HERUG 2026

From 23 to 26 March 2026, VU Amsterdam will host HERUG 2026, bringing together business and IT professionals from universities worldwide that work with SAP. This multi-day event focuses on sharing insights, building connections, and creating an engaging conference experience.

HERUG: a global network for SAP in education & research

Across the three days, participants can expect real-life implementation cases from higher education institutions, the latest updates and perspectives from SAP, and plenty of opportunities to exchange ideas with peers from the SAP higher education community. For all event information and registration, please visit the official HERUG 2026 event page.

The Higher Education and Research User Group (HERUG) is an international community for educational and research institutions that actively use SAP solutions. HERUG creates a platform where members can learn from each other, connect with peers, and discuss best practices within the SAP higher education landscape. Through HERUG, members also gain direct access to SAP experts, product teams, and leadership, allowing them to stay informed about upcoming innovations and to contribute feedback that helps shape the future of SAP solutions for education and research.

On the agenda

SAP Cloud ERP, focusing on Grants and Budget (Funds) Management, combined with Flexso’s Research Management apps

Let's explore the capabilities of SAP Cloud ERP, focusing on Grants and Budget (Funds) Management, combined with Flexso’s Research Management apps, which significantly enhance the pre- and post-award process lifecycle. We will present and demonstrate how SAP Cloud ERP, and Flexso together, enables seamless integration of finance, procurement, and research project management, ensuring efficient handling of complex grant-funded projects. The session also includes a live demonstration of the system's features, Joule, analytics, reporting capabilities, etc., as well as insights into upcoming innovations planned for the next quarters.

Research management team collaboration & day-to-day research project follow up powered by SAP Event Mesh

We strongly believe integrations bring your research management business flows even more next level. We'll show how we integrated the Flexso Research Management Package using the power of the SAP Integration Suite and SAP Event Mesh with tools to support collaboration, project management, and day-to-day project follow-up.

• Learn how you can support your principal investigators and research teams themselves in their day to day project follow up & collaboration activities.
• Get insights in how to bring your decentral and central teams together by creating a shared environment to collaborate on the follow up of their projects and turn reactive measures into proactive insights & actions.
• Check out the example of how you can facilitate the work of your research facilitators and financial consultants by providing one integrated environment for them to manage their projects in direct contact with the PIs and project leaders.
• Explore the power of SAP Event Mesh and the full SAP Integration Suite.