This blog tends to be what I did rather than what I learnt, a record of what I get up to.
As ever I attended AI world with multiple hats:
I was partially supported by the ACE program in recognition of having content in the AI World Agenda. I had a birds-of-a-feather session with Mia Urman my fellow ACE Director on modernizing EBS, and I was also on a panel for Oracle integration cloud where I shared several examples of how we extend fusion applications with OIC for our customers including Bradford White who were in the audience.
The ACE program has a presence in the exhibition and like all other ACEs I took my turn to talk to delegates about the program, and new this year the ACE Apprentice initiative which I'm looking forward to encouraging people to take part.
Wednesday evening was our ACE dinner they try and organize these dinners at any event where there is several ACEs taking part, but this is by far the biggest. The support from Oracle is so welcome and I want to thank Jenny Tsai Smith in particular who called out the Apps ACEs at the dinner. I sat with Jenny and Kumar Rajamani who is responsible for autonomous and AI select. We had a great conversation on where it is used in Ask EBS and how you Inoapps have implemented it on our EBS archiving solution product.
After the dinner was the main Oracle party with death leopard but I just wanted an early night so skipped that event
There was also an ACE adventure on the Thursday after AI world officially finished, but Jenny invited me to the Global Leaders Meeting which is about the database, but she gave me honorary membership, and I was able to continue the discussion around how we are using AI here. I also got to meet visionaries from around the world who are using AI in Oracle's database to make a difference.
My employer Inoapps were at AI World in force. We were not in the exhibition but had a private space in one of the restaurants alongside it, where we held roundtables and many meetings with both Oracle and delegates. I hosted two roundtables around E Business Suite users where I was joined by Cliff Godwin, SVP EBS and Mia.
Inoapps had a reception on Sunday evening were Oracle friends who had arrived early in Vegas. It was a great time for us to relax, tackle the jet lag and ponder what the next few days might bring. As partners we had previews of all the big messages ahead of the main event in
Like many partners we held an appreciation reception on the Tuesday evening at are now regular Sugarcane location where many of our customers Oracle contacts and opportunities came to say hello.
Did this mean I wasn't fed on Monday evening? Of course not. Mia's organization Auraplayer, whom we partner with, held a dinner for her customers which I was able to attend.
On the Thursday morning, I managed to have two breakfasts the first with an analyst company I have the pleasure of working with and the second with an Inoapps customer who are excited about their AI journey.
I make no secret of the fact that Las Vegas is not really my cup of tea but if you're there you can't help but be a tourist. On Sunday morning I had a private pilgrimage to the gospel brunch at the House of Blues. Last year it was so hot I had to take an Uber to the Mandalay Bay where it is located, but this year it was pleasant enough to walk both there and back, a round trip of about 7 miles. I know this is a show, but the music is fantastic, and I enjoy the fellowship. I do like the strap line “praise the Lord and pass the biscuits” although I'm not too sure about the additional extra for an all-inclusive drinks package.
On the Friday morning a great friend Michelle Malcher and I went to the strip's eldest hotel, the Flamingo and listened to their wildlife ranger talk about the rescued sea birds they keep alongside their flamingos and I also took the chance to meet up with many other friends that I've had the privilege of making over the years.
My next outing is the South African Oracle Users Group in less than two weeks and I'm very excited that this time in recognition of their growth there will be more ACEs attending and hopefully will sign up some of those apprentices.
And what did I learn at AI World? Well I'll log on the Inoapps page about that.
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