2nd Annual Oracle Provincial Forum

2nd Annual Provincial Forum & the Best of Oracle OpenWorld

Provincial Ministries, Crowns and Agencies are transforming in an effort to meet increasing service expectations from citizens, legislative mandates, and current economic pressures. There is a need to be more efficient and accountable, providing services and information to constituents expeditiously and cost-effectively. However, legacy information systems typically support single program functions. These disparate systems pose a complex canvas upon which to compose a more efficient government systems landscape.

Please join your fellow government leaders and Oracle to discuss these current challenges and learn how government agencies are leveraging IT as a core tool to streamline multi-organization operations thereby delivering a more cost-effective, citizen- centric, and sustainable government.

This Provincial Forum will provide government organizations:

Perspectives from industry strategists and thought leaders on gaining operational efficiencies, enforcing regulatory compliance, reducing costs, and improving citizen services
Solutions and product announcements from the recent Oracle OpenWorld conference
Networking opportunities with other government attendees and Oracle experts

Guy Gondor
Strategic Initiatives Branch Office of the CIO
BC Government

Agenda
7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Registration & Breakfast Crystal Ballroom
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks – Mark Johnson, Senior Vice President, Oracle Public Sector Software Crystal Ballroom
9:00 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.	Best of Oracle OpenWorld – Peter Doolan, VP & CTO, Public Sector Sales Consulting, Oracle Crystal Ballroom
9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Customer Presentation – Guy Gondor, Office of the CIO, BC Government Crystal Ballroom
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.	Running an Intelligent Government Crystal Ballroom	Optimizing IT Data Centers Kiplings Room
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.	Master the Next Wave Productivity & Innovation with Oracle Applications Crystal Ballroom	Elevating IT Security to the Cloud Kiplings Room
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Networking Lunch Crystal Ballroom

Session Abstracts:

Track 1

Running an Intelligent Government
Come learn how Oracle Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management solutions empower users to discover new insights and trends in their organizations in order to run an intelligent government. Specific examples will focus on strengthening financial management and analysis. In this session we will:

Hear how agencies are able to correlate information from multiple systems in order to understand status of funds and better manage financial processes.
Understand how pre-built data models and integrations make achieving these results less costly and time consuming
Learn how agencies can leverage the latest enhancements and capabilities in Oracle's Enterprise Performance Management Suite. In particular, Oracle Hyperion Financial Management and Public Sector Planning and Budgeting which support the governmental budgeting, planning, and financial reporting process.

In addition, we will hear about emerging trends and capabilities impacting the future of Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management. We look forward to your participation.
Robert Lindsley, Sales Consulting Manager, Oracle North American Public Sector

Master the Next Wave of Productivity & Innovation with Oracle Applications
To succeed in a world of dynamic economic, social and technology change, enterprises much keep costs down while investing in new ideas. The best run organizations will have the most efficient operating models and the capacity for ongoing innovation. Establishing the right balance between productivity and innovation is a proven strategy for long-term success.

This presentation covers the trends that are impacting enterprises today and illustrates how a balance of the right strategies and actions can have a positive impact on performance. You’ll gain insight into Oracle’s product strategy, including the latest on Oracle Fusion Applications, and gain real-world insights into the strategies of Oracle Applications customers—including the drivers behind their plans and tips for utilizing technology—and actionable recommendations for building your roadmap for the future.
Folia Grace, VP Application Product Marketing, Oracle.

Track 2

Optimizing IT Data Centers with Customer Case Study Featuring the Integrated Case Management Project
The evolution of the datacenter is accelerating as virtualization, consolidation, and cloud services are becoming ubiquitous. Through integration and optimization of hardware and software, Oracle is leading the industry in the next phase of the transformation of the datacenter. Tomorrow’s datacenter must be able to handle massive amounts of structured and unstructured data, perform critical analysis and reporting in a fraction of the time it takes today. Skyrocketing operational costs must be controlled and reduced. Global workforces require secure access 24 X 7, with zero unplanned downtime. Learn how Oracle delivers all this and more through Hardware and Software Engineered to work together. In this session, we’ll also hear how when faced with the challenges of complex requirements and high user deployment footprint, BC Government’s Integrated Case Management Project evaluated and selected the Oracle Exadata hardware platform. Learn about the drivers and process leading to this decision, status of its implementation and early performance indicators.
Robert Fleming, Master Principal Sales Consultant, Oracle Public Sector.
Marcin Zaranski, Director, Solution Alignment, Integrated Case Management, BC Ministry of Social Development.

Elevating IT Security to the Cloud
The trend toward Cloud consolidation is ever present, further increasing the pressure of understanding related transition challenges on IT departments, CIOs and CTOs. Please join Spiros Angelopoulos from Oracle to learn how you can mitigate some of the associated risks by using security controls available with a solid foundation of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Data Security strategies.
Spiros Angelopoulos, Strategy Director, Public Sector Cloud Security, Oracle.

Mark Johnson
Senior Vice President
Oracle Public Sector

Peter Doolan
Group Vice President and Chief Technologist
Oracle Public Sector

Guy Gondor
Strategic Initiatives Branch
Office of the CIO
BC Government

Marcin Zaranski
Executive Director
of Integration and Quality
with the BC Government

Tuesday, December 06, 2011
8:30 AM – 12:15 PM

The Fairmont Empress
721 Government Street
Victoria, BC V8W 1W5