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East Coast Oracle Users Conference

November 4-5, 2024

Raleigh, North Carolina

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About The Event

The East Coast Oracle Users Conference (ECO) brings together technical and functional users of Oracle products, including managers, directors, DBAs, developers, application users, and system analysts. The conference is hosted by four user groups: the Virginia Oracle Users Group, the Eastern States Oracle Applications & Technology Users Group, the former Hampton Roads Oracle Users Group, and the Southeastern Oracle Users Group. ECO offers a platform for attendees to learn about the latest Oracle technologies and best practices in a collaborative and engaging environment.

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Monday, November 4

7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
9:00 am

North Carolina State University McKimmon Center

The Irreplaceable Human: Leveraging Humanity's Uniqueness in an AI World


In this presentation, we'll dive into what makes us uniquely human compared to AI and robots. We'll explore traits like our frailty, adaptability, agency, and emotional intelligence, and how these qualities shape our relationships. On the flip side, we'll examine the strengths of AI and robots, such as their efficiency and precision. Even though AI and robots can perform tasks with incredible accuracy, they don't experience growth, decay, or emotional depth the way we do.

The key takeaway is that AI and robots won't outshine us as long as we appreciate and nurture what makes us human. This session is all about using technology to enhance and amplify our lives without losing sight of our unique human qualities. Join us to discuss how we can let AI enhance our humanity rather than replace it.

Craig Shallahamer W
Craig Shallahamer
3:45 pm

North Carolina State University McKimmon Center

Get Started With Oracle on Containers


Linux containers are fast, efficient, and portable solutions that are well-known for running applications and services. These benefits apply equally to Oracle databases, yet they remain poorly understood in the database community thanks to misconceptions that lead database administrators to overlook them. Even the common explanation, describing containers as "lightweight" virtual machines, suggests they're less capable than legacy technologies. That is hardly the case! In fact, containers are equal to or superior to virtual and physical hosts.
Go from "Zero to Hero" and learn how easy it is to run Oracle databases in containers using nearly any hardware (even laptops) to build environments for performance testing, perfecting disaster recovery procedures, preparing for certifications, evaluating new features, and more. Participants will learn to build and run Oracle databases in containers and gain valuable insight into how containers work and interact with host systems.
Sean Scott W
Sean Scott

Tuesday, November 5

7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
9:00 am

North Carolina State University McKimmon Center

Use Slack and MS Teams to Observe and Control Oracle Databases


Messaging apps do more than facilitate communication—they're hubs that accelerate work along its journey from idea through completion. Slack and MS Teams plugins shift the work once performed in dedicated tools into chat's single, familiar interface. What began as simple applications that connected people and teams are now indispensable platforms that join people to processes, increase productivity, and ignite collaboration.

One of the last frontiers for integration is connecting chat to databases—an idea that might seem to offer little value. Yet just as chat plugins streamlined other workflows, enabling database-to-chat communications revolutionizes how organizations access database resources. Simple, standardized APIs allow organizations to quickly build custom services on top of a trusted platform and leverage existing role-based access.

This session begins with an introduction to the database-to-chat integrations possible through Oracle built-in packages, including the new DBMS_CLOUD_NOTIFICATION package. You'll learn how to set up and secure passive notifications from an Oracle database to clients, then discover ways to extend this relationship, deploying a fully interactive platform that allows users to issue database commands directly from a chat client. The session concludes with example applications, a discussion of best practices, and coverage of security strategies and considerations.
Sean Scott W
Sean Scott
10:15 am

North Carolina State University McKimmon Center

Real World Problems Solving Using AI Teams


Solving complex problems on your own can be tough. Having a team of experts can make a big difference, but they're not always available. So, what's the alternative? Enter AI, where a group of specially skilled AIs can lend a hand.

In this talk, I'll show you how to use detailed prompts and domain-specific documents to create AIs with unique skills and personalities.
Then, I'll demonstrate how you can guide these AIs using everyday conversational language to help develop plans for solving specific issues.

First, I'll use ChatGPT to moderate a lively discussion between two AIs, each playing a famous historical figure.

Next, with a downloadable Python program, I'll demonstrate how to set up an AI task force to tackle a complex Oracle application performance problem.
This task force will include experts in areas like Application Design, PL/SQL Tuning, Oracle Database internals, Operating System performance analysis,
Business Analysis, and an Application User.

Join me for this one-of-a-kind presentation to boost your problem-solving toolkit with a team of skilled AIs.

Craig Shallahamer W
Craig Shallahamer
1:30 pm

North Carolina State University McKimmon Center

(Free) Tools for Identifying and Diagnosing Database (and Not-The-Database) Issues


"Every problem is a database problem until the DBA proves otherwise." — Plato, probably.
Whether conducting a proactive database review or firefighting an outage or performance issue, most of my work as a consultant revolves around a handful of free, open-source, and Oracle-provided utilities. In this session, I'll share these tools and show how I use them to find and solve database (and non-database) problems.

The first part of the session focuses on reactive tools that will help you quickly isolate, contain, and extinguish fires. In the second, we'll dive into proactive and diagnostic solutions, demonstrating how to use them to catch and repair problematic configurations before they cause problems!
Sean Scott W
Sean Scott

Meet the Speakers

Craig Shallahamer W
Craig Shallahamer

Applied AI Scientist Viscosity
Co-Founder OraPub,  Oracle ACE Director

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Sean Scott W
Sean Scott

Principal Consultant VNA
Oracle ACE Director

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North Carolina State University McKimmon Center

 

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