Connect 2018

Melbourne

The Connect 2018 Melbourne Conference is packed with amazing domestic and international speakers delivering papers on a wide range of topics to ensure there’s something for almost every Oracle profession – the Melbourne conference schedule and speaker list are given below. We also have a great mix of businesses coming along to show case their products and services and to talk to you about the challenges and opportunities you’re facing as an IT professional in the Oracle arena. Tickets to the event are now available to buy on-line using the links further down this page.

Date

21st November, 2018

Time

8:00am – 6:30pm

Venue

Sheraton Hotel
27 Little Collins Street
Melbourne
VIC 3000

(03) 9290 1000

Melbourne Floor Plan
The Trade Exhibition will be held in Ballroom 2 from 8.00am to 6.30pm and all catering will take place in this area. The Networking Drinks will be held at the end of the day from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, again, in Ballroom 2.

Conference App

You can use our custom mobile app to record the your scores of this year’s presentations. Simply click on the orange icon above.

Schedule

The following graphic shows the current schedule for Connect 2018 in Melbourne. As you can see, the day will be split into four streams; with each stream focusing on a different technology area. To finish the day, a networking event will give you the opportunity to connect with peers, speakers and vendors.

Time

Ballroom 2

Monash Room 1

Monash Room 2

Parliament Boardroom

8:00 - 8:30

Registration

Pre-Function Area

8:30 - 8:45

Connect 2018 Conference Series Welcome

Ballroom 2

8:45 - 9:30

Databases of the Future

CTO

dbKoda.com

New Frontiers - AI Powered Conversational Interfaces aka Chatbots

Principal Solution Engineer

Oracle

Oracle E-Business Suite Strategy and Roadmap

Vice President – Product Strategy Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle

Q & A Session

Oracle Autonomous Health and Machine Learning

9.45 - 10:30

Introducing new AIOps Innovations in Oracle 19c Autonomous Health Framework

VP – Oracle Autonomous Health and Machine Learning

Oracle

Oracle Low Code Lowdown: APEX vs. Visual Builder, Which is Best For You?

Director

TH Technology, USA

Running Your E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Why, What & How?

Vice President – Product Strategy Oracle E-Business Suite

Oracle

Q & A Session

huettermann.net, Germany

10:30 - 11:00

Morning Tea

Ballroom 1

11:00 - 11:45

Discover Machine Learning and ADWC - The Perfect Combination

Director of Innovation

Data Intensity

The Fast Lane to Database Success

Developer Advocate Oracle

The Business Case for Oracle Analytics Cloud

Pratice Manager

PrimeQ

Q & A Session

Director

TH Technology, USA

12:00 - 12:45

Simplifying Oracle on Pure Storage

Head of Solutions Architecture, Databases APJ

Pure Storage

Analytic Views: Worth IT When and Where

Director

TH Technology, USA

Find out how to bring your own OBIEE licenses and uncover a Better world of Big Data, Machine Learning in the Oracle Analytics Cloud

Solution Director

DXC Red Rock

Q & A Session

Principal Consultant

Cybercom Sweden

12:45 - 1:30

Lunch

Ballroom 1

1:30 - 2:15

Turbocharge Analytical and OLTP workloads with Oracle Database In-Memory 18c

Head of Solutions Architecture, Databases APJ

Pure Storage

A Gentle Introduction to Polymorphic Table Functions

APEX expert

APEX R&D

Learn how James Avery saved nearly a Million Dollars with simple process changes

more4Apps

50 Shades of Data - how, when and why Big, Relational, NoSQL, Elastic, Graph, Event

Solution Architect & CTO

AMIS, Netherlands

2:30 - 3:15

Does de-duplicated backup simplify backup strategies and make it efficient?

Principal System Engineer

Dell-EMC

The Art of Intelligence Introduction Machine Learning for Oracle Professionals

Solution Architect & CTO

AMIS, Netherlands

A best practice strategy for moving to the Cloud

Director, Cloud Applications

Certus APAC

Building a Datalake

Oracle Consultant & Blogger

3:15 - 3:45

Afternoon Tea

Ballroom 1

3:45 - 4:30

Top Oracle features for AWS Cloud

Partner Solutions Architect AWS

12c Release 2 and 18c - New Indexing Related Features

Director & Principal Consultant

Smart businesses are choosing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to run their enterprise workloads

Head of Digital Technologies

DXC Red Rock

Serverless Java

Principal Consultant

Cybercom Sweden

4:45 - 5:30

Database Upgrades and What to Expect of the Optimiser

Developer Advocate

Oracle

Interactive Grid: Beyond the Basics

Director TH Technology, USA

Bringing Real World Data into Healthcare Practice

Principal Healthcare Solutions Consutant Oracle

SQLdb360: The NextGen of Performance Diagnostics replacing SQLHC and SQLTXPLAIN?

Data Analytics Manager

NAB

5:30 - 5:45

Connect 2018 Conference Series Wrap-Up

Ballroom 2

5:45 - 6:30

Prescience Technology Networking Hour

Ballroom 1

Tickets

If you’d like to attend this year’s Melbourne conference, you can purchase tickets online by selecting one of the following options – unfortunately, early bird discounts are no longer available. Please note, that when purchasing tickets, you must be logged in to your AUSOUG account to receive member pricing.

Student

$ 79
  • 32 Speakers
  • 4 Streams
  • Database / Technology Development / FMW Cloud Applications & BI Emerging Technologies
  • Industry Exhibitors
  • Lunch & Refreshments

Member

$ 229
  • 32 Speakers
  • 4 Streams
  • Database / Technology Development / FMW Cloud Applications & BI Emerging Technologies
  • Industry Exhibitors
  • Lunch & Refreshments

Non-Member

$ 349
  • 32 Speakers
  • 4 Streams
  • Database / Technology Development / FMW Cloud Applications & BI Emerging Technologies
  • Industry Exhibitors
  • Lunch & Refreshments

Speakers

This year we’ve been able to secure some of the worlds best speakers to deliver a conference like no other. The confirmed speakers for the Melbourne conference are listed below. To find out more about each speaker, read the their bio and see what papers they will be presenting, simply click on the desired speaker.

Head of Solutions Architecture, Databases APJ

Pure Storage

VP - Oracle Autonomous Health and Machine Learning

Oracle Corporation

Product Manager Web Center Suite

Oracle Corporation

Data Analytics Manager

National Australia Bank

AUSOUG reserves the right to change speakers, events and/or session times, dates, prices and other details as deemed necessary.

Sponsors

We are proud to have the following sponsors for the Connect 2018 Melbourne Conference. We encourage you to engage with our sponsors at the event itself and to visit their websites to find out more about their products and services. Are you interested in becoming a sponsor for this event? If so, a limited number of event sponsorships are available to purchase online here.

Getting There

Airport

Melbourne Tullamarine Airport is approximately 35 minutes northwest of the city and can be easily accessed by car, taxi or bus.

Train Station

Parliament Railway Station is approximately 4 minutes walk away and Southern Cross Railway Station is approximately 20 minutes walk away.

Bus Station

Running between the airport and Southern Cross Station, Skybus departs daily every 10-15 minutes between the hours of 0600 – 0030 and every 30 minutes outside of this time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Parking

Running between the airport and Southern Cross Station, Skybus departs daily every 10-15 minutes between the hours of 0600 – 0030 and every 30 minutes outside of this time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Accommodation

Staying at the venue is a great way to get the most out of your conference and you will receive a competitive room rate by booking directly. Please contact hotel reservations on 03 9290 1000.