The Seidman ERP Program News
GVSU students attend SAP conference
May 23, 2016
Two Seidman College of Business students attended the worldwide
Sapphire Now (SAP) and Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) conference
May 16-20 in Orlando, Florida.
The conference, which attracts business executives and industry
experts, highlighted new technologies shaping business today and
included information on SAP HANA, a new in-memory computing platform.
This is the second time Grand Valley students were invited to
attend. The students, who are part of the Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) program at Grand Valley, included Olivia Hamilton and Emily
Satterfield. The ERP program at Grand Valley is one of the world’s
leading programs where students gain an understanding of integrated,
cross-functional business process experience using SAP® software.
"Like previous years, we wore T-Shirts that represented
SAP's Next Gen Consulting services, which started many conversations.
Having the opportunity to work the campuses on the showroom floor
presented the opportunity for attendees from all industries and many
different countries to ask us what Next Gen Consulting was, and
gave opportunities to connect with people from all industries and make
Grand Valley and our ever-growing MIS program known across the
world," explained Olivia Hamilton.
The $2,500 cost of admission to the conference for students was
covered by SAP University Alliance, which connects students around the
world who are interested in SAP solutions, careers and research
opportunities. Students participated in classroom sessions, app
development and networking opportunities.