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For 2013, we will be looking for presentation on the following topics ... Our open call for presentations is from September 10, 2012 until February 1, 2013.
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Please describe the educational content of your presentation. Your proposal must:
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We invite you to submit an abstract to present a session at the 9th annual Oracle Spatial and Graph User Conference. This is a valuable opportunity to share your knowledge with a respected audience of geospatial and information technology professionals. Abstract submissions are due by February 15, 2013. Early submissions are encouraged. Abstract selection is very competitive. Please follow the guidelines below to ensure that your abstract is considered.
We welcome all abstracts for technical and/or business case studies highlighting Oracle’s spatial and mapping technologies. Presentations that highlight the following content will be given highest priority for acceptance:
Sessions will be 20-30 minutes in length.
It is your responsibility to confirm that your submission was received. Presentations must be noncommercial. Sales promotions for products or services disguised as proposals will be eliminated. We will correspond only with the primary speaker; it is the primary speaker's responsibility to notify all copresenters about the status of the proposal.
Speakers whose abstracts are accepted will be expected to submit at a later date a presentation outline and Powerpoint presentation slideset. Accompanying technical and use case papers are encouraged, but not required.
Speakers whose abstracts are accepted will be given a complimentary registration to the Oracle Spatial and Graph User Conference. Note: One complimentary registration per accepted session will be provided. Any additional co-presenters need to register for the event separately and provide appropriate registration fees. It is up to the co-presenters’ discretion which presenter to designate for the complimentary registration.
Speakers are required to complete the online registration for the conference. Further details will be sent to speakers at a later date.
(Schedule and other information may be subject to change. Check this page again for updates.)
In your abstract, provide a concise summary of your 20-25 minute presentation. You may wish to include
Abstracts will be reviewed for quality, originality, innovation, and inclusion of topics of interest to a large number of users.