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I micro-blogged this year more than I blogged... along the event... Now that Collaborate is over I get some time to look back... Monday I had my talk at 2:30 PM titled "Competing on Appliances..."  Monday the Expo hall opened and I had my first encounter with Watson and play Jeopardy at the IBM booth... the expos hall had good finger food and drinks... good way to drive the crowd. Tuesday was a very busy day for me... We had the BIWA  keynote by Mark Townsend on Exadata and BI at 10:30 AM... Right after was our Throwdown - The Iron Applications closing event at 11:45..the videos of our presentation are on the YouTube... you can test drive the Team Shefu at http://teamshefu.info/ user id teamshefu pwd demo  It is the full working application done as POC for the design contest we did in last 30 days under leadership of Tony Jedlinski and Coleman Levitar and myself (Shyam Varan Nath)... Next I had moderated the BI and EPM Panel... I am thank for the big lineup I had ...

I had my first encounter with Watson, see here  in the IBM booth at Collaborate. The Exhibition hall started today, and was fun to walk around and meet many familiar faces. Attendees could stop by at IBM booth and interact with Watson and play jeopardy! This year Netezza and IBM booths are separate, it was the same situation the first year after IBM bought Cognos, the exhibit hall deals are signed way in advance, probably like close to a year. The day started with the "energetic" keynote and ended with the Exhibition Hall reception... done with my presentation titled Competing on Analytics... 2 more sessions and a Quick tip left and then the Iron Throwdown (closing session event)....still a lot to go!

I started blogging here  and will continue to blog thru the keynote of Dan Thurman who will be talking about his new book Off Balance for a Purpose!    Dan is telling how he planned to start his key note that he will come running to the stage! Is the the vision enough to do something, it is not just ideas it is the actions that determine the success in life! He is energizing the audience, see here .  He can sure do some acrobatics ... He is too engaging so I am going to stop blogging or at least slow down and rather pay attention to him! His stage antics continues as he jumps around radiating his energy as he talks.  He is talking about the experiences that one can create at Collaborate by immersing oneself into the event over the next few days. Can you speak and juggle at the same time to create the visual aid! Well Dan can! Dan is setting the bar really high for the speakers at Collaborate: shyamvaran   Shyam Varan Nath   ...

It's Collaborate Monday morning and the first key note is about to begin! The speaker is Dan Thurmon  who is a motivational speaker. Always good to listen to get a different perspective to kick-off the formal conference.  A lot of attendees and organizers actually  come to the event on Saturday or Sunday to take care of behind the scenes events.  I got here on Saturday, being just 2.5 hrs drive door-to-door, it was fun that to stand in TSA lines! The BIWA Bootcamp (two days on BI) and the BI centric hands on labs start today... First lab is by Joe Leva and is related installing the OBIEE 11g sample apps...get in early to get your seats as it is first come first serve with 40 seats. A lot of conferences have the concept of a Network Catalyst who help to energize the attendees and motivate them to network with each other and make the best of the conference. Here are my personal tips: 1) Do not hide behind your your blackberries...

------------ BIWA Hands on Lab Schedule ------------------- Date                   Time                                            Session Title Mon, April 11 9:15 am - 11:15 am Hands-on Lab: Installing and configuring OBIEE 11g and the Full Sample Application Mon, April 11 11:45 am - 1:45 pm Hands-on Lab: Essbase lab - Introduction to Oracle Essbase  Mon, April 11 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Hands-on Lab: Creating OLAP Cubes in Oracle Database 11g  Tues, April 12 8:00 am - 10:00 am Hands-On Lab: Oracle Data Mining IOUG Tues, April 12 10:30 am - 11:30 am BIWA Bootcamp: Visualizing Data Using Maps in OBI 11g  Tues, April 12 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Hands-on Lab: Learn Ex...

Collaborate Conference tends to become the busiest week for me each year, so I decided to organize my events and sessions here (think of it as my BI related session recommendations!): April 9 Sat 4:00 PM, Conference Committee Meeting at Room 106A April 10 Sunday Speaker Orientation at 3:15, Conf Committee at 4:30PM and IOUG Reception at 5:30 ----------------------------------------------- April 11 - Monday Conference Committee Meeting at 7:00-7:30am AM 1:15 304 A BIWA Bootcamp: OBIEE Creating Basic Analyses and Dashboards My Talk at 2:30 PM at 308D "Competing on Appliances: Exadata Exalogic and More..." 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm BIWA Bootcamp: Reporting on Essbase and Oracle OLAP using OBIEE ---------------------------------------------------- April 12 - Tue 7:00-7:30am Conference Committee at 106A Mark Townsend Keynote at 10:30 AM -  Better Together: Exadata with Analytics and Business Intelligence 11:45 is the Throwdown Contest BI EPM Panel at 3:15 PM - Moderator ...

Dear BIWA SIG Members, Follow up on Twitter for real time updates! Check out the BIWA Summit at Collaborate details: http://collaborate11.ioug.org/Education/BIWASummit/tabid/83/Default.aspx A static listing of BIWA Sessions can be found here (check Conference Schedule for latest list): http://collaborate11.ioug.org/Portals/1/attendee/BIWA%20Summit%20Sessions.pdf You can still be a part of IOUG Collaborate as remote attend, Plug-in to Orlando: http://collaborate11.ioug.org/Education/PlugintoOrlando/tabid/139/Default.aspx Register using code BIWA2011 for your BI-nefits! Mark the BIWA SIG meeting on-site at your calendars: Wednesday, April 13 10:30 am - 11:30 am at Room: 307C Attend BI and EPM Panel : The Foundation for Success Time: 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Room 306A Listen to the Industry Experts Thanks Shyam V Nath http://OracleBIWA.org Blog: http://oraclebiwasig.blogspot.com/