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Oracle OpenWorld Kicks Off a Full Week of Education, Insight and Opportunities for Customers From Around the Globe

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Sep 22, 2013) - ORACLE OPENWORLD - ORACLE (NYSE: ORCL)

News Facts

  • Oracle OpenWorld 2013 will take place September 22 - 26 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco with more than 60,000 attendees expected from over 145 countries.

  • As the largest and most important educational and networking event for Oracle technologists, customers, and partners, Oracle OpenWorld features education and insight into Oracle's strategy and roadmap, including insight into Oracle's engineered systems, cloud computing, business analytics, big data and customer experience initiatives.

  • At this year's event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will be joined on the keynote stage by other leading Oracle executives and technologists including Mark Hurd, Thomas Kurian, John Fowler, and more.

  • Also taking place in San Francisco the week of Oracle OpenWorld are JavaOne, MySQL Connect, and Oracle PartnerNetwork Exchange @ OpenWorld.

  • In addition, HCM @ OpenWorld and CX @ OpenWorld are new focus areas for this year, enabling attendees to further their education across key areas.

  • The social hub of Oracle OpenWorld will be located in the Oracle Plaza @ Howard Street, where the Welcome Reception and It's a Wrap! reception will take place.

  • CNBC's Maria Bartiromo will broadcast live from Oracle OpenWorld, and keynotes will be streamed on oracle.com/openworld.

Educational Opportunities at Oracle OpenWorld

  • Conference attendees will have the opportunity to experience:

    • Five days and more than 2,500 Oracle OpenWorld, JavaOne, MySQL Connect and Oracle PartnerNetwork Exchange sessions; hands-on labs (HOLs), tutorials and birds-of-a-feather sessions (BOFs).

    • More than 3,500 speakers, including over 1,800 customer and partner speakers, including ANZ Bank, AT&T, Boeing, Deutsche Telekom, Emirates, Facebook, GM, LinkedIn, Lego and Walgreens, sharing how they are using Oracle technology to engineer for innovation.

    • 500 partner and customer exhibits.

    • More than 400 Oracle product demonstrations showcasing applications, middleware, database, server and storage systems, industries, management and infrastructure.

  • This year's event will also feature:

    • Keynotes from industry leaders, including addressing the latest technology developments and innovations, as well as key strategies for optimizing existing systems and preparing for technology breakthroughs.

    • Industry-specific tracks with Oracle product experts and industry leaders, who will discuss technology strategies as they pertain to industries from communications and financial services to healthcare and more.

    • Deep-dive training seminars by Oracle University discussing timely topics ranging from cloud to database to business intelligence to big data and more.

    • As part of CX @ OpenWorld, a dedicated CX zone with more than 140 sessions across CX strategy and design, marketing sales, commerce, social and more.

    • HCM @ OpenWorld co-locates all HCM keynotes, sessions and exhibits at The Palace for the first time.