SAP University Alliances Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays

2015

Happy HolidaysOn behalf of the entire

SAP University Alliances team, I would like to thank you for an incredible 2015. This was a year

where SAP University Alliances celebrated the 20th SAP Academic Conference EMEA, established a strong presence

in Silicon Valley, and launched SAP Next-Gen Consulting. Our academic network now consists of 2,600+ institutions in 90

countries around the world. We look forward to further building on our strong partnership in 2016!

I wish you joyful holidays and a very happy New Year.

Yours,

Ann RosenbergVice President and Head of Global

SAP University Alliances

SAP University Alliances today engages with 2,600+ universities in 90 countriesThe SAP University Alliances program now opens up the world of SAP to more than 2,600 universities in 90 coun-tries worldwide, and aims to develop highly qualified graduates with critical skills for the 21st-century workforce. Through engagement with 96% of top universities around the world, and through 1,600 events held in 2015, SAP University Alliances inspires students and faculties around the world about SAP.

In partnership with SAP’s six University Competence Center (UCC) locations and four Academic Competence Center (ACC) locations around the world, universities gain access to an ever-expanding range of SAP software and curriculum, enabling faculty to help students better connect business and IT concepts to practice.

SAP University Alliances Mission Building the next-generation talents for the digital enterpriseEmpower students to better prepare for a successful career path and growth in the digital enterprise, consisting of SAP and its customers and partners, through SAP University Alliances program offerings, and build the next-gener-ation entrepreneurs.

Driving innovation from academia and next-generation users to the digital enterpriseStrategically enable young bright minds to participate and contribute their great ideas through crowdsourcing, including industry contests, co-innovation projects, SAP Next-Gen Consulting and research projects empowered through SAP’s innovation technologies.

Shaping the future of higher educationDrive unprecedented empowerment of the university community on the latest, most innovative topics from SAP, including enabling universities to leverage massive open online courses available on the openSAP and openSAP Thought Leaders platforms, and running operations in the cloud.

This mission is carried out through seven strategic pillars:

LEARN APPLY SHARE RECRUIT EMPOWER IMPACTTRANSFORM

Global Highlights of SAP University Alliances 2015• SAP University Alliances is in 90 countries now also including: Myanmar, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Benin, Mali,

Gambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Cuba, Indonesia, Kuwait, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan• Academic curriculum for Industrie 4.0 launched in collaboration with Festo • SAP University Alliances initiated an academic collaboration with CUJAE, leading engineering university in Cuba• Launch of the SAP Learning Hub, academic edition for faculties with nearly 1,000 learning courses• Launch of SAP University Alliances Big Data Innovation Centers in collaboration with SAP University Compe-

tence Centers, supporting co-innovation and research• More than 1600+ successful events (InnoJams, hackathons, CodeJams, SAP Academic Conferences, faculty

train-the-trainer workshops, Techniversity, …)• SAP University Alliances and Deloitte Consulting launched a collaboration to build next-generation skills and

drive innovation from academia to the SAP ecosystem, including Deloitte became the first partner to focus early talent recruiting with SAP University Alliances member schools

• Launch of Project Propel Empowered by SAP, in collaboration with Delaware State University, enabling histori-cally black colleges and universities to empower their students with knowledge of the latest SAP technologies, Design Thinking, and user experience

• Launch SAP Next-Gen Consulting in 4 locations (Silicon Valley, Walldorf, Bangalore, and Gurgaon)• Established SAP University Alliances in Silicon Valley• SAP University Alliances celebrated the 20th SAP Academic Conference EMEA• In collaboration with openSAP, established and launched openSAP Thought Leaders • Part of EU Code Week, spreading coding and digital literacy among young people across Europe• ASUG & DSAG announced a collaboration with SAP University Alliances supporting early talent knowledge ena-

blement and recruiting • Academy Cube is now going global• SAP University Alliances at ICIS 2015

Top UniversityRelationships: 96%

Institutions in UA Program: 2677

Countries where UA is active: 90

Young Thinkers Schools: 530

Number of Events:1681

EMEA Highlights of SAP University Alliances 2015

• SAP University Alliances at 23rd ECIS 2015• SAP University Alliances and European Space Agency App Camp powered by SAP HANA Cloud

Platform, part of Mobile World Congress Barcelona• Launch of SAP Next-Gen Consulting to tap into bright young minds for innovation for the digital

world at SAP TechEd Barcelona• Students from University of Liechtenstein were the winners of the DemoJam 2015 at TechEd

Barcelona• ESEFA program in Africa with nearly 40 universities• ITU Telecom Young Innovators Competition targeted talented young social entrepreneurs• 20th SAP Academic Conference EMEA: “Preparing the Future Workforce for the Digital Enterprise” • EU Code Week, spreading coding and digital literacy among young people across Europe• Roll-out of DataGenius to the EMEA SAP University Alliances network





MEE Highlights of SAP University Alliances 2015

• Digital Transformation Colloquium at the Technische Universität München • 12th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik in Osnabrück• SAP University Alliances at CeBIT 2015 featuring SAP InnoJam and launch of Industry 4.0

curriculum• SAP IT Summit in Salzburg, Austria• SAP InnoJam “Apps for Fashion” • SAP partnership with the Wissensfabrik initiative• Part of the SAP Mobile App Competition• DSAG Annual Conference, including the announcement of a strategic partnership with SAP University

Alliances • Launch of SAP Next-Gen Consulting in Walldorf, Germany • Cooperation with Berufsbildungswerk Neckargemünd • SAP InnoJam Berlin: “Coding the Future” 70+ students from 60 universities in 15 countries across

EMEA built innovative apps for challenges in Sports and Entertainment• 7th HPI Research Symposium: Thought Leadership on Technologies Defining the Digital Enterprise• SAP University Alliances in CIS hosted 3,000+ students from 25+ leading universities in Russia,

Kazakhstan and Belarus for the Professional Orientation initiative supporting Next-Gen IT workforce skills development in CIS





APJ Highlights of SAP University Alliances 2015

• SAP Techniversity at SAP TechEd Bangalore• SAP Academic Conference APJ and PACIS 2015• SAP Academic Conference Greater China co-hosted with the Ministry of Education, China• “Preparing the Future Workforce for the Digital Enterprise” faculty event in Bangalore • SAP University Competence Center at Beijing Jiatong University celebrated its two year anniversary • National Central University of Taiwan became a SAP Academic Competence Center • SAP University Alliances collaboration with SAP Labs China on Industrie 4.0 • SAP Young Thinkers Challenge with the Singapore government• SAP Future of Work events with SAP University Alliances members in India, Australia, and Korea • Launch of SAP Next-Gen Consulting in India, in Gurgaon and Bangalore• Roll-out of DataGenius to the APJ SAP University Alliances network





North America Highlights of SAP University Alliances 2015

• SAPPHIRE NOW 2015: ASUG announced a strategic partnership with SAP University Alliances, and Delaware State University signed as a Center of Excellence for SAP among Historically Black Colleges & Universities – “Project Propel Empowered by SAP”

• A strong SAP University Alliances presence was established in Silicon Valley including engagement with Stanford, Berkeley, Notre Dame, …

• TechEd Las Vegas: University of Notre Dame analytics keynote showcase; and SAP University Alliances announced a new partnership with Deloitte for recruiting and co-innovation with young, bright minds from SAP University Alliances member schools

• SAP Next-Gen Consulting launched in Silicon Valley• SAP Next-Gen Consultants showcased at SAP Deloitte Co-Innovation event• InnoJam Palo Alto “Coding the Future”: 50+ students from 16 universities and 10 countries built innovative

apps for challenges in Sports• 18th SAP Academic Conference Americas• Kraft Foods “Data Dive”: 100+ students worked with analytic solutions from SAP and big data to provide Kraft

with consumer insights• AMCIS 2015





Latin America Highlights of SAP University Alliances 2015

• SAP University Alliances collaboration with Tecnológico de Monterrey including students designing and prototyping innovative solutions

• SAP University Alliances initiated an academic collaboration with CUJAE, leading engineering university in Cuba

• SAP Appathon during the SAP Forum Colombia: 30+ young developers created innovative apps

• InnoWeeks, Brazil: innovation competition where customers together with students developed solutions to challenges in Health, Education, Safety, and Segment Services

• SAP Techniversity, Brazil, 400+ students learned about Big Data, Design Thinking, IoT, …

• Roll-out of DataGenius to the Latin American SAP University Alliances network





• SAP University Alliances Program Presents New “Industry 4.0” Curriculum

• SAP InnoJam at 2015 CeBIT: Live Programming With SAP Technology

• Bright Future for App Camp Barcelona Winners

• SAP Supports EU Code Week, Spreading Coding and Digital Literacy Among Young People Across Europe

• SAP to Sponsor ITU Telecom Young Innovators Competition

• SAP to Hire 1,200 Graduate Developers in 2015

• Don’t Mistake Social for Digital Transformation: New MOOCs Leadership Series

• SAP’s Black Employee Network: Changing Career and Life Outcomes

• SAP, the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group and Delaware State University Work Together to Support Histori-cally Black Colleges and Universities

SAP University Alliances in the Press

• SAP University Alliances Launches SAP Next-Gen Consulting to Tap Into Bright Young Minds for Innovation for the Digital World

• Wrapping Up SAP TechEd 2015 in Las Vegas

• SAP University Alliances Program and Deloitte Consulting Build Next-Generation Skills and Drive Innovation from Academia to the SAP Ecosystem

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