…not Sponsors! SAMS Europe 2020 is a unique event in the business & technology world because of our relationship with our partners. Our aim is to support our partners to reach their targets and inspire innovation. This vision is shared by a select group of partners at our highest quality events with the most elite audience. Position your business as a thought leader at SAMS Europe. Join our 2020 partners today!
SAM AT TRANSITION BETWEEN ON-PREMISE AND XAAS | Basic requirements for the SAM in the Subscription Economy | Bring Your Own License – Which licenses can we use on which IaaS? |License Mobility in Practice | AWS Marketplace & Co.: Buy per click – What is the future of IT Procurement between fast deployment and cost transparency? | Are G Suite and Google Cloud Platform an alternative given the licensing models and costs? | License optimization in complex hybrid system landscapes
IT CONTRACT MANAGEMENT | Demand-oriented design of license agreements | Negotiations with the big SW manufacturers | Vendor and vendor management in the context of XaaS | Avoid vendor lock-in with cloud services
AUDITS | Audit defense strategies and dealing with multiple parallel audits | Sovereign handling of audits: keep control & regain – tips and tricks from practice | Changes in relationships between software manufacturers and customers | Company-wide cooperation in audits | Exchange of experience on audits of the largest manufacturers
SAM ESSENTIALS | Quickly reduce license costs and ensure compliance | Building and developing an efficient SAM | Practice-oriented key competences for new software asset managers & IT buyers
THE FUTURE OF SAM? | Container-based virtualization and the consequences for SAM | IoT in terms of license management – “Digital Access” vs. “Human Access” – What are the basics for license design? | The API Economy from the perspective of license management | SAM & Security: Proactive Management of Risks & Vulnerabilities via Software Classification – a Task for the SAM?
SAM IN DYNAMIC AND DECENTRALIZED BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS | Company-wide coordination of software procurement processes | Effects of M&A, Carve-ins / Carve-outs on Software Asset Management
SAM IN SMALL & MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES | Designing & implementing efficient SAM with limited resources | Leading successful negotiations with major software publishers as a small company? | Open source software as an alternative?
CONTROL & MONITORING: TECHNOLOGIES, TOOLS & SYSTEMS | Technology driven enterprise-wide software license management: from theory to practice | SAM tools, systems and reporting solutions at a glance | AWS budgets, etc. are enough, aren’t they? Cloud Services and the evolution of SAM Tools
The most effective and most informal networking hub to reach a maximum of ROI ‒ personal dialogue, direct exchange and numerous opportunities to get meetings with top executives!
Top speakers, trendsetters, evangelists and experts in the field share their personal experience.
Be part of several thematic conversation rounds with changing topics and team constellations.
we.CONECT’s unique Event App & Matchfinder – Use our unique matching platform to make new connections, arrange meetings and find tailored solutions to your needs.
Search – Find – Match – Connect
Get the show on the road. Discover who is joining the conference and why. To warm you up for the conference we invite you to get to know your conference peers. Have your business cards ready.
Selected brand new case studies from the industry offering insights into strategic approaches, project planning and operative realization. Learn from the most successful practices and use these real business results for benchmarking with the competition.
Round tables on the evening before the first conference day. The Icebreaker is a first informal networking.
Parallel round table discussions offer the delegates the possibility to talk about their own challenges
Discover who else is participating at the SAMS Europe. Our unique Polaroid Picture Wall will help you identify who you want to meet at the conference.
Start the conference with coffee and… NETWORKING! Join the we.CONECT Breakfast Club – an exclusive area in your hotel – and get into a conversation with other delegates already while having your first coffee.
Wind down, enjoy great food and drink in a relaxed atmosphere to absorb all the new stimulations from the day.
Reducing risks for IT audits, tips and tricks to survive audits. All round tables are vendor free!
we.CONECT gives you the opportunity to showcase your work and ideas and provides an excellent opportunity for start-up level companies to present their best tools & solutions in a live Tech Take Session.
