OBUG APEX SIG - May 24th, Belgium

Oracle and OBUG APEX SIG are glad to invite you to a free full day APEX seminar. The agenda has been completely filled and we have some of the most recognized APEX people presenting!

View the full Agenda and Register

OBUG APEX SIG - APEX 4.0 day - the month after

On Thursday June 17 the first OBUG (Oracle BeNeLux) APEX SIG 4.0 day took place in congress centre 't Elzenveld in Antwerp. Over 90 visitors, great sessions and a beautiful day, made it a very successful event.


After I welcomed the people and talked a bit about the purpose of the OBUG APEX SIG, we kicked off with the first presentation (keynote) of the day. Patrick Wolf talked about Oracle APEX 4.0 - The next step in Web Application Development. He gave an overview of the new features in APEX 4.0 and talked about how things change for a developer.


Next Patrick Hellemans of InterAccess came on stage to talk about the Maturity level of APEX. He talked about developing in Agile, how to handle projects and by having a framework be able to go even faster.


After lunch Roel Hartman presented "Creating sub-zero Dashboard plugin for APEX with Google Visualizations". He showed how you can create a more advanced APEX Plugin (based on Google Visualizations). His demos were very cool! Roel already blogged about the event too.


Then it was my turn. I talked and demoed Websheets and Team Development. Where APEX was the Access killer a few years ago, Websheets will be the Excel killer. Websheets changed a bit over time (compared to beta versions I saw); it's now much more a collaboration tool, next to the availability for end-users to work with and share data. I think the wiki functionalities are really good already, for the data part I would like to see some more features in APEX 4.1. If there's one feature I would like to have in there, it's a pivot functionality.
Team Development is a first step into the direction to control your entire projects from within APEX itself. There's still place for improvements (e.g. link with other bug tracking systems), but I strongly believe it will already help many people managing their project in a more structured way.


Olivier Dupont and Jan Huyzentruyt from iAdvise showed other new features in APEX 4.0. They talked about the improvements in Globalization, Interactive Reports, Excel integration etc.


The last presentation of the day was for Iloon Ellen-Wolff. She talked about the enhancements of Tabular Forms in APEX 4.0.


As you can see, the day was packed with sessions :-) This first OBUG APEX SIG day was very technical. In the future we plan to have less technical presentations as well, especially for business people.

I would like to thank everybody who came along for the great atmosphere. Special thanks to Roel Hartman and the OBUG Secretary to help organizing the event.

All the above presentations you can download on the OBUG website.

Benelux APEX 4.0 day - 20 places left

Just a quick note to say there are 20 places left for the Benelux APEX 4.0 day on Thursday.
Great speakers, great topics, great audience... and a full day about APEX 4.0!

Final Agenda OBUG APEX SIG - June 17th

The final agenda and venue are available for the APEX 4.0 day of OBUG (Oracle Benelux User Group).

Title:	APEX 4.0 day
Description:	With APEX 4.0 just around the corner (or maybe just out during the event!?) it's your chance to see a full day of presentations around this exciting new version of Oracle Application Express. As you can see in the agenda, we have some of the most recognized APEX people in the world presenting! This event will definitely be not to miss...
Venue:	Elzenveld, Lange Gasthuisstraat 45, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
Language:	English
Number of places:	100
Price:	Free for OBUG members, 100 euro for non-members
Agenda:	08.30 - 09.15	-- Registration and coffee --
	09.15 - 09.30	Welcome to OBUG APEX SIG by Dimitri Gielis
	09.30 - 11.00	Keynote: APEX 4.0 by Patrick Wolf
	11.00 - 12.00	Maturity level of Oracle APEX by Patrick Hellemans
	12.00 - 13.00	-- Lunch --
	13.00 - 14.00	Creation of Google Visualization Plugin by Roel Hartman
	14.00 - 15.00	Collaboration in APEX (Websheet, Team Development) by Dimitri Gielis
	15.00 - 15.15	-- Coffee Break --
	15.15 - 16.15	APEX 4.0: Feature 135, 184, 301, 315, 348 … by Olivier Dupont
	16.15 - 17.15	Enhanced Tabular Forms by Iloon Ellen
	17.15 - 18.00	-- Closing and Drinks --

There are still places left, so don't hesitate to register!

See you all there,
Dimitri

APEX 4.0 in BeNeLux - June 17th

The APEX SIG of the OBUG (Oracle Benelux User Group) just announced their APEX 4.0 day.

A full day presentations about the best APEX release ever! APEX 4.0 has many new and exciting features, so this day will be not to miss...

I'm very excited that after the succesful APEX day of OGh in March, there is a new APEX event in the Benelux on June 17th. Next to the great presentations it will be a chance to network with other people and talk about your experiences.

Roel, Patrick and myself discussed what would be good to show people and finally we put the agenda like this:

	08.30 - 09.15	-- Registration and coffee --
	09.15 - 09.30	Welcome to OBUG APEX SIG by Dimitri Gielis
	09.30 - 11.00	Keynote: APEX 4.0 by Patrick Wolf
	11.00 - 12.00	To be defined (depending your feedback)
	12.00 - 13.00	-- Lunch --
	13.00 - 14.00	Creation of Google Visualization Plugin by Roel Hartman
	14.00 - 15.00	Collaboration in APEX (Websheet, Team Development) by Dimitri Gielis
	15.00 - 15.15	-- Coffee Break --
	15.15 - 16.15	To be defined (depending your feedback)
	16.15 - 17.15	Enhanced Tabular Forms by Iloon Ellen
	17.15 - 18.00	-- Closing and Drinks --

As you can see the agenda is pact :-) but you can still speak out... depending the feedback we get we'll fill in the two remaining slots with other topics, case studies, handson or a panel discussion.

And for the price... it's free (if your company is OBUG member), so register today!

Hope to see you there...