Name: Public Sector Focus Group
Start: 2026-09-10T13:30:00
End: 2026-09-10T16:00:00
Location: Teams

This session opens with a members‑only Roundtable featuring open discussion where members are encouraged to share experiences, discuss current challenges and explore opportunities for innovation and transformation.

SAP Business AI: Joule, Agents and the Road Ahead

In this high-level session, Manzar Haq from SAP introduces the SAP Business AI landscape and the evolving role of Joule. He will explore how Joule Work, AI assistants and SAP's growing portfolio of business agents can help people access relevant insights, coordinate work and take action across business processes. Attendees will leave with a clear view of SAP's AI direction, what is available today and how these capabilities can inform their longer-term transformation plans.

MVP+ for Public Sector SAP Cloud: Practical Lessons from a UK Local Authority Transition

Don Valentine from Applexus will share practical lessons from a live UK local authority SAP cloud transition, showing how its MVP+ approach helps public sector organisations move from ECC to S/4HANA Public Cloud and SuccessFactors with controlled scope, realistic workshops and reduced disruption.

The session will focus on transition rather than transofrmation: retaining actively used SAP ECC processes, establishing clear Project Execution Plan guardrails and using SAP cloud capabilities only where they add clear value without excessive change.

It will cover the importance of a strong Project Charter/Project Execution Plan, based on tool-based/automated due diligence against the current system, lessons in Public Sector Management design and practical considerations for key products such as S/4HANA Public Cloud, SuccessFactors Employee Central and Employee Central Payroll as well as supplementary products such as Central Invoice Management.

Attendees will benefit from lessons on workshop design, data migration boundaries, standardisation, stakeholder engagement, testing ownership and managing the gap between SAP best practice and real public sector operations.

Whether you're involved in SAP strategy, transformation programmes, operations, data, finance, HR or technology delivery, this Focus Group will be an excellent opportunity to learn from the experiences of other organisations.