Track, Time, Room	Title Presenter Abstract
1.1 Keynote 8:00-9:00 Pine	How the Oracle Cloud Drives Value For EBS Customers Tom Connors, Solution Consulting Vice President, Oracle Download File Learn how EBS customers can gain value from the Oracle Cloud today and leverage the next generation of innovative enterprise SaaS solutions. Whether you start big or small, the Oracle Cloud provides customers unparalleled  options for driving competitive market advantage, gaining ongoing  access to rapid innovation and driving faster and easier adoption for users.
2.1 R12 9:30-10:30 Cedar	Subledger Accounting: Back to Basics and Challenges Daisy Dabandan, Senior Consulting Manager, Jade Global Download File In this session, we will cover:  1.  Various areas where you can utilize subledger accounting and replace your existing custom objects 2. Back to Basics  in SLA configuration 3. Challenges in SLA configuration 4. Potential solutions and workarounds
2.2 Quote to Cash (E-Business Suite) 9:30-10:30 Pine	Closing and Reconciling Oracle Receivables - R12 Cathy Cakebread, Consultant, Cathy Cakebread Download File The close process has always been synonymous with stress! You need for the close to be quick, accurate and reliable.  With a clear and consistent process you can insure that you are comfortable with your results and that you have the proper backup.  You can confirm that both your Accounts Receivable activity balances to the changes in your Aging and that your Accounts Receivable and General Ledger values are in sync and, if not, why not. This paper provides you with a step-by-step checklist and detailed reconciliation process with visibility as to: what you have done, what you still need to do and how to complete a detailed reconciliation for Release 12.
2.3 Plan to Build (E-Business Suite) 9:30-10:30 Fir	Slaying the Hyrda - Achieving Single Item Multi-Org Cost without using Copy Cost Travis Cox, Senior Consultant, OAC Services, Inc. Download File Tired of dealing with the multi-headed monster of copying costs across multiple manufacturing organizations to achieve a global standard? Have you found yourself struggling with how to copy a range of item costs from one organization to another without wiping out what you just copied to the same target organization minutes before? Using Cost Management's Supply Chain Cost Rollup just may offer the solution to your labors.  This presentation will focus on how to set up and use Oracle Cost Management's Supply Chain Cost Rollup to achieve a global standard cost across all organizations - manufacturing or otherwise - without copying costs across organizations.  The presentation will include the discussion of a case study that involves a client with more than 15 inventory organizations, many of which can produce the same family of products - but only one of which may be the primary production site (and standard cost source) for a given item within the family. This granularity would have driven the Copy Cost process down close to - if not literally - the individual item level. Using the Supply Chain Cost Rollup and some minor extensions avoided this painful process.
2.4 Procure to Pay (E-Business Suite) 9:30-10:30 Oak	Accrual Automation Using Oracle Desktop Receiving Parag Jain, Senior ERP Lead, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc Download File Month end accruals around services is a manual, time consuming process. A monthly report is generated and sent to PO owners to determine the appropriate accrual amount. This requires constant follow up with users and at times questions the accuray of accruals. By allowing the system to determine accruals and automating the process of receipt of services, this not only reduces the overall time of period end close process but also streamlines the accruals. By extending Oracle iProcurement functionality of Desktop receiving, it solves this problem very effectively. This is a self service solution for end to end automation and PTP process to address accrual issues around services. In this presentation you will know the business case, pocess challenges in Bio-Pharma industry and importance of a robust change management plan to launch this functionality to 1000+ users.
2.5 Procure to Pay (E-Business Suite) 9:30-10:30 Silicion Valley	AP best practices & trends in Oracle E-Business Suite Michael Ventrella, Director - Oracle Sales/Operations, ReadSoft Download File Is your accounts payable department struggling to keep up?  Research from PayStream Advisors reveals the average invoice cycel time is 23 days while best-in-class companies have reduced it to as little as 5, which begs the question: what is missing in the majority of Oracle AP operations? Join this session to explore the latest industry trends and proven best practices to avoid the bottleneck that is costing your organization valuable time and money.  We will also examine a company's real-life experience streamlining its invoice process during a concurrent R12 upgrade.  Learn how you can apply similar best practices to your AP operations and leverage greater visibility & control within your Oracle environment to boost processing performance.
3.1 R12 11:00-12:00 Cedar	New in R12 - the changes that matter Mohan Iyer, Principal Consultant, FSCP Solutions Inc. Download File The new version of E-Business Suite that has been out for the last few years has been dramatically different and many people are wondering if this is good enough to upgrade to or wait for Fusion. The session will educate attendees on what changes that really matter mean and how it effects their daily tasks. We will cover an overview of Technology (as it effects users), Finance and Manufacturing in this presentation. This presentation will provide the attendee a perspective of what is new and how these new features can be used to effectively change how they use the product going forward. Not all changes are smooth and the sessions really want to point out the realistic impact of the new capabilities.
3.2 Quote to Cash (E-Business Suite) 11:00-12:00 Pine	Reverse Logistics - Make Returns Processing the Star of Your Supply Chain Imran Khan, Principal Consultant , Jade Global Download File Discover the automation of complex reverse logistics and how RMA processing can help you: Reduce RMA Processing time to minutes from weeks Reduce manual exception processing Improve inventory tracking Reduce Cost Increase customer satisfaction
3.3 Plan to Build (E-Business Suite) 11:00-12:00 Fir	Performance Driven Supply Chain in Medical Devices with Value Chain Planning Curt McKinney, Consultant, Supply Chain Fusion Download File Understand how the different Oracle Value Chain modules were used to support the SOP sub-processes as well as the overall SOP framework: Demantra:  Demand ForecastinOperational SOP to create a unified, end-to-end process providing a consistent view of the forecast throughout the entire organization. ASC Capacity constraint based supply planning APC Support the overall SOP framework Establish the core processes and framework driven by systems to increase real-time visibility and better decision making  Substantially improve forecast cycle time and efficiency Understand some of the challenges and lessons learned
3.4 Business Intelligence 11:00-12:00 Oak	OBIEE vs Hyperion Financial Reports:  Oracle's Future in EPM Reporting. Alex Ladd, Sr. Partner, MindStream Analytics Download File Come learn the differences between the components of OBIEE and Financial Reports.  Learn what you can do in OBIEE instead of Financial Reports?  Do you need both?  Why?  What does the future hold for each product? Objectives: o What is Oracles BI Foundation Suite? o Features and functions for reporting, ad-hoc analysis and dashboards o Making sense of the alphabet soup of Oracle's reporting tools
3.5 Business Intelligence 11:00-12:00 Silicion Valley	BI for Finance - How to re-vamp your BI Strategy Danny Nguyen, Oracle Strategy and Business Development Sr. Manager, InsightSoftware.com Download File For many years now Business Intelligence has been positioned as the solution to a company's entire information needs.  How many times have you heard "our BI project will solve that", only to be disappointed.  With the role of Finance becoming more strategic in most organizations, finance members are realizing that Business Intelligence, in fact, does very little to meet the day-to-day needs of finance.  How do you achieve a detailled, customized solution with a one-size fits all strategy?  Attend this session and learn how to: - Re-focus you strategy to meet the needs of Finance - Use the right tool for the right job - Deliver instant information to Finance and Stakeholders - Reduce the strain of an already over-burdened IT department
4.1 R12 1:00-2:00 Cedar	Virtualizing Oracle EBS on VMWare Joel Gouillon, Director, IT, BioMarin Download File This presentation shows how BioMarin reduced its rack footprint, realized cost savings, without sacrificing performance, by virtualizing EBS on VMWare.
4.2 Record to Report (E-Business Suite) 1:00-2:00 Pine	E-Gads! How in the Dickens Do I Manage the Oracle EBS Month-End Interfaces? Douglas Volz, Principal / Owner, Douglas Volz Consulting, Inc. Download File Are you live with Oracle EBS Financials, Inventory, Manufacturing or all three? And find you cannot close your month-end financial books, because you have limited transaction interface visibility, for your supply chain and financial transaction interfaces? With multiple inventory organizations and operating units? Learn about the common transaction interfaces in Oracle EBS that either stop you from closing your books, or worse, hide errors from you. Standard solutions for Release 11i and 12 are discussed. Better custom solutions are also included, with an extensive SQL report for the most common interface tables that cause grief every month. This presentation applies to both Release 12 and Release 11i.
4.3 Plan to Build (E-Business Suite) 1:00-2:00 Fir	Buy Sell Subcontracting: Collaborative Execution with a Value Added Subcontractor John Conlin, Principal Solutions Consultant, Oracle Corporation Download File Over the past few years, the Oracle Value Chain Planning (VCP) planning products have supported collaboration with key trading partners, customers and suppliers. Now, starting with Release 12.1, the Oracle E-Business Suite supports taking those planning activities further with direct integration into the execution area with Buy Sell Subcontracting.  This capability automates the execution of the material flow to enable: 1.  A company, usually an Original Equipment Manufacturer, OEM, to BUY an assembly from a Contracting Manufacturing Partner, CM, (supplier) and then, 2. SELL certain components to that Contract Manufacturer in order to enable the CM to, 3. Produce the required Assembly.  Buy Sell subcontracting automates the processes 1 through 3 above and uses many of elements of the Value Chain  Planning products in order to direct both the material and then the subsequent financial flow.  Buy Sell subcontracting also fully supports the above mentioned flow in a complete Drop Ship Business flow.
4.4 Business Intelligence 1:00-2:00 Oak	How Mature is Your Organization? Faun deHenry, President CEO, FMT Systems Download File Are your end users demanding mobility for reports? Are they requesting reports that ulitmately go unused? Do they really know how to use analytics and make fact based decisions? Are your users complaining about existing tools and training costs, how long it takes to ramp up on a tool, or that their data is never available to them?    This presentation addreses issues regarding how business intelligence (BI) has developed over the last decade and what it means for end users and IT. This presentation also examines the different skills necessary for a successful BI program, trends in the BI space, and BI applications. Finally, this presentation addresses the various stages of organizational business intelligence maturity as well as different models for assessment.
4.5 Agile 1:00-2:00 Silicion Valley	Enabling Product Development Excellence David Parsons, Vice President, Hitachi Consulting Download File This presentation will focus on product excellence how to prudently leverage the Oracle Agile PLM product set.  After identifying key process PLM business initiatives, this presentation will help illustrate the full PLM process and applications landscape, business benefits and best practices that will resonate with C-level executives in any Bay Area high tech manufacturing organization.
5.1 R12 2:30-3:30 Cedar	Implementing R12 Upgrade in most efficient and effective way without cost burden Ramesh Potta, Manager - Business Applications, Corsair Components Inc Download File I would like to give insight of how we have done our R12 (Technical and Functional) upgrade in most efficient and effective way without cost burden with just 2 internal resources in less than 4 month with  max benefits out of it. Our foot print is Finance, supply chain, manufacturing modules, Agile and with heavy customization.  Here is link for Oracle press release on our upgrade.  http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/1520398
5.2 Fusion 2:30-3:30 Pine	Oracle Fusion? No Confusion - First Insights from an Early Adopter Gustavo Gonzalez , CTO, IT Convergence Download File Oracle Fusion is finally here. But does that really mean for existing Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, and JDE customers? This presentation will help you separate the information from the noise. Presented by an Oracle Fusion early adopter, this talk will guide you through the basics of and Oracle R12-Fusion coexistence strategy, the basics behind Fusion’s Accounting Hub, as well as hosting a Fusion instance. Attendees will also see how their path to Fusion differs depending on their current footprint.
5.3 Plan to Build (E-Business Suite) 2:30-3:30 Fir	Enabling Global Sourcing through Oracle ASCP Shashi Kulkarni, Sr. Director, Extreme Networks Presentation was cancelled the day of the event This whitepaper is about how Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) implementation has helped planners to model different sourcing strategies for different products in each Distribution Center and help them manage and utilize the inventory more efficiently. The addition of a Hong Kong Distribution Center to Extreme Network's supply chain presented new challenges and at the same time provided opportunities to the material planners.It has helped Extreme Network's supply chain become more responsive and provides planners the visibility of material movement (in-transit) through-out the global supply chain. The addition of Hong Kong Distribution Center will allow Extremenetworks  to ship the products to the customers from the Distribution Center closer to their location and this decision can be made systematically based on inventory availability using the Oracle Global Order Promising (GOP) module.
5.4 Record to Report (E-Business Suite) 2:30-3:30 Oak	Global Chart of Accounts - Lessons Learned Hans Kolbe, Partner, Celantra System Global Chart of Accounts – Lessons Learned from 15 years global implementations” Download File How to construct a global chart of accounts? What did we learn over the years? Which concepts proved the most successful over the long run? Are there actually any “best practices”? Hans Kolbe, chair of the multi-national SIG group of the OAUG will present the findings and experiences with many practical examples. The session will identify the critical questions to ask before making recommendations or decisions in this area.  What are alternatives and options to avoid too length segments, how long should each segment be? How many companies ever use the “future use” segments? How do we best organize the relationship of global reporting to local detail? What is the relationship between ERP functionality growth and the chart of account requirements?  What are the options to use the secondary ledger functionality for additional management reporting in order to keep the primary ledger chart of accounts slim?
5.5 Business Intelligence 2:30-3:30 Silicion Valley	Spanning the Oracle EBS Reporting Spectrum: Operational to Analytics Joe Dahl, Sales Consultant, Noetix Download File Discover how your company can address both real-time operational reporting and analytical (data warehouse) reporting using technology that is quick to implement as part of a cost effective, pre-built solution.  This session will cover packaged reporting solutions for versions 11i and Release 12 of Oracle E-Business Suite that leverage existing investments in your current tools, including OBI EE, IBM Cognos, and SAP Business Objects.
6.1 Hyperion 4:00-5:00 Cedar	Master Data Management From the Dark Corner into the Light Bill Reddy, Principal Consultant, Analysis Team, Inc. Download File Master Data Management is no longer an obscure topic relegated to the remotest corner and last day of your business information conference of choice.  If it is, it should not be.  Tangible benefits can be gained not merely from managing but actively governing the terms, structures, and attributes that provide context and meaning to your company's data.  No matter what flavor of Business Intelligence you are deploying and on what platform there are benefits to be gained from improved consistency, clarity and common understanding.  This presentation will discuss what Master Data Management is (and is not), why it is important and how to enumerate and discuss the benefits (both intangible and tangible).  Grounded in real-world client anecdotes, we will discuss the importance of governance vs. management, common business language (CBL), requirements and barriers to program entry and acceptance, and some key strategies for success.  We will also compare and contrast various tools intended to serve this space, including a comparison of Oracle Hyperion Essbase Outline maintenance primitives (Rules files and EAS Outline Editor), Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Architect (EPMA) and Oracle Hyperion Data Relationship Management (DRM).  Each of these are powerful tools when applied in the appropriate venue, and this presentation will help you to understand where each fits in the Master Data Management realm.
6.2 Fusion 4:00-5:00 Pine	Fusion Applications Technology Overview Sue Watkins, Principal Solution Consultant, Oracle Download File This presentation will provide an overview of Fusion Applications, customer choices/roadmap, technology stack and benefits plus demonstration (if demonstrations can be done live, of "New Standard of Work" which shows the social collaboration, embedded intelligence, composer (configuration) technology).
6.3 Plan to Build (E-Business Suite) 4:00-5:00 Fir	R12 Upgrade Lessons Learned – A Case Study of a High-Tech Company Eswar Vadya, Director Sales Consulting and Solution Engineering, Sales, Jade Global Hear first-hand some of the lessons learned while performing an Oracle 11i to R12 upgrade project to help you better prepare for your own upcoming upgrade project. Our session will include an overview of a High-tech manufacture’s Oracle applications footprint, their third-party integrations, their basic business model, the upgrade course they chose, and the all important lessons learned along the way. Although our session will touch on some technical aspects we will mostly focus on the business process effected by the upgrade, the impact of customizations, and actual upgrade hopefully providing you the insight to ensure your own upgrade goes smoothly."
6.4 Procure to Pay (E-Business Suite) 4:00-5:00 Oak	PTP - So Many Countries, So Little Time Carl Harter, Sr. Director Global Procurement Travel, Hitachi Data Systems Download File Implementing Oracle's R12 Procurement to Payment solutions around the Globe - we will cover our plan, the implementation phase, end-user training, and ongoing support.
6.5 Quote to Cash (E-Business Suite) 4:00-5:00 Silicion Valley	Oracle EBS R12.1: How to Leverage Your Upgrade to R12.1 with Robust Revenue Recognition Automation Patrick Glenn, VP, Business Development, Leeyo Software, Inc. Download File Learn why the upgrade to R12.1 is an opportune time to implement a robust revenue recognition automation system and bring your financial systems into the next-generation. Discover how other companies have approached automating their revenue processes and learn about key elements of their implementation successes, such as alignment of business processes, end-to-end planning with key stakeholders, data integrity, business process re-engineering and best practices (to include revenue best practices).