全球化不是一个新现象，在人类历史上，人们对美好事物的追求一直在刺激着全球化——人口流动、贸易和文化交流。新的全球化浪潮再次向我们袭来，虽然通信速度已经达到了物理极限，但数据量仍在增长。新技术使机器成为全球通信的一部分，再次改变了全球化的规则，并定义了新一代的全球化。下一个全球化时代将由以下因素决定：文化、技术和法规。而超级连接性导致新的商业模式，云计算、人工智能、区块链和其他技术使连接达到了一个新的水平，速度、效率、经验都有了极大的提高。

全球化远远超出了全球产品和服务的范畴，而亚洲在全球化中的角色正在改变，特别是中国在全球GDP中的份额无疑在增加，作用也将进一步增加。作为创新的伙伴，塑造游戏规则，并更深入地融入全球价值链中。在此过程中我们势必要面对一系列的挑战：文化融化，技术发展，政策法规。而只有我们携手共建，才可以完成共同建设新的全球世界的目标。

本次活动邀请到SAP全球高级副总裁Clas Neumann先生，为同学们带来一场题为“塑造我们在新全球化时代的成长”的讲座。

注：本次讲座为校内线下讲座，仅限校内师生参加

主讲人简介

Clas Neumann

Senior Vice President, Head of Global SAP Labs Network

As the Head of Global SAP Labs Network (SLN), Neumann is leading the management and operation of 21 labs across the globe. Under his leadership, the SLN organization has grown significantly and is successfully running as the backbone of the entire R&D value chain in SAP. Today, SAP Labs is ranked among the best employers in most countries and has transformed its business to support global, innovative product development and local business growth alike.Being part of SAP’s Senior Executive Team, Neumann has a 25-year advantageous career in SAP. Neumann has spent years in the fast-growing markets to develop the organization, with more than 18 years in India and China. Neumann has played an instrumental role in SAP’s entry into China, later being considered as the second home for SAP from the corporate strategy perspective. Before his role as Head of SLN, he was the President of SAP Labs India. He held, in addition, the responsibility as Senior Vice President in Software Development with engineering teams in China, Germany, and India. He helped establish this largest R&D Hub of SAP outside of Germany in Bangalore by growing it constantly to its current strength of 10,000+ talented engineers, responsible for various products and solutions of SAP.

Neumann is recognized for his business achievements in Asia, evident through his many invitations to join high-level business circles and associations. At present, he serves as Chairperson of the German Chamber of Commerce East China, a spokesperson in the Asia Pacific Association of German Industries (APA), a board member in the East Asian Association (OAV), and a member of the Indo-German advisory council of the Prime Minister of India and the German Chancellor. Furthermore, he co-authored several books and articles on innovation and business practice in emerging markets.

Neumann holds a Diploma from the University of Applied Science in Ludwigshafen and an MBA degree from INSEAD, Fontainbleau, and Singapore. He lives with his wife and three children in Shanghai, China.