1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - o Whom It May Concern Speaker : April Wells Email/electronic communication can be the bane of your existence. It can stand in the way of getting things done but can also be a valuable tool for your personal and professional life. We all have been the recipient of emails that have had us dozing off before we get to the point of the matter as well as those that were so trite and succinct that we felt like we had had cold water dumped in our laps. It's important to never fall into those two extremes. In this presentation you will learn tools that can make your emails stand out as one of those valued tools for your team members and management. You will take away from this information that will make your electronic communication shine. April is currently employed at Sherwin Williams as a Lead Oracle Apps DBA. She has worked with Oracle for 18 years, specifically with EBS for 16 of that, and has been in IT for 20. She has presented at several conferences. She also has several books published including The Tech Professional's Guide to Communicating in a Global Workplace coming out in June from Apress. 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm - NEOOUG Officer Elections & Break 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm - Oracle Database 12.2 New Features Speaker : Alfredo Krieg Oracle Database 12.2 was one of the main topics during the last Open World 2016 and it offers a new set of interesting features. Although it was announced in 2016 for the Oracle Cloud it was available until 2017 on-premises. This presentation covers some of these new features for both Developers and Administrators. Alfredo is an Oracle Database Administrator and Oracle ACE with 12+ year track in Oracle Database, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Database tune and optimization. Alfredo likes to share his experiences about Oracle Database performance and Oracle Enterprise Manager on his blog and by speaking at public conferences.