| 2009 Oracle Spatial User Conference
April 23, 2009 • Tampa, Florida
Oracle Spatial User Conference Abstract Submission Guidelines
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Oracle is hosting the fourth annual international Oracle Spatial User Conference on Thursday, April 23, 2009, in Tampa, Florida, in conjunction with GITA's 2009 Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference. This full-day event will include sessions by Oracle covering its latest spatial and location product updates, and user presentations.
We invite you to actively participate in this User Conference by presenting a session. This is an unparalleled opportunity to share your knowledge with a respected audience of geospatial and information technology professionals. Abstract submissions are due September 1, 2008. Abstract selection is very competitive. Please follow the guidelines below to ensure that your abstract is considered.
A committee from Oracle and the IOUG North American Oracle Spatial Special Interest Group will perform the selection of abstracts. This Oracle Spatial SIG provides a forum for geospatial and IT professionals to share best practices and meet with Oracle Spatial experts. The NA Spatial SIG is one of many national and regional Oracle Spatial User Groups that offer rich interaction among end users, technology partners, service providers and academic professionals.
Selection Criteria
We welcome all abstracts for technical and/or business case studies highlighting Oracle Spatial and Oracle MapViewer. Presentations that highlight the following content will be given highest priority for acceptance:
- Technical information, especially live demonstrations and/or “how-tos” that illustrate in detail, with code samples as appropriate, how Oracle Spatial and/or Oracle Application Server MapViewer solved a specific technical problem of interest to a broad number of users.
- Use of Oracle Spatial with other Oracle applications/tools, for example
- Business Intelligence
- Asset Management
- Field Service
- Utilities
- JDeveloper
- Universal Content Management
- Application Express (APEX)
- Integration with release 11g of Oracle Spatial
- Innovative uses of the following Oracle Spatial features:
- Web services
- GeoRaster
- Network, topology data models; linear referencing system
- 3D data model for LIDAR data, TINs
- Integration with leading partner geospatial tools and business applications
In your abstract, provide a concise summary of your 20-25 minute presentation. You may wish to include
- A brief description of the business and/or technical problem faced by your organization, industry context (if applicable), and how Oracle technologies were used to solve the problem.
- Benefits realized from the solution – for example, cost/labor/time savings, improved business processes/customer service, overall ROI improvements.
Abstracts will be reviewed for quality, originality, innovation, and inclusion of topics of interest to a large number of users.
Abstract Submission Information
Please complete the online submission form to submit a session for consideration. Information requested on the form includes:
- Speaker information: name(s), company/title, address, phone, fax, e-mail
- Presentation title
- Two clear, concise descriptions of your presentation. One should be 200 words in length, the other, 75 words. (The Selection Committee will review the 200-word abstract. The 75-word abstract will be used in conference announcements and other marketing materials, should your abstract be selected.)
- Industry/organizational context of your presentation. Categories include:
- Utilities, Telecommunications, Energy
- Government – Federal
- Government – State & Local
- Defense & Intel
- Retail, Finance, Insurance, Market Analysis
- Technology (for purely technology presentations)
Sessions will be 20-25 minutes in length.
The abstract submission deadline is September 1, 2008.
It is your responsibility to confirm that your submission was received. Presentations must be noncommercial. Sales promotions for products or services disguised as proposals will be eliminated. We will correspond only with the primary speaker; it is the primary speaker's responsibility to notify all copresenters about the status of the proposal.
Speakers whose abstracts are accepted will be expected to submit at a later date a presentation outline and Powerpoint presentation slideset. No technical paper is required.
Registration
Speakers whose abstracts are accepted will be given a complimentary registration to the Oracle Spatial User Conference.
Note: One complimentary registration per accepted session will be provided. Any additional co-presenters need to register for the event separately and provide appropriate registration fees. It is up to the co-presenters’ discretion which presenter to designate for the complimentary registration.
Speakers are required to complete the online registration for the conference. Further details will be sent to speakers at a later date.
Schedule
Call for Abstracts deadline: September 1, 2008
Notification sent to accepted speakers: October 10, 2008
Notification sent to waitlisted and declined speakers: October 17, 2008
2009 Oracle Spatial User Conference: April 23, 2009
(Schedule and other information may be subject to change. Check this page again for updates.)
Questions about the Oracle Spatial User Conference and the GITA 2009 Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference? Contact us!
Phone: 303-337-0513 Fax: 303-337-1001 E-mail: info@gita.org
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