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SAMS UK 2026

Leading SAM conference for the UK enterprise market

About this event

The inaugural UK edition of the SAMS conference series, focused on software licence management, SaaS governance, and audit defence strategies for UK enterprises. Co-located with IT Asset Management Europe and the IT Procurement and Sourcing Summit as part of we.CONECT's ITAM event family. Confirmed speakers include Rachel Ryan of Danske Bank, Julia Veall of Vodafone, Scott Beasley of Danske Bank and Kirsty Killick of Sony Europe.

Who it's for

Software Asset ManagersFinOps/ITAM LeadsIT/Technology Procurement LeadersSAM Vendor Solution Providers

Genuinely useful for enterprise SAM, ITAM, procurement, and FinOps practitioners wanting peer case studies from Danske Bank, Vodafone, Sky UK, Mizuho, and Alliander, plus vendor briefings and cross-selling access via the co-located Procurement Summit. Not for smaller/SME buyers or non-European/non-UK audiences, attendee base skews heavily UK/EU enterprise.

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Speakers

RR
Rachel Ryan
First Vice President - Global Head of IT Asset Management
Danske Bank A/S
Customer
LS
Lauren Smith
Head of IT Asset Management
Mizuho EMEA
Customer
AM
Alicja Maliszewska
Technology Sourcing Digital License Specialist
Inter IKEA
Customer
DC
Donald Carrick
SRE FinOps Analyst
Sky UK
Customer
JV
Julia Veall
Senior Manager Asset Management
Vodafone Ltd
Customer
KK
Kirsty Killick
Procurement Category Manager IT & Telcos
Sony Europe Ltd
Customer
PL
Paulius Laurin
Head of Global SAM
Zürich
Customer
SB
Scott Beasley
Chief ITAM Manager
Danske Bank A/S
Customer
ZI
Zane Ikauniece
SAM Lead
GlobalConnect
Customer
RV
Rick Van Haaren
Product Owner Vendor Management Digitalisation
Alliander N.V.
Customer
JG
Jon Gill
VP EMEA
Spinnaker Support
Solution Study: Oracle, SAP and VMware support
AS
Alexander Schwarz
Senior Account Manager EMEA
Anglepoint
TO
Tom Olislagers
Presales Director EMEA/APAC
Origina
Solution Study: Digital Sovereignty
MT
Martin Tureniec
Enterprise Account Manager
Xensam AB
Tech Take: From Visibility to Clarity
SC
Shane Cronin
Head of FinOps & ITAM Services
SHI International Corp
Solution Study: From Cost Risk to Opportunity
MS
Myrja Schumacher
Senior SAP Product Manager
Dynamic License Control GmbH
Solution Study: SAM for SAP—From Chaos into Clarity
JK
Julian Kerber
Head of Production Smart Manufacturing/Digital Business Transformation
we.CONECT
Event Chair/Host
MV
Mikkel Veum-Sohoel
Senior Advisor
Sykehuspartner HF
Audit Debate: Managing Audit and Audit Readiness
MT
Melad Tashtezar
Global IT Asset Manager
On AG
Customer
HM
Harry McGuire
IT Service Manager
Matalan
Customer
RG
Rich Gibbons
Head of Microsoft Intelligence
Synyega
Consultant
IT
Isabella Tull
Director of EMEA
2Data
Consultant
CV
Craig Van der Velden
Global Head of Sales & Marketing
Livingstone
Vendor

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