Curtain Raises on Oracle® OpenWorld San Francisco 2008

Oracle today welcomed more than 43,000 attendees to Oracle® OpenWorld San Francisco 2008, Oracle's global business and technology conference that runs from Sunday, September 21 through Thursday, September 25 at Moscone Center.

This year's conference will feature:

1,800-plus educational sessions;

450-plus partner exhibits including the Intel-sponsored Inside Innovation;

300-plus live Oracle product demos in the Oracle DEMOgrounds and

200-plus industry sessions.

Keynote addresses will feature industry leaders from HP, Intel, NetApp and Oracle.

Customers and partners will have access to a wide range of specialized industry programming covering communications, financial services, health sciences, high tech, insurance, manufacturing, public sector/higher education, retail and utilities.

Oracle OpenWorld will offer a broad array of activities and sessions to enable partners to better build, market and sell Oracle-based solutions and services.

New this year, the OpenWorld Green Program will focus on sustainability and help customers and partners attending the show to “green” their businesses, address compliance and sustainability issues and showcase best business practices that help companies minimize their environmental impact.

Oracle is hosting Oracle OpenWorld at its hometown venue -- Moscone Center. This year's event will encompass all of Moscone's facilities (North, South, West, Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts) in addition to the conference facilities of five hotels.

"This year's Oracle OpenWorld opens to another record-number of attendees and the widest range of programming and product, services and industry sessions to help conference attendees get the most return from their OpenWorld investment. Oracle OpenWorld 2008 will feature the customers and partners whose work with Oracle has enabled them to achieve better business results," said Tania Weidick, vice president of events marketing, Oracle.