Oracle Open World 2011 paper submission is closed but there is still time to get in sessions with "suggest a session." Suggest a session sounds much more exciting to me since instead of Oracle picking (possibly on marketing lines and partnership lines) in this case people. People voting has it's own issues, but it's still a neat idea. Suggest your own session or vote on the existing ones at https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals. Below I've outlined some that I think should be good, mainly from Oaktable members and a shameless plug of one of my sessions. Me: - A formal SQL tuning methodology: Visual SQL Tuning<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/11241-a-formal-sql-tuning-methodology-visual-sql-tuning> Riyaj Shamsudeen<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/voting/view/136464-riyaj-shamsudeen> - Administering Parallel execution in RAC<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10969-administering-parallel-execution-in-rac> - RAC or Not, Here I come!<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10973-rac-or-not-here-i-come> - Tools and techniques for advanced debugging in Solaris & Linux<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10986-tools-and-techniques-for-advanced-debugging-in-solaris-linux> - Tuning log file sync event<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10987-tuning-log-file-sync-event> - Considerations for optimal setup in RAC<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10988-considerations-for-optimal-setup-in-rac> Frits Hoogland<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/voting/view/89832-frits-hoogland> - Exadata explained<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10923-exadata-explained> Randolf Geist<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/voting/view/34319-randolf-geist> - How to read and understand Execution Plans<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/11181-how-to-read-and-understand-execution-plans> - Query Transformations<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/11182-query-transformations> Marco Gralike<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/voting/view/108081-marco-gralike> - XFILES, The APEX 4 Version: The Truth is in There…<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10930-xfiles-the-apex-4-version-the-truth-is-in-there> Alex Gorbachev<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/voting/view/10341-alex-gorbachev> - Evaluating Oracle Exadata: Starring Roles for the Best Technology<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10915-evaluating-oracle-exadata-starring-roles-for-the-best-technology> - Under The Hood of Oracle ASM: Fault Tolerance<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10925-under-the-hood-of-oracle-asm-fault-tolerance> - Oracle Database Consolidation: Practical Chargeback Methods<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10931-oracle-database-consolidation-practical-chargeback-methods> - Amazon RDS, EC2 and S3 for Oracle Databases<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/11233-amazon-rds-ec2-and-s3-for-oracle-databases> - Monitoring MySQL with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/11234-monitoring-mysql-with-oracle-enterprise-manager-grid-control> - Database I/O Performance: Measuring and Planning<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/11235-database-i-o-performance-measuring-and-planning> Richard Foote<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/voting/view/117380-richard-foote> - A Q&A Session With Richard Foote on Oracle Indexes<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10953-a-q-a-session-with-richard-foote-on-oracle-indexes> Dominic Delmolino<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/voting/view/79675-dominic-delmolino> - DevOps for DBAs<https://mix.oracle.com/events/oow11/proposals/10888-devops-for-dbas> Current top sessions can be viewed with this impressive widget http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=41715:80:3875153553265443 for more information on the widget, check out http://roelhartman.blogspot.com/2011/06/oow-suggest-session-top-voted-sessions.html - Kyle
