2008 Georgia Oracle Users' Conference

The 2008 Georgia Oracle Users' Conference is a two-day Oracle technical conference for database administrators, application developers, and IT managers interested in the Oracle environment. The conference features top-flight, nationally-recognized database authorities from Oracle and from the industry. Costs have been kept reasonable to allow maximum participation from a wide variety of database personnel. In addition to it's educational value, the conference provides opportunities for personal and professional networking. We hope you'll join us for the 2008 Georgia Oracle Users' Conference!


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Dates
Conference: March 24-25, 2008; 8:00 - 5:00
Full day class: March 26, 2007; 8:30 - 5:00


Location
Kennesaw State University Center at Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA


Directions
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Costs
Conference:
Discount: $150.00 per person (Registrations before Mar 5)
Full Fee: $200.00 per person (Registrations on or after Mar 5)

Full-day class:
Discount: $75.00 per person (Registrations before Mar 5)
Full Fee: $125.00 per person (Registrations on or after Mar 5)


Cancellation Policy
100% - Cancel before Mar 5
50% - Cancel on or after Mar 5


Registration is Closed


Keynote Presenters

Aaron Newman, Application Security

Aaron Newman is co-founder and the chief technology officer of Application Security, Inc. (AppSecInc). In his current role, Newman is responsible for defining the overall AppSecInc product vision. Widely regarded as one of the world's foremost database security experts, Newman is the coauthor of the Oracle Security Handbook, printed by Oracle press.

Mike Ault, Quest Software

Mike Ault is an Oracle database specialist at Quest Software and a recognized Oracle expert with more than 16 years of experience as an Oracle DBA and consultant in a variety of industries and companies. A prolific author, Mike has published more than 20 Oracle-related books, has written articles for Oracle, Select, DBMS, Oracle Internals and several other database-related magazines and is also a frequently high-rated presenter at local, regional, and international Oracle conferences, such as GOUSERS, SEOUG, RMOUG, NYOUG, NCOUG, IOUG, OOW, ODTUG, UKOUG and EOUG.

Agenda (subject to change)

Monday
8:00 - 8:30 AM Breakfast

8:30 - 10:00 AM Keynote Presentation

Mike Ault, Quest Software
The State of the UNION and the WHERE and the UPDATE: A Look at the Changing Role of DBAs in the Oracle World

10:00 - 10:15 AM Coffee Break

10:15 - 11:15 AM Breakout Sessions

Anatomy of a Data Archiving Project - Eric Offenberg, Princeton Softech
Using ADF 11g as a Platform for Oracle Cloient/SErver Forms Conversions - Robert Nocera, Vgo Software, Inc.
Wait-Time Based Oracle Performance Management - Janis Griffin, Confio Software

11:15 - 11:30 AM Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30 AM Breakout Sessions

Scaling Oracle to 100 Million Rows - per Day! - David Scott, Intech Telecom
Building Composite Applications using SOA and Oracle Applications - John Ezzell, BIAS Corporation

12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch, Sponsored by Cyber-Ark Software

1:30 - 2:30 PM Focal Session

Anatomy of a Database Attack
Aaron Newman, Application Security

2:30 - 2:45 PM Break

2:45 - 3:45 PM Breakout Sessions

Do You REALLY Know Who's Touching Which Of Your Key Assets? Privileged Identities in the Oracle Environment - Nir Gertner, Cyber-Ark Software
Object-Oriented Data Warehousing in Oracle - Erik Bowe, Kennesaw State University
Deduplicaiton Storage for Backup and REcovery of Oracle Databases - Kevin Allen, Data Domain
TBD - Mike Sweeney, Sun Microsystems

3:45 - 4:00 PM Break

4:00 - 5:00 PM Breakout Sessions

Essentials of Test Data Management - Eric Offenberg, Princeton Softech
Access Control Case Study - Lareese Goss and Doug Cain, GOUSER
Oracle Data Archiving: Taming the Beast - Dave Moore, Neon Enterprise Software
Streamlining Non-Production Database Copies While Enabling Strong Data Privacy - Joshua Aplern, Applimation

5:30 - 11:00 PM Reception/Networking (Sponsored by Oracle)
Join us for some FREE FOOD ( wings,  chips,  etc. ) at U.S. Play - it's just down the road from the KSU center. Starting at 5:30 PM, you can network with other conference attendees, compliments of the Georgia Oracle Users' Group! We're inviting all attendees, speakers, and vendors to join us for a fun evening and a game or two of pool.

Click here for directions to U.S. Play

Tuesday
8:00 - 8:30 AM Breakfast

8:30 - 10:00 AM Keynote Presentation

A History of Oracle Security, Exploits, and Hacks
Aaron Newman, Application Security

10:00 - 10:15 AM Coffee Break

10:15 - 11:15 AM Breakout Sessions

Introduction to Development with Oracle Application Express - David Scott, Intec Telecom
Enabling Developers to use SQL Tracing - Cory Brooks, TSYS
Preventing Access to Sensitive Data in non-Production Oracle E-Business Suite Environments - Christopher Carriero, Guardian Applications
Hacking and Defending Databases - Todd DeSantis, Sentrigo


11:15 - 11:30 AM Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30 PM Breakout Sessions

Trouble with Oracle RAC: Troubleshooting Clusterware and Clustered Databases - Kenny Smith, Cnetics
Data Privacy...Closing the Gap - Eric Offenberg, Princeton Softech
Introduction to SQL*Plus - Helen Bradshaw

12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch, Sponsored by Applimation

1:30 - 2:30 PM Focal Session

Mike Ault, Quest Software
Why Can't Johnny Tune? A Look at the Epidemic of Poorly Tuned Databases and the Possible Causes and Cures

2:30 - 2:45 PM Break

2:45 - 3:45 PM Breakout Sessions

Table and Index Types and Their Uses - Cory Brooks, TSYS
Trivial Pursuit: Grid Control Edition - Kenny Smith, Cnetics
Who Am I? And Why am I Here? Authentication Options in Oracle - Amy Wilson, DeVry University

3:45 - 4:00 PM Break

4:00 - 5:00 PM Conference Closing Session and door prize-a-palooza


Wednesday - Full Day Class (Additional Fee)

Practical Oracle Security
Josh Shaul, Application Security, Inc.
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM


Session Abstracts - Coming Soon


Additional information
email conference@gouser.org


Area Hotels
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Sponsored by
Application Security Inc.
Applimation Inc.
ChainSys
Confio Software
Cyber-Ark Software
Data Domain
Embarcadero Technologies
GoldenGate Software
Guardian Applications
Kaplan
NetApp
Optim Solutions
Oracle
Quest Software
RWD Technologies
Sentrigo
Staffing Technologies
The DBA Group
TUSC
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