SAP Research - Systematic Thought Leadership for Innovative Business

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SAP Research -Systematic Thought Leadership for Innovative Business- is the research department of SAP, significantly contributing to SAP's product portfolio by identifying breakthrough innovation and conducting co-innovation with external partners and customers. SAP Research acts as SAP's IT trend scout, identifying emerging IT trends, researching and developing in strategically important SAP business areas, and leveraging entrepreneurial inventive talent.

SAP Research operates in Research Centres around the globe (11 sites across 4 Continents) allowing a close cooperation with local technology partners, partner universities or SAP development locations. SAP research centres and campus-based engineering centres study IT trends and deploy new technologies in real-life environments to determine their potential business value for SAP. As a result, SAP Research is able to introduce new technology and concepts for future solutions that will be strategically important to SAP and its customers.

Dr. Joachim Schaper is vice president EMEA at SAP Research. He oversees Research sites throughout Europe (Darmstadt, Dresden, Belfast, Karlsruhe, Pretoria, St. Gallen/Zurich and Sophia Antipolis) and has overall responsibility for six research programs. His current focus is on aligning the SAP Research strategy with the European Research strategy of DG Information Society and Media regarding FP6 (2003-2006) and FP7 (2007-2010). Joachim Schaper is a member of the advisory board of DFKI and FZI, as well as a member of the advisory group for IST and of various small and midsized businesses. He is also Mini-Track chair of the HICSS conference regarding "Next Generation Learning Platforms". Schaper holds a diploma in Computer Science and a PhD in Natural Sciences from the Technical University in Karlsruhe.