Oracle APEX Nordic Tour 2024

The first-ever Oracle APEX Nordic tour took place in 2017, and this year, the tour is coming near to you again. Learn directly from the Oracle APEX Team, and other local APEX professionals about APEX AI Assistant, APEX 24.1 New Features, CI/CD, Oracle Forms Modernization and much more!

Schedule

This conference is organized by the Oracle User Groups in Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden:

APEX Sessions from the APEX Team

  • Low-Code, AI, and the Future of App Creation – Ashish Mohindroo, VP of Product Management

    The landscape of application development is undergoing a revolution with the rise of low-code platforms and the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI).  This keynote explores the latest innovations in these fields, including AI-powered application generation, Natural language to SQL conversion, Vector Search, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).  We’ll delve into the common use cases and how these advancements are breaking down traditional barriers, empowering anyone with a great idea to bring their vision to life, regardless of technical expertise.
     
  • Oracle APEX 24.1 New Features – Marc Sewtz, Senior Director, Software Development

    Oracle APEX 24.1 introduces a native AI-powered APEX Assistant, enabling natural language-based development of cloud and mobile apps. In this session, we’ll demonstrate this new AI Assistant and show how developers can create entire apps simply by using natural language prompts to specify desired capabilities and components, iterating easily through an intuitive conversational interface.

    We’ll also cover the integration with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Document Generation service, which enables high-fidelity report printing, and delve into further enhancements to the built-in Workflow functionality. Additionally, we’ll showcase new capabilities for team development with improvements to Working Copies and enhancements for large-scale application projects through advanced Template Components, Page Patterns, and updated item widgets.

  • Application Development Lifecycle Management with Oracle APEX – Marc Sewtz, Senior Director, Software Development 

    In this session, we’ll discuss application development lifecycle management and CI/CD integration with Oracle APEX. We’ll explore key capabilities such as Working Copies, automated backups, page locking, remote deployment to cloud and on-premises APEX instances, component export/import, and exporting applications in readable formats for easy version comparison. Additionally, we’ll cover the use of popular source control systems like Git and share best practices from the APEX development team, including feature-branch-based development, build automation, unit testing, and static code analysis.

  • Oracle Forms to Oracle APEX: Success Stories from Customers + Demo – Monica Godoy, Senior Principal Product Manager

    There are a number of advantages that makes Oracle APEX the clear platform of choice for easily transitioning Oracle Forms applications to modern web apps. In this session, you will learn the advantages, and similarities between Forms and APEX and why customers are selecting APEX as their primary platform to modernize legacy apps.  You will also watch a live demo on how you can modernize a sample forms app and  learn from customers success stories.

Please register in advance, we are looking forward to seeing you there!