EBS Week 2024: Schedule of Events

Webinars occur daily Monday - Friday at:

11:00 AM ET
1:00 PM ET
3:00 PM ET

The complete schedule will be available soon. 

Monday, October  7

11:00 - 12:00 PM ET

Oracle E-Business Suite: Strategy and Updates

As a current Oracle E-Business Suite customer, you want the confidence that your choice of integrated, global business applications will continue to enable your organization to make better decisions, reduce costs, and increase performance. In this session, hear from Oracle E-Business Suite General Manager Cliff Godwin as he delivers an update on the Oracle E-Business Suite product line. Cliff will also discuss the benefits you can expect to receive from both cloud and on-premises E-Business Suite investments. You will come away with an understanding of the value Oracle E-Business Suite applications deliver now and in the future.

Learning Objectives:

    1. Understand the latest and greatest about Oracle E-Business Suite.
    2. How Oracle plans to support E-Business Suite.
    3. Learn about the multiple options to take advantage of Cloud at the speed that makes sense, leveraging your investments.

    Speaker:

    Cliff Godwin, Senior Vice President, Oracle

    1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

    Hybrid Reporting with Oracle EBS and Cloud Unifying Data and Insights

    As organizations increasingly move toward cloud-based solutions, the need for hybrid reporting becomes essential for those managing both on-premise Oracle E-Business Suite and cloud environments like Fusion Cloud or EPM. In this session, we will explore the fundamentals of hybrid reporting, covering key aspects like consolidating multiple data sets into a unified reporting framework, mapping EBS and Cloud ERPs, and maintaining security across both environments. Learn how to store your data effectively, with insights into how Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) plays a role, and how ad-hoc, self-service reporting can empower your teams. With one solution and a single user interface, hybrid reporting helps you stay data-driven and prepared, no matter your stage in the cloud migration journey.

    Learning Objectives:

      1. Understand how hybrid reporting unifies data from Oracle EBS and Cloud ERPs.
      2. Learn to map data between on-premise and cloud systems for seamless reporting.
      3. Explore the role of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in secure data storage.
      4. Maintain security protocols across EBS and Cloud environments.
      5. Discover the benefits of ad-hoc, self-service reporting for users.
      6. Simplify reporting with a single solution and unified user interface.

      Speaker:

      Doug Hahn, Senior Director- Business Solutions, SplashBI
      Bhawan Mathur, Vice President, SplashBI

      3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

      Meet the Experts

      Attendees have the opportunity to connect with one another and ask our sponsors and business leaders about upgrading and the technology strategy and benefits of running EBS On-Premise or on Oracle Cloud.

      Moderators: 

      James Morrow, BlueStone Solutions Group, Inc. 
      Michael Barone, OATC Inc.
      David Channell, OATC, Inc. 
      Gordon Halley, Business Development, ConfigSnapshot / Rookery Software 
      Ash Owen, Head of Marketing, Flexagon 
      Marc Caruso, Chief Architect, Syntax 
      Doug Hahn, Senior Director- Business Solutions, SplashBI

      Tuesday, October 8

      11:00 - 12:00 PM ET

      Realizing the Value of ECC for Oracle E-Business Suite Financials

      This session covers Financials Enterprise Command Center dashboards for Assets, Payables, Receivables and iReceivables. The session demystifies the concept of Information Discovery and Guided Data Navigation in the context of Financials use cases. It explains how to take advantage of the rich out-of-box content across many functional scenarios. It also highlights how you can utilize APEX integration, Activity Audits and Extensibility to derive more value of your ECC Financials implementation.

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Understand out-of-box content for ECC Financials.
      2. Learn how to derive value and increase productivity using ECC FIN dashboards.
      3. Get ideas about how to extend the value of ECC with the rich Financials content.

      Speaker:

      Muhannad Obeidat, Vice President, Oracle

      1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

      Supersize E-Business Suite Reporting with Application Express (APEX) and Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC)

      Organizations having Oracle E-Business Suite or any other system collecting large amount of data need lots of different reports to understand why that data means. Typically, Oracle Reports available only provides rows and columns. That's why many organizations are turning towards APEX for agile reporting. But what if you need more that what APEX provides? Adding Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) to supersize your EBS reporting capabilities and using APEX to access these reports and data visualization seems like a good plan! This session will demonstrate how EBS organization can configure and take advantage of these components.

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Define the business requirements relevant to EBS and OAC.

      2. Understand the architecture needed to connect EBS and OAC.

      3. Describe the development steps required to achieve this solution.

      Speaker:

      Sylvain Martel, ERP-APEX Practice Director, Insum

      3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

      Upgrade Panel

      Please join us for an EBS Upgrade Panel in which we will review the latest EBS and database certified versions, support date details and EBS and database upgrade news. We will also answer your EBS Upgrade questions during the Q&A with our Panelists.

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Participants will be able to recognize the latest certified versions of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) and the associated databases, ensuring they are up to date with the most recent releases.
      2. Attendees will gain an understanding of key support dates for EBS and database versions, enabling them to plan and align their upgrade strategies with Oracle’s support timelines.
      3. Participants will acquire practical insights and solutions for EBS upgrades through the expert panel discussion and Q&A, helping them address common challenges and questions in their own upgrade processes.

      Speaker:

      Sandra Vucinic, VLAD Group, Inc.
      James Morrow, BlueStone Solutions Group, Inc.
      Kaberi Nayak, Mitre Corporation
      James Lui, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
      Art Dowd, O2Works
      Michael Barone, OATC, Inc.
      Michael Brown, BlueStar

      Wednesday, October 9

      11:00 - 12:00 PM ET

      R12.2 on the Rocks: A Cool Take on the Latest Updates, Features, and Innovation

      This is a general education presentation that will provide a variety of helpful information on Oracle EBS R12 (up to 12.2.13), and we anticipate every participant will learn something new! We will provide useful information that applies to implementations and upgrades as well as outside standard project activities and tasks. This presentaton also includes real project issues, problems, and related solutions. Finally, learn technical and functional topics that are applicable to a large audience.

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Educate users on R12.2.13 features, functionality, and technical aspects.
      2. Discuss issues, problems, and solutions related to 12.2.13, Help users understand and overcome some of the same issues in less time than it took us!
      3. Provide a consolidation of helpful R12 information from Oracle, MOS, Advisory documents, and blogs, Learn at least one thing new about R12 (12.1.3->12.2.13).

      Speaker:

      Bill Dunham, OATUG President, Oracle ACE Pro, OATC, Inc.

      1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

      Hall of Fame EBS OAF Personalizations - The Best Examples Accumulated Over 15 Years

      These are the best of the best of specific OAF personalization examples from easy to complex.  I will show you how to add LOVs, add fields, add validations and more.  We will focus on those personalizations which provide the most bang for the buck with minimal effort.  Impress your teammates with what you can do!

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Attendees will be shown detailed examples on OA Framework personalizations.
      2. Show options for personalizations that avoid customizations and extensions, and provide quick wins with big rewards.
      3. Attendees will learn about the newest user interface improvements in EBS 12.2+ that improve the personalization workbench.

      Speaker:

      Susan Behn, VP, CherryRoad Technologies, Inc.

      3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

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      Streamlining Oracle E-Business Suite: Automation and Integration with FlexDeploy

      Discover how FlexDeploy enhances automation and integration for Oracle E-Business Suite users, driving efficiency and reducing operational complexities. This session will explore FlexDeploy's key features and benefits, providing actionable insights into best practices and real-world case studies.

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Gain practical tips for optimizing their EBS operations with FlexDeploy.
      2. Learn how to streamline processes and improve performance.
      3. Equip you with the knowledge to leverage FlexDeploy effectively.

      Speaker:

      Ash Owen, Head of Marketing, Flexagon

      Thursday, October 10

      11:00 - 12:00 PM ET

      Automate E-Business Suite Configuration Management and Migration

      Flexibility to target and load specific setup is key in any E-Business Suite implementation, rollout, release cycle, upgrade/patch update, BAU, etc. The ability to then readily confirm settings are consistent across multiple environments is paramount. This session will cover how easy it can be to work with the E-Business Suite configuration settings and extract, transform, load, and compare them across environments, entities, time, and upgrades. We will touch on the automated generation of BR100s, comparing settings across multiple environments, seeing the impacts of upgrades, loading targeted settings across environments, tracking who / what is making changes, and user access/segregation of duties reporting etc. It should be a hugely useful session for business analysts, functional consultants, developers, DBAs, System Administrators, Project managers, Auditors, etc.

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Methods for checking consistency of settings across multiple E-Business Suite environments.
      2. Approaches to identifying changes over time or introduced through upgrades/patches.
      3. Techniques for targeting setups to load/migrate.

        Speaker:

        Gordon Halley, Business Development, ConfigSnapshot/Rookery Software

        1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

        Planning Considerations for Maintaining and Modernizing Oracle E-Business Suite

        If you plan to run EBS 12.2 for several more years, there are some key maintenance and modernization projects that you should have on your roadmap. Some projects are required for supportability, and others are optional, but value added. While you might have already completed some projects, others are tied to future milestones. This session examines key maintenance and modernization projects, sharing timelines and best practices to help you stay up to date with, and get more value from, EBS 12.2.

        Learning Objectives:

        1. Understand the key EBS 12.2 maintenance and modernization projects to help you stay up to date with, and get more value from, EBS 12.2.
        2. Understand which projects are required for supportability, and which projects are optional, but value added.
        3. Understand the timelines and best practices that pertain to EBS 12.2 maintenance and modernization projects.

        Speaker:

        Anne Carlson, Senior Director, Oracle

        3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

        EBS in the Cloud - Understanding Options for Autonomous, Exadata, and Multicloud

        Running E-Business Suite in the cloud enables advancements in manageability, scalability, availability, and recoverability.  Oracle continues to develop cloud innovations that provide both new features and expanded cloud choices for customers.  This session will help you understand these new innovations and how choices related to Oracle Exadata, Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle Database@AWS/Azure/GCP, impact your migration plan or existing cloud roadmap.  It is intended for organizations considering moving to the cloud, as well as those who are already running in the cloud.

        Learning Objectives:

        1. Understand options for migrating to the cloud.
        2. Understand database-tier options and new innovations.
        3. Understand new multi-cloud announcements made at CloudWorld.

        Speaker:

        Marc Caruso, Chief Architect, Syntax

        Friday, October 11

        11:00 - 12:00 PM ET

        Move & Improve Your E-Business Suite to Oracle Cloud (OCI): Strategy and Updates

        Oracle E-Business Suite is a powerful, complete suite of applications that can deliver tremendous value to organizations around the world. That value can be greatly extended when coupling it with Oracle Cloud offerings delivered by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The purpose of this session is to understand the value proposition, the solutions offered and the use cases for Oracle E-Business Suite customers to deploy their environments on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

        Learning Objectives:

        1. Discuss the major components of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure that allow you to run EBS on the Oracle public cloud.
        2. Discuss the value of EBS on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
        3. Discuss the capabilities offered by Oracle to help your migrate your on-premises EBS workloads to Oracle Cloud.

        Speaker:

        Nadia Bendjedou, Vice President - Product Strategy, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle

        1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

        News for Admins: Recent and Upcoming Advances to the Application and Database Technology Stack

        As the technology that Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 (EBS) is built upon is updated, EBS is transforming to the include the latest technology and features. Join this EBS development session to learn more about the EBS application and database technology stack and recent enhancements to existing features for system administration. Hear about the modernization of the EBS database with the EBS System Schema Migration. Learn about our plans for Fusion Middleware and Java updates and certification with Oracle Database 23ai.

        Learning Objectives:

        1. Learn how to administer, configure & troubleshoot Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 with Fusion Middleware 11g.
        2. Learn about the EBS System Schema Migration.
        3. Learn about plans for Fusion Middleware and Java updates and certification with Oracle Database 23ai.

        Speaker:

        Elke Phelps, Program Management Director, Oracle

        3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

        Unveiling the Depths in Security: A Comprehensive Deep-Dive of Oracle EBS R12 Security (OCI and OnPrem)

        Protecting Oracle E-Business Suite R12 in today's dynamic cyber landscape necessitates a granular understanding and implementation of security measures across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and On-Premises deployments. This session immerses participants in a hands-on, detail-oriented exploration of comprehensive security strategies, delving deeply into the layers of application, database, and network security.

        Learning Objectives:

        1. Attendees will gain actionable insights into deploying role-based access controls (RBAC).
        2. Intricate encryption methodologies, real-time monitoring, and adaptive threat mitigation techniques tailored explicitly for OCI and On-Premises environments.
        3. Unveiling the practical nuances of fortifying each layer, this session empowers attendees with tangible, real-world approaches to safeguarding Oracle EBS R12 against evolving threats.

        Speaker:

        Naresh Kumar Miryala, Engineering Leader, Meta Platforms Inc