The 2027 Imperative:
Modernization for Business Growth, Transformation & Continuity
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Overview
Organizations today are navigating a more demanding technology environment where maintaining
operational resilience while continuing to innovate has become a top priority for CIOs.
Ensuring the continuity of mission-critical enterprise systems is no longer just an IT objective. It is a business imperative. Enterprises are therefore rethinking the role of core enterprise applications. With SAP ECC support ending in 2027, organizations face a pivotal moment: whether to continue relying on legacy systems or modernize their SAP environments to support greater agility, reliability, and long-term business continuity. Migrating SAP systems to the cloud is increasingly being viewed as a strategic step toward strengthening resilience, improving disaster recovery capabilities, and ensuring
uninterrupted business operations.
IDC research reveals that more than 77% of organizations in Saudi Arabia consider themselves
digital businesses, where value creation is closely tied to digital technologies across processes,
products, services, and customer experiences. However, many enterprises still face challenges
navigating the complexity of SAP modernization, cloud migration, and integrating advanced cloud native capabilities into their enterprise environments. Modernizing SAP environments is therefore not only about enabling innovation. It is also about building resilient digital foundations that can support continuous operations, safeguard critical data, and respond quickly to disruption.
Join this exclusive virtual roundtable to hear from IDC and AWS experts on market insights, real-world experiences, and practical strategies for modernizing SAP in the cloud while strengthening enterprise resilience. This session will also provide an opportunity to exchange perspectives with peers and explore how organizations across the region are preparing their mission-critical SAP environments for a more resilient, cloud-enabled future.
Agenda
The 2027 Imperative:
One Day Event
Welcome Address
Uzair Mujtaba
Senior Research Manager, IDC
Scaling Cloud, AI, and Sovereign Readiness in Saudi Arabia
Saudi organizations are scaling cloud and AI investments, but execution gaps persist. This session examines what must change before 2027 across modernization, skills, sovereignty, and operating models to convert infrastructure growth into measurable business resilience and outcomes.
Uzair Mujtaba
Senior Research Manager, IDC
Cloud as the Platform for Modernization: Enabling Resilience, Agility, and Scale
CIOs are navigating a tougher tech landscape where resilience and innovation must move in lockstep—making system continuity a business-critical priority. With SAP ECC support ending in 2027, organizations face a defining choice: sustain legacy systems or modernize for greater agility and reliability. Cloud migration is emerging as the path forward, strengthening resilience, enabling robust disaster recovery, and ensuring uninterrupted operations.
Asif Mujawar
MENAT Specialist SA Leader, AWS
Modernizing Core Systems for Continuity and Resilience
Riccardo Giorgi
Director – RISE with SAP advisory EMEA, SAP
Transform to Compete: Unlocking Growth, Speed, and Continuity with SAP Cloud
Reda Diab
Director and Head of SAP Transformation Services, IBM Consulting
Open Discussion: From ECC to Cloud: Navigating SAP Modernization Complexities
Uzair Mujtaba
Senior Research Manager, IDC
Asif Mujawar
MENAT Specialist SA Leader, AWS
Reda Diab
Director and Head of SAP Transformation Services, IBM Consulting
Riccardo Giorgi
Director – RISE with SAP advisory EMEA, SAP
Summary & Closing Remarks
Speakers
Uzair Mujtaba
Senior Research Manager
IDC
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Uzair Mujtaba
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:40 am
Open Discussion: From ECC to Cloud: Navigating SAP Modernization Complexities
One Day Event 11:05 am
Scaling Cloud, AI, and Sovereign Readiness in Saudi Arabia
Saudi organizations are scaling cloud and AI investments, but execution gaps persist. This session examines what must change before 2027 across modernization, skills, sovereignty, and operating models to convert infrastructure growth into measurable business resilience and outcomes.
One Day Event 11:00 am
Welcome Address
Asif Mujawar
MENAT Specialist SA Leader
AWS
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Asif Mujawar
Asif Mujawar serves as the Head of Specialist Solutions Architecture for Data & AI, SAP, and Core Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey. With over two decades of industry experience, he has been instrumental in shaping the cloud and AI landscape for enterprises across the MENAT region.
Throughout his tenure, Mujawar has specialized in building high-performance technical teams and architecting complex solutions that bridge the gap between traditional infrastructure and cutting-edge innovation. He is recognized as an expert in Generative AI strategy, high-performance computing, and cost-efficient cloud migrations. By leveraging data-driven insights, he helps organizations scale their AI capabilities while optimizing for both performance and cost.
Mujawar frequently shares his expertise at major industry forums, such as the AWS Summit, providing practical frameworks for deploying production-ready AI and navigating the intersection of big data and cloud-native architecture.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:40 am
Open Discussion: From ECC to Cloud: Navigating SAP Modernization Complexities
One Day Event 11:15 am
Cloud as the Platform for Modernization: Enabling Resilience, Agility, and Scale
CIOs are navigating a tougher tech landscape where resilience and innovation must move in lockstep—making system continuity a business-critical priority. With SAP ECC support ending in 2027, organizations face a defining choice: sustain legacy systems or modernize for greater agility and reliability. Cloud migration is emerging as the path forward, strengthening resilience, enabling robust disaster recovery, and ensuring uninterrupted operations.
Reda Diab
Director and Head of SAP Transformation Services
IBM Consulting
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Reda Diab
Reda Diab leads SAP Transformation Services at IBM Consulting in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he drives large-scale digital transformation programs enabling organizations to evolve into intelligent, data-driven enterprises.
A strong advocate of the clean core and intelligent enterprise paradigm, Reda focuses on delivering transformation anchored in agility, analytics, assurance, and automation—empowering businesses with trusted data at cloud speed.
With over 25 years of experience, Reda has built an extensive track record across industries including Energy & Natural Resources (ENR), Engineering, Construction & Operations (EC&O), Public Sector, and Defense. Prior to IBM, he held key roles across leading consulting firms in the GCC, including Big Four organizations, advising clients on complex business and technology transformations.
Recognized for his deep expertise across SAP platforms and enterprise transformation, Reda has consistently served as a trusted advisor and transformation leader—establishing himself as a “lighthouse” within organizations navigating large-scale change.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:32 am
Transform to Compete: Unlocking Growth, Speed, and Continuity with SAP Cloud
One Day Event 11:40 am
Open Discussion: From ECC to Cloud: Navigating SAP Modernization Complexities
Riccardo Giorgi
Director – RISE with SAP advisory EMEA
SAP
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Riccardo Giorgi
Riccardo is part of the EMEA RISE with SAP Center of Excellence, supporting large enterprises transforming their businesses through the adoption of intelligent ERP platforms.
With more than 25 years of experience across Europe and Middle East, Riccardo has a strong background in cloud architectures and data management & analytics platforms, coupled with in-depth knowledge of Energy and Natural Resources, Banking and Public Sector industries.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:25 am
Modernizing Core Systems for Continuity and Resilience
One Day Event 11:40 am
Open Discussion: From ECC to Cloud: Navigating SAP Modernization Complexities
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