HERUG 2026

12.00 - 16.30 Social activities

13.00 We leave for both locations from New University (NU)-building VU Amsterdam by public transportation
14.00 start Heineken brewery tour or
14.15 start Palace on Dam Square tour

16.00 return to NU Building by public transportation

16.30 Start registration
Bar Boele, NU Building 

17.00 Official opening
Bar Boele, NU building

17.30 - 20.00 Pub quiz and dinner
Bar Boele, NU building

08.30 Walk-in coffee and registration
Bar Boele, NU Building

09.30 Start congress
Theater 3, NU Building

09.45 Keynote Frans Feldberg
Successful Data-& AI-driven Innovation: How do you stay relevant in a world where ChatGPT seems to be the magic word?
Theater 3

10.30 Universities present update since HERUG 2024
Theater 3

11.00 Break
NU Building, Event spot, Ground floor

11.30 Keynote Jesper Schleimann (SAP)
Towards the Autonomous Enterprise 
Theater 3

12.30 - 13.45 Lunch
Mahler, Gustav Mahlerlaan 2970, Amsterdam

14.00 Break out session I

Rob Jonkers (SAP) & Zjef Mallaerts (Flexso)
E2E Pre & Post Award Management with SAP Cloud ERP & Flexso
Theater 3, NU Building

Greet Roose & Sofie Tollet (KU Leuven)
KU Leuven ICTS: End-to-End Test Automation: A Key to Building and Sustaining Student Applications
NU6A25, NU Building

Niels van der Kam (SAP)
SAP Business AI: connecting business processes, data and AI
NU4B47, NU Building

Léon Zijlstra, Amanda Rodriguez, Pieter van der Wal (SDWorx)
Building the future of HR & Payroll in Universities
NU4B43, NU Building

14.45 Break
NU Building, Event spot, Ground floor

15:15 Break out session II

Elsa van der Rijken (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) & Sebastian Smit (Emixa)
SAC (staff) Planning at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Theater 3, NU Building

Adina De Nobile (Technische Universität Berlin)
Project file from application to ongoing project
NU6A25, NU Building

Sandeep Nadendla & Nicole Smith (LSI)
The Future of AI in Higher Education
NU4B47, NU Building

Charlie Collins (Greene County)
Simplifying Financial Planning and Budgeting for Higher Education with SAP Analytics Cloud
NU4B43, NU Building

16.00 Closing of the day
Theater 3

16.30 Leaving for boat trip with public transportation or walking (20 min)

17.45 - 19.30 Boat trip through Amsterdam

08.30 Walk-in coffee
Bar Boele, NU Building

09.30 Start of conference day
Theater 3, NU Building

09.45 Universities present update since HERUG 2024
Theater 3

10.30 Breakout session I

Reinhard Landes (SAP)
Transforming Higher Education & Research with SAP Business AI: Intelligent Innovation for Tomorrow's Institutions 
Theater 3, NU Building

Thierry Champagne & Bert Neyt (KU Leuven)
AI in the Developer's Seat: Lessons learned experimenting with Joule, and other AI tools
NU4B47, NU Building

Gary Raposo (University of Toronto)
H4S4: Lessons Learned from University of Toronto's HCM Modernization Journey
NU4B43, NU Building

Ilkka Rantakari (University of Helsinki)
University of Helsinki's financial planning transformation journey from SAP BPC to SAP Analytics Cloud
NU6A25, NU Building

11:15 Break
NU Building, Event spot, Ground floor

11:45 Breakout session II

Hendrik Jan Bosma (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) & Lucas Molenaar (NTT Data)
VU Amsterdam Implementation SLCM
Theater 3, NU Building

Anjana Padmanabhan (SAP)
Leverage the value of HR and Finance integration with SAP SuccessFactors
NU4B47, NU Building

Nicolas Vanhimbeeck & Joren De Greef (Flexso)
Research management team collaboration & day to day research project follow up
NU4B43, NU Building

Christina Willms (KU Leuven)
The Power of Webi: After more than 10 years, still the go-to BI-tool at KU Leuven
NU6A25, NU Building

12:30 - 13:45 Lunch
Mahler, Gustav Mahlerlaan 2970, Amsterdam

14.00 Breakout session III

Stephan Heinberg (University of Zurich)
Let's build an SLCM developer community!
NU4B47, NU Building

Anne de Hingh (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Risks and challenges of (Generative) AI
NU4B43, NU Building 

Goedele Castryck (KU Leuven)
Radioactive Waste Management: Complying with strict regulations through user-friendly applications, creating visual documentation along the way
NU4B05, NU Building

14.45 Switch to breakout rooms and a small break 

15:00 Apphaus workshop
Theater 3, NU4B47, NU4B43, NU4B05

17:00 Closing of the day

19:00 Conference dinner
De Waag, Nieuwmarkt 4, Amsterdam

08.30 Walk-in coffee
Bar Boele, NU Building

09.30 Start of conference day
Theater 3, NU Building

09.45 Universities present update since HERUG 2024

10.30 Break out session I

Robert-Jan Bulter (TimeEdit) & Nicole Rutten (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Advantages of Using a Curriculum Management System alongside SAP 
Theater 3, NU Building 

Swetlana Signarowski (University of Toronto)
AMS/SAP Document Management Transformation
NU6A25, NU Building

Hanneke Ramakers & Danny Lanckohr (Maastricht University)
Implementing a post-award contract research management system at Maastricht University: from concept to completion
NU4B47, NU Building

Edwin Mukusha (University Nebraska)
Position Description Management Application - Bridging a gap into Successfactors Recruitment​
NU4B17, NU Building

11.15 Break
NU Building, Event spot, Ground floor

11.45 Break out session II

Mark Arts (NTTData)
High Speed Showcase Student Lifecycle Management
Theater 3, NU Building

Ralitsa Ilieva (Saarland University)
From RISE to GROW with SAP: Our Digital Transformation Journey at Saarland University
NU6A25, NU Building

Gilmer Govaert (KU Leuven)
The research compliance dashboard: a managed RAP business object
NU4B47, NU Building

Begoña Noriega (Universidad Panamericana)
Bridging the Gap: Real-World Stabilization Challenges in a Multi-Cloud Implementation
NU4B17, NU Building

12.30 - 13.45 Lunch
Mahler, Gustav Mahlerlaan 2970, Amsterdam

14.00 Keynote Jürgen Faisst (IBCS)
What management can learn from musicians - Fast development and easy understanding of reports and dashboards following the International Business Communication Standards
Theater 3, NU Building

14.45 Break
NU Building, Event spot, Ground floor

15.15 Closure by Carlos Montoya
Theater 3

16.00 HERUG 2027
Theater 3

17.00 End of conference