Oracle User Groups

Oracle OpenWorld Participating User Groups

User group membership gives you a collective and valued voice into Oracle as well as a network of like-minded peers that can help you to get the most out of your significant investment in Oracle hardware and software solutions. Check out the major user groups below to see which group or groups are the best fit for your area of interest. Speak to representatives from various user groups in the User Group Pavilion Sunday through Wednesday, and meet with the expert speakers presenting sessions. Then join, and become part of a powerful force for influencing Oracle product direction, educating users, and collaborating with peers.

• Asia Pacific Oracle Usergroup Community
• EMEA Oracle User Group Community
• Higher Education Users Group
• Independent Oracle Users Group
• Java User Groups
• GlassFish Community
• LAOUC - Latin American Oracle Users Community
• MYSQL Community
• Oracle Applications Users Group
• Oracle Development Tools User Group
• Oracle HCM Users Group
• Quest International Users Group

Asia Pacific Oracle Usergroup Community

Are you interested in networking with other Oracle users in Asia Pacific? There are more than 50 user groups to choose from in the region, and their size and services vary from country to country. They serve their members in their national languages and offer services meeting the needs of the users in their country. Log onto iouc.org to find a user group near you, and join up today! Come and meet some of the members of the APAC network at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 by visiting our stand at the User Group Pavilion in Moscone West.

EMEA Oracle User Group Community

EMEA Oracle User Group Community (EOUC) membership has many benefits, including networking and sharing best practices between groups, help for emerging user groups, access to timely and relevant information available only to the user group community, and ability to participate in International Oracle Users Group Community (IOUC) committees and initiatives that provide direct feedback and direction to Oracle's products and services groups. For more information about EOUC, its individual member groups in the EMEA countries, and how to join, please visit eouc.org.

Higher Education Users Group

Higher Education User Group (HEUG) is an international organization consisting of higher education institutions that use Oracle applications and middleware. As the largest independent industry-specific Oracle user group in the world, HEUG represents more than 20,000 users from more than 900 campuses in 28 countries. The mission of HEUG is to facilitate the building of communities through the sharing of ideas, information, and experiences among its members and to provide a unified and effective voice to Oracle on all issues involving the use of Oracle applications and middleware in the higher education and research industry. Find out more at heug.org.

Independent Oracle Users Group

Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) serves its international community of more than 22,000 database administrators, architects, security and system administrators, technical managers, and IT professionals focused on Oracle Application Express, business intelligence, data warehousing, Oracle Database, Oracle Exadata, Linux, middleware, MySQL, security, storage, Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC), Oracle Universal Content Management, and the entire Oracle technology stack. Through IOUG's virtual and in-person education, online repository of best practices, technical journal, industry research studies, regional communities, and special interest groups, the organization is focused on sharing best practices and solutions for topics including aligning IT with business, migrations and installations, data and enterprise security, architecting enterprise environments, virtualization, cloud computing, and data governance. Visit ioug.org, or call +1.312.245.1579 for more information.

GlassFish Community

For more information about the GlassFish Community, please visit: http://glassfish.java.net/

LAOUC - Latin American Oracle Users Community

LAOUC is a national community to support Oracle in Latin America and the Oracle user groups in the region, our main goal is to be an open channel between Oracle HQ and the community at large. We also seeks to encourage the realization of Oracle events, exchange of knowledge and experience to assist in the creation of: White Papers, Blogs and new user groups in LAD.

Help us achieve our goal! You can help by becoming a member or sponsor of the LAD user groups, participating actively, creating new papers, or be a speaker!

For more information about the LAOUC, please visit http://laouc.org/

MYSQL Community

MySQL User Groups organize face-to-face meetings in hundreds of cities around the world, providing an excellent environment to share your experience with fellow users. Some meetings are informal, with a chat over a coffee or a beer. Other meetings have a more formal nature, with presentations or tutorials. Some groups do both, alternating.

Oracle, as part of its Community efforts, encourages and supports MySQL User Groups and other local groups and activities. MySQL developers and other experts often visit local user groups!

For more information visit us at http://dev.mysql.com/user-groups/

Java User Groups

Java User Groups (JUGs) are volunteer organizations that strive to distribute Java-related knowledge around the world. They provide a meeting place for Java users to get information, share resources and solutions, increase networking, expand Java Technology expertise, and above all, drink beer, eat pizza and have fun. For more information on JUGs, visit JUG community page at http://home.java.net/jugs/java-user-groups.

Oracle Applications Users Group

Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) is a global organization that enhances the capabilities of Oracle users in their day-to-day use and management of the growing family of Oracle Applications, including Oracle E-Business Suite, Fusion Applications PeopleSoft Enterprise, Agile, Hyperion, Siebel CRM and Oracle Primavera. The OAUG provides its members access to a global knowledgebase of solutions, presents numerous user-developed and user-led training programs and educational events, supports an extensive community of geographic and special interest groups, and facilitates networking with other Oracle Applications users and with Oracle. Learn more at oaug.org.

Oracle Development Tools User Group

Oracle Development Tools User Group (ODTUG) is an independent, global organization that provides education, support, advocacy, and networking opportunities for Oracle Database developers and architects using a variety of technologies. ODTUG's more than 20,000 members design applications, model data, write code, manage application systems, maintain legacy code, and are keyed into the middle-tier technology in Oracle Fusion products. ODTUG also supports the business intelligence (OBIEE, Hyperion, Essbase) and enterprise performance management (EPM) community. Along with Oracle's acquisition of Sun, ODTUG has now added content and support for all those in the MySQL community as well. Communication among members and with Oracle is facilitated through the ODTUG Technical Journal; e-mail discussion lists; special interest groups; and the ODTUG Web site, developed in Oracle Application Express and winner of the 2009 Oracle Innovator Award. Visit odtug.com or call +1.910.452.7444.

Oracle HCM Users Group

Oracle HCM Users Group (OHUG) is an organization devoted exclusively to providing users with valuable insight into Oracle Applications, including Oracle's PeopleSoft human capital management (HCM) applications. Membership to OHUG is free. Since its inception in 1998, OHUG has provided users with a forum for interfacing directly with other Oracle users and with Oracle executives, product managers, development, and support, offering firsthand knowledge of new functionality right from the source. This personal interaction enables OHUG members to mutually support the use of Oracle products to add value to their company business objectives through sharing of knowledge and experiences and to provide feedback and ultimately influence the future direction of the entire Oracle HCM product solution area. Meet OHUG board members at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 by visiting OHUG at the User Groups Pavilion in Moscone West. For further information please visit ohug.org.

Quest International Users Group

Quest International Users Group is a global, not-for-profit association for users of Oracle's PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and Oracle Utilities applications. As a worldwide community more than 50,000 strong, Quest and its affiliated user groups are a catalyst for maximizing members' business investments through the power of community, tools, and experiences. Quest provides a unified voice into Oracle for its entire family of users; timely, unbiased information; and networking events to benefit members' total information technology and best business practice experience. Find more information at questdirect.org.