The document summarizes the quarterly call between Oracle and user group leaders. It discusses updates on the user group community website, regional user group activities in APAC, EMEA and LAD, a review of Oracle OpenWorld and JavaOne in 2014, and plans for the upcoming year. The call also provided next steps for user group leaders to get more involved in the community website and future events like the quarterly calls and Oracle OpenWorld in 2015.

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Oracle User Group Leaders
Quarterly Call
Oracle User Group Team
Global Customer Programs
10:00am ET US Time
December 9, 2014
See your e-mail invitation or the User Group Leaders area of the Oracle User Group
Community site for dial-in and web conference details

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• Mary Lou Dopart
– Senior Director, User Group Community Strategy
Oracle User Group Community Team
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• Michael Stephenson
• Senior Director, Global Customer Programs
• Tom Scheirsen
– User Group Relationship Director, EMEA
• Jim Jiang
– User Group Relationship Manager, China
• Nichole Scott
– User Group Relationship Manager, Java/MySQL
• Alia Aguilar
– User Group Relationship Manager, LAD
• Maria Viviana Martinez
– User Group Relationship Manager, LAD
• Stacey Weldon
– GCP Program Manager

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Agenda
Welcome
Oracle User Group Community Website
Regional meeting updates – APAC, EMEA, LAD
User groups in the news
Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2014 review
The year ahead
Next Steps
Q & A
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Quarterly Update Call for User Group Leader Community
• Global leader call schedule
– Please save the dates
• December 9, 2014 (today)
• March 10, 2015
• June 9, 2015
• September 8, 2015
• Call times, access codes and webex conference details will be announced in
advance of each meeting on the community site
• Your participation is needed, before, during and after each call
– Poll on Community for future call topics
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Agenda
Welcome
Oracle User Group Community Website
Regional meeting updates – APAC, EMEA, LAD
User groups in the news
Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2014 review
The year ahead
Next Steps
Q & A
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Oracle User Group Community Website
• URL – http://community.oracle.com/community/usergroups
• E-mail reply to postings
– Response to requests at Oracle User Group Leader Summit in September
– Easily enabled through user configuration
• Add profile photo and avatar image
– Profile photo is a great way to “meet” and recognize Community members
– Avatar image quickly associates your comments and status updates via simple visual cue
– Easily done by editing your profile
– Photos and images reviewed and approved before visible on the site
• Documentation on the Community
• Check your group details under “Find a User Group” – oracleusergroups_ww@oracle.com if update needed
Call to Action – Tips for Using the Site
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Agenda
Welcome
Oracle User Group Community Website
Regional updates – APAC, EMEA, LAD
User groups in the news
Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2014 review
The year ahead
Next steps
Q & A
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3
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• China - National Java
Competition 2015:
– 10K+ participants
– 300+ Universities
– Finals are July 18, 2015
– Oracle is premier sponsor of
the event
– Click here for more
information
– Follow the progress on the
Community site
• APOUC Leader Summit
2015
– Suggested dates:
April 29-30, 2015
– Location TBC – Taiwan
– Suggestions for topics to be
discussed during the
meeting should be posted
on the Community site and
shared with Jim Jiang and
Nichole Scott.
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• Collaboration
– Annual user group
conferences hosted in India,
Australia, New Zealand
– Call to action for all – share
details about your
conferences and meetings
with others in the region –
use best practice from
LAOUC – leverage speaker
availabilities – plan early
– Contact Jim Jiang to discuss
possibilities
Asia Pacific Community
MLD/JJ

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• Real World Performance
Tour 2015
– OUGF / 9 Feb / Helsinki (Finland)
– OBUG & OGH / 11 Feb / Breda
(Netherlands)
– OUGN / 13 Feb / Oslo (Norway)
– HrOUG & SiOUG: / 17 March /
Zagreb (Croatia)
– UKOUG / 19 March / Tbc (UK)
– DOUG / 23 March / Copenhagen
(Denmark)
– AOUG & DOAG / 25 March / Vienna
(Austria)
– TROUG / 27 March / Istanbul
(Turkey)
• PeopleSoft Tour 2015
– SPOUG / 25 March / Madrid
(Spain)
– Club des Utilisateurs
PeopleSoft / 26 March/ Paris
(France)
– UKOUG / 31 March / London
(UK)
– OBUG / 1 April 2015 / tbc
• +100 user group events
(Java, OUGs, MySQL ...)
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• EOUC Summit 2015
– June 2-3, 2015
– Location
– 2 days of interactive
sessions with Java user
groups, MySQL user groups
and Oracle user groups
– Check this video of the 2014
EOUC Summit, produced by
Bert Breeman, NLJUG
Europe, Middle East and Africa Community
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• Webinars
– ORAMEX - Mexico –17 Dec
– Oracle SOA Suite 12c: SOA
Industrial y Productividad
para el Desarrollador –
Arturo Viveros
– Check the schedule on
Facebook
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• Big Data Cafe Technology
tour
– Oraugcrc - Costa Rica– Jan –
March 2015.
LAD
VM/AA
– OUG – Guatemala – 14 Jan
– Introducción a las
estructuras internas de los
índices: B-tree, Bitmap and
Function-Based – Deiby
Gomez
– Check the registration.
– EUG – Ecuador – 18 Feb
– Oracle EM 12c: Aprenda
como automatizar la gestión
del DBA
-Por Paola Pullas
– Check the registration.

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Agenda
Welcome
Oracle User Group Community Website
Regional updates – APAC, EMEA, LAD
User groups in the news
Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2014 review
The year ahead
Next steps
Q & A
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User Groups in the News
• UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) fires back at suggestion that customers
have “hostile” relationship with Oracle
– Computing, November 24, 2014
• The Wind of Change at Oracle: Thoughts on ‘transformational leadership’
– CIO, December 1, 2014 (New Zealand Oracle User Group meeting)
• Asia Pacific Oracle User Group Community (APOUC)
– Oracle APAC Media Centre, October 17, 2014
• Let your Relationship Manager know about your news so we can post it to
the Community.
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TS/MD/JJ

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Agenda
Welcome
Oracle User Group Community Website
Regional updates – APAC, EMEA, LAD
User groups in the news
Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2014 review
The year ahead
Next steps
Q & A
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Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2014
• Great location, great sessions, great week
• Sessions delivered
– 195 sessions on Sunday at Oracle Users Forum; 17,148 scans
• 77 Special Interest Groups meetings (SIGs); 2,280 scans
• 96 User Group sessions at OpenWorld; 11,334 scans
• 22 User Group sessions at JavaOne; 3,354 scans
– 54 additional sessions during remainder of Oracle OpenWorld/JavaOne; 4,745 scans
• Important: Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2015
– October 26-29, 2015
– Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
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Agenda
Welcome
Oracle User Group Community Website
Regional updates – APAC, EMEA, LAD
User groups in the news
Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2014 review
The year ahead
Next steps
Q & A
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The Year Ahead
• APAC
– Real World Performance tour (TBC)
– National Java Competition
• EMEA
– PeopleSoft and Real World
Performance tours
– JCP meeting
• LAD
– User group conference tour (TBC)
• NA
– Alliance 2015 (Mar 15-18)
– Collaborate 15 (Apr 12-16)
– OHUG 2015 (Jun 8-11)
– ODTUG K-Scope15 (Jun 21-25)
– Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2015
(Oct 26-29, 2015)
• Java
– 20th anniversary
• Watch the Community for coming
announcements
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JJ/TS/VM/MD/NS

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Agenda
Welcome
Oracle User Group Community Website
Regional updates – APAC, EMEA, LAD
User groups in the news
Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2014 review
The year ahead
Next Steps
Q & A
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Next Steps
• Oracle User Group Community
– It’s all about the conversations and sharing.
– Follow documentation to receive e-mail notifications
• As you plan your meetings and conferences – focus on Cloud
– Plan ahead – post your events to the Oracle.com calendar of events
– Alert your Relationship Managers about your events – check for schedule conflicts
• Be social
– Tweet and re-tweet: information on upcoming events, thought provoking articles, etc.
– Are you blogging? Let us know!
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Don’t Forget
• Quarterly user group leader calls
– Dates
• March 10, 2015
• June 9, 2015
• September 8, 2015
– Watch the Leader Community site for announcements on times and details
• Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2015
– October 26-29 2015
– Start planning now
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Agenda
Welcome
Oracle User Group Community Website
Regional updates – APAC, EMEA, LAD
User groups in the news
Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne 2014 review
The year ahead
To be continued …
Q & A
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