{"id":140720,"date":"2020-06-02T06:11:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T06:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=140720"},"modified":"2020-06-02T06:11:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T06:11:10","slug":"events-go-digital-at-sap-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2020\/06\/events-go-digital-at-sap-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Events Go Digital at SAP in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Due to the global health crisis resulting from the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/covid-19\/\">COVID-19<\/a> pandemic, SAP has made the decision to transition its flagship events to a digital model and not host any in-person events for the remainder of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>After monitoring the situation closely, we have made this decision to ensure the health and safety of our employees, customers, partners, supporting staff, and vendors, while also complying with all applicable mandates that are in effect.<\/p>\n<p>This decision covers all in-person events globally, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SAP TechEd<\/strong> events, scheduled for September, October, and November 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>SuccessConnect<\/strong> in Las Vegas, Nevada, from September 15\u201317, 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>SAP Select EMEA<\/strong> in Barcelona, Spain, from October 26\u201328, 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>Qualtrics X4 Summit<\/strong>, originally rescheduled for early fall 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have also decided to cancel SAP\u2019s in-person participation in most third-party events, effective until the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>We are taking this period as an opportunity to create digital experiences that will redefine the way we share information, deliver best practices, and engage with our communities in new and unique ways.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for further communications on an event-by-event basis as we finalize alternative plans for each event.<\/p>\n<p>While we regret any disruption or inconvenience that our decision may cause, we are committed to limiting the spread of this virus and safeguarding the health of people and communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the global health crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, SAP has made the decision to transition its flagship events to a digital model&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":140721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"related_posts":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[5596342],"series":[],"sapn-display":[45149,279685],"sapn-type":[45018],"class_list":["post-140720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-covid-19","sapn-display-homepage-hero","sapn-display-hero","sapn-type-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - 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