The Oracle User Conference for Applications and Data
Ascend is the premier Oracle community conference bringing together functional users, IT leaders, and product experts for candid conversations and hands-on learning. Join Ascend to gain practical insights and fresh perspectives that advance your Oracle initiatives.
Hosted by the Oracle Applications & Technology Users Group (OATUG) and Oracle HCM Users Group (OHUG), Ascend provides dependable guidance, proven cost and time-saving approaches, and meaningful opportunities to build relationships across the global Oracle user community.
Monday, June 8, 2026 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM EDT, Grand Sierra F
We'll look at many aspects of AI that are the Good (like solving health problems & Agents in Fusion Apps), the Bad (hallucinating/giving the wrong answer), or the Ugly (usually the effort to make AI work effectively - not as easy as advertised). Oracle algorithms, Agents & other AI are needed to leverage AI effectively using the Oracle Vector database (using OCI to access your data).
We will look at how to quickly leverage an LLM and use the Oracle Vector Database for Retrieval Augmented Generation using Oracle Cloud tools and Fusion Apps. I'll also show how to build an agent to access your private documents using RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) and the Llama LLM (on OCI - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure). We'll also see issues with AI that continue to pop up.
Rich NiemieChief Innovation Officer and Oracle ACE DirectorViscosity
This presentation looks at the 26ai new features, such as AI Agentic Tools, ONNX models & MCP Support. We'll see how to upgrade from 23ai to 26ai (23.26.0.0.0) by applying the October Release Update RU. We'll also look at a few 23ai (now 26ai) features such as: SQL Domains (including Built-In Domains), Lock-free Column Reservations for speed, Sagas, New Developer Role, Explain Plan Tuning Tips, Flashback Time Travel, Property Graphs, True Cache, AutoML, Standby Result Cache, and InMemory Base Level& JSON Relational Duality. Many features are related to the DBA, but some focus on the developer. There will be simple examples, where possible, to show the basic functionality of the new features.
Rich NiemiecChief Innovation Officer and Oracle ACE DirectorViscosity
Mon 6/8, 2:30 pm EDT 
