NZOUG 2013 Conference: Agenda online - register while Earlybird Pricing still here!

The New Zealand Oracle Users Group - NZOUG Conference 2013 is open for registrations and Earlybird pricing is still available! The agenda is now available.

NZOUG 2013 is being held in Wellington at the iconic Te Papa Museum on the beautiful waterfront on the 18th and 19th of March, with an additional Workshop Day on the 20th March.

The conference will see a wealth of brilliant speakers from around the world, including Tom Kyte, Graham Wood, Andrew Holdsworth, John Schiff and Nadia Bendjedou and of course top speakers from Middle Earth (NZ) as well. Tom, Andrew and Graham will be presenting their Real World Performance show, which will be a highlight of the conference.

Topics being covered cross a wide range of Oracle solutions, with tracks for Development, DBA, Cloud Computing, Oracle E-Business Suite, a full dedicated JD Edwards Day, Fusion Applications, EPM/BI, Middleware, Management, Infrastructure, Security, Hardware and Professional Development.

I'll be co-presenting one paper on utilizing the Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway, tips, tricks and a demo, not too much this time around so that I can head along to as many of the other presentations as I can. Drop me an email if you want to catch up at the conference!

So, if you're around New Zealand in mid-March, perhaps following on from the NZ - England Cricket Test, and if you like getting out and networking often with fun consequences, then make sure you come to the New Zealand Oracle event of the year, not to be missed!

Catch ya!

Gareth

This is a post from Gareth's blog at http://garethroberts.blogspot.com

References

• NZOUG
• NZOUG2013
• NZOUG on Twitter, conference hashtag #NZOUG2013
• NZOUG on LinkedIn

NZOUG Conference 2010 Call for Papers - 15-16 March

If you're interesting in presenting please take a moment to read this message from the New Zealand Oracle Users Group, and note the deadline for submissions is at the end of next week 31-Oct-09! For full information please see the NZOUG Website. Disclaimer: I'm on the NZOUG Committee.

The New Zealand Oracle Users Group is pleased to announce… Call for Papers and Training for the 2010 Conference 15th and 16th March 2010 We only require your presentation or training topic and short abstract at this stage. We invite all users and suppliers of Oracle technology, Oracle applications and related products and services to submit presentations or training sessions including: Stories from Oracle Users – everyone wants to hear them! Tell us your story, case study or any useful tips Oracle Partners playing a key role in the Oracle world Third party suppliers of products and services that will assist Oracle technology and application users Presentation topics may include but are not limited to Oracle Applications such as EBS, JDE and Peoplesoft, BI Applications, Oracle Development, Middleware and Database technologies. Everything is welcome for submission but delegates are especially interested in hearing case studies of real life scenarios and situations, lessons learnt and best practices. Both Technical and Business streams will run throughout the conference programme with presentations covering the implementation, use and support of the whole range of Oracle and associated third party products and services. If your paper is selected for presentation: You’ll be admitted to the conference free of charge upon submission of your full written paper, and Your paper will be published in the conference proceedings.

SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT

How do I submit an abstract? Visit our abstract submission website and complete the Call for Papers submission, by 31 October 2009. We encourage you to submit your topic or interest by this time as last year we had a great selection from the first call. You are welcome to suggest a topic you’d like to hear at the conference and we’ll try to source a presenter, also any questions, suggestions or comments are welcome at anytime to papers@nzoug.org Remember to visit our website for all up to date information on regional events, the conference, and other news. We look forward to receiving your submissions by 31 October 2009

HOW DO I REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE?

Simply click here to register for the conference at our online registration page.

WHAT DISCOUNTS CAN WE GET?

There will be an early bird discount for all registrations before the 1st January 2010. After that standard rates apply so get registering now. Amazing 2010 Offer!!!!  Register 3 Full Registration Attendees and get an additional Full Registration, for another member of your team, absolutely free. So if you have more than 3 people who would like to attend this great exciting educational event then it is even cheaper than ever before. Conditions Apply.

PRICES

Early Bird Standard Rate Full Registration: NZOUG Member $695.00 $795.00 Full Registration: Non Member This fee includes the cost of NZOUG Individual Membership $895.00 $995.00 Day Registration (includes Monday dinner) $495.00 $495.00 Additional Exhibitor/Sponsor Staff Registration $350.00 $350.00

VENUE AND DATES

15th and 16th March 2010 Rotorua - Energy Events Centre – Same city, new location!

NEED MORE INFORMATION?

Contact us via our website or for any other questions please contact our conference management company, The Conference Company. By phone on 09 360 1240 or by email at nzoug@tcc.co.nz

NZOUG Wellington Regional Meet this week 1-May-09: Public Appearance

NZOUG Regional Events this week and next week!

Yes, I'll be out of the cave for a change on Friday!

If you'd like to discuss anything from my recent bag of tricks:
OBIA/OBIEE with Oracle eBusiness Suite and all things Business Intelligence related, EBS and APEX Integration, advanced BI Publisher techniques, complex EBS auditing and AuditTrail, scanning documents to EBS, EBS and custom JSPs, Discoverer, OAF, Oracle VPD, CPU/Security Updates, EBS R12 on a Laptop, EBS with Firefox/Greasemonkey, hacking adpatch or even MySQL, Drupal, SugarCRM:
come down to the NZOUG Event at the the Oracle Wellington on Friday 3.30pm - make sure you drop through an email to register.

NZOUG Regional Events are happening:

• Friday 1st May: Wellington, Hamilton, Auckland,
• Tuesday 5th May: Christchurch,
• To be confirmed: Dunedin.

Check out the NZOUG website for details.

Photo: Flickr: David

A Look Ahead to 2009 - Oracle eBusiness Suite and Happy New Year!

Gong Xi Fa Cai
Happy Chinese New Year - for January the 26th!

2008 has been and gone, and we're well into 2009. Let's look at some of potential up and coming tidbits for the Oracle eBusiness Suite.

1. Release 12.1: I was expecting this late last year, but we saw 12.0.6 instead. Release 12.1 promises to deliver a number of things, the main one for me will be a whole swag of XML / BI Publisher layouts for standard reports. A couple of Metalink oops My Oracle Support Notes indicate R12.1 is in controlled release. Haven't had a chance to track down the patch number .. anyone have it? For documentation on R12.1 see the Release Content Documentation.

2. Patch 5612820 for EBS Release 11i: This minor piece of functionality to default the Layout Format for BI Publisher based concurrent requests has been nagging me. Its out for R12, and actually its already out for R11i (9-Jan-2009) however ... the Default Layout on the XMLP side is there but the critical concurrent processing portion to default the layout on a concurrent request was missing so its back with Development. I'll keep you posted.

3. Native Excel Templates for XML / BI Publisher: This one may be subtle but for me its a biggie. Release 12 FSGs with native Excel Templates I believe are in controlled release. RTF templates have their moments, but I know a number people are looking for Excel templates. Excel and Accounting live together, and its high time they were standard for XML Publisher with eBusiness Suite. Here's hoping for more than just FSG native Excel templates.

4. Further emergence of OBIA with EBS: I've spent quite a bit of time with the Business Intelligence products lately, and the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (OBIA) stack is a formidible beast. Albeit complex, there is plenty of sense and underlying power. I think only a handful of people have tapped into this and I'm keen to see how it plays out this year.

5. Change Management Pack for the eBusiness Suite: I'll be watching this closely too - the important parts from my perspective will be automated patching, and the ability to cut your own custom patches for applying using adpatch - nice, but of course I'm assuming you'll need front up with a few $$ too. Watch this space.

6. New Oracle Application Express (APEX) listener: Apparently due in APEX v4, the new listener will hopefully once again push APEX squarely back into the realm of the EBS after mod_plsql's support was tragically cast aside, only to resurface after clarification from Oracle :-) Any update on this David?

7. Oracle Fusion Applications: I wasn't sure whether to put this in, but I think its worth a mention. Perhaps shouldn't include it here with the emphasis on 2009 as my gut feel is that we'll be waiting a tad longer than that. However, if you've heard anything let us know!

8. What's happening for me in 2009? Well, fingers crossed I'll get stuck into a couple of projects that should have seen the light in 2008!

Do you have any hopes/requests/tidbits for Oracle eBusiness Suite action in 2009? Post a comment.

What happened in 2008?

In my neck of the woods a whole lot went on in 2008 including Website launches, Virtuate contract wins, Product demos, a GreaseMonkey Script release, attending OpenWorld for the first time, joining the NZOUG committee and helping to organize the NZOUG Conference, a new phone (Nokia E71 - nice), a new laptop (Toshiba A300 Y01 running Vista 64 ouch) and a ton more. Despite the gloomy economic outlook I'm hugely looking forward to 2009, the year of the Ox.

Disclaimer: The words, ideas and opinions here are my own. Please don't assume they represent the opinion of any other person or organization.

Related Posts

• OpenWorld 2008 Final Post: Fusion Applications, X, R12 - Change Pack & Payment Manager plus SES
• Openworld Update: XML/BI Publisher & R12, 11g PL/SQL, ADFdi and more
• R12 Patch 5612820 Available: Changing the default layout format between RTF/PDF/Excel when submitting XML / BI Publisher Concurrent Request
• Changing the default layout format from PDF to Excel using Profile Option and FNDRSRUN Form Modification - Submitting BI Publisher Report Request
• Revisited: Why is mod_plsql not supported with the Oracle eBusiness Suite Release 12? Fusion Crossroads #1
• Would the REAL Excel please stand up?!
• Enhancing the Oracle eBusiness Suite 11i/12 Homepage Menu via Firefox, Greasemonkey, XPath, Javascript & DOM: aka Foxiness Menus
• Photo Credit: Flickr: tanakawho

NZOUG Conference 2008: Early Bird Closing extended! Win an iPod Touch

An announcement for those readers on the conference trail to New Zealand in October:

Join me at the NZOUG Conference 2008 October 20/21 in Rotorua and go in the draw for an iPod Touch! Early Bird registrations have been extended and will close on Monday 8 September, so register now and be in the draw to win!

Details at: http://nzoug.org/ipod08

PS. I'm on the NZOUG Committee and will be at the conference hence the shameless plug for this event ;-)

PPS. If you have any sessions/questions/design issues or ideas bring them along or let me know and I can tee up a special slot for you!

NZOUG Conference 20-21 Oct 2008: Registration Open and Call for Papers Closing

The NZOUG Conference 2008 is open for registrations. The event is shaping up well, with some excellent sponsors, high profile speakers, and interesting papers. As well as that the entertainment in Rotorua is not to be missed!

The Call for Papers is closing 25 July, so if you are a potential speaker make the most of the last minute and get those abstracts in!

Watch the NZOUG website for updates on the conference.

PS. If you're sending a group, watch out for the buy 3 get 1 free offer.

NZOUG Call for Papers - Conference 20-21 October 2008

Keen to head down-under? Check out this message from the New Zealand Oracle Users Group.

The New Zealand Oracle Users Group is pleased to announce… Call for Papers and Training for the 2008 Conference We only require your ABSTRACT of not more than 150 words at this stage. We invite all users and suppliers of Oracle technology and applications and related products to submit presentations, including Oracle Users with an interesting story, case study or any useful tips Oracle Partners playing a key role in the Oracle world Third party suppliers of products and services that will assist Oracle technology and application users Presentation topics may include but are not limited to Oracle Aplications such as eBS, JDE, Peoplesoft and Hyperion, and Oracle Development, Middleware and Database technologies. Everything is welcome for submission but delegates are especially interested in hearing case studies of real life scenarios and situations, lessons learnt and best practices. Both Technical and Business streams will run throughout the conference programme with presentations covering the implementation, use and support of the whole range of Oracle and associated third party products and services. If your paper is selected for presentation: You’ll be admitted to the conference free of charge upon submission of your full written paper, and Your paper will be published in the conference proceedings.
SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT
How do I submit an abstract? Visit our submission website and complete the Call for Papers submission, by 20 June 2008 Also anyone can submit topics you are interested in, and we’ll try to source a presenter for the topic. We’ll post further information about this and for presenters on our website in due course. Remember to visit our website for all up to date information on regional events, the conference, and other news. We look forward to receiving your completed submissions by 20 June 2008
HOW DO I REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE?
We are not quite ready to open registration but watch this space (or keep an eye on our website) in the next few weeks for an announcement.
WHAT DISCOUNTS CAN WE GET?
There will be an early bird discount for all registrations before the 1st September 2008. Watch this space for these great rates.
VENUE AND DATES
Rotorua 20th and 21st October 2008 Novotel Rotorua Lakeside – Rotorua
NEED MORE INFORMATION?
Any questions please contact our conference management company, The Conference Company. By phone on +64 9 360 1240 or by email at nzoug@tcc.co.nz