Conference Activities

COMMUNITY CLUBHOUSE

Titian Ballroom, Level 2

A successful ecosystem has customers, partners, and developers innovating together and creating value for all involved. The Community Clubhouse is a unique space specially designed to foster face-to-face networking and knowledge sharing among peers.

Stop by the Community Clubhouse to learn how SAP is fostering collaboration and driving innovation through its dynamic communities and programs. Or take a break and relax while meeting other members of the SAP ecosystem and enjoying an espresso at the Clubhouse Café.

The SAP Customer-Focused Ecosystem

It's been estimated that the amount of technical information in the world doubles every two years, and by 2010 it will be doubling every 72 hours. How will you stay ahead? How can you maximize impact by linking to the right people, with the right information, at the right time? Building a strong connection with the SAP customer-focused ecosystem helps deliver relevant, predictable IT projects faster. The SAP ecosystem provides a unique approach to harnessing collective knowledge and ability and linking a broad set of resources that respond to development needs. Find out how others just like you are expanding their capabilities and increasing their impact through the SAP ecosystem. Visit the Community Clubhouse to learn about:

• The Power of Community at SAP
• The SAP PartnerEdge Program
• Optimizing IT with Solution Extensions

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Networking Lounge and Clubhouse Theater

The networking lounge is where SAP communities come to life. The lounge is open to all who want to meet old and new friends in a comfortable and informal setting, while enjoying a caffe latte or cappuccino.

Additionally, you can meet SAP TechEd speakers, SAP mentors, community leaders and top contributors, and bloggers. These members of the SAP ecosystem will be hosting open discussions on specific topics or simply spending time at the networking lounge to meet other SAP TechEd attendees. Check the schedule link below for up-to-the minute updates throughout the conference.

The Clubhouse Theater is an intimate venue where you can also watch informative, original, and nonconventional content.

Meet the Jammers at the Clubhouse Theater

Six minutes is all the jammers have to pitch their innovative concepts during the Demo Jam on Tuesday evening at the keynote stage. On Wednesday at the Clubhouse Theater, you can join in an in-depth, 45-minute discussion of each demo with its developers. Don't miss the opportunity to interact with some of the most creative minds in the industry.

Heroes: End-To-End Solution Operations Root Cause Analysis

Heroes are people who can use the SAP Solution Manager application management solution to track down the source of system issues, because faster and better analysis means fewer and shorter downtimes. Candidates will be asked to use their newly honed end-to-end solution operations root cause analysis skills to find problems with live systems. Stop by and show us how well you have embraced these SAP support standards and tools. Succeed in our challenge, and you will be rewarded with a handsome "Hero" shirt to wear proudly to announce to the world that you are, indeed, a hero.

Test-Drive BusinessObjects Software

Get an in-depth, hands-on look at the latest business intelligence (BI) solutions from Business Objects, an SAP company. You can use the PCs in the test-drive area to try our BI software for yourself at your own pace and get a better understanding. Short, guided scenarios and expert assistance will be provided.

SAP Education Offerings and the SAP Certification Program

Learn about the full breadth of SAP Education and other SAP Services offerings. Discover the SAP Enterprise Learning environment, SAP Acrobat Connect Professional applications by Adobe, SAP Organizational Change Management services, our extensive e-learning portfolio, and classroom-based training. Additionally, find out more about how SAP can help you advance your career with the enhanced and expanded SAP certification program.

As a multilevel structured program, the SAP certification program starts with an associate-level certification that demonstrates your fundamental knowledge of SAP soft ware. You can then move on to professional-level certification for SAP specialists with several years of experience. Finally, you can validate your status as an expert and visionary in your field with master-level certification. Discover how SAP Education and the SAP certification program can take you and your company to the next level.

The SDN Subscriptions Program

The SDN Subscriptions program offers comprehensive and cost-effective solutions for developers and consultants who are building and implementing applications for the SAP NetWeaver technology platform and who wish to sell and distribute the products they build. The solutions include annual subscriptions to SAP NetWeaver and development tools for the technology platform, premium education, the latest downloads, content, and much more!

The offerings from the SDN Subscriptions program are essential for professional development and long-term success of developers, independent software vendors, and consultants working with SAP software. Visit the kiosk for SDN Subscriptions to learn more about valuable offerings from the community networks team at SAP, and register for an opportunity to win a Nintendo Wii.

SAP Solution Pods at the Community Clubhouse

Here's your chance to check out the latest SAP technologies in action. Gain useful, practical knowledge about the technology behind SAP solutions. Stop by one of the stations located at the Community Clubhouse, meet with SAP experts, and get answers to your individual questions.

ASUG Communities Lounge Visit the ASUG Communities Lounge to learn how more than 50,000 SAP professionals are sharing their real experiences in order to help other members of the eco system make the most of their SAP software investments.
Learn about ASUG's technology-focused special interest groups, local chapters, and more than 1,500 virtual and face-to-face events each year. Ask about the joint benchmarking program with SAP, designed to provide you with opportunities to compare your company's performance with that of your peers and determine the value of adopting best practices. You can also find out how to impact SAP product development through the ASUG Influence program.

Adobe Activity Table Explore the world of rich Internet application (RIA) technologies with Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, and Adobe AIR. Visit Adobe in the Community Clubhouse to learn firsthand how these cutting-edge technologies work with SAP software. Stop by at the Adobe Activity Table, and meet fellow community members and the Adobe team. Explore, discuss, and build a sample rich user experience with Adobe Flex, and test-drive the latest Adobe technologies for business users.

Rich Internet Application (RIA) Hacker Night

With such a growing interest in RIA and related technologies, SDN and SAP ventured out to see how large an interest there was in these technologies within the SDN community. The result, together with Adobe, was a sold-out event called Hacker Night in three SAP TechEd locations in 2007. For 2008, we've doubled the capacity, increased the presentations, and sought out even more new and interesting things to demo and present! 2008 proves to be a most interesting year for Hacker Night attendees. Don't miss your chance to sign up and attend!

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Visit the Intel booth in the Community Clubhouse, and learn more about Intel's newest technologies.
Seventy-five percent of SAP products are deployed on Intel processor–based servers. The Intel booth in the Community Clubhouse will showcase how Intel's newest technologies, including powerful Intel Itanium and Quad-Core Xeon processors, are helping companies more efficiently use SAP solutions in their data centers to meet their economic and environmental challenges.
Booth highlights include: How upgrading to the latest version of the SAP ERP application running on servers with Intel Quad-Core Xeon processors helps lower space and power requirements and ongoing system costs by up to 80% How Intel's virtualization efforts work in its microarchitecture, with leading vendors like VMware Inc. How Intel IT, one of SAP's 50 largest customers, helps improve Intel's competitiveness via migrating its 18+ landscapes to the latest SAP products How the SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence Accelerator software helps increase corporate competitiveness by speeding complex queries up to 1,200 times How Intel offers development tools and programs specifically for software developers And try out the F1 simulator, participate in our demo passport program to receive a small gift, and be entered into our daily prize drawings. Visit www.intel.com.