Third Annual ASUG Influencer Summit to Provide Collaborative Forum for SAP and BusinessObjects Customers

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Building a platform of ongoing collaboration between the world’s largest independent community of SAP professionals, the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG), and business technology software giant SAP, ASUG SAP BusinessObjects members will have the opportunity to communicate their wants, needs, and challenges directly to SAP at the 2012 ASUG Influencer Summit. Advance registration is required to participate in the event, which will be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, Sept. 9, in conjunction with the ASUG 2012 SAP® BusinessObjects™ User Conference (SBOUC) in Orlando, Fla.

“This year’s Influencer Summit includes changes that are particularly exciting because they are a testament to the success of this community dialogue and the shared commitment of the SAP and customer leadership teams that participate in the Influencer Summit and the Strategic Special Interest Group”

“This year’s Influencer Summit includes changes that are particularly exciting because they are a testament to the success of this community dialogue and the shared commitment of the SAP and customer leadership teams that participate in the Influencer Summit and the Strategic Special Interest Group,” said ASUG CEO Bridgette Chambers. “We’ve invited SAP to participate in the entire event this year, which shows how much mutual appreciation there is for this collaboration. We’re also introducing a workshop format so that we can focus more on a rich exchange of ideas and less on presentations.”

Participating ASUG members will provide unfiltered feedback and express their needs directly to SAP, and SAP will have the opportunity to address questions and gather real-time user insights to shape BusinessObjects priorities, products and services.

The Influencer Summit also will highlight several key achievements of the past year that specifically benefit SAP BusinessObjects users, including:

ASUG Strategic Special Interest Group (SIG) track for SAP BusinessObjects users at the ASUG Annual Conference
Face-to-face SAP BusinessObjects SIG sessions at the ASUG Annual Conference
Bi-weekly Tech Talk webcast series covering tips, tricks and technical aspects of SAP BusinessObjects support and maintenance
Three-part SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence roadmap webcast series

About the 2012 ASUG SAP BusinessObjects User Conference

The ASUG SAP BusinessObjects User Conference, now in its fifth year, is the only customer-driven event of its kind in North America. It offers BusinessObjects users in any data environment a variety of educational and hands-on sessions presented by customers, partners, and SAP. The event also promises electrifying entertainment, with a Foreigner concert beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12. With more than 70 million albums sold, 14 Top 20 hits, and 10 multi-platinum albums, the band's musical influence continues more than 30 years into the game.

SBOUC 2012 will be held Sept. 10-13, at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla. For additional information or to register for the conference, visit http://events.asug.com/businessobjects/REGISTRATION/tabid/981/Default.aspx.

To register for the Sept. 9 ASUG Influencer Summit, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/InfluencerSummit2012.

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