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The xSuite Group has appointed Jörg Mertens as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Managing Director as of October 1, 2025. The management of the internationally active software company with the core competence of incoming invoice processing in SAP, consisting of Dr. Haiko van Lengen (CEO), Matthias Lemenkühler (CPTO), Thomas Radestock (CSO) and Andreas Nowottka (Partner Management & M&A), will now be...
As part of the DSAG Annual Congress 2025 in Bremen, the election of the Executive Board of the German-speaking SAP User Group e.V. was on the agenda of the General Meeting. Both the office of Deputy Chairman of the Board and that of Treasurer were newly filled. Thomas Henzler will take over the office of Deputy Chairman of the Board in future. The Chief Information Officer of Piller Blowers & Compressors...
NTT Data, a global provider of digital business and technology services, has appointed Michael Seiger as Executive Managing Director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Seiger succeeds Stefan Hansen, is based in Munich and reports to Anne-Sophie Lotgering, CEO Europe. He brings with him many years of management experience from positions at Wipro, Atos, Lycos and Accenture. Most recently he headed...
The msg Group is strengthening its management team with Michael Rasch, a business graduate and SAP expert with over 30 years of experience in digital transformation. He has been appointed as a new member of the Management Board. With his expertise from leading positions at PwC, IBM, Microsoft and SAP, he will be responsible for the key strategic areas of SAP, internationalization and the expansion of the msg Group's...
Schwarz Digits and Deutsche Bahn have given the operational go-ahead for a European data and AI platform with the founding of DataHub Europe. The aim is to create a secure, GDPR-compliant data space for business, research and administration, supplemented by a Data & AI Workbench and a marketplace for data products. The first application is AuditGPT, a digital audit assistant that is already...
Blockchain.com has appointed two new members to its Supervisory Board: Timothy P. Flynn, former CEO of KPMG and ex-board member of JPMorgan, and Landon Edmond, Chief Legal Officer of Klaviyo. With these appointments, the board grows to nine members. Flynn brings over 45 years of experience in corporate governance, financial services and risk management and is currently a....
Wellesley Information Services appoints Laxman Challa, Director of Application Services at Southwest Gas Corporation, to its CIO Advisory Council. This exclusive panel of international technology decision-makers will guide Wellesley's innovation and digital strategies and support the advancement of enterprise IT and SAP transformation programs. In addition to Challa, the council includes executives from SAP, Mattel, Maersk, Ecobat and...
Valantic is strengthening the management team of its SAP division with two experienced personalities: Nicole Berg takes over the overall management as Partner and Managing Director, Justin Schiffmann the role of Head of Sales & Markets. Both have many years of SAP experience in cloud, ERP and transformation. The focus is on expanding expertise in SAP Business Suite, Business Data Cloud, AI...
SAP has appointed Augusta Spinelli as the new Regional President for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). She will be responsible for 53 subsidiaries in 89 countries and will further expand the region as a global growth engine for the company. Spinelli succeeds Manos Raptopoulos, who joins the extended SAP Executive Board as Chief Revenue Officer for APAC, EMEA and...
The Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) has appointed Jiska Classen as Professor of Mobile and Wireless Security at the joint Digital Engineering Faculty with the University of Potsdam as of August 1, 2025. The IT security expert previously headed a junior research group at HPI and has been researching the security and data protection of mobile and wireless systems such as iOS, Android and satellite communication for years. With...
The xSuite Group has appointed Mark Hemphill as Vice President Sales North America effective August 1, 2025. The SAP expert brings 19 years of sales and consulting experience, most recently as Sales Director at SAP subsidiary LeanIX. Hemphill will lead sales in the US market, manage the account executive team and drive the strategic expansion of xSuite solutions in the SAP environment. Goal...
Martin Mühlbach has been appointed to the management board of SAP technology partner Itaricon. Born in Dresden, he is now responsible for Consulting and Marketing in addition to Sales and Business Development. Together with Sebastian Gottwald, he will form the operational dual leadership of the company. Mühlbach is regarded as a driving force in the establishment of sustainable customer relationships and the strategic further development of...

Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

FourSide Hotel Salzburg,
Trademark Collection by Wyndham
Am Messezentrum 2, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
+43-66-24355460

Event date

Wednesday, June 10, and
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Early Bird Ticket

Regular ticket

Subscribers to the E3 Magazine Ticket

reduced with promocode CCAbo26

Students*

reduced with promocode CCStud26.
Please send proof of studies by e-mail to office@b4bmedia.net.
*The first 10 tickets are free of charge for students. Try your luck! 🍀
EUR 390 excl. VAT
available until November 30, 2025
EUR 590 excl. VAT
EUR 390 excl. VAT
EUR 290 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, April 22 and
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Tickets

Early Bird Ticket
Regular ticket
EUR 390 excl. VAT
available until 30.11.2025
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Subscribers to the E3 magazine
reduced with promocode STAbo26
EUR 390 excl. VAT
Students*
reduced with promocode STStud26.
Please send proof of studies by e-mail to office@b4bmedia.net.
EUR 290 excl. VAT
*The first 10 tickets are free of charge for students. Try your luck! 🍀
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2026, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.