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VENUE: CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE

SUNDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2010: GOLF DAY and EXHIBITORS OPENING FUNCTION

MONDAY, 1 November 2010 to TUESDAY, 2 November 2010: 2 x DAY CONFERENCE

1. SAOUG OVERVIEW

The South African Oracle User Group (SAOUG) is an organization independent of the Oracle Corporation that is managed and run by members of the local Oracle User Community, which includes all existing and new users of the Oracle hardware and software products which includes J D Edwards, PeopleSoft, Retek, Siebel and Hyperion.

It strives to service the members of this community by providing:

Value-adding Information; Interaction opportunities; and An alternative and independent view.

The SAOUG hosts a number of networking and/or specialised events throughout the year, which includes Special Interest Groups (SIG’s) with the primary focus on Oracle Technology, Database and Applications. The SAOUG’s premier event is the SAOUG 2010 Oracle User Conference, which is the most intensive information gathering session available to Oracle customers in South Africa. While many of the presentations will be made by customers who are using Oracle, PeopleSoft, J D Edwards, Retek, Siebel and Hyperion applications and technology, we will once again be collaborating closely with Oracle to ensure their much-valued participation.With the recent changes in Oracle we will also be focusing on the products that have been included in the SUN acquisition (e.g. Hardware, JAVA, MySQL, OpenSolaris).Through this conference, the SAOUG strives to provide members of the user community with a concentrated TWO days of leading edge, in-depth views and learning on the latest Oracle developments and how customers have leveraged these applications and technologies in their organizations.

2. THEME FOR 2010 ORACLE USER CONFERENCE

Our theme for 2010 is around EXPLORING your current assets, and gaining greater value from your current Oracle investments. Through this conference experience, the SAOUG strives to provide members of the user community with a leading edge, in-depth view and learning of the latest Oracle developments and how customers have leveraged their applications, hardware and technologies in their organizations.

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SAOUG 2010 Oracle User Conference:

Speaker Guidelines and Call for Papers Document: 4 June 2010

3. FOCUS AREA AND KEY ISSUES

The event will emphasize on how organizations need to consider maximizing the value of their current applications and technologies, understanding the impact and opportunities arising from Oracle’s strategy and developments.

Top Oracle Fusion Ace Directors and customers will guide an intensive exploration into Oracle Fusion, current and future.

Key issues will be covered:

- How to maximize and extend the value of your excising applications;- The alternative strategies, tools and technologies needed to build and maximize your business.

4. EXPECTATIONS FROM THE SAOUG FOR SPEAKERS

4.1 Do you have the expertise and knowledge to share:-

Implemented or upgraded TO THE LATEST VERSION OF Oracle, PeopleSoft, J D Edwards, Siebel or Hyperion software;

Implemented or upgraded TO THE LATEST VERSION of hardware products, JAVA, MySQL, OpenSolaris;

Have had some experience with components of the Fusion Middleware; Used Oracle applications and/or technology in a unique way to enhance Processes, create value or

reduce cost; Had a particular unique implementation; An implementation, upgrade or specific application that other Oracle customers could learn from; Extensive knowledge of your company’s services of which you are proud; Relevant experiences from which others can learn from; Are an expert on a particular topic and want to share your expertise; An Oracle topic or area of concern that you want to debate in an open forum.

You do NOT have to be an excellent speaker, your passion, knowledge and desireto share that knowledge is what we are looking for.

4.2 Presentation outlines must meet the following criteria guidelines:-

Educational Informative Riveting Independent

4.3 The following fields of presentation style:-

Implementation Case Studies Real Life Examples Theoretical Presentations Independent review sessions Educational / Technical training sessions Panel discussion sessions

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One-on-One solutions interviews Demos Debates

4.4 What we DO NOT want from you:-

Overt marketing Death by PowerPoint

5. THE TARGET AUDIENCE

CIO’s / CFO’s / CEO’s Your user community Potential customers (Oracle, J D Edwards, PeopleSoft, Retek, Siebel, Hyperion) Implementers / Consultants Support Teams Engineers Architects DBA’s & Developers Business Analysts Systems Analysts

6. AUDIENCE LEVEL

Advanced Intermediate Introductory ALL audiences

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7. PRESENTATION CRITERIA

1 APPLICATION INTEGRATION

Topics addressed in this track are designed to: Cover area’s related to the use of the Oracle Application Integration Architecture and related products and processes that can be used to integrate enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management systems and other applications.

6 DEVELOPMENT

Topics addressed in this track may include:The development of cutting-edge, or business applications, or composite applications that have been built using tools such as JDeveloper and ADF. These could be forms-based, Java-based, or have a strong leaning towards SOA principles.

2 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE / CORPORATE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Topics addressed in this track may include: How to deliver accurate daily business intelligence; Data Quality; Accuracy and Security; Instant intelligence from advanced analytics; Timely information access across the Enterprise; and lower total cost of ownership and higher ROI.

7 ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT

Topics addressed in this track may include:Approaches to successfully deploying ECM solutions. Oracle products such as Oracle Universal Content Management, Oracle Universal Records Management, Oracle Imaging and Process Management and Oracle Information Rights Management.

3 CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Topics addressed in this track may include: Oracle Marketing; Oracle Sales; Oracle Service; Oracle Contracts; Oracle Interaction Center; Oracle Configurator; iStore; Incentive Compensation and Quoting; and Oracle Financials.

8 ERP PLATFORMS

Topics addressed in this track may include:Maximizing the strategic value of ERP platforms and categories may include: Alignment of business and IT strategies in the Oracle World; Maturity of business in the usage of ERP platforms; Driving value out of ERP platforms; and cost benefits on ERP.

4 DATA SYNCHRONISATION

Topics addressed in this track are designed to: Cover area’s related to the use of Oracle Application Server and related products and processes that integrate data from e-mail, Web, enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management systems.

9 FINANCIALS

Topics addressed into this track may include: Oracle Payables; Oracle General Ledger; Oracle Receivables; Cash Management; and Asset Management.

5 DATABASE / GRID / OEM

Topics addressed in this track include: RAC; 11g Infrastructure Consolidation; Database Performance; Tuning; Enterprise Data Warehouse Performance; Enterprise Management.Numerous concepts of GRID such as virtualization and provisioning, consolidation, standardization and automation.

10 HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Topics addressed in this track may include: Human Capital Management (Core); Talent Management (Suite); Payroll; Recruitment; Learning Management; Advanced Benefits; Time and Labor; Self Service; HCM Intelligence; Performance Management; Compensation Workbench; and Incentive Compensation (previously under CRM).

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11 HYPERION

Topics addressed in this track are designed to: Cover areas related to Essbase and Business Intelligence Tools; and Financial Performance Management.

16 MERCHANDISE OPERATIONS(Oracle Retail)

Topics addressed in this track may include: Oracle Retail Merchandising System; Oracle Retail Price Management; Oracle Retail Sales Audit; Oracle Retail Invoice Matching; Oracle Retail Trade Management; Oracle Retail Design; and Oracle Retail Webtrack.

12 INTEGRATION

Topics addressed in this track are designed to: Cover areas related to the Oracle integration portfolio, including subjects such as Data Consolidation through customer data hubs; Data Messaging; Event Driven Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture or Business Process Management.

17 ORACLE FUSION MIDDLEWARE

Topics addressed in this track to include:Fusion Middleware 11g as a product portfolio.Solutions that incorporate multiple components of the 10g Fusion Middleware family, including Oracle Application Server infrastructure, development, integration, content management, business intelligence, user interfaces and identity management.

13 J D EDWARDS ENTERPISE ONE

Topics addressed in this track are designed to: Cover areas such as investing with J D Edwards EnterpriseOne Support Tools; Oracle Business Intelligence Solutions for Business Applications; Oracle SOA Suite for J D Edwards customers (Fusion Middleware); Success stories on Oracle Technical Foundation “Red Stack”; and migration case studies and upgrading.

18 PEOPLESOFT ENTERPRISE

Topics addressed in this track will include: Sessions related to the PeopleSoft Enterprise and PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne product families. Supply Chain Management (PS); Service Automation (PS); Human Capital Management (PS); Financial Management (PS); Enterprise Performance Management (PS); Customer Relationship Management (PS); and Campus Solutions (PS).

14 J D EDWARDS WORLD

Topics addressed in this track are designed to: Cover areas such as J D Edwards World Web enablement, installing, upgrading and customizing; Oracle Financial Management; Business Intelligence Strategies; Hyperion and J D Edwards World; Migration case studies and upgrading.

19 PERVASIVE COMPUTING AND EMBEDDED TECHNOLOGIES

Topics addressed in this track will include:Areas such as extending the enterprise to the mobile workers, or creating new business services that could be delivered to a mobile device of consumers or other electronic appliances.

15 MANUFACTURING / DISTRIBUTION / WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT

Topics addressed in this track may include: Inventory; Purchase Orders; MRP/MPS; APS; Cost Management; and Oracle Order Management.

20 PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION

Topics addressed in this track may include: Advanced Supply Chain Planning; Inventory Optimization; and Demantra.

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21 PROJECTS

Topics addressed in this track may include: Oracle Project Management; Oracle Project Billing; Oracle Project Costing; and Oracle Project Contracts.

26 SECURITY

Topics addressed in this track may include: Implementing security from a database, application server, web service or enterprise view. Enterprise products could include Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Identity Manager, Enterprise Single Sign-on, Oracle Directory Services and Web Services Management. Other topics could include the business drivers for implementing security, such as governance, integration or user productivity.

22 PORTAL / COLLABORATION / KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Topics addressed in this track may include: Areas relating to how an enterprise has integrated their business at the presentation layer using Oracle Portal; How they have extended their enterprise through new delivery channels using Oracle Portal; or How the enterprise has become a knowledgeable organization by using technologies such as Oracle Portal, Oracle WebCenter or Oracle Collaboration Suite.

27 SERVICE ORIENTATED ARCHITECTURES (SOA)

Topics addressed in this track may include: How a business has successfully approached SOA; what their starting points were; what the business drivers were; what hurdles were experienced; and at what level of maturity is their SOA implementation. Products include the Oracle Enterprise Service Bus, Oracle BPEL Process Manager, Oracle Business Activity Monitoring, Oracle Business Process Analysis Suite, Web Services Manager and the Oracle Services Registry.

23 PUBLIC SECTOR / EDUCATION / GOVERNMENT

Topics addressed in this track are designed to: Focus on the special Oracle Applications issues involved with Public Sector, education or government installations, and may highlight Oracle Financials, Oracle Projects and Oracle Human Resources.

28 SIEBEL

Topics addressed in this track may include: Siebel on Oracle RAC; customer experiences; Siebel Application Deployment Manager; Siebel CRM and Oracle Fusion Middleware; and best practices.

24 RETEK

Topics addressed in this track may include: Retek integration in Oracle Retail; Dash Optimization to enhance allocation solutions; and customer case studies.

29 SUPPORTING SOFTWARE AND SERVICES

Topics addressed in this track may include:Software; Consulting; Integration; and upgrade services.

25 RFID

Topics addressed in this track may include: Introduction, testing and deployment of the Radio Frequency Identification tagging within retail.

30 TECHNICAL AND SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Topics addressed in this track may include:System administration; Reports; Upgrades; Conversions; and System configuration.

31 ORACLE /SUN HARDWARE

Discussions must show the value add of the

35 PRIMAVERA

Discussions addressed in this track may include:

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Oracle/Sun stack and must explain the “marriage” which brings about the statement: Software. Hardware. Complete

Topics addressed in this track may include:

Consolidation and Virtualization at a hardware and operating systems level; Data Center Modernization; Storage tiering, "ILM" and the benefits of storing data on the correct storage appliances; Disaster Recovery; Virtualization offers key cost savings benefits; Oracle’s virtualization strategy.

Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management; Primavera P6 Professional Project Management; Primavera Inspire for SAP; Primavera Contract Management; Primavera Risk Analysis; Primavera Earned Value Management; Primavera Contractor; Primavera SureTrak; Primavera P3 Project Planner; Primavera Integration Solutions.

32 MYSQL


MySQL Enterprise; MySQL Cluster; MySQL Embedded (OEM/ISV).

33 JavaONE + Develop

Presentation criteria to include: Practical knowledge of Java, rich in technical detail, and includes demos that show how to apply Java in the real world.


Oracle WebLogicSuite; Oracle JDeveloper 11 g ; Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse; The NetBeans IDE; Oracle TopLink and ADF; Oracle Coherence Suite; The Oracle JRockit family of products; Oracle GlassFish Server; Oracle Java System Content Delivery Server.

34 SOLARIS / OPENSOLARIS


Oracle Solaris; OpenSolaris; Oracle Solaris Cluster; Oracle Enterprise Manager; Oracle Solaris Studio.

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http://www.oracle.com/tools/jdev_home.html

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/oracle-java-system-cds-068993.html

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/oracle-java-system-cds-068993.html

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/application-server/oracle-glassfish-server/index.html

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/application-server/jrockit/index.html

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/coherence/059287.html

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/coherence/059287.html

http://www.oracle.com/tools/toplink_adf.html

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/tools/050845.html

http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/enterprise-pack-for-eclipse/index.html

8. SELECTION OF SPEAKERS

The SAOUG Conference Committee determines the conference structure and programme. To ensure a balanced selection of presentations, a speaker selection committee is formed. This committee

reviews and evaluates all papers submitted and chooses those that as a whole create an exciting programme.

Speakers will be selected on the basis of subject interest, suitability, topicality and quality of the abstract submitted. Preference will be given to educational papers, case studies and new products and ideas. The speaker selection committee‘s decision will be final on the selection of papers.

9. SPEAKER BENEFITS

The good news is that, if selected, you can attend the conference without having to pay a registration fee. This includes all the social events. (The SAOUG does not pay fees to conference speakers.)

Hotel accommodation for International Speakers and all local speakers will be for their OWN cost and selected hotels can be booked via the SAOUG Conference 2010 website to ensure discounted rates and availability.

Speakers stand a chance to win 1 of the 3 awards, which will be awarded at the last keynote session on Tuesday, 2 November 2010. These are:1. Award for the Best Speaker at the SAOUG 2010 Oracle User Conference2. Award for the Best Written Paper SAOUG 2010 Oracle User Conference 3. Award for the Most Innovative Presentation SAOUG 2010 Oracle User Conference.

Speakers’ papers and presentation will be published on the SAOUG website (with your written consent) whereby attendees may view or download them for future reference.

10.HOW TO ENSURE YOU ARE SELECTED

1. Submission Requirements must be adhered to as stipulated;2. DO NOT BE LATE – Make sure your submission is ON-TIME!3. Successful speakers are selected based on the following:-

The quality of your submission; How exciting / valuable / sought after your topic is perceived to be; How interesting, educational and/or informative your presentation will be; How applicable your topic is and how well it relates to the theme of the conference.

If you are keen on participating, but need some time for your topic or you are not sure what to do, please contact the SAOUG office and we will note your interest and lend assistance where we can to get your submission submitted in time for evaluation by the committee.

11.SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Should you wish to present a paper at the SAOUG 2010 Oracle User Conference, or recommend a potential speaker; the following must be submitted by NO LATER THAN 16 JULY 2010:

The selection process is highly competitive and will be reviewed by an independent speaker selection committee. To ensure that your submission is considered, please make sure that it is complete, any applications that are not complete may be returned.

An abstract of 200 – 300 words to fit on one page (For use in the SPOT-ME device)

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A précis of approximately 40 – 50 words. If selected, the information will be used in conference promotional literature and the conference brochure.

Speaker photo (High res Colour JPG) and biographical information 40 – 50 words (Not CV format). If selected, this information will be used in conference promotional literature, the SAOUG website and for introductory purposes at the conference.

Company logo (High res Colour JPG) and company information 40 – 50 words (description and services offered). If selected, this information will be used in conference promotional literature, the SAOUG website and for introductory purposes at the conference.

Concise details of previous speaking / presentation experience. Signed and completed application form. Per the terms and conditions in this document, it is important to remember, when compiling your

submission, that your presentation must be of benefit to the Oracle, J D Edwards, PeopleSoft, Retek, Siebel or Hyperion users and not used for marketing purposes.

Presentations on-site should be in PowerPoint format (preference PowerPoint 2003 XP version) or similar. No presentations based on Overhead projector slides will be accepted.

12.TIMETABLE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Friday, 16 JULY 2010– Deadline date for express of interest and any queries pertaining to submission.

- A précis of approximately 40 – 50 words. This must include your presentation heading. - Biographical information 40 – 50 words (Not CV format). - Concise details of previous speaking / presentation experience.- Signed and completed application form.

Friday, 20 AUGUST 2010– This is the FINAL DATE for paper submissions – DO NOT MISS THIS DATE!

- A précis of approximately 40 – 50 words. This must include your presentation heading. - Biographical information 40 – 50 words (Not CV format). - Concise details of previous speaking / presentation experience.- Signed and completed application form.

Friday, 3 SEPTEMBER 2010– Notification of acceptance of papers by the Speaker Committee.

- An abstract of 200 – 300 words to fit on one page. - Speaker colour photo (High res colour JPG.- Company logo (High res colour JPG).

Friday, 8 OCTOBER 2010– Deadline date for submission of final white papers and for the submission of your PowerPoint

Monday, 25 OCTOBER 2010– Deadline date for submission of your PowerPoint

13.CONTACT DETAILS

Attention: South African Oracle User GroupSpeaker Selection Committee Michelle Joubert

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Address: PO Box 8970CENTURION0046

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 0861 0 SAOUG / (72684)

Fax: +27 012 654 4407

Cell: 082 490 9943

Website: www.saoug.co.za

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