Thursday, 24 September 2026

On Stage at Oracle - My Journey Through The Years

 

My First Oracle Annual Event, then called Oracle Open World was 2004, I have attended every event since, and spoken in some way at every one of them from 2005. 

In those early days there was a whole day of user group sessions, so it was a wee bit easier to get a session selected. As an ACE Director I have spoken with several Oracle Product Development Teams, some sessions where my employer was a sponsor and more importantly to me, where I have had the privilege to talk with end user organizations I have worked with.

This year I am speaking as a customer! Inoapps use Fusion for Finance and HR and I will be with Mastercard talking about their virtual payment offering and why Inoapps, their first Oracle customer, use this.

As I move towards retirement, I thought it would be quite fun to list my sessions like a rock band tour, I don't have details for the first few years as I didn't have a blog then.




2026 


2025 

'Modernizing EBS'

2024 

'Applications Unlimited Customers—Put an End to Cloud Confusion'


'Extending Oracle Fusion Cloud Apps—What We Learned'

'An Introduction to Extending Oracle Fusion Cloud Apps'

'Applications Unlimited Customers—Put an End to Cloud Confusion'

2022  

'My Contractor, a showcase of Oracle ME (My Experience)'

2021 / 2020

No Annual Event (Covid)


'Should I Move to Oracle Cloud Applications' 


'A chatbot working with HCM'  

'SOA Cloud session based on a Skanska HCM implementation'

'Delivering People Excellence for DHL'

#PaaS4SaaS

'Digital Transformation in Sport The England Rugby Fusion Story'


'Forming Your Future: Upgrade/Migration to Oracle Fusion Applications'

'What Does It Take to Make Oracle HCM Cloud Work? The JT Story'

2014   

'Technology assisted deployments and upgrades'

'First Time UX experience'


'The Fusion Decision Journey'



'Usability and Features of Oracle Fusion Applications, Built upon Oracle Fusion Middleware'

'How Fujitsu Built Its Oracle Cloud for Its Customers'

'Consolidation: Optimize Your Entire Oracle Investment as a Platform for Growth'

'Oracle’s Roadmap to a Simple, Modern User Experience' 

'Consolidation for the Cloud'

2011 

'Your Path to Understanding Fusion Applications'

'Do I Upgrade or go straight to Oracle Fusion Applications?'

'Consolidation to the Cloud'

2010 

‘Fusion MiddleWare for Business – Stay Away if you are Technical’

'42 Real Life Examples of Fusion Middleware’

‘What to Look For in A Systems Integrator’

2009  

  'Shared-Service Oracle E-Business Suite 12' 

'Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, and SOA' 

 'Applications Upgrade Planning Tool'

2008  

  'Extended the E Business Suite with Hyperion' 

      '10 Things you can do to prepare for Fusion Now'