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Oracle PartnerNetwork Forum

Oracle PartnerNetwork is a "must attend" event. Hear vision and strategy directly from Oracle executives, network with Oracle and your peers, and gain valuable insights, contacts, and resources in specialized breakouts geared toward helping you build your business with Oracle.

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Oracle PartnerNetwork Forum
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Moscone South, Rooms 103 - 104

New! Updated Agenda

7:30 a.m.	Registration Opens
8:00 a.m.	Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings JD Edwards Partner Briefing Virtualization & Linux for Partners Accelerate for Mid-sized Companies SaaS and Cloud for Partners Sun Microsystems Partner Briefing
11:30 a.m.	Networking Luncheon
12:30 p.m.	Global General Session Safra Catz, President, Oracle Judson Althoff, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Alliances & Channels
2:00 p.m.	Regional Meetings Asia Pacific Europe, Middle East & Africa Latin America North America General Session & Partner Type Meetings Applications Mid-Market Reseller Application System Integrators Embedded Technology for ISVs Technology Resellers Technology System Integrators
4:30 p.m.	Global General Session Charles Phillips, President, Oracle Andrew McAfee, Author, Enterprise 2.0: New collaborative tools for your organization's toughest challenges Judson Althoff, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Alliances & Channels
5:45 p.m.	Oracle OpenWorld Conference Keynote
7:30 p.m.	North America Alliances & Channels Titan Awards Ceremony & Cocktail Reception
8:30 p.m.	Global Oracle PartnerNetwork Awards Presented at Welcome Reception

PARTNER INNOVATION CAMPAIGN Participate in the Partner Innovation Campaign and Be Recognized by Oracle at the OPN Forum Simply send a 3-minute "home-made" video on how you have been innovating with Oracle products, programs or tools.Once completed, upload to Youtube and send us the link. Winners will be announced at OPN Forum. Selection criteria: (1) Most innovative use of Oracle products, programs or tools.(2) Interesting and easy to understand by broader audience Closing date: September 1, 2009 Guideline Questions? Email us

PARTNER SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP SESSIONS
Attend breakout sessions on Sunday morning, October 11 to get the latest on these important partner initiatives.

Accelerate for Mid-sized Companies
Join us for coffee and conversation on Sunday, October 11, 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Network with Oracle's Midsize Applications Executives and manage the Oracle Accelerate Program and Oracle Business Accelerators. Learn about new tools and programs intended to help you meet more prospects, design and submit winning bids, and deliver against those bids profitably.

Embedded Technology for ISVs
Learn how the industry's broadest selection of Middleware and Databases can be licensed to provide a complete, turnkey solution. We will discuss how to improve the cycle time to revenue (crucial in the current economic downturn), how to build and improve trust with your customers (because you are using Oracle's constantly improved software--more than 300 new features a year in the database alone), and how to insure customer satisfaction using all of Oracle's support resources.

JD Edwards Partner Briefing
Developed exclusively for partners with a JD Edwards practice, this briefing offers four one-hour sessions providing insight into products, programs and initiatives geared to help you drive a successful practice.

SaaS and Cloud for Partners The Oracle Worldwide Alliances & Channels team invites you to learn more about Oracle’s SaaS partnering strategy during Oracle Open World (Sunday, October 11th). In this session you will hear about Oracle’s various program offerings and initiatives for SaaS partners; including technical resources for helping partners build and deliver new SaaS applications, as well as commercial resources for helping partners grow their SaaS businesses. You’ll also have the opportunity to interact with key members of Oracle’s Alliances & Channels and Platform Technology Solutions teams.

Sun Microsystems Partner Briefing
If your company is a partner of both Oracle and Sun, please join us for a Special Interest Group for joint Oracle and Sun Partners on October 11 from 10:00A.M. - 11:30A.M. PST in Moscone South, Esplanade Room 305. This is your opportunity to hear directly from Sun and Oracle alliances and channels management about recent joint announcements, winning strategies, new opportunities, and Oracle's commitment to Sun customers.

Virtualization & Linux for Partners Learn about our VM and Linux product strategy, partner programs and hear from ISV and platform partners about how they are building solutions with Oracle VM and Oracle Linux.


REGIONAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
After the global general session, meet with your regional partners to hear key messages from regional leaders.

Asia Pacific Alliances & Channels Regional Session
Maximise your Oracle OpenWorld experience by engaging with the Asia Pacific Alliances & Channels management team in a dedicated session that will provide you with a unique opportunity to hear from Oracle's newly appointed Group Vice President on the regional FY10 channel strategy. Learn about key initiatives to further enable your Oracle based business and interact with other Oracle partners to strengthen your channel ecosystem.

Europe, Middle East and Africa Alliances & Channels Regional Session
During this session you will gain valuable EMEA market insight along with the opportunity to network with Oracle EMEA management teams and your peers. Hear from Stein Surlien, Senior Vice President Alliances & Channels Oracle EMEA, presenting his business priorities with partners and sharing important news and future plans, geared towards helping you build your business and increase your sales with Oracle. Seize the opportunity to meet, face to face, with the EMEA Alliances & Channels management team and representatives to discuss business potential, gain new contacts and enhance your current relationships. Network with your peers to increase business cooperation and opportunities to expand your business reach beyond your country borders.

Latin America Alliances & Channels Regional Session
Hear from the Latin America Alliances & Channels management team in a dedicated session that will provide you with an update on plans geared toward helping you increase your sales with Oracle while providing you the opportunity to network and build relationships with your local Oracle team and peers.

North America Alliances & Channels Regional Sessions
Learn about new and innovative initiatives from the North America Alliances & Channels leadership team, designed to help you grow your revenue and improve your profitability with Oracle during our general session. Then select from one of five partner type sessions customized to support your go-to-market focus.

• Applications Mid-market Reseller Session - Oracle's mid-market reseller strategy focuses on partner territories in the midsize company space. In this session you will get an update on the Oracle Application Reseller Program for FY10, key initiatives and focus areas like CRM On Demand, Oracle Accelerate 2.0 launch & Oracle Business Accelerators, including enablement and demand generation offerings for resellers.
• Applications System Integrators - In this session Applications Systems Integrators will hear how Oracle's acquisitions strategy is providing the fuel for Oracle's growth and what you should be doing to grow your business with Oracle's Edge applications. In addition, attendees will get an update on our CRM On Demand and SaaS strategies.
• Embedded Technology for North America ISVs - Learn how the industry's broadest selection of embeddable databases and middleware products can help you provide a complete, turnkey solution; faster, cheaper deployment; unattended operation; low total cost of ownership and "one-stop" support.
• Technology Resellers - Attend this session to learn from senior executives from the North America Technology organization how to maximize the value of your investment in Oracle. This session will lay out Oracle's strategic initiatives for FY10 and help partners plan to capitalize on the investments Oracle is making in marketing and enablement. Learn how strategic initiatives such as the Fusion Middleware and Grid pillars, lead generation, and an improved lead registration process will impact your business.
• Technology System Integrators - Did you know that Oracle Fusion Middleware drove 2.5 times the amount of license revenue to Applications? What percentage of this business are you delivering? Please join us in this session to hear about what's important to Oracle Technology sales, specifically, Tony Fernicola's priorities. Learn where Oracle is having success (Best Practices), and where you fit in and how to increase your company's visibility through the Validation and Deputy CTO programs.

Registration

• Oracle OpenWorld 2009 website can be found here.
  
• Registration for Oracle PartnerNetwork Forum 2009 is coming soon.
• All partners must be registered for Oracle OpenWorld to gain access to the Oracle PartnerNetwork Forum.

Oracle North America Titan Awards Ceremony and Reception

Join us as we recognize the best partner solutions from FY09. Oracle Chairman Jeff Henley
and NA Channels SVP Ted Bereswill host the sixth annual Titan event, our biggest yet!
Celebrate our joint successes in a reception following the ceremony.

Oracle PartnerNetwork Global Awards Ceremony.

This inaugural event recognized partner solution innovation and implementations from around the world.
Winners received recognition in front of Oracle OpenWorld customers and attendees during the Oracle OpenWorld Welcome Reception.
Winners: Accelerate Partner of the Year: Business Technology Services (BizTech) Applications Partner of the Year: Kalypso Industry Partner of the Year: IBM GBS Mid Market Partner of the Year: Cloud Creek Systems Technology Partner of the Year: Deloitte Value Added Distributor of the Year: Arrow ECS Honorable Mentions Accelerate: InoApps Applications: Business Services Provider de Venezuela, C.A. Industry: Deloitte Mexico Mid Market: GuangZhou Wisetop Computer CO.LTD (GZ Wisetop) Technology: Inatech Solutions Value Added Distributor: Beijing Teamsun Technology Co., Ltd.

Oracle PartnerNetwork Lounge

• Room 100, Moscone South, San Francisco
• October 12 - 14, 2009
• Lounge Hours:
  Monday: 10:30a.m. – 6:00p.m.
  Tuesday: 8:00a.m. – 6:00p.m.
  Wednesday: 8:00a.m. – 5:00p.m.
• Reservation system will be available in September

New This Year! Video Blogging Room

• A recording studio at OPN Lounge where you can make a short video about your Oracle business
• Offer available to all Oracle partners at no charge
• Free publicity of your video on Oracle social media platforms
• Partner may also use the video for future marketing
  
• Duration of the video - max 5 minutes
• You need to allocate about 30 mins for briefing and recording
  
• Slots are available on first-come-first-served basis. Early booking is recommended

New This Year! Partner 5K Fun Run
Monday, October 12th
Fun Run starts @ 7 am
Meet at the corner of Howard St. and Fifth St.
No registration required, just bring your running shoes.
Click here to see the course map.
Note: new course map and meeting location

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