Conference 2008 Programme and Presentations Recap

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Day 1 - Monday 20th October 2008

 

IBM/Palantir Room
Matariki

RTI Room
Batten 1

Indigo Room
Batten 2

Fusion5/IBM Room
Mansfield

Quest Software Room
PeopleSoft
Executive Boardroom

HP Room
Training
Seddon

09:50 – 11:30 Keynote Presentation from our Vendor Sponsor - File Callum Ross – Oracle
11:30 – 12:20

High Performance PL/SQL - File
Guy Harrison

Sponsor Presentation - RTI Designing for Disappointment
A Light Hearted Look at Some Perennial Problems
John Elder and Peter Joint

Principles Based Oracle EBS Implementation - A Case Study - File
Dave Simpkins

Demystifying SOA, Hype or Hero???
Darren Wenham

PeopleSoft Bank Reconciliation - File
Michelle Morrison and
Son Nguyen

11g SQL – What’s New for You?
Ken Woolfe

12:20 – 13:30 Lunch – Exhibition Area
13:30 – 14:20

Location Intelligence – Next Level of Business Intelligence: “Any Time, Any Place, Any How” - File
Matti Seikkula and
Barry Hodges

Next Generation Database Systems - File
Guy Harrison

The 3 P's: Oracle E-Business Suite: What's New in R12.1 and Beyond, a Procurement, Payables and Projects Focus
Barbara Beattie

Enterprise Content Management - What Web2.0 Means to Your Business
Paul Ricketts

PeopleSoft HCM - File
Linda Hemsworth

Building in Application Express – Easy & Breezy
Ken Woolfe

14:30 – 15:20

Boost Performance with PL/SQL Programming Best Practices - File
Tim Hall

Unlocking the Business Value of Information for Competitive Advantage - File
Michael Nunan

Upgrading to Receivables R12? - What You Need to Know - File
Angela Chin

Business Intelligence
De-Mystified
- File
Ben Bor

Budgeting in the PeopleSoft General Ledger - File
Son Nguyen

15:20 – 16:00 Afternoon Tea – Exhibition Area
16:00 – 16:50

Top Ten RAC Lessons You Can't Do Without - File
John-Paul Tocker

Flashback - The Rewind Button for Your Database - File
Connor McDonald

Streamline Your Oracle Financials Close Process- File
Hamish Henderson

Sponsor Presentation
Going Mobile: How to Extend Your ERP Application to the Handheld
- File
Lisa Nicks and
Bevan Trotman

PeopleSoft Upgrade - File
Jason Shepherd

Getting More Out of APEX - Using AJAX Advanced Features - File
Sarah Sinclair

Day 2 – Tuesday 21st October 2008

 

IBM/Palantir Room
Matariki

RTI Room
Batten 1

Indigo Room
Batten 2

Fusion5/IBM Room
Mansfield

Quest Software Room
Ask the Experts
Executive Boardroom

HP Room
Training
Seddon

09:30 – 10:20

Analytic Functions in SQL - File
Connor McDonald

From Lipservice to Customer Service with CRM on Demand and E-Business Suite - File
Brent Ellison and
Steve Holley

Siebel and New Zealand Inland Revenue - File
David Udy

Do You Need an ETL Tool? - File
Ben Bor

Session 1
Database Optimization
Ronald Francois

 
10:20 – 10:50

Morning Tea – Exhibition Area

10:50 – 11:40

Java is Dead, Long Live Groovy! - File
Bob Brown

Real Application Testing and Snapshot Standby - File
Barry Hodges

Sponsor Presentation Shared Services; How to do it Successfully
John McDonald

Extend Oracle Purchasing with Hosted Supplier Catalogues - A Case Study - File
Jackie Anderson and
Bob Hamon

Session 2
How "Social CRM" is Transforming Customer Relationships
Simon Banks
CRM on Demand APAC

The PL/SQL Coding Competition
Show us how good your team is and win an iPOD shuffle each
(Max. 3 people per team)
Note - session finishes at 1pm
Phil Nesbitt

11:50 – 12:30

A Discussion on Security Products for the Oracle Database
Simon Keys

Logging or No Logging: That is the Question- File
Francisco Munoz Alvarez

Just How Do You Get Invoices Loaded into Payables Using Microsoft Excel? - File
Brad Sayer

Sponsor Presentation Implementing Oracle/Hyperion Financial Planning at Airways NZ - File
Peter Walters and
Kevin Grosvenor

Session 3
Architecting World Class Enterprise Performance Management Solutions
Sefton Thesing

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch – Exhibition Area
13:30 – 14:20

Rapid Database Driven Web Development with Grails - File
Bob Brown

11g New Features for PL/SQL Developers - File
Tim Hall

Smart Reporting in Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
Barbara Beattie

Application Express within New Zealand Post - File
David Thornburrow

Session 4
Integrated Test Data Management and Automated Testing Solutions - File
Alan Osbourne

 
14:30 – 15:20

What is Coming in Oracle Application Express and SQL Developer - File
David Peake

The Best of Oracle OpenWorld 2008 - File
Barry Hodges

7 Steps to Financial Integrity in ERP's - File
James Taylor

How to Create a Technical Disaster Recovery Implementation Plan - File
Arjen Visser

 

 

Updates:

  • 03-Nov-08 Added Tim Hall and James Taylor presentations.
  • 06-Nov-08 Added Sefton Thesing, Michael Nunan, John-Paul Tocker, David Udy, Angela Chin, Callum Ross, Hamish Henderson presentations.