Open World is coming

With only a couple of weeks to go before Open World I have been looking through the agenda and have selected the when, who, where and what of some of the Business Intelligence and Discoverer presentations that caught my eye. I'll be at most of these so say hello if you see me.

When: Monday 12th November 11:00am to Noon
Who: Michael Armstrong-Smith
Where: Franciscan Room D, Hilton
What: Build a Discoverer EUL in one hour
Yours truly will be giving a a quick, fast, live (yes live) demonstration on how to build a Discoverer End User Layer

When: Monday 12th November 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Who: Steven Feuerstein, Quest Software
Where: Hilton Continental Ballroom 5
What:Break your addiction to SQL
Steven is one of the best speakers on the Oracle circuit and has written many books on SQL (link). If you have never heard him before you should drop in. He also runs a cool blog (link)

When: Monday 12th November 3:15pm to 4:15pm
Who: Steven Feuerstein, Quest Software
Where: Hilton Yosemite Room B
What: Optimize PL/SQL with Collections

When: Tuesday 13th November 10:45am to 11:45am
Who: Mike Durran, Oracle
Where: Moscone West 3022 L3
What: What's coming next for BI Standard Edition and Discoverer
Along with Jeff Hohman and Mike Donahue (see below), Mike Durran is among my favorite presenters. Even if you don't like the subject, which you should seeing as you are reading this blog, drop in anyway because all of them are nice people. You'll always get straight answers from these gentlemen.

When: Tuesday 13th November 12:15pm to 1:15pm
Who: Mike Durran, Oracle
Where: Moscone West 3022 L3
What: How to migrate Discoverer to BI Enterprise Edition

When: Tuesday 13th November 3:15pm to 4:15pm
Who: Steven Chan, Oracle
Where: Moscone West 3022 L3
What: Using E-Business Suite with Application Server 10g
Steven runs a great blog (link) for everything to do with E-Business Suite. If you use it you could do a lot worse than drop in and take a look.

When: Tuesday 13th November 4:30pm to 5:30pm -
Who: Michael Armstrong-Smith
Where: Moscone West 2nd Floor Lobby
What: Oracle Press Author Meet and Greet
If you have a copy of my Discoverer 10g Handbook bring it along and I will sign it for you. If you don't have one yet, get one at the bookstore - you know you want one!

When: Wednesday 14th November 3:00pm to 4:oopm
Who: Simon Griffiths, British Telecom
Where: Moscone South 303
What: Partitioning experiences

When: Thursday 15th November 8:30am to 9:30am
Who: Jeff Hohman, Oracle
Where: Moscone West 3024 L3
What: Discoverer, Portal and VPD

Where: Thursday 15th November 10:00am to 11:00am
Who: Mike Donahue, Oracle
Where: Moscone West 3014 L3
What: BI Publisher with E-Business Suite

When: Thursday 15th November 11:30am to 12:30pm
Who: Mike Durran, Oracle
Where: Moscone West 3014 L3
What: Oracle BI Standard Edition Best Practices

When: Thursday 15th November 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Who: Debbie Arnold
Where: Moscone West 3024 L3
What: BI Publisher made easy