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jack.flynn
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August 25, 2008 11:55 AM
Get to Know Them with a Quick Q&A
 Our first annual Suggest a Session program not only produced more than 20 outstanding sessions for Oracle OpenWorld, it also provided fodder for some of our most popular posts. (See the Sessions & Content category.) In the spirit of "give the people what they want," we've tracked down the program winners in order to keep the spotlight shining.
We asked our winners three questions that gave them the opportunity to describe their sessions and share their advice for getting the most out of Oracle OpenWorld:
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
We'll post the answers as we get them. Find them easily by looking for the "Suggest a Session Winner" medallion at the top of the post. Or check the Session Winners category to view the collected wisdom in one place.
By
jack.flynn
on
August 26, 2008 10:02 AM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. The hidden secrets for Oracle power utilities to improve performance and availability.
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. Data Guard technology with Oracle Database 11 g. To obtain hands-on experience.
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
1. Take good notes.
2. Network with colleagues at the conference to share knowledge and ideas.
3. Find sessions that will benefit you and your company with new skills on Oracle.
Find Ben online:
Oracle Mix Profile
Database Wizard Blog
LinkedIn
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By
jack.flynn
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August 27, 2008 11:55 AM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. Looking forward to presenting about Oracle Business Intelligence on the first day of the 2008 Oracle Open World Conference in San Francisco
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
1. Actively participate in as many presentations as possible.
2. Introduce yourself to others throughout the conference.
3. Relax and have fun!!!
Find Adam online:
Oracle Mix Profile
LinkedIn
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By
jack.flynn
on
August 29, 2008 9:52 AM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. Be a good community contributor, or at least a better one, by checking out this session on being or becoming an Oracle ACE! #awesome
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. Not to miss: Under the Hood of Oracle Clusterware (Alex Gorbachev, Sunday IOUG Forum). Alex is a serious technician and a very smart guy who always tells me things that I didn't know before, even if I thought I knew "enough" already. Plus, his Russian/German/Canadian accent is interesting :).
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
1. Wear comfortable shoes.
2. Take all the heavy stuff out of the bag you carry around with you all day (you don't really need that folder or book with you all day, do you?).
3. If you aren't dehydrated by the end of the day, then you probably haven't been talking to enough people (or possibly you've been drinking enough water)!
Find Dan online:
Oracle Mix Profile
Dan's Blog
LinkedIn
Twitter
Facebook
FriendFeed
OracleCommunity
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jack.flynn
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September 2, 2008 11:11 AM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. Being an author of many automation utilities(written in Shell scripting), I am going to share my experiences on how to exploit Shell scripting to look like a star DBA
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. Oracle Virtual Machine. Because VM’s the next wave.
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
1. Decide on major areas you are interested in, and plan to attend all the sessions in that area.
2. Have alternate sessions ready, in case you find a session that is interesting.
3. This is the place to network. Meet as many new folks as possible.
Find Sreekanth online:
Oracle Mix Profile
LinkedIn
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jack.flynn
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September 2, 2008 11:16 AM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. I'm giving a presentation regarding the Forms Modernization path where an existing Oracle Forms Application is integrated with a SOA Environment by upgrading to WebForms and integrating with Web services
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. ADF methodology workgroup, (unconference session), because through an initiative of the ACEs we will try to encompass all the questions which were raised on forums, blogs, etc. regarding ADF, BC4J, ADF Faces, etc. A methodology for the masses.
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
1. Go to the No Slide Zone and Unconference sessions—really interesting and low-level approach.
2. Mingle with other people and network a lot; don't hesitate to ask questions.
3. And of course to party ;o))
Find Nathalie online:
Oracle Mix Profile
iAdvise Blog
LinkedIn
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By
jack.flynn
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September 3, 2008 12:55 PM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. Visit session S301752 on how to use APEX for building a real application with a Forms-like user experience
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. Security: Writing Custom Authentication Schemes for Oracle Application Express (S301630) by Raj Mattamal. First, because the content is very interesting, and second because Raj is an unbelievably energetic presenter (during the presentation you’ll wonder if he can hold on to his speed), bringing his message while jumping around. I’ve seen this presentation during ODTUG 2008 and it was great!!
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
1. Don’t fill your content schedule to the max. If you do, you will be able to attend 25 sessions or so, but still miss 1675 others… It’s better to take some time walk around Moscone, visit the OTN lounge, go to an Unconference session, talk to the ACE’s and other presenters.
2. Don’t waste your time collecting swag in the Exhibition Area. Focus on the interesting exhibitors and Oracle DEMOground, and spend some time there.
3. Take some time to visit the city: Fisherman’s Warf, Alcatraz (book tickets beforehand), bike the bridge, etc. SF is great!
Find Roel online:
Oracle Mix Profile
Roels Blog
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By
jack.flynn
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September 4, 2008 11:58 AM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. "K.I.S.S." is a mantra close to many programmers hearts. Without
adopting SOA\BPEL or the complication of Java or OAS, come see how to
consume and publish Web services from an Oracle database.
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. Mastering Oracle Application Development Framework Task Flows (S298709). Why? Task flows introduce Web development to a radical and extreme reuse direction that Oracle developers have not been before.
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
Network, network, and network. You'll meet some of the top Oracle experts from around the world who are keen to chat with you about anything Oracle.
Find Chris online:
Oracle Mix Profile
One Size Doesn’t Fit All Blog
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By
jack.flynn
on
September 8, 2008 9:45 AM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. This talk describes an APEX scientific application that makes genetic calls
on samples and summarizes how we validate the software following FDA
guidelines
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. Most of the APEX sessions; but especially Analyze Your PL/SQL Code with Oracle Application Express and DBMS_PROFILER, because both APEX and tracking down performance bottlenecks have been a large part of my DBA/Development work.
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
Check out the Oracle APEX BLOGS and Forums and podcasts.
Find Deb online:
Oracle Mix Profile
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By
jack.flynn
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September 8, 2008 9:52 AM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. Learn about the fastest way to perform search, get introduced to RSS, slice and dice feeds using Yahoo pipes and Dapper, and more fun stuff
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. Oracle ACE Director Birds-of-a-Feather Tips and Techniques Panel, session #300480. Even if I was not on this session's panel of speakers, I would still not miss it. The session will have less PowerPoint and more interaction between audience and speakers. I like that.
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
1. Use Schedule Builder to plan your sessions.
2. Follow Oracle related blogs, http://OraNA.info for example, to get a wider coverage of the latest happenings before, during, and after the conference.
3. Finally, and most importantly: have fun :)
Find Eddie online:
Oracle Mix Profile
OracleCommunity
Eddie Awad's Blog
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By
jack.flynn
on
September 9, 2008 10:18 AM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. This presentation walks through many of the considerations when assembling custom authentication schemes in Oracle Application Express.
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. Carl Backstrom's Web 2.0 session on Monday.
Find Raj online:
Oracle Mix Profile
LinkedIn
Niantic Systems
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By
jack.flynn
on
September 9, 2008 10:22 AM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. PL/SQL programs running too slow? Let Oracle APEX come to the rescue!
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. Oracle Application Express and Oracle XML Database: A Match Made in the Database (S298825).
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
1. Enjoy your stay in San Francisco; there are a lot of places deserving a visit.
2. Exploit the opportunity to finally meet "real" people.
3. Tighten the relationships with friends, and don't speak Oralclese all the time!
Find Flavio online:
Oracle Mix Profile
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By
jack.flynn
on
September 10, 2008 3:42 PM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. We Make Treasury and Capital Markets Easy! We Are Real!
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. I will not miss the other three Metaformers sessions. Also, the other Treasury session should be an interesting contrast showing all the various permutations and levels of difficulty.
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
1. You know the concepts already; it’s just learning new vocabulary along with mixing and matching the pieces.
2. Take what you need and leave the rest. Keep it simple.
3. Learn to be friends with your capital markets instruments. They are much less scary when you know them well.
Find Jeannine online:
Oracle Mix Profile
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By
jack.flynn
on
September 10, 2008 3:47 PM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. Developing a screen with ease like MS Access and the power of Oracle Forms is a great tool. But integrating it to E-Business Suite for extending Oracle Applications is every user’s and developer’s dream.
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. How to Hack an Oracle Application Express Application. Now that we are live with Oracle APEX in production with Oracle E-Business Suite, it will be good to know how to secure them further.
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
1. Fill out content online. Good sessions get filled up and registering soon does help at times.
2. Have alternate sessions always. Sometimes paper is not what you expected and you can still switch.
3. Spend enough time at the demo area. You not only see products but also get to meet developers who really know the product.
Find Haseeb M.A. online:
Oracle Mix Profile
LinkedIn
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By
jack.flynn
on
September 11, 2008 12:25 PM
Q. If you were going to Twitter a friend about your presentation, how would you describe it in 140 characters or fewer?
A. At OOW on Tues I'll be showing how to hack your html apps. You might want to stop by so I can also show you how to fix them.
Q. What's the one session you're not going to miss (other than your own, of course), and why?
A. If it did not conflict with another session I'm doing, it would be Tom Kyte's All About Encryption (S299299).
Q. What are your top three tips or tricks for attendees?
1. Meet experts in your area of interest.
2. Get their cards.
3. Send them a note right away.
Find Anton online:
Oracle Mix Profile
C2 Consulting
Anton Nielsen BLOG
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