Mastering Business Analytics 2013

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Produced by:Supported by:Premier Partners:

5 - 7 August 2013Crown Promenade Melbourne

ENABLING BETTER BUSINESS DECISIONS

Business Analyticswith SAP & SAP BusinessObjects BI


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IntroducingMastering Business Analytics

We are proud to produce Mastering Business Analytics 2013,

incorporating the long-standing SAP Business Intelligence and

SAP BusinessObjects communities at one annual major event.

The content will refect the similar issues that SAP ERP, BW andBusinessObjects BI customers ace, whilst appreciating their

unique backgrounds and needs. Together they will open up

conversations and opportunities or you to learn, network, share,

grow and excel together. Empowering and arming you to ully

realise a truly integrated Business Analytics strategy.

with SAP & SAP BusinessObjects BI

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Hot TopicsThe depth and breadth o the content

is a result o 6 months o careul

research and development. SAP BusinessAnalytics Proessionals rom more than

100 organisations across Australia

have collaborated with the Mastering

Business Analytics with SAP & SAP

BusinessObjects BI Advisory Team in

a series o Round Table Discussions to

create this program around 13 Hot Topics.



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Ehc ue Eeme Building a Business Analytics driven culture in your organisation

Creating your BI brand internally

The importance o creating and managing business

expectations

Learn how to speak the business lingo

How to conduct ROI and TCO studies to communicate to the

business

The value o participating in ormal BI benchmarking

Best practice business requirements gathering

How to ocus on what the business needs not what it wants

Real-lie examples rom organisations with successul user

adoption strategies

Guerrilla tactics to overcome user resistance

Identiying the steps required to build a BI Centre o Excellence

and the potential benefts o doing so

Realising the benefts o sel-service reporting, both internallyand externally

Allowing your sel-service customers to import their own data

and understanding the challenges and solutions o doing so

How to provide high level support and continuous improvement

or your project

Using Business Analytics as a catalyst or cultural change

Vz techqe &t Dashboard design tips or world-class visualization

SAPs roadmap and latest updates on visualization technologies

A hands-on look at SAPs new Visual Intelligence tool

Understanding how you might leverage Visual Intelligence in

your organisation

Tips and tricks on how to best utilise Visual Intelligence

Hear rom an early adopter o SAP Design Studio

leve saP Hana Understand how HANA will aect your overall Business

Analytics design and strategy

Building a business case or HANA

Steps to integrate BI 4 and SAP BW with HA NA

Understanding the challenges o introducing HANA into an

enterprise environment

Ways to best leverage HANA to obtain the optimal RO I

Case studies rom early adopters o HANA - did it meet

expectations?

D Memesee Building a data strategy or your organisation

Obtaining executive buy-in to dedicate resources to data

management

Understanding the value that employing a Data Scientist

might bring

Using technology to enable data driven change

Addressing the data governance debate - who owns the

data?

Examining a case study o SA P Inormation Steward - did it

live up to expectations?

Discuss data management issues, experiences and ideas with

your peers

uded saP

le be aycte A back-to-basics look at SAPs extensive tool suite

Establish product roadmaps or both SAP and non-SAP ERP

customers

Identiying new and existing technologies to apply to the

latest analytical demands

Customer view o the distinction, commonality, capability

and constraints o each tool

A deep-dive into new eatures and unctionality

How to build your team capability and maturity levels around

the toolset

Unveiling new technologies on the horizon

leve Me bi Defning use cases or mobile BI

Creating a strong mobile strategy

Live demos o all SAP and 3 rd party mobile BI technologies

Understanding how SAP Design Studio will aect mobile BI

capabilities

Examining native, cross-platorm native, hybrid and HTML5

application rameworks

Best ways to manage your devices

Considering application gateways and security

Discuss customer ideas, experiences and successes o

mobile BI

Mv twd Cmpexayc How to prepare you organisation or large data volumes,

real-time analytics and complex data sources

Identiying the skills required to take analytics a step urther

in your organisation

Exploring key business decisions that need to be made or

complex analytics projects

Discover how SAP HANA can be leveraged to perorm

advanced analytics

Learn about SAPs new Predictive Analytics tool including

un ways to apply it

How to measure the success o an advanced analytics

project

g & M

Execve spp Learn why executive support is so crucial

Building executive dashboards to demonstrate the value

o Business Analytics

Find out what a social BI launch is and how it will keep

your project visible on the top floor

Learn the business lingo to use with executives

Developing a strategy or continued engagement with

executives

How to translate the initiatives you take rom this

conerence into tangible projects that will gain buy-in

rom business executives

Ce beayc sey A ramework or creating a Business Analytics roadmap

How to create a standard strategy or a complex and

diverse organisation

Enabling a seamless user experience

Examining your implementation options - big bang vs.incremental

Identiying what technologies you should be looking at next

Discover which BI tools are best suited to your organisation

Learn how to prepare or HANA and how it will aect your

overall strategy

Find out how to keep costs down wh ilst delivering

high-value to the business

Creating a strategy or upgrading to BI 4 an d using this

opportunity to clean up your system

opm be ayctem sce Strategies to assist your team in working better together

Understanding the dynamics o individuals and how they

collaborate

Identiying the characteristics you should be looking or

when recruiting new team members

How to interact better with dierent character types

Transorming your team rom being reactive to being

proactive

Defning new roles such as Data Scientists and identiying

whether you need them in your organisation

ie saP bW & saPbeojec bi Learn technical best practices or integration o the tools Exploring data connectivity options

Identiying which elements o BW can be leveraged in

the BusinessObjects BI environment and which are not

supported

bde & Prep How to bring control and data integrity to your annu al

budgeting process

Understanding the business benefts o moving to SAP BPC

(Budgeting, Planning and Consolidation)

Comparing SAP BPC to other similar tools

Use case o SAP BPC in action and customer views on its

efcacy

He beayc v he Cd Understand SAPs roadmap or technologies in the cloud and

how this will aect their on-premise portolio

Discover the benefts and drawbacks o implementing an

application in the cloud

Exploring the accessibility and security o data in the cloud

Learn how leveraging cloud inrastructures can speed up

your implementation ROI

Examining hybrid clouds and their uses



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Three Keys to Unlock YourExecutive BI ChequebookBefore its all Gone!With so many priorities and a tight economy,executives are now more than ever focused oninvesting in areas that will show true value totheir business. Hence the key to opening theexecutive chequebook is simply by focusingon adding value, and then finding key ways tohighlight it in your organisation.

Join Mico, as she teaches you proven techniquesto engage an executive audience in your BIproject and more importantly, maintaining theirbuy-in.

Show me the money - learn why executivebuy-in is important and why your team cantlive without it

Business users are key - learn one key thingthat your BI app must accomplish to help the

business gain true value Do a social BI launch - learn why doing a social

launch will keep your BI project visible on thetop floor

Micois the founder of the highly-rated BIDashboard Formula (BIDF) coaching series.The only coaching program focused on teaching

BI teams how to successfully engage their

business users and show true value from theirBI deployments. Mico is also an SAP Mentor

Alumni and is most well known as the founder

of the popular weblog, Everything Xcelsius andthe XcelsiusGurus Network. As a well-regarded

influencer in the SAP Analytics ecosystem, she is

a well sought after speaker and BI influencer.

Managing the SAP Marathon -Using Working StylesKnowledge to Build andMaintain a Winning ProjectA SAP project is not a sprint, its a marathon!

The very nature of SAP projects requires a teamthat works well together. Understanding thedynamics of individuals and teams will not onlyimprove productivity, but ultimately ensure agreater project success.

Your effectiveness in the team begins withan awareness of your personal working andcommunication styles and how they can impactyour team. Next is to better understand howthe styles of those around you can impact youand others. In the end, its a matter of learninghow to harness the collective energyof these diverse styles to become a trulyhigh-performing team.

This fun and interactive keynote will presentyou with practical ways to apply working styleconcepts to your professional and personalrelationships. Learn how using a practicalmodel and simple language for understandingworkplace dynamics can help you reach theSAP finish line as a strong, united, energised andwinning team!

Dougis a corporate strategist and changearchitect who helps organisations and

teams manage the transition from currentto desired state. He has over 30 years of

experience leading training, service and

support organisations in a corporate businessenvironment. In addition, Doug facilitates and

coaches executives, employees and teams in the

areas of leadership, team building, negotiationand workplace relationships.

Reflections and Predictions: What the Hell am I Doing Here?After a rebranding, 44 presentations and 35 speakers from across a range of industries and regionsits time to kick back and reflect. Join two experienced practitioners in an interactive discussion on:

What are some of the challenges facing us in the Business Analytics domain?

Some of the key takeaways from the conference

Where to next?

Bring your questions and opinions on where you are taking your organisation. More importantly takesome time to reflect before heading back into your daily routine.

Facilitated by: Peter ODonnell - Lecturer, Decision Support Systems Laboratory, Monash University

The User Engagement ParadoxBusiness Analytics systems have the potentialto make fundamental and positive changes tothe way organisations work. Our end-usersknow this and there has probably never been atime when user demand for access to the datathey need to make decisions has been greater.Users want effective and easy to use BusinessAnalytics systems. The problem is when webuild those systems, we have a hard timegetting people to use them!

This keynote will explore the paradox ofcontemporary BI: that two of the majorchallenges facing BI developers are meetingend-user demand for systems, while at thesame time fighting to get end-users to use thesystems and data that are provided for them.

Active requirements gathering and its role inbuilding user engagement

How to focus on user needs and not user

wants

The value of a scientist/practitioner approachto performing business needs analysis

How to harness the hype around big dataand not lose your soul

Using the visualization debate to youradvantage

Building your BI brand

Peteris a Lecturer in the Decision SupportSystems Laboratory at Monash Universityin Melbourne, Australia. His current research

interests include conceptual modelling for

decision support systems and the usability ofBusiness Intelligence interfaces. He maintains

close links with the Business Intelligence industry

in Australia and is regularly invited to speak attrade seminars and user group meetings.

MICO YUKFounder & Director of BusinessDevelopment, BIDashboardFormula.com(USA) (SAP Mentor Alumni)

PETER ODONNELLLecturer, Decision Support SystemsLaboratory, Monash University

HARJ CHANDEnterprise Information StrategyArchitect, AGL Energy Limited

LESTOR MEADOWSManager, Business Intelligence AsiaPacific, Kimberly-Clark Asia Pacific

DOUG WHITTLEPresident, Whittle ConsultingGroup, LLC (USA)

Keynote Speakers

Harjis the Enterprise InformationStrategy Architect at AGL Energy. Hisrole encompasses the development

and maintenance of IT strategy for the

information domain. The informationdomain includes Business Analytics, Data

Management and Information Governance.

Harj is relatively new to the Utilitiesindustry and learning the complexities of

the Australian market, but has been able toleverage his customer domain experiencefrom Australia Post combined with asset

domain experience from Rio Tinto. Harj

has over 10 years data warehousingexperience predominantly utilising SAP

technologies. Outside of work, Harj enjoys

cycling and scuba-diving and has recentlydeveloped a keen interest in kayaking.

Lestorprovides leadership and strategicdirection in Business Intelligence forKimberly-Clark Asia Pacific. With over 35

years in IT, including 13 years in Business

Intelligence, his work passions include;developing high performing teams, BI

strategy, innovation, data visualization

and guided analysis. For the last 3 years,Kimberly-Clark has been implementing BOBJ

reporting on top of SAP BW implementinginnovative solutions for Dashboard, Webi,mobile BI and BO Explorer..

Lestor is currently leveraging his MBA thesis

in developing IT strategies that Kimberly-Clark is now ready to launch in their next

3 year BI strategy for 2013-2015. As aknown conference speaker in Australia,

New Zealand and South Africa, Lestor bring

insights in thought leadership, strategy andinnovation. He is honoured to be on several

regional and global advisory councils that

not only build his skill, but gives him theopportunity to give back to the Business

Intelligence community. Outside of work,

Lestor is married with two kids and enjoyssurfing and swimming.

Culture Eats Strategy forunch: How to Create an

Analytics Driven Culturerganisations are facing a wider and widerap between newly available technologiesnd their organisations ability to apply andse this technology for advantage. Thiseynote will explore the role culture playsthe implementation and adoption of new

echnologies such as In-Memory computing,pplication of big data, predictive analytics andobile BI. However, all the new technology in

he world does not help if it is not adopted. Weill further explore the strategies and cultural

hifts successful organisations have applied tonsure adoption and used to create a culturehere analytics is core to every decision.

How to spur cultural change using analytics

Which new and existing technologies to applyto new analytical demands

How to drive adoption and ensure a solid ROIon investments

Where to start and how to build a successfulanalytics strategy

Practical examples of successful companies

asonis head of BI product marketing at SAPnd leads the go-to-market activities for the

dustrys leading on premise and cloud basedsolutions: SAP BusinessObjects. With over

2 years of experience in BI and performance

anagement, Jason is responsible for drivingrisp customer communications and growing

APs thought leadership position in BI. Since

ining BusinessObjects in 2005 Jason has beenelping customers solve critical business issues

hrough the application of information and

riving analytics adoption.

ASON ROSEice President Business Intelligenceroduct Marketing, SAP (USA)

ot Topics Covered: 51 Hot Topics Covered: 108 Hot Topic Covered: 1 Hot Topics Covered: 8



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Meet the Speakers

SHREERAM VENKATDASSAP Business Intelligence Supervisor& Project Manager, City o Tacoma(USA)

Walk away with a master-planfor managing the softer sideof BI

JORGEN RASMUSSENDirector, Dolphin Dynamics

Options for deliveringmobile experiences on SAPBW from simple no frill modelsto comprehensive mobilestrategies

IAN THOMPSONBusiness Analyst,Cliord Hallam Healthcare

Capability for suppliers toimport their own product andcustomer data

MALCOLM CLARKSolution Lead - Business Analytics& Inormation Management, HCLEnterprise Application Services

The landscape and approachfor delivering solutions usingSAP technologies has shifteddramatically

KURT J. BILAFERRegional Vice President - Analytics,SAP (Singapore)

Nows your chance to getanswers on the burning issues in

your organisation

MARK CULLENSAP BI Team Lead, Woolworths Limited

How to make your SAP BImobile project successful fromtwo leaders who have a provenapproach

JEREMY YOUNGManager Inormation Management,TIO

Transition the responsibility ofdata quality away from the BIteam and into the hands of thebusiness

INGO HILGEFORTDirector, Customer Engagementand Projects, SAP (Canada)(SAP Mentor)

Practical oriented guidanceand best practices that you canleverage right away

GARY HOOKERSAP Administrator, Department oImmigration and Citizenship (DIAC)(SAP Mentor)

An introductory walk throughof a BI 4 system

PAUL PEKELHARINGPrincipal Developer, RBM, Ofce oState Revenue, Queensland Treasuryand Trade

Helped OSR recover the costof the HANA implementationwithin months

MARTIN RENNHACKKAMP

CIO, PBT Group

A tried and tested guide tocreating a BI strategy that willreach the very core of yourorganisation

DAVE RATHBUNEnterprise BI Solutions Architect,PepsiCo, Inc. (USA)

Review IDT from an experienceddesigners perspective

MATT GRYGORCEWICZSenior Business Intelligence Analyst,SA Power Networks

This methodology becamea model of excellence for allfuture dashboard projects

ERIC SCHEMERSenior Director ProductManagement, SAP (Germany)

The future roadmap of DesignStudio and Dashboards

Visit www.mep.cm/ or more inormation

HITTLEWhittle Consulting Group,

yourself andhrough change: Antional change model forour SAP project

BLAIR WHEADONGM o BI or SAP (C anada)

Which technologies you shouldbe leveraging for particularsituation

CRAIG NICHOLLSManager SAP Services Section,Department o Families, Housing,Community Services & IndigenousAairs (FaHCSIA)

Sitting at the boardroom tablepartnering with the business toadd value

JENNI LEWISSenior Solution Architect, SAP(Australia)

Fun real world examples and alive demo of Predictive Analysis

JRG STEINHORSTHead o Enterprise Architecture,German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr)(Germany)

The integrated project controllingsolution using Analysis Office,Design Studio and Crystal Reports

DAMIAN LARKINSBusiness Analyst, Cliord HallamHealthcare

Capability for suppliers toimport their own product andcustomer data

MICO YUKFounder & Director o BusinessDevelopment, BIDashboardFormula.com(USA) (SAP Mentor Alumni)

Proven techniques to engagingan executive audience in your BIproject

CAMERON VAGGBI Analytics Lead, AGL Energy Limited

Many organisations are puttingdata science front and centre intheir business strategy

GLENN ROBERTSONSenior Budget Analyst, Vale Australia

Understand the businessbenefits Vale derived frommoving to BPC from legacyplanning systems

LESTOR MEADOWSManager, Business Intelligence AsiaPacifc, Kimberly-Clark Asia Pacifc

Understand the distinction,commonality, capability andconstraints within each of theSAP BI tools

GRAEME NEILLSAP BI Program Development Lead,Woolworths Limited

How to make your SAP BImobile project successful fromtwo leaders who have a provenapproach

DIMITRI ZARGANAKISNational Practice Manager, NTTDATA Business Solutions

How HANA affects overall BIdesign and strategy

S KORPPOOSAP Technology Delivery,

e Australia

HANA hybrid cloud for aHANA solution

DAVID SIMPSONNational Practice Manager,NTT DATA Business Solutions

Ensure that your currentroadmap and design approach isready for the new world

DAVID McAMIS

BI Evangelist, PwC Avantis

A hands-on look at thispowerful visualization tool

ILAN FRANKGM o BI - Net New and Emerging,SAP (USA)

Which technologies you shouldbe leveraging for particularsituation

EELEitish American TobaccoLimited

echnologies you shouldaging for particular

RICHARD WILLIAMSBusinessObjects Principal Consultant,UXC Oxygen

Prototyped, developed anddeployed an award winningmobile BI solution on a shoestring budget

AINSLEY OSULLIVANBusinessObjects Principal Consultant,UXC Oxygen

A BI solution that surpassestheir expectations and notovercommitting what canactually be delivered

ERIC VALLOChie Architect, EV Technologies(USA)

Empower yourself towards asuccessful BI 4 upgrade

HARJ CHANDEnterprise Inormation StrategyArchitect, AGL Energy Ltd

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TRACK A TRACK B TRACK C

The Anatomy of a MobileApp - Tapping Into theMobile Revolution

Jorgen Rasmussen - DolphinDynamics

TRACK D

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.xRoadmap - Features andFunctions

Ingo Hilgefort - SAP (Canada)(SAP Mentor)

Conference Overview

Workshop 1: SAP BusinessObjects BI with SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANALed by: Ingo Hilgefort - SAP (Canada) (SAP Mentor)

Workshop 2: BI Dashboard FormulaLed by: Mico Yuk - BIDashboardFormula.com (USA) (SAP Mentor Alumni)

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18.00 Pre-Conference Registration

Monday 5 August 2013

Wednesday 7 August 2013

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12.45

17.10

Registration/Arrival Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing

Workshop Registration/Arrival Tea & Coffee

Opening and Chairpersons Welcome

Workshop 1: SAP BusinessObjects BI with SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANALed by: Ingo Hilgefort - SAP (Canada) (SAP Mentor)

Workshop 2: BI Dashboard FormulaLed by: Mico Yuk - BIDashboardFormula.com (USA) (SAP Mentor Alumni)

Opening Address: Kurt J. Bilafer - Regional Vice President - Analytics, SAP (Singapore)

Mastering Business Analytics with SAP & SAP BusinessObjects BI Workshop Close

Lunch & Exhibition Viewing

Mastering Business Analytics Community Networking Drinks Sponsored by

Tuesday 6 August 2013Sunday 4 August 2013

11.55 Building a Cutting-Edge BIPlatform - A CompellingCase Study

Shreeram Venkatdas - City ofTacoma (USA)

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13.45

Afternoon Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing

Political, Financial, andTechnical Challenges onPepsiCos Journey ToExplorer

Dave Rathburn - PepsiCo, Inc.(USA)

What Comes Next? ItsPredictive Analysis

Jenni Lewis - SAP (Australia)

14.40 Visualize Like a Boss withSAP Visual Intelligence

David McAmis - PwC Avantis

SAP Budgeting, Planningand Consolidation (BPC) inAction at Vale

An Interview with: GlennRobertson - Vale Australia

Top 5 BI Guerrilla Tactics toOvercome User Resistance!

Mico Yuk -BIDashboardFormula.com (USA)(SAP Mentor Alumni)

Panel Discussion: BusinessAnalytics From BothSides: Experiences andPerspectives From BW andNon-BW Customers

Obtaining and MaintainingBusiness Engagement WhenYou Return to the Office

Craig Nicholls - Department ofFamilies, Housing, CommunityServices & Indigenous Affairs(FaHCSIA)

16.10 Keynote Presentation: Managing the SAP Marathon - Using Working Styles Knowledge to Build and Maintain a Winning Project Doug Whittle - Whittle Consulting Group, LLC (USA)

09.30 Workshop Registration/Arrival Tea & Coffee

SAP Design Studio BetaProgram: Case Study andRoadmap

Jrg Steinhorst - German ArmedForces (Bundeswehr) (Germany)& Eric Schemer - SAP (Germany)

Comparing and Contrastingthe SAP BI Tool Suite toBuild the Right Capability inYour Team

Lestor Meadows -Kimberly-Clark Asia Pacific

10.20 Morning Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing

18.30 Mastering Business Analytics Demo Jam & Networking Welcome Drinks

09.20 Opening Keynote Presentation: Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch: How to Create an Analytics Driven CultureJason Rose - SAP (USA)

08.00 Breakfast Session 1: How to Mobilise Your Executive in Under 50 DaysRichard Williams & Ainsley OSullivan - UXC Oxygen

Breakfast Session 2: Smoothing the Road to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4Eric Vallo - EV Technologies (USA)

11.40

TRACK A TRACK B TRACK C

Enabling Data Driven

Change at TIO with SAPInformation Steward

Jeremy Young - TIO

TRACK D

Implementing an Effective

Business IntelligenceStrategy

Martin Rennhackkamp - PBTGroup

13.25 Lunch & Exhibition Viewing

12.35 Leading Yourself andOthers Through Change:An Organisational ChangeModel for Guiding YourSAP Project

Doug Whittle - WhittleConsulting Group, LLC (USA)

Preparing Yourself for theNew Data Frontier

Malcolm Clark - HCL EnterpriseApplication Services

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14.25

Closing Keynote Presentation: Reflections and Predictions: What the Hell am I Doing Here?Interactive Discussion with: Harj Chand - AGL Energy Limited & Lestor Meadows - Kimberly-Clark Asia PacificFacilitated by: Peter ODonnell - Monash University

Mastering the Softer Sideof Business Intelligence

Shreeram Venkatdas - City ofTacoma (USA)

How OSR QueenslandCreated ROI with SAPHANA Within Months

Paul Pekelharing - Office ofState Revenue, QueenslandTreasury and Trade

Extending 3rd PartySelf-Service ReportingCapabilities withCustomised Data

Damian Larkins & IanThompson - Clifford HallamHealthcare

BI 4 Information DesignTool Gotchas

Dave Rathburn - PepsiCo, Inc.(USA)

16.20 Mastering Business Analytics with SAP & SAP BusinessObjects BI Conference Close

SAP BI Mobile atWoolworths - Elementsfor Success

Graeme Neill & Marc Cullen -Woolworths Limited

Making the Best Choice Outof the SAP BO Front-EndZoo

Jrg Steinhorst - GermanArmed Forces (Bundeswehr)(Germany)

08.30

09.00

Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing

Keynote Presentation: The User Engagement ParadoxPeter ODonnell - Monash University

11.00 Morning Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing

10.00 Keynote Presentation: Three Keys to Unlock Your Executive BI Chequebook Before Its All Gone!Mico Yuk - BIDashboardFormula.com (USA) (SAP Mentor Alumni)

Best Practices for

Integrating SAP BI 4 withSAP BW and SAP BW onSAP HANA

Ingo Hilgefort - SAP (Canada)(SAP Mentor)

Visualizing Supplier

Performance with BI4.0 Dashboards - UsingBest Practice DesignMethodologies

Matt Grygorcewicz - SA PowerNetworks

SAP HANA as a Service -Leveraging Scalable CloudInfrastructures for RapidAdoption

Tuomas Korppoo - AccentureAustralia

What Can I Do Now toPrepare for the World ofReal Time BI Powered bySAP HANA?

Dimitri Zarganakis & DavidSimpson - NTT DATA BusinessSolutions

Data Scientist: CoolestJob in the World? A SilverBullet?

Cameron Vagg - AGL EnergyLimited

17.00 Workshops Close

Surviving and Thriving withHANA and Smart MeterAnalytics

Harj Chand - AGL EnergyLimited



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Sunday 4 August - Workshops will run from 10.00 to 17.00.Registration opens at 09.30 and lunch and afternoon tea are included.

Wednesday 7 August - Workshops will run from 09.00 to 16.00.Registration opens at 08.30 and morning tea and lunch are included.

Workshops

In this workshop you will learn how to use the new SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 suite products in combination with SAPNetWeaver BW and SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA. It will provide you with practical oriented guidance and best practicesthat you can leverage right away at your own company. You will learn about topics such as data connectivity for SAP ERP andSAP NetWeaver BW and SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA, user management, data security and portal integrations. You willget to experience the following products yourself:

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office v 1.4

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP Edition 4.1

SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.1

Web Intelligence 4.1

Visual Intelligence

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 4.1All the products are based on the latest release SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 in combination with SAP NetWeaver BW and SAPNetWeaver BW on SAP HANA.

Please note: All delegates attending the workshop will require their own laptop to log onto the workshop server onsite. Please ensure that your laptop meets

these required technical specifications/requirements: Windows O/S; 2GB of Memory (3GB would be ideal); Administrative Rights; Remote Desktop Client.

Workshop 1

SAP BusinessObjects BI with SAP NetWeaver BW and SAPNetWeaver BW on SAP HANA

Led by: Ingo Hilgefort - Director, Solution Management, SAP (Canada) (SAP Mentor)

Workshop 2

BI Dashboard Formula

Led by: Mico Yuk - Founder & Director of Business Development, BIDashboardFormula.com (USA)(SAP Mentor Alumni)

This non-technical, hands-on workshop will provide you with the foundation needed to get your BI projects off on the rightfoot. By learning how to effectively plan, scope and prototype your next BI project, using the BI Dashboard Formula threeproven steps and templates, you will instantly increase your user engagement and adoption. Participants are encouraged tocome well rested and with an open mind!

Dont miss this chance to join the BIDF (BI Dashboard Formula) Global Tour as we come to Australia for the first time during theMastering Business Analytics Conference. Get ready for a day of fun and transformation!

Module #1Planning the most important but overlooked step!

- BIDF Planning Guide Temple

- BIDF ROI Calculator

- BIDF Project Plan Template

Module #2 Scoping the art of gathering requirements

- Using the BIDF BI Blueprint

Module #3 Prototyping... developing the perfect dashboard by reading your users minds!

Pre-requisites: Attendees should have been exposed to, hosted or participated in at least one full BI project before attendingcourse. Newbies are welcome, but are warned to keep their seat belts on.

Target Audience: BI report and dashboard developers, business analysts and anyone else involved in the planning, scoping andprototyping of BI dashboards/reports, learn a proven 3-step process that will instantly boost user adoption!

Please Note: This is a hands-on workshop and attendees are expected to bring their own laptop and power cord.



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Track Presentations

The Anatomy of a Mobile App - Tapping Into theMobile Revolution

Jorgen Rasmussen - Director, Dolphin Dynamics

Mobile apps have transformed the way we perform tasks

in our private life. Tapping into the mobile revolution offers

a great opportunity for Business Intelligence initiatives as

getting information and insight in the hands of management

and decision makers is a key value driver. But exactly how do

you do it?

Emerging platforms and technologies make it difficult to

establish firm strategies. The good news is that you most

likely can get started with what you have already got.

SAP has created strategic partnerships with Sencha and

Appcelerator to offer broader opportunities.Join Jorgen as he explains the components that make up a

mobile solution and options for delivering mobile experiences

on SAP BW from simple no frill models to comprehensive

mobile strategies.

The generic components of a mobile solution

Application frameworks: native, cross-platform native,

hybrid and HTML5

Exposing SAP data

Device management

Application gateways and security

Panel Discussion: Business Analytics From Both Sides:Experiences and Perspectives From BW and Non-BWCustomers

Panelists Include:Blair Wheadon - GM of BI for SAP Customers, SAP (Canada)

Ilan Frank - GM of BI, SAP (USA)

Jack Steele - BI Lead, British American Tobacco (Holdings)Limited

Over the past few years SAPs vision for BusinessObjects

has been to standardise the user offerings for both SAP BWcustomers and non-SAP BW customers. After 4 years, how far

along that journey have we reached today?

Join this panel of SAP representatives and customers to discuss

experiences from both sides of the coin. Find out how product

roadmaps are planned for both parties and which technologies

you should be leveraging for your particular situation. Bring your

perspectives and opinions for this open, honest and interactive

session.

SAP HANA as a Service - Leveraging Scalable CloudInfrastructures for Rapid Adoption

Tuomas Korppoo - Manager, SAP Technology Delivery,Accenture Australia

Ever larger data volumes and analytics needs are forcing

organisations to look at new ways to process data. Still,

proving a business case for addressing some of these

questions can be difficult.

This session presents ways to leverage cloud infrastructures

in order to speed up return on investment and to manage

end-to-end running costs.

Proving a business case for SAP HANA

- Tools and techniques for bottom-up and top-down

analysis

SAP HANA and cloud - current technical status

- Accenture - Telstra HANA hybrid cloud for a scalable

HANA solution

Expanding the analytical capabilities of SAP HANA

- Big data connectivity to SAP HANA and SAP HANA

analytical foundation

Rapid prototype to production

Building a Cutting-Edge BI Platform - A CompellingCase Study

Shreeram Venkatdas - SAP Business IntelligenceSupervisor & Project Manager, City of Tacoma (USA)

City of Tacoma is a complex public organisation in the USA

representing Utilities, Police, Fire, Tax and other departments.

Three years ago, City of Tacoma formulated a strategy and

roadmap for implementing a cutting edge BI platform. They

implemented a scalable, high-performance BI infrastructure

and modelled large amounts of reporting data from multiplesources in a cost-effective manner. The organisation adopted

a strong governance model and promoted deep adoption of

BI by empowering self-service. City of Tacoma is now looking

towards mobility, In-Memory computing, cloud and big data.

Framework for creating a roadmap for BI

Steps to building a scalable, high performance BI architecture

How to build comprehensive reporting content from various

source systems

Mobility, In-Memory, cloud and big data capabilities

Brief introduction to tomorrows session including business

alignment, user involvement and organisational penetration

Current SAP Release: BI 4, BW 7.3

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.x Roadmap - Featuresand Functions

Ingo Hilgefort - Director, Customer Engagement andProjects, SAP (Canada) (SAP Mentor)

This session is intended as a follow-up to the keynote

outlining the high level roadmap for SAP BusinessObjects BI.

In this session Ingo will take a deep dive into the new

functionality and will look at the upcoming features and

functionality in more details.

Get the latest updates on SAP BusinessObjects Design

Studio for designing mobile dashboards

Learn how SAP Predictive Analysis and SAP Visual

Intelligence tools can meet the requirements of analysts

and take your BI deployment to the next level Get a sneak peek at new capabilities and functionalities

to come with SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 and impacts on

your overall BI strategy

The session will provide feature level details on the

upcoming releases of the SAP BusinessObjects BI portfolio.

Comparing and Contrasting the SAP BI Tool Suiteto Build the Right Capability in Your Team

Lestor Meadows - Manager, Business Intelligence AsiaPacific, Kimberly-Clark Asia Pacific

With a plan to build team capability, Kimberly-Clark first

needed to clearly understand the distinction, commonality,

capability and constraints within each of the SAP BI tools.

In order to do so they initiated case studies to compare and

contrast their suite of SAP BI tools.

The case studies used a common set of queries to compare

and contrast BEx web, Webi, Explorer, Design Studio and

Dashboards under the Windows 7 and iOS platforms.

This session provides insight into that journey highlighting

ways to develop team skill and also understand the maturity

level of the tools.

Compare and contrast across the SAP BI tool suite

Simple ways to build capability within a team

Simple techniques in implementing visual analytics and

guided analysis

Points to consider for mobility

Current SAP Release: BI 4 SP4-6 & BW 7.3

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Obtaining and Maintaining Business Engagement WhenYou Return to the Office

Craig Nicholls - Manager SAP Services Section, Departmentof Families, Housing, Community Services & IndigenousAffairs (FaHCSIA)

Attending a Mastering SAP conference is an awesome experience -

you leave the event on a high, feeling energised and ready to assist

your organisation to solve all their issues. The days, weeks and

months after the event can be a bit of a letdown as you get caught

up in the internal politics of your organisation and the limitations

that exist with business engagement. At FaHCSIA attempts to

engage with senior managers were unsuccessful until 2010 when

the SAP BW team finally broke the glass ceiling and delivered an

executive dashboard. Overnight they found themselves assisting

senior executives to drive organisational change, but fast forward 18months and the dashboard was becoming stale. Discover how they

reinvented themselves to again be sitting at the boardroom table

partnering with business to add value.

Breaking the culture of if you build it they will come

Stop focusing on just emerging technologies, focus back on what

business thinks is important

Engaging with key stakeholders - discussing requirements, data

integrity, business value and return on investment

Develop a strategy and roadmap for the future

Current SAP Release: BI 4 SP5 & BW 7.01

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What Can I Do Now to Prepare for the World of RealTime BI Powered by SAP HANA?

Dimitri Zarganakis & David Simpson - National PracticeManagers, NTT DATA Business Solutions

This presentation will focus on how BW on HANA and Business

Suite on HANA affects your overall BI design and strategy.

Its relevant for customers about to start HANA projects,

considering a refresh of your BI strategy or those who might

start projects in the next two years. See how you can ensure

that your current roadmap and design approach is ready for

the new world of In-Memory based Enterprise Information

Management.

What reporting and analytics should be built directly on top

of Business Suite?

How to design a hybrid BW/Business Suite solution that is

seamless to the user yet brings together the benefits of

real-time operational reporting and enterprise data

warehousing

Insight into what your implementation options are from big

bang to smaller incremental deliveries

How to design future solutions and where you can gain

tangible business benefits

The change to thinking that is required once you remove the

current technical constraints

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Top 5 BI Guerrilla Tactics to Overcome UserResistance!

Mico Yuk - Founder & Director of BusinessDevelopment, BIDashboardFormula.com (USA)(SAP Mentor Alumni)

Lets face it. IT teams are in a fight for their life to remain

relevant in most organisations as they struggle to engage

the business users, or show any value. Not only are the

business users distracted by the buzz of big data and the

IT-free promise land known as the cloud, but they arealso resisting any IT engagement at an alarming rate. With

Gartner predicting that in 2013 70% of all BI projects will

be a failure, IT has to change... and quickly! Join Mico, as

we she reveals her top 5 BI Guerrilla strategies to engage

business users:

1. Avoid outlook scoping - learn how to gather requirements

correctly

2. Watch what you say - learn how to speak the business

lingo not BI SAPanese!

3. Stop running - learn how to embrace new BI solutions

shock the business into engaging

4. Always design mobile first - the iPhone has changed the

BI game apps are the future

5. Hurry up - long, drawn deployments are a thing of the

past deploy faster or move aside!

Visualize Like a Boss with SAP Visual Intelligence

David McAmis - BI Evangelist, PwC Avantis

Join the author of the book Mastering SAP Visual

Intelligence (Kuiper Publishing) for a hands-on look at this

powerful visualization tool. Well dive deep into the scenarios

where you would want to use Visual Intelligence, using

real-world examples and visualizations.

Youll learn how to get started with the tool, as well as the

tips and tricks that will make you visualization pro from the

start. Well also look at working with SAP HANA, universes

and other data sources, including live demonstrations and

resources you can take away to start using SAP Visual

Intelligence today.

SAP Visual Intelligence usage scenarios

Real world examples

Getting started

Tips and tricks for working with SAP Visual Intelligence

Working with SAP HANA and other data sources

Troubleshooting

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Political, Financial, and Technical Challenges onPepsiCos Journey To Explorer

Dave Rathburn - Enterprise BI Solutions Architect,PepsiCo, Inc. (USA)

Sometimes there are non-technical reasons why projects

get derailed. PepsiCo has been evaluating Explorer since the

early days of Polestar, and they are finally putting several

projects into production this year.

This session will take a look back at how PepsiCo got here

and discuss some of the political, financial and yes some of

the technical challenges they encountered along the way.

Current SAP Release: BI 4

SAP Design Studio Beta Program: Case Study andRoadmap

Jrg Steinhorst - Head of Enterprise Architecture,German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) (Germany) &Eric Schemer - Senior Director Product Management,SAP (Germany)

When SAP introduced Design Studio 1.0 to the market at

Sapphire Madrid 2012, customer interest and expectations

were very high. By November 2012, the product had gone

through SAPs largest beta program, reaching out to almost

400 customers.

One of the first customers to take part in the beta program

was the German Armed Forces and just hours after SAP

announced GA at Sapphire Madrid they were able to show

an integrated solution with Analysis Office and DesignStudio. See how they fit only three tools (AO, DS, CR)

together (without BOE server) to fulfill all business users

demands for up-to-date and future-oriented reporting.

Jrg will reveal DSAGs recommendation for front-end

tools and see the integrated project controlling solution

using Analysis Office, Design Studio and Crystal Reports.

Eric, responsible for Design Studio in SAPs product unit will

give an early glimpse of Design Studio 1.2 as well as the

roadmap of Design Studio and Dashboards.

Current SAP Release: BW 7.3 & ECC 6.06

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SAP Budgeting, Planning and Consolidation (BPC) inAction at Vale

An Interview with: Glenn Robertson - Senior BudgetAnalyst, Vale Australia

Headquartered in Brazil, Vale is the second largest mining

company in the world. Recently, SAP BPC has become the

proven platform to manage Vales annual budgeting system and

processes. In this interview style session you will have the

chance to the understand the business benefits Vale derived

from moving to BPC from legacy planning systems. Through a

series of questions and commentary hear how BPC has brought

control and data integrity to the annual budgeting process as

well as enabling the business to respond effectively to changes

in operating environment. It has reduced the business reliance

on the IT department and in an agile development environment

Vale is able to quickly accommodate changes.

Overview of Vales business and planning requirements

Description of legacy planning process and systems

Business drivers for selecting SAP BPC

BPC implementation project challenges and lessons learned

Business uptake and user acceptance of the BPC toolset

Business benefits delivered by the solution

Future business applications to be developed

Current SAP Release: ECC 6

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Data Scientist: Coolest Job in the World? A SilverBullet?

Cameron Vagg - BI Analytics Lead, AGL Energy Limited

Data Science is an emerging field of work encompassing old, new

and often seemingly opposing elements: from maths to hacking,

structured thinking to intellectual curiosity, deep data analysis to

compelling visual presentations, small samples to big data. The

people that do it think its the coolest job in the world. A lot of

business people think its a silver bullet. Many organisations are

putting it front and centre in their business strategy.

AGL Energy has embarked on the Data Science journey and will

share their experiences so far and lessons learnt.

Why Data Science?

- The key drivers, benefits and objectives

What is Data Science?

- The key elements, capabilities and skills of a good Data

Scientist, complimentary Business Analytics roles and enabling

technologies

How to get it done - sponsorship, recruiting, getting started,

selection of initiatives, marketing and operationalising your

output

Tips and tricks, measuring success and Q&A

Current SAP Release: BI 4 & BW 7.3

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Surviving and Thriving with HANA and Smart MeterAnalytics

Harj Chand - Enterprise Information Strategy Architect,AGL Energy Limited

Faced with the smart meter data deluge, AGL Energy turned the

challenge of data volume into an opportunity for data insights.

AGL Energy embarked on a collaborative innovation journey

with SAP to provide analytics and insights to customers and

internal decision makers. A journey that can best be described

as relentless. With many organisations talking about advanced

analytics, learn about the key business decisions that had to

be made when starting out to deliver an analytics solution.

Understand the challenges of introducing HANA and SAP

applications utilising HANA into an enterprise environment.

Discover the unseen challenges that had to be overcome alongthe way, such as data quality and platform readiness. And

ultimately answer the question of was it really worth it? See

how AGL Energy will measure the success of advanced analytics

using HANA/Smart Meter Analytics?

The business opportunity and burning platform faced

Business decisions to consider for delivering analytics

Architectural decisions to consider for HANA and analytics

The challenges faced along the way - lessons learnt

How to measure analytics success

Current SAP Release: BI 4 & BW 7.3

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What Comes Next? Its Predictive Analysis

Jenni Lewis - Senior Solution Architect, SAP (Australia)

Now you have started your Business Analytics journey and

you have your dashboards, reports and ad-hoc queries to

help review your performance based on what is happening

now or has happened in the past. What comes next? I hear

you ask. All will be revealed in this Predictive Analysis session

run by Jenni Lewis.

Definition of Predictive Analysis

Where does it fit in a companys Business Analytics journey?

Why do you need it?

Fun real world examples

Live demo

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SAP BI Mobile at Woolworths - Elements for Success

Graeme Neill - SAP BI Program Development Lead &Marc Cullen - SAP BI Team Lead, Woolworths Limited

Mobile Business Intelligence is difficult to implement

successfully. Many organisations never get past a proof of

concept with this new technology. This presentation by two

leading BI executives from Woolworths will take you through

whats required to ensure a successful project outcome.

In 2012, Woolworths deployed SAP BI mobile technology to

improve information for its regional managers within the Petrol

division. Within two months of this initiative the technology

was deployed to the Woolworths executive team. See how to

make your SAP BI mobile project successful from two leaders

who have a proven approach.

Role of a mobile BI strategy

Precursors to success

Project success factors

Lessons learnt and what not to do

Ongoing success factors

Measuring success

Current SAP Release: BI 4 SP3 & BW 7.31 SP4

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Best Practices for Integrating SAP BI 4 with SAPBW and SAP BW on SAP HANA

Ingo Hilgefort - Director Customer Engagement andProjects, SAP (Canada) (SAP Mentor)

In this session you will learn a set of technical best practices,

which you can use when integrating SAP BusinessObjects BI

4.x with SAP BW and SAP BW on SAP HANA.

Data connectivity options

Level of meta data support

Data level security

User management

BEx Query design

Ingo will also cover other important topics when integratingBI with BW and BW on HANA.

You will learn which elements from their SAP BW system

can be leveraged in the SAP BusinessObjects BI environment

and which are not supported.

In addition the session will provide details on how to

leverage BI with SAP HANA when your SAP BW system is

running on SAP HANA.

Enabling Data Driven Change at TIO with SAPInformation Steward

Jeremy Young - Manager Information Management, TIO

TIO recently implemented SAP Information Steward as part of

a larger strategy to transition the responsibility of data quality

away from the BI team and into the hands of the business.

With a high turnover of staff as the norm in the Northern

Territory, the new solution needed to be intuitive, easy to use

and have great visualization capacity.

Discover how TIOs implementation of SAP Information

Steward has increased traceability and transparency to

enable Data Stewards within the business to quickly identify

anomalies and enable business driven data quality change.

The business need for a new information managementstrategy - TIOs vision for data quality

Comparison of different data management tools - why TIO

chose SAP Information Steward

The implementation and training phase - what worked and

what didnt?

Did the tool actually meet the requirements?

Future plans to enable data driven change at TIO

Current SAP Release: Data Services 4.0 & Information

Steward 4.0

Leading Yourself and Others Through Change: AnOrganisational Change Model for Guiding YourSAP Project

Doug Whittle - President, Whittle Consulting Group,LLC (USA)

SAP projects are synonymous with change- bringing

a flood of events and milestones that move your team

and your end-users from the current state (as is) to the

desired state (to be). This session will provide you with a

simple change curve model that serves as a framework forguiding yourself, your project team, and most importantly,

your end-uses, through the change journey. Examine

the 5 key phases of change: denial, resistance, anger/

checking out, exploration and commitment. Learn how to

identify the characteristics, types of conversations and

specific behaviours you will encounter for each phase and

alternatives for addressing and guiding individuals on a

positive, forward path. Examine specific communication

strategies that are effective in each phase to engage

others in change dialogues and how to reinforce the

behaviours that support positive movement through

the change curve. People dont resist change - they

resist BEING changed. This session is all about helping

your stakeholders view change as an opportunity instead

of a threat.

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Visualizing Supplier Performance with BI 4.0Dashboards - Using Best Practice DesignMethodologies

Matt Grygorcewicz - Senior Business IntelligenceAnalyst, SA Power Networks

SA Power Networks set out to improve the organisations

visibility and management of suppliers throughout its

extensive supply chain. Discover their journey from the initial

business engagement through to the successful delivery

of supplier performance dashboards. See how the BI Team

were able to lead this project utilising lessons learnt from

previous conference attendance and BI industry thought

leaders without the assistance of external consultants. The

overwhelmingly positive response from the business has seen

this methodology become a model of excellence for all futuredashboard projects.

The importance of planning and building customer

expectations

The engagement model: what worked and what didnt

The evolution from pencil and paper to production ready

dashboards providing guided analytics

Go-live support and planning for continuous improvement -

the real start of your dashboard project

Current SAP Release: BI 4 SP4-6 & BW 7.3


Making the Best Choice Out of the SAP BOFront-End Zoo

Jrg Steinhorst - Head of Enterprise Architecture,German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) (Germany)

The slow integration of BusinessObjects tools since the

acquisition of BusinessObjects by SAP caused the German

Armed Forces to feel insecure about their development

strategy. This was further reinforced by the SAP roadmap

being changed repeatedly.

Increasing business demands for reporting and analysis

capabilities additionally escalated the pressure to find a new

solution. The demand was high to implement only a selection

of tools to cover the requirements of the company, focusing

rather on a long-term front-end strategy. The dilemma: a

solution now - but with tools supported in the future.

What are the new tools and what are their capabilities?

What does this mean for the current front-end tools?

Building a powerful, long term front-end strategy with the

new analysis tools

Reduce the complexity, maintenance and application

support costs

Different requirements and priorities to be considered for

your environment

Current SAP Release: BW 7.3 & ECC 6.06

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Preparing Yourself for the New Data Frontier

Malcolm Clark - Solution Lead - Business Analytics &Information Management, HCL Enterprise ApplicationServices

Whether its large data volumes, requirements for real-

time analytics, or combining complex data sources, the

requirements, landscape and approach for delivering

solutions using SAP technologies has shifted dramatically.

This session will focus on how to best approach this new

world of data.Malcolm will discuss agile implementation approaches and

target architectures for the following:

Complex event processing

Operational process intelligence

Sentiment analysis

Mobile analytics


Implementing an Effective Business IntelligenceStrategy

Martin Rennhackkamp - CIO, PBT Group

In order to get business value from your investment in BI,

especially if you are implementing the newer technologies in

the SAP stable - HANA, Visual Analytics, Predictive Analytics

and In-Memory analytics - it is best implemented in alignment

with a well-structured BI strategy. Your strategy needs to be

agile, phased and focused on the business strategy, objectives,

business outcomes and business agility.

In this presentation, Martin will give you a tried and tested

guide to creating a BI strategy that will reach the very core of

your organisation and fully enhance the ROI of your product

purchases. BI strategy framework

Aligning the BI strategy with business strategy and objectives

BI strategy phasing and implementation

Aligning with and incorporating corporate culture

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BI 4 Information Design Tool Gotchas

David Rathbun - Enterprise BI Solutions Architect,PepsiCo, Inc. (USA)

The launch of BI 4 including the new Information Design Tool

provided many technical advances (multi-sourced universes!)

but also presents a drastic shift in user interface and many

common workflows. Designers may find that favourite features

are now in a completely different area or gone altogether.

This session will review IDT from an experienced designers

perspective and cover some of the improvements, gotchas and

yes even some of the annoyances after a year of working with

the new tool.

Current SAP Release: BI 4

Extending 3rd Party Self-Service ReportingCapabilities With Customised Data

Damian Larkins & Ian Thompson - Business Analysts,Clifford Hallam Healthcare

In 2010 CH2 embarked on a project allowing suppliers to

login to a web page, accessing data relating to products,

sales and inventory data they require on a regular basis.

This webpage became known as the CH2 Gateway. CH2

Gateway was a huge success but one element was missing -

customised supplier data in the CH2 reports.

Recently, CH2 added the capability for suppliers to import

their own product and customer data into CH2 Gateway

and run Webi reports immediately. Listen to this case study

to learn the business benefits and technical know-how of

allowing third parties to customise data and run reports

within your systems.

Why the need for customising the data? Business benefits

of doing so

How did Clifford Hallam enable this?

What were the security concerns of combining data inside

and outside of the firewall?

A real-time demonstration of how it all works

The supplier response and ideas on other use cases where

this method could be useful

Current SAP Release: BusinessObjects Edge BI

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How OSR Queensland Created ROI with SAP HANAWithin Months

Paul Pekelharing - Principal Developer, RBM, Office ofState Revenue, Queensland Treasury and Trade

OSR Queensland has commenced a journey down the SAP

HANA path beginning with the completion of a successful

POC around three key trial points including processing power

and data modeling agility. Following the successful POC OSR

developed a long-term BI strategy with HANA at the helm.

The HANA implementation to date is focused on using data

sourced from BW and the HANA Studios ability to model data

in an agile environment and deliver rapid results, in this case

additional compliance revenue. See how the power of HANA

and the agility of data modeling in the HANA studio helped

OSR recover the cost of the HANA implementation within

months.

OSR - who they are and their SAP landscape

Their HANA and BI objectives

Mobility/presentation - BI on BW/HANA

Agile data modelling in the HANA Studio

HANA so far in review: successes and challenges. Did it

meet expectations?

The future for HANA at OSR Queensland

Current SAP Release: BI 4, BW 7.01 SP8 & HANA v1.0 Rev


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Mastering the Softer Side of BusinessIntelligence

Shreeram Venkatdas - SAP Business IntelligenceSupervisor & Project Manager, City of Tacoma (USA)

City of Tacoma implemented SAP BW 10 years ago,

however, there was surprisingly little adoption and interest

for a long time. An in-depth analysis revealed this is not

because of lack of technology, but because the City had

ignored the softer side of BI - the human element!

They took several actions which have significantly

improved participation and support from users, IT and

executives. This is a story of how the City is turning the

corner towards building a vibrant BI community. Walk away

with a master-plan for managing the softer side of BI.

Steps to pursue a BI Centre of E xcellence certification

How to conduct value engineering exercises like BI Cost

of Ownership and ROI studies

How to participate in formal BI benchmarking exercises

A review of different models of governance and change

management

Models to determine right tools for different classes of

users

A detailed explanation of how each of the above steps

will improve participation from users, executives, IT and

customers

Current SAP Release: BI 4, BW 7.3 & ECC 6.04

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The return on investment in attending Mastering SAP Business

Analytics is immeasurable. The value comes from the opportunity

to not only learn from the relevant topics and great technical and

business content but from being part of a real community. It is

an environment where you will collaborate and share ideas, make

connections that will last a lifetime and take back actionable

insights to your organisation.

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Demo JamFollowing the success of three Mastering SAP Technologies Demo Jams, were excited to be bringing Demo Jam to MasteringBusiness Analytics in 2013! This is your chance to showcase your SAP software skills, collaborate with colleagues, learn new tips,and have a tonne of fun! Join us, and many of your colleagues, to see Business Analytics practitioners from across the region sharetheir skills and expertise in SAP Business Analytics. Come along to see a great variety of LIVE software demos on stage, everyonecompeting for the ultimate glory your vote. Demo Jam will be a nonstop, power-packed session, presented on Sunday evening.

How it works:

Prior to the event, all entrants will be provided a short case study presenting a real business problem, along with the source systemdata (in a number of formats) to be used to support your solution. In the days (or weeks!) leading up to the Demo Jam, you havetime to think about the business problem, look at the source data provided, identify a potential solution and develop it using yourchoice of SAP products that you have available to you. On the day of the Demo Jam, each entrant will have 6 minutes to prove thesupremacy of their live, hands-on demonstration to the audience. If you want the chance to be crowned Mastering SAP BusinessAnalytics 2013 Demo Jam winner, please contact Sophie on [email protected] for more details on how tobecome a contestant. Submissions are welcome from all customer, partner and SAP entrants and the finalists for the night will be

selected by the Mastering SAP Business Analytics Conference Advisory Committee.

BI 4 for Dummies - AnOverview for the Rest of Us!Gary Hooker - SAP Administrator, Departmentof Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)(SAP Mentor)Monday 5 August: 11.00 - 11.50

If you are at the beginning of your BI 4 journey, or just wantto get a basic understanding of the SAP BusinessObjects BI

4 Business Intelligence Platform and the various reportingtools available to you, then join Gary for an introductory walkthrough of a BI 4 system. Gary will explain how it works andshow you the key things you need to know.

What is the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 Platform?

An architectural overview

The backend (ie the Central Management Console)

The BI Launchpad (ie the reporting portal for end-users)

A live demonstration of some of the core BI tools, includingWeb Intelligence, Analysis for OLAP, Crystal Reports forEnterprise, Explorer, Dashboard Design and BI mobile

Integration with SAP Business Warehouse and SAP HANA

Lessons learned

Progression SessionsExpand your mind with these interactive presentations. Jam-packed with livedemos, deep-dives and discussions, these sessions are your opportunity to delvefurther into specific topics, ask questions and share ideas.

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Ask KurtKurt J. Bilafer - Regional Vice President -Analytics, SAP (Singapore)Tuesday 6 August: 14.25 - 15.15

This open and honest forum allows you to ask Kurt J.

Bilafer, RVP of Analytics APJ, any and every questionyou have ever wanted to put to SAP.

Nows your chance to get answers on the burningissues in your organisation e.g. SAPs current and futureroadmaps, ongoing maintenance and support andmaking the tools work for you in your environment.


Technical Deep Dive IntoMobile App DevelopmentJorgen Rasmussen - Director, DolphinDynamicsMonday 5 August: 11.55 - 12.45

Following on from Jorgens insightful presentation onmobile Business Intelligence applications, this sessionwill take a deep dive into the technical workings of key

tools. With live demonstrations and an opportunity fordiscussion you will come away with practical knowledgeand information you can apply in your own environment.


Data Management DiscussionSessionTuesday 6 August: 11.40 - 12.30

Bring your ideas, experiences, successes and challengesto this interactive session on data management. Led by asubject expert, this gathering of like minds will workshopideas to best overcome your daily issues with datamanagement. Topics will include:

Ideas on how to establish where the data issue is coming from

Strategies to get the business and your executives tounderstand the importance of data quality

Building a data strategy

The data governance debate: who owns the data?

Assessing Data Scientists and Data Steering Committees


Mobile BI Discussion SessionTuesday 6 August: 12.35 - 13.25

Bring your ideas, experiences, successes and challenges tothis interactive session on mobile BI. Led by a subject expert,this gathering of like minds will workshop ideas to get amobile BI project up and running in your organisation. Topicswill include:

Understanding the business case and use cases for mobileBI in private and public sectors

Comparing all of the tools available

Device decisions

BYOD - what are the implications and who has it worked for?

Examining security of information on mobiles


Sunday 4 August: 18.30 - 19.30

How to Mobilise Your Executive in Under 50 DaysRichard Williams & Ainsley OSullivan - BusinessObjects Principal Consultants,UXC OxygenTuesday 6 August: 08.00 - 08.50

In the world of rapidly changing requirements and limited funds Learn how Dulux Group prototyped, developed anddeployed an award winning mobile BI solution on a shoe string budget without compromising quality, time and dollarconstraints. This session will focus on the aspects of working with a busy executive team and asking the right questions.Converting these into must-have and nice-to-have requirements and then refining into a fully-fledged and working BIoffering. A BI solution that surpasses their expectations and not overcommitting what can actually be delivered.

Smoothing the Road to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4

Eric Vallo - Chief Architect, EV Technologies (USA)Tuesday 6 August: 08.00 - 08.50

Organisations are beginning to work the migration to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 into forecasts and project plans. There arecountless discussions on the new tools, capabilities, and expected outcomes around moving to BI 4. But where do you begin?In this discussion, well work together to explore the approach to planning this migration and discuss the common architecturechallenges organisations may face during the process. We see the BI 4 migration as an opportune time for organisations todo some invaluable house keeping on their SAP BusinessObjects investment. Make sure that you take the opportunity withboth hands by having the correct information up front to empower yourself towards a successful BI 4 upgrade.

Politics of the upgrade

Benefits

Lost feature and functionality and how to plan for that

Planning the upgrade

Migration strategy

Sizing your environment for BI 4

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