Call for Presentations - Cologne (Koln)  

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Hello CWG Member,

The time is quickly approaching for the 2011 European CWG Conference in Cologne and we ask that you submit a presentation abstract for a presentation.   So, it’s time to find your notes, your project slides and start thinking about an interesting topic and then create an interesting and energetic presentation to share.

Remember: it doesn’t have to be a success story.  If there are issues you have been grappling with, that you believe might affect others (and this is more likely than you may think!) – present them.  Any of the topics suggested below could be a good session.  Lead a round table discussion and all you have to bring to the table is a will to discuss, some situations or topics, some possible solutions, reasons why they failed or partially failed or why they succeeded.

If you have a topic, but are reluctant to address it alone, ask your colleagues and counterparts in other companies, either directly or using the forum, or contact us and we’ll try to make the connection.

SAP will be presenting timely updates on what is going on in Walldorf and past attendees have told us through our surveys that they think project results are their favorite type of presentation.  Your project is important to you and your company and the CWG members would like to hear what you and your team have done.  You are not alone and many can learn by what you have done.  So, again think about it.  We will remind you in a few weeks.   Attendees want to hear about projects!

Share your experience!

The CWG Board is also inviting your management to attend and learn about what other companies are doing and seek more participation from Managers, Directors and VPs if you can convince them to come and learn.  Configuration is more than modeling and product definition and is extremely important because it helps define your company products and services, your brand, and how it is offered to your organization, to your resellers and to your customers.    If your management would consider being a keynote speaker on the topic of VC/IPC and how it impacted your business, this would be a subject that would interest everyone.

Customer experiences are examples of what we would like to encourage you to talk about.  How did the VC or IPC help reduce errors or help grow the business?   Although modeling is important to us all, so is hearing about how the business benefited by using configured materials.   Every one of you can talk about that for hours.

 Again, share your experience and expertise!  Make your presentation or discussion forum something that people can take back and say this presentation alone justified the entire trip.

SAP Partners, consultants and software developers are welcome to show us better and easier ways to model, test, price, and lead projects, manage the entire modeling process, control costs, or change your business.  Tips on Best Practices is always a popular topic.

Remember, people come to the CWG Conference to learn, interact and network, and find out what others are doing, to discover that others are dealing with the same issues, and to hear how to solve problems.  So, if I haven’t persuaded you to present, give this to a colleague and challenge them to be the star.

Here are some suggested topics.

Now, that we have your attention, download a Presentation Abstract Form, fill it out and send it to the CWG Program Committee.   Your presentation title and your name will be listed on the CWG website.  An example of a website abstract display:   

We look forward to hearing from you.

Contact the CWG Program Committee with any questions