Keynote: Innovate, Connect, and Deliver | Accelerate Value Across SAP Business Suite | SAP Connect

In our second SAP Connect keynote, we explore how AI, data, and innovation accelerate enterprise transformation, helping every business move faster. After redefining enterprise AI in the opening keynote, SAP Connect 2025’s second keynote focuses on turning vision into execution. As industries evolve at unprecedented speed, SAP leaders share how organizations can seize tomorrow’s opportunities before competitors even see them coming—powered by a unified foundation that connects every process, every dataset, and every person. 00:00 - Welcome and Recap – From Vision to Execution 05:15 - Anja Schneider: From Potential to Performance 13:40 - Todd Inlander: A Customer Perspective on Transformation 23:50 - SAP Leadership Panel – Turning Ideas into Action 36:25 - Irfan Khan and Michael Ameling: AI and Data Without Boundaries 47:10 - Brenda Bown and Etosha Thurman: Elevating Experiences with Business AI 55:00 - Hagen Heubach and Jessica Keehn: The Future of Connected Innovation 1:00:15 - Closing – Seizing the Opportunities of Tomorrow Anja Schneider, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Premium Engagement and Advisory, opens the session by emphasizing partnership and execution, showing how SAP helps customers translate strategy into measurable value. She’s joined by Todd Inlander, CIO of Southern California Edison, who shares a customer’s view of transformation in action: using data and AI to deliver reliability, efficiency, and sustainability in one of the world’s most complex industries. From there, Sebastian Steinhaeuser, Irfan Khan, Michael Ameling, and Brenda Bown showcase the SAP Business Suite innovations that are redefining what’s possible across every line of business. They explore how SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP Data & Analytics, and Business AI work together to extend, integrate, automate, and innovate—enabling organizations to respond faster, adapt continuously, and scale with confidence. Etosha Thurman, Hagen Heubach, and Jessica Keehn highlight how SAP’s AI-native applications empower teams to elevate customer experience and drive engagement with intelligent insights built directly into the flow of work. Across each moment, the keynote demonstrates how businesses can harness SAP’s connected ecosystem to deliver immediate outcomes while laying the groundwork for long-term transformation. Closing the session, SAP leaders reaffirm our commitment to helping every customer achieve clarity in complexity—running confidently on a suite that brings together data, AI, and applications to drive innovation across every function. Whether you’re an enterprise leader focused on transformation or a practitioner driving innovation on the ground, this keynote reveals how SAP is helping organizations transform bold ideas into tangible results—today. Watch the full Opening Keynote: https://sap.to/6051As6Gd Watch all SAP Connect replays: https://sap.to/6053As6G5 Explore SAP Business Suite: https://sap.to/6055As6G9 Follow us on social: LinkedIn: https://sap.to/6057As6Gc Instagram: https://sap.to/6059As6Gl Facebook: https://sap.to/6050As6Gm Threads: https://sap.to/6052As6Go About SAP: As a global leader in enterprise applications and business AI, SAP stands at the nexus of business and technology. For over 50 years, organizations have trusted SAP to bring out their best by uniting business-critical operations spanning finance, procurement, HR, supply chain, and customer experience. For more information, visit: https://sap.to/6053As6GU #SAPConnect #SAPBusinessSuite #AI