In this episode, our host Karsten Hohage talks with our guest Sonja Liénard about ABAP, collaboration with the Eclipse Foundation, and Open Source in general.
Guests:

Sonja Liénard
Sonja Liénard is Senior Vice President and Head of ABAP Platform at SAP SE. In her role, she leads a global engineering organization and defines the long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap of the ABAP platform in multiple areas such as Generative Artificial Intelligence, ABAP Cloud, ABAP Platform Infrastructure, and Custom Code Transformation for SAP’s Clean Core strategy.
Follow Sonja on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonjalienard/
Show Notes:
- SAP Help Portal | ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse
- SAP Learning | Learn the Basics of ABAP Programming on SAP BTP
- The Open Source Way | License Compliance – From risks to developer friendly processes
- The Open Source Way | Rust – A Language on the Rise
- The Open Source Way | Eclipse Dirigible – An Open-Source Platform for End-To-End Rapid Development of Business Applications
- SAP Open Source Program Office
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Host:
Karsten Hohage – Product Expert in Technology and Innovation (T&I)

Follow Karsten on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karsten-hohage-0180312/