SAP Team: Where to find us at SB'14 in San Diego

[Former Member]

SAPPHIRE'14 in Orlando and SB'14 in San Diego are 2 big events happening at the same time. Nevertheless, the SAP team promises a strong showing at SB'14.

This year we are again silver sponsor of the Supply Chain & Procurement track, and we will have a Supply Chain Lounge area at the new Activation Hub where we will invite the audience to 'expert sessions' co-presenting with Walmart and TSC (The Sustainability Consortium).

The Supply Chain Lounge/Activation Hub 'expert session' schedule is as follows:

Tuesday 5/3/14

1:15pm                 CollaborateUp session. The team from CollaborateUp together with SAP will facilitate a ‘What If’ session with the title 'What if organizations of all sizes could source in a way such that 100% of the $5 trillion in global procurement gets sustainably sourced?'

5:45pm                 SAP Product Steward Network. Learn in 20 min how SAP Product Stewardship Network is used by thousands of product companies to support their sustainability and compliance programs.

Presenters: Richard Vermeij, sr. director product management at SAP and L.J. Talagtag, support analyst at SAP

Wednesday 5/4/14

1:15pm                 Walmart Sustainability Index 101. Learn in 20 min how Walmart is bringing sustainability into its supplier relationships using the Index and SAP Product Stewardship Network.

Presenters: Thomas Redd, manager sustainability at Walmart Stores, and Jim Sullivan, VP sustainability strategy at SAP

5:45pm                 Hotspot-based sustainability assessments. Learn in 20 min how sustainability assessments can be scaled using TSC® Product Sustainability Toolkits and SAP Product Stewardship Network.

Presenters: Kara Hurst CEO at The Sustainability Consortium and Thomas Odenwald, SVP sustainability strategy at SAP

Thursday 5/5/14

1:15pm                 Walmart Sustainability Index 101. Learn in 20 min how Walmart is bringing sustainability into its supplier relationships using the Index and SAP Product Stewardship Network.

Presenters: Thomas Redd, manager sustainability at Walmart Stores, and Jim Sullivan, VP sustainability strategy at SAP

Outside the scheduled expert session we will be available at all times for interested conference attendees.

In addition, SAP will participate in the following panel discussion:

Tuesday 5/3/14 at 2pm:

The Future of Natural Capital Accounting: Implications of the Natural Capital Business Hub  http://www.sustainablebrands.com/events/sb14/program#d2_leadership_1

BAYVIEW ROOM

Samir Menon, Head, Eco Sustainability Services, Americas, Tata Consultancy Services

Libby Bernick, Senior Vice President, North America, Trucost

Katie Schmitz Eulitt, Director, Stakeholder Engagement, SASB

Thomas Odenwald, SVP, Energy and Resource Management Strategies,SAP

Wednesday 5/4/14 at 3.30pm:

Emerging Vertical Partnerships for Scale in Impact Measurement: The Case of The Sustainability Consortium   http://www.sustainablebrands.com/events/sb14/program#d3_supplychain_2

MISSION BAY ROOM

Thomas Redd, Manager of Strategic Sustainability Initiatives, Walmart

Kara Hurst, CEO, The Sustainability Consortium

Tensie Whelan, President, Rainforest Alliance

Thomas Odenwald, SVP, Energy and Resource Management Strategies,SAP