Monday, November 12, 2007

OOW Envy Week

Well, this is the week that I am envious of all those attendees of Oracle Open World conference. I read all the blogs of attendees of the conferences and evening activities and wish I were there. I was unable to attend based on my work schedule and priorities, so reading the blogs is a great way to get some insight into what's new at Oracle.

This morning reading the OOW blogs caused me to recall that I have been to good number of Oracle-related conferences. I have not been to any Oracle Open Worlds but have been to one ODTUG conference and 10 IOUG conferences. I attended IOUG conferences when they were a combined effort between Oracle and the International Oracle User's Group (IOUG). Around 1995 the conference split into the Oracle Open World conference and the IOUG conference. I also did a couple presentations at the IOUG conference in 2000 in Anaheim.

So I dug out me list of Oracle conferences and here it is. It is not complete. It may not be completely correct. I do not have all the ODTUG conferences. I may add them at some point in time. I have a star in front of the ones that I attended.

Oracle Conferences

1985 IOUW San Diego, CA
1986 IOUW San Francisco, CA
1987 IOUW Washington, DC Oct
1988 IOUW Orlando, FL
*1989 IOUW Dallas, TX
1990 IOUW Anaheim, CA
*1991 IOUW Miami, FL
1992 IOUW San Francisco, CA
*1993 IOUW Orlando, FL Sep 26-Oct 1
1994 IOUW San Francisco, CA
*1995 IOUW Philadelphia, PA * Last conference with Oracle and IOUG combined
1996 IOUW Dallas, TX Sep 15-20 was cancelled
1996 OOW San Franciso, CA Nov 3-8
*1997 IOUG Dallas, TX Apr 27-May 2
1997 OOW Los Angles, CA Nov 14-18
*1998 IOUG Orlando, FL May
1998 OOW San Francisco, CA Nov 8-12
*1999 IOUG Denver, CO Apr 11-16
1999 OOW Los Angles, CA Nov 14-18
*2000 IOUG Anaheim, CA May 6-11 (I presented at this conference.)
2000 OOW San Franciso, CA Oct 2-5
*2001 IOUG Orlando, FL Apr 29-May 3
2001 OOW San Franciso, CA Oct 2-8
2002 IOUG San Diego, CA Apr 14-19
2002 OOW San Franciso, CA
2003 IOUG Orlando, FL Apr 28-May 1
2003 OOW San Franciso, CA Sep 8-11
*2004 IOUG Toronto, ON Apr 19-22
2004 OOW San Franciso, CA Dec 6-9
2005 IOUG Orlando, FL May 1-5
2005 OOW San Franciso, CA Sep 19-22
2006 IOUG Nashville, Tennessee Apr 23-27
2006 OOW San Franciso, CA Oct 21-24
2007 IOUG Las Vegas, NV Apr 16-19
* 2007 ODTUG Daytona, FL Jun 18-20
2007 OOW San Franciso, CA Nov 12-15