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Prioritise your real challenges to get the best out of SAP Connect 2026
SAP Connect 2026 will bring more than 4,000 leaders and practitioners to Las Vegas to explore how organizations can connect their business, people and technology to drive transformation. For HR leaders, Success Connect will take that conversation further with a strong focus on SAP SuccessFactors, AI and the path toward Autonomous HCM.
Across the event, attendees will hear from SAP, customers and partners through keynotes, customer stories, demonstrations and peer conversations focused on turning innovation into practical business outcomes.
But for most HR, payroll and technology leaders, the questions they bring to the event are much more immediate, such as:
- How do we move business-critical payroll to the cloud without disrupting it?
- How do we take some of the operational burden out of payroll, HR and benefits?
- Where can AI actually make a difference today?
- How should SmartRecruiters fit into SAP environment and strengthen talent acquisition?
Those are the conversations we want to have at SAP Connect.
How to get the most out of your SAP Connect 2026 questions and conversations
As a Platinum Sponsor, Strada will be in Las Vegas from October 5–7, bringing more than 30 years of SAP HCM and payroll experience, and a team ready to help organizations turn those questions into practical next steps.
Attend targeted expert sessions that allow conversations about your priorities
One of the best ways to make your time at SAP Connect more useful is to sit down with someone who has worked through the challenge before.
That is the idea behind our Ask the Experts sessions: 30-minute conversations built around your priorities, not ours.
If payroll cloud transformation is on your agenda, we can talk through continuity, migration risk and what a practical path forward could look like. If operational complexity is the issue, we can explore how managed services can simplify payroll, HR and benefits while extending payroll and payments globally.
For teams focused on innovation, the conversation might be about where Joule and SAP Business AI can create real value in SAP SuccessFactors. And for talent leaders, it could be about how SmartRecruiters can bring AI-powered recruiting into the SAP ecosystem and create a more connected candidate-to-employee experience.
The goal is not to solve an entire transformation in 30 minutes. It is to leave with a useful idea, a different perspective or a clearer next move.
Get real world insights into payroll transformation with conversations between SAP experts
In an on Stage discussion, Raul Camacho from Strada and Nicole Bouwmeester from SAP with discuss questions about transformation when business-critical payroll is involved, in a session named:
Moving Payroll to the Cloud at Scale: Lessons from Strada’s Global Payroll Transformation.
Drawing on Strada’s lessons from 150+ customer migrations to SAP Private Cloud Edition, they’ll explore how to protect payroll continuity from strategy and deployment through go-live, managed services and continuous optimization — while creating the connected foundation for SAP Business AI and the journey toward Autonomous HCM.
The session will show what it takes to make payroll transformation feel seamless to the business, even when the work behind the scenes is complex.
Because ultimately, moving payroll to the cloud is only successful if employees continue to get paid accurately and on time — and the organization is better prepared for what comes next.
Get tangible exposure to SAP platforms to inform your conversations about how you do it today and what could be possible?
At the Strada booth, we’ll also be showing Strada Global Payroll integrated with SAP SuccessFactors.
This is where conversations become more tangible. You can see connected payroll capabilities in action, explore analytics and intelligent HR and payroll experiences, and ask the questions that rarely fit neatly into a standard demo script.
We would much rather hear, “Here is how we do it today, could this work differently?” than simply talk through a feature list.
Explore conversations with your peers to learn from their experiences at networking events
On Tuesday, October 6, we’re taking the conversation away from the show floor.
From 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Strada will host an exclusive networking reception at Gatsby’s Cocktail Lounge at Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
It’s a chance to meet other HR, payroll and SAP leaders over drinks, compare experiences and talk openly about the transformation challenges many organizations are navigating right now.
No slides. No formal agenda. Just good conversation.
Space is limited, so if you’d like to join us, save your spot.
And during the day, if you simply need a few minutes to recharge, you’ll also find Strada sponsoring the SAP Connect Recharge Lounge.
What will you move forward in Las Vegas?
You don’t need to arrive with all the answers. Come with the one or two priorities you most want to move forward and find the people who can help you look at them differently.
