Mike Riley, ODTUG President at the ODTUG booth at OpenWorld
As a part of my responsibilities on the ODTUG Board of Directors, I am asked to represent ODTUG at Oracle OpenWorld, held annually in San Francisco. Here are some of the things that I have gotten to experience through the first couple of days:
My trip started on Saturday, as the North American User Group Presidents held a meeting Saturday afternoon with representatives from HEUG, Java leaders, IOUG, OAUG, OHUG, and Quest (see iouc.org for more information on these groups). This is a chance for us to network with these other leaders, and hear from Oracle on future plans for the community.
Sunday, the conference really kicks off with the User Group Forum. All of the user groups are allowed to hold SIG meetings and provide technical content of their own choice. We had five rooms of content in the afternoon – Symposiums on Web Architecture, Business Intelligence, Application Express, Data Warehousing, and Hyperion were held. Our rooms were pretty full, as usual, drawing 200 participants or more. These are great opportunities to ask questions and learn from the top Oracle users. I anticipate more learning, networking, and lots of fun as the week continues.
If you’re at OpenWorld don’t forget to stop by our booth in the User Groups Pavilion – Level 2 Lobby Moscone West.
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