If you're building anything with AI, or planning to, you already know that the quality depends entirely on the data, context, and memory behind it. That's exactly what this year's SAP HANA Cloud track at TechEd is about.
SAP HANA Cloud isn't just keeping pace with the AI era. It's purpose-built for it. As the AI database at the heart of SAP Business Data Cloud, it's the layer that turns raw enterprise data into context-rich intelligence: the kind that agents can actually reason with, applications can trust, and businesses can act on. Vector search for semantic retrieval. Knowledge graphs for agent memory and reasoning. Tabular AI models that run predictions natively inside the database. Self-managing capabilities that reduce operational overhead. Multi-model architecture that handles whatever your data looks like.
In short: SAP HANA Cloud is the database that AI has been looking for. And at TechEd 2026, we're bringing the full package! The strategy, the roadmap, production-ready customer stories, and sessions where you roll up your sleeves and build!
Join us in Berlin, 27–29 October, or tune in virtually. We'd love to meet you!
Why this matters to you
If you're responsible for data strategy, cloud architecture, or AI-enabled applications, SAP HANA Cloud is a central component of SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Business AI Platform.
In 2026, the conversation is shifting. It's no longer just about “How do we add AI capabilities to our data platform?” but rather “How do we continue evolving our database as the native foundation that AI relies on?” This year's sessions explore that shift in depth, covering everything from SAP Agent Memory Service and tabular foundation models (including SAP-RPT-1) for on-the-fly predictions and forecasting, to vector engine innovations for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and semantic search, as well as architectural patterns for building agentic applications.
And it's not just theory. You'll hear directly from Carl Zeiss and Henkel. Two companies already running SAP HANA Cloud in production AI scenarios today.
Meet the experts and join our sessions (onsite in Berlin)
Strategy Talks — high-level direction, 25 minutes
ST106 — SAP HANA Cloud: The data foundation for contextualizing and reasoning
Tue 27 Oct, 15:30–16:15 CET · 🌐 And Streamed as part of Virtual TechEd
A clear-eyed look at where SAP is heading with SAP HANA Cloud — the unified layer to store, contextualize, and reason across your business — and what it means for your data platform decisions.
Speakers: Stefan Baeuerle, Matthew Zenus
ST107 — SAP HANA Cloud as the AI database for SAP Business Data Cloud
Thu 29 Oct, 09:00–09:45 CET
Strategy grounded in production reality. Discover the AI-first direction driving SAP HANA Cloud's roadmap and hear directly from Carl Zeiss on how it delivers in production today.
Speakers: Thomas Hammer · Customer: Kush Kashyap (Carl Zeiss)
ST108 — Build your custom knowledge layer with SAP HANA Cloud
Wed 28 Oct, 15:45–16:30 CET · 🌐 And Streamed as part of Virtual TechEd
AI without context is guesswork. SAP HANA Cloud's multi-model capabilities — including the knowledge graph engine — let you build a custom knowledge layer for your enterprise AI. Includes a real-world perspective from metaphacts, a Digital Science Solution.
Speakers: Niklas Siemer · Partner: Sebastian Schmidt (metaphacts)
Road Map Session — what's coming next, 25 minutes
DA807 — Road map for SAP HANA Cloud: What's next for the AI database
Wed 28 Oct, 12:45–13:30 CET
As a core component of SAP Business AI Platform, SAP HANA Cloud's roadmap carries real weight. Get a firsthand look at what's coming next — and what it means for your organization.
Speakers: Niklas Siemer, Thomas Hammer
Deep Dives — architecture-level detail, 45 minutes
DA204 — Unlock predictive and generative AI with your data in SAP HANA Cloud
Tue 27 Oct, 17:00–17:45 CET · 🌐 And Streamed as part of Virtual TechEd
The complete picture on SAP HANA Cloud's AI engine: tabular AI for predictions and forecasting, new vector engine innovations, knowledge graph capabilities for GenAI with deep business context, and SQL-to-LLM capabilities. Smarter, faster, more intelligent applications — built in.
Speakers: Christoph Morgen, Javier Martin
DA205 — Agentic memory: Knowledge graph engine and recall in SAP HANA Cloud
Tue 27 Oct, 14:00–14:45 CET
What does SAP HANA Cloud actually contribute to agentic applications? This session digs into the knowledge graph engine's role in agentic workflows, how to give your agents persistent memory and the ability to learn, and SAP AI Core integration that lets your database talk directly to LLMs and tabular foundation models including SAP-RPT-1.
Speakers: Markus Fath, Shraddha Shetty
DA206 — Agent-to-agent in action: SAP and Adobe CX Coworker at Henkel
Tue 27 Oct, 16:00–16:45 CET
Live from production. See how SAP data agents and SAP Business Data Cloud, working alongside Adobe CX Coworker, put trusted enterprise data directly in the hands of Henkel's marketing teams — enabling faster decisions across campaign planning, inventory-aware activation, and more. A real agent-to-agent scenario with real business outcomes.
Speakers: Thomas Hammer · Customers: Ankur Jain (Adobe), Ramalingam Ramani (Henkel)
DA112 — SAP HANA Cloud as a self-managed database: advisors and automation
Wed 28 Oct, 11:30–12:15 CET
How SAP HANA Cloud advisors generate recommendations to optimize performance and efficiency — and how SAP Automation Pilot automates manual administrative tasks. Less operational overhead, more resilience, more time for what matters.
Speakers: Javier Martin, Roman Belosludtsev
DA113 — Build AI agents and applications natively on SAP HANA Cloud
Wed 28 Oct, 13:30–14:15 CET · 🌐 And Streamed as part of Virtual TechEd
A deep dive into building intelligent, agentic applications on SAP Business AI Platform: SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP), SAP HANA Cloud vector engine, SAP AI Core integration, real architecture patterns, and lessons learned from production deployments.
Speakers: Shraddha Shetty, Christoph Morgen
DA114 — Modernize your database landscape with SAP HANA Cloud
Thu 29 Oct, 10:00–10:45 CET
The value case for database modernization, and the migration tools and services that make the journey practical and low-risk.
Speakers: Roman Belosludtsev, Niklas Siemer
Hands-On Workshops — bring your laptop, 2 hours
Note: Hands-on lab seats are limited. Register early.
DA163 — SAP HANA Cloud advisors and automation
Tue 27 Oct, 11:00–13:00 CET
Get hands on with SAP HANA Cloud advisors — elastic compute node, partition, index, and native storage extension advisors — and the SAP Automation Pilot service. Learn to free up your IT teams for more strategic work.
Speakers: Javier Martin, Hansika Colomboge Dona, Hui Li, Roman Belosludtsev
DA262 — Get hands on with tabular AI and forecasting models in SAP HANA Cloud
Wed 28 Oct, 10:30–12:30 CET
Work directly with SAP HANA Cloud's newest AI capabilities: on-the-fly predictions using tabular AI models including SAP-RPT-1, ad hoc forecasting using time series foundation models, and AutoML from the predictive analysis library for SAP HANA.
Speakers: Christoph Morgen, Markus Fath, Ritty Joseph, Tanuja Jadhav
DA263 — Knowledge graph and agent memory: Build an agent that remembers
Wed 28 Oct, 15:30–17:30 CET
Hands on with agentic memory. Learn how the knowledge graph engine powers agentic workflows, how to let your agent learn and recall over time, and how SAP AI Core integration connects your database to LLMs and tabular foundation models.
Speakers: Markus Fath, Thomas Hammer, Jan Zwickel, Christoph Morgen
DA164 — Building agentic applications with SAP HANA Cloud
Thu 29 Oct, 09:00–11:00 CET
Build and extend a real CAP application with semantic search and LLM-supported agent capabilities. A practical workshop covering SAP CAP, SAP HANA Cloud vector engine, and SAP AI Core integration — end to end.
Speakers: Shraddha Shetty, Hui Li, Ritty Joseph, Tanuja Jadhav
DA264 — Flexible analytics at speed: Calculation views in SAP Business Data Cloud
Thu 29 Oct, 11:30–13:30 CET
High-performance analytics with SAP HANA Cloud calculation views: AI-assisted modeling, refactoring, advanced materialization, and integration into the SAP Business Data Cloud solution.
Speakers: Jan Zwickel, Thomas Hammer, Niklas Siemer, Hansika Colomboge Dona
Tune in for our virtual sessions
Can't make it to Berlin? The following sessions stream live with hybrid Q&A for remote attendees:
- ST106 · Tue 27 Oct, 15:30 — SAP HANA Cloud: The data foundation for contextualizing and reasoning
- DA204 · Tue 27 Oct, 17:00 — Unlock predictive and generative AI with your data in SAP HANA Cloud
- DA113 · Wed 28 Oct, 13:30 — Build AI agents and applications natively on SAP HANA Cloud
- ST108 · Wed 28 Oct, 15:45 — Build your custom knowledge layer with SAP HANA Cloud
Who you'll meet
You will hear directly from experts of our SAP HANA Cloud team and from customers running SAP HANA Cloud in production AI scenarios today: Carl Zeiss and Henkel are both featured this year.
Bring your toughest questions. These sessions are built for real dialogue and practical guidance. And if you stop by the D&A Ask the Experts Booth in Hall 3.2 (open Tue–Thu), Martin Kittel and the team are there to dig into whatever's on your mind.
How to be part of TechEd?
Register now through the SAP TechEd registration page and add the SAP HANA Cloud sessions to your agenda. If you want a hands-on slot, don't wait — those fill up fast!
See you in Berlin, or virtually! 🫶
