Heartland OAUG Mini Conference – May 20th, 2010 – Did You Miss Collaborate 2010?

If you missed Collaborate 2010, there is still a chance to get some quality training in before OpenWorld!  Registration is now open for the next Heartland OAUG Mini Conference on May 20th, 2010, hosted again by Gallup, here in Omaha.  Registration is again free for our users/members*. 

Register by May 14th to be eligible to win one of several $50 Visa Gift Cards.  (Must be present to win!)

 

Our last meeting on February 11th was a real success with well over 100 in attendance and 5 sponsor vendors.  Special thanks to these partners!

Oracle
Apps Associates
Lucidity
ReadSoft
Rolta TUSC

We are glad to welcome back some partners from last time, as well as some new faces this time.  Joining us:

Oracle	IBM	MarketSphere
ProKarma	Rolta TUSC	UC4

Here are some of the confirmed sessions.  More will be added as they become available.

MarketSphere	Kevin Cornett Brad Kwiatek	Achieving Integrated Business Planning with Oracle Hyperion Provide an overview of Business Planning with practical recommendations and real world integrated business planning examples using Oracle Enterprise Performance Management suite including Hyperion Planning.  Will discuss both process and technology components to consider with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management suite including Hyperion Planning implementations.
Gallup	Jim Collison	How Members of the Heartland OAUG can use OAUG CONNECT to Collectively Collaborate on Their R12 (or any Oracle Project) Upgrade. The Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG) recently launched a new social networking site named CONNECT.  Connect is a Facebook-like destination that will allow Oracle pros (or even novices) to combine our knowledge and experience in the interest of better communication around all things Oracle.  Users can post events, share blogs, participate in forum discussions, join Geo or SIG groups, keep up to date on the latest tweets as well as find links to all the best Oracle sites.  Best of all, it’s FREE!
New – Oracle	Bill Gardner	Oracle Advanced Customer Services – Building a strategic relationship for ongoing operational excellence. Advanced Customer Services (ACS) will be on hand to present and educate customers on the various support options available from Oracle. ACS provides specific performance and availability optimization, upgrade assistance and personalized support for your most critical environments. Learn about the capabilities providing faster problem and expert assistance spanning the Oracle stack.
New - Gallup	Stephanie Ransdell	Leveraging Oracle Workflow for Emails – Making Workflow Work For You.  This session is intended for those that want to learn more about how to create their own notifications in Oracle Workflow, as well as learn a little more about the tool overall.
Gallup	Swapan Golla Santosh Bangera	Oracle Spatial: A Technical Overview
Gallup	Swapan Golla	Text Mining using Oracle Data Miner
Your	Session	Here?
More	Still	To Come

Here is the schedule for the day:

8:00am – 8:30am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am – 9:30am	Introductions and Oracle Keynote
9:30am –9:45am	Break/Networking
9:45am – 10:30am	Session 1
10:30am –11:00am	Break/Networking - Snacks
11:00am- 11:45am	Session 2
11:45am –12:00pm	Break/Networking
12:00pm – 1:00pm	Session 3

Follow the Heartland OAUG on twitter at www.twitter.com/heartland_oaug

Please go to http://heartlandouag20100520.eventbrite.com/ for additional information and to register for this event.

Questions or concerns with either the registration process or membership fees can be addressed to heartland.oaug@live.com.  We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!!

If you are interested in volunteering for the 05/20/2009 event please contact Catherine Knabb (catherine.knabb@aciworldwide.com).

*If you are an Oracle Consultant or Partner can sponsor the user group and attend this meeting for a one event membership fee of $250 or for an annual membership fee of $500 which allows access to all Heartland OAUG meetings for the entire year.  Additional information is available at http://heartlandoaug.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4B960D1C23B65658!143.entry.