The collaborative event offers Oracle Applications, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users an opportunity to participate in educational and networking opportunities within the Oracle community. The event includes pre-conference workshops, product sessions led by Oracle executives, white paper presentations and training sessions.

The conference begins on Sunday, June 13, with three pre-conference workshops titled End User Training Workshop: Strategies and Solutions, which provides examples of end user training strategies and solutions used by Oracle, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards customers; RFID: From Compliance to ROI, which discusses the issues facing companies considering RFID and Sarbanes-Oxley Best Practices in an Oracle Applications Environment, which provides specifics on the implementation of good internal controls in an Oracle Applications environment.

Throughout the conference more than 160 sessions are offered on topics ranging from Oracle E-Business Suite, business intelligence, PeopleSoft Applications to Oracle best practices and corporate measurement. Oracle will provide 27 additional presentations including Oracle Fusion Platform Updates, Oracle Collaborative Support, Extending Oracle E-Business Suite Investment Using Oracle Integration and Driving Customer Satisfaction with Oracle Service.

John Wookey, senior vice president of Applications Development, Oracle, is the keynote speaker during the event’s general session on June 13. He discusses Oracle’s overarching strategy and road map for Applications. In addition, Cliff Godwin, Oracle’s senior vice president of Applications Technology, is the featured speaker during the general session on June 14 when he discusses the business value associated with Oracle Fusion Middleware and the technological innovations enabled by this applications infrastructure, which is available today.

“OAUG Connection Point 2005 enables us to interact directly with our Oracle and JD Edwards users and exchange ideas on the most effective ways to meet their needs,” said Jeb Dasteel, vice president, Global Customer Programs, Oracle. “We encourage our user groups to work together and collaborate on events like this one to provide Oracle customers with an expanded level of service and help these groups to further enhance their relationships with us.”

Jeffery Hare of Chandler, Arizona-based ERP Seminars leads the Oracle Users Best Practices Board (OABPB) panel on Wednesday, June 15, where discusses the role of the OUBPB within the Oracle community. He also reviews the processes for submitting, reviewing and having access to white papers available through the OUBPB Web site at www.oubpb.com.
“OAUG Connection Point provides all members of the recently expanded Oracle community with greater opportunities to network and exchange ideas than ever before,” said Patricia Dues, president of the OAUG. “This unique event is valuable to OAUG and Quest members because it serves as a venue for presenting case studies and best practices developed and implemented by some of the top Oracle experts in the world.”

Additional information is available regarding OAUG Connection Point 2005 at www.oaug.org. The OAUG leadership and event attendees will be available to the media at the event. To arrange press credentials or interviews regarding the conference, contact Chuck Meyers at 678-781-7204 or chuck@williammills.com.

About Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG®)
The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) is the world’s largest user knowledgebase for Oracle® applications users. Representing more than 2,000 member companies worldwide and more than 25 percent of the Fortune 100, OAUG provides users of Oracle applications with education, networking, training and support via a wide range of activities including conferences, publications, special interest groups and on-line communities. The OAUG serves as an advocate to Oracle Corp. on behalf of all Oracle applications users.

For more information about OAUG, visit the Web site at www.oaug.org.