{"id":41,"date":"2008-12-21T22:23:03","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T22:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oracle-internals.com\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2014-01-26T22:23:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T22:23:30","slug":"upcoming-conference-schedule-for-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oracle-internals.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/21\/upcoming-conference-schedule-for-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Conference Schedule for 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently been informed that several of my submissions have been accepted for presentation at the<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110918192449\/http:\/\/www.seouc.com\/\">Southeastern Oracle Users Conference<\/a>\u00a0and for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110918192449\/http:\/\/www.ioug.org\/collaborate09\/\">Collaborate 2009 (IOUG)<\/a>.\u00a0 As such, my 2009 conference schedule will include attendance and presentation of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Life of a Query<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(DBA\/Developer Track)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110918192449\/http:\/\/www.seouc.com\/\">Southeastern Oracle Users Conference<\/a>\u2013February 25-26, 2009<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110918192449\/http:\/\/www.ioug.org\/collaborate09\/\">IOUG Collaborate 2009<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110918192449\/http:\/\/submissions.miracd.com\/ioug2009\/Itinerary\/ItineraryAAGDetail.asp?EventID=309&amp;iGroupID=-1\">Session #399<\/a>)\u2013May 7, 2009<\/em><br \/>\nHave you ever wondered what happens when you execute a query?\u00a0 In this session, we\u2019ll take a walk through the Life of an Oracle Query from beginning to end.\u00a0 Not only does this help you better understand the various steps in the execution of your query, but it will also give you a good appreciation for the architecture of the Oracle Database server and, in particular, of the query optimizer.\u00a0 You will gain valuable information that will allow you to solve performance issues and write more efficient queries going forward.\u00a0 Additionally, I will share some of my insights into the Oracle optimizer as we move through this discussion.\u00a0 This discussion is also a great refresher for those of you familiar with Oracle concepts and architecture.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Database Benchmarking: Methodologies, Tools, and Techniques (DBA\/Developer Track)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110918192449\/http:\/\/www.seouc.com\/\">Southeastern Oracle Users Conference<\/a>\u2013February 25-26, 2009<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110918192449\/http:\/\/www.ioug.org\/collaborate09\/\">IOUG Collaborate 2009<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110918192449\/http:\/\/submissions.miracd.com\/ioug2009\/Itinerary\/ItineraryAAGDetail.asp?EventID=60&amp;iGroupID=-1\">Session #107<\/a>)<\/em><em>\u2013May 4, 2009<\/em><br \/>\nWhile we\u2019re all familiar with the term benchmarketing, how do you tell fact from fiction? Planning and performing a proper, accurate, and scientific database benchmark isn\u2019t always easy. And, while database benchmarks are performed for many different reasons, this session would cover the proper techniques, methodologies, and tools for performing the most common database benchmarking scenarios: hardware configuration comparison, database release comparison, and internal application benchmarking. 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