What are Certus Up To at OOW15?

The Certus Team going to OOW is 5 people including our speaking customer Richard Summerfield, the Group HR Director of JT Global. 

Although I am the 'junior' I am up first. And when I say first I mean first session of the whole event!

Forming Your Future: Upgrade/Migration to Oracle Fusion Applications/Oracle Applications Cloud [UGF3179]
Learn how Oracle Fusion Applications/Oracle Applications Cloud can influence your future plans for ERP and inform you how to prioritize and decide upgrade and migration activities. Should Oracle E-Business Suite users go to the cloud or just stay current with their Oracle E-Business Suite release? Learn what methods are available for migrating to Oracle Cloud for any organization, and how to plan a roadmap for the latest release of Oracle Applications Cloud. This session shares details of the experience. You will learn from the upgrade/migration experience and strategy, cutover plan, testing, and training.
Sunday, Oct 25, 8:00 a.m. | Moscone South—307

Then not a cloud session but one I am really pleased to be comparing again.

More Than Another 12 on Oracle Database 12c [UGF3190]
This session is back by public demand after last year’s fantastic feedback. More than twelve of the best speakers in EMEA—all ACE directors—share their knowledge on Oracle Database 12c. Quick-fire, seven-minute sessions provide nuggets of wisdom to consider and explore during and after Oracle OpenWorld.
Sunday, Oct 25, 1:30 p.m. | Moscone South—306

Later on Sunday Richard Summerfield and Mark Sweeny our CEO are joining Loïc Le Guisquet who is a president of Oracle, responsible for the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions, at a press round table talking about Cloud.

On Monday Tim Warner our COO and myself who are old hands with the Oracle User Experience team are there again, Tim being interviewed and I am hosting a PaaS4SaaS demo station a their expo. 

On Tuesday Richard Summerfield and our own Richard Atkins will tell the JT Story:

What Does It Take to Make Oracle HCM Cloud Work? The JT Story [CON9059]JT implemented Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud (Oracle HCM Cloud) across five countries in just five months, integrating with several payrolls. The company went on to add performance and was one of the first to go live with Oracle Time and Labor. What did this mean for the business and technically? In this session, JT’s group director of HR and its implementation partner explain the change to the business and the migrations, integrations, configurations, and reporting needed.
Tuesday, Oct 27, 12:15 p.m. | Palace—Presidio

Wednesday appears to be analyst day, I am partaking in a thought leadership breakfast with one group and Richard Atkins is on a panel with Goldman Sachs in the afternoon.

I am also speaking again on PaaS4Saas in the OTN Lounge at 11am.

Tim Warner who is very experienced at speaking at OOW then has his session:

10 Ways to Enhance Your Oracle HCM Cloud Implementation [CON8983]
Do you think Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud (Oracle HCM Cloud) is too vanilla? Then this presentation is going to change your mind. See 10 different examples of how Oracle HCM Cloud extensibility tools and techniques can enhance your implementation. The examples are based on real-life implementations.
Wednesday, Oct 28, 4:15 p.m. | Palace—Sea Cliff

If you want to attend any of the sessions I suggest you sign up with My Schedule as they are filling up fast