Join us for an upcoming CEIBS Executive Forum on May 7, 2024, with Dr. Clas Neumann, Senior Vice President, Head of Global SAP Labs Network, who will make a keynote speech on the theme of Artificial Intelligence - Generating the Future.

About this event

Since OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the public's attention and remains undoubtedly the most widely discussed technology of 2024.  While AI has been with us for decades, without most people realizing it, it has now risen above its previous narrow scope of application and rapidly developed to the point that it will soon likely permeate nearly all aspects of our lives. The application of AI technology to businesses also has the potential to drive unprecedented increases in efficiency.

What are the consequences of these developments for individuals, companies, and societies? Will AI help to democratize knowledge and participation, or will it become a technology exclusively dominated by China, the US, and a handful of other powerful countries? How should we deal with risks such as bias, ethical concerns, the proliferation of AI "hallucination", and privacy and security? How should governments strive to find a balance between promoting AI and regulating it? These are all critical questions that are likely to dominate the public discourse on AI, and which academic organisations have a duty to try to answer.

At this Executive Forum, Dr. Clas Neumann will discuss the likely path of Generative AI, Responsible AI, and Sustainable AI, the next breakthroughs we can expect the technology to make, how AI will transform how we learn, communicate, and do our jobs, and how this new technology may benefit people by offering broader employment opportunities and more fulfilling careers.

Our speaker

Dr. Clas Neumann
Senior Vice President, Head of Global SAP Labs Network

As the Head of Global SAP Labs Network (SLN), Neumann is leading the management and operation of 21 labs across the globe. Under his leadership, the SLN organization has grown significantly and is successfully running as the backbone of the entire R&D value chain in SAP. Today, SAP Labs is ranked among the best employers in most countries and has transformed its business to support global, innovative product development and local business growth alike.

Being part of SAP’s Senior Executive Team, Neumann has a 27-year advantageous career in SAP. Neumann has spent years in the fast-growing markets to develop the organization, with more than 20 years in India and China. Neumann has played an instrumental role in SAP’s entry into China, later being considered as the second home for SAP from the corporate strategy perspective. Before his role as Head of SLN, he was SVP in SAP’s breakthrough innovation group and the President of SAP Labs India. He helped establish this largest R&D Hub of SAP outside of Germany in Bangalore by growing it constantly to its current strength of 10,000+ talented engineers, responsible for various products and solutions of SAP.

Neumann is recognized for his business achievements in Asia, evident through his many invitations to join high-level business circles and associations. At present, he serves as Chairperson of the German Chamber of Commerce East China, the Vice Chairman of the Board and Member of the Steering Committee in the East Asian Association (OAV), and a Board Member of the Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC). Furthermore, he co-authored several books and articles on innovation and business practice in emerging markets. Neumann speaks regularly at major conferences (e.g. World Economic Forum, China International Import Expo, Asia Berlin Summit) and top universities, such as Tsinghua University, Tongji University, San Jose State University, Seoul National University etc.

Neumann holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration from École des Ponts Paris Tech Business School in France, and an MBA degree from INSEAD, Fontainbleau, and Singapore. Neumann has been appointed as the Adjunct Professor of Tongji University and School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology.

He lives with his family in Shanghai, China.

Event details

Date: May 7, 2024
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: AC3-115, CEIBS Shanghai Campus, 699 Hongfeng Road, Pudong, Shanghai, China
Language: English
Event Format: Offline

Agenda:
18:30-18:35   Opening Address & Introduction
18:35-19:35   Speech by Dr. Clas Neumann, Senior Vice President, Head of Global SAP Labs Network
19:35-20:00   Q&A
20:00-20:15   Networking

Contact/Registration: To register, click the link below, contact Ms. Frieda Wang at execforum@ceibs.edu, or call +86-21-28905310 for more information.

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