ODTUG e-News January 15, 2016

Board of Directors Officers Announced Happy New Year from ODTUG! 2016 is going to be a great year for sharing technology, renewing friendships, and making new ones. Congratulations to the following Board members, who were elected to serve as officers of ODTUG: Natalie Delemar, Ernst & Young, President Martin D'Souza, Insum, Vice President  Tim Tow , Applied OLAP, Treasurer  Cameron Lackpour , CL Solve, Secretary They join the following Board members:			In This Issue  Board Officers TwitChat Steven Feuerstein  Kscope16 Upcoming Webinars Register for Kscope16
Opal Alapat, interRel Consulting  Danny Bryant, Accenture Enkitec Group  Sarah Craynon Zumbrum, interRel Consulting  Gary Crisci, General Electric  M ike Riley, Hortica Insurance
Join the TwitChat 1/26 @ 7:30 PM EST
The leaders of ODTUG's Database Community want to hear from you! Join us Tuesday, January 26, at 7:30 PM EST for our second TwitChat! Follow along and participate by using the hashtag #ODTUGDB. You don't need a Twitter account to watch the conversation unfold, but you will need one to tweet your questions and comments. To create an account, just go toTwitter.com and select the sign-up button. Topics for the TwitChat will include:      Three things DBAs want developers to know, and three things developers want DBAs to know. Your top five 2016 SQL resolutions; for example: “I’ll never do ‘select *’ again” or "I'll never hard-code values in my PL/SQL script again." Tell us yours!
Don't know how to follow along in a TwitChat? You can use Twitter's search tool and search for #ODTUGDB. To participate, just remember to use the hashtag #ODTUGDB. Another way to follow along is by usingtweetchat.com. Check out Helen Sanders' easy-to-use tips here.
Steven Feuerstein Presents...
Application Development on Oracle Database: A Yearlong CodeTalk Series ODTUG and IOUG come together to bring you a monthly webinar series hosted by Oracle Developer Advocate Steven Feuerstein. Each month will offer presentations followed by discussions with a featured user of the relevant technology.  Wednesday, January 20, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST Oracle Database Developers: The Most Important Programmers on Earth Steven Feuerstein, Oracle Corporation Almost all eyes are focused on UI development these days, leveraging JavaScript to build intuitive apps and more. Yet underneath it all, we will rely heavily on databases generally and Oracle Database in particular.
Join us for the launch of a 12-month series of discussions with experts such as Steven Feuerstein and Connor McDonald as we explore how to fully leverage all the application development features in Oracle Database. In this first webcast, hosted by IOUG, a community expert will interview Steven Feuerstein about the importance of SQL and PL/SQL when building secure, high-performance, and maintainable applications on Oracle Database. Register Here We'll be listing the full series soon on our Database Community page.
Kscope16 Presentations Released
Did you know the Kscope16 presentations have been selected? Check out our presentation lineup and register today! Make sure you follow #Kscope16 this month for clues about our Special Event.
World of Webinars
ODTUG WEBINARS:
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST  Putting New Essbase Calc Features to WorkRon Moore, TopDown Consulting
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST  Application Development on Oracle Database: A Yearlong CodeTalk Series Oracle Database Developers: The Most Important Programmers on EarthSteven Feuerstein, Oracle Corporation (hosted by IOUG)
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST  APEX Gaming Competition Winner Anderson Ferreira , Brazilian Court of Audit
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST  Oracle SQL Developer Tips and TricksJeff Smith, Oracle Corporation
Register for Kscope16 by March 25 for the Early Bird Rate and save big! How do I become a member of ODTUG? Click here for details!