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My Oracle Open World Sessions

I will be presenting three times at Oracle Open World:

Session ID: CON7828
Session Title: The Whys and Wherefores of New Oracle Database 12c PL/SQL Features

Session ID: CON8265
Session Title: PL/SQL: The Scripting Language Liberator

Session ID: CON8450
Session Title: SQL (and PL/SQL) Tuning Experts Panel

Now, sure, that's plenty exciting.

But I have even more exciting news: we will be holding the first ever YesSQL! Celebration of SQL and PL/SQL event at OOW14 on Monday, September 29th, at 6:30 PM. Here's a description:

Co-hosted by Tom Kyte and Steven Feuerstein, YesSQL! is an Oracle Open World event celebrating SQL, PL/SQL, and the people who both make the technology and use it.

At YesSQL!, special guests Andy Mendelsohn, Maria Colgan, Andrew Holdsworth, Graham Wood and others share our stories with you, and invite you to share yours with us, because....

SQL Celebration is an open mic night. Tell us how SQL and PL/SQL - and the Oracle experts who circle the globe sharing their expertise - have affected your life!

And right after YesSQL! everyone is invited to join the big Tech Fest on Howard Street, where we can continue our conversations, and mingle with Java, MySQL and other developers in the vast Oracle ecosystem.

Bottom line: If developing applications against Oracle Database is a big a part of your life, join us for a fun and uplifting evening.

You'll be hearing more about YesSQL! in the coming months, but I thought I'd give you early notice so you can put it on your schedule.

Space is limited at YesSQL!, so be sure to sign up. The session ID is CON9027.

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