Primavera Track for Collaborate 12

1. Mandalay Bay Convention Center
April 22 – 26, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Focus On Oracle Primavera
At Collaborate 12 you will be able join business professionals and technology experts for a broad range of sessions,
demos, and activities that will help you learn how you can address the critical issues facing organizations today.
The Oracle Primavera track has been designed for you to gain valuable information on how to respond to a
changing business environment, stay ahead of the curve, and effectively manage your entire project portfolio from
prioritization to delivery.
This document summarizes the highlights of the conference for Oracle Primavera customers.
Collaborate 12 Keynotes
Monday April 23, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
8:30 pm – 9:45 am Keynote: Endeavour to Succeed TBD
Captain Mark Kelley, Commander of the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s
Final Mission
9:45 – 10:45 am Keynote: The Evolution and Vision of Oracle Primavera for Banyan C
Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
Dick Faris, Oracle Primavera
5:00 – 6:00 pm Keynote: Oracle Fusion Roadmap TBD
Speaker TBD
Tuesday April 24, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
9:15 – 10:15 am Keynote: Mark Sunday, Oracle CIO TBD
3:15 – 4:15 pm Keynote: IBM TBD

2. Mandalay Bay Convention Center
April 22 – 26, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Oracle Primavera Breakout Sessions
Oracle Primavera Sessions showcase Oracle Primavera product strategy and development leaders, diverse
customers across industries, and experienced partners, all sharing their PPM best practices, success stories, and
the latest product release information to help enhance your project portfolio performance
Sunday April 22, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
3:20 – 4:20 pm Collaborate 12 Orientation for Primavera Users Banyan C
Daniel Williams, Primavera SIG
4:30 – 5:30 pm Project Management Modernization: Why and How Western U Banyan D
Moved from Spreadsheets to Primavera
Paul Martin, University of Western Ontario
4:30 – 5:30 pm Transitioning from InfoMaker to BI Publisher Banyan F
Brian Gardner, CBA Inc.
4:30 – 5:30 pm Implementation Demystification: 10 Keys to a Successful P6 Banyan E
Implementation
Elaine Krazer, Microdesk
Monday April 23, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Achieving Governance, Transparency and Visibility with Primavera Banyan C
Portfolio Management
Terri Crowley and Tim Mills, Oracle Primavera
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Banyan D
Managing the P6 Schedule from the Owner’s Perspective
Raquel Shohot, Hill International
11:00 am-12:00 pm You Weren’t Hired to be a Fireman: Keep Fires from Starting with Banyan E
Primavera’s Contract Management
Steve Kelly, Pro Management Systems

3. Mandalay Bay Convention Center
April 22 – 26, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
11:00 am-12:00 pm Primavera P6r8 in a Complex Healthcare Environment Banyan F
Troy Wyatt, Voltanic
1:15 – 2:15 pm Today and Tomorrow: What’s New in Primavera & Planned Banyan C
Roadmap
Yasser Mahmud, Oracle Primavera
2:30 – 3:30 pm Introduction to Primavera Risk Analysis Banyan C
Saj Yaqub, Oracle Primavera
2:30 – 3:30 pm Primavera P6 Facilitates Award Winning Improvements at Iberdrola Banyan D
Renewables
Christina Bonda-Riva, Iberdrola Renewables
2:30 – 3:30 pm Data Flow Between P6 and CM Banyan F
Peter VanStickler, Alutiig, LLC
2:30 – 3:30 pm Oracle Primavera P6 and EBS Projects – Where Do They Meet? Breakers B
Daniel Williams, Partners Consulting
3:45 – 4:45 pm Introduction to Primavera Contract Management, Business Banyan C
Intelligence Publisher Edition
Krista Lambert, Oracle Primavera
3:45 – 4:45 pm DRS Defense Solutions Recaps the Benefits of Implementing P6r8.1 Banyan D
and integrating to Oracle Financials 12.1.3
Mark Oppenheimer, DRS Defense Solutions
3:45 – 4:45 pm Scheduling: Minimizing the Input While Maximizing the Output Banyan E
Chris Ackerman, SSOE Group
Tuesday April 24, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
8:00 – 9:00 am Customizing and Writing Reports for Primavera P6 Using Oracle BI Banyan C
Publisher
Mike Domzalski and Matt Leeson, Oracle Primavera
8:00 – 9:00 am The Path to a Single Project Controls System with a Primavera Core Banyan D
Douglas Marr, Downer Australia

4. Mandalay Bay Convention Center
April 22 – 26, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
8:00 – 9:00 am Follow the Money of your Project and See into the Future Banyan E
Steve Kelly, Pro Management Systems
8:00 – 9:00 am Best Practices on Resource Management and Analysis Banyan F
Mrutyunjay Dash, Gaea Technologies
10:45 – 11:45 am Streamline Collection and Approval of Status Updates with Oracle Banyan C
Primavera
Eileen Schurmann, Oracle Primavera
10:45 – 11:45 am Primavera High Quality Schedules for the ITER Fusion Energy Banyan D
International Project
Marco Ferrari, Fusion for Energy
10:45 – 11:45 am How Primavera Can Help You Manage Risks in a Project Intensive Banyan E
Industry
Syed Hasan, Collaboration Management and Control Solutions
2:00 – 3:00 pm Business Intelligence with Primavera P6 Analytics Banyan C
Doug Larkin and Brian Diehl, Oracle Primavera
2:00 – 3:00 pm Business and Technical Lessons Learned from a Post-Merger P6 Banyan D
Integration Project
Greg Hunt, GenOn Energy
2:00 – 3:00 pm Does Better Scheduling Drive Execution Success? Banyan E
Dan Patterson, Acumen
4:30 – 5:30 pm What’s New in Customer Support Banyan C
Jennifer Woodford, Oracle Primavera
Wednesday April 25, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
8:15 – 9:15 am Primavera Integration Technologies – Technical Overview Banyan C
Peter Angstadt and Padmini Kanive, Oracle Primavera
8:15 – 9:15 am Managing Light Rail and Light Speed Banyan D
Wendy Kaszycki, Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority

5. Mandalay Bay Convention Center
April 22 – 26, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
8:15 – 9:15 am A Requirements Management Process for Developing Primavera Banyan E
Integration Specifications for SOA
Werner Maritz, Alliance Business Solutions
9:30 – 10:30 am Oracle Primavera and BPM – The Power of Integration Banyan C
Laura Marsiglio and Keath Lewin, Oracle Primavera
9:30 – 10:30 am Project Controls on a 900 Project Substation Network Upgrade Banyan D
Patrick O’Connell, Georgia Transmission
9:30 – 10:30 am Cloud Primavera for Large Organizations and their Contractors Banyan E
Greg Macpherson, Oakton Services
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Whole Enterprise Integration with Primavera and Business Process Banyan C
Management
Rudy Meyer and Keath Lewin, Oracle Primavera
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Project Controls for CSX Engineering Banyan D
James Minks, CSX Transportation
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management for Asset Banyan E
Intensive Industries
Brian Saldutti, Oracle Primavera
1:00 – 2:00 pm The Dynamics of Earned Value when Cost Loading a Schedule Banyan C
Justin Laurie, Oracle Primavera
1:00 – 2:00 pm Integrating iPad Technology into the Project Controls for Large Banyan D
Construction Projects
Christopher O’Grady, Burns & McDonnell
1:00 – 2:00 pm Building Impacted Risk Plans by Integrating P6 Client and Risk Banyan E
Analysis
Muhammad Jawad Shakeel, Novo Rail Alliance
Thursday April 26, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
8:30 pm – 9:30 am Reporting from Contract Management 14.0 Using Bi Publisher 11g Banyan C
Tony Sleva, Oracle Primavera
8:30 pm – 9:30 am Tobacco Road Meets the Technology Highway – Part III Banyan D
Michael Hughes, City of Durham, NC

6. Mandalay Bay Convention Center
April 22 – 26, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
8:30 pm – 9:30 am Project Portfolio Management with P6v7 vs. Microsoft Banyan F
Enterprise Project Management
Sarah Benjamin, Taurus Project Controls
9:45 – 10:45 am Primavera P6 Release 8 – Web Innovation & So Much More Banyan C
Adrian Laffitte, AcceleratedPM LLC
9:45 – 10:45 am Primavera Isn’t Just for Scheduling Anymore – How DRS Banyan D
Defense Integrated with Oracle E-Business Suite
Carol Johnson, DRS Defense Solutions
9:45 – 10:45 am Convert Your Infomaker Reports to Oracle BI – A Banyan F
Recommended Approach
Sury Balasubramanian, Gaea Global Technologies
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Integrating Asset Scheduling, Planning and Reporting Banyan D
Randy Kauffman, BP
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Contractor Updates at New York School Construction Banyan E
Authority
Justin Cohen, Partners Consulting
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Cost Reporting in CM 13 Banyan F
Jeanine Cooper, Microdesk
Oracle Primavera Special Interest Group (OPSIG) Sessions
Primavera’s user group (OPSIG) sits across the Oracle user groups (OAUG and Quest) and is dedicated to providing best
practices, tips and techniques, and a forum for discussion and education for the Primavera customer community.
Sunday April 22, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
3:30 – 4:30 pm Welcome to Collaborate 12 – An Orientation for Primavera Users Banyan C
Daniel Williams, OPSIG President

7. Mandalay Bay Convention Center
April 22 – 26, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Wednesday April 25, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
3:00 – 4:00 pm Primavera P6/Risk Analysis and CM Enhancement Request Session Banyan C
OPSIG Members
4:15 – 5:15pm OPSIG Membership Meeting Banyan C
Thursday April 26, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
12:15 – 1:15 pm OPSIG Leadership Meeting Banyan C
New Volunteers Are Welcomed to Attend!
Oracle Primavera One-on-One Customer Support Clinic
We will be offering 1-1 Primavera customer support in our Support Clinic throughout Collaborate 12. Details on clinic hours of
operation, location and timeslot reservations will be available soon at www.primaverasig.com.
Oracle Primavera Product Demos
We will be doing product demos for P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, Contract Management and Portfolio
Management in the Primavera kiosk as part of the Oracle booth on the exhibit floor.
Networking Activities
Collaborate 12 gives customers a great opportunity to network and socialize with Primavera staff, users, partners
and the greater Oracle community. Maximize your opportunities and enjoy the events listed below.
Monday April 23, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
6:00 – 8:00 pm Collaborate 12 Welcome Cocktail Party Exhibit Floor

8. Mandalay Bay Convention Center
April 22 – 26, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Tuesday April 24, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
7:00 – 9:00 pm Oracle Primavera Customer Appreciation Reception Mix at the top of
THEhotel in Mandalay
Bay
Wednesday April 25, 2012
TIME TITLE LOCATION
7:30 – 10:30 pm Collaborate Party - Back to the 80’s Mandalay Ballroom at
the Convention Center