company used
teams and task profiles to reduce the time and effort required to maintain security while still allowing proper access.

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Case study: How Chevron gained efficiencies in Sarbanes-Oxley 404 reporting


Jeffrey Romano, Chevron Corporation
This session shows you how Chevron was able to complete a 21-country global rollout of SAP BusinessObjects Process Control in less than nine
months and consequently gain efficiencies in Sarbanes-Oxley 404 reporting. Walk through Chevrons successful deployment strategy. Identify
the four key Sarbanes-Oxley reporting efficiencies Chevron was able to realize as a result of its project, including enhanced data availability, easier
reporting and data analysis through standardization, a reduced analysis cycle time, and the ability to further standardize its control set. See how
the company was able to create an offline global solution for training users by leveraging the integration features of SAP BusinessObjects Process
Control and the SAP Interactive Forms software by Adobe. Take home a quick reference document that outlines the assessor, reviewer, and
reporting functions within SAP BusinessObjects Process Control.

Case study: How HD Supply Facilities Maintenance is using SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation to
Increase efficiency and better manage costs
Mark Schneider, HD Supply Facilities Maintenance
Hear firsthand how HD Supply implemented SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation to increase business efficiency, individual
accountability, and enhance profitability through more effective cost management. Identify the business drivers that sparked the organizations
decision to implement features of an individual employee-based planning solution, including its ability to reconcile with summary levels of their
HR systems data. Find out how HD Supply expanded its use of planning and consolidation functionality to include operations, which enabled
the organization to gain additional information required for budgeting. Learn how the company uses drill through functionality to access source
data that explains expense variances. Explore the benefits HD Supply has realized by being able to plan for headcount by employee and to budget
using revenue data per sub group. Glean insights from HD Supplys use of an iterative methodology to create a flexible system for ongoing
process improvements.

Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation


David Williams, SAP
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation is an SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management (EPM) solution for unified
planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidations. Gain a thorough understanding of the functionality delivered with this SAP BusinessObjects
application. Step through specific examples of how its use could lead to increased productivity, reduced budget cycle times, adaptation to chang-
ing business and market conditions, and improved statutory and regulatory reporting. Pinpoint the key differences between SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation and SAP NetWeaver BW functionality for integrated planning. See whats new in SAP BusinessObjects Planning
and Consolidation for SAP NetWeaver.

Case study: How Urban Outfitters improved forecasting and reporting in just two months
Janice Milley and Debra Ward, Urban Outfitters
Get an inside look at how Urban Outfitters planned and executed an SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation implementation in just
two months, and explore the benefits the company is now experiencing. For example, hear how the company can produce an updated forecast
in four minutes using automatic feed functionality. Understand how the Microsoft Excel functionality of the solution simplified the end-user
training experience. Examine Urban Outfitters streamlined accounting practices and improved slice-and-dice reporting features. Find out how
the company has improved forecasting through easier access to budgeted and actual data. Step through a demo that shows how the company now
conducts monthly financial reporting and uses input templates for quicker roll-ups. Hear how Urban Outfitters is evaluating potential next steps,
including use of dashboard, portal, and capital budgeting functionality.

Integration techniques to optimize record-to-report business processes


Constantin Holzner, Accenture
Get critical insight and lessons learned on how to integrate your financial data between SAP General Ledger, SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP
BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation to optimize your organizations record-to-report process. Understand best practices on how to
use functionality across these applications to automate currency translation, intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and eliminations to
ensure data consistency. Hear expert advice for harmonizing master data and streamlining your financial data transfers within the SAP landscape.
Review which applications to use for your external financial reports, based on your organizations requirements. Leave this session with an under-
standing of how to leverage an integrated SAP environment for a faster financial close, more accurate data, and a lower cost of ownership.

Tips for building more effective planning layouts and reports


Anupam Gupta, The Principal Consulting
This session offers expert guidance for using dynamic reports and templates within SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation to create
standard reports such as comparisons, consolidations, and trends. Find out how to meet your organizations complex reporting needs using the
applications Microsoft Excel-based EvDRE functionality to send and retrieve data and to enable drill-down reporting and formatting. Delve into
the features of EvDRE and see how it combines and extends EvGET and EvSND functionality. Get best practices to design and develop reports
and input schedules, including how to easily identify a functions parameters and meaning. Collect time-saving tips for using EvDRE, including
Microsoft Excel formulas for parent member calculations. Come away with a better understanding of how to make your planning layouts and
reports more flexible and effective.

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Track 4
Managing your financial supply chain

A comprehensive guide to SAP functionality for credit and collections management, dispute management, and
electronic billing
Mark Stapleton, SAP America
This session offers an overview of SAP Financial Supply Chain Management (SAP FSCM) functionality and takes a detailed look at each of its
applications: SAP Credit Management; SAP Collections Management; SAP Dispute Management; and SAP Biller Direct. Explore how each of
these applications integrates with one another and review touch points with SAP ERP. Get best practices for streamlining financial supply chain
functionality for example, closely review and address the internal and external financial flows that run in parallel with the logistical supply
chain. Review functionality for managing the credit-to-cash cycle with SAP FSCM. Hear how your peers at other organizations are leveraging
SAP FSCM to improve the order-to-cash process. Take home guidelines to get started with these solutions and optimize them once they are in
place.

Best practices and new SAP functionality to reduce credit risks


Eleazar Ortega Van Steenberghe, Capgemini
This session offers best practices to reduce credit risk and provides a comprehensive guide to SAP functionality for credit management. Delve
into the features, functions, and architecture of SAP Credit Management. Receive best practices to evaluate your credit prospects and credit
exposure so that you assign limits that dont put your company at risk. Gather tips to reduce irrecoverable credits. Get step-by-step instruc-
tion for configuring SAP Credit Management and integrating it with legacy systems. View a demo that illustrates how credit rating updates are
handled, and see where the updates appear in exposure reports. Take home process diagrams, configuration instructions, a demo, and a list of
activities to include in an SAP Credit Management implementation project.

Case study: Accelerating the order-to-cash cycle: Revamping dispute management and streamlining collection
activities at Microsoft
Jayant Swamy, Microsoft
Hear firsthand Microsofts experience with the implementation of SAP Financial Supply Chain Management (SAP FSCM) to streamline the
collections process and reduce dispute resolution time. Examine the organizations rationale for selecting SAP FSCM, including its ability to
simplify the management and resolution of customer invoice problems. Understand how Microsoft integrated the SAP FSCM functionality with
existing accounts receivable processes and customer master data. Find out how new functionality enables the company to avoid bad debt write-
offs by identifying dispute and payment issues earlier in the collections process. Get practical advice from Microsofts experiences in standard-
izing its collections processes worldwide to dramatically optimize the credit-to-cash process and accelerate cash flows. Take home a document
outlining the key lessons learned from Microsofts implementation of SAP FSCM.

Case study: How Johnson Controls automotive division created an in-house accounts payable process
Monte Nuckols, Johnson Controls
Find out how Johnson Controls automotive division tackled issues surrounding their outsourced accounts payable program by bringing these
processes back in-house. Understand what deficiencies and gaps the current outsourced accounts payable and reporting solution created and how
they developed an in-house process to resolve such issues. Find out how they were able to create an efficient centralized global shared services
process in Europe and Mexico that met the needs of 180 plants worldwide. Hear firsthand details of the process they now use to address invoice
receipt, workflow initiation, approvals and exceptions, posting, payments, and analytics. Understand what process and components were neces-
sary for the project and get inside tips on how they were able to create a successful business case to get managements signoff. Leave this session
with a listing of the key pain points Johnson Controls experienced with their accounts payable processes and how they were able to overcome
them.

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Expert advice to reduce the costs of cash management, in-house banking, and inter-company payments
Eleazar Ortega Van Steenberghe, Capgemini
Examine new strategies for improving and reducing the costs associated with cash management, in-house banking, and inter-company payments.
Get expert advice to optimize your organizations banking transactions and effectively track the movement of cash into and out of your organiza-
tion using SAP In-House Cash. View demos that illustrate how customers are leveraging SAP In-House Cash to reduce banking fees. See how
you can process inter-company payments through your in-house bank to avoid external bank fees. Understand the impact that an SAP In-House
Cash implementation will have on your accounts payable team and why you need to get them involved early in the project. Step through configu-
ration processes, and learn how to include business partners, bank accounts, and inflows/outflows of cash in your configuration plan.

How to increase your cash-to-cash conversion cycle time using key performance indicators (KPIs)
Birgit Starmanns, SAP
Take an in-depth look at how to establish the right key performance indicators (KPIs) to better measure your cash-to-cash conversion cycle and
help increase working capital turnover. Learn about the qualitative and quantitative metrics that should be used to evaluate and improve the
effectiveness of your cash-to-cash processes. Examine critical data within your accounts receivable, accounts payable, and inventory management
accounts that will help optimize your processes. Hear how sales and operations planning can impact these KPIs. Get expert tips for using metrics
to identify and rectify areas of performance across your finance organization, such as overdue receivables and inventory carrying costs. Walk away
with best practices for mapping these metric strategies to your SAP solutions.

Key tips and techniques to optimize cash flow and working capital in SAP ERP Financials
Brian Shannon, Dolphin Corporation
Attend this session for real-world advice to automate and streamline your organizations accounts payable and accounts receivable processes to
optimize cash flow. Learn how to leverage standard SAP functionality, such as SAP Business Workflow and the SAP Content Server, to support
your organizations working capital needs. Get proven tips to streamline the Accounts Payable process, reform Accounts Receivable cash bottle-
necks, forecast cash flow and early pay discount opportunities, and improve the overall transparency and analytical capabilities of both of these
critical working capital process components. Learn how to seamlessly integrate existing Order-to-Cash or Procure-to-Pay processes and compo-
nents. Get expert guidance to overcome the common hurdles associated with the cash flow drag that can result from inefficient and paper-based
processes. Understand the types of third-party solutions, such as eInvoicing, OCR, Process Tracking Dashboard, Document Navigation, and
Analytics, that can help deliver automation and transparency to improve cash flow.

Optimize your accounts payable processes with SAPs invoice management solution
Thomas Walker, Open Text and Ralf Ille, SAP AG
Take a guided tour of SAPs invoice management solution and review, in detail, proven practices to help better manage invoices within SAP
ERP Financials. Obtain expert advice to minimize your invoice processing time, better manage cash flow, and increase the number of invoices
processed by each Accounts Payable Processor. Learn how to reduce invoice cost with SAP Invoice Management, which utilizes both SAP
ABAP and SAP Workflow. Hear firsthand, best practices and techniques to optimize the invoicing process and remove duplicate invoices while
enabling the negotiation of additional early payment discounts. Understand the SAP Optical Character Recognition (OCR) option for SAP
Invoice Management by Open Text and learn how to control the OCR from within SAP, aiding in process control and visibility, elimination the
need to monitor OCR separately from invoice processing.

Options and strategies to streamline and automate your electronic invoicing and payment processes
Alex Joseph, SAP and Steve Sprague, Crossgate
In this session, walk through strategies and SAP solutions for developing and automating invoicing and payment processes to reduce operational
costs, optimize working capital, and improve spend management and compliance initiatives. Examine the key elements of a sound e-invoicing
solution, such as compliance with various tax and invoice regulations, and how it provides a means to effectively integrate suppliers into the
process. Learn how to increase the speed and accuracy of your invoicing with document process automation, enabling your organization to collect
cash faster. Come away with a working knowledge of e-invoicing options, benefits, and the steps it takes to prepare the business for the imple-
mentation. Take home a document listing critical success factors for a successful e-invoicing implementation.

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Track 5
International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS)
A detailed guide to IFRS guidelines for asset accounting
Gary Fullmer and Bruce Cameron, Ernst & Young
Take a firsthand look at the key steps to overcoming one of the most troublesome issues that can arise with an IFRS adoption: asset componen-
tization. Step through examples and best practices for separating larger assets into smaller components, and learn what detailed asset informa-
tion must now be provided to reduce ambiguity and uncertainty in your organizations financial statement audits. Walk through the different
depreciation rules that must be applied to your organizations assets, both fixed and intangible. Get detailed configuration advice to meet IFRS
requirements within your SAP system for asset accounting.

Case study: How Standard Life of Canada complies with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Neil Thompson and Steven Skipper, Standard Life
Hear how Standard Life of Canada, a financial services company, supports dual reporting standards using SAP BusinessObjects Financial
Consolidation. Find out the driving factors behind its implementation timeline and the key design decisions made when implementing the solu-
tion. Explore the steps that Standard Life of Canada has taken to automate its consolidation and GAAP reconciliation processes and stream-
line the reconciliation between Canadian GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Get best practices for eliminating
hundreds of manual journal entries related to IFRS reclassifications and adjustments. Review Standard Life of Canadas lessons learned, such as
better preparing its staff for the fundamental change and not underestimating the effort needed for required rule writing and documentation.
Walk through the developments Standard Life of Canada has made since the initial implementation and what projects are in its future.

How to manage the dual reporting requirements of IFRS


John Steele, Deloitte Consulting
Get valuable tips to prepare your organization for one of IFRSs top challenges: producing comparative financial statements for the two years
immediately preceding your IFRS conversion. Gain a solid understanding of the requirements set forth by the US Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) roadmap for producing financial statements under both US GAAP and IFRS. Examine three practical approaches to comply
with parallel reporting requirements: the ledger approach, the account approach, and the consolidation approach. Step through a comparison of
these approaches and see how SAP General Ledger, SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, or a combination of these applications is
used for each. Find out how to select the best option for your organization and identify the planning, timelines, and project resources required.
Take home an evaluation tool that includes a detailed comparison of the approaches, as well as a sample project plan for enabling dual reporting.

Understand the major implications of an IFRS project within your SAP ERP financial and
reporting landscape
Gary Fullmer and Bruce Cameron, Ernst & Young
Get the latest updates on the IFRS reporting requirements that will have the largest impact within your SAP ERP landscape. Identify key deci-
sions youll need to make, challenges youll face, and critical success factors you need to know to prepare your SAP ERP landscape for the transi-
tion of your legal reporting standard from local US GAAP to IFRS. Understand how IFRS requirements differ from US GAAP and what SAP
solutions are available to meet the challenge. Gain critical insight into where the most serious changes lie (in how your organizations assets are
calculated, for example). Walk through the key tasks and considerations for developing an IFRS roadmap that best suits your SAP ERP land-
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The benefits of using starter kits in the transition of financial consolidation and reporting systems to IFRS
Karol Bliznak, SAP AG
This session introduces you to the starter kit for IFRS that is now available for the two business consolidation solutions from the SAP
BusinessObjects portfolio: SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation and SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation. The starter kit
for IFRS provides automated yet flexible prepackaged content, as well as support for best practices to help you deploy this solution in accor-
dance with statutory reporting requirements. Receive expert advice to assess your organizations readiness to adopt such a solution. Get detailed
instruction on the dynamic configuration steps required to properly implement the starter kit and adapt it to your companys specific require-
ments. Drill down into the configuration features, such as input documents, rules, control reports, and financial statements, and learn how to
leverage them to validate your consolidation processes and reports. Come away with tips to identify and avoid costly management and develop-
ment challenges while adhering to the new regulatory requirements.

A step-by-step guide to planning your IFRS project


John Steele, Deloitte Consulting
Whether your organization is ready to start, in the process of planning, or just beginning to evaluate an IFRS project, this session offers invalu-
able advice to get off on the right foot. Drill down into the necessary preparation and assessment activities, such as scoping your project, estimat-
ing the costs and resources required, and assigning the roles, responsibilities, and tasks of the project team. Review key objectives, activities, and
deliverables required for your organization to plan its path to compliance. Prioritize where changes need to be made to your SAP system configu-
ration in order to support new IFRS data requirements. Take home change management strategies that will enable your organization to roll out
new processes and train managers, functional analysts, and users, as well as the technical teams that support them. Walk away from this session
with a sample IFRS implementation roadmap.

The IFRS impact on project accounting, revenue recognition, leases, and fixed assets
Kent Bettisworth, BETTISWORTH & ASSOCIATES
This session explores the impact of IFRS on project accounting, revenue recognition, leases, and fixed assets, and offers guidance to manage the
changes these new reporting regulations will introduce. Determine how business processes and the use of SAP solutions will significantly change
how you view revenue and capital projects. See how IFRS will change the way your organization recognizes project-centric revenue, accounts
for leases, and creates and depreciates assets. Discover how internally developed projects will be handled under IFRS and the impact this may
have on capitalization and amortization of investments. Step through the changes to results analysis methods for revenue recognition in the SAP
system. Understand the changes to lease classes and the potential impact they could have on production and inventory costs. Delve into the tech-
nical changes to fixed assets depreciation methods and asset creation. Take home a decision matrix that maps the relationship of IFRS changes
to the impacted business process and the SAP system changes that will be required.

XBRL in practice what you need to know about the SEC mandate and how to prepare your financial statements
in XBRL
Philip Mugglestone, SAP
The eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) specification has become the new global standard for exchanging financial and business
information. Get a clear understanding of XBRL a license-free language that reduces the reporting burden by allowing companies to more
easily file, access, compare, and communicate financial information. Understand how the SAP BusinessObjects XBRL Publishing application by
UBmatrix works together with SAP applications for financial consolidation and reporting to make XBRL report submissions quicker and easier.
Find out how early adopters of XBRL are able to more accurately furnish their financial information to the SEC electronically, avoiding the need
for costly, time-consuming, and error-prone manual data reentry. Explore a detailed scenario encompassing the five-step process for preparing an
SEC filing.

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Track 6
The SAP General Ledger

A comprehensive guide for using the new SAP General Ledger application for parallel accounting
Stuart Paradies, Odyssey Business Consulting Services
This session offers a firsthand look at how SAP General Ledger supports parallel accounting requirements. Learn how parallel accounting
could help you more easily consolidate financial statements that comply with IFRS, GAAP, and other country-specific accounting regulations.
Compare the parallel ledger to the use of additional accounts or company codes, and determine which approach is the best fit for your business.
Learn how to use leading and non-leading ledgers to facilitate reporting out of multiple ledgers. Explore new functionality for assigning fixed
asset depreciation areas to additional ledgers, further supporting parallel accounting. Step through a demo of how to set up foreign currencies
using the parallel ledger in SAP ERP. Acquire examples of how to configure different ledgers and update them according to different accounting
regulations.

Financials Expert Live: Make SAP General Ledger migration cockpit more flexible by adding your own activities
Mitresh Kundalia, Quality Systems & Software
Dont miss this opportunity to personally meet Mitresh Kundalia, Director, Quality Systems & Software, and engage in an in-depth discussion
about one of his most widely read articles from Financials Expert the leading publication and knowledgebase for organizations that leverage
SAP solutions for finance. After a brief overview of the article, Mitresh will lead you in a dynamic, interactive discussion and question-and-answer
session. Heres just a sample of the topics covered: how to use the migration cockpit to perform the necessary tasks for migrating to SAP General
Ledger; the steps and interdependencies that are available, such as migration with document splitting, migration without document splitting,
or migration using parallel accounting; and how to fine-tune the migration cockpit to include your own activities in addition to standard ones,
so that you can see all the steps in one central place. Youll receive a copy of the article free of charge and engage with peers who have the
same interests and priorities.

Financials Expert Live: Profit center reorganization is a snap with new functions in SAP enhancement package 5
Janet Salmon, SAP
Dont miss this opportunity to personally meet Janet Salmon, Solution Director, SAP, and engage in an in-depth discussion about one of her
most widely read articles from Financials Expert the leading publication and knowledgebase for organizations that leverage SAP solutions for
finance. After a brief overview of the article, Janet will lead you in a dynamic, interactive discussion and question-and-answer session. Heres just
a sample of the topics covered:
The features in enhancement package 5 to reorganize your profit centers in SAP General Ledger
Which master data and transactional data is affected by a change in profit center and how to make the appropriate reassignments and repost-
ings (i.e., changes to the balance sheet)
A reorganization plan that documents the key date for the change, the profit centers that are to be changed, and the affected objects based on
the derivation function
Youll receive a copy of the article free of charge and engage with peers who have the same interests and priorities.

Financials Expert Live: What you need to know to migrate to SAP General Ledger
Gary Fullmer, Ernst & Young
Dont miss this opportunity to personally meet Gary Fullmer, Ernst & Young, and engage in an in-depth discussion about one of his most widely
read articles from Financials Expert the leading publication and knowledgebase for organizations that leverage SAP solutions for finance.
After a brief overview of the article, Gary will lead you in a dynamic, interactive discussion and question-and-answer session. Heres just a sample
of the topics covered: services the migration support team provides; the key phases in an SAP General Ledger migration project; how to over-
come data conversion challenges; and how SAP General Ledger provides enhanced financial closing. Youll receive a copy of the article free of
charge and engage with peers who have the same interests and priorities.

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How to achieve balanced reporting with automated document splitting in SAP General Ledger
Stuart Paradies, Odyssey Business Consulting Services
This session examines the rules, transactions, and methods for document splitting in the SAP General Ledger application available with SAP
ERP. Walk through examples of financial transactions that illustrate the primary concepts of document splitting. Determine whether document
splitting on characteristics, such as profit centers or segments, is right for your company and learn how to activate this feature. Differentiate
between passive splitting, active splitting, and splitting using zero balancing. Identify seven key steps to configure document splitting in your own
system. Obtain a step-by-step method for how to use document splitting to attain full financial statements at the segment and profit center levels
that comply with International Accounting Standards (IAS) regulations of segment reporting.

Lessons for designing SAP General Ledger to meet your tax withholding and reporting requirements
Darius Bikulcius, Accenture
This session offers expert tips to design and configure SAP General Ledger to meet direct, indirect, and withholding tax requirements. Find
out how to reduce reconciliation issues by using tax sensitization techniques that can be applied to your accounts payable, accounts receivable,
general accounting, fixed assets, and controlling components. Learn how to meet your global withholding tax requirements using standard SAP
functionality for extended withholding tax. Get best practices to better address global indirect tax requirements and perform automatic tax
determination. Walk through the key SAP General Ledger configuration steps required to capture tax classification data at the source and more
efficiently perform core activities, such as determining, calculating, and reporting on taxes. Take home leading practices, sample user guides, and
demonstrations that will help you better design SAP General Ledger to meet your tax requirements.

Leverage segment reporting in the new SAP General Ledger application to meet international reporting
requirements
Stuart Paradies, Odyssey Business Consulting Services
Find out how the latest release of the SAP General Ledger application in SAP ERP can help you meet the requirements of International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Take a look at the updated data structure
in SAP General Ledger, and learn how it can simplify data management and increase flexibility for consolidated reporting and analysis. Gain an
understanding of how document splitting can be used to support financial statements at the segment level. Acquire tips and tricks for using the
zero-balancing functionality to get a zero balance on selected characteristics in financial postings. Step through a demo of document splitting on
segments, and review the way financial statements and reports are generated using segments. Walk through the key configuration steps for split-
ting and zero balancing.

Options and strategies for using SAP General Ledger to meet your reporting requirements
Thomas Yoder, on behalf of SAP America
Attend this session for an in-depth review of the features of SAP General Ledger, including core functionality and migration strategies.
Understand the multidimensional reporting features within SAP General Ledger for legal, segment, and management reporting. Get guidelines to
shape your general ledger strategy to support all your internal and external accounting requirements. Learn the key decisions and considerations
involved in implementing or upgrading to SAP General Ledger, and get expert guidance on how to utilize it to meet parallel accounting require-
ments, such as US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Walk step by
step through a proven strategy for a successful SAP General Ledger migration project and learn what migration tools are available for the transi-
tion. Take home a list of the key success factors for an SAP General Ledger migration.

Proven techniques to smoothly and successfully migrate to the latest release of SAP General Ledger
Mitresh Kundalia, Quality Systems & Software
In this session, find out why and how to circumvent some of the most common challenges of migrating to the latest release of SAP General
Ledger. Obtain configuration tips that have worked for dozens of other projects. Mitigate project risk with best practices to properly manage
master and organizational data, preserve transactional data integrity, and ensure financial reporting compliance. Find out how to ensure data
and process integrity by avoiding too many parallel ledger setups. Learn how to activate document splitting functionality in order to reduce the
impact high data volumes may have on system performance. Understand why it pays to be cautious when updating profit centers with segments.
Acquire best practices and configuration tips for utilizing simulation and inheritance and setting zero-balance constants. Take home a list of the
key project dos and donts.

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Track 7
SAP upgrades, rollouts, and continuous
improvement projects
10 essential methods, reporting techniques, and tools no SAP finance team should be without
Mitresh Kundalia, Quality Systems & Software
Whether youre implementing SAP ERP Financials for the first time, upgrading or rolling out financials functionality, or embarking on a con-
tinuous improvement project, there are 10 methods and tools that are essential to success. Find out which tools are available within SAP ERP
Financials. Understand how to easily pinpoint the cause of disparities that exist between your production and quality systems using the custom-
izing cross-system viewer tool. Learn how to use the QuickViewer tool to define routine and casual reports that may not require full-scale ABAP
development. Gain insight into how to improve the periodic execution of hundreds (if not thousands) of reports and significantly improve the
month-end close cycle using TVARV report variables. See how the note assistant tool can be used to take the pain out of applying SAP Notes,
ensuring that there are no mistakes in applying the code corrections. Leave this session with critical tips and techniques to smoothly and produc-
tively execute your next financials project.

Best practices and the latest tools and techniques for upgrading SAP solutions for finance to SAP ERP 6.0
Thomas Yoder, on behalf of SAP America
This session examines the full range of requirements, challenges, and tradeoffs of upgrading SAP solutions for finance to SAP ERP 6.0. Step
through new financials functionality that SAP has made available via enhancement packages, and determine if and how this could simplify your
future upgrade strategy. Get practical recommendations to help you determine the impact of an SAP ERP upgrade on your finance organiza-
tion. Get a detailed overview of the skill sets, tools, and accelerators that can ensure SAP ERP upgrade success, including project plan templates
and upgrade roadmaps. Take home proven advice for developing a comprehensive upgrade plan, including tips for properly determining finance
requirements. Learn which SAP components and applications will need to be upgraded along with SAP R/3 to keep financial processes and ana-
lytics running smoothly. Review in detail the lessons learned by companies that have recently upgraded to SAP ERP 6.0.

Case study: How Endeca Technologies implemented SAP ERP 6.0 to automate revenue recognition
Dan Schnock, Endeca Technologies
Learn how Endeca Technologies implemented SAP ERP 6.0 in just 22 weeks by using a combination of SAP Best Practices packages for
the high-tech and services industries. Glean critical lessons and insights from Endecas implementation and look at the financial benefits the
company is now realizing, including reducing its monthly time-to-close by 30% and becoming Sarbanes-Oxley-compliant. Get an overview of how
Endeca now automates revenue recognition. Learn how the company abolished its reliance on Microsoft Excel and automated deferred revenue
with contracts as well as revenue recognition based on billing plans. Get lessons from Endeca on how to conduct financial processes globally
for example, review the companys approach to currency fluctuations. Understand how to build a custom solution from SAP Best Practices
offerings and how to maximize your system capability for an improved financial landscape.

Case study: Key drivers behind the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Educations SAP ERP upgrade
Christopher Bowling, PA State System of Higher Education
Hear firsthand why the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education made the decision to upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0. Uncover the major issues
the organization encountered and resolved in the testing and post-go-live phases. Find out how database size and type of system landscape pro-
vided an advantage in both supporting the upgrade and minimizing production downtime. Learn why the involvement of functional experts was
critical to successfully resolve object differences detected with the modification assistant tool (available via transaction SPAU). Find out how
technical issues were resolved early by allowing the Basis team to complete multiple iterations of the upgrade before users tested the software.
Bolster your understanding of the time and resources required to perform an SAP ERP upgrade. Take home a list of key upgrade issues to be
aware of, and a copy of the documentation the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education used to communicate system changes to end
users.

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Case study: Lessons Advanced Energy Industries learned as it consolidated its house banks
Sydnie McConnell, Advanced Energy Industries
Explore lessons learned by Advanced Energy Industries as it transitioned from having at least one house bank for each of its legal entities to
having a single house bank worldwide. Understand how the company made the shift, with emphasis on how it addressed challenges surrounding
project management, change management, and banking security issues. Step through the companys approach to configuring a house bank and
maintaining a bank master record. Look at how Advanced Energy Industries set up number ranges, automatic payment transactions, and lockbox
functionality. Find out why and how the company updated the remit-to information on sales outputs, such as invoices. Hear how the company
eliminated manual posting of payments by enabling payment uploads directly to the bank Web site. Glean tips from Advanced Energy Industries
experience to help you better navigate banking functionality and manage the challenges of an international bank implementation project.

Case study: Lessons learned from Microsofts massive SAP ERP 6.0 upgrade project
Charles MacIver, Microsoft Corporation
Learn how Microsoft successfully executed its SAP ERP 6.0 upgrade, on time and on budget. Find out how Microsoft facilitated continued exec-
utive and stakeholder support throughout the life cycle of its upgrade. Examine how the Microsoft IT team leveraged resources and tools from
SAP and its partners to mitigate risk and position the upgrade for success. Understand Microsofts practical approach to managing upgrade risk
factors, including scope creep and a globally dispersed team. Discover how to overcome conflicts between upgrade and production environments
with a viable landscape strategy and parallel development approach. Learn how Microsoft leveraged SAP Safeguarding and go-live check offer-
ings. Examine how Microsoft designed and executed its upgrade project plan from design to build, testing, and deployment.

SAP ERP Financials: Global delivery models and rollouts


Cenk Ozdemir, Accenture
Learn to develop a global roadmap that not only reduces project risks, but also addresses key business challenges and data compliance require-
ments. Drill down into the major elements of a global rollout, from project governance and data cleansing and migration to architectural design,
integration architecture, and change management challenges. Find out how these global activities will differ significantly from typical domestic
projects. Get best practices to manage your organizations integrated financial processes and applications while meeting complex reporting
requirements. Explore a global template and data harmonization technique required to support the alignment of global business processes with
local business requirements. Take home a global SAP ERP Financials delivery model decision matrix.

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Track 8
Consolidations and reducing time to
close
Advanced tips and tricks to improve business consolidation system (BCS) reporting
Dan Sullivan, focusSAP
Walk through configuration techniques you can use to tightly integrate a business consolidation system (BCS) with SAP NetWeaver BW and
leverage both its reporting and analytical functionality. Step through key considerations for optimizing your BCS data model to ensure it effec-
tively supports business and legal reporting requirements. Gain a clear understanding of how and why BCS reporting differs from standard SAP
NetWeaver BW reporting and what this means to your user and IT communities. Take home real-world examples of how you can use BCS
functionality to reduce time-to-close. Get expert advice to synchronize master data and configure everything from data collection to validation,
currency translation, inter-unit eliminations, and more.

Best practices and new technologies to help you achieve a fast and efficient financial close
Philip Mugglestone and Janet Salmon, SAP
This session shows you how to overcome the barriers to a fast, high-quality, transparent close. Take an up-to-date look at requirements, common
challenges, and recommendations for optimizing your closing cycles from local and corporate perspectives. Explore the benefits of a fast and
efficient close and the specific value it can bring to your organization. Understand the requirements and steps necessary to design and execute
a faster closing process. Learn to use sample period-end closing timetables as guidance for building your own closing process. Step through a
four-stage financial close action plan that shows you how to achieve success quickly and how to sustain it for the long term. Understand how to
use financials functionality in SAP Business Suite and SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions to effectively
structure closing transactions, speed approvals, and seamlessly link closing processes. Learn how to apply the latest global trends in financial
closes to your own processes. Come away with real-world lessons from the successful closing processes of leading SAP customers worldwide.

Best practices for consolidating and retiring legacy systems without compromising access to important
financial data and reports
Thomas Langner, Dolphin
This session explores legacy system consolidation and decommissioning with the tools you can use to retain and manage critical financial data
and documents. Learn when you can realize significant cost savings by retiring and migrating data from multiple legacy systems to a single SAP
global archive server. Walk through the data migration, interface, storage, data management, and retrieval requirements of system consolidation.
Get valuable tips that will help you use data indexing fields to retrieve purchase orders, invoices, and financial reports, and further drill down to
retrieve data from specific fields, such as fiscal year, company, and legacy system ID. See how to transparently search legacy and SAP financial
data from a single point of access. Find out how to model different retention periods for different document classes, how to model legal hold
cases, and how to manage documents and data archive files that have reached the end of the document life cycle.

Bolster the efficiency, automation, and transparency of your consolidation processes with the business
consolidation system (BCS)
Dan Sullivan, focusSAP
Learn how the business consolidation system (BCS) functionality within SAP NetWeaver BW compares to other functionality for meeting your
consolidation objectives. See how BCS functionality enhances key consolidation processes, such as data collection, validation, currency transla-
tion, posting of corporate-level adjustments, and execution of inter-company eliminations. Compare and contrast EC-CS and BCS, and learn why
its important to understand the differences to fully leverage BCSs flexible data model. Step through techniques to effectively integrate consoli-
dation tasks and SAP-based master data. Find out how BCS monitors and controls the consolidation process. Examine options and best practices
for integrating BCS consolidations with both SAP R/3 and SAP functionality for business planning and simulation. Avoid common BCS imple-
mentation pitfalls, such as converting historical data.

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GRC Expert Live: Implement 5 key controls to mitigate risk in your financial closing process
Anurag Barua, AES
Dont miss this opportunity to personally meet Anurag Barua, leading SAP consultant, and engage in an in-depth discussion about one of
his most widely read articles from GRC Expert the leading publication and knowledgebase for organizations that leverage SAP and SAP
BusinessObjects solutions for governance, risk management, and compliance. After a brief overview of the article, Anurag will lead you in a
dynamic, interactive discussion and question-and-answer session. Heres just a sample of the topics covered: Explore five closing scenarios that
commonly produce risk. Find out how to address those issues with the right configuration. Learn how to exercise due diligence in the activities
that contribute to a successful closing. Youll receive a copy of the article free of charge and engage with peers who have the same interests
and priorities.

How leading organizations maximize revenues, control expenses, and improve forecast accuracy using SAP
BusinessObjects
Richard Barrett, SAP BusinessObjects
Find out how the most recent SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions are being used by organizations to
reforecast revenues and expenses more frequently and accurately, protect the bottom line, and gain greater visibility into future earnings. Learn
how to leverage SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management to rapidly assess the resource requirements and capacity needed to
address new levels of demand. See how to feed this information directly into SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for the
Microsoft platform, in order to complete budget submissions and achieve agile re-forecasting capability. Find out how SAP BusinessObjects
Financial Information Management enables tight data integration across the EPM solution suite. Step through a detailed demo that illustrates
how SAP BusinessObjects EPM solutions work in an integrated fashion to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance manage-
ment.

How SAPs plans for its primary consolidation solutions affect your strategy
Kirk Anderson, SAP
Receive a detailed overview of the most recent enhancements to each of the consolidation offerings from SAP, with a glimpse into key areas of
enhancement planned for future releases. Learn how to engage SAP to ensure that you select the product that best meets your organizations
needs. With the acquisitions of OutlookSoft and Business Objects, SAP supports the three different primary products customers use for han-
dling the important task of consolidations. Whether you currently run an SAP BusinessObjects solution for consolidation or are looking to
implement something new, youre sure to come away with a solid understanding of what each solution provides, along with SAPs future plans for
each solution in terms of new functionality, focus areas for enhancement, and support.

Modeling time-dependent relationships in SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse and SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
Jens Koerner, SAP
Evaluate your options for modeling time-dependent relationships in SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation,
and determine which of these applications will best suit your needs. Compare each applications data structures and formats for modeling time-
dependent relationships and gain a better understanding of why modeling these relationships is so important. Obtain best practices for inte-
grating and leveraging time-dependent data. Step through four time-dependent business scenarios, such as joining time-dependent information
objects when modeling transitive attributes. Determine if and when you should use ABAP code to model advanced time-dependent relationship
scenarios or organizational structures. Leave this session with tips for bringing data from SAP NetWeaver BW into your SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation application.

New options for governing financial master data and ensuring accurate consolidated financial statements
Ralf Ille, SAP AG
Learn how to ensure that financial master data from multiple accounting systems is consistent in order to efficiently produce consolidated finan-
cial statements. Explore new financial master data governance functionality now available for SAP ERP 6.0 customers through SAP enhance-
ment package 5. Learn how to maintain financial master data for group charts of accounts, profit centers, and cost centers. Understand what kind
of financial data can be modeled and maintained in a central master data system and how the predelivered data model in your SAP system can
be enhanced to meet your needs. Find out how to configure workflow approvals for master data change requests. Understand how to distribute
financial master data from a central master data system to other applications, such as SAP ERP; to other financial accounting systems; or to the
financial consolidation software in your SAP landscape.

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What every SAP customer now needs to know about SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation
Helen Sunderland, SAP
Understand how SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation has evolved since SAP acquired OutlookSoft. Weigh the pros and cons of
running it in conjunction with SAP NetWeaver BW or with the Microsoft platform for business intelligence, analytics, and reporting. Examine
how SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 7.0 relies on SAP NetWeaver BW for reporting and analytics and how it differs from
OutlookSoft, which relied on Microsoft components. Learn how to use the data manager feature to load and transform different sources of data
into your planning and consolidation applications. Determine whether features such as context-sensitive action panes, business process flows,
and financial statements could simplify the experience of non-technical users. Step through several demos of the latest planning and consolida-
tion functionality in action. Get an overview of the new features available in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidations 7.5!

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Track 9
Performance and risk management

10 key principles to build a world-class governance program


Bhavesh Bhagat, EnCrisp
This session reveals how organizations more effectively monitor and comply with the regulatory impacts of a continuously evolving risk environ-
ment. Explore the 10 key principles of a best-in-class governance program. See how to ensure your governance program is not just driven from
an audit or compliance perspective, but from a more business-centric enterprise view. Understand how to communicate and enforce governance
policies, and how to share knowledge so that business users see how their day-to-day activities increase or reduce risk to the organization. Find
out how to communicate to key stakeholders, through the use of key performance indicators (KPIs) and key risk indicators (KRIs), that your risk
is managed appropriately. Take home optimal program structures to put in place to ensure success and avoid worst practices.

A comprehensive guide and roadmap for SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management (EPM)
solutions
James Fisher, SAP
This session offers a comprehensive guide to SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions, including SAP
BusinessObjects Strategy Management, SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation,
and SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management. Understand more about the EPM solution roadmap for 2010 and 2011 and
support for SAP SEM functionality for business consolidation, and learn how these solutions integrate with SAP ERP, SAP NetWeaver, SAP
BusinessObjects business intelligence (BI) solutions, and SAP BusinessObjects governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions. Leave this
session with a strong understanding of the current solutions for enterprise performance management and their future roadmap.

A systematic approach to building a financial governance program: The business case


Dave Anderson, SAP
Learn how to develop a formal business case for implementing a financial governance program within your organization. Step through methods
for building a systematic process that focuses on the core management and control activities across key financial and business processes. Find
out how SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions can provide you with cost savings and increased performance efficiencies across key financial and
control processes, such as your financial close. Get preferred practices to quickly leverage these benefits in your organization with a higher prob-
ability of achieving your business objectives. Walk away with a strategic plan to start realizing the benefits of a financial GRC program.

An in-depth guide to planning your financial business processes within SAP ERP
Krishnakant (KK) Dave, Deloitte Consulting
Get expert recommendations for building and planning out your business processes and reviews for SAP ERP Financials, and understand the
unique requirements, challenges, and techniques for mapping business processes that cross multiple functional areas and geographies. Learn how
to create baseline process maps so you can properly evaluate your existing business processes for a higher level of efficiency and detail. Examine
key criteria for gaining buy-in to baselines by all your stakeholders, including technical staff, business process analysts, and users. Gain insight
into how business process maps help drive and guide downstream system implementation activities, including blueprinting, configuration,
testing, security/controls, and training. Discover how to create a sustainable governance model and resolve conflicts that may arise throughout
the mapping process. Learn how to build an effective tools strategy utilizing solutions such as SAP Solution Manager and the SAP Quality Center
application by HP to support the implementation phase.

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Best practices to align risk management and business planning processes


David Milam, SAP
This session offers best practices for building an internal business case for using SAP BusinessObjects Risk Management to align your strategy
management, risk management, and business planning processes. Learn how SAP is enabling enterprises to increase the success rate of new strat-
egies and initiatives, while also increasing the likelihood of meeting forecasts and budgets. Hear tips to align your risk management strategy with
execution, enabling you to better respond to dynamic business and stakeholder requirements and changing regulations. Learn how to identify and
analyze all key risks across your enterprise using automatic monitoring functionality. Find out how to embed key business processes into your
solution and program design. Walk away from this session ready to begin planning a roadmap to align your organizations risk and technical land-
scape.

Creating an integrated governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) strategy


Brian Parker, Deloitte & Touche
Fragmented compliance and risk management programs are costly and complex, and yield insufficient visibility, transparency, and security. This
session offers advice to help you build a strategy for integrating and aligning disparate compliance programs, security initiatives, and process
controls, giving you a clearer view of where the greatest risks lie throughout your enterprise. Learn how to transform your GRC strategy from
reactive to proactive. Evaluate whether an integrated solution for GRC may help you reduce costs for maintenance of multiple systems and avoid
unnecessary allocation of personnel resources to compliance programs. Obtain best practices for designing a technology architecture that sup-
ports an integrated GRC strategy. Step through examples of architectural design that can increase automation and minimize the need for manual
processes. Get advice to properly evaluate GRC solutions for your own risk management strategy.

How to align strategy with risk management to meet corporate objectives


Malcolm Faulkner, SAP BusinessObjects
Examine leading strategies to continuously shape and execute strategic goals and properly account for risk along the way. Hear how other com-
panies now formulate, continuously refine, and execute plans to attain their strategic objectives. Evaluate two SAP BusinessObjects solutions
now available for aligning performance and risk management activities. Learn how to leverage their respective functionality across a wide variety
of processes, from finance to new product development. Review approaches to unify strategy management and risk management activities. Find
out how to create a risk scorecard and communicate plans and objectives across all levels of your organization. See demos of SAP BusinessObjects
solutions and functionality that support a combined strategy.

Innovations in SAP ERP Financials: 2010 and beyond


Hendrik Vordenbumen, SAP AG
Evaluate the current SAP product roadmap for SAP ERP Financials and the application strategy for 2010 and beyond. Hear directly from SAP
about enhancement packages and their impact on your current systems and future upgrades. Get comprehensive answers to the most frequently
asked questions raised by SAP customers regarding the roadmap for SAP ERP Financials. This session covers a wide range of topics, including
SAP support for financial harmonization, master data governance, a simplified setup for shared service centers, and new functionality available
with enhancement package 5.

Minimizing financial and operational risks with an integrated approach to risk management and internal
controls
Louise Stonehouse, SAP
Attend this session for an in-depth guide to help you better manage, monitor, and optimize your business processes; comply with laws and regula-
tions; and avoid the errors and irregularities that can impact your bottom line. See how SAP BusinessObjects functionality can help support best
practices and techniques that unite your enterprise risk management strategy and internal control systems. Develop an internal controls strategy
that can span multiple compliance frameworks, reducing your overall cost of compliance. Learn how SAP BusinessObjects Risk Management and
SAP BusinessObjects Process Control can be integrated into a highly automated, risk-driven internal control system. Walk through end-to-end
customer examples that illustrate how customers from diverse industries have been able to better monitor and optimize their business processes
using controls, and enhance and evolve their risk profiles.

New strategies to align procurement with finance and reduce overall spend
Padmini Ranganathan, SAP
With real-world examples from the retail and healthcare industries, this session showcases strategies to tightly align procurement and financial
activities. Learn what SAP BusinessObjects software is now available to not only analyze what a company spends, but also identify opportuni-
ties to reduce costs and monitor and enforce procurement policies. Hear how companies flag off-contract spend and contract leakage, monitor
supplier performance, identify cost-saving opportunities, and improve their negotiating position with suppliers. Review leading procurement
initiatives and their expected impact on financial performance. Learn what obstacles companies typically face when implementing a spend analyt-
ics strategy, and get practical tips to address these challenges. Find out how the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio can help facilitate the sharing of
information between your risk and strategy functions.

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Reducing costs, streamlining processes, and improving service levels with finance shared services
Ralf Ille, SAP AG
Explore how companies use shared service centers (SSCs) to automate financial processes. Look at market trends in shared services and explore
the reasons why more and more finance organizations have adopted SSCs to run their back-office financial processes. This session also offers a
comprehensive guide to the SAP solutions that support finance SSC operations to reduce cost, maximize efficiency and effectiveness, and ulti-
mately improve service levels. Learn how to leverage this functionality to streamline order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and other SSC processes,
thereby enabling more transparent and simplified standardized processes. In addition, gain insight into SAPs own journey into shared services.

Streamline financial operations with treasury applications from SAP


Mark Stapleton, SAP America
Learn about new developments within SAP Treasury and Risk Management that can help you manage financial risks arising due to fluctuations
in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and commodity prices. Understand how new functionality such as exposure management enables you
to consolidate financial exposures from core components for sales and distribution, materials management, and financials across your enterprise
and develop effective hedging strategies. With full integration into back-office accounting processes, you can ensure compliance with complex
International Accounting Standards (IAS), US GAAP, and local statutory reporting requirements.

Winning strategies for defining and deploying high-value KPIs


Alan Hildebrandt, Cerylian Enterprises
Explore the different ways in which your counterparts leverage KPIs to better define their organizational goals and assess the performance of
operational processes relative to those goals. Master the challenge of developing and deploying the correct mix of KPIs to give executives and
managers an accurate and valuable view of whats going on in the business. Develop expert strategies for defining the most effective KPIs for your
organization. Understand new ways to refine your KPIs to closely match your organizational goals, mission, and vision. Identify which KPIs you
should build, and recognize the difference between strategic and operational KPIs. Take home a KPI development tool to assist you in imple-
menting a performance management system. Familiarize yourself with the KPI deployment options embedded in SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP
Strategic Enterprise Management (SAP SEM), including queries, SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, the management cockpit, and balanced
scorecard.

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Financials 2010

Track 10
Audits and segregation of duties

An auditors guide to maintaining airtight segregation of duties (SoD)


Elvia Novak, Deloitte
Explore the ways in which SAP BusinessObjects Access Control functionality can enable you to perform airtight security assessments and estab-
lish the most efficient and effective segregation of duties controls within your SAP landscape. Examine the critical challenges of auditing an SAP
ERP environment and the cost and risk implications that can result if not properly addressed. Walk through a series of access control examples
and sample reports that can help you better interpret audit results and determine the required remediation steps. Examine the benefits and trad-
eoffs of each tool, including the time to implement, cost to run and maintain, and potential audit risks. Take home a step-by-step guide to setting
up SAP BusinessObjects Access Control for internal and external audits.

Case study: How Allegheny Energy simplified its security process and streamlined its governance model
Shelley J. Cottrill, Allegheny Energy
Hear a firsthand account of how Allegheny Energy reduced the manual effort required to handle system access requests while maintaining the
appropriate SoD using SAP BusinessObjects Access Control. Find out why it was critical for the project team to obtain approvals of the initial
rule set from management, internal auditors, and external auditors before proceeding with go-live. Find out how Allegheny Energy overcame key
challenges it faced at go-live, including the lack of clear ownership across roles, and user confusion with the new business processes. Hear how the
company was able to integrate data from multiple sources its identity management solution, corporate directory, and HR and GRC applica-
tions to provide more thorough information when on-the-fly remediations were needed.

Case study: How BD addresses compliance requirements beyond Sarbanes-Oxley


Mark Lubas, BD
Take an in-depth look at how BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) is utilizing all four components of SAP BusinessObjects Access Control to
optimize its current SoD processes beyond those required by Sarbanes-Oxley. Examine how the company implemented proactive SoD notifica-
tions to replace its previous reactive detection processes using an SoD review workflow. Explore the risk-based process used to evaluate and build
rules for new SAP systems that are added to BDs landscape. Learn how BD is leveraging SAP BusinessObjects Access Control to optimize man-
agement of SoD processes and mitigate enterprise risk across its global single instance of SAP software. Hear firsthand how BD is using access
control functionality to decentralize SoD management and enable more efficient business processes for business teams, the IT organization, and
end users.

Case study: How ICL adapted standard segregation of duties (SoD) rule set functionality to dramatically reduce
violations
Heraleen Bowers and Carolyn Henderson, ICL
Take a behind-the-scenes look at ICLs five-month segregation of duties (SoD) remediation project, which started with nearly 60,000 violations.
Explore the process ICLs project team used to identify and evaluate SoD issues, how it gained consensus for a resolution, and how it communi-
cated the necessary changes to users. Explore ICLs criteria and process for modifying the standard rule set within SAP BusinessObjects Access
Control. Examine each type of violation that ICL was faced with and how the company used SAP functionality for risk analysis and remediation
to identify them. Hear how ICLs updated rule set provided unexpected benefits, such as the identification of unintended bleed-over effects
between roles. Walk away from this session with undocumented examples of lessons learned from ICLs project.

Case study: How Nike simplified its SoD monitoring process to better identify risks
Eric Dwyer, Nike
Get a before-and-after picture of how Nike has simplified and automated its risk analysis and remediation processes and improved SoD analy-
sis using SAP BusinessObjects Access Control. Hear about Nikes unique process for building a customized security framework that is easy to
administer, sustainable, and requires the fewest resources possible to support. Understand how Nike used a task-based design to clean up and
reconcile the number of roles in its SAP system against the number of actual users. Find out how the company is now able to identify risks that
arise from malicious activity as well as those that come from unintentional actions, both of which can result in large potential losses. Find out
what tools Nike is using to model remediation activities and determine the impact of violations prior to taking mitigation actions.

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Expert techniques to perform an end-to-end technical assurance audit using SAP ERP functionality
Bhavesh Bhagat and Darshan Shah, EnCrisp
Did you know that you can conduct technical assurance audits using robust features within your existing SAP ERP implementation? This session
offers expert, undocumented tips for leveraging key reports and controls to gain both transparency and the necessary evidence trail to perform
rigorous system and business process audits. Discover new ways to integrate compliance into your day-to-day operations. Empower your internal
audit and business controls teams to focus on the right areas without getting lost in technical layers of information. Identify and take advantage
of underutilized features, such as lesser-known Basis reports and audit logging functionality. Walk away from this session with a comprehensive
list of SAP security and audit roles needed to ensure success in any technical audit.

GRC Expert Live: Avoid audit problems by building controls as part of your implementation life cycle
Steve Biskie, ERP Audit Solutions
Dont miss this opportunity to personally meet Steve Biskie, Founder, ERP Audit Solutions, and engage in an in-depth discussion about one
of his most widely read articles from GRC Expert the leading publication and knowledgebase for organizations that leverage SAP and SAP
BusinessObjects solutions for governance, risk management, and compliance. After a brief overview of the article, Steve will lead you in a
dynamic, interactive discussion and question-and-answer session. Heres just a sample of the topics covered: key control issues that your project
team needs to know about during each phase of the implementation and upgrade cycle; how insufficient effort at each relevant phase in the
implementation is likely to result in increased effort later, over-controlled processes, or inefficient processes resulting from the implementation;
specific concerns that upgrades can pose related to your organizations internal controls; and how to leverage existing audit tools. Youll receive a
copy of the article free of charge and engage with peers who have the same interests and priorities.

GRC Expert Live: Overcome a top auditing issue with superuser privilege management
Frank Rambo, SAP
Dont miss this opportunity to personally meet Frank Rambo, Director, Regional Implementation Group at SAP, and engage in an in-depth dis-
cussion about one of his most widely read articles from GRC Expert the leading publication and knowledgebase for organizations that leverage
SAP and SAP BusinessObjects solutions for governance, risk management, and compliance. After a brief overview of the article, Frank will lead
you in a dynamic, interactive discussion and question-and-answer session. Heres just a sample of the topics covered: How do I ensure that the
procedures I use for granting emergency access to SAP systems will pass muster during an audit? How do I use superuser privilege management
functionality to better manage emergency access in a secure, auditable manner? How does this functionality work within my SAP landscape, and
what reporting features are available? Youll receive a copy of the article free of charge and engage with peers who have the same interests
and priorities.

How to improve your SAP authorizations and controls to better prepare for an audit
Irwan Burhan, Ernst & Young
Attend this session to learn the fundamentals of SAP security authorizations, and come away with expert advice to dramatically improve your
organizations audit preparation process. Understand important differences between traditional authorization approaches that involve user
IDs and profile assignments, and more advanced authorization concepts that are built on your organizational structure. Learn how to avoid the
pitfalls of a badly defined user access query and rule set. Step through several scenarios that advise when to restrict authorizations within a role.
Learn how to set up reference and derived roles. Gather tips to implement role authorizations that ensure users have access to functionality that
supports fulfillment of their organizational responsibilities. Take home a list of common authorization objects, fields, and field options to use as a
checklist when implementing your own authorizations, as well as a sample simulation of a simplified SAP authorization check.

Lessons and technologies for extending and enhancing your compliance reporting functionality
Michaela Zwinakis, SAP
Learn how to leverage the latest reporting functionality available with SAP BusinessObjects Access Control to support your compliance report-
ing needs. Learn how to integrate access control software with SAP NetWeaver BW for easier access to historical data and simplified analytical
results. Additionally, become familiar with the prebuilt data mart that was recently released in SAP NetWeaver support package 09. Review the
tasks required to use this data mart to create customized reports for your organization. See how these tools are integrated with Crystal Reports
to provide a customizable look and feel to your reports. Walk away from this session with a comprehensive understanding of all the reporting fea-
tures available in SAP BusinessObjects Access Control.

Lessons for overcoming the 10 most difficult challenges of global, continuous control monitoring
Sven Biermann and Antonio Stoeckel, Accenture
This session offers advice for dealing with the practical realities and challenges of implementing a continuous control monitoring system in
a largely heterogeneous environment. Get best practices to develop a sustainable control monitoring program. Learn how to tackle common
hurdles, such as detecting weaknesses in an internal control system, data privacy considerations, and ensuring the necessary technical infrastruc-
ture is in place. Gain important insight into people and process challenges that cause many organizations to fall short of their goals. Find out the
major implications that multiple sets of reporting standards and international regulations have on your continuous control monitoring strategy.
Finally, review the SAP functionality that can support a basic continuous control monitoring program. Take home a list of the top 10 most
common challenges that arise during a global continuous control monitoring rollout, along with key tips for overcoming them.

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Proven techniques to strengthen and audit-proof your IT controls


Anurag Barua, AES
Explore the tools and strategies required to securely implement and operate IT controls in your SAP system to meet industry compliance stan-
dards and audit requirements. Fully understand key principles, such as user maintenance, password maintenance, authorizations, profiles, and
transactions. Get expert advice to implement both procedural and administrative controls. Examine key IT controls and control procedures,
from segregation of development and configuration activities in different systems and clients, to logging changes during a documents life cycle
in order to provide an audit trail and effectively track changes. Obtain expert role-based security tips used to successfully develop secure system
access policies. Understand what IT auditors will look for, and find out what you can do to proactively address their priorities. Take home an
article on seven standard audit information reports you can use to improve the internal IT audit process in your own organization.

Strategies for automating and monitoring controls across multiple compliance programs
Rainer Herkenrath, SAP
This session provides business teams, analysts, compliance specialists, and internal auditors with a strong foundational understanding of the ben-
efits delivered by the SAP BusinessObjects Process Control automated control framework. Find out how to use SAP BusinessObjects Process
Control to achieve a more sustainable, automated continuous monitoring environment. Get tips to better leverage the SAP-delivered content,
configurable rules, and query and custom controls, such as controls for shared services, across your enterprise. Hear how these capabilities can be
leveraged to increase scalability and reliability while reducing compliance costs. Find out how to map this functionality to your organizational and
business process controls.

Technical lessons for including custom transactions in your SoD rule set
Casey Davis, Protiviti
Learn how to appropriately classify, secure, and monitor your organizations custom transactions using SAP BusinessObjects Access Control.
See how to mitigate risk by ensuring that transaction codes (t-codes) are appropriately secured and included in the global rule set. Step through a
detailed plan for analyzing custom t-codes, from creating scripts to assigning t-codes to a rule. Know the best ways to map custom t-codes to the
appropriate SoD rules using risk analysis and remediation functionality. View sample templates for identifying and classifying your active custom
transactions, and learn which tables (TSTC, TSTCT, AGR_1251) and reports (SUIM) in the SAP system are required to properly do so. Take
home a list of key recommendations for documenting custom transactions and incorporating SoD analysis into your existing change management
process.

Techniques from auditors to assess and remediate poor controls configurations before they impact your
bottom line
Steve Biskie, ERP Audit Solutions
Learn the newest techniques auditors are using to uncover setup and configuration problems in an SAP environment that affect compliance.
Examine sample data analysis techniques and tests that you can run to quickly identify where money is being spent unnecessarily. Get tips to
prevent circumvention of SAP-configured controls and process-related problems that occur when master data maintenance is not controlled.
Using real audit results from an actual SAP solution, find out how continuous controls monitoring techniques can be implemented to better
enable your users to identify, address, and resolve potential audit issues well before they become a detriment to your organization.

Tips and tricks to survive your next audit quickly and painlessly
Steve Biskie, ERP Audit Solutions
This session provides insight to help project managers, implementation teams, administrators, and users better prepare for an audit of their SAP
system. Learn how the audit process works in an SAP environment, and get detailed advice on how to prepare for an audit. Identify SAP func-
tions and supporting business processes that will be under the closest scrutiny. Review specific SAP configurable controls and learn what the
auditor will typically be looking for related to these settings. Explore audit issues related to the initial implementation or upgrade and how these
can impact a subsequent audit. Walk away with a checklist of final audit preparation steps. Get practical and proven advice to start thinking like
an auditor and prepare your domains for an SAP system audit.

Why and how to involve your internal audit department during a new SAP implementation or upgrade project
William Lang, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Get a real-world perspective on how to ensure that the proper controls are established and assessed by your auditors, both during and after a
new SAP software implementation or upgrade. Gain insightful tips to ensure that your companys audit department buys into your new busi-
ness processes. Get best practices for overcoming common risks that occur during an implementation for example, learn how to ensure that
proper system controls are built into your configuration, and how to avoid data errors and integrity breaches during your cutover and conversion.
Determine how to leverage SAP configuration to automate and enforce the controls you build into key business processes. Take home a roadmap
that outlines the typical internal audit of an SAP implementation and ways that it might change depending on the scope of your project.

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GRC 2010

Track 1
Strategies and technologies for
governance, risk management, and
compliance
10 key principles to build a world-class governance program
Bhavesh Bhagat, EnCrisp
This session reveals how organizations more effectively monitor and comply with the regulatory impacts of a continuously evolving risk environ-
ment. Explore the 10 key principles of a best-in-class governance program. See how to ensure your governance program is not just driven from
an audit or compliance perspective, but from a more business-centric enterprise view. Understand how to communicate and enforce governance
policies, and how to share knowledge so that business users see how their day-to-day activities increase or reduce risk to the organization. Find
out how to communicate to key stakeholders, through the use of key performance indicators (KPIs) and key risk indicators (KRIs), that your risk
is managed appropriately. Take home optimal program structures to put in place to ensure success and avoid worst practices.

Best practices for building a sustainable enterprise risk management program


Gururaj Deshpande, Greenlight Technologies
Attend this session for expert technical advice to achieve a more unified, integrated and enterprise wide approach to governance, risk, and com-
pliance. Understand what leading technological approaches can be leveraged to extend your SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions across the
enterprise. Understand the need for a sustainable compliance automation program that encompasses your organizations mission critical busi-
ness processes spanning SAP and non-SAP systems alike. Receive best practices to manage your security policies, achieve compliance goals, and
reduce your overall audit and compliance spending.. Walk away from this session with the examples of how leading organizations are building
technology framework to support preventive and predictive enterprise risk management.

Best practices to align risk management and business planning processes


David Milam, SAP
This session offers best practices for building an internal business case for using SAP BusinessObjects Risk Management to align your strategy
management, risk management, and business planning processes. Learn how SAP is enabling enterprises to increase the success rate of new strat-
egies and initiatives, while also increasing the likelihood of meeting forecasts and budgets. Hear tips to align your risk management strategy with
execution, enabling you to better respond to dynamic business and stakeholder requirements and changing regulations. Learn how to identify and
analyze all key risks across your enterprise using automatic monitoring functionality. Find out how to embed key business processes into your
solution and program design. Walk away from this session ready to begin planning a roadmap to align your organizations risk and technical land-
scape.

Case study: How Pearson streamlined IT and business compliance activities across SAP and non-SAP platforms
Frank DiPentima, Pearson
Hear how Pearson, an international media company, ensures that its SAP and non-SAP systems are set up to be compliant with mandatory regu-
lations. Get a candid report on the lessons Pearson learned as it deployed SAP BusinessObjects Access Control functionality for risk analysis and
remediation and super-user privilege management across multiple systems. Learn how this solution was chosen to automate Pearsons end-to-end
process for access and authorization risk detection and remediation. Discover how Pearson is able to automatically grant superuser emergency
access and handle emergent issues in a controlled and auditable environment and without affecting system performance and efficiency. Examine
how the company utilizes a global access risk matrix to standardize and tighten control of IT access points. Find out how Pearson categorizes
users into groups to streamline its segregation of duties (SoD) reports. Walk away from this session with tips you can use when deploying a cross-
platform governance, risk, and compliance solution in your own organization.

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Case study: How Petrobras stabilizes and controls the cost of multiple compliance programs
Alfred Bacon, Petrobras
Find out how Petrobras, a large South American oil company, effectively implemented SAP BusinessObjects Process Control to stabilize its SAP
controls environment and reduce overall compliance costs. Hear how the company was able to simplify its Sarbanes-Oxley compliance process.
Find out how Petrobras now manages the documentation of internal control self-assessments and tests and, consequently, has been able to
increase visibility across multiple compliance initiatives. Walk through the entire nine-month project from blueprint to customization, to train-
ing via e-learning, to change-management, and, finally, to the rollout itself. Gain insight into the benefits Petrobras has realized, such as stream-
lined testing of internal controls. Get a preview of how the company plans to integrate its solution with SAP BusinessObjects Access Control and
SAP BusinessObjects Risk Management.

Creating an integrated governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) strategy


Brian Parker, Deloitte & Touche
Fragmented compliance and risk management programs are costly and complex, and yield insufficient visibility, transparency, and security. This
session offers advice to help you build a strategy for integrating and aligning disparate compliance programs, security initiatives, and process
controls, giving you a clearer view of where the greatest risks lie throughout your enterprise. Learn how to transform your GRC strategy from
reactive to proactive. Evaluate whether an integrated solution for GRC may help you reduce costs for maintenance of multiple systems and avoid
unnecessary allocation of personnel resources to compliance programs. Obtain best practices for designing a technology architecture that sup-
ports an integrated GRC strategy. Step through examples of architectural design that can increase automation and minimize the need for manual
processes. Get advice to properly evaluate GRC solutions for your own risk management strategy.

How to align strategy with risk management to meet corporate objectives


Malcolm Faulkner, SAP BusinessObjects
Examine leading strategies to continuously shape and execute strategic goals and properly account for risk along the way. Hear how other com-
panies now formulate, continuously refine, and execute plans to attain their strategic objectives. Evaluate two SAP BusinessObjects solutions
now available for aligning performance and risk management activities. Learn how to leverage their respective functionality across a wide variety
of processes, from finance to new product development. Review approaches to unify strategy management and risk management activities. Find
out how to create a risk scorecard and communicate plans and objectives across all levels of your organization. See demos of SAP BusinessObjects
solutions and functionality that support a combined strategy.

GRC Expert Live: Use SAP solutions for GRC as the cornerstone for a product compliance framework
William Newman, Newport Consulting Group University of Michigan Dearborn
Dont miss this opportunity to personally meet Bill Newman, Managing Principal of Newport Consulting Group, and engage in an in-depth dis-
cussion about one of his most widely read articles from GRC Expert the leading publication and knowledgebase for organizations that lever-
age SAP and SAP BusinessObjects solutions for governance, risk management and compliance. After a brief overview of the article, Bill will lead
you in a dynamic, interactive discussion and question-and-answer session. Heres just a sample of topics covered:
Leverage the governance structures inside your current SAP solutions for product compliance
Learn how to set up delegation of responsibilities (DoR) for product compliance, similar to segregation of duties (SoD) for financial compli-
ance
Put together a responsibilities matrix for governance of all product compliance initiatives
Youll receive a copy of the article free of charge and engage with peers who have the same interests and priorities.

Ive gone live with GRC solutions now what? Post-implementation methods, tools, and technologies to
sustain compliance and maximize ROI
Bo Baade-Pedersen, PricewaterhouseCoopers
This session takes you beyond the basic SAP BusinessObjects governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solution functionality you may have ini-
tially rolled out and identifies opportunities to further optimize business processes and improve the end-user experience. Explore strategies for
integrating risk analysis and remediation and compliant user provisioning capabilities to automate and increase the transparency of process con-
trols. Step through examples of how other organizations have integrated SAP BusinessObjects Access Control and SAP BusinessObjects Process
Control to provide a holistic view of the companys controls environment. Learn how to address data consistency issues and manual data entry
complexities with a simple user on-boarding and provisioning process. Come away with dozens of new ideas you can apply to continuously reap
the benefits and maximize the ROI of your organizations SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions implementation.

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Strategies to develop a framework for a solid corporate sustainability program


William Newman, Newport Consulting Group University of Michigan Dearborn
Ensuring sustainable operations is quickly becoming one of todays top board-level priorities. Drill down into the building blocks of creating a
sound corporate sustainability program using strategy management and sustainability performance management solutions. Learn the best ways
to support a sustainability initiative that enables the real-time aggregation of KPIs across your global operations. Get detailed tips to avoid data
misrepresentation and the intentional and unintentional sabotage of corporate information. Learn how to prioritize and weigh your sustainability
initiatives based on their impact on your organizations strategic goals. Leave this session with practical advice for addressing both the challenges
in todays marketplace, while also improving and communicating your sustainability efforts in a measurable, meaningful way.

Strategies to embed carbon and sustainability management best practices across your enterprise
Jim Davis, SAP
If you buy, sell, or use energy; your organization will be impacted by the emerging market transformation driven by the price of carbon emissions.
Gain a unique perspective from a sustainability expert and advocate on how to better embed carbon and sustainability management practices
into your core operational framework to help control costs, mitigate risks, and gain an edge against less-prepared competitors. Assess the carbon
impact solution available from SAP, which is delivered on demand to enhance visibility, tracking, and monitoring of environmental-related data
across the enterprise. See a demo that illustrates how to gather, slice, dice, and report on sustainability spend data in the areas of enterprise and
product carbon footprinting, energy management, and more using role-based dashboards. Take home a white paper that provides an executive
business framework and best practices for implementing a sustainability program.

Winning strategies for defining and deploying high-value KPIs


Alan Hildebrandt, Cerylian Enterprises
Explore the different ways in which your counterparts leverage KPIs to better define their organizational goals and assess the performance of
operational processes relative to those goals. Master the challenge of developing and deploying the correct mix of KPIs to give executives and
managers an accurate and valuable view of whats going on in the business. Develop expert strategies for defining the most effective KPIs for your
organization. Understand new ways to refine your KPIs to closely match your organizational goals, mission, and vision. Identify which KPIs you
should build, and recognize the difference between strategic and operational KPIs. Take home a KPI development tool to assist you in imple-
menting a performance management system. Familiarize yourself with the KPI deployment options embedded in SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP
Strategic Enterprise Management (SAP SEM), including queries, SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, the management cockpit, and balanced
scorecard.

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GRC 2010

Track 2
Segregation of duties, security, and
controls
A complete guide to automate user provisioning by integrating SAP BusinessObjects Access Control with SAP
ERP HCM
Sandeep Poonen, Visionary Integration Professionals
Obtain expert advice for leveraging the integration capabilities between SAP BusinessObjects Access Control and SAP ERP HCM to help build
efficiencies in your provisioning processes. Walk through two sample business scenarios that demonstrate how to automate manual processes,
which can result in decreased errors and an immediate positive impact on your bottom line and ROI. Learn ways to configure the system at the
authorization level to identify and monitor information conflicts as well as standard transaction-based SoD conflicts. Acquire best practices to
properly configure and leverage SAP BusinessObjects Access Control to work with your SAP ERP HCM system. Walk away with a complete list
of the integration capabilities available and the technical specifications for each.

A comprehensive guide to measuring compliance program effectiveness using data quality metrics
Jason McClain, Deloitte & Touche
Explore tips and techniques for assessing and measuring the success rate of your data governance program using data quality metrics. Step
through the two most common data quality metric-based strategies: object- versus process-based strategy, and a real-time versus interval report-
ing strategy. Find out the strategic considerations, infrastructure requirements, unique processes, and measurement factors that need to be taken
into account for each. Learn how to avoid the most common data quality metric pitfalls, such as creating metrics that are too complex and not
understandable by the key stakeholders. Gather tips on identifying the proper level of data quality needed to appropriately support both business
and program effectiveness. Leave this session with tools and techniques to establish the right metrics and corrective action programs to ensure
that data appropriately supports your organizations needs.

Best practices for building workflows to approve user access to your SAP system
Peter Fitzsimmons, su53solutions
Learn how to design and optimize access approval workflows using the compliant user provisioning functionality available with SAP
BusinessObjects Access Control. Drill down into the planning and definition steps. Find out exactly which tasks a provisioning workflow
should perform. Learn how to use delivered compliant user provisioning functionality user defaults, role mapping, field mapping, and custom
approver determinates to enhance your workflows. See how system access reports for managers and auditors can be generated from workflows.
Understand when existing processes should be mapped within compliant user provisioning or when they should be reviewed and even remodeled
to avoid inefficiencies. Take home demos of workflows in action, audit trails, and the steps for building workflows using superuser privilege man-
agement.

Best practices for SAP security role design and remediation


James Roeske, Savera Systems
This session offers guidance to help you remediate or even rebuild your SAP security role structure when conflicts arise. Explore proven practices
and strategies for using SAP BusinessObjects functionality to reduce your security maintenance effort, provide better flexibility, and dimin-
ish general complexity of your roles. Identify ways to design and build a role structure that is compliant, practical, and sustainable, especially as
audits get tougher, security staffing is leaner, and budgets are tighter. Examine the pros and cons of multiple security design options based on the
experiences of over 100 SAP customers. Get expert advice on how to establish good role design with naming conventions and descriptions that
end users and approvers can understand. Take home sample templates for project planning and documentation purposes.

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Best practices to strengthen identity management through automated user provisioning *


Blake Elder, KPMG
Step through an automated user provisioning method that ensures access compliance and sound identity management across your business pro-
cesses. Identify data fields within SAP ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) or other HR solutions that can drive the automated
user provisioning and deprovisioning process. Learn how to define business roles as a collection of technical roles for automated user manage-
ment. Find out how and when to incorporate SAP BusinessObjects Access Control to run SoD compliance checks against your business roles, as
well as against individual user assignments. Collect tips for managing ad hoc access requests to minimize exceptions to the business role frame-
work. Take home a list of sample business roles that are relevant to key business processes, and a sample process flow chart that demonstrates
how to create compliant identity management utilizing SAP BusinessObjects Access Control.

Case study: How Allegheny Energy simplified its security process and streamlined its governance model
Shelley J. Cottrill, Allegheny Energy
Hear a firsthand account of how Allegheny Energy reduced the manual effort required to handle system access requests while maintaining the
appropriate SoD using SAP BusinessObjects Access Control. Find out why it was critical for the project team to obtain approvals of the initial
rule set from management, internal auditors, and external auditors before proceeding with go-live. Find out how Allegheny Energy overcame key
challenges it faced at go-live, including the lack of clear ownership across roles, and user confusion with the new business processes. Hear how the
company was able to integrate data from multiple sources its identity management solution, corporate directory, and HR and GRC applications
to provide more thorough information when on-the-fly remediations were needed.

Case study: How BD addresses compliance requirements beyond Sarbanes-Oxley


Mark Lubas, BD
Take an in-depth look at how BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) is utilizing all four components of SAP BusinessObjects Access Control to
optimize its current SoD processes beyond those required by Sarbanes-Oxley. Examine how the company implemented proactive SoD notifica-
tions to replace its previous reactive detection processes using an SoD review workflow. Explore the risk-based process used to evaluate and build
rules for new SAP systems that are added to BDs landscape. Learn how BD is leveraging SAP BusinessObjects Access Control to optimize man-
agement of SoD processes and mitigate enterprise risk across its global single instance of SAP software. Hear firsthand how BD is using access
control functionality to decentralize SoD management and enable more efficient business processes for business teams, the IT organization, and
end users.

Case study: How ICL adapted standard segregation of duties (SoD) rule set functionality to dramatically
reduce violations
*
Heraleen Bowers and Carolyn Henderson, ICL
Take a behind-the-scenes look at ICLs five-month segregation of duties (SoD) remediation project, which started with nearly 60,000 violations.
Explore the process ICLs project team used to identify and evaluate SoD issues, how it gained consensus for a resolution, and how it communi-
cated the necessary changes to users. Explore ICLs criteria and process for modifying the standard rule set within SAP BusinessObjects Access
Control. Examine each type of violation that ICL was faced with and how the company used SAP functionality for risk analysis and remediation
to identify them. Hear how ICLs updated rule set provided unexpected benefits, such as the identification of unintended bleed-over effects
between roles. Walk away from this session with undocumented examples of lessons learned from ICLs project.

Case study: How BNSF Railway Company improved its user access processes to reduce and mitigate SoD
violations
Cynthia McConathy, BNSF Railway Company
Find out why BNSF Railway Company chose to implement SAP BusinessObjects Access Control in conjunction with its initial implementation
of SAP ERP Financials and SAP ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM). Learn how and why BNSF Railway Company uses risk
analysis and remediation functionality to evaluate roles as they are designed, tested, and modified in order to minimize SoD violations at go-
live and beyond. Hear how BNSF Railway Company uses the self-service feature in superuser privilege management to respond to requests for
emergency access and to perform mandatory reviews of the associated activity logs. Understand how the company auto-provisions approved user
ID-based access to all contractors and employees with short-term access needs. Find out how BNSF Railway Company leveraged enterprise role
management to facilitate role owner approvals for role changes. Walk through the key policies and procedures that were communicated to inter-
nal audit, external audit, and Sarbanes-Oxley teams. Take home a spreadsheet that illustrates how BNSF Railway Companys go-live roles were
reported to functional teams to facilitate integration testing.

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Proven techniques for customizing your risk analysis and remediation rule set
Ramelyn Paredes, SAP
Get best practices and key techniques for creating, reviewing, and maintaining the SoD rules using SAP BusinessObjects Access Control func-
tionality of risk analysis and remediation. Explore the pre-delivered rules, and see how they can be used as the starting point for your own reme-
diation rule set. Gain expert insight into SAPs process for developing these rules and the various updates that have been made to them over the
past year. View practical examples of how to customize and update this rule set in your own system to ensure that your SoD testing is complete.
Walk away with skills to review and update your rule set to make certain that your rules are complete for your control environment.

Case study: How Nike simplified its SoD monitoring process to better identify risks
Eric Dwyer, Nike
Get a before-and-after picture of how Nike has simplified and automated its risk analysis and remediation processes and improved SoD analysis using
SAP BusinessObjects Access Control. Hear about Nikes unique process for building a customized security framework that is easy to administer, sus-
tainable, and requires the fewest resources possible to support. Understand how Nike used a task-based design to clean up and reconcile the number
of roles in its SAP system against the number of actual users. Find out how the company is now able to identify risks that arise from malicious activity
as well as those that come from unintentional actions, both of which can result in large potential losses. Find out what tools Nike is using to model
remediation activities and determine the impact of violations prior to taking mitigation actions.

GRC Expert Live: Overcome a top auditing issue with superuser privilege management
Frank Rambo, SAP
Dont miss this opportunity to personally meet Frank Rambo, Director, Regional Implementation Group at SAP, and engage in an in-depth dis-
cussion about one of his most widely read articles from GRC Expert the leading publication and knowledgebase for organizations that leverage
SAP and SAP BusinessObjects solutions for governance, risk management, and compliance. After a brief overview of the article, Frank will lead
you in a dynamic, interactive discussion and question-and-answer session. Heres just a sample of the topics covered: How do I ensure that the
procedures I use for granting emergency access to SAP systems will pass muster during an audit? How do I use superuser privilege management
functionality to better manage emergency access in a secure, auditable manner? How does this functionality work within my SAP landscape, and
what reporting features are available? Youll receive a copy of the article free of charge and engage with peers who have the same interests
and priorities.

How to identify, classify, and remediate SoD risks


Susan Stapleton, SAP
Find out how to better identify risks associated with SoD and other critical actions using the risk analysis and remediation functionality delivered
with SAP BusinessObjects Access Control. Get best practices for identifying the risks that need to be monitored, and get expert guidance on
how to classify them based on severity. Walk through a three-step process to remediate risks, which includes single-role remediation, composite-
role remediation, and user remediation. Get tips to make best use of standard risk analysis and remediation reports to address both role and user
conflicts and gain a clear vision into corrective actions needed. Leave this session with a template that will ease your remediation processes.

How to tightly integrate the four components of SAP BusinessObjects Access Control
Simon Persin, Turnkey Consulting
Gain an understanding of the key capabilities and integration requirements of the four components of SAP BusinessObjects Access Control.
Assess your deployment options and get recommendations for how to best set up each component. Acquire expert guidance to maximize the
effectiveness of risk analysis and remediation as part of your security remediation process, whether as part of a new security rollout or in remedi-
ating your existing design. Identify the requirements for integrating compliant user provisioning with superuser privilege management to increase
in user access when needed. Get recommended practices that can help you optimize approval workflows. Take home important dos and donts in
order to gain a better understanding of how the integrated SAP BusinessObjects Access Controls suite fits into your SAP security and controls
design.

Lessons and technologies for extending and enhancing your compliance reporting functionality
Michaela Zwinakis, SAP
Learn how to leverage the latest reporting functionality available with SAP BusinessObjects Access Control to support your compliance reporting
needs. Learn how to integrate access control software with SAP NetWeaver BW for easier access to historical data and simplified analytical results.
Additionally, become familiar with the prebuilt data mart that was recently released in SAP NetWeaver support package 09. Review the tasks
required to use this data mart to create customized reports for your organization. See how these tools are integrated with Crystal Reports to provide
a customizable look and feel to your reports. Walk away from this session with a comprehensive understanding of all the reporting features available in
SAP BusinessObjects Access Control.

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Lessons for overcoming the 10 most difficult challenges of global, continuous control monitoring
Sven Biermann and Antonio Stoeckel, Accenture
This session offers advice for dealing with the practical realities and challenges of implementing a continuous control monitoring system in
a largely heterogeneous environment. Get best practices to develop a sustainable control monitoring program. Learn how to tackle common
hurdles, such as detecting weaknesses in an internal control system, data privacy considerations, and ensuring the necessary technical infra-
structure is in place. Gain important insight into people and process challenges that cause many organizations to fall short of their goals. Find
out the major implications that multiple sets of reporting standards and international regulations have on your continuous control monitoring
strategy. Finally, review the SAP functionality that can support a basic continuous control monitoring program. Take home a list of the top 10
most common challenges that arise during a global continuous control monitoring rollout, along with key tips for overcoming them.

Live Q&A forum: SAP security and authorizations


Irwan Burhan and Vinod Nanu, Ernst & Young
Attend this live forum for the exclusive opportunity to get all of your most pressing questions on SAP audit, security and authorizations
answered. Our leading expert will use this 75-minute forum to address anything from your most basic to most advanced questions. This forum will
provide: A solid understanding of SAP authorization concepts in an ABAP system as well as SAP audit concept, insight into what key areas and
functionality of SAP solutions you can
leverage today to boost security as well as improve your audit process, tips for building compliance into your SAP security structure, and expert
advice to get all users not just your security administrator involved in maintaining a safe, secure, and compliant environment.

Overcoming role design challenges in a shared service center model


Jason Glantz, Ernst & Young
Attend this session for leading practices, and practical advice to develop functional and technical SAP roles in a shared service center model.
Hear firsthand how to avoid the most common cross application segregation of duty issues that can arise in the role development and validation
phases. Drill down into the proper techniques needed to provision your organizations users appropriately. Walk through the most effective
methods for determining key requirements for Shared Service Centers from an organizational and technical perspective. Understand the com-
plete process, from your initial design phase, all the way to go-live. Take home a number of practical examples that you can put to use in your own
SAP environment.

Realize maximum business performance through a risk-based approach to internal controls


Alexandra Ellison and Rainer Herkenrath, SAP
As companies take a more risk-based approach to doing business, compliance and process control must be expanded beyond individual business pro-
cesses. This session illustrates how to integrate individual process control and compliance activities into a unified, enterprise-wide risk and compliance
management strategy. Find out how an enterprise approach can enable your company to mitigate risk and optimize performance at the same time.
Learn how technology such as SAP BusinessObjects Risk Management and SAP BusinessObjects Process Control, combined with best practices, can
be used to implement and support a comprehensive enterprise risk and compliance management program. Walk away ready to build a strategy that will
help your organization increase performance and more predictably manage risk and compliance.

Strategies for automating and monitoring controls across multiple compliance programs
Rainer Herkenrath, SAP
This session provides business teams, analysts, compliance specialists, and internal auditors with a strong foundational understanding of the ben-
efits delivered by the SAP BusinessObjects Process Control automated control framework. Find out how to use SAP BusinessObjects Process
Control to achieve a more sustainable, automated continuous monitoring environment. Get tips to better leverage the SAP-delivered content,
configurable rules, and query and custom controls, such as controls for shared services, across your enterprise. Hear how these capabilities can be
leveraged to increase scalability and reliability while reducing compliance costs. Find out how to map this functionality to your organizational and
business process controls.

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Technical lessons for including custom transactions in your SoD rule set
Casey Davis, Protiviti
Learn how to appropriately classify, secure, and monitor your organizations custom transactions using SAP BusinessObjects Access Control.
See how to mitigate risk by ensuring that transaction codes (t-codes) are appropriately secured and included in the global rule set. Step through a
detailed plan for analyzing custom t-codes, from creating scripts to assigning t-codes to a rule. Know the best ways to map custom t-codes to the
appropriate SoD rules using risk analysis and remediation functionality. View sample templates for identifying and classifying your active custom
transactions, and learn which tables (TSTC, TSTCT, AGR_1251) and reports (SUIM) in the SAP system are required to properly do so. Take
home a list of key recommendations for documenting custom transactions and incorporating SoD analysis into your existing change management
process.

Techniques to merge identity management and compliance activities


Chris Radkowski, SAP
Learn how to deliver enterprise-wide, compliant identity management across your business processes and heterogeneous applications by inte-
grating SAP BusinessObjects Access Control functionality with SAP NetWeaver Identity Management. Explore a variety of different scenarios
that show how integrating SAP BusinessObjects Access Control with SAP NetWeaver Identity Management can ensure that authorizations are
performed in a compliant manner, thereby enabling preventive compliance. Understand how to use SAP BusinessObjects Access Control web
services to ensure compliance with regulatory mandates and enforce corporate and department security policies. View a demo of identity man-
agement functionality that will walk you through request creation, approval workflow, risk analysis, and provisioning. Come away with insights
into how to achieve sustainable compliance, reduce IT and audit costs, and reduce your security risk.

What every SAP customer now needs to know about analysis authorizations, a new security concept within SAP
NetWeaver Business Warehouse 7.0
Richard Hunt, Turnkey Consulting
Gather expert tips and techniques to successfully set up analysis authorizations during an implementation of or upgrade to SAP NetWeaver Business
Warehouse 7.0. See how security authorization functionality differs between SAP BW 3.x and SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0. For example, analysis autho-
rizations may now be required to display transaction data from authorization-relevant characteristics within a query. Find out whats required to
configure analysis authorizations, which are not based on SAPs standard authorization concept. Receive best practices for integrating analysis autho-
rizations with SAP standard roles to simplify the assignment of users and maintain a consistent user management strategy. Learn how to prevent users
from bypassing security for navigational attributes. Get recommendations to help you decide whether youll need to use analysis authorizations and
how to configure them properly.

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Track 3
Implementations, upgrades, and rollouts

Case study: Lessons from Allegheny Energys successful SAP BusinessObjects Access Control upgrade
Shelley J. Cottrill, Allegheny Energy
Learn why and how Allegheny Energy recently upgraded to SAP BusinessObjects Access Control to leverage new compliant user provisioning,
risk analysis and remediation, and super user privilege management functionality. Step through the companys unique testing strategy, designed
specifically to avoid the introduction of a real-time agent (RTA) until the validation phase of the project. See how this reduced the risk to the
companys development, quality assurance, and production environments. Find out how Allegheny Energy uses new risk analysis and remediation
reporting functionality to assess how well the companys rule sets ensure compliance at the transaction and role level. Learn how the company
leveraged simulated functions during the upgrade to ensure that its decisions for role change requests meet user requirements without jeopardiz-
ing controls. Walk through the implementation scenarios Allegheny Energy used for three different pieces of functionality.

Case study: Lessons from Colgate-Palmolives implementation of organizational rules functionality


Pablo Avila, Colgate-Palmolive
Find out why and how Colgate-Palmolive implemented organizational rules, one of the most powerful features of SAP BusinessObjects Access
Control, and gain insight into the necessary requirements to get this solution deployed. Walk through the companys methodology and under-
stand the key activities performed at each step, including the validation of security roles and proper handling of false positive results. Gain insight
into how Colgate-Palmolive has achieved greater flexibility in understanding the compliance level of different entities within the organization,
and is able to decentralize responsibilities while still addressing access compliance. Take home a list of best practices to follow in your own
project, including the creation of one single rule set to manage multiple entities.

Case study: Why and how Waters Corporation globally rolled out SAP BusinessObjects Access Control to clean
up roles and improve controls
Susan Holleran and Rhonda Doherty, Waters Corporation
Learn how Waters Corporation customized its SAP rule set using the risk analysis and remediation functionality in SAP BusinessObjects Access
Control to meet its growing global needs. Gain insight into the companys methodology and business-driven approach for cleaning up its exist-
ing SAP role structure. Examine the details of Waters Corporations proactive approach of partnering with subject matter experts internally and
externally to customize risk analysis and remediation rules. Hear how the company cleaned up its underlying technical structure with a focus on
the ongoing improvement, monitoring, and testing of key internal controls. Find out how using these customized rules lowered violations by over
95%. Examine Waters Corporations user grouping strategy for implementing and monitoring SoD. Explore lessons Waters Corporation learned
as it upgraded from SAP Business Objects Access Control.

Integrating risk management techniques into an SAP implementation or upgrade


Mark Whittenberg, Ernst & Young
Get expert advice to better integrate risk management procedures into an SAP implementation or upgrade project. Realize what significant
costs can be incurred if risk is not managed adequately early on in the process, including those surrounding the remediation of control weak-
nesses and configuration changes. Learn the key risk areas that should be addressed at each stage of the implementation or upgrade project with
regards including configuration, security, change management and key parameters and settings. Find out the risks and benefits of using different
teams to perform your organizations risk management procedures including SAP project team members, internal audit, and external auditors, or
others. Walk away with a clear understanding of the risks involved in an implementation or upgrade, the techniques available, and the benefits
that can be gained by integrating risk management into your SAP implementation or upgrade.

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Live Q&A forum: SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions architecture requirements


Kurt Hollis, Deloitte Consulting
Attend this unique forum and listen in as one of our GRC experts answers your most critical questions regarding the technical landscape and
architecture requirements for your SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions environment. Get answers to questions such as: What are the key plat-
form considerations that must be taken into account when implementing SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions? Which SAP BusinessObjects
GRC solutions can be consolidated, and what are some tips for doing so? What is required to properly run SAP BusinessObjects Process Control
and SAP BusinessObjects Access Control functionality for real-time agents (RTAs)? Then take the opportunity to get your own questions
answered and hear the questions being asked by your peers.

Options and strategies for using SAP General Ledger to meet your reporting requirements
Thomas Yoder, on behalf of SAP America
Attend this session for an in-depth review of the features of SAP General Ledger, including core functionality and migration strategies.
Understand the multidimensional reporting features within SAP General Ledger for legal, segment, and management reporting. Get guidelines to
shape your general ledger strategy to support all your internal and external accounting requirements. Learn the key decisions and considerations
involved in implementing or upgrading to SAP General Ledger, and get expert guidance on how to utilize it to meet parallel accounting require-
ments, such as US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Walk step by
step through a proven strategy for a successful SAP General Ledger migration project and learn what migration tools are available for the transi-
tion. Take home a list of the key success factors for an SAP General Ledger migration.

Proven techniques to smoothly and successfully migrate to the latest release of SAP General Ledger
Mitresh Kundalia, Quality Systems & Software
In this session, find out why and how to circumvent some of the most common challenges of migrating to the latest release of SAP General
Ledger. Obtain configuration tips that have worked for dozens of other projects. Mitigate project risk with best practices to properly manage
master and organizational data, preserve transactional data integrity, and ensure financial reporting compliance. Find out how to ensure data
and process integrity by avoiding too many parallel ledger setups. Learn how to activate document splitting functionality in order to reduce the
impact high data volumes may have on system performance. Understand why it pays to be cautious when updating profit centers with segments.
Acquire best practices and configuration tips for utilizing simulation and inheritance and setting zero-balance constants. Take home a list of the
key project dos and donts.

Technical landscape and architecture requirements for implementing GRC solutions


Kurt Hollis, Deloitte Consulting
Examine the resources that are required to correctly install and support SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions in a variety of SAP landscapes. Learn
the core technical concepts and architectural considerations that must be factored into pre-installation, installation, and post-installation activities
for a successful implementation. Step through the compatibility and integration issues that could arise, depending on what SAP applications you
are already running. Get detailed strategies and best practices for consolidating SAP BusinessObjects Access Control with other GRC solutions
onto a single SAP NetWeaver platform. Take home a list of common technical problems and their associated solutions, along with implementa-
tion checklists that offer advice you wont find in standard documentation.

Case study: Real-world lessons from Southern California Edisons SAP BusinessObjects Process Control
implementation project
Wael Siam, Southern California Edison
Hear how and why Southern California Edison (SCE) executed a successful SAP BusinessObjects Process Control implementation using a three-
phased approach. Understand how SCE utilizes the full functionality of SAP BusinessObjects Process Control to better manage compliance
with Sarbanes-Oxley and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) regulations. Learn how SCE deployed the certification tool
and automated control monitoring tool to automate its unique business processes. Hear how SCE navigated and overcame tough challenges that
occurred during project planning, technology landscape design, unit testing, and user acceptance testing. Take home a sample project plan that
outlines the steps taken from pre-installation to go-live, and a list of SCEs tips and tricks to ensure a successful implementation.

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Track 4
Financial reporting, compliance, and risk
management
A comprehensive guide to SAP functionality for credit and collections management, dispute management, and
electronic billing
Mark Stapleton, SAP America
This session offers an overview of SAP Financial Supply Chain Management (SAP FSCM) functionality and takes a detailed look at each of its
applications: SAP Credit Management; SAP Collections Management; SAP Dispute Management; and SAP Biller Direct. Explore how each of
these applications integrates with one another and review touch points with SAP ERP. Get best practices for streamlining financial supply chain
functionality for example, closely review and address the internal and external financial flows that run in parallel with the logistical supply
chain. Review functionality for managing the credit-to-cash cycle with SAP FSCM. Hear how your peers at other organizations are leveraging
SAP FSCM to improve the order-to-cash process. Take home guidelines to get started with these solutions and optimize them once they are in
place.

A systematic approach to building a financial governance program: The business case


Dave Anderson, SAP
Learn how to develop a formal business case for implementing a financial governance program within your organization. Step through methods
for building a systematic process that focuses on the core management and control activities across key financial and business processes. Find
out how SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions can provide you with cost savings and increased performance efficiencies across key financial and
control processes, such as your financial close. Get preferred practices to quickly leverage these benefits in your organization with a higher prob-
ability of achieving your business objectives. Walk away with a strategic plan to start realizing the benefits of a financial GRC program.

Advanced tips and tricks to improve business consolidation system (BCS) reporting
Dan Sullivan, focusSAP
Walk through configuration techniques you can use to tightly integrate a business consolidation system (BCS) with SAP NetWeaver BW and
leverage both its reporting and analytical functionality. Step through key considerations for optimizing your BCS data model to ensure it effec-
tively supports business and legal reporting requirements. Gain a clear understanding of how and why BCS reporting differs from standard SAP
NetWeaver BW reporting and what this means to your user and IT communities. Take home real-world examples of how you can use BCS
functionality to reduce time-to-close. Get expert advice to synchronize master data and configure everything from data collection to validation,
currency translation, inter-unit eliminations, and more.

Best practices and new SAP functionality to reduce credit risks


Eleazar Ortega Van Steenberghe, Capgemini
This session offers best practices to reduce credit risk and provides a comprehensive guide to SAP functionality for credit management. Delve
into the features, functions, and architecture of SAP Credit Management. Receive best practices to evaluate your credit prospects and credit
exposure so that you assign limits that dont put your company at risk. Gather tips to reduce irrecoverable credits. Get step-by-step instruc-
tion for configuring SAP Credit Management and integrating it with legacy systems. View a demo that illustrates how credit rating updates are
handled, and see where the updates appear in exposure reports. Take home process diagrams, configuration instructions, a demo, and a list of
activities to include in an SAP Credit Management implementation project.

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Best practices and new technologies to help you achieve a fast and efficient financial close
Philip Mugglestone and Janet Salmon, SAP
This session shows you how to overcome the barriers to a fast, high-quality, transparent close. Take an up-to-date look at requirements, common
challenges, and recommendations for optimizing your closing cycles from local and corporate perspectives. Explore the benefits of a fast and
efficient close and the specific value it can bring to your organization. Understand the requirements and steps necessary to design and execute
a faster closing process. Learn to use sample period-end closing timetables as guidance for building your own closing process. Step through a
four-stage financial close action plan that shows you how to achieve success quickly and how to sustain it for the long term. Understand how to
use financials functionality in SAP Business Suite and SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions to effectively
structure closing transactions, speed approvals, and seamlessly link closing processes. Learn how to apply the latest global trends in financial
closes to your own processes. Come away with real-world lessons from the successful closing processes of leading SAP customers worldwide.

Case study: How Chevron gained efficiencies in Sarbanes-Oxley 404 reporting


Jeffrey Romano, Chevron Corporation
This session shows you how Chevron was able to complete a 21-country global rollout of SAP BusinessObjects Process Control in less than nine
months and consequently gain efficiencies in Sarbanes-Oxley 404 reporting. Walk through Chevrons successful deployment strategy. Identify
the four key Sarbanes-Oxley reporting efficiencies Chevron was able to realize as a result of its project, including enhanced data availability, easier
reporting and data analysis through standardization, a reduced analysis cycle time, and the ability to further standardize its control set. See how
the company was able to create an offline global solution for training users by leveraging the integration features of SAP BusinessObjects Process
Control and the SAP Interactive Forms software by Adobe. Take home a quick reference document that outlines the assessor, reviewer, and
reporting functions within SAP BusinessObjects Process Control.

GRC Expert Live: Implement 5 key controls to mitigate risk in your financial closing process
Anurag Barua, AES
Dont miss this opportunity to personally meet Anurag Barua, leading SAP consultant, and engage in an in-depth discussion about one of
his most widely read articles from GRC Expert the leading publication and knowledgebase for organizations that leverage SAP and SAP
BusinessObjects solutions for governance, risk management, and compliance. After a brief overview of the article, Anurag will lead you in a
dynamic, interactive discussion and question-and-answer session. Heres just a sample of the topics covered: Explore five closing scenarios that
commonly produce risk. Find out how to address those issues with the right configuration. Learn how to exercise due diligence in the activities
that contribute to a successful closing. Youll receive a copy of the article free of charge and engage with peers who have the same interests
and priorities.

How SAPs plans for its primary consolidation solutions affect your strategy
Kirk Anderson, SAP
Receive a detailed overview of the most recent enhancements to each of the consolidation offerings from SAP, with a glimpse into key areas of
enhancement planned for future releases. Learn how to engage SAP to ensure that you select the product that best meets your organizations
needs. With the acquisitions of OutlookSoft and Business Objects, SAP supports the three different primary products customers use for han-
dling the important task of consolidations. Whether you currently run an SAP BusinessObjects solution for consolidation or are looking to
implement something new, youre sure to come away with a solid understanding of what each solution provides, along with SAPs future plans for
each solution in terms of new functionality, focus areas for enhancement, and support.

How to achieve balanced reporting with automated document splitting in SAP General Ledger
Stuart Paradies, Odyssey Business Consulting Services
This session examines the rules, transactions, and methods for document splitting in the SAP General Ledger application available with SAP
ERP. Walk through examples of financial transactions that illustrate the primary concepts of document splitting. Determine whether document
splitting on characteristics, such as profit centers or segments, is right for your company and learn how to activate this feature. Differentiate
between passive splitting, active splitting, and splitting using zero balancing. Identify seven key steps to configure document splitting in your own
system. Obtain a step-by-step method for how to use document splitting to attain full financial statements at the segment and profit center levels
that comply with International Accounting Standards (IAS) regulations of segment reporting.

Integration techniques to optimize record-to-report business processes


Constantin Holzner, Accenture
Get critical insight and lessons learned on how to integrate your financial data between SAP General Ledger, SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP
BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation to optimize your organizations record-to-report process. Understand best practices on how to
use functionality across these applications to automate currency translation, intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and eliminations to
ensure data consistency. Hear expert advice for harmonizing master data and streamlining your financial data transfers within the SAP landscape.
Review which applications to use for your external financial reports, based on your organizations requirements. Leave this session with an under-
standing of how to leverage an integrated SAP environment for a faster financial close, more accurate data, and a lower cost of ownership.

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Lessons for designing SAP General Ledger to meet your tax withholding and reporting requirements
Darius Bikulcius, Accenture
This session offers expert tips to design and configure SAP General Ledger to meet direct, indirect, and withholding tax requirements. Find out
how to reduce reconciliation issues by using tax sensitization techniques that can be applied to your accounts payable, accounts receivable, general
accounting, fixed assets, and controlling components. Learn how to meet your global withholding tax requirements using standard SAP function-
ality for extended withholding tax. Get best practices to better address global indirect tax requirements and perform automatic tax determina-
tion. Walk through the key SAP General Ledger configuration steps required to capture tax classification data at the source and more efficiently
perform core activities, such as determining, calculating, and reporting on taxes. Take home leading practices, sample user guides, and demonstra-
tions that will help you better design SAP General Ledger to meet your tax requirements.

Leverage segment reporting in the new SAP General Ledger application to meet international reporting
requirements
Stuart Paradies, Odyssey Business Consulting Services
Find out how the latest release of the SAP General Ledger application in SAP ERP can help you meet the requirements of International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Take a look at the updated data structure
in SAP General Ledger, and learn how it can simplify data management and increase flexibility for consolidated reporting and analysis. Gain an
understanding of how document splitting can be used to support financial statements at the segment level. Acquire tips and tricks for using the
zero-balancing functionality to get a zero balance on selected characteristics in financial postings. Step through a demo of document splitting on
segments, and review the way financial statements and reports are generated using segments. Walk through the key configuration steps for split-
ting and zero balancing.

Minimizing financial and operational risks with an integrated approach to risk management and internal
controls
Louise Stonehouse, SAP
Attend this session for an in-depth guide to help you better manage, monitor, and optimize your business processes; comply with laws and regula-
tions; and avoid the errors and irregularities that can impact your bottom line. See how SAP BusinessObjects functionality can help support best
practices and techniques that unite your enterprise risk management strategy and internal control systems. Develop an internal controls strategy
that can span multiple compliance frameworks, reducing your overall cost of compliance. Learn how SAP BusinessObjects Risk Management and
SAP BusinessObjects Process Control can be integrated into a highly automated, risk-driven internal control system. Walk through end-to-end
customer examples that illustrate how customers from diverse industries have been able to better monitor and optimize their business processes
using controls, and enhance and evolve their risk profiles.

New options for governing financial master data and ensuring accurate consolidated financial statements
Ralf Ille, SAP AG
Learn how to ensure that financial master data from multiple accounting systems is consistent in order to efficiently produce consolidated finan-
cial statements. Explore new financial master data governance functionality now available for SAP ERP 6.0 customers through SAP enhance-
ment package 5. Learn how to maintain financial master data for group charts of accounts, profit centers, and cost centers. Understand what kind
of financial data can be modeled and maintained in a central master data system and how the predelivered data model in your SAP system can
be enhanced to meet your needs. Find out how to configure workflow approvals for master data change requests. Understand how to distribute
financial master data from a central master data system to other applications, such as SAP ERP; to other financial accounting systems; or to the
financial consolidation software in your SAP landscape.

New strategies to align procurement with finance and reduce overall spend
Padmini Ranganathan, SAP
With real-world examples from the retail and healthcare industries, this session showcases strategies to tightly align procurement and financial
activities. Learn what SAP BusinessObjects software is now available to not only analyze what a company spends, but also identify opportuni-
ties to reduce costs and monitor and enforce procurement policies. Hear how companies flag off-contract spend and contract leakage, monitor
supplier performance, identify cost-saving opportunities, and improve their negotiating position with suppliers. Review leading procurement
initiatives and their expected impact on financial performance. Learn what obstacles companies typically face when implementing a spend analyt-
ics strategy, and get practical tips to address these challenges. Find out how the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio can help facilitate the sharing of
information between your risk and strategy functions.

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GRC 2010

Track 5
Preparing and conducting audits

An auditors guide to maintaining airtight segregation of duties (SoD)


Elvia Novak, Deloitte
Explore the ways in which SAP BusinessObjects Access Control functionality can enable you to perform airtight security assessments and estab-
lish the most efficient and effective segregation of duties controls within your SAP landscape. Examine the critical challenges of auditing an SAP
ERP environment and the cost and risk implications that can result if not properly addressed. Walk through a series of access control examples
and sample reports that can help you better interpret audit results and determine the required remediation steps. Examine the benefits and trad-
eoffs of each tool, including the time to implement, cost to run and maintain, and potential audit risks. Take home a step-by-step guide to setting
up SAP BusinessObjects Access Control for internal and external audits.

Expert techniques to perform an end-to-end technical assurance audit using SAP ERP functionality
Bhavesh Bhagat and Darshan Shah, EnCrisp
Did you know that you can conduct technical assurance audits using robust features within your existing SAP ERP implementation? This session
offers expert, undocumented tips for leveraging key reports and controls to gain both transparency and the necessary evidence trail to perform
rigorous system and business process audits. Discover new ways to integrate compliance into your day-to-day operations. Empower your internal
audit and business controls teams to focus on the right areas without getting lost in technical layers of information. Identify and take advantage
of underutilized features, such as lesser-known Basis reports and audit logging functionality. Walk away from this session with a comprehensive
list of SAP security and audit roles needed to ensure success in any technical audit.

GRC Expert Live: Avoid audit problems by building controls as part of your implementation life cycle
Steve Biskie, ERP Audit Solutions
Dont miss this opportunity to personally meet Steve Biskie, Founder, ERP Audit Solutions, and engage in an in-depth discussion about one
of his most widely read articles from GRC Expert the leading publication and knowledgebase for organizations that leverage SAP and SAP
BusinessObjects solutions for governance, risk management, and compliance. After a brief overview of the article, Steve will lead you in a
dynamic, interactive discussion and question-and-answer session. Heres just a sample of the topics covered: Key control issues that your project
team needs to know about during each phase of the implementation and upgrade cycle. How insufficient effort at each relevant phase in the
implementation is likely to result in increased effort later, over-controlled processes, or inefficient processes resulting from the implementation.
Specific concerns that upgrades can pose related to your organizations internal controls. How to leverage existing audit tools. Youll receive a
copy of the article free of charge and engage with peers who have the same interests and priorities.

How to improve your SAP authorizations and controls to better prepare for an audit
Irwan Burhan, Ernst & Young
Attend this session to learn the fundamentals of SAP security authorizations, and come away with expert advice to dramatically improve your
organizations audit preparation process. Understand important differences between traditional authorization approaches that involve user
IDs and profile assignments, and more advanced authorization concepts that are built on your organizational structure. Learn how to avoid the
pitfalls of a badly defined user access query and rule set. Step through several scenarios that advise when to restrict authorizations within a role.
Learn how to set up reference and derived roles. Gather tips to implement role authorizations that ensure users have access to functionality that
supports fulfillment of their organizational responsibilities. Take home a list of common authorization objects, fields, and field options to use as a
checklist when implementing your own authorizations, as well as a sample simulation of a simplified SAP authorization check.

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Proven techniques to strengthen and audit-proof your IT controls


Anurag Barua, AES
Explore the tools and strategies required to securely implement and operate IT controls in your SAP system to meet industry compliance stan-
dards and audit requirements. Fully understand key principles, such as user maintenance, password maintenance, authorizations, profiles, and
transactions. Get expert advice to implement both procedural and administrative controls. Examine key IT controls and control procedures,
from segregation of development and configuration activities in different systems and clients, to logging changes during a documents life cycle
in order to provide an audit trail and effectively track changes. Obtain expert role-based security tips used to successfully develop secure system
access policies. Understand what IT auditors will look for, and find out what you can do to proactively address their priorities. Take home an
article on seven standard audit information reports you can use to improve the internal IT audit process in your own organization.

Solutions for securing your organizations SAP change management procedures


Jason Cole, Turnkey Consulting
Attend this session for a better understanding of common change management procedures, the risks involved and essential methods for safe-
guarding your system. Learn how manual procedures should be implemented to complement system configuration settings and to help enforce
change management. Learn why change management is a critical area of any system audit and how the assurance gained can actually make your
audits more efficient and help to cut costs. Develop your knowledge of the inherent SAP architecture including instances, clients, transport
routes and other aspects of the SAP landscape which are fundamental to the mechanics of the SAP transport system. Understand the different
types of SAP data which determine the types of changes that can be made, including the difference between client-dependent and client-inde-
pendent changes and the risks associated with each. Understand best practice recommendations for manual controls which should be embedded
within the change management procedures, including requesting a change, testing a change and promoting a change into production.

Techniques from auditors to assess and remediate poor controls configurations before they impact your
bottom line
Steve Biskie, ERP Audit Solutions
Learn the newest techniques auditors are using to uncover setup and configuration problems in an SAP environment that affect compliance.
Examine sample data analysis techniques and tests that you can run to quickly identify where money is being spent unnecessarily. Get tips to
prevent circumvention of SAP-configured controls and process-related problems that occur when master data maintenance is not controlled.
Using real audit results from an actual SAP solution, find out how continuous controls monitoring techniques can be implemented to better
enable your users to identify, address, and resolve potential audit issues well before they become a detriment to your organization.

Tips and tricks to survive your next audit quickly and painlessly
Steve Biskie, ERP Audit Solutions
This session provides insight to help project managers, implementation teams, administrators, and users better prepare for an audit of their SAP
system. Learn how the audit process works in an SAP environment, and get detailed advice on how to prepare for an audit. Identify SAP func-
tions and supporting business processes that will be under the closest scrutiny. Review specific SAP configurable controls and learn what the
auditor will typically be looking for related to these settings. Explore audit issues related to the initial implementation or upgrade and how these
can impact a subsequent audit. Walk away with a checklist of final audit preparation steps. Get practical and proven advice to start thinking like
an auditor and prepare your domains for an SAP system audit.

Why and how to involve your internal audit department during a new SAP implementation or upgrade project
William Lang, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Get a real-world perspective on how to ensure that the proper controls are established and assessed by your auditors, both during and after a
new SAP software implementation or upgrade. Gain insightful tips to ensure that your companys audit department buys into your new busi-
ness processes. Get best practices for overcoming common risks that occur during an implementation for example, learn how to ensure that
proper system controls are built into your configuration, and how to avoid data errors and integrity breaches during your cutover and conversion.
Determine how to leverage SAP configuration to automate and enforce the controls you build into key business processes. Take home a roadmap
that outlines the typical internal audit of an SAP implementation and ways that it might change depending on the scope of your project.

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Track 6
International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS)
A detailed guide to IFRS guidelines for asset accounting
Gary Fullmer and Bruce Cameron, Ernst & Young
Take a firsthand look at the key steps to overcoming one of the most troublesome issues that can arise with an IFRS adoption: asset componen-
tization. Step through examples and best practices for separating larger assets into smaller components, and learn what detailed asset informa-
tion must now be provided to reduce ambiguity and uncertainty in your organizations financial statement audits. Walk through the different
depreciation rules that must be applied to your organizations assets, both fixed and intangible. Get detailed configuration advice to meet IFRS
requirements within your SAP system for asset accounting.

A step-by-step guide to planning your IFRS project


John Steele, Deloitte Consulting
Whether your organization is ready to start, in the process of planning, or just beginning to evaluate an IFRS project, this session offers invalu-
able advice to get off on the right foot. Drill down into the necessary preparation and assessment activities, such as scoping your project, estimat-
ing the costs and resources required, and assigning the roles, responsibilities, and tasks of the project team. Review key objectives, activities, and
deliverables required for your organization to plan its path to compliance. Prioritize where changes need to be made to your SAP system configu-
ration in order to support new IFRS data requirements. Take home change management strategies that will enable your organization to roll out
new processes and train managers, functional analysts, and users, as well as the technical teams that support them. Walk away from this session
with a sample IFRS implementation roadmap.

Case study: How Standard Life of Canada complies with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Neil Thompson and Steven Skipper, Standard Life
Hear how Standard Life of Canada, a financial services company, supports dual reporting standards using SAP BusinessObjects Financial
Consolidation. Find out the driving factors behind its implementation timeline and the key design decisions made when implementing the solu-
tion. Explore the steps that Standard Life of Canada has taken to automate its consolidation and GAAP reconciliation processes and stream-
line the reconciliation between Canadian GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Get best practices for eliminating
hundreds of manual journal entries related to IFRS reclassifications and adjustments. Review Standard Life of Canadas lessons learned, such as
better preparing its staff for the fundamental change and not underestimating the effort needed for required rule writing and documentation.
Walk through the developments Standard Life of Canada has made since the initial implementation and what projects are in its future.

How to manage the dual reporting requirements of IFRS


John Steele, Deloitte Consulting
Get valuable tips to prepare your organization for one of IFRSs top challenges: producing comparative financial statements for the two years
immediately preceding your IFRS conversion. Gain a solid understanding of the requirements set forth by the US Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) roadmap for producing financial statements under both US GAAP and IFRS. Examine three practical approaches to comply
with parallel reporting requirements: the ledger approach, the account approach, and the consolidation approach. Step through a comparison of
these approaches and see how SAP General Ledger, SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, or a combination of these applications is
used for each. Find out how to select the best option for your organization and identify the planning, timelines, and project resources required.
Take home an evaluation tool that includes a detailed comparison of the approaches, as well as a sample project plan for enabling dual reporting.

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The benefits of using starter kits in the transition of financial consolidation and reporting systems to IFRS
Karol Bliznak, SAP AG
This session introduces you to the starter kit for IFRS that is now available for the two business consolidation solutions from the SAP
BusinessObjects portfolio: SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation and SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation. The starter kit
for IFRS provides automated yet flexible prepackaged content, as well as support for best practices to help you deploy this solution in accor-
dance with statutory reporting requirements. Receive expert advice to assess your organizations readiness to adopt such a solution. Get detailed
instruction on the dynamic configuration steps required to properly implement the starter kit and adapt it to your companys specific require-
ments. Drill down into the configuration features, such as input documents, rules, control reports, and financial statements, and learn how to
leverage them to validate your consolidation processes and reports. Come away with tips to identify and avoid costly management and develop-
ment challenges while adhering to the new regulatory requirements.

The IFRS impact on project accounting, revenue recognition, leases, and fixed assets
Kent Bettisworth, BETTISWORTH & ASSOCIATES
This session explores the impact of IFRS on project accounting, revenue recognition, leases, and fixed assets, and offers guidance to manage the
changes these new reporting regulations will introduce. Determine how business processes and the use of SAP solutions will significantly change
how you view revenue and capital projects. See how IFRS will change the way your organization recognizes project-centric revenue, accounts
for leases, and creates and depreciates assets. Discover how internally developed projects will be handled under IFRS and the impact this may
have on capitalization and amortization of investments. Step through the changes to results analysis methods for revenue recognition in the SAP
system. Understand the changes to lease classes and the potential impact they could have on production and inventory costs. Delve into the tech-
nical changes to fixed assets depreciation methods and asset creation. Take home a decision matrix that maps the relationship of IFRS changes
to the impacted business process and the SAP system changes that will be required.

Understand the major implications of an IFRS project within your SAP ERP financial and reporting
landscape
Gary Fullmer and Bruce Cameron, Ernst & Young
Get the latest updates on the IFRS reporting requirements that will have the largest impact within your SAP ERP landscape. Identify key deci-
sions youll need to make, challenges youll face, and critical success factors you need to know to prepare your SAP ERP landscape for the transi-
tion of your legal reporting standard from local US GAAP to IFRS. Understand how IFRS requirements differ from US GAAP and what SAP
solutions are available to meet the challenge. Gain critical insight into where the most serious changes lie (in how your organizations assets are
calculated, for example). Walk through the key tasks and considerations for developing an IFRS roadmap that best suits your SAP ERP land-
scape.

XBRL in practice what you need to know about the SEC mandate and how to prepare your financial statements
in XBRL
Philip Mugglestone, SAP
The eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) specification has become the new global standard for exchanging financial and business
information. Get a clear understanding of XBRL a license-free language that reduces the reporting burden by allowing companies to more
easily file, access, compare, and communicate financial information. Understand how the SAP BusinessObjects XBRL Publishing application by
UBmatrix works together with SAP applications for financial consolidation and reporting to make XBRL report submissions quicker and easier.
Find out how early adopters of XBRL are able to more accurately furnish their financial information to the SEC electronically, avoiding the need
for costly, time-consuming, and error-prone manual data reentry. Explore a detailed scenario encompassing the five-step process for preparing an
SEC filing.

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Track 7
Managing global trade, supply chain risk,
and environmental compliance
Getting the most from a global trade solution to meet the challenges of an ever-changing regulatory
environment
Robert Olson and William Lang, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Examine how to build a flexible global trade solution and see how to leverage SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services to address dynamic
trade agreements, frequently changing embargoes, and product classification and licensing complexities. Delve down into the four steps required
to build a flexible global trade solution including assessing, integrating, classifying, and complying with regulations. Walk through some of the
most common challenges during a global trade services implementation, and get best practices for overcoming them, such as how to avoid dual
processing and prevent data errors in your product master and classification. Receive a roadmap for optimizing your global trade services imple-
mentation to help streamline your organizations global trade processes.

How to manage the compliance challenges of cross-border trading


Greg Ertel, SAP
This session offers strategies for improving regulatory compliance while speeding the flow of goods across borders and into the hands of your
customers. Learn how to streamline complex import and export processes, ensure full regulatory compliance, expedite customs clearance, miti-
gate the financial risk of global transactions, and take full advantage of international trade agreements. Find out how to seamlessly embed SAP
BusinessObjects Global Trade Services functionality into your existing IT landscape without disrupting existing configurations and processes.
Discover how to better manage and comply with regulations around exports, imports, trade preferences, and restitution. Explore new solution
features, such as compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and support for US re-export processes and Authorized
Economic Operators.

Making a business case to support sustainability initiatives and technologies in your organization
Ranga Bodla, SAP
Obtain proven tips and techniques to build a business case for a sustainability solution that is aligned with your core business strategy. Gain an
introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Sustainability Performance Management, a new SAP application that helps organizations define and com-
municate their sustainability objectives, appropriately manage risks, and report on sustainability performance while reducing the time spent col-
lecting data. Find out how to use this solution, a reporting and management framework, and a set of social, environmental, and economic KPIs
to drive sustainability performance. Learn how to develop a process for sustainability reporting that provides auditable and assured reporting for
both regulatory and voluntary KPIs. Find out how to create benchmarks and analytics that compare internal and external data and support what-
if analyses and projections. Find out how to integrate financial performance reporting and sustainability into your financial planning processes
while maintaining a clear focus on ROI.

Overcoming key challenges in reporting your organizations sustainability progress to stakeholders


Neil Krefsky, SAP Global Marketing
This session will arm you with valuable insight into better managing your organizations risks and opportunities regarding social, environmental,
and economic sustainability. Get best practices to build a reliable foundation for openly communicating your sustainability progress to stakehold-
ers. Understand the different solutions SAP provides to support sustainability reporting, analytics, and performance management. Learn how to
address the challenges of todays marketplace, while improving and communicating your sustainability efforts in a measurable way. Get tips to use
sustainability as a strategy to improve product and brand loyalty. Uncover techniques for solving challenges that arise when defining sustainabil-
ity for your business, including reporting and assessing sustainability performance and applying a management framework to drive performance
improvement.

Strategies for improving your organizations management of supply chain risk and supplier performance
Padmini Ranganathan and Dave Anderson, SAP
This session provides an overview and best-practice approach to leveraging SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management (EPM)
solutions and SAP BusinessObjects Risk Management to mitigate supply chain risk. Find out how to improve your organizations sourcing strat-
egy and decisions. Explore how you can proactively identify and act on savings opportunities, while mitigating the risks of a suppliers inability to
meet demand. Learn the best ways to avoid doing business with debarred suppliers and to act upon risk-adjusted sourcing decisions. Understand
this unified approach, which examines the cost factors, mitigation actions, and KPI monitoring activities required to minimize supply chain dis-
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Vendor-Led Breakout Sessions


Vendor-led breakout sessions provide you with opportunities to learn about customer successes, participate in discussions, and view
demonstrations of how vendor products or services can help drive more business value from your SAP solutions. These sessions are a part
of the main conference schedule.

Best in class companies report 91% lower invoice processing costs are you one of them?
Steve Bennion and Blake Evans, ReadSoft
F
Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your companys invoice processing with best practices to optimize your end-to-end accounts payable
(A/P) process. Draw valuable lessons from best-in-class organizations that are realizing 91% lower invoice processing costs. Find out how to
streamline payables through document process automation to achieve 50-100% efficiency gains. Explore hidden benefits you could realize, such
as tighter controls, increased visibility into potential risks and liabilities, and a faster cycle time. Examine the elements that are critical to attain-
ing efficiency gains, such as invoice imaging, capturing data from those images, and routing invoices via workflow throughout the organization
for exception handling, coding, and approvals. Receive practical lessons and benchmarks to help your organization work smarter, not harder, and
increase productivity without increasing costs.

Improve the cost and effectiveness of your security program with a Health Check for SAP Security
Bob Herman and Scott Osterman, PricewaterhouseCoopers
G
This session offers a comprehensive overview of the scope, objectives, and benefits of a Health Check for SAP security. Look at the process and
methodology, including the areas of focus, typical findings, timeframe, impact on internal resources and common recommendations that are
made as part of the Health Check for SAP security. Find out how to improve audit results and achieve a more cost effective and compliant SAP
security environment through identification and correction of root causes including the ability to automate and standardize processes through
access controls. Look at how recent enhancements in access control tools and functionality can help your organization streamline and automate
current SAP security processes. Learn from PricewaterhouseCoopers experience, which includes conducting the Health Check for SAP security
as part of a continuous improvement process.

Make millions with intelligent data capture for SAP ERP Financials using Brainware Distiller
Charles Kaplan, Brainware
F
Receive a detailed overview of how using Brainware Distiller can help you capture critical financial data, subsequently unlocking profit trapped
or unaccounted for in finance operations. Step through SAP customer-use statistics and case studies that illustrate the benefits of using this
platform. Understand how Brainware Distillers unique ability to learn document types and extraction fields based on a small sample set makes it
document-agnostic and scalable to any document-centric business process in the enterprise. Find out how to use a template-free, learning tech-
nology to get Brainware Distiller up and running within your SAP environment in as little as 48 hours! See a live demonstration that shows how
Brainware Distiller works in an SAP environment. Come away with a comprehensive understanding of how to free the money trapped in manual,
paper-intensive business processes.

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Navigate the complexity of worldwide financial compliance: Brazil Nota Fiscal, Mexico SAT and European
mandates
Steve Sprague, Crossgate
F
Conducting business in the global marketplace requires compliance with increasingly complex and ever-growing government regulations. This
session offers an opportunity to clarify the confusion around the latest financial mandates, including Brazils Nota Fiscal Eletronica (NF-e)
(for April 1, 2010), Mexicos new SAT process regulations (for 2010), and the EUs updated country-specific requirements. Learn how to use
Crossgates comprehensive e-Invoicing solution to meet requirements more easily and more cost effectively; find out how to save over 50%!
Understand how Crossgates B2B enablement facilitates compliance by providing a tool to meet invoicing requirements in over 38 EU and Latin
American countries, protection against audits and VAT tax inquiries, digital signatures and archiving requirements, and 10-year storage and
search capability.

How to successfully attain and maintain PCI compliance


Larry D. Beck, Titan Consulting
F
Dont expose your company to a breach in security and the subsequent risks of loss of reputation, clients and revenue! Attend this session to
prepare for the intricacies and challenges of PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance. Step through an overview of PCI, find out how it applies
to your organization, and understand how to ask the right questions of your team so you can avoid surprises during audits or incidents. Get tips
to ensure that your company is truly compliant and reduce the risk of a breach event. Explore expert recommendations to identify and minimize
the scope of your PCI compliance project. Understand how to leverage your PCI compliance to support other compliance efforts like Sarbanes-
Oxley and HIPAA.

Case study: Lessons learned from Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidateds spreadsheet experience
Paul Zunker, Global Software
F
Find out how to shave time off your monthly financial reporting by eliminating reliance on manual data exports to Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
Get key concepts and best practices for how SAP users can leverage MS Excel spreadsheets in their SAP environment. Understand the chal-
lenges Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated faced and learn how it leveraged MS Excel functionality to get easy-to-use, formula-driven, real-time
results. This session will show you how to move beyond static spreadsheets and account balances to access critical dynamic data with MS Excel.
Walk away from this session prepared to enhance your spreadsheet experience using MS Excel.

Reduce cost and close faster with Runbook solutions for SAP systems
Corey Dell, Runbook and Ben McCann, P&G
F
This session takes an in-depth look at how Runbook can be used to streamline critical financial processes, including period-end close, manage-
ment of internal controls and compliance documentation within an SAP system. Learn how this flexible solution can be deployed on SAP version
4.6c or higher, and hear how it can be implemented within one month and only requires two days of training. Find out how the solution can lower
TCO with job scheduling and report verification functionality. Learn how to handle global and local closes using different templates, and how to
store multiple documents like SAP reports, Microsoft Excel files, and Microsoft Word documents. See how an exclusive dashboard can be used by
finance and accounting teams to identify issues and communicate them early to avoid missed deadlines. Learn how one organization is implementing
Runbook Financial Close to reduce costs by automating close activities, reduce user errors and unnecessary overtime, and achieve management and
audit transparency.

Upload SAP financial data easily with GLSU: Z Option customers share their experiences
Jim Halepaska and Trish Woods, Z Option
F
Hear directly from a panel of Z Option customers and find out how they leverage the GLSU (Spreadsheet Uploader) solution to streamline every-
day accounting tasks. Learn how to use the GLSU tool to improve the efficiency of financial data entry functions, from importing cutover data to
daily financial (FI) postings to processing vendor invoices. Understand how GLSU complements standard SAP functionality by using Microsoft
Excel to validate and post more than 1,000 lines, attach source documents, utilize pick lists, create flexible user-defined templates, and more.
Walk away from this session armed with customer insight on how to use the GLSU solution to increase data accuracy, reduce processing time
and effort, and shorten month-end close cycles.

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* How The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) streamlines financial business processes using Microsoft Excel
as a front end to SAP
Caroline Duchesne, Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation and Max Bauer, Winshuttle
F
Hear how the finance team at NSLC Nova Scotias fifth-largest company produces timely, effective and accurate financial information
through streamlining its transactional processes by allowing business users to work directly in Excel spreadsheets as an interface to SAP systems.
Draw valuable lessons from NSLCs experience in managing 50,000 purchase orders in over 30 countries. Learn how NSLC without program-
ming was able to improve productivity, create a higher quality work environment, and save significant time and money, all while maintaining
established controls and security measures. Take an in-depth look at NSLCs key metrics, performance indicators and best practices, which will
prepare your organization to achieve the benefits of a streamlined, easy to use, financial solution.

Leverage your GRC assets to gain better visibility into business risk
Leo Castro, Novell and Brian Parker, Deloitte & Touche
G
Attend this session to get tips on tackling the challenges of improving visibility into IT infrastructure and the broader network. Learn how to tie
that visibility back to business risks, and do more with your IT infrastructure. Hear firsthand the benefits of utilizing the joint Novell-SAP solu-
tion powered by Deloitte, including better visibility into business risks, and the ability to mitigate risks before they can impact objectives. Learn
how to grow as your needs grow by leveraging your existing compliance infrastructure. Step through a live demo of the SAP-Novell-Deloitte
solution with its state-of-the-art IT GRC capability. See how your organization can take steps to automate its IT GRC infrastructure, and go
beyond just passing its next audit.

Real-world best practices for accounts payable automation


Allen Carney, Kofax and John Kelso, Thomson Reuters
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A streamlined accounts payable operation is a critical element of a companys value chain; without it invoice processing creates unnecessary
overhead costs and financial and regulatory reporting challenges. This session provides a critical overview of Kofaxs end-to-end accounts payable
(A/P) automation solution, offers expert best practices to achieve a solid return on investment, and outlines implementation requirements.
Understand the how the invoice capture feature uses OCR and automated approval workflows to achieve reduced invoice processing costs and
cycle times, improve quality and service levels, increase process visibility and provide real-time access to business-critical data. Walk through an
example of how one company implemented end-to-end AP process automation in an SAP environment to achieve significant benefits.

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Accuity Accuity provides the most accurate, highest quality payment data which will optimize payment
4709 Golf Road operations by increasing efficiency and reducing costs associated with payment returns and
Skokie, IL 60076 repair fees. Our flexible solutions are offered in a range of formats from online look-up tools
USA to payment code validation and conversion services to maintenance files and automated
Phone: 847-676-9600 load programs specifically configured for use within SAP solutions. Accuity is a single-source
Email: custserv@accuitysolutions.com provider that will allow you to centralize and standardize your processes for collecting and
www.accuitysolutions.com maintaining your worldwide payment routing information. Our Payment Solutions can improve
Booth #655 vendor payments, cash aggregation and payroll operations.

ACS, A Xerox Company ACS, a Xerox company, provides end-to-end SAP enterprise solutions including consulting,
2828 North Haskell Avenue implementation, and hosting services. We have SAP-certified All-in-One packaged solutions
Dallas, TX 75204 in Human Capital Management and Financials and specialize in SAP SaaS on demand for all
USA solutions. ACS is a premier provider of diversified business process outsourcing (BPO) and
Phone: 214-841-6111 information technology (IT) services and solutions to commercial and government clients
Email: info@acs-inc.com worldwide. With Xeroxs acquisition of ACS in February 2010, ACS becomes part of Xeroxs
www.acs-inc.com $22 billion global enterprise with 130,000 employees serving our clients in 160 countries.
Booth #355 Realize your SAP vision with ACS solutions. At ACS, its people, clients, and culture that make
the difference. www.acs-inc.com

AnyDoc Software Automatically capture data from your invoices, remittances, checks, and more. With an
One Tampa City Center, Suite 800 AnyDoc Software solution you can improve cash management and make better business
Located at 201 North Franklin Street decisions faster by eliminating time-consuming manual processes including manual sorting,
Tampa, FL 33602 data entry, and approvals. Accurate, validated data can be easily transferred to your SAP
USA system using AnyDocEXCHANGEits SAP-certified integration. AnyDoc offers award-winning
Phone: 813-222-0414 document, data capture, and classification solutions setting the industry standard since
Email: info@anydocsoftware.com 1989. Clients include: Fastenal Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment, BlueCross BlueShield,
www.AnyDocSoftware.com the U.S. Census, LeasePlan, Coop, and more. For additional information, please visit
www.AnyDocSoftware.com or call 1-800-775-3222 and ask for Client Services.
Booth #1260

ASUG The Americas SAP Users Group (ASUG) is an independent, volunteer-run organization that
401 N. Michigan Avenue facilitates knowledge transfer among the community of SAP customers by providing user-
Chicago, IL 60611 driven educational opportunities, professional networking and a forum that provides insight
USA and influence to SAP. ASUG maintains a unique position within the SAP community through
Phone: 312-321-5142 its: combination of highly-focused education tools; access to subject matter experts and
Email: joshua.blair@asug.com SAP executives; ability to influence SAP products and services; and personal networking
www.asug.com opportunities with SAP professionals. As a result, members from organizations of all sizes have
Booth #500 access to resources that can solve their SAP-related business problems more efficiently and
cost-effectively, realizing a significant return from their membership. http://www.asug.com

Billtrust Billtrust saves companies time and money by letting them outsource the delivery of their bills.
1095 Cranbury-South River Road Suite 3 We have a suite of innovative paper and electronic bill delivery products including paper, fax,
Jamesburg, NJ 08831 email, hosted online billing (EBPP & EIPP) and a web-based bill archiving and customer service
USA tool called CustomerCare. We are compatible with hundreds of accounting software products.
Phone: 609-235-1010 An invoice is generated as usual. Instead of going through the labor intensive process of
Email: sales@billtrust.com printing, folding, stuffing, sealing and mailing, you send the files to us electronically with one
www.biltrust.com simple click. We do the rest.
Booth #1255

Brainware Brainware, Inc. is an innovative provider of an intelligent document processing platform that
20110 Ashbrook Place, #150 provides SAP users visibility into and control of their document-centric processes, eliminates
Ashburn, VA 20147 costly manual data entry, and rapidly processes large volumes of documents. Specifically
USA created for unstructured documents, Brainware Distiller handles multiple and changing
Phone: 703-948-5800 types of financial documents invoices, orders, remittance statements, contracts, etc.
Email: paul.kwak@brainware.com Distiller extracts and validates document data including line item details, and exports that data
www.brainware.com to existing financial, workflow, and enterprise content management systems. Distiller also
Booth #1365 removes the errors associated with manual keying while providing a full audit trail of where
every document is in the process.

Breakaway Technologies, Inc. Breakaway Technologies, Inc. delivers business intelligence and business performance
385 Oxford Valley Road, Suite 322 management solutions that dramatically improve enterprise-wide results. We have been
Yardley, PA 19067 helping executives in finance, manufacturing, sales, marketing and other functions to unleash
USA their wisdom and better use data to manage their performance for over 10 successful years.
Phone: 215-369-7200 Let us add value throughout your organization by improving operations, reducing costs,
Email: info@breakaway-inc.com streamlining work processes and deploying tools that complement your SAP investment by
www.breakaway-inc.com delivering online, real-time data access and analysis. Contact us at (215) 369-7200, or info@.
Booth #1455 breakaway-inc.com, to learn more and how you can become a member of Breakaways family
of satisfied clients.

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Cforia Software Lean Accounts Receivable: Credit, Collections and Chargebacks Automation. New customers
4333 Park Terrace Drive, Suite 201 typically reduce DSO by 10 to 20% in the first 90 days. Cforias SAP Certified AR Automation
Westlake Village, CA 91361 Platform increases efficiency and leans AR metrics by seamlessly managing all activities from
USA a unified environment. AR Financial Reporting provides real-time KPIs across all Divisions,
Phone: 866-859-1054 disparate ERP Systems, multiple currencies and languages. Seamless Integration of disparate
Email: bwentzel@cforia.com ERP systems including non-SAP Billing and Operational Systems avoids wasteful manual
www.cforia.com consolidations and maintaining multiple screen sessions. Integration of fax servers, corporate
Booth #665 email, web and Document Imaging speeds statements and invoice reprints to customers
electronically.

Crossgate, Inc With its legally compliant e-Invoicing Services, Crossgate provides an innovative and 100%
3200 Windy Hill Road secure solution to comply with Brazil Nota Fiscal (NF-e), Mexico SAT, and over 36 other
Atlanta, GA 30339 countries in the European Union. Crossgates Business-Ready Network, supports the entire
USA process of incoming and outgoing invoices, including signatures, global compliance monitoring,
Phone: 888-422-2360 and secure automated long-term archiving. A single connection to Crossgate means electronic
Email: info@crossgate.com data exchange with any business partner regardless of document type or their technical
www.crossgate.com capability. More than 40,000 business partners, representing over 10 industries, currently
Booth #565 exchange documents and data via the Business-Ready Network. For more information, visit
http://www.crossgate.com

DC&M Partners, LLC IRIS is an SAP certified, complete, dynamic reporting, extraction, and distribution utility that
2040 S. Alma School Road, Suite 1 #134 functions securely and seamlessly inside SAP ECC and other SAP products. It enables the quick
Chandler, AZ 85286 development of custom, ad-hoc reports and extracts allowing users to execute real time queries
USA within minutes. IRIS also offers a comprehensive catalog of standard reports to further enhance
Phone: 800-297-4987 simplicity and speed of use. DC&M Partners empowers clients through a wide range of SAP
Email: nick.katzenbach@dcm-partners.com consultancy services and products with an emphasis on quality, experience, and timeliness.
www.dcmiris.com Visit DC&M Partners and IRIS online at www.dcmiris.com and www.dcm-partners.com.
Booth #1355

Delego Software, Inc. Delego is the global leader in providing the most choices in credit card and electronic payment
931 Commissioners Road, East Suite 200 processing for SAP applications. As the only solution to provide both onsite and hosted
London, ON N5Z 3H9 choices, Delego also provides the most choices for your card information security, payment
Canada methods, and processor connections. As the most flexible and robust payment solution,
Phone: 281-491-0319 Delego can meet your specific needs, quickly and cost effectively. Delego delivers to your
Email: aczenski@delego.ca timelline and within budget. Delego can also quickly convert you from another solution with
SILVER
www.delego.ca ease. Stop by our booth and register to win a $100 gift card.
SPONSOR
Booth #900

Deloitte Consulting LLP Deloitte Consulting LLP adds a new dimension to any SAP implementation, providing a 360-
1633 Broadway degree approach to maximize the value of your SAP investment. We view implementation
New York, NY 10019-675 through a broader lens, using our multidisciplinary capabilities to produce solutions that help
USA you achieve unmatched business value. Were in every global business hub and our team is
Phone: 212-492-4000 well positioned to help you anticipate the needs of your global suppliers and customers. Ask
Email: deloitteglobalsappractice@deloitte.com us how we can help transform your company by going beyond basic improvement to achieve
www.deloitte.com/us/sap stellar business performance and produce significant and sustainable change.
Booth #1305

Dickinson + Associates Dickinson + Associates, an SAP Channel and Services Partner, is a management consulting
One North LaSalle Street, Suite 800 firm specializing in SAP Implementation for corporate and public sector clients. The firm
Chicago, IL 60602 combines people, process and technology to help clients improve business processes.
USA Dickinson + Associates headquartered in Chicago, with satellite offices in Cleveland, New
Phone: 312-419-9600 York, and the Washington D.C. area provides unique value by combining technical expertise
Email: tim.f@dickinson-assoc.com with business experience.
www.dickinson-assoc.com
Booth #605

Dolphin Dolphin makes crucial business operations like data management, data archiving, accounts
1487 Dunwoody Drive, Suite 350 payable, accounts receivable and order management run better and smarter for organizations
West Chester, PA 19380 using SAP solutions. Focused on improving business performance through Information
USA Lifecycle Management and Business Process Management, Dolphin produces the right
Phone: 610-725-9125 solution for each customer, faster, through its unmatched experience in SAP technologies,
Email: contact@dolphin-corp.com and its proven best practices, tools and SAP add-on applications. Dolphin solutions improve
www.dolphin-corp.com business and IT performance, lower total cost of ownership and deliver high return on
Booth #545 investment. The company was founded in 1995. Dolphin solutions are implemented across
North America and around the world.

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e5 Solutions Group e5 Solutions Group is the recognized leader in solution design and implementation of all
Building Three 107 Chesley Dr of SAPs functionality for Treasury and Cash Management, including Debt and Investment,
Media, PA 19063-176 Intercompany Loans, Market and Credit Risk Management, Foreign Currency Exposure
USA Management, Hedge Management, In-House Banking, Cash Management and Electronic Bank
Phone: 610-891-1800 Statement Processing. e5 helps companies to maximize their return on financial investments,
Email: sales@e5solutions.com reduce risk, streamline critical finance operations, optimize cash management, and improve
www.e5solutions.com corporate performance. With the experience of more than 50 successful implementation
SILVER
Booth #1105 engagements worldwide, e5 can help you deliver a comprehensive treasury management
SPONSOR
solution that will satisfy all of your critical financial functions.

Ernst & Young LLP Does IT GRC have you puzzled? Do you know how governance, risk management, and
2100 PPG Place compliance are interlocked with information and technology in your organization? Taking
Pittsburgh, PA 15222 a holistic view of GRC allows you to improve performance and create information-rich and
USA technology-driven business processes across the organization to reveal the full picture. Our
Phone: 412-644-0407 team of professionals can help you put the pieces together. We tap into our deep experience
Email: matthew.polak@ey.com in IT risk management, regulatory compliance, business process and application controls,
www.ey.com/Advisory information security, privacy and technology enablement to help you manage your information
Booth #1345 and technology risk and control costs to deliver business value efficiently and securely. Give
us a call.

ERP Logic FSCM ERP Logic, FSCM Professional Group is a dynamic, energetic company that employs people
Professional Group with tremendous vision. All of our consultants leverage the knowledge and resources within
7423 Las Colinas Blvd, Suite #103 both our own company, and our partner community to deliver an optimum implementation
Irving, TX 75063 in the shortest time. ERP Logic consultants specialize in SAP Apparel & Footwear Solution
USA (AFS), Retail, Manufacturing and Distribution. FSCM Professional Group is comprised of highly
Phone: 972-401-ERP1 skilled SAP consultants who deliver SAP FICO and SAP FSCM packaged solutions. Visit our
Email: info@erplogic.coom booth to learn more and enter to win a FREE Full scale implementation of SAP FSCM collection
www.erplogic.com management module.
Booth #1630

Esker Esker, Inc. is a leader in helping businesses gain additional value from their SAP solutions
1212 Deming Way, Suite 350 by removing paper from financial document processes such as billing, credit, cash collection
Madison, WI 53717 and accounts payable. An established SAP Software Partner with certified integration, Esker
USA offers on-premise and on-demand solutions using patented technology to automate the flow
Phone: 888-368-5283 of documents into, through and out of the enterprise. With Esker, SAP customers streamline
Email: info@esker.com order-to-cash and procure-to-pay cycles, while gaining process visibility and control to support
www.esker.com process optimization, customer order and vendor invoice management, cash-on-hand
Booth #1000 planning, capital efficiency and regulatory compliance.

Global Software, Inc. Headquartered in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina, Global Software, Inc. is the
3201 Beechleaf Court, Suite 170 #1 worldwide provider of Microsoft Excel-based automation tools for leading ERP systems
Raleigh, NC 27604 including SAP ERP. Globals Spreadsheet Automation Suite comprised of the flagship
USA Spreadsheet Server, Executive DASH and Enterprise Budgeting is the fulcrum of Globals
Phone: 800-326-3444 applications suite. Globals products are used in 40 countries and support over 4,000
Email: global.software@glbsoft.com customers and 175,000+ users worldwide. Global has regional offices in Greensboro, NC,
glbsoft.com Seattle, WA and New York, NY.
Booth #700

HighRadius HighRadius focuses exclusively in the Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM) space by
9801 Westheimer, Suite 1050 providing software solutions to optimize receivables functions such as credit, collections and
Houston, TX 77042 deductions. HighRadius partners with SAP to provide turnkey implementations of SAP FSCM
USA as well as providing SAP-certified software that extends the out-of-the-box capabilities of SAP
Phone: 281-968-4476 FSCM. Some of the extensions include Dispute Resolution Accelerator (workflow), Credit/Debit
Email: info@highradius.com Matching Engine, Cash Application Accelerator, Credit Memo Approval Workflow and POD/
www.highradius.com Claims Automation.
Booth #1160

Hyland Software One of the largest independent software vendors in the world of enterprise content
28500 Clemens Rd. management (ECM), Hyland Software is the developer of OnBase. An award-winning suite
Westlake, OH 44145 of document and process management solutions, OnBase has a proven record of solving
USA problems resulting from time consuming, costly and error plagued manual tasks. Today,
Phone: 440-788-5000 people at more than 7,500 organizations both large and small in 47 countries have the time
Email: Rachel.Gilmore@OnBase.com to do the things that really add value thanks to OnBase. Available on-premises or as software-
www.Hyland.com as-a-service (SaaS), OnBase installs quickly, cost effectively and is designed to grow with
Booth #1265 organizations. To learn more, visit http://www.Hyland.com.

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Insider Multimedia Training Insider Multimedia Training is the most convenient, cost-effective way to sustain your
20 Carematrix Drive competitive edge on evolving SAP technologies. We offer over 600 in-depth training videos, all
Dedham, MA, 02026 recorded live at SAPinsiders world-class conferences and seminars and designed to answer
USA your toughest questions. View courses online, download them to your desktop, or watch
Phone: 781-751-8700 streaming videos on CD to get detailed training and practical insights from our lessons and
Email: customer@wispubs.com case-studies, without the cost of travel or time spent away from work. Visit us in the Northern
www.insiderlearningnetwork.com Hemisphere Foyer, or at www.insiderlearningnetwork.com.
Booth #100 and Northern Hemisphere Foyer

Kern AG Kern AG is a manufacturer of products for SAP customers which permanently increase the
Hildastrae 66 effectiveness of controlling, help reduce controlling costs and give you a real benefit-cost
Freiburg, 79102 advantage. The tool Allevo e.g. integrates Excel in SAP therefore you can forget about the
Germany time-consuming administration of Excel files.
Phone: +49 761 791 878 0
Email: julia.nusskern@kern.ag
www.kern.ag
Booth #1250

Kofax, Inc Kofax plc (LSE: KFX) is the leading provider of document-driven business process automation
15211 Laguna Canyon Road solutions. For more than 20 years, Kofax has provided award-winning solutions that streamline
Irvine, CA 92618 the flow of information throughout an organization by managing the capture, transformation
USA and exchange of business critical information arising in paper, fax and electronic formats in
Phone: 949-727-1733 a more accurate, timely and cost-effective manner. These solutions provide a rapid return
Email: info@kofax.com on investment to thousands of customers in financial services, government, business
www.kofax.com process outsourcing, healthcare, supply chain and other markets. For more information,
Booth #1205 visit www.kofax.com.

KPMG How do you get your arms around your companys governance, risk and compliance program
One Mellon Bank Center demands? Whether your organization is implementing a GRC solution or investing in
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-259 initiatives such as a consolidation or upgrade, service-oriented architecture, business
USA intelligence, or finance transformation, KPMG can help your company capture technologys
Phone: 412-232-1629 potential to not merely support, but to transform, your business. If you would like your ERP
Email: atorchia@kpmg.com system to help improve business performance, realize value, and gain a competitive edge;
www.kpmg.com if you are looking to improve controls, reduce compliance costs, or automate controls and
Booth #920 monitoring talk to us. Move forward with KPMG.

Open Text Open Text is an enterprise content management (ECM) software company. We bring together
275 Frank Tompa Drive leading Content Experts to help organizations manage and gain true value from their
Waterloo, ON N2L 0A1 business content. Working with SAP since 1992 has made Open Text the market leader
Canada in document access, archiving, records management and invoice management extensions
Phone: 800-499-6544 for SAP applications. Our proven Open Text Vendor Invoice Management for SAP Solutions
Email: abateman@opentext.com extends SAP ERP Financials to optimize accounts payable operations and our Open Text
SILVER
SPONSOR www.opentext.com/sap. Document Access for SAP Solutions connects business documents in the context of SAP
Booth #730 applications to improve content-intensive business processes and reduce risk.

Panaya Inc. Panayas Software-as-a-Service solutions enable companies that use SAP solutions to save
14 Hacharoshet Street up to 50% of their application lifecycle costs and minimize the risks associated with system
Raanana, 43657 changes. Utilizing cloud-based simulation to analyze the impact of pending changes, Panaya
Israel automatically pinpoints which custom programs will break as a result of an upgrade or support
Phone: +972-9-7467900 package implementation and fixes most of those programs automatically. Panaya provides a
Email: info@panayainc.com complete solution for managing these changes, automatically fixing most of the anticipated
www.panayainc.com issues, suggesting the most efficient test plan, and calculating required project budget and
Booth #1245 resources. Visit the Panaya web site at www.panayainc.com.

Paymetric, Inc. Paymetric, Inc. is the leading provider of integrated and secure electronic payment acceptance
11175 Cicero Drive, Suite 175 solutions that enable companies to streamline the order-to-cash process, reduce the scope
Alpharetta, GA 30022 and financial burden of achieving PCI compliance and improve return on electronic payment
USA acceptance. Paymetrics solutions support virtually every type of electronic payment in
Phone: 678-242-5281 any enterprise system where payment is accepted. Paymetric is recognized as an industry
Email: info@paymetric.com leader and is a three-time award-winning SAP certified partner. Visit www.paymetric.com for
www.paymetric.com additional information.
Booth #1200

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PricewaterhouseCoopers PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) provides industry-focused assurance, tax and


300 Madison Avenue advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for our clients and their stakeholders.
New York, NY 10017 More than 163,000 people in 151 countries across our network share their thinking,
USA experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. Our consulting
Phone: 646-471-3000 professionals leverage our network of global resources and industry knowledge to help clients
Email: jacqueline.olynyk@us.pwc.com implement their business strategies and priorities to build effective organizations, innovate
www.pwc.com/us/sap and grow profitably, reduce costs, manage risk and regulation, and leverage talent. As
Booth #1115 business integrators, we look across the entire organization focusing on strategy, structure,
people, process and technology to help our clients drive sustainable change that yields
measurable results.

Quality Systems & Software Quality Systems & Software (QS&S) is a Business & Technology consulting firm with special
4264 Nerissa Circle, #100 focus on SAP solutions. QS&S now offers extensive portfolio of services in the new SAP
Fremont, CA 94555 General Ledger including Roadmap planning, Implementation, Migration, IFRS changeover,
USA Group currency conversion, SAP Financial Closing cockpit, Testing strategies, Reporting/
Phone: 408-242-7588 Analytics and more. Our leading product, General Ledger Migration Optimizer (GLMO), allows
Email: Mitresh@QSandS.com organizations to accelerate & jumpstart their new G/L initiatives. QS&S offers full-scale SAP
www.QSandS.com services including new G/L, GRC, BI/BW, Global Roll-outs, Portals, Fresh Implementations,
Booth #1155 Upgrades, Archiving Solutions, Remote Consulting, Offshore Development, IT Support and
more. We also offer portfolio of SAP-products to cater to specific business initiatives.

ReadSoft Invoice processing is critical to the successful management of a companys operations but
3838 N. Causeway Blvd Lakeway III is also very time sensitive and labor intensive. Pre-configured, SAP-certified solutions for
Suite 2400 companies looking to streamline financial document processes are available from ReadSoft.
Metairie, LA 70002 Packaged and enterprise solutions are offered which optimize efficiency, improve visibility,
USA shorten cycle time and improve control of both accounts payable and purchasing operations.
Phone: 888-ReadSof(t) End-to-end solutions include image and data capture and an inside SAP suite of workflow
Email: sap@readsoft.com solutions for problem resolution and approvals. With the most deployed invoice automation
GOLD www.readsoft.com solutions and over 6,500 customers, ReadSoft has the widest experience. www.readsoft.com
SPONSOR
Booth #1145

Rimini Street Rimini Street is the leading provider of third-party support for enterprise software, enabling
7251 West Lake Mead Blvd., Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and SAP licensees to save in annual support fees, and remain
Ste. 300 on their current software releases without any required upgrades or migrations through 2020
Las Vegas, CA 89128 and beyond. The Rimini Street support program features premium services not part of vendor
USA support, including a Primary Support Engineer (PSE) assigned to every client, guaranteed
702-839-9671 30-minute or less response to every inquiry, and support for customizations, interoperability,
kmantach@riministreet and performance tuning. By selecting Rimini Street as their trusted, independent provider of
www.riministreet.com enterprise software support, hundreds of Global, Fortune 500, midmarket, and public sector
SILVER organizations reduce their total cost of maintenance by up to 90 percent compared to staying
SPONSOR Booth #600
with vendor support programs.

Runbook Company International Runbook Company International is the worlds leading provider of financial software with
One Broadway 14th floor solutions that streamline the Financial Close, Internal Controls and Compliance Documentation
Cambridge, MA 02142 Processes for SAP solutions. Organizations who have implemented Runbook have been able
USA to successfully reduce costs and improve quality through the automation of recurring financial
Phone: 617-401-2190 processes. Understanding the unique aspects of financial processes, Runbook provides
Email: sales@runbook.com solutions which automate and streamline these processes resulting in improved efficiency,
www.runbook.com visibility and transparency in critical areas. Meet your peers and share best practices. You
PLATINUM
Booth #855 are in control.
SPONSOR

SandPoint Consulting, Inc. SandPoint Consulting specializes in enterprise-level process improvement with over 40
2716 Colonial Way combined years of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation experience. Since 2001,
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 we have implemented both Microsoft SQL and SAP NetWeaver versions to aid clients in
USA streamlining financials business processes, reducing operating costs, and providing robust
Phone: 888-236-2503 business insights. Our hand-chosen team of certified accountants, finance and IT specialists
Email: info@sandpointc.com work hand-in-hand with financial clients from certification of business objectives and process
www.sandpointc.com improvements, through final phase training and support. As a result, we are considered one of
Booth #660 todays most respected BPC consultancies, the go-to company when past BPC training with
less experienced consultancies fail.

SAP Americas As the worlds leading provider of business software, SAP delivers products and services that
3999 West Chester Pike help accelerate business innovation for our customers. We believe that doing so will unleash
Newtown Square, PA 19073 growth and create significant new value for our customers, SAP, and ultimately, entire
USA industries and the economy at large. Today, customers in more than 120 countries run SAP
Phone: 800-872-1727 applications from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize
Email: penelope.vitantonio@sap.com companies to suite offerings for global organizations.
www.SAP.com/usa/solutions
Booth #850

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SAPexperts Avoid costly trial-and-error, save time and money, and minimize the effort to get your
20 Carematrix Drive SAP projects done right with the SAPexperts knowledgebases. A simple keyword search
Dedham, MA, 02026 immediately gives you highly sought-after advice, step-by-step instruction, time-saving tips, and
USA best practices from the worlds top experts in SAP technology. Its like having a consultant by
Phone: 781-751-8700 your side all year long. SPECIAL OFFER - Purchase a risk-free license to any of the SAPexperts
Email: customer@wispubs.com knowledgebases onsite and get a free SAP PRESS book of your choice.
www.sapexperts.com The SAPexperts knowledgebases include: CRM Expert, BI Expert, ERP Expert, HR Expert,
Booth #100 and Northern Hemisphere Foyer Financials Expert, GRC Expert, SCM Expert, Solution Manager Expert, as well as SAP
Professional Journal. Visit the SAPexperts in the Northern Hemisphere Foyer, or at
www.sapexperts.com.

SAPinsider SAPinsider magazine, sponsored by SAP, is the premier source of information for the executives,
20 Carematrix Drive managers, consultants, and implementation and development teams who are decision-makers
Dedham, MA, 02026 for their SAP systems. Our publication provides SAP customers with advanced notice of SAPs
USA product and service initiatives. The magazine is read loyally by professionals charged with
Phone: 781-751-8700 maximizing the return on their companys multi-million dollar investment in SAP technology.
Email: customer@wispubs.com http://sapinsider.wispubs.com.
sapinsider.wispubs.com NEW from the publishers of SAPinsider: insiderPROFILES magazine offers detailed profiles of
Booth #100 todays most influential business and IT leaders their strategies, best practices, and how they
leverage SAP systems to achieve their objectives. Each issue delivers firsthand accounts and
insights from the business, industry, and technology leaders who oversee mission-critical projects
and shape corporate strategy. http://insiderprofiles.wispubs.com.

SAP PRESS SAP PRESS is the premier publisher of technical and strategic books for the SAP community.
20 Carematrix Drive We proudly offer an expansive range of unique titles to help you master SAP technology and
Dedham, MA, 02026 complete key SAP projects faster, while avoiding costly mistakes. Chosen from among the
USA best and brightest minds at SAP, leading consultancies, and SAP customers from around the
Phone: 781-751-8700 globe, our authors deliver keen insights, proven best practices, and solutions to the challenges
Email: customer@wispubs.com with which our readers struggle daily. SAP PRESS is thrilled to announce the 2010 release of
www.sap-press.com SAP PRESS BooksOnline, our all-new online reading platform. Visit our booth in the Northern
Booth #100 and Northern Hemisphere Foyer Hemisphere Foyer or www.sap-press.com for details.

Satreno Consulting Satreno provide Value and Technology Consulting services, with a focus on improving
9595 Six Pines Drive, Suite 8210 Enterprise Performance.
The Woodlands, TX 77380 Satreno will customize a War on Waste program for you, to bridge the gap between strategy
USA and execution, to ensure Exceptional Results.
Phone: 888-777-0088
After an assessment phase and the development of a business case, we will compile
Email: info@satreno.com
a program consisting of unique Battle Plans and Weapons to ensure continuous
www.satreno.com
improvement in quality and productivity resulting is increased throughput, reduced cost, freed
Booth #560 up capacity, improved cash flow, better compliance and an increased level of management
and staff motivation.
Since inception Satreno has won several Innovation and Customer Excellence Awards from SAP,
recognizing our innovative use of SAP products and the success we have had at unlocking value.

Synactive, Inc. Synactive, Inc. has been setting the standard in end-to-end solutions for simplifying and
950 Tower Lane, Suite 750 customizing SAP solutions. As a member of the SAP Complementary Software Program, GuiXT
Foster City, CA 94404 software comes bundled with all SAPGUI installations 4.6b to 7.0. Synactive develops its
USA components in close cooperation with SAP and is included within the greater SAPs vision of
Phone: 650-341-3310 SAP ERP, SAP CRM, SAP PLM, Portals and IS solutions. Synactive has established industry
Email: info@guixt.com specific alliances with leading corporations in the Automotive, Discrete Manufacturing,
www.guixt.com Consumer Products, Utilities, Retail, Aerospace & Defense, High Tech, Oil & Gas, and
Booth #1005 Pharmaceutical industries across the world.

Taulia Inc. Taulia is a business solution provider and SAP Partner specializing in solutions for Dynamic
465 California Street, Suite 410 Discounting, Supply Chain Finance and Vendor Portals. Taulias SAP certified solutions enable
San Francisco, CA 94104 major corporations to earn double-digit risk-free returns when paying approved invoices early
USA against attractive additional discounts. Taulias SaaS Vendor Portal solution provides unique
Phone: 415-376-8280 workflow and dispute resolution capabilities. As SAP Add-On, the Taulia Invoicement Suite
Email: info@taulia.com benefits from straightforward installation and seamless SAP integration. Neither a lengthy
www.taulia.com implementation project, nor new IT infrastructure is required. Taulia is headquartered in San
Booth #555 Francisco, with a subsidiary in Berlin, Germany.

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Titan Consulting SAP software is the ultimate team player. It brings together all facets of your organization,
3411 Preston Road Suite C13, PMB 205 and helps them act as one. But for your SAP system to perform at its highest level, you need
Frisco, TX 75034 experienced SAP consultants on your side. Thats why Titan Consulting offers only senior-level
USA SAP consulting. As an official SAP partner, were always on top of the latest upgrades, edits,
Phone: 972-377-3091 and changes to the SAP portfolio. And we can show you how they might affect your business.
Email: warren@titanconsulting.net With our SAP experts on your team, youll truly be ready to unleash the power of together.
SILVER
www.titanconsulting.net www.titanconsulting.net
SPONSOR
Booth #800

Vertex, Inc. Vertex Inc. is the leading provider of global tax technology solutions, bringing more than
1041 Old Cassatt Road 30 years of experience to the marketplace. To serve its customers, Vertex provides a
Berwyn, PA 19312 comprehensive suite of tax solutions for both direct and indirect taxes that streamlines
USA tax provision and compliance processes while providing unsurpassed data management
Phone: 800-355-3500 capabilities.With Vertex, you have a trusted partner for discovering new strategic tax savings
Email: kevin.toner@vertexinc.com across every major line of business tax including income, sales, consumer use, value added,
www.vertexinc.com communications, lease, retail, and payroll. Vertex is headquartered in the U.S. (Berwyn, PA)
Booth #1100 with offices in Europe (London), Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, San Francisco, Sarasota,
and Washington, DC.

Vivido Labs, Inc. Vivido Labs aids clients in maximizing the value of an investment in SAP solutions after the
3350 Scott Boulevard, Building 2 implementation goes live stabilizing the system and ensuring the team is self-sufficient.
Santa Clara, CA 95054 Vivido does this through three core offerings: Vivido Expert Services, Mowego Mobile Solutions
USA and a forthcoming Vivido Knowledge Exchange.
Phone: 510-859-4636
Email: sales@vividolabs.com
www.vividolabs.com
Booth #1165

Vortex Consulting Founded in 1997, Vortex Consulting specializes in SAP consulting solutions and staffing
61 North Main Street, Suite A services in the US and Canada. With our experience and understanding of enterprise systems,
Canandaigua, NY 14424 our team of proven senior-level professionals deliver value to our clients in helping them
USA achieve immediate results in their ERP investment.
Phone: 585-394-3106
Email: inbox@vortexconsulting.net
www.vortexconsulting.net
Booth #1635

Winshuttle Winshuttle provides software products that enable business users to work with SAP solutions
18323 Bothell-Everett Hwy directly from Excel, without any programming. Winshuttle helps SAP users to effectively run
Suite 110 the complex business processes supported by SAP. Winshuttle offers a familiar spreadsheet
Bothell, WA 98012 interface to SAP, which improves productivity and saves customers significant time and
USA money. Winshuttles solutions work with all SAP modules, enabling both business and IT users
Phone: 800-711-9798 to solve any SAP data or business process challenge by securely expanding SAP interactions
Email: info@winshuttle.com to both employees and partners. Hundreds of global customers use Winshuttle to make their
PLATINUM www.winshuttle.com SAP lives easier.
SPONSOR
Booth #830

Z Option, Inc. Z Option offers complementary software solutions that enable organizations to streamline SAP
417 Oakbend, Suite 200 financial data entry and reporting, with Microsoft Excel. By leveraging existing Excel expertise,
Lewisville, TX 75067 users can calculate financial transactions and post them directly to SAP. Z Options tools
USA include: General Ledger Spreadsheet Uploader (Squeaky-clean data entry for GL, AR, and AP);
Phone: 972-315-8800 LIVExpress (Invoice templates for 3-way matching and Invoice Verification for AP); and Budget
Email: jim@zoption.com Loader (Load and retrieve SAP plan data from Excel, as well as budget or reforecast). Z Option
PREMIER
www.zoption.com provides products that are easy-to-implement and use, with world-class support. Risk-free
SPONSOR
Booth #515 trials available.

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Exhibiting Companies (GRC)


AlertEnterprise AlertEnterprise delivers next generation security software that provides a powerful visualization
4350 Starboard Drive layer across the enterprise to help maximize investments in security automation, acting
Fremont, CA 94538 as business glue aggregating risks across multiple enterprise applications including SAP
USA BusinessObjects GRC solutions, IDM and HR. Business and IT can collaborate to reduce
Phone: 510-366-4699 risk from complex processes like onboarding and offboarding while ensuring continuous
Email: kindu@alertenterprise.com compliance with standards and regulations like NERC CIP, CFATS NIST SP800, HIPAA, PCI
www.alertenterprise.com etc. AlertEnterprise delivers enhanced security enabling participation by Business in critical
Booth #1505 security decisions. AlertEnterprise can also extend risk management capabilities to include
physical access controls and industrial controls to manage insider threat and prevent fraud,
sabotage and security violations.

ASUG The Americas SAP Users Group (ASUG) is an independent, volunteer-run organization that
401 N. Michigan Avenue facilitates knowledge transfer among the community of SAP customers by providing user-
Chicago, IL 60611 driven educational opportunities, professional networking and a forum that provides insight
USA and influence to SAP. ASUG maintains a unique position within the SAP community through
Phone: 312-321-5142 its: combination of highly-focused education tools; access to subject matter experts and
Email: joshua.blair@asug.com SAP executives; ability to influence SAP products and services; and personal networking
www.asug.com opportunities with SAP professionals. As a result, members from organizations of all sizes have
Booth #500 access to resources that can solve their SAP-related business problems more efficiently and
cost-effectively, realizing a significant return from their membership. http://www.asug.com

BackOffice Associates, LLC BackOffice Associates, LLC is a leading provider of SAP data migration and SAP data governance
P.O. Box 808 solutions for global SAP customers. Concentrating on SAP data quality for more than a decade,
South Harwich, MA 02661 BackOffice Associates products and services are the recognized best practice for companies
USA implementing SAP software. BackOffice delivers the industrys only Boring Go Live process
Phone: 508-430-7100 for the uneventful implementation of SAP. For data governance solutions, BackOffice is the
Email: info@boaweb.com choice of SAP customers that require Business-Ready Data Every Day. BackOffice Associates
PREMIER www.boaweb.com is headquartered in South Harwich, Massachusetts with offices in Europe, Australia, Asia, India
SPONSOR
Booth #1120 and Mexico. Company information is available at www.boaweb.com.

Bluegold Inc Bluegold helps SAP customers to reduce the cost and complexity of implementing and
43207 Sabercat Place maintaining SAP solutions for GRC. Our solutions and consulting services enables SAP
Fremont, CA 94539 customers to implement GRC solutions from SAP quickly and correctly; establish a valuable
USA knowledge base; and maximize benefits-all based on customers business requirements.
Phone: 510-490-9300
Email: suman@bluegoldinc.com
www.bluegoldinc.com
Booth #1615

Crowdcast, Inc. Crowdcast is the leading provider of collective intelligence solutions that help companies make
717 Market Street better-informed decisions. Through its patented knowledge aggregation platform, Crowdcast
San Francisco, CA 94103 allows stakeholders to harness the knowledge of employees, customers, and partners and
USA translate it into accurate and insightful business forecasts. Fortune 1000 companies rely
Phone: 888-800-3862 on Crowdcast to improve project and portfolio management and to uncover and proactively
Email: info@crowdcast.com respond to strategic risk. For more information, visit http://www.crowdcast.com.
www.crowdcast.com
Booth #1520

Deloitte Consulting LLP Deloitte Consulting LLP adds a new dimension to any SAP implementation, providing a 360-
1633 Broadway degree approach to maximize the value of your SAP investment. We view implementation
New York, NY 10019-675 through a broader lens, using our multidisciplinary capabilities to produce solutions that help
USA you achieve unmatched business value. Were in every global business hub and our team is
Phone: 212-492-4000 well positioned to help you anticipate the needs of your global suppliers and customers. Ask
Email: deloitteglobalsappractice@deloitte.com us how we can help transform your company by going beyond basic improvement to achieve
www.deloitte.com/us/sap stellar business performance and produce significant and sustainable change.
Booth #1305

DGN TECHNOLOGIES INC DGN Technologies, Inc, an SAP software solutions partner, provides SAP-certified Change
46500 Fremont Boulevard, Suite 3 708 Lifecycle Management Solution, TransportConnect, an ABAP Add On solution that
Fremont, CA 94538 provides a comprehensive suite of tools for managing the complete cycle of SAP change
USA management, providing end-to-end change control, compliance, audit and automation, with
Phone: 510-396-9972 built-in risk prevention functionalities for multiple regulatory and compliance frameworks.
Email: rsingh@dgntechnologies.com TransportConnect is successfully deployed at many customers, helping them enforce their
www.dgntechnologies.com change process, gain confidence through compliant change and reducing the decision cycle
Booth #1500 for the customers. At DGN, our extensive portfolio of services includes full life cycle project
implementations, managed services on-site & domestic outsourced, and staff augmentation.

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Dolphin Dolphin makes crucial business operations like data management, data archiving, accounts
1487 Dunwoody Drive, Suite 350 payable, accounts receivable and order management run better and smarter for organizations
West Chester, PA 19380 using SAP solutions. Focused on improving business performance through Information
USA Lifecycle Management and Business Process Management, Dolphin produces the right
Phone: 610-725-9125 solution for each customer, faster, through its unmatched experience in SAP technologies,
Email: contact@dolphin-corp.com and its proven best practices, tools and SAP add-on applications. Dolphin solutions improve
www.dolphin-corp.com business and IT performance, lower total cost of ownership and deliver high return on
Booth #545 investment. The company was founded in 1995. Dolphin solutions are implemented across
North America and around the world.

Ernst & Young LLP Does IT GRC have you puzzled? Do you know how governance, risk management, and compliance
2100 PPG Place are interlocked with information and technology in your organization? Taking a holistic view of
Pittsburgh, PA 15222 GRC allows you to improve performance and create information-rich and technology-driven
USA business processes across the organization to reveal the full picture. Our team of professionals
Phone: 412-644-0407 can help you put the pieces together. We tap into our deep experience in IT risk management,
Email: matthew.polak@ey.com regulatory compliance, business process and application controls, information security, privacy
www.ey.com/Advisory and technology enablement to help you manage your information and technology risk and
GOLD
SPONSOR Booth #1345 control costs to deliver business value efficiently and securely. Give us a call.

Greenlight Technologies, Inc As an SAP-certified partner specializing in development for GRC solutions, Greenlight has
270 South Main Street produced exclusive offerings in the area of Access and Process Controls within cross-platform
Flemington, NJ 08822 context. Greenlight solutions provide a framework to achieve compliance across extended
USA enterprise within Oracle, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, JDE and Legacy platforms, within the SAP
Phone: 908-782-5700 platform for GRC solutions. Greenlight solutions enable enterprises to have a unified GRC
Email: aparna.deshpande@greenlightcorp.net strategy across people, processes and technology, leveraging their investments in the existing
www.greenlightcorp.com IT assets including the SAP platform for GRC solutions. Greenlight has launched RTA Design
Booth #905 Studio which empowers the customers to create customer connectors to connect to any
system in their landscape for cross-platform and cross-application compliance.

Insider Multimedia Training Insider Multimedia Training is the most convenient, cost-effective way to sustain your
20 Carematrix Drive competitive edge on evolving SAP technologies. We offer over 600 in-depth training videos, all
Dedham, MA, 02026 USA recorded live at SAPinsiders world-class conferences and seminars and designed to answer
Phone: 781-751-8700 your toughest questions. View courses online, download them to your desktop, or watch
Email: customer@wispubs.com streaming videos on CD to get detailed training and practical insights from our lessons and
www.insiderlearningnetwork.com case-studies, without the cost of travel or time spent away from work. Visit us in the Northern
Booth #100 and Northern Hemisphere Foyer Hemisphere Foyer, or at www.insiderlearningnetwork.com.

KPMG How do you get your arms around your companys governance, risk and compliance program
One Mellon Bank Center demands? Whether your organization is implementing a GRC solution or investing in
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-259 initiatives such as a consolidation or upgrade, service-oriented architecture, business
USA intelligence, or finance transformation, KPMG can help your company capture technologys
Phone: 412-232-1629 potential to not merely support, but to transform, your business. If you would like your ERP
Email: atorchia@kpmg.com system to help improve business performance, realize value, and gain a competitive edge;
www.kpmg.com if you are looking to improve controls, reduce compliance costs, or automate controls and
GOLD
SPONSOR Booth #920 monitoring talk to us. Move forward with KPMG.

Novell, Inc. Through our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously
404 Wyman Street integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. We
Waltham, MA 02451 USA deliver the best-engineered, most interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated
Phone: 800-529-3400 IT management software that help customers worldwide reduce cost, complexity and risk.
Email: crc@novell.com Because of our 25 years of experience and our vision of interoperability and flexibility, we
PLATINUM www.novell.com deliver powerful, next-generation business infrastructures that enable our customers to stay
SPONSOR
Booth #1425 competitive. Novell Making IT Work As One

Open Text Open Text is an enterprise content management (ECM) software company. We bring together
275 Frank Tompa Drive leading Content ExpertsTM to help organizations manage and gain true value from their
Waterloo, ON N2L 0A1 business content. Working with SAP since 1992 has made Open Text the market leader in
Canada ECM, records management, document access and archiving for SAP applications. Our solutions
Phone: 800-499-6544 connect documents in the context of processes in SAP applications. Open Text Extended ECM
Email: abateman@opentext.com for SAP Solutions (DoD 5015.2 certified and has certified integration with SAP NetWeaver)
www.opentext.com/sap unites the worlds of ECM and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), providing customers with
Booth #730 improved operational efficiency, reduced risk and faster implementation.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory
300 Madison Avenue services to build public trust and enhance value for our clients and their stakeholders. More
New York, NY 10017 than 163,000 people in 151 countries across our network share their thinking, experience
USA and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. Our consulting professionals
Phone: 646-471-3000 leverage our network of global resources and industry knowledge to help clients implement their
Email: jacqueline.olynyk@us.pwc.com business strategies and priorities to build effective organizations, innovate and grow profitably,
PREMIER
SPONSOR www.pwc.com/us/sap reduce costs, manage risk and regulation, and leverage talent. As business integrators, we look
Booth #1115 across the entire organization - focusing on strategy, structure, people, process and technology
to help our clients drive sustainable change that yields measurable results.

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Prospance, Inc. Prospance offers a unique solution for masking non-production SAP data. Using Prospances
1404 Allanmere Drive solution customers can significantly reduce the risk of compromising their sensitive data.
San Ramon, CA 94582 Prospances data masking solution has been built using deep SAP domain knowledge to
USA identify data elements that should be masked and the implications of such masking on other
Phone: 925-899-0885 SAP transactions. This tool has a graphical user interface for selection of data elements to be
Email: manish@prospanceinc.com masked and the algorithm to be used for masking. Most important, this tool has been built
www.prospanceinc.com using standard SAP APIs for 100% compliance with SAPs development specifications.
Booth #1620

Protiviti, Inc. We partner with CIOs, CFOs and other executives to ensure their organizations maximize the
5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1100 return on information systems investments, while at the same time minimizing their risks.
Dallas, TX 75244 Using strong IT governance to ensure alignment with business strategies, we drive excellence
USA through the IT infrastructure and into the supporting applications and data analytics. We also
Phone: 469-374-2495 facilitate the selection of software, manage the risk of implementation, implement configurable
Email: paul.shultz@protiviti.com controls on large ERP installations and implement governance, risk and compliance (GRC)
www.protiviti.com software applications. Business Continuity; IT Governance & Risk Management; IT Process
Booth #1315 Improvement Security & Privacy Management; Application Controls Effectiveness; Enterprise
Information Management.

Quality Systems & Software Quality Systems & Software (QS&S) is a Business & Technology consulting firm with special
4264 Nerissa Circle, #100 focus on SAP solutions. QS&S now offers extensive portfolio of services in the new SAP
Fremont, CA 94555 General Ledger including Roadmap planning, Implementation, Migration, IFRS changeover,
USA Group currency conversion, SAP Financial Closing cockpit, Testing strategies, Reporting/
Phone: 408-242-7588 Analytics and more. Our leading product, General Ledger Migration Optimizer (GLMO), allows
Email: Mitresh@QSandS.com organizations to accelerate & jumpstart their new G/L initiatives. QS&S offers full-scale SAP
www.QSandS.com services including new G/L, GRC, BI/BW, Global Roll-outs, Portals, Fresh Implementations,
Booth #1155 Upgrades, Archiving Solutions, Remote Consulting, Offshore Development, IT Support and
more. We also offer portfolio of SAP-products to cater to specific business initiatives.

SAP Americas As the worlds leading provider of business software, SAP delivers products and services that
3999 West Chester Pike help accelerate business innovation for our customers. We believe that doing so will unleash
Newtown Square, PA 19073 growth and create significant new value for our customers, SAP, and ultimately, entire
USA industries and the economy at large. Today, customers in more than 120 countries run SAP
Phone: 800-872-1727 applications from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize
Email: penelope.vitantonio@sap.com companies to suite offerings for global organizations.
www.SAP.com/usa/solutions
Booth #850

SAPexperts Avoid costly trial-and-error, save time and money, and minimize the effort to get your
20 Carematrix Drive SAP projects done right with the SAPexperts knowledgebases. A simple keyword search
Dedham, MA, 02026 immediately gives you highly sought-after advice, step-by-step instruction, time-saving tips, and
USA best practices from the worlds top experts in SAP technology. Its like having a consultant by
Phone: 781-751-8700 your side all year long. SPECIAL OFFER - Purchase a risk-free license to any of the SAPexperts
Email: customer@wispubs.com knowledgebases onsite and get a free SAP PRESS book of your choice.
www.sapexperts.com The SAPexperts knowledgebases include: CRM Expert, BI Expert, ERP Expert, HR Expert,
Booth #100 and Northern Hemisphere Foyer Financials Expert, GRC Expert, SCM Expert, Solution Manager Expert, as well as SAP
Professional Journal. Visit the SAPexperts in the Northern Hemisphere Foyer, or at
www.sapexperts.com.

SAPinsider SAPinsider magazine, sponsored by SAP, is the premier source of information for the executives,
20 Carematrix Drive managers, consultants, and implementation and development teams who are decision-makers
Dedham, MA, 02026 for their SAP systems. Our publication provides SAP customers with advanced notice of SAPs
USA product and service initiatives. The magazine is read loyally by professionals charged with
Phone: 781-751-8700 maximizing the return on their companys multi-million dollar investment in SAP technology.
Email: customer@wispubs.com http://sapinsider.wispubs.com.
sapinsider.wispubs.com NEW from the publishers of SAPinsider: insiderPROFILES magazine offers detailed profiles of
Booth #100 todays most influential business and IT leaders their strategies, best practices, and how they
leverage SAP systems to achieve their objectives. Each issue delivers firsthand accounts and
insights from the business, industry, and technology leaders who oversee mission-critical projects
and shape corporate strategy. http://insiderprofiles.wispubs.com.

SAP PRESS SAP PRESS is the premier publisher of technical and strategic books for the SAP community.
20 Carematrix Drive We proudly offer an expansive range of unique titles to help you master SAP technology and
Dedham, MA, 02026 complete key SAP projects faster, while avoiding costly mistakes. Chosen from among the
USA best and brightest minds at SAP, leading consultancies, and SAP customers from around the
Phone: 781-751-8700 globe, our authors deliver keen insights, proven best practices, and solutions to the challenges
Email: customer@wispubs.com with which our readers struggle daily. SAP PRESS is thrilled to announce the 2010 release of
www.sap-press.com SAP PRESS BooksOnline, our all-new online reading platform. Visit our booth in the Northern
Booth #100 and Northern Hemisphere Foyer Hemisphere Foyer or www.sap-press.com for details.

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Savera Systems Savera Systems is a global leader in providing solutions and expertise in the areas of GRC for
45680 Northport Loop East SAP, Oracle, and other legacy applications. We help companies worldwide identify, measure,
Fremont, CA 94538 and manage operational and technology-related risks they face within their industries.
USA Savera specializes in SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions. We work with customers around
Phone: 510-366-4699 the world to install, implement, and provide sustainable and realistic compliance using SAP
Email: kindu@startupfarms.com BusinessObjects GRC solutions. Savera also works closely with SAP internal teams during
www.saverasystems.com ramp-up and new product rollout activities. We have a proven track record of success for
Booth #1450 quality, customer satisfaction, and return on investment for our customers.

Saviynt, Inc Saviynt has created a Unique Access Streamlining solution for SAP to support in the Role
7597 Coastal View Drive cleanup process. This solution integrates seamlessly with SAP native security and SAP GRC
Los Angeles and further supports and helps users to move in the direction of automated role management
CA 90250 state. This solution with its capabilities to perform role mining, role consolidation, role
Email: info@saviynt.com collaboration, attestation and certification allows user a detail insight in to the current state
www.saviynt.com of access, while providing options to simulate and then remediate and consolidate access the
Booth #1465 solution also integrates with ERM solution for role management.

SenSage, Inc. SenSage provides enterprise-class security and IT monitoring solutions that provide complete
55 Hawthorne Street, Suite 700 360 degree visibility into all activity. The SenSage solution for use with SAP systems enables
San Francisco, CA 94105 fine-grained user and transaction monitoring to detect, alert, and investigate security threats,
USA fraud, and financial leakage. SenSages continuous monitoring and auditing solution extracts
Phone: 415-808-5900 user and transaction activity data from SAP and analyzes and correlates this information with
Email: sap@sensage.com external IT infrastructure for complete end-to-end visibility. The integration is SAP certified,
www.sensage.com Powered by SAP NetWeaver. SenSage retains all event data for years in its patented Event Data
Warehouse, allowing instant access to all historical data for forensics and investigations.

su53 Solutions Ltd su53 Solutions is an independent consultancy providing risk management, compliance and
TS2 Pinewood Business Park security services to companies that run SAP solutions, reducing costs, automating process
Coleshill Road conformance, driving business success and enhancing their status as trusted businesses.
Solihull, B37 7HG Our consultants are amongst the most experienced in the industry, combining innovation with
United Kingdom deep knowledge and understanding to help you in the most effective ways possible. Talk to us
Phone: +44 28 9008 0053 about how to approach your GRC, risk management, access and process control challenges
Email: jane.wallis@su53.com in innovative, creative ways that can reduce project and operational costs, and achieve
www.su53.com improvements for a fraction of what you probably thought.
Booth #1525

Symmetry Symmetry Corporation, a certified SAP hosting partner, provides technical managed services,
1201 N Prospect Avenue security administration and project support for SAP customers in the US and around the world.
Milwaukee, WI 53202 Founded in 1996 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Symmetry has been a pioneer in defining best
USA practices for SAP technical administration. Now, Symmetry is redefining managed services
Phone: 414-274-3100 for the 21st century. Its unique model provides clients with an affordable option for high-
Email: spaque@sym-corp.com quality technical managed services delivered by US-based consultants. To learn more visit
www.Sym-Corp.com www.Sym-Corp.com.
Booth #1530

Synactive, Inc. Synactive, Inc. has been setting the standard in end-to-end solutions for simplifying and
950 Tower Lane, Suite 750 customizing SAP solutions. As a member of the SAP Complementary Software Program, GuiXT
Foster City, CA 94404 software comes bundled with all SAPGUI installations 4.6b to 7.0. Synactive develops its
USA components in close cooperation with SAP and is included within the greater SAPs vision of
Phone: 650-341-3310 SAP ERP, SAP CRM, SAP PLM, Portals and IS solutions. Synactive has established industry
Email: info@guixt.com specific alliances with leading corporations in the Automotive, Discrete Manufacturing,
www.guixt.com Consumer Products, Utilities, Retail, Aerospace & Defense, High Tech, Oil & Gas, and
Booth #1005 Pharmaceutical industries across the world.

Titan Consulting SAP software is the ultimate team player. It brings together all facets of your organization,
3411 Preston Road, Suite C13, PMB 205 and helps them act as one. But for your SAP system to perform at its highest level, you need
Frisco, TX 75034 experienced SAP consultants on your side. Thats why Titan Consulting offers only senior-level
USA SAP consulting. As an official SAP partner, were always on top of the latest upgrades, edits,
Phone: 972-377-3091 and changes to the SAP portfolio. And we can show you how they might affect your business.
Email: warren@titanconsulting.net With our SAP experts on your team, youll truly be ready to unleash the power of together.
www.titanconsulting.net www.titanconsulting.net
Booth #800

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Turnkey Consulting Turnkey Consulting is a specialist IT security company focused on combining business
Portland House Stag Place consulting with technical implementation to deliver information security solutions for clients
London, SW1E 5RS using SAP technology. It focuses on the delivery of specialized services in the areas of SAP
United Kingdom security, SAP BusinessObjects governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions and SAP
Phone: +44 (0)207 288 2578 NetWeaver Portal. Turnkey works with systems integrators, audit partners and SAP clients
Email: info@turnkeyconsulting.com directly, to provide effective security and controls solutions to safeguard SAP systems and
www.turnkeyconsulting.com business processes. The company was established in 2004 and has offices in the UK, US,
Booth #1300 Australia and Germany.

Vivido Labs, Inc. Vivido Labs aids clients in maximizing the value of an investment in SAP solutions after the
3350 Scott Boulevard, Building 2 implementation goes live stabilizing the system and ensuring the team is self-sufficient.
Santa Clara, CA 95054 Vivido does this through three core offerings: Vivido Expert Services, Mowego Mobile Solutions
USA and a forthcoming Vivido Knowledge Exchange.
Phone: 510-859-4636
Email: sales@vividolabs.com
www.vividolabs.com
Booth #1165

Winshuttle Winshuttle provides software products that enable business users to work with SAP solutions
18323 Bothell-Everett Hwy, directly from Excel, without any programming. Winshuttle helps SAP users to effectively run
Suite 110 the complex business processes supported by SAP. Winshuttle offers a familiar spreadsheet
Bothell, WA 98012 interface to SAP, which improves productivity and saves customers significant time and
USA money. Winshuttles solutions work with all SAP modules, enabling both business and IT users
Phone: 800-711-9798 to solve any SAP data or business process challenge by securely expanding SAP interactions
Email: info@winshuttle.com to both employees and partners. Hundreds of global customers use Winshuttle to make their
www.winshuttle.com SAP lives easier.
Booth #830

Worksoft Worksoft develops innovative and comprehensive solutions to optimize lifecycle management
15851 Dallas Parkway, Suite 855 for use with SAP applications. Worksoft solutions are specifically designed to meet the unique
Addison, TX 75001 architectural needs of SAP application environments and the specific needs of both business
USA and technical users. Worksoft customers realize faster deployment times related to upgrades
Phone: 866-836-1773 of SAP solutions, gain better visibility into the impact of business process changes, and further
Email: sales@worksoft.com increase performance and availability. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dallas, Worksoft
www.worksoft.com is privately held by Austin Ventures and Crescendo Ventures. Worksoft customers include
Booth #1445 Fortune 500 companies across manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail
and transportation. Worksoft has offices in Canada, San Francisco, Washington DC and Denver.
For more information, contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com.

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