Australian Oracle User Group eBulletin

AUSOUG in collaboration with the OAUG bring you the biggest names in the independent Oracle community, with:

Rich Niemiec, Chief Executive Officer of TUSC and author of Oracle Press Oracle Performance Tuning and many others
Tom Kyte, (ASK TOM) Senior Technical Architect in Oracle's Server Technology Division
Ray Payne, John Hopkins University and OAUG Board Member
Dr Timothy S. Hall, Oracle ACE of the Year 2006, Oracle Magazine Editors Choice Awards
Conner Mc Donald, UKOUG Speaker of the year 2005, AUSOUG WA speaker of the year 2007
Dennis Remmer, Oracle ACE Director
Roland Slee, Vice President Fusion Middleware Sales Asia Pacific

and many more.

This year’s conference will provide you with opportunities for you to increase your knowledge on

Database Administration
Oracle Developer Technologies
E-Business suite best practice usage and administrator
Siebel and Hyperion solutions and benefits
and to ensure your organisation optimises its investment today and tomorrow

Top Ten Reasons why you can't afford to miss the Oracle with 20:20 Foresight Conferences in 2008:

Opportunity to network with over 1,000 attendees representing the leading organisations from across Asia Pac and learn from their experiences of working with DBA, Developer, of E-Business suite, Siebel and Hyperion solutions.
Gain insight into Oracle’s vision and strategy.
Spend time with leading experts and proponents to help maximise your investment in your existing and future infrastructure.
Learn about the key industry trends and dynamics in the Asia Pac region.
Seize the opportunity to meet with Oracle executives and vendors.
Grow your technical skills through the education, hands-on labs, and in depth presentations that will be available throughout the event.
Do even more with what you already have. Learn how to maximise the value of your existing investments.
Learn about new features that increase ROI.
Bring information and copies of presentations for others in your organisation, i.e. DBAs or developers.
Oracle Corporation has proved that members of user groups make fewer calls to Metalink than non-members. One of the reasons is that the members get to network with other users and learn about real life implementations.

AUSOUG Conferences have been cited as one of the most cost-effective ways to gain the tools and knowledge you need to meet the changing demands of information technology. You'll pay a reasonable amount for intensive education, unlike any offered within the industry, and you'll garner a tangible, immediate return on your investment.

In addition to the direct savings on education, conference attendees make professional contacts that they can consult long after the conference ends. They have direct access to Oracle managers. The conference offers an opportunity to talk one-on-one with industry vendors who provide the latest products and services. This means attendees return to the office with real-time solutions that can be implemented immediately - without wasting countless hours in independent research.

As in previous years AUSOUG and the OAUG have attracted a number of high profile speakers both from Australia and around the World and this year won’t be any different.

We are already pleased to announce that three highly respected and recognized Oracle experts will present on the Gold Coast - Tom Kyte, Rich Niemiec and Dr Tim S. Hall

Tom Kyte is a Senior Technical Architect in Oracle's Server Technology Division. Tom is the Tom behind the AskTom column in Oracle Magazine, answering people's questions about the Oracle database and its tools (http://asktom.oracle.com).

He is also the author of several books on Oracle including Expert Oracle Database Architecture, Effective Oracle by Design and Expert One on One Oracle.

Richard J. Niemiec is Chief Executive Officer of TUSC, an Inc. 500 full-service consulting and training company specializing in Oracle technology.

Rich has been named by Oracle Corporation as an Oracle Certified Master - one of only six originally so recognized around the world.

He is the former president of the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) and president of the Midwest Oracle Users Group.

Rich has been named the Top Speaker of the IOUG Conference five times and is a member of the Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame.

Dr Timothy S. Hall is an Oracle Certified Professional DBA (7, 8, 8i, 9i, 10g), Oracle ACE Director and was chosen as Oracle ACE of the Year 2006 by Oracle Magazine Editors Choice Awards. He has been involved in DBA, design and development work with Oracle databases since graduating from university in 1994 with a PhD in Molecular Genetics.

He has gained a wide knowledge of the Oracle software stack and has worked as a consultant for several multi-national companies on projects ranging from real-time control systems to OLTP web applications. Since 2000 he has published over 300 articles on his website (www.oracle-base.com) covering a wide range of Oracle features.

He is the author of 300+ articles (ORACLE-BASE.com) 2000 - Present; Oracle PL/SQL Tuning (Rampant TechPress) 2006; Using PL/SQL Arrays for Lookup Tables (IOUG SELECT Journal) 2005; and Oracle Job Scheduling (Rampant TechPress) 2005.

These are only three of many who have been invited to present this year. Others will be confirmed over the next couple of weeks so keep visiting the conference website www.ausoug.org.au/2020 for all the latest updates.

Your can register NOW for the Oracle with 20:20 Foresight National Conference Series 2008 by visiting the conference website www.ausoug.org.au/2020

A Super Early Bird Registration fee that will save you almost $150 is available until 25 July. To register for this rate simply download and complete the Registration Form linked to the Registration page of the website before the deadline. The online registration facility will be available very soon. You will be advised when that happens.

All delegates must be current financial members of AUSOUG or OAUG. The Non-Member Registration Fee includes 12 months Individual Membership of AUSOUG. Other Membership options can be obtained from the AUSOUG Secretariat at membership@ausoug.org.au or call +61 (0) 7 3352 3250.

PRIZES

2008 Scholarship Award
All fully paid delegates will be in the draw to be awarded a scholarship to attend either the UKOUG 2009 Conference or Collaborate09. Two winners are chosen at random from the list of delegates of both Conferences by a member of the AUSOUG Executive and scrutinized by another Executive member, immediately on conclusion of the Conference Series. The Scholarship Award will be announced at the last session of the second day of the Gold Coast conference.

AUSOUG has secured Conference rates for attendees of the Gold Coast Conference at the Conrad Jupiters (the conference venue). A large selection of other nearby accommodation properties is available through the services of Corporate Travel Management. All hotel bookings including with Conrad Jupiters can be made by contacting groups@travelctm.com.

A travel booking service is also attached for your convenience by contacting groups@travelctm.com.

Please visit the conference website Accommodation and Travel page on www.ausoug.org.au/2020 for full particulars.

PRE AND POST ACTIVITIES ON THE GOLD COAST

There is plenty to do and see on the Gold Coast, from daytime adventure tours and fantastic shopping to the theme parks - Movie World, Seaworld, Dreamworld and Wet'n'Wild or Paradise Country Aussie Farm Tour - each of which is full day on its. In the evenings you can enjoy dining out or visiting the theatre or one of the many night-clubs in the area, or enjoy the Australian Outback Spectacular. Visit www.verygc.com for all the latest deals and attractions. WHY NOT BRING THE FAMILY AND STAY A LITTLE LONGER?

25% DISCOUNT VOUCHER
Warner Village Theme Parks – Warner Bros. Movie World, Sea World, and Wet'n'Wild Water World - is offering all conference participants a 25% discount for any of their theme parks during your stay on the Gold Coast.

Discount Vouchers will be distributed to all participants of the Gold Coast conference on registration. Or call Burke on 0406 420 016 or email gm@ausoug.org.au and ask for one to be sent to you.

Scared of JDeveloper because you don't know Java, but worried you'll miss the boat in developing Oracle web applications with Oracle's tool of choice for Fusion development?

In 2008 the Australian Oracle User Group in conjunction with the Oracle Applications User Group and leading Practitioners and Educators in Fusion Applications and Middleware area has been running a series of workshops around Australia to educate members on Fusion.

This series, sponsored by the Oracle Technology Network, and presented by Oracle ACE Director Chris Muir, will introduce you to simplicity of web development with the latest 11g Technical Preview version of JDeveloper, without writing a single line of Java!"

Agenda

The JDeveloper workshop will be split into morning and afternoon sessions:

Morning session:

Introduction to JDeveloper and the Application Development Framework (ADF)
JDeveloper installation and creating a database connection
Explanation and demonstration of creating an application workspace and projects
Explanations of ADF Business Component theory
Using the ADF Business Components from Table wizard
Adding Entity Object business default values, formatting and validation rules
Adding View Object SQL calculated attributes and bind variables

Afternoon session:

Introduction and explanation of ADF Faces and the binding layer
Creating JavaServer Faces web pages, read only tables, editable input forms and master-detail pages
Implementing page navigation rules
Enhancing your web pages

The final in this successful roadshow will be held on the Gold Coast - Wednesday 15 October 2008 9am - 5pm at Crowne Plaza Surfers Paradise, Waratah Room, 2807 Gold Coast Highway, Surfers Paradise, Queensland. This workshop will be held in conjunction with the Oracle with 20:20 Foresight conference. You can register separately and it is not included in the Conference fee.

Full details and registrations can be found by clicking onto REGISTER NOW. Places are limited as it is a workshop.

Do you have a user experience you can share? Be part of your community and present your story at Oracle with 20:20 Foresight - the National Conference Series 2008, being held in Perth 6-7 October and Gold Coast 13-14 October. All users and suppliers of Oracle related products and services are now invited to submit papers for presentation. The theme for 2008 is "Oracle Software from a User's Perspective".

Speaker Guidelines and the Abstract Submission form are linked to the Speaker & Abstracts page of the website www.ausoug.org.au/2020/speakers.html. Please submit your papers manually as the Online Abstract Submission facility is not yet available.

To help ensure that the Conference Series is promoted even more widely and to ensure an even greater attendance we ask for your assistance by encouraging your colleagues, clients and suppliers to submit a paper or to attend. Please feel free to send the linked Call for Papers Postcard to your colleagues and clients.

Topics we are particularly interested in hearing from this year, but not limited to:

Database
Developer; Forms, JDeveloper, J2EE, JSF, XML, Web Services, BPEL, SOA, Hubs, .Net, and Fusion Middleware
App's; all incl GL, AR, AP, HR, Payroll, CRM
Higher Education
Spatial
Oracle eBusiness suite, Seibel and Retek, HR Management
Hyperion
Tools & Security

So if you have a presentation that relates to any of these topics we want to hear from you.

AUSOUG and OAUG offers product and service Vendors a range of excellent marketing opportunities to partner with the Group for its annual program of events and services. The Partner Care Program is recognised for providing exceptional value in gaining unified access to the entire national AUSOUG/OAUG community and its associated network throughout the Region

Apart from the range of Partnership opportunities, we are also offering a trade exhibition in both Perth and Gold Coast — particularly for those vendors interested in marketing their products and services directly to the Australian Oracle community.

Please contact the conference manager at gm@ausoug.org.au if you would like to participate in 2008, or to find out more.

2008 PARTNERS

AUSOUG is proudly supported by its National and State Partners. Please support our Partners as they support our User Group.

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