Souvenirs from 2016

The 2016 is ending, at least from the Oracle Community point of view. It has been tiring and exciting at the same time, so I would like to put some good memories together.

This post is mostly for me, sorry πŸ™‚

February: Another nice Tech Event

Trivadis Tech Event is a great conference, sadly not open for everyone, but still a great one… Got two (or three?) talks there.

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March: a good beer in good company

Nearby the CERN, in Geneva, with a few good friends and big technologists:-)

cc9ymgkweaa1uxjMarch again: That ACE Director tweet

May: The DOAG Datenbank 2016

One speech there… the first of many about “upgrading 300 databasesΒ  in 300 days”. It was my first time speaking in Germany. πŸ™‚

cilmlkzuoae99csMay again: The Italian leg of the OTN EMEA Tour

The OTN tour has been a great starter for the activities of the Italian Oracle User Group (of which I am one of the founders). It was great to discover that the interest for Oracle Database in Italy is still high (we got almost 60 people: that is huge for a first event, IMO).

We had Mark Rittman (before he became famous :-D), Christian Antognini, Frits Hoogland and Mike Dietrich!

cipw4ewwgauukzeSeptember: the ACED briefing, Oracle Open World and three spare days at Yosemite

It was my first time at the ACED briefind (key word: #cloud πŸ˜‰ ) and also the first at Oracle HQ. It’s like going to Disney World, but the attractions are a little more scary πŸ˜€

cshime8uiaa4ygycsfozwrueaaq0g8The Yosemite was also incredible. In a single day of trekking, I scored 42k steps, 31km, +1200 vertical meters…

dsc09325dsc09426dsc09464dsc09490dsc09578dsc09594October: the great OTN Nordic Tour

That was fun, but incredibly tiring. 4 days in a row, 4 countries, 4 fligths, 4 different currencies, 4 ACE Directors and now 4 friends πŸ™‚

I did not know very well Joel and MartinΒ  and I did not know John at all. They are great people and I enjoyed a lot the time spent with them (and the beers :-D).

Copenhagen

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cukiuhswiaalnkvdsc_2282Helsinki

dsc_2327cupa78twaaa_z8lStockholm

Stockholm was the last leg, I did it with John only. There I spent the rest of the week-end (the event was on Friday). I love Stockholm so much! Perhaps my favorite city (for sure in the top 5). I have also got a good whisky as speaker gift πŸ˜€

dsc_2343dsc_2402dsc09836dsc09920November: thesecond Italian Oracle User Group Event

We had again 60 people. In november I have also been speaker along with Christian Antognini, Mauro Pagano, Francesco Renne and Francesco Tisiot.

cw-izwiwiaaxosbNovember again: the DOAG

Definitely the best conference in Europe πŸ™‚ It was my second time there and first one as speaker.

cxym09ouqaawfgxcxv6db2xeaamwqlNovember again: the Swiss Data Forum

It has been a great single-day event in Lausanne, not database centric but DATA centric, about Data, IoT, Big Data, Data Science, Deep Learning… I had one speech there.

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December: the UKOUG Tech 16

Two final speeches at UKOUG in Birmingham. It was fun again, but the last day I did fell sick πŸ™ (and some how I am still recovering).

czg9lvdusaahcikPlans for the 2017

I have got accepted for the IOUG Collaborate, but because of the many duties and all the recent travel, I have not confirmed my sessions (ouch, it is the first time that I do this, next time I will submit more carefully), so Open World will likely be my only US trip next year.

I look forward to submit for DOAG events again, speaking at SOUG (it’s already planned: 18th and 19th of May), and organizing at least two more events for the Italian Oracle User Group.

Happy New Year! πŸ™‚