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Join us at EPI-USE Labs UK & Ireland
User Group event 2022
20 June 2022
Manchester, United Kingdom: etc.venues, 8th floor, 11 Portland Street, M1 3HU
This event took place on 20 June 2022. Registrants can view presentations and videos via the 'Attendee Log in' button above.
If you would like to be invited to other similar events, please email your details to events@labs.epiuse.com and we will be in touch.
Be inspired by some of the most experienced users of EPI-USE Labs solutions. Meet many of our prestigious clients at our annual User Group event on Monday 20 June, hosted in partnership with our group companies, EPI-USE and G3G.
Get valuable insights, and discover the potential and possibilities that can be harnessed for your own business. We will also showcase some of our latest software and services developments, and give you a glimpse into the future of SAP and EPI-USE Labs’ technology.
All SAP customers are invited to join us at this exclusive event. Our aim is to inform, inspire, foster collaboration and help you get the very best out of your SAP investment.
Let's connect, collaborate, network and be inspired!
This event is planned to be in person. The venue follows strict hygiene protocols; masking and distancing will be followed in accordance with regional guidance at the time.
Event agenda
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9:00 - 10:00
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Registration
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10:00 - 12:00
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KEYNOTE
Inspire: Sharing experiences to transform SAP for the future Every SAP journey is different, and getting inspiration from each other can help us to overcome similar challenges. This year, our collaborative keynote session will explore many aspects involved in your IT strategy for SAP, with selected clients* sharing their experiences about:
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12:00 - 14:00
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Lunch & interactive focus pods Learn more
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14:30 - 15:00 |
SAP Landscape Management Enterprise Landscape Management at SAP HCM & Reporting Design, generate and distribute professional HR documents, live from your SAP HCM system SAP SuccessFactors How best to tackle system refreshes across SuccessFactors and Payroll |
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee break
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15:30 - 15:50
15:50 - 16:10
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ALM product innovation highlights
Query Manager enables Cadent Gas to streamline and onshore all HR SAP reporting EPI-USE Labs HCM Innovation Roadmap EC Time Tracking - how does it compare to EC timesheets and Time off? EPI-USE Innovation Roadmap |
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16:10 - 17:00
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Drinks and networking
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Lunch & interactive focus pods
Pop into our pods throughout the lunch break for a quick update and interactive discussion on these focus topics:
- Landscape Software Innovation
- Road to S/4HANA and Licensing
- Business Transformation
- SAP SuccessFactors: Analytics and Audits
- SAP SuccessFactors: Robotics & Business Rules
- Global HCM and Payroll
- GRC for SAP
- Master Data Management
Landscape Software Innovation
Focus on Landscape Software Innovation
The EPI-USE Labs development team will be available to share the latest ideas and demos on product innovations, including security, archiving, and more.
Sessions:
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12:30-12:45 |
Data Sync Manager Surgery with a focus on Basis |
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12:50-13:05 |
Data Archiving with Archive Central |
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13:10- 13:25 |
Data Sync Manager Surgery for Programmers, Business Analysts, DevOps |
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13:30-13:45 |
Data Archiving with Archive Central |
Road to S/4HANA and Licensing
Focus on Road to S/4HANA
Explore what is involved in the S/4HANA Assessment Report, and find out how to convert your ABAP monoliths to flexible, cloud-delivered services.
Sessions:
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12:30-12:45 |
Demystify RISE with SAP |
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12:50-13:05 |
Enhance your move to SAP S/4HANA |
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13:10- 13:25 |
Demystify RISE with SAP |
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13:30-13:45 |
Enhance your move to SAP S/4HANA |
Business Transformation
Focus on Business Transformation
Business change - from divestitures to mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and system consolidation - has a major impact on your SAP system.
Chat to our experts about how EPI-USE Labs can help you with your business transformation projects.
Sessions:
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12:30-12:45 |
Let's talk about System Landscape Optimisations (SLO) |
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12:50-13:05 |
Overview of PRISM for ECP |
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13:10- 13:25 |
Let's talk about System Landscape Optimisations (SLO) |
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13:30-13:45 |
Overview of PRISM for ECP |
SAP SuccessFactors: Analytics and Audits
Focus on SAP SuccessFactors: Analytics and Audits
Come and learn more about SuccessFactors including topics such as roles and auditing, instance refreshes, reporting and embedded analytics, and how EPI-USE is innovating to bring additional functionality to improve our client’s solutions. The team from EPI-USE UK can share insights into many of the hot topics around SAP SuccessFactors implementations.
If you are an HCM client who is considering moving to SAP SuccessFactors, please bring your questions and get inspired by other organisations who have moved already.
Sessions:
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12:30-12:45 |
Embedded Analytics |
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12:50-13:05 |
SAP SuccessFactors audit tools |
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13:10- 13:25 |
Embedded Analytics |
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13:30-13:45 |
SAP SuccessFactors audit tools |
SAP SuccessFactors: Robotics & Business Rules
Focus on SAP SuccessFactors: Robotics & Business Rules
The sessions in the SuccessFactors Robotics and Business Rules pod focus on sharing innovative ways to incorporate automation and robotics to optimise efficiency in SuccessFactors.
Sessions:
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12:30-12:45 |
Automating Work Schedule creation in SuccessFactors and EC Payroll |
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12:50-13:05 |
Automating Work Schedule creation in SuccessFactors and EC Payroll |
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13:10- 13:25 |
Scheduling Business Rules as a Batch Job in SuccessFactors |
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13:30-13:45 |
Scheduling Business Rules as a Batch Job in SuccessFactors |
Global HCM and Payroll
Focus on Global HCM and Payroll
Run SAP Payroll in every country you operate in, even with small headcounts, using our innovative solutions and benefit from an efficient and cost-effective global SAP payroll everywhere.
Sessions:
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12:30-12:45 |
Payroll Express: The smart, customisable solution to streamlining and future-proofing your global payroll. |
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12:50-13:05 |
Payroll Control Centre (PCC) Booster |
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13:10- 13:25 |
Payroll Express: The smart, customisable solution to streamlining and future-proofing your global payroll. |
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13:30-13:45 |
Payroll Control Centre (PCC) Booster |
GRC for SAP
Focus on GRC for SAP
What does business-centric GRC mean to your business? Adopting a model where the business takes responsibility for managing the access provided to users is the best way to provide meaningful roles and authorisations to your employees.
Join the Soterion team to learn more in this pod.
Sessions:
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12:30-12:45 |
Business-centric GRC |
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12:50-13:05 |
User Access Review |
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13:10- 13:25 |
Business-centric GRC |
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13:30-13:45 |
Central Identity Management |
Master Data Management
Focus on Master Data Management
Join the GlueData team to learn about SDM, their SimpleData Management Tool that’s embedded within SAP. It’s the first product of its kind to rapidly identify and solve your data challenges, proactively setting up structures to prevent them reoccurring, offering in-built data governance to make dirty data clean and drive a culture of high-quality data in your organisation.
Sessions:
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12:30-12:45 |
Don’t make Master Data Management harder than it is. Embed SimpleDataTM Management |
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12:50-13:05 |
Don’t make Master Data Management harder than it is. Embed SimpleDataTM Management |
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13:10- 13:25 |
Don’t make Master Data Management harder than it is. Embed SimpleDataTM Management |
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13:30-13:45 |
Don’t make Master Data Management harder than it is. Embed SimpleDataTM Management |
When and where?
20 June 2022
Registration from 09:00am
Venue: etc.venues, 8th floor, 11 Portland Street, Manchester M1 3HU
Meet our speakers
Jack Naudé
Solution Consultant SAP HCM and SuccessFactors at PostNL
Jack Naudé
Solution Consultant SAP HCM and SuccessFactors at PostNL
Based in the Netherlands, Jack is Solution Consultant SAP HCM and SuccessFactors at PostNL. PostNL is the number one service provider in mail and logistics in the Netherlands, delivering on average 800,000 parcels and seven million letters throughout the Benelux region.
Doug Scott
SAP Director, Europe at Astrazeneca
Doug Scott
SAP Director, Europe at Astrazeneca
Doug is responsible for European ECC systems, functional architecture and Release Management for those systems. He is the System Owner for Europe SAP ECC platform, accountable for the validated status of the system and for all aspects of Application Lifecycle Management.
James Quinn
Audit and Control Manager at Orkla Group
James Quinn
Audit and Control Manager at Orkla Group
DJ Adams
SAP
DJ Adams
SAP
DJ focuses on integration and extension topics on the SAP Business Technology Platform. He runs a regular live-stream on the SAP Developers “Hands-on SAP Dev” show and enjoys sharing his curiosity on many SAP development topics. He read Classics at university, has worked on SAP systems since 1987, co-created the SAP Community, and is a lifelong learner.
Emile Steyn
Business Unit Director at Soterion Benelux
Emile Steyn
Business Unit Director at Soterion Benelux
Emile joined Soterion eight years ago and has recently become Business Unit Director. He is an SAP security specialist with experience in retailing, manufacturing, agriculture, mining and healthcare.
Jessica Keartland
Associate Partner, Head of Consulting Services at EPI-USE
Jessica Keartland
Associate Partner, Head of Consulting Services at EPI-USE
Michael Gleeson
Director of HRIS & Programmes at Cadent Gas Limited
Michael Gleeson
Director of HRIS & Programmes at Cadent Gas Limited
Michael is a shared service specialist with extensive experience in system design, data modelling, payroll, HR transformation and shared services deployment & operation. He has managed numerous large scale transformation projects allowing him to drive efficiency of global business services through the use of technology and refinement of systems.
Paul Hammersley
VP ALM Product Portfolio at EPI-USE Labs
Paul Hammersley
VP ALM Product Portfolio at EPI-USE Labs
Paul has for many years been a remarkable technical force at EPI-USE Labs. As SVP of the ALM Products, his portfolio includes System Landscape Optimization, and his hands-on experience of implementing Data Sync Manager and helping clients to manage data across the breadth of their SAP landscapes is unique. He has specialised knowledge about data security and how GDPR (the General Data Protection Regulation) impacts companies running SAP.
Stacey White
Managing Director at G3G UK
Stacey White
Managing Director at G3G UK
Evan Jones
Managing Director, EPI-USE Labs Europe
Evan Jones
Managing Director, EPI-USE Labs Europe
Evan has been involved with SAP for the past 19 years, and started EPI-USE Labs Europe in 2003. Previously, his roots were in sales and marketing. Evan has built an extensive sales, services and partner network for EPI-USE Labs. Today, he manages UK & Ireland, Benelux, Nordics and Southern Europe regions for the organisation.
Eben de Lange
Product line lead: Enterprise Information Management at EPI-USE Labs
Eben de Lange
Product line lead: Enterprise Information Management at EPI-USE Labs
Eben de Lange is head of the Enterprise Information Management product line at EPI-USE Labs. He led the team which designed, developed and released Query Manager 4, as well as playing a key role in the design and bringing-to-life of the Microsoft Excel Add-in for Query Manager.
James Watson
Services Associate (Northern Europe) - Data Privacy lead at EPI-USE Labs
James Watson
Services Associate (Northern Europe) - Data Privacy lead at EPI-USE Labs
James leads the regional strategy and technical delivery of Data Privacy solutions for EPI-USE Labs in Europe. Coming from a functional and business background of 20 years, he provides the bridge between Development, Basis, Test teams/Competency Centres and leadership teams to guide and advise on the route to Privacy compliance. His history includes SAP specialisms in Non-Production data management and anonymisation, Production Data Removals or Redactions, System Landscape Optimisation (SAP LT) and SAP Industry solutions.
Phil Quinton
Global Cloud Product Manager at EPI-USE Labs
Phil Quinton
Global Cloud Product Manager at EPI-USE Labs
Phil Quinton is the Global Cloud Product Manager for EPI-USE Labs. Phil has worked with infrastructure for over 20 years, providing support, design and implementation of UNIX, WINTEL, storage, network, and virtualisation platforms across a variety of business sectors, and brings a wide range of skills and experience to our clients.
Charl van der Westhuizen
Document Builder Product Lead at EPI-USE Labs
Charl van der Westhuizen
Document Builder Product Lead at EPI-USE Labs
Charl is the Document Builder team leader for EPI-USE Labs. He has a Masters degree in Computer Science and has been at EPI-USE Labs for the last five years. Charl has expertise in designing and developing of on-premise, cloud, and mobile computing solutions.
Steve Morgan
Associate Partner at EPI-USE
Steve Morgan
Associate Partner at EPI-USE
Lindy Gravener
SAP SuccessFactors Solution Advisor at EPI-USE
Lindy Gravener
SAP SuccessFactors Solution Advisor at EPI-USE
An SAP SuccessFactors Solution Advisor working with clients to take them on the journey of reinventing HR with technology. Previous experience working client side supporting and implementing HR Technology.
Hannah Phillips
Project Manager
Hannah Phillips
Project Manager
27 years’ experience in roles including leadership, hands-on-roles and supporting and delivering 25+ Success Factors implementations, SAP implementations, upgrades and migrations.
Stephen Owens
Regional Executive Asia Pacific at EPI-USE Labs
Stephen Owens
Regional Executive Asia Pacific at EPI-USE Labs
Stephen is Partner in charge of Labs worldwide. Stephen joined EPI-USE in 1999 after periods at PwC in global risk management and Eskom, a power generation and transmission company where he focused on process control research. In EPI-USE He established the iLAB incubator with an initial focus on software quality assurance and testing and then lead the EPI-USE Analytics company delivering driver based forecasting and scenario planning solutions utilising proprietary EPI-USE software integrated with SAP. After a move to Australia he spent a number of years delivering SAP HR & Payroll projects to large corporates before establishing an S/4HANA finance consulting service and the Asia Pacific regional leadership role for EPI-USE Labs. In 2021 he was asked to lead Labs, which he reluctantly agreed to, noting he was not keen to always be the least smart person in the room.
