October 23, 2024 | Mumbai, India

SAP Concur Fusion Exchange 2024

A complimentary experience where you can expect to:

  • Discover the latest industry trends and value-adding solutions for your organization.
  • Exchange knowledge and best practices with your peers managing travel, expense and invoice.
  • Learn about future solution innovations and new ways to maximize your SAP Concur investment.
  • Connect with our partners, SAP Concur experts, and thought leaders.

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Transforming Business Experience in an AI Driven Economy

With Artificial Intelligence (AI) now fully integrated into every function and conversation, this event will explore its applications across finance and operational areas. The aim is to enable finance, IT & HR leaders understand and keep up with the latest developments in AI.

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Agenda - SAP Concur Fusion Exchange 2024, Mumbai

2:30 - 3:00 PM       Welcome Address
Welcome Address by Ashwani Narang, VP & Head ISBN Indian Subcontinent, SAP India
3:00 - 3:30 PM       Keynote – AI's Evolution: Transforming Corporate India and Beyond

The session explores how AI has evolved from a niche technology to a strategic enabler for corporate growth. It discusses how AI is transforming industries, enabling India to emerge as a global leader in innovation, and empowering companies to compete internationally.

Speaker:

  • C P Gurnani, Co-Founder & Executive Vice Chairman, AIonOS
3:30 - 3:50 PM       Transforming Business Travel and Expense Management with AI-Driven Solutions

Join Cathy Rheiner, COO, Office of the CRO at SAP Concur, to discover the future of business travel and expense management with SAP Concur's groundbreaking AI-driven solutions. This session will focus on how SAP Concur leverages AI to enhance customer outcomes. With nearly a decade of experience in AI and machine learning, SAP Concur has pioneered solutions like ExpenseIt, Verify, and Intelligent Audit.

Speaker:

  • Cathy Rheiner, Global COO Concur, SAP Concur
3:50 - 4:30 PM       SAP Concur Solutions Value Pillars Through Customer Advocacy

Customers are our biggest testimony!! Hear out directly from SAP Concur customers on what made them decide to go for SAP Concur and the benefits that has been realised to achieve their organisation business imperatives.

Speakers:

  • Aneesh Batra, Head of Customer Success, India & SEA, SAP Concur
  • Pramod Shetty, Head-Corporate Global Travel, LTI Mindtree ( Larsen & Toubro Group)
  • Maclean Josh, Principal Director, LTI Mindtree ( Larsen & Toubro Group)
  • Andleep Jain, Group President - People, Culture & Digital, JK Cement
  • Arvind Suthan, Application Portfolio Leader, Office of the CIO, UST
  • Manish Agarwal, Vice-President, Head of Finance, Mindsprint
4:30 - 4:50 PM       Next-Level T&E: How Payments Can Supercharge Your Process

In today’s modern business environment, commercial cards have become an essential tool for managing corporate expenses efficiently. This session will explore the multifaceted value of commercial cards, highlighting their role in streamlining financial operations, enhancing spend visibility, and improving cash flow management.

Discover how commercial cards, along with data integration with SAP Concur can drive operational efficiency, foster financial transparency, and support strategic business growth.

Speaker:

  • Rahul Sen, VP & Head of Business Development, Commercial Solutions - Asia Pacific, Mastercard
4:50 - 5:10 PM       Networking Tea Break
Visit the SAP Concur Expert Center for immersive AI experiences and innovations
5:10 - 5:30 PM       Travel & Expense transformation aided by Concur

Speakers:

  • Pulkit Gupta, Director, Finance Transformation, PwC India
  • Bharat Sharma, Associate Director - Concur, PwC India
5:30 - 5:50 PM       Concur Product Road Map

SAP Concur roadmap session provided a comprehensive look at the strategic direction of SAP Concur’s expense, travel, and invoice management solutions. Key innovations focused on AI-driven insights, enhanced mobile capabilities, and deeper integration capabilities. The session also addressed how SAP Concur helps businesses improve compliance, sustainability, and efficiency, empowering participants to make better-informed decisions for the future of corporate spend management.

Speakers:

  • Jonah Kim, Product Marketing, SAP Concur
  • Srivatsan Santhanam, VP Product Engineering, SAP Labs
5:50 - 6:10 PM       Seamlessly Integrating and Leveraging AI Across Functions for Enhanced Productivity

AI being a rapidly developing technology has several facets and due to the evolving nature, they too keep changing constantly.

How such a rapidly progressive technology can be implemented under all or most functions in the corporate world ? How do you then imagine the implementation of AI wholistically ? And, How do you ensure that AI adoption is seamlessly integrated across all functions?

Speaker:

  • Manish Gupta, Group CIO, Aditya Birla Group
6:10 - 6:30 PM       Maximize The Value of Your SAP Concur Solutions with App Center Partner Integrations

Hear from our App Center Partners on how apps are designed to help make the most of your investment, and it works to simplify travel and spend management by taking tasks off your work load.

Panellists:

  • Sumedha Varma, Head of Indian Sub Continent, SAP Concur
  • Abhinav Mittoo, Sr. Country GM, Uber for Business, India SA & Egypt
  • Varun Mehta, Director - Enterprise Business, Walkme
6:30 - 6:50 PM       What can Corporate Leaders learn from Cricket Leadership?

This session will delve into the leadership principles demonstrated in cricket and their relevance to corporate leadership. By examining concepts such as leading by example, strategic decision-making under pressure, fostering collaboration, and adaptability, audience will gain insights into how these lessons can be effectively applied in a business context. The discussion will focus on practical approaches to enhancing leadership capabilities, improving team dynamics, and driving organizational success in a rapidly changing environment.

Fireside Chat Speaker:

  • Padmashri Anil Kumble, Former India Cricket team Captain & Coach
On-going throughout the session
  • Ask the Experts - Sessions, which feature live chats with our SAP Concur solutions consultants, thought leaders and customers.
  • Consulting Sessions - Personalized, 60-minute complimentary one-on-one consulting session with an SAP Concur expert to optimize your solutions for your specific needs.

What is our aim?

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Discuss new playbooks for executive decision-making and action in a new digital world.
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Enable leaders to have better control on business operations and compliance.
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Navigate better in today’s fast-paced and complex business environment and prepare for future growth.

What Can You Expect?

SAP Concur Fusion Exchange India will bring together a change-driven, growth-minded community of leaders to share insights, learn from collective experience and explore the opportunities to leverage strategy & technologies to bring about sustainable business outcomes.