LAOUC 2025 Tour - Panama

Quick flight from Costa Rica to Panama and onto the third leg. We arrived at lunchtime and went off to find an incredible but a very reasonable restaurant.  

Then I retired to the hotel, where I had an upgrade to a junior suite overlooking the ocean. I have stayed at this hotel before wish we had longer. it was by far the best hotel of the tour.

This really was an in an out stop, I didn't even go out again in the evening as I knew I tomorrow was going to be a long day, a full covariance and then fly to Guatemala for the next leg.

I gave my two presentations and again there was a larger percentage of students, and I will talk about that again in my summary blog. When I gave the EBS Roadmapping session the user group leader said he wished one of their big organisations had been there, a food and beverage company. Two arrived after lunch so I gave them a private run through.

The event was held at the Univeridad del Valle or UVG, and like the one in Mexico, it is an Oracle Academy university. That means they have lecturers like Paulo below are trained in Oracle technology (SQL, Java and APEX) and are given a curriculum and resources to teach. When a student gains certification they get points towards their degree. These students were really keen to learn how these skills are used in the outside world.

The day finished quite abruptly as a thunder storm erupted and the university lost power, but it only affected the last session of the day. 

Big thanks to Edardo and the usergroup team and Thankyou for the gift 

Then it was a panic to get an uber to the airport due to the weather but when he did turn up he was obviously sent by a higher power.