Newsbyte: SuccessConnect 2014: Engaging the Workforce of Tomorrow

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SuccessFactors, an SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) company, today announced details about SuccessConnect 2014, the premier event for human resources (HR) professionals. Set to take place September 9–11 at The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, SuccessConnect 2014 will bring together industry thought leaders, customers, technology partners and solution experts to explore how to attract and engage tomorrow's top workforce talent with cutting-edge HR technology and strategies.

The event will showcase keynotes from SuccessFactors and SAP executives, thought-leading presentations from industry visionaries and technology partners, first-hand customer experiences and innovative ideas and best practices. Programs for prospective customers that want to learn more about HR cloud and on-premise solutions from SuccessFactors and SAP are also planned. And the winners of the SuccessConnect Awards, an annual program designed to recognize SuccessFactors customers that deliver impressive business results, drive innovation and cultivate employee engagement, will be announced.

Main Conference Activities
Wednesday, September 10 at 8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. PT
Opening Keynote with Mike Ettling – "The Future is in the Clouds for HR"
Mike Ettling, president of Cloud & On-Premise HR at SAP, kicks off SuccessConnect 2014 with a view of what's happening in business today; what HR must do to keep pace with a highly mobile, increasingly global, multigenerational workforce; and what role HR, supported with the right technology, can play in delivering the business outcomes on which you measure your success as a company. The Timken Company and Brookshire Grocery Company will join Ettling onstage to discuss how helped drive improved business execution by leveraging human capital management (HCM) solutions from SuccessFactors.

Wednesday, September 10 at 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. PT
Afternoon General Session with Peter Sheahan – "Transforming the Way Organizations Work"
Peter Sheahan, a successful entrepreneur and CEO in the trenches known internationally for inspiring innovation business thinking and creating lasting behavior change, will share his insights on how the thinking that has made us successful to date will not in the future; in many cases, it will hinder us. Sheahan has worked with hundreds of thousands of members of the Generation Y and Generation Z every year. He will share his real world experiences of their mindset (and what caused it), how to attract and retain as customers and staff, strategies for communicating and engaging plus their impact on organizational development and leadership styles.

Thursday, September 11 at 8:00 – 9:45 a.m. PT
General Keynote & Panel – "Workforce 2020: Building a Strategic Workforce for the Future"
In a dynamic, global economy, no issue matters more than finding and retaining the right talent. Oxford Economics recently surveyed 2,700 executives and 2,700 non-executive employees including millennials around the world to learn how the two groups see workplace issues — and each other. Results from the research will be presented by Ed Cone, managing editor, thought leadership/senior analyst from Oxford Economics. Moderated by Dr. Karie Willyerd of SAP, a panel discussion will follow, featuring Jacob Morgan, founder of Chess Media; Ed Cone and Allstate Insurance Company, an SAP customer.

Executive Keynote with Dmitri Krakovsky – "Product Innovation and Direction"
Dmitri Krakovsky, senior vice president of global product management, will discuss the future direction for SuccessFactors products and the key HR trends seen as shaping them. Krakovsky will also present recent product innovations and preview exciting new functionality.

Keynote presentations will be followed by breakout session from partners and customers, including 3D Results, Aasonn, Accenture, Amtrak, AspireHR Labs, Bancorp South, B/E Aerospace, Centura-Health, Coca Cola Enterprises, ConAgra, CSM Bakery Solutions, Deloitte, Dentsply, HCL Technologies, Honeywell, Hershey's, hyperCision, HRIZONS, HR-Path, IBM, Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stories, Love's, Meggitt, Owens Corning, Nordstrom, PNC Bank, PwC, Sun Communities, Tesoro, Time Warner Cable, TransAlta, TranSystems, Travelers, Western Financial Group and White Lodging.

SuccessConnect Las Vegas 2014 Diamond level sponsors include Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company helping clients become high-performance businesses and governments, and Deloitte, a company that delivers innovative HR and talent strategies, helping organizations operationalize these programs through sound processes, technology and service delivery. Platinum level sponsors are IBM, a globally integrated technology and consulting company, and PwC, a company that has deep talent management and human capital expertise to help their clients transform their organizations to achieve business objectives and align their people practices with business strategy by leveraging the right mix of technology, process and organizational design. Additionally, this year's gold level sponsors include: 3D Results, Aasonn, AspireHR, Benefitfocus, Cloud Consulting Partners, EY, GP Strategies Corporation, HR Path, HRIZONS, KPIT, Kronos, NGA Human Resources, NSPRO, NTT Data, Presence of IT, Seidor Group and Workforce Software.

For more information on SuccessConnect Las Vegas 2014, or to watch the keynotes and general sessions live, please visit: http://successconnect2014.com/las-vegas.

For more information, visit the SAP News Center. Follow SAP on Twitter at @sapnews and @successfactors.

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Bri Vellis, +1 (650) 645-2544, [email protected], PDT

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