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International/Keynotes

	Timo Elliott Global Innovation Evangelist SAP Timo is a passionate advocate of using the power of technology to transform the world. He has worked closely with leading-edge SAP customers around the world for over thirty-five years, focusing on new technology trends and their impact on real-world organizations.
	David Yawalkar Head of Solution Management RISE with SAP SAP
	Prof Michael Rosemann Director, Centre for Future Enterprise Queensland University of Technology Dr Michael Rosemann is the Director of the Centre for Future Enterprise and a Professor for Innovation Systems at the Business School, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. Dr Rosemanns main areas of research are corporate innovation (eco)systems, revenue resilience, process management and trust management.
	Imari Okamoto Global Senior Director– SAP Business Suite Product Marketing SAP Imari is the Global Senior Director of SAP Business Suite Product Marketing, and the representative for the APAC region, working on Cloud ERP Solution’s market deployment and business development in the past 10 years since the start of S/4HANA. She is an expert in Solution GTM & Strategy as well as local business development, with extensive commercialization knowledge.
	Tim Wedande APJ Field CTO Saviynt Tim is the Field CTO for Saviynt across the Asia Pacific and Japan. He leads technical direction for clients in the region and our thought leadership back into the market. As part of his role he works closely with our sales, product, support and ecosystem partners to support regional growth. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of cyber with a focus on identity security. Prior to this he was the lead Partner for EY's Identity advisory capbility in the UK and broader EMEIA.

Customers

	Patrick Bulseco Principal Engineer for Solutions LION Patrick brings 19 years of SAP experience across business transformation, solution design, and enterprise delivery. He is passionate about championing innovation and helping organizations realize value through practical, fit-for-purpose technology solutions. He focuses on ensuring that SAP implementations are right-sized to business needs—balancing strategic outcomes, operational efficiency, and long-term sustainability. Known for his collaborative leadership style, he works closely with stakeholders to drive transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business results while fostering continuous improvement and innovation.
	Mahesh Duggirala SAP BTP Developer LION As a passionate advocate for process automation, Mahesh currently leads automation initiatives at LION. he is skilled in the SAP Integration Suite and uses SAP Build to transform complex business requirements into streamlined, high-efficiency workflows. He will talk about the evolution of process automation at LION with a share of practical insights and lessons learned throughout the journey.
	Tess George Digital Product Owner LION Tess has over 18 years experience across FMCG finance, procurement, HR, Data and Analytics. Currently at Lion, Tess is focused on delivering initiatives that connect technology investment to real commercial outcomes. With a background spanning SAP product engineering, public sector consulting, and Enterprise transformation delivery, she brings a rare combination of technical depth and business partnering capability and is passionate about building technology that put people first.
	Paul Hardy Senior ABAP / Integration Specialist Heidelberg Materials Paul joined Heidelberg Materials in the UK in 1990. In 1997, a global SAP rollout came along and he jumped on board as an ABAP programmer and has never looked back. He has worked on country-specific SAP implementations in the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, and Australia. Paul is an SAP Mentor and the author of six books on ABAP programming notably the “ABAP to the Future” series. He is also a prolific public speaker and has spoken at SAUG and SAP events all round the world.
	Mark O'Brien CIO CITIC Pacific Mining Mark works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics and industrial leadership. In his executive role, he is General Manager of Digital Technology & Innovation (CIO) at CITIC Pacific Mining, Australia's largest magnetite operation and is the immediate past Chair of the Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG). Mark advises boards and executives on AI governance, machine ethics and the responsible deployment of AI in operationally complex environments, drawing on over two decades of leading digital transformation in heavy industry. Mark is also the Vice Chair of the SAUG Committee.
	Rukshana Sameem Senior Corporate Systems Specialist Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Rukshana began her journey as a Management Accountant, but her passion for technology led her to transition to IT and SAP. She certified in SAP FICO in 2004. Since then, SAP has been the foundation of her career journey. It played a central role in shaping her professional growth and achievements.
	Lavanya Selvarathinam ERP Services Specialist Endeavour Energy Lavanya Selvarathinam02Fis an ERP Services Specialist at Endeavour Energy, specializing in SAP development and innovation, with hands-on experience in end-to-end SAP implementations. She brings a forward-thinking, BTP-centric approach to custom development — helping organization modernize their ERP landscapes through scalable, cloud-native solutions on the SAP Business Technology Platform.
	Devang Shah Manager SAP Applications Synergy Synergy is WA’s largest electricity generator and retailer of gas and electricity to more than 1 million customers. They moved to SAP Rise on PCE, with all standard SAP modules in scope for the migration. The project started in March 2025 and went live in Feb 2026. Devang will discuss why it's a massive undertaking and significant leap in Synergy's application modernization path. He will also share insights into the challenges and learnings along the way.
	Supreeth Shambhu Enterprise Architect Supreeth Shambhu is an Enterprise Architecture leader with 20+ years of experience shaping target-state architecture, governance, and transformation roadmaps across complex enterprise environments. He has led cross-functional outcomes across ERP, integration, data, digital, security, and technology domains, with a strong focus on practical decision-making, platform simplification, and long-term business value. His background spans large-scale transformation roles with organisations including Ventia, Lion, George Weston Foods, Ingram Micro, and Alghanim, combining enterprise architecture leadership with commercial judgement, vendor-neutral platform evaluation, and team capability uplift.
	Rajesh Shanbhag Team Leader, Digital Business Programs Sydney Water Rajesh is an innovative and visionary leader with over 25 years of experience in leading and delivering SAP products. Rajesh helps formulate and drive a vision for his customers in their implementation and usage of SAP products. Sydney Water has embarked on a journey to modernise its planning systems using SAC Seamless Planning. They will use a lean and an iterative approach to deliver SAC Planning. The project will be delivered in-house, augmented by contingent resources and as a collaboration and joint ownership between Digital and Finance.

SAP

Ryan van Leent

Vice President of SAP’s Global Public Services Team

SAP

Ryan brings experiences from government implementations around the world to Australian government customers. His area of focus is Business AI and he’s currently working closely with SAP Product Development on the roadmap for Generative AI in Public Services.

Hena Di Petta

Business Lead Sovereign Cloud ANZ

SAP Sovereign Cloud

Hendrik Luetjohann

P&E Solution Architect

SAP

Hendrik is a P&E Solution Architect with over 10 years' experience delivering SAP S/4HANA transformations across APAC. Bringing hands-on expertise in procurement and supply chain, Hendrik has supported multiple large-scale Cloud ERP implementations, turning complex challenges into practical, business-driven outcomes.

Partners

	Vijay Chaudhari Principal Solutions Engineer, APJ Saviynt Vijay is an Identity and Governance Subject Matter Expert for APAC at Saviynt and works as a technical evangelist and strategist with partners and customers to help them derive business value from technical capabilities. In his 20 years in the Identity & Access Governance industry, he has been part of many successful customer engagements in the A/NZ and the broader APAC market.
	David Hartwich Founder Ivolv Consulting Services David is a highly accomplished IT Service Delivery and Product Management professional with tertiary qualifications including an MBA and Master of Applied Science in Organisation Dynamics. His presentation will apply a framework to examine workplace peer-reporting — colloquially known as "dobbing" — reframing it not as a straightforward compliance behaviour, but as an anxiety-driven defensive response embedded in the dynamics of contemporary organisational life.
	Ashley Saltzman Lead Negotiator \| Commercial Alignment & Program Recovery ashleysaltzman.com Ashley Saltzman is a specialist in commercial escalations and complex negotiations across large-scale SAP transformation programs. With over 25 years of experience at SAP, IBM and Accenture, he is typically brought in when programs get into trouble — where alignment breaks down, pressure builds, and situations become difficult to resolve.
	Tim Wilkes Founder, CEO, and Chief Storysmith Pathos Services Tim Wilkes is the former Chief Storyteller and Head of Behavioural Economics at SAP APJ, and now Chief Storysmith at Pathos Services, where, among other things, he helps leaders think bigger and better about AI. Today he advises CEOs, CROs, and private-equity-backed businesses around the world. His Practical AI for Leaders program was IPAA's top-rated course for 2025-26. He is based in Sydney, and he thinks most people are using AI far too small.