SAP Sapphire is where SAP makes its big announcements about its vision for the future of ERP and business applications. This includes showing new products, presenting customers who have transformed their business using SAP’s solutions, and highlighting new technologies that will shape the future.
For 2026, AI will continue to dominate the event. AI will change the way that people consume enterprise software through chat-based interfaces and screens that generate on-the-fly based on what you want to do. Eventually.
In this post, I’ll share the sessions at Sapphire and ASUG Annual Conference that I’m most excited about. For the full menu, you can browse the session catalog. My preferences are, of course, shaped by my role on the Cloud ERP UX Foundation team. I’ll organize by date so you can plan your agenda. You can also use the browser to search by topic or speaker if that makes it easier for you. Some are even available on-demand. Let’s go!
Monday, May 11, 2026
Day / Time / Session ID
Session title and description
Speakers
Monday
10am – 5pm
ASUG102
Unlocking Business Value with AI: Strategy, Security, and the Road Ahead
Gain a comprehensive and practical overview of SAP Business AI. This workshop will examine core strategies, security frameworks, and future trends while exploring real-world customer stories. The session will conclude with an expert panel and a hands-on AI road mapping session.
Many experts from SAP
Monday
2:00pm – 2:20pm
ERP2143
The future of enterprise: Innovations in SAP Cloud ERP Private
Discover how SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions enable the next era of enterprise transformation. This introductory session explores how cutting-edge artificial intelligence, trusted data, and integrated applications work in harmony, creating smarter, faster, and more resilient businesses within the security and flexibility of your private cloud.
Nicole Smythe, SAP
Vinay V, SAP
Monday
2:30pm – 2:50pm
CXP2149
Legacy to legendary: The AI-enhanced path
Explore the strategic road map for moving from legacy on-premises systems to a cloud-native, AI-enhanced architecture. Discover how a clean core approach helps reduce technical debt, accelerate innovation, and position your organization to use AI for greater efficiency and agility.
Monday
3:30pm – 3:50pm
PUX1349
Innovations and value that SAP Business AI offers
Learn how you can find the best AI features for your use cases, and understand the business value and associated cost with our self-service tools.
Pascal Mauge, SAP
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Day / Time / Session ID
Session title and description
Speakers
Tuesday
10:30 am – 11:15 am PUX1228
Creating better user experiences with AI-assisted SAP Fiori apps | PUX1228
New AI features in SAP Fiori apps boost user productivity and speed onboarding. Starting with the “My Home” page and drilling down into typical SAP Fiori apps, see how AI makes it easier to find information, enter data, automate tasks, and make informed business decisions. Explore how conversational interactions make SAP solutions more intuitive.
Peter Spielvogel, SAP
Tuesday
11:00 am – 11:20 am PUX1346
Great features don’t guarantee success: Experience does
Explore SAP Business Suite in the cloud to discover how you can shape the experience of the product for stellar adoption success.
Daniel Becker, SAP
Tuesday
11:30 am – 12:15 pm FOU1861
ASUG Community Conversation: Artificial intelligence
Explore platform strategy, embedded and generative AI use cases, integration patterns, and road map priorities with experts in AI and SAP Business Technology Platform. Discuss architecture, data readiness, and clean core alignment while exchanging lessons learned with peers advancing AI innovation.
John Astill, SAP
Tuesday
11:30 am – 12:15 pm ERP1622
SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA: What’s new, why change, and why now?
Learn from more than 2,400 cloud ERP projects as we navigate the shift from SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) to SAP S/4HANA. Compare greenfield, brownfield, and selective data transitions to find the right path. Discover the key differences in SAP S/4HANA, the value of moving now, and how to accelerate AI adoption with modern technology.
Esther Vrieze, SAP
Bert Schulze, SAP
Tuesday
11:30 am – 12:15 pm BTM2345
Why ERP transformations fail: The change management gap
Organizations expect operational efficiency and digital capabilities from their SAP solution transformations, yet some ERP programs fail to realize full value. The missing link is often adoption. See how integrating organizational change management early in the SAP lifecycle reduces resistance, accelerates adoption, and improves business outcomes.
Kara Beck, Moog Inc.
Tuesday
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm ERP1864
ASUG Community Conversation: Cloud ERP and SAP S/4HANA
In this interactive ASUG Community Conversation for professionals in cloud ERP and SAP S/4HANA, explore strategies across migration, operation, and innovation—featuring our road maps, clean core and AI insights, and customer lessons learned. Exchange practical guidance with peers and shape future discussions through open dialogue.
Peter Spielvogel, SAP
Nicole Smythe, SAP
Tuesday
1:00 pm – 1:20 pm JOU2645
The future of enterprise applications and AI experiences
Unlock real value from agentic AI with insights from SAP experts and peers. Explore what transformation means today and how you can scale AI across the business, overcome common challenges, govern risk, and build an AI-first enterprise that drives measurable top- and bottom-line impact.
Tuesday
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm ERP1178
2026 and beyond: Discover the latest innovations in SAP Cloud ERP Private
Running your ERP in the cloud allows you to benefit from innovations at your own pace. Explore recent AI and other functional developments planned for the next releases of SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions to help you prepare for adoption, build your road map, and accelerate time to value.
Maura Hameroff, SAP
Rudolf Hois, SAP
Tuesday
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm FOU1559
Build enterprise-grade pro-code agents on SAP Business Technology Platform
Unlock the power of autonomous agents with enterprise-grade guarantees. Get technical tips on building pro-code agents on SAP Business Technology Platform that balance innovation with responsibility. Learn to use the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for smooth tool integration while supporting security, ethical AI behavior, and regulatory compliance.
Evgenii Skrebtcov, SAP
Tim Back, SAP
Tuesday
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm ERP1834
Extend SAP S/4HANA Cloud while keeping a clean core | ERP1834
Extend the capabilities of SAP S/4HANA Cloud to address your business needs. Use AI to generate projects in the ABAP programming language and SAP Cloud Application Programming Model from your business requirements. Build SAP Fiori apps based on your written or graphical description, and use natural language filtering to find information in them.
Katja Zoch, SAP
Tuesday
3:30 pm – 3:50 pm JOU2646
The interface is disappearing, and that’s the point. As AI becomes the primary way people interact with enterprise software, the question is no longer how to design better screens but how to deliver better outcomes. Intent replaces navigation, conversation replaces configuration, and the most powerful user experience is the one you barely notice.
Tuesday
4:00 pm – 4:20 pm PUX1192
SAP’s user experience strategy for an AI-powered web and mobile future
Get an overview of how SAP is helping business users get their work done more easily and with better outcomes: using the Joule solution and embedded AI to take UX to the next level, providing a consistent and integrated suite experience, and leveraging our user research framework to meet users’ needs. Also see how you can create great UX yourself.
Arin Bhowmick, SAP
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Day / Time / Session ID
Session title and description
Speakers
Wednesday
10:30 am – 11:15 am SAP1623
SAP ECC to SAP Business Suite: Migration strategies and cloud insights
Master the direct transition from SAP ERP Central Component to SAP Business Suite using proven best practices. Compare public, private, and on-premises deployments to define key decision drivers. Learn to navigate annual releases, leverage essential migration tools, and identify the evolving skills needed for a successful, seamless cloud journey.
Esther Vrieze, SAP
Bert Schultze, SAP
Wednesday
10:30 am – 11:15 am PUX1819
SAP Fiori in action: How modern UX drives efficiency in cloud ERP
Get an overview of how the SAP Fiori user experience (UX) helps users get their work done more easily and efficiently. See how we are using AI today in applications and with the Joule solution. Understand our road map for revolutionizing UX, how AI changes the idea of what an application is, and what all this means for you.
Thomas Reiss, SAP
Wednesday
11:30 am – 11:50 am SUS1523
AI that helps you operate your business
As sustainability shifts from reporting to real business decisions, it becomes a control and execution challenge. Explore how you can replace manual processes with AI for trusted, scalable insights and decision support, delivering accountability for operational and financial decision-making.
Sophia Mendelsohn, SAP
Wednesday
11:30 am – 12:15 pm PUX1195
Creating AI-powered UX for your own applications with SAP Design System
Learn how to create AI-powered UX for your applications by using SAP Design System (SAP Fiori UX for web and mobile apps) with its powerful set of reusable components, patterns, and floorplans. See how building applications is made easier with our AI-enabled UI technologies for web and mobile apps.
Sophia Levens, SAP
Frederic Berg, SAP
Wednesday
11:30 am – 12:15 pm ERP2238
Western Sugar’s success with SAP Cloud ERP
Five years after go-live, Western Sugar Cooperative calls SAP Cloud ERP applications “wonderful.” Hear about why it chose public cloud; the value of clean core, best practices, strong configuration and integration, and continuous improvement; its smooth move from a two- to three-system landscape; and readiness for AI-enabled innovation.
Wednesday
11:30 am – 12:15 pm FOU2337
When AI becomes the interface to the enterprise
For decades, SAP helped shape enterprise software based on screens and transactions. Today, AI is evolving how we interact with systems. Explore how SAP leads this shift—uniting applications, data, and AI—and what this next phase of transformation means for organizations turning AI into a real competitive advantage.
Florian Heretsch, SAP
Wednesday
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm FOU1557
Getting started with SAP Build MCPs: Create your first CAP app and process
Experience the powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration in SAP Build solutions. Produce your first SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) application and SAP Fiori elements UI, while orchestrating workflows. See how AI-enhanced context improves coding efficiency and helps you build scalable, process-rich apps.
Tim Back, SAP
Jason Gabor, SAP
Wednesday
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm BTM1232
The AI-augmented architect: Upgrading architecture in the age of AI
AI is reshaping enterprise architecture. To provide value, enterprise architectures must embrace AI tools. Discover SAP technology leveraging AI for enhanced visibility and coordination. Through real-world examples, see how Joule and agentic AI increase information velocity and augment architect capabilities to thrive in this evolving landscape.
Martin Mysyk, SAP
Wednesday
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm PUX1210
AI and the future of user experience in SAP software
Prepare yourself for the upcoming revolution in user experience by understanding how we are harnessing AI to help users achieve better outcomes. Discover how AI is changing the idea of what an application is—and what this means for you. Learn about our AI design patterns and get a glimpse of the future SAP software user experience.
Emil Voutta, SAP
Wednesday
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm JOU2647
The future of enterprise applications and AI experiences
The enterprise application is no longer a system of record but a system of action. As AI moves from assistant to agent, organizations shift from what their software can store to what it can do. Learn why the future belongs to applications that don’t just surface information but understand context, anticipate decisions, and act with confidence.
Wednesday
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm PUX1194
User experience innovations and road map for SAP Business Suite
Have a look at the latest user experience innovations across our suite of applications, along with exciting web and mobile innovations coming soon. Also check out selected highlights from Ul technologies for creating great UX for your own applications.
Tom Reiss, SAP
I’m excited to hear what we announce in the keynotes and experience the future of enterprise software. AI will transform how we all interact with apps. The future starts now.
Here are some other summaries of Sapphire sessions from other colleagues.
Inside SAP Build at SAP Sapphire 2026: What to Expect from AI Agents and Agentic Development by Mark Wright
See you in Orlando!
For the SAP Cloud ERP UX Foundation team, Peter Spielvogel.
SAP Sapphire is where SAP makes its big announcements about its vision for the future of ERP and business applications. This includes showing new products, presenting customers who have transformed their business using SAP’s solutions, and highlighting new technologies that will shape the future.For 2026, AI will continue to dominate the event. AI will change the way that people consume enterprise software through chat-based interfaces and screens that generate on-the-fly based on what you want to do. Eventually.In this post, I’ll share the sessions at Sapphire and ASUG Annual Conference that I’m most excited about. For the full menu, you can browse the session catalog. My preferences are, of course, shaped by my role on the Cloud ERP UX Foundation team. I’ll organize by date so you can plan your agenda. You can also use the browser to search by topic or speaker if that makes it easier for you. Some are even available on-demand. Let’s go!Monday, May 11, 2026Day / Time / Session IDSession title and descriptionSpeakersMonday10am – 5pmASUG102Unlocking Business Value with AI: Strategy, Security, and the Road AheadGain a comprehensive and practical overview of SAP Business AI. This workshop will examine core strategies, security frameworks, and future trends while exploring real-world customer stories. The session will conclude with an expert panel and a hands-on AI road mapping session.Many experts from SAPMonday2:00pm – 2:20pmERP2143The future of enterprise: Innovations in SAP Cloud ERP PrivateDiscover how SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions enable the next era of enterprise transformation. This introductory session explores how cutting-edge artificial intelligence, trusted data, and integrated applications work in harmony, creating smarter, faster, and more resilient businesses within the security and flexibility of your private cloud.Nicole Smythe, SAPVinay V, SAPMonday2:30pm – 2:50pmCXP2149Legacy to legendary: The AI-enhanced path Explore the strategic road map for moving from legacy on-premises systems to a cloud-native, AI-enhanced architecture. Discover how a clean core approach helps reduce technical debt, accelerate innovation, and position your organization to use AI for greater efficiency and agility. Monday3:30pm – 3:50pmPUX1349Innovations and value that SAP Business AI offersLearn how you can find the best AI features for your use cases, and understand the business value and associated cost with our self-service tools.Pascal Mauge, SAP Tuesday, May 12, 2026Day / Time / Session IDSession title and descriptionSpeakersTuesday10:30 am – 11:15 am PUX1228Creating better user experiences with AI-assisted SAP Fiori apps | PUX1228New AI features in SAP Fiori apps boost user productivity and speed onboarding. Starting with the “My Home” page and drilling down into typical SAP Fiori apps, see how AI makes it easier to find information, enter data, automate tasks, and make informed business decisions. Explore how conversational interactions make SAP solutions more intuitive. Peter Spielvogel, SAPTuesday11:00 am – 11:20 am PUX1346Great features don’t guarantee success: Experience doesExplore SAP Business Suite in the cloud to discover how you can shape the experience of the product for stellar adoption success.Daniel Becker, SAPTuesday11:30 am – 12:15 pm FOU1861ASUG Community Conversation: Artificial intelligenceExplore platform strategy, embedded and generative AI use cases, integration patterns, and road map priorities with experts in AI and SAP Business Technology Platform. Discuss architecture, data readiness, and clean core alignment while exchanging lessons learned with peers advancing AI innovation.John Astill, SAPTuesday11:30 am – 12:15 pm ERP1622SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA: What’s new, why change, and why now? Learn from more than 2,400 cloud ERP projects as we navigate the shift from SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) to SAP S/4HANA. Compare greenfield, brownfield, and selective data transitions to find the right path. Discover the key differences in SAP S/4HANA, the value of moving now, and how to accelerate AI adoption with modern technology. Esther Vrieze, SAPBert Schulze, SAPTuesday11:30 am – 12:15 pm BTM2345Why ERP transformations fail: The change management gapOrganizations expect operational efficiency and digital capabilities from their SAP solution transformations, yet some ERP programs fail to realize full value. The missing link is often adoption. See how integrating organizational change management early in the SAP lifecycle reduces resistance, accelerates adoption, and improves business outcomes. Kara Beck, Moog Inc.Tuesday1:00 pm – 1:45 pm ERP1864ASUG Community Conversation: Cloud ERP and SAP S/4HANAIn this interactive ASUG Community Conversation for professionals in cloud ERP and SAP S/4HANA, explore strategies across migration, operation, and innovation—featuring our road maps, clean core and AI insights, and customer lessons learned. Exchange practical guidance with peers and shape future discussions through open dialogue.Peter Spielvogel, SAPNicole Smythe, SAPTuesday1:00 pm – 1:20 pm JOU2645The future of enterprise applications and AI experiencesUnlock real value from agentic AI with insights from SAP experts and peers. Explore what transformation means today and how you can scale AI across the business, overcome common challenges, govern risk, and build an AI-first enterprise that drives measurable top- and bottom-line impact. Tuesday2:00 pm – 2:45 pm ERP11782026 and beyond: Discover the latest innovations in SAP Cloud ERP Private Running your ERP in the cloud allows you to benefit from innovations at your own pace. Explore recent AI and other functional developments planned for the next releases of SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions to help you prepare for adoption, build your road map, and accelerate time to value.Maura Hameroff, SAPRudolf Hois, SAPTuesday3:00 pm – 3:45 pm FOU1559Build enterprise-grade pro-code agents on SAP Business Technology PlatformUnlock the power of autonomous agents with enterprise-grade guarantees. Get technical tips on building pro-code agents on SAP Business Technology Platform that balance innovation with responsibility. Learn to use the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for smooth tool integration while supporting security, ethical AI behavior, and regulatory compliance.Evgenii Skrebtcov, SAPTim Back, SAPTuesday3:00 pm – 3:45 pm ERP1834Extend SAP S/4HANA Cloud while keeping a clean core | ERP1834Extend the capabilities of SAP S/4HANA Cloud to address your business needs. Use AI to generate projects in the ABAP programming language and SAP Cloud Application Programming Model from your business requirements. Build SAP Fiori apps based on your written or graphical description, and use natural language filtering to find information in them.Katja Zoch, SAPTuesday3:30 pm – 3:50 pm JOU2646AI as the new UIThe interface is disappearing, and that’s the point. As AI becomes the primary way people interact with enterprise software, the question is no longer how to design better screens but how to deliver better outcomes. Intent replaces navigation, conversation replaces configuration, and the most powerful user experience is the one you barely notice. Tuesday4:00 pm – 4:20 pm PUX1192SAP’s user experience strategy for an AI-powered web and mobile futureGet an overview of how SAP is helping business users get their work done more easily and with better outcomes: using the Joule solution and embedded AI to take UX to the next level, providing a consistent and integrated suite experience, and leveraging our user research framework to meet users’ needs. Also see how you can create great UX yourself.Arin Bhowmick, SAP Wednesday, May 13, 2026Day / Time / Session IDSession title and descriptionSpeakersWednesday10:30 am – 11:15 am SAP1623SAP ECC to SAP Business Suite: Migration strategies and cloud insightsMaster the direct transition from SAP ERP Central Component to SAP Business Suite using proven best practices. Compare public, private, and on-premises deployments to define key decision drivers. Learn to navigate annual releases, leverage essential migration tools, and identify the evolving skills needed for a successful, seamless cloud journey.Esther Vrieze, SAPBert Schultze, SAPWednesday10:30 am – 11:15 am PUX1819SAP Fiori in action: How modern UX drives efficiency in cloud ERPGet an overview of how the SAP Fiori user experience (UX) helps users get their work done more easily and efficiently. See how we are using AI today in applications and with the Joule solution. Understand our road map for revolutionizing UX, how AI changes the idea of what an application is, and what all this means for you.Thomas Reiss, SAPWednesday11:30 am – 11:50 am SUS1523AI that helps you operate your businessAs sustainability shifts from reporting to real business decisions, it becomes a control and execution challenge. Explore how you can replace manual processes with AI for trusted, scalable insights and decision support, delivering accountability for operational and financial decision-making.Sophia Mendelsohn, SAPWednesday11:30 am – 12:15 pm PUX1195Creating AI-powered UX for your own applications with SAP Design SystemLearn how to create AI-powered UX for your applications by using SAP Design System (SAP Fiori UX for web and mobile apps) with its powerful set of reusable components, patterns, and floorplans. See how building applications is made easier with our AI-enabled UI technologies for web and mobile apps.Sophia Levens, SAPFrederic Berg, SAPWednesday11:30 am – 12:15 pm ERP2238Western Sugar’s success with SAP Cloud ERPFive years after go-live, Western Sugar Cooperative calls SAP Cloud ERP applications “wonderful.” Hear about why it chose public cloud; the value of clean core, best practices, strong configuration and integration, and continuous improvement; its smooth move from a two- to three-system landscape; and readiness for AI-enabled innovation. Wednesday11:30 am – 12:15 pm FOU2337When AI becomes the interface to the enterpriseFor decades, SAP helped shape enterprise software based on screens and transactions. Today, AI is evolving how we interact with systems. Explore how SAP leads this shift—uniting applications, data, and AI—and what this next phase of transformation means for organizations turning AI into a real competitive advantage.Florian Heretsch, SAPWednesday1:00 pm – 1:45 pm FOU1557Getting started with SAP Build MCPs: Create your first CAP app and process Experience the powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration in SAP Build solutions. Produce your first SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) application and SAP Fiori elements UI, while orchestrating workflows. See how AI-enhanced context improves coding efficiency and helps you build scalable, process-rich apps. Tim Back, SAPJason Gabor, SAPWednesday1:00 pm – 1:45 pm BTM1232The AI-augmented architect: Upgrading architecture in the age of AI AI is reshaping enterprise architecture. To provide value, enterprise architectures must embrace AI tools. Discover SAP technology leveraging AI for enhanced visibility and coordination. Through real-world examples, see how Joule and agentic AI increase information velocity and augment architect capabilities to thrive in this evolving landscape.Martin Mysyk, SAPWednesday2:00 pm – 2:20 pm PUX1210AI and the future of user experience in SAP softwarePrepare yourself for the upcoming revolution in user experience by understanding how we are harnessing AI to help users achieve better outcomes. Discover how AI is changing the idea of what an application is—and what this means for you. Learn about our AI design patterns and get a glimpse of the future SAP software user experience.Emil Voutta, SAPWednesday2:00 pm – 2:20 pm JOU2647The future of enterprise applications and AI experiencesThe enterprise application is no longer a system of record but a system of action. As AI moves from assistant to agent, organizations shift from what their software can store to what it can do. Learn why the future belongs to applications that don’t just surface information but understand context, anticipate decisions, and act with confidence. Wednesday3:00 pm – 3:20 pm PUX1194User experience innovations and road map for SAP Business SuiteHave a look at the latest user experience innovations across our suite of applications, along with exciting web and mobile innovations coming soon. Also check out selected highlights from Ul technologies for creating great UX for your own applications.Tom Reiss, SAPI’m excited to hear what we announce in the keynotes and experience the future of enterprise software. AI will transform how we all interact with apps. The future starts now.Here are some other summaries of Sapphire sessions from other colleagues.Inside SAP Build at SAP Sapphire 2026: What to Expect from AI Agents and Agentic Development by Mark WrightSee you in Orlando!For the SAP Cloud ERP UX Foundation team, Peter Spielvogel. Read More Technology Blog Posts by SAP articles
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