Oracle OpenWorld 2015

In 2 days time I fly off to San Francisco for Oracle OpenWorld 2015. Last time I went to OpenWorld was 2008, so I'm looking forward to a re-visit and see how much bigger it has become :-)

Like everybody else I've been making a schedule for the week. Of course things will happen to change the schedule along the way, but some things I definitely have on the must-do list...

• I'm flying in Friday arriving late afternoon, taking the BART to town and finding my AirBnB flat.

• Saturday I'm going on the #BikeB4OOW bicycle ride.
• And being beer enthusiast I hope also to hang out at Mikkeller beer bar in the evening (particularly since Mikkeller is Danish ;-)

• Sunday is full of interesting User Group sessions. I have several I'd like to attend. To mention a couple:
  Powerful SQL Constructs That You Might Not Be Aware Of
  More Than Another 12 on Oracle Database 12c
• And Larry's keynote usually is entertaining too ;-)

• Monday I think I'll start with some sessions at OakTable World just next to OpenWorld.
• Afternoon there are various sessions I'm considering - one I must attend:
  Upgrade and Migrate to Oracle Database 12c: Live and Uncensored!
• And of course the YesSQL Celebration and Oracle Database Developer Choice Awards.
  I might not have won an award, but this is too good to miss :-)
• In the evening the Danish OpenWorld attendees meet.

• Tuesday I might start at OakTable World again, before going to:
• Why Use PL/SQL? by Bryn Llewellyn.
• Larry has another keynote.
• ODTUG Database Community Meetup ought to be fun too :-)

• Wednesday I'm on stage myself as part of the panel discussion:
  Optimizing PL/SQL for Performance and Maintainability
  First time I'm on a panel - really looking forward to it :-)
• And later there's another panel I want to attend (just in the audience):
  Optimizing SQL for Performance and Maintainability
• Hopefully I've got time for popping in at the Bloggers Meetup at Jillians.
• In the evening go to the Appreciation Event on Treasure Island, eating, drinking and listening to Elton John.

• Thursday a couple sessions at least I want to attend:
  SQL-lectric
  Oracle Application Express for the CIO

• Friday so far I have nothing scheduled. Most likely I'll relax by wandering around town mile for mile and just soak in the atmosphere, watch people and find a beer bar or two.

• Saturday afternoon I fly home, probably completely bonked out after a week of three times as many impressions as is decent to try and cram into any average brain ;-)

I haven't mentioned everything in my schedule, just the main ones that I hope will not be changed. The rest is up for last minute changes ;-)