SAP Network Blog: A full-dose of SAP BusinessObjects at SAP TechEd 2009 Phoenix

I love attending conferences, because I can access and learn from so many experts all in one place. Most conference attendees have a plan or a system they use to ensure they do what they set out to do, and optimize their time at the event.

For those of you attending SAP TechEd Phoenix with a goal of learning more about SAP BusinessObjects, I've taken the liberty of designing an agenda to give you a ‘full-dose' of SAP BusinessObjects.

Note that many of the activities such as the SAP BusinessObjects Solutions Test-Drive are available anytime the Community Clubhouse is opened. However, to attend Insight Night, you must first sign up to receive access to the event. Locations for Educational Sessions are "TBD" at the moment. Register for the sessions first with the links I provide, and I'm sure you'll be given this information during TechEd registration check-in.

Monday, October 12, 2009

When	What	Who	Where	Why
2 pm	Registration Check-In	You	Exhibit Hall Foyer, 300 Level, North Building	Beat the morning rush next day
4 pm	Hotel Check-In	You	Phoenix	Chill-out and get ready for exciting next few days

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

When	What	Who	Where	Why
7am - 8am	Breakfast buffet	You	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building	Fuel up for a big day
8am - 9:45am	Attend keynote	Speakers: Vishal Sikka and Rya Kurzweil	West Ballroom, Level 300, West Building	Vishal Sikka and Rya Kurzweil
10am - 11am	Explore Community Clubhouse; Swing by SAP BusinessObjects activities area to sign up and pick up pass to Insight Night	Jason Cao at SAP BusinessObjects area	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building	Get your access pass (wristband) for Insight Night on Wed, Oct 14; Technology and Ecosystem Pods
11am - 11:30am	Expert Networking Session: "How to get the most from the BusinessObjects Community"	Host: Jason Cao - BOC Community Strategist	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building, Community Clubhouse, Networking Lounge #2	Learn how others are deriving value, what contribution you can make and voice your opinion about BOC.
11:30am - 12:30 pm	Attend Exhibit Hall	SAP Partner Exhibitors	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Buiding
12:30pm-1:30pm	Lunch	You	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building	Fuel up
1:30pm-2pm	Tweet and post with #sapteched09 and #businessobjects	You	Access "TechEd" wireless network anywhere at the conference center	Share your first impressions of TechEd 2009 Phoenix
2pm-4pm	Educational Session: "Introduction to SAP's Business Intelligence Solutions"	Speakers: Kathleen Beavers, Ingo Hilgefort - SAP	TBD	Fast-paced session giving hands-on "road-time" with SAP's latest BI products.
4:30pm-6:30pm	Educational Session: "Best Practices for SAP BusinessObjects Data Federator and SAP NetWeaver BW"	Speakers: Hansen Chen, Martha Levi - SAP	TBD	Get practical info about design and implementation of multi-source relational Universes.
6pm-8pm	Networking Reception	Sponsors: Exhibiting partners	Exhibit Hall, North Building	Meet the partners and SAP experts. Wear your badge!
8pm-9:15pm	Attend Demo Jam	2009 Demo Finalists (see list)	West Ballroom, Level 300, West Building	Cheer on your favorite demos.

Wednesday, October 14

When	What	Who	Where	Why
7am-8am	Breakfast buffet	You	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building	Fuel up for a big day
8am-9am	Educational Session: "Introduction into SAP BusinessObjects Explorer"	Speaker: Ty Miller - SAP BusinessObjects	TBD	Get an intro, how it works, technical stuff, and different uses of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer.
9:15am-10:15am	Educational Session: "Product Overview for EPM for Financials Products (FC, EA, IC, and FIM)"	Speaker: Sheldon Edelstein - SAP	TBD	Get a good overview of SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management products.
10:30am-11am	Join the SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Treasure Hunt	SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Team	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building, Community Clubhouse, BusinessObjects Activities area	See how fun and easy it is to use Explorer, and win a cool prize.
11am-11:30am	Expert Networking Session: "BusinessObjects Community Strategy Discussion"	Host: Kuhan Milroy -BOC Team Lead	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building, Community Clubhouse, Networking Lounge #3	Influence the future of the SAP BusinessObjects community
12pm-1pm	Lunch	You	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building	Fuel up
1pm-2pm	Test-drive BusinessObjects solutions	SAP BusinessObjects Portfolio Demo Team	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building, Community Clubhouse, BusinessObject Activity Area	Take the driver's seat with any of the BusinessObjects solutions, or let an attending Expert guide you.
2pm-3pm	Meet SAP Mentor and SCN Top Contributor - Ingo Hilgefort	Ingo Hilgefort - SAP Mentor, SAP BusinessObjects Product Manager of Embedded Analytics	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building, Community Clubhouse, BusinessObject Activity Area	Learn why he contributes to SCN. Ask for a deep-dive on one of his session topics. Get him to do an impromptu demo on SAP BusinessObjects products.
3:15pm-4:15pm	Educational Session: "SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management Overview and Roadmap"	Speaker: Brian Katis - SAP	TBD	EPM roadmap revealed. See products for reporting, admin, and data management capabilities first hand.
4:30pm-6:30pm	Educational Session: "Consolidating Master Data Using SAP NetWeaver MDM and SAP BusinessObjects Data Services"	Speakers: Karen Comer, Matthias Kretschmer - SAP	TBD	Learn how to overcome challenge of migrating huge data volumes to SAP NetWeaver MDM with SAP BusinessObjects Data Services.
6:30pm-7:30pm	Eat light dinner with others you met at TechEd	You	Some suggestions	Network and share your SAP BusinessObjects experiences.
7:30pm - 9pm	Attend Insight Night	SAP BusinessObjects Community and BusinessObjects Demo Team	Lecture Room 11	See a prototype solution developed and demo'd for a real-life business insight challenge submitted by fellow TechEd attendee
9pm on	Go next door to RIA Hacker Night or Process Design Slam	You	Lecture Room 9 and 10	See what the other groups next door are up to!

Thursday, October 15

When	What	Who	Where	Why
7am-8am	Breakfast buffet	You	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building	Fuel up for a big day
8am-9am	Education Session: "Integrated Lifecycle Management of SAP BusinessObjects Systems in SAP Landscapes"	David Brockington - SAP BusinessObjects Product Manager	TBD	Gain insight into lifecycle management capabilities of SAP BusinessObjects applications from an administator's perspective.
9:15am-10:15am	Educational Session: "Introduction into SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator and SAP BusinessObjects Explorer"	Speakers: Jens Doerpmund, Uddhav Gupta	TBD	Learn how the breakthrough combination of these solutions bring value to your business.
10:30am-12:15pm	Educational Session: "Enterprise Performance Management Solutions Integration with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Solutions"	Speakers: Sean Johnson; Ron Siberstein	TBD	Learn how to perform ad-hoc analyses, create highly formatted reports, and generate interactive dashboards on top of your EPM applications.
12:30pm-1:30pm	Lunch	You	Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building	Fuel up
2pm-4pm	Educational Session: "Business Intelligence Roadmap"	Speakers: Michael Eacrett, Dan Kearnan - SAP	TBD	Get latest integration status of SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects.
4:30-6:30pm	Educational Session: "SAP BusinessObjects Data Services Based Data Acquisition for SAP NetWeaver BW"	Speakers: Josh Djupstrom, Giri Mandava	TBD	Get firsthand experience with latest releases of SAP BusinessObjects Information Management portfolio.
6:30-8:30pm	Round up some fellow attendees for dinner	You and other TechEd attendees	Some suggestions	Share impressions of SAP TechEd so far.
9pm-10:30pm	Attend concert	Train	West Ballroom, Level 300, West Building	Grammy Award-winning Train rocks the house!

Friday, October 16

When	What	Who	Where	Why
7am-8am	Breakfast buffet	You	TBD	Fuel up for a half-day
8am-10am	Educational Session: "SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Performance Best Practices"	Paul Ekeland, Jolene Jonas, Patrice Le Bihan, Tanner Spaulding - SAP	TBD	A must for anyone deploying SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence on their SAP NetWeaver environment.
8am-10am	Education Session: "Embedded Analytics for SAP Business Suite Customers"	Ingo Hilgefort, SAP BusinessObjects Product Manager	TBD	Learn how SAP BusinessObjects products will be integrated into the SAP Business Suite
10:30am-12:30pm	Educational Session: "Getting the Most out of Crystal Reports with your SAP System"	Ingo Hilgefort and Julie Ingram, SAP BusinessObjects Product Managers	TBD	Learn how to leverage CR in combination with SAP ERP data

Jason Cao is the SAP Business Analytics community evangelist on SCN, a community host, and is a proud member of SCN's Operations team. He is passionate about community engagement and collaboration.

Are there any other interesting SAP BusinessObjects-related events at TechEd Phoenix you would like others to know about? Tell us when, what, who, where and why.
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