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Oracle OpenWorld 2007 — Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?

Did you ever have to make up your mind
Pick up on one and leave the other behind
It's not often easy and not often kind
Did you ever have to make up your mind

Did you ever have to finally decide
Say yes to one and let the other one ride
There’s so many changes and tears you must hide
Did you ever have to finally decide

 — From Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind by The Lovin’ Spoonful

This tune describes my feelings about the sessions offered at Oracle OpenWorld 2007. There are many more interesting sessions than available time slots, so I suspect those of us attending will have to make some pretty tough choices.

It’s pretty obvious that OOW 07 will have a strong emphasis on migrating to Fusion Middleware; there are about 140 sessions offered on various aspects of Fusion, mostly involving Fusion Middleware or Fusion Middleware components. If you want to learn the latest on Fusion Middleware, this is your conference.

So I’ve made my first pass through the session offerings and picked a few Fusion-related sessions that stand out to me. Some sessions look good to me because of the subject matter. Others look good because of the speaker. Then, of course, all the sessions I’m giving, co-hosting, or ghost writing will be absolutely brilliant and talked about as the high points of the conference for years to come…at least by me (guess I can be pretty narcissistic sometimes).

Sessions I’ll be directly presenting or co-hosting are:

• OAUG Fusion Council Panel, John Stouffer (and Floyd Teter), Sunday 11/11/2007, 1:30-2:30, Moscone West 3006 L3, Session S292864; this will be a panel discussion on Fusion Applications and Fusion Middleware, with some very special guests seated on the panel.
• Case Study: A Road Map To Oracle Fusion Applications, Floyd Teter, Thursday 11/15/2007, 1:00-2:00, Moscone West 2002 L2, S290983. I’ll be laying out the Jet Propulsion Lab’s detailed plan for migrating from the E-Business Suite to Fusion Applications. Don’t think I’ll exactly fill the room on Thursday afternoon, so stop by if you’re still in town for a pretty informal chat to getting to Fusion Apps.

Other Fusion-related sessions that look really interesting to me include:

Fusion-Related Sessions

Now, keep in mind that OOW is still a way off. Much of this could change, so keep an eye on the OOW Schedule Builder for changes. But, as I write this, this is what looks good to me.

Hope to see you at OOW! If you get a chance, stop me and say helloyou can never have too many friends.

Floyd Teter
OAUG’s “Man on the Street” and Oracle’s Fusion ACE.