2009 Events

Date / Time Group Topic Location Sponsor
1/15/2009
04:00 pm to
06:00 pm
Technology Forum Tracing: How to communicate about Oracle performance among DBAs, Developers, and Users – Cary Millsap, President, Method-R

UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS (in Irving), Gorman Lecture Center, Room A. –
University of Dallas (in Irving), Gorman Lecture Center, Room A McNeely Technology Solutions
2/19/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Technology Forum AWR Analysis – Kapil Goyal, Principal DBA (Performance Group), Fidelity Investments

RAC Overview for Dummies – Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corp. Las Colinas TX McNeely Technology Solutions
3/6/2009
12:00 PM to
1:30 PM
Applications Forum Accounts Payable Process Automation – Business reasons, financial benefits, lessons learned (a case study) – Zahid Khalid. Managing Partner of The Hardstone Group Oracle Building; 222 Las Colinas Blvd W, Suite 1000, Irving, TX 75039 Hardstone Group
3/12/2009
04:00 pm to
06:00 pm
BI Forum Hyperion Interactive Reporting: Cube Query Against Essbase – Vince Tran, interRel Consulting Oracle Corp. – Las Colinas, TX Dallas Oracle Users Group
3/12/2009
4:00 PM to
6:00 PM
Fusion Middleware Forum Implementing Oracle Identity Management Using External Authentication Plug-In – Dinesh Gupta, Manager, Centroid Systems Oracle Corp. – Las Colinas, TX Centroid
3/19/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Technology Forum The Journey to 11g: All About Getting Upgraded – Sales Engineer – Oracle Corporation Oracle Corp. Las Colinas TX McNeely Technology Solutions
4/2/2009
8:30 am to
11:30 am
Applications Forum Technology Forum Oracle Technology Solutions Fair -Oracle Experts across Applications, Technology and Fusion Middleware Representatives from Oracle Customer Relations, Oracle Consulting, Oracle Finance, Oracle University and the local Oracle User Group, as well as seve – Oracle Corporation Four Season Resort, Irving TX Oracle
4/16/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Technology Forum Why does the Oracle optimizer hate my SQL? – Riyaj Shamsudeen, Principal DBA, Ora!nternals Oracle Corp. Las Colinas TX OraInternals
5/3/2009 ALL Collaborate09 May 3-7, 2009 – Orlando Florida – IOUG – OAUG – QUEST – Oracle Orlando Florida Oracle
5/14/2009
04:00 pm to
06:00 pm
BI Forum OBIEE: Introduction to Oracle’s Premier BI Toolset for a Hyperion Audience – Daniel Thomas, US Analytics

Get Smart in Uncertain Times with Oracle Business Intelligence – Daniel Fager, Oracle
Oracle Building, Las Colinas Oracle
5/21/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Technology Forum AWR, Part 2: Trending – Kapil Goyal, Principal DBA (Performance Group), Fidelity Investments

ASM for Dummies – Nitin Vengurlekar, Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corp. Las Colinas TX Kerdock
6/5/2009
12:00 pm to
2:00 pm
Applications Forum Case Study on Demantra Implementation – A DBA Perspective – Sunday Ichie, Texas Instruments Oracle Building; 222 Las Colinas Blvd W, Ste 1000, Irving, TX 75039 Texas Instruments
6/10/2009
5:00 pm to
9:00 pm
Special Events DOUG Membership Drive Party – Blue Mesa Gril, Addison TX Oracle
6/16/2009
04:00 PM to
06:00 PM
Fusion MW Forum CANCELLED – Fusion Middleware Forum – Oracle Building None
6/18/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Technology Forum RAT (Real Applications Testing): SQL Performance Analyzer (SPA) and DB Replay – Chandra Pabba, Pinnacle Technical Resources Oracle Corp. Las Colinas TX Pinnacle
6/23/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Professional Development Forum Establishing a Project Management Office (PMO) – 4pm to 6pm – Tony Reed, CPA, PMP – project management consultant, speaker, writer, and athlete

Finding the I in TEAM  How We Saved Millions on Upgrades and Implementations. (Repeated from OAUGs 2009 Collaborate Conference) – Tony Reed CPA, PMP
Oracle Building, Las Colinas TX Dallas Oracle Users Group
6/30/2009
4:00 pm to
7:00 pm
Professional Development Forum Professional Development Day: – Interviewing Tips – – Resume Tips – – Market Trends/Rates – – Three Staffing Firm Experts: Jim Westrom, Apex Systems, Babbich & Asso., E.J. Demaree

– Keeping Yourself Marketable – – Accelerating Your Influence – – Emmanuel Delpierre, Chairman Advisory Counci. Christine Lambden and Casey Conner, authors of Consulting Stance
Oracle Bldg, 1st Floor, Las Colinas TX Dallas Oracle Users Group
7/9/2009
04:00 pm to
06:00 pm
BI Forum Building Sustainability Dashboards with greenEPM Powered by Essbase  – Len Vitello, greenEPM

Visual Analysis: Going Beyond Two-Dimensional Grids and Charts – Dan Murray, Tableau Software
Oracle Building, Las Colinas Oracle
7/16/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Technology Forum Rapid Development with APEX – Consultant – Enkitec

What’s New in Oracle Development – Consultant – Enkitec
Oracle Corp. Las Colinas TX – 1st Floor Meeting Room enkitec
8/7/2009
12:00 pm to
2:00 pm
Application Forum Riceland Foods, Inc. Bank Reconciliation Case Study – Don Ford from Kerdock Consulting 222 Las Colinas Blvd, Suite 100, Irving, TX 75039 Kerdock
8/20/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Technology Forum Data Guard for Dummies – Charles Kim, Novara Oracle Corp. Las Colinas TX – 1st Floor Conference Room Novara Solutions
8/27/2009
4:00 PM to
6:00 PM
Fusion Middleware Introducing Oracle FMW 11g – Shari White, Sr. Sales Consultant, Oracle Oracle Building – Las Colinas, Texas Oracle
9/15/2009
04:00 pm to
06:00 pm
BI Forum Achieving a Common Goal: Creating an Oracle EPM Center of Excellence – Edward Roske, Oracle ACE Director

Hidden Features of Oracle Essbase – Edward Roske, Oracle ACE Director
1000 Ballpark Way, Suite 304, Arlington, TX 76011 o Watch the Texas Rangers from a Luxury Suite at The Rangers Ballpark in Arlington after the meeting Oracle
9/17/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Technology Forum Near Zero Downtime Database Migrations – Caiping Yue, Senior Consultant, Stonebridge Oracle Corp. Las Colinas TX – First floor conference room Stonebridge
10/2/2009
12:00 pm to
2:00 pm
Apps Forum Making Elephants Dance – Managing Employee Performance through Oracle’s Talent Management – Gaurav Bansal Oracle Building. 222 W Las Colinas Blvd, Ste. 1000, Irving, TX 75039 EvolveAid
10/11/2009 ALL Oracle Open World – October 11-15 2009 – San Francisco, CA Moscone Center – Oracle corp. San Francisco, California Oracle
10/15/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Technology Forum Application Express: Making Oracle FUN and Highly Productive! – Ricky Burke, independent Oracle consultant Oracle Corp. Las Colinas TX, First floor conference room McNeely Technology Solutions
10/28/2009 Special Event October 28-29: Jonathan Lewis seminar on tuning for DBAs and developers – Jonathan Lewis Plano Location – registration required Dallas Oracle Users Group
10/29/2009
2:00 pm to
5:00 pm
Supply Chain Forum Supply Chain Management in the Era of Mass Customization: industry trends and technology roadmap.  Keynote from TBD, 1st session: Oracle Sales Consultant, Wes Arnold

How to answer the challenge of faster, more efficient mass customization. A case study of Dresser Inc. – Josh Jujjavarapu, Oracle configurator Practice Lead and Eash Pallipuram, Director Enterprisee Solutions
UTD Plano Campus Keste
10/29/2009
6:00 pm to
7:00 pm
Special Event Optimising through Understanding – One SQL – Jonathan Lewis SMU Legacy Campus, Building 4, Room 122 Dallas Oracle Users Group
11/5/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Fusion Middleware Forum Enterprise 2.0 A Case Study of Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) including the Award-Winning Webcenter Portal, UCM, Collaboration and SOA suite – Sri Ayyeppen, CTO, Keste and Sanjay Date, Solutions Architect, Keste

SOA Business Cases – How do you get started with SOA? – Sanjay Date, Solutions Architect, Keste
Oracle Building, Las Colinas Keste
11/12/2009
03:00 pm to
06:00 pm
BI Forum Data Warehouse 2.0 – Bill Inmon

Using Unstructured Text for Decision Making  – Bill Inmon
Oracle Building. 222 W Las Colinas Blvd, Irving, TX 75039 Urban Tower CR Kerdock
11/17/2009
12:30 pm to
05:30 pm
BI Forum 2009 Hyperion & BI User Summit

This meeting will offer 2 tracks: the Hyperion 11x & BI/EPM Track. Both tracks will offer insightful presentations –
222 W. Las Colinas Blvd, Urban Tower Conference Room Irving, TX 75039 Dallas Oracle Users Group
11/18/2009
4:00 pm to
6:00 pm
Technology Forum WEDNESDAY Meeting!! Lower Costs with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 – Kerry Osborne, Enkitec Oracle Corp. Las Colinas TX, First Floor Conference Room enkitec
11/19/2009
5:00 PM to
9:00 PM
Special Events Holiday Membership Appreciation Party; http://www.doug.org/registration_mixer.com to RSVP – Maggiano’s Little Italy (8687 N Central Expressway Dallas, TX – Northpark mall)