MUMBAI: SAP India, provider of business software solutions, has announced SAP Summit '05 - the largest business and technology summit in the country - being hosted by SAP for the second consecutive year in India.

The three-day Summit will be held from 7 June - 9 June at the Renaissance Hotel & Convention Centre in Mumbai.

The summit will offer a host of insightful keynote addresses, industry-specific conference sessions and a broad range of informative presentations, demos and panel discussions with SAP experts, customers and partners. The SAP Summit '05 would provide expert guidance, important networking opportunities and hands-on experience to SAP's business solutions that aim to shape the future of organizations.

The SAP Summit '05 is expected to attract more than 1,500 delegates comprising customers, partners and members of the SAP community from across the Indian subcontinent.

From Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Services Architecture (ESA), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and NetWeaver; the SAP Summit '05 will cover technologies and strategies that will help companies reduce time to market, get closer to customers and improve profitability. Participants at the Summit will also get an opportunity to interact with and learn from existing SAP customers.

Leading industry experts and senior executives from SAP will deliver keynotes at the summit, which include Léo Apotheker, Member of the Executive Board, SAP AG; Hans Peter Klaey, president & CEO SAP Asia and Alan Sedghi, managing director, SAP South Asia.