OpenWorld 2018

With just over a month until OpenWorld, it is time to finalize travel reservations and surf the content catalog. As always, the session catalog is loaded with great sessions from all of our favorite presenters: psadmin.io, Presence of IT, SpearMC, Cedar UK (Graham Smith), Oracle, Smart ERP and so on. I am definitely looking forward to hearing from customers and partners at the panel sessions on this year's agenda. If you have room on your agenda, I would love to have you in my session, Getting the Most Out of PeopleSoft PeopleTools: Tips and Techniques, on Monday, Oct 22 at 3:45 PM in room 3016. I have spent this entire year investigating Fluid and Event Mapping and can't wait to share some new tips.

Are you presenting? If so, leave a note in the comments to help promote your session. This year's catalog is quite exhaustive. Help us find the best sessions of the conference by letting us know what you are presenting.

OpenWorld 2016

In a matter of days, customers, partners, employees... and everyone else related to the Oracle ecosystem will converge on San Francisco for the 2016 edition of the Oracle OpenWorld conference. This is by far the most comprehensive Oracle conference of the year, covering both applications and technology. I am really looking forward to attending this year as an Oracle partner. Since I won't be working the Oracle demo grounds, please feel free to stop me anytime, anywhere to start an impromptu conversation. Don't hesitate. My goal is to talk to as many people as possible, so you will be doing me a favor by saying "Hello."

Like many of you, I have been searching the content catalog for all of my favorite search terms: Fluid, PeopleTools, Jeff Robbins, Graham Smith, Sasank Vemana, David Bain, JavaScript, and Oracle JET... there is a lot of great content this year. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of really great overlapping sessions. In fact, the famous Graham Smith from Cedar Consulting will be presenting at the exact same time as his wife Jo, but in a different room (Sorry Graham, I am planning to attend your wife's session).

For PeopleTools-minded individuals, the conference starts early on Sunday with Sasank's Life Hacks for PeopleSoft Development [UGF2499]. Sasank's sessions are always worth attending.

With all that is going on at OpenWorld this year, I do hope you will leave room in your schedule to attend my session on Monday at 4:15PM in Moscone West 2024. I will be presenting Getting the Most Out of PeopleSoft: PeopleSoft PeopleTools Tips and Techniques [CON7070]. I have a lot of great content planned including new, under-publicized PeopleTools 8.55 features, fluid tips, and Oracle JET. As always, I expect to give away a few copies of my books as well (remind me if I forget).

The OpenWorld bookstore is another one of my favorite places to visit during the OpenWorld conference. Oracle Press will be there with copies of all three of my books. Each year the bookstore sells these books at a discount. If you purchase a copy, look for me in Moscone West. I would be happy to sign your book for you.

See you soon!

OpenWorld 2015 Presentations Available

OpenWorld 2015 presentations are now available in the content catalog. My PeopleTools Tips and Techniques session presentation is available here.

OpenWorld 2015 Conference Schedule

Just a couple more weeks and we will be enjoying the great weather and hospitality of San Francisco. I am anxiously anticipating another great OpenWorld conference. As always, I look forward to meeting with you between sessions or in the demo grounds. I will be presenting "PeopleSoft Developer: Tips and Techniques [CON8596]" on Monday, Oct 26 at 12:15 p.m. in Moscone West—3007.

I find the OpenWorld/JavaOne content catalog a little intimidating. If you are presenting a PeopleTools topic, please post your session details in the comments below to help the rest of us find PeopleTools-related sessions.

OpenWorld 2014

OpenWorld is only a couple of weeks away. As always, this promises to be an outstanding conference. Whether your focus is functional or technical, OpenWorld has a lot of PeopleSoft sessions. The Focus on PeopleSoft OpenWorld document contains a good list of PeopleSoft focused sessions and events. I look forward to seeing you at OpenWorld this year. Here are some of the places and times where you can find me:

Monday

Demo Grounds: PeopleSoft User Experience from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Tuesday

Demo Grounds: PeopleSoft User Experience from 9:45 AM to 11:00 AM

Session ID: CON7568
Session Title: PeopleSoft PeopleTools Developer: Tips and Techniques
Venue / Room: Moscone West - 3004/3006
Date and Time: 9/30/14, 17:00 - 17:45

Wednesday

Demo Grounds: PeopleSoft User Experience from 9:45 AM to 12:00 PM

Thursday

Session ID: CON7537
Session Title: Connecting PeopleSoft HCM, Oracle Taleo, Oracle HCM Cloud, and More
Venue / Room: Palace - Twin Peaks South
Date and Time: 10/2/14, 9:30 - 10:15

Meet the Authors Book Signing at the OpenWorld Bookstore in Moscone South Upper Hall Lobby from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM.

See you there!!

An Interview with Jeff Robbins

At OpenWorld 2013, I had the opportunity to catch up with Jeff Robbins and ask him some questions about PeopleSoft's User Experience. You can watch the video here:

Watch more videos from Oracle's User Experience team on the oracleuseableapps YouTube channel.

OpenWorld 2013 Presentations Available

OpenWorld 2013 presentations are now available and posted on the OpenWorld Content Catalog. Here are direct links to the presentations in which I participated:

• Tips and Techniques for PeopleSoft PeopleTools Developers [CON9080]
• PeopleSoft PeopleTools REST Web Services: Everything You Need to Know [CON7553]
• So You Think You Know PeopleSoft? Do You Know PeopleSoft Interaction Hub? You Own It! [CON9165]

OpenWorld 2013

OpenWorld 2013 is about two months away. Those of you that are attending probably noticed that the content catalog is posted. Here are the sessions I will be delivering:

• CON9080 - Tips and Techniques for PeopleSoft PeopleTools Developers, Moscone West - 2005, Tuesday, Sep 24, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
• CON9165 - So You Think You Know PeopleSoft? Do You Know PeopleSoft Interaction Hub? You Own It!, Palace Hotel - Gold, Tuesday, Sep 24, 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

A few other sessions I am really looking forward to attending are

• PeopleSoft PeopleTools REST Web Services: Everything You Need to Know [CON7553] delivered by Graham Smith, Oracle ACE Director; Tuesday, Sep 24, 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM - Moscone West - 2005
• Mobile for PeopleSoft HCM from GreyHeller [SBH10611] delivered by Larry Grey from GreyHeller.
• All of the Interaction Hub sessions from Matthew Haavisto. These interest me because of the collaborative nature of these sessions: business experts partnering with IT.
• Honeywell’s Engaging Yet Standardized PeopleSoft HCM Implementation [CON2254] with Paul Isherwood, IntraSee. It is always fun to see the cool stuff IntraSee is delivering.
• General Session: PeopleSoft Technology Update and Roadmap [GEN9037] just because this is a great time to hear what may be coming in future PeopleTools releases.
• PeopleSoft PeopleTools Product Team Panel Discussion [CON9082] to hear customer questions and panel responses.

Book Signing at OpenWorld 2012

Each year Oracle Press authors gather for a half hour "meet the authors" and book signing at the OpenWorld bookstore. This year the book signing half hour is from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Be sure to check the bookstore signage for your favorite author's scheduled time. I will be in the bookstore during the "Meet the Authors" event on Thursday. Please bring your book and/or questions. We will have a great time discussing technology!

Learn About Building PeopleSoft Mobile Apps this Sunday at OpenWorld

If you are attending OpenWorld and arrive in San Francisco before 2:15 PM this Sunday, then come to Moscone West room 3009. I will be sharing tips and concepts for building mobile applications on the PeopleTools platform. This session is open to anyone registered for OpenWorld. The session ID is SIG10516. You can read the session announcement on the OAUG PeopleSoft SIG web site.