AT ORACLE: Events Technology Events Conferences and sessions to help you stay on the cutting edge January 8–9, Las Vegas, Nevada Executives, analysts, and digital technology professionals discuss how digital content will be created, protected, and stored. The conference also focuses on the choice between local and cloud storage, especially as the quantity of high-resolution content increases. January 11–12, Washington, DC Under the title “Cancer, Diabetes, and Heart Disease: Improving Care Through eHealth,” this conference assembles more than 300 participants who drive improvement in the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare through information technology. January 15–18, New York, New York President Bill Clinton keynotes at “Retail’s BIG Show,” an industry event that offers education, networking, and an expo hall. Session tracks include digital and mobile retailing, IT, and more. January 18, Salt Lake City, Utah Created specifically for systems administrators who use (or want to use) Oracle Solaris and Oracle Linux, this bring-your-own-laptop event offers OS-specific hands-on training. January 21–25, Orlando, Florida This conference covers the theory and practice of the critical path method (CPM) of schedule analysis and includes training on CPM software products, including Oracle’s Primavera P6 applications. Vendor-specific user forums and networking events are included. January 22–23, San Antonio, Texas Utility industry leaders network and discuss the challenges and opportunities their companies face. The conference includes a focus on helping utilities and their customers move toward, and adapt to, a sustainable energy future. January 23–24, Mountain View, California This gathering of more than 1,000 thought leaders from business, government, healthcare, research, and technology examines the advances and challenges of personalized medicine. Products and services from startups and public companies alike are on display. HIMSS12 Annual Conference and Exhibition February 20–24, Las Vegas, Nevada Sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, this weeklong gathering of healthcare technology professionals offers more than 300 educational sessions in 23 categories such as mobile health, business and clinical analytics, and meaningful use. Get all the details and register at himssconference.org. Oracle User Groups Oracle Storage Archive Manager User Group Meeting January 10, Austin, Texas Silicon Valley JavaFX User Group Event January 11, Redwood Shores, California Software Quality Group of New England Meetings January 11 and February 8, Burlington, Massachusetts Georgia Oracle Users Group Meetings January 12 and February 9, Atlanta, Georgia FatWire User Group Meeting January 17, London, England Calgary Oracle Users Group Meeting January 19, Calgary, Alberta, Canada BayLISA Meetings January 19 and February 16, Mountain View, California Northeast Ohio Oracle Users Group Meeting January 20, Independence, Ohio Greater Cincinnati Oracle User Group Tom Kyte Day January 23, Blue Ash, Ohio Oracle User Group Leaders’ Summit January 23–25, Redwood Shores, California Suncoast Oracle User Group Monthly Meetings January 26 and February 23, Tampa, Florida LA Ruby Conference February 2–4, Burbank, California Memphis Area Oracle User Group Meeting February 14, Memphis, Tennessee Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group Training Days February 14–16, Denver, Colorado
| January 23–27, Munich, Germany Under the banner of “Sustainability: Empowering the Next Generation,” thousands of software architects, developers, and IT professionals discuss agile, SOA, mobility, embedded development, and modern software engineering topics. January 24–26, San Antonio, Texas This smart grid conference and exposition for the utility industry includes 13 educational tracks and 300 speakers. Topics include automation and control systems, energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy integration, advanced metering, water utility technology, and more. February 2–4, Salt Lake City, Utah This conference brings technologists and genealogists together to learn from each other and address challenges in family history research. Attendees benefit from hands-on workshops and interactive presentations on topics including cloud computing, mobile apps, social networking, and geo-mapping. February 5–8, San Diego, California At the 19th annual Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), the global internet community discusses cutting-edge advances in the science and application of network and distributed systems security. February 6–7, London, England This summit addresses important business intelligence (BI) topics such as BI innovations, the relationship between analytics and BI, methods for improving data quality, business involvement in BI initiatives, master data management, and cloud analytics. February 7, New York, New York Oracle executives, partners, and decision-makers from the financial services industry collaborate and share best practices and ideas for meeting business challenges such as changing customer demands and regulations. February 12–17, Las Vegas, Nevada This conference features six days of in-depth data warehousing courses, plus a three-day executive summit on executing an enterprise data strategy. Expert speakers and case studies illuminate these topics. February 13–16, Santa Clara, California Learn about cloud technologies and platforms at this conference. Topics on the agenda include big data processing, parallel computing, mobile cloud, private clouds, and infrastructure. February 14–17, San Jose, California FAST ’12 is a venue for researchers and practitioners to explore the design, implementation, evaluation, and deployment of storage systems ranging from low-level storage devices to information management systems. February 27–29, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates At this summit, CISOs discuss information security trends including data leakage, privacy, insider threats, security governance, risk continuities, digital IP theft, mobility, encryption, cloud computing, and cyberterrorism. February 27–March 1, Barcelona, Spain “Redefining mobile” is the theme of this year’s mobile technology and business conference. More than 60,000 attendees are expected for this event, which includes a conference program, exhibition, and awards program. App Planet, a conference in its own right, is the world’s largest gathering of apps developers—more than 10,000 are expected. February 27–March 2, San Francisco, California This event for information security leaders includes 17 technical tracks, more than 220 hands-on sessions (including several peer-to-peer events), and more than 350 technology vendor exhibits. Send us your comments |