Episode 4: Quantum Computing with Laure Le Bars – The Future of ERP
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Quantum physics is the foundation of many modern technologies. Even though we are not realising it, quantum physics is a big part of our daily lives. Laure Le Bars, the president of the European Quantum Industry Consortium discusses quantum computing and its potential impact on business systems. Join us on the fourth episode of The Future of ERP podcast to discover the future of quantum computing!

Guest Speaker: Laure Le Bars, Research Project Director at SAP

Laure Le Bars coordinates a Quantum Computing initiative at SAP. She is member of the Governing Board and President of the European Quantum Industry Consortium, since February 2021 (QuIC). She works on several projects like Big Data Value Association (BDVA/DAIRO Board of Directors and Vice-President www.bdva.eu ), Smart Data Innovation Lab (deputy coordinator www.sdil.de), EIT Digital or Academy Cube. She was also involved in the French-German cooperation on Digital Economy.

Before that, she was SAP Labs Canada Managing Director since its inception in 1997 until 2008. In parallel, she conducted an analysis for a lab in Central & East Europe in 2004, established the lab in Budapest and was the Managing Director of SAP Labs Hungary until 2007. She joined SAP as a development consultant in Canada and in the US in 1995 and was responsible for establishing the Montreal Labs.

She won in 2007 the Stevie Award for Women in Business in category “Best executive–non-services-under 2500 employees”.

She was on the Industrial Advisory Board of SWEBOK (Software Engineering Body of Knowledge www.swebok.org), a joint initiative of IEEE Computer Society and UQAM to achieve international consensus on the body of knowledge in software engineering.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laure-le-bars-6aa596b/

Host: Richard Howells, VP Thought Leadership and Awareness at SAP

Richard Howells has been working in the supply chain management and manufacturing space for over 30 years. He is responsible for driving the thought leadership and awareness of SAP’s ERP, Finance, and Supply Chain solutions and is an active writer and thought leader on the topics of supply chain, industry 4.0, digitization, and sustainability.

SAP Community: https://people.sap.com/richard.howells#overview
Twitter: https://twitter.com/howellsrichard
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardjhowells/

Host: Oyku Ilgar, DSC Solution Marketing Specialist at SAP

Oyku Ilgar has been working in the digital supply chain area at SAP since 2017. As a marketer and blogger, she creates written and visual marketing content about ERP and Supply Chain solutions and focuses on the topics of business trends, IoT, Industry 4.0, and sustainability.

SAP Community: https://people.sap.com/oyku
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oykuilgar/

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Quantum physics is the foundation of many modern technologies. Even though we are not realising it, quantum physics is a big part of our daily lives. Laure Le Bars, the president of the European Quantum Industry Consortium discusses quantum computing and its potential impact on business systems. Join us on the fourth episode of The Future of ERP podcast to discover the future of quantum computing!

Guest Speaker: Laure Le Bars, Research Project Director at SAP

Laure Le Bars coordinates a Quantum Computing initiative at SAP. She is member of the Governing Board and President of the European Quantum Industry Consortium, since February 2021 (QuIC). She works on several projects like Big Data Value Association (BDVA/DAIRO Board of Directors and Vice-President www.bdva.eu ), Smart Data Innovation Lab (deputy coordinator www.sdil.de), EIT Digital or Academy Cube. She was also involved in the French-German cooperation on Digital Economy.

Before that, she was SAP Labs Canada Managing Director since its inception in 1997 until 2008. In parallel, she conducted an analysis for a lab in Central & East Europe in 2004, established the lab in Budapest and was the Managing Director of SAP Labs Hungary until 2007. She joined SAP as a development consultant in Canada and in the US in 1995 and was responsible for establishing the Montreal Labs.

She won in 2007 the Stevie Award for Women in Business in category “Best executive–non-services-under 2500 employees”.

She was on the Industrial Advisory Board of SWEBOK (Software Engineering Body of Knowledge www.swebok.org), a joint initiative of IEEE Computer Society and UQAM to achieve international consensus on the body of knowledge in software engineering.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laure-le-bars-6aa596b/

Host: Richard Howells, VP Thought Leadership and Awareness at SAP

Richard Howells has been working in the supply chain management and manufacturing space for over 30 years. He is responsible for driving the thought leadership and awareness of SAP’s ERP, Finance, and Supply Chain solutions and is an active writer and thought leader on the topics of supply chain, industry 4.0, digitization, and sustainability.

SAP Community: https://people.sap.com/richard.howells#overview
Twitter: https://twitter.com/howellsrichard
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardjhowells/

Host: Oyku Ilgar, DSC Solution Marketing Specialist at SAP

Oyku Ilgar has been working in the digital supply chain area at SAP since 2017. As a marketer and blogger, she creates written and visual marketing content about ERP and Supply Chain solutions and focuses on the topics of business trends, IoT, Industry 4.0, and sustainability.

SAP Community: https://people.sap.com/oyku
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oykuilgar/

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Blog posts:

Please give us a like, share, and subscribe to stay up-to-date on future episodes!