A keynote by Larry Ellison showed why they would be the biggest cloud provider while also showing some recent applications of AI (Health, Agriculture, Safety). Juan Loaiza & TK Anand on the AI Agentic Framework & Catalog, ONNX models, MCP Support, Private Agent Factory, Unified Hybrid Vector Search (LLM + RAG), Autonomous AI Lakehouse with Apache Iceberg and other AI enhancements. Steve Miranda showed how there are over 600 AI Assistants & Agents in Oracle Applications right now and how they can be leveraged. My own session with Mark Nelson showed how to leverage all of this AI using the AI Optimizer & Toolkit. This session will take what I considered several important pieces of each session.
Rich Niemiec
Leveraging the Vector Database & AI Panel
This Customer Panel will have many of Oracle Customers & Experts discussing the effects of AI on their business. We'll touch upon the practical applications of the Vector Search and the Vector Database to impact the business in a positive way. We'll talk about the benefits and the challenges of these new Oracle innovations. Rich will host a customer panel to get deep insights from those that have explored the world of AI deeply.
Rich Niemiec
Supercharging the Oracle Data Engineer on Oracle AI Data Platform
Charles Kim
How Do I Leverage AI to Grow My Career as an Oracle Professional
Charles Kim
Understanding RAG Without Code: Classic and Graph RAG Demystified
Most RAG explanations dive straight into complex code. But what if you could truly understand how Classic RAG and Graph RAG work without writing a single line?
In this session, I'll demystify both approaches using only ChatGPT and carefully crafted prompts. Don't mistake "no code" for "not real." You'll watch actual vectorization happen in real-time as ChatGPT converts text into 6-dimensional vectors, calculates semantic similarity scores, retrieves relevant context, and generates augmented responses.
Classic RAG retrieves text chunks through vector similarity. Graph RAG leverages relationship structures for richer context and multi-hop reasoning that chunk-based retrieval simply can't achieve.
You'll see both workflows operate transparently, step by step, building a conceptual foundation that prepares you for implementing these techniques with Oracle's AI and database technologies.
You'll experience:
Real vectorization and semantic similarity calculations
Classic RAG and Graph RAG workflows in action
Side-by-side comparisons showing when each approach excels
Practical insights for evaluating RAG solutions
No programming required, just curiosity.
Craig Shallahamer
Building APEX Without the Builder: An AI-Driven Development Experiment
Can you build and deploy a production-ready APEX application without ever opening the APEX Builder?
Not only is it possible—I'm going to show you how, live.
In this session, I'll transform a business use case into a fully deployed APEX application using Oracle's Autonomous Database, Cloud Shell, OCI Generative AI, and AI coding assistants. Using the APEX API (wwv_flow_api) and AI-generated SQL scripts, we'll create forms, reports, and business logic—all from code, all version-controlled in GitHub, deployed in minutes.
The unconventional twist? We'll never touch the APEX Builder interface.
This isn't about replacing the Builder or APEX developers. It's about expanding what's possible when AI becomes your development partner.
You'll learn:
How to use OCI Generative AI for code-first APEX development
Practical APEX API (wwv_flow_api) techniques
Rapid deployment with Autonomous Database and Cloud Shell
When this approach works (and when the Builder is still better)
This will generate more questions than answers—and that's exactly the point. Join us to explore what's possible.
Craig Shallahamer
Oracle Database Patching the Right Way (Out of Place)
Patching Oracle Databases has become a very routine procedure, but are you doing it the correct way? As of Oracle 19c Oracle is recommending out of place patching for reduced downtime, simplicity, and efficiency. But what is out of place patching? In this presentation we will cover the overall steps and benefits of out of place patching including the commands and tools needed. Bring your patching to the next level for Oracle Database, ASM stand alone (Oracle Restart), and Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC). Don’t patch like it’s 1999, patch the right way.
Gary Gordhamer
Oracle DB Centrally Managed Users (CMU), Bringing Ad Into the DBA’s Life
Oracle 18c introduced a new feature called Centrally Managed Users that allows you to directly integrate your database to an on-premises Active Directory server for database user management. In this presentation we will discuss some of the design considerations and options for how to rollout CMU as well as the technical requirements and process to transition from local managed to centrally managed users.
