OAUG Connection Point 2004 — The Point of Contact
September 12 - 15, 2004
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel
Orlando, Florida, USA
Keynote speakers
Monday, September 13
Cliff Godwin, Senior Vice President, Oracle Corporation
Oracle E-Business Suite Overview
Cliff Godwin will introduce brand new integration services that dramatically simplify the integration of Oracle E-Business Suite with other business applications. Learn how Oracle's open, standards-based architecture allows you to integrate into a heterogeneous business systems environment. This enables you to fully leverage your investment in existing applications today and these new integration services can facilitate a gradual adoption of the suite over time. Cliff will also discuss how to obtain a single source of truth for your customer information, whether or not you are using any modules of the E-Business Suite. By leveraging the Oracle applications' data model and services, you can now answer key questions across your heterogeneous systems, such as who are my key customers and what do they own? Learn too how Oracle E-Business Suite meets the unique requirements of your industry with its robust, new industry functionality.
Cliff Godwin is the senior vice president of Applications Technology at Oracle Corporation. The Applications Technology group is responsible for ensuring that Oracle Applications effectively leverage Oracle's systems technologies, and for building the common objects and services used throughout Oracle Applications. Specific areas of responsibility include applications architecture, standards, performance, installation, and the Oracle Application Object Library, Oracle Workflow, Oracle XML Gateway and Oracle Alert products.
Previous to his current role as senior vice president, Mr. Godwin held a number of roles within the Applications Technology Group, including product manager, group manager, director, and senior director.
Mr. Godwin holds a master's of science degrees in mathematics and operations research from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Sunday, September 12
Judy Carter
Judy Carter is an acclaimed standup comic appearing on over a hundred television shows. Then years ago she formed comedy workshops which trains wanna-be comics in the how-tos of comedy and her new book, The Comedy Bible was featured on "Good Morning America" and National Public Radio. She has also appeared on Oprah, CNN and ABC World News Tonight.
In the past five years, Judy has become an expert in showing how humor techniques can help everyone deal with stress and change. Her work with the Corporate America has made her a sought-after speaker and has lead to her being featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Success Magazine.
Judy Carter, Goddess of Comedy, will show you how to laugh your way out of stress!
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