I’m very pleased to announce details of our second-ever Training Days event, to be held at the Bloomsbury Hotel in London on October 27th – 29th 2009. This year I’m especially pleased to be co-hosting the event with Venkat Janakiraman and Christian Berg, two experts in the Oracle BI EE world and star speakers at the recent Rittman Mead BI Forum in Brighton.

Like last year’s Training Days event, the focus is on in-depth technical knowledge around Oracle BI EE, Essbase, Oracle Data Integrator and the BI Applications, with each of us running several sessions over the three days. Unlike other “beginners-level” courses this event focuses on real project issues and we’ll be going through the reality of designing, architecting, performance-tuning and integrating products across the range of Oracle’s BI and EPM product stack. I’m particularly pleased to have Venkat on board because of his deep knowledge of OBIEE and Essbase integration, and it’s great to have Christian presenting as well as he’s worked on so many successful OBIEE and Oracle BI Applications projects. Anyway, here’s the agenda for the three days:

• Day 1
• Oracle BI and EPM architecture overview – Mark Rittman
• Oracle BI EE Data Modeling against DW and 3NF sources – Mark Rittman
• Oracle BI Delivers + Integration with Java and BI Publisher – Venkat Janakiraman
• What’s new in Oracle BI, DW and EPM from Oracle Open World – Mark Rittman
• Day 2
• Oracle BI EE Data Modeling against Essbase – Venkat Janakiraman
• Leveraging MDX functions and calculations in OBIEE – Christian Berg
• Integrating Security across OBIEE and EPM – Venkat Janakiraman
• I can do this in Hyperion – how do I do it in OBIEE? – Christian Berg and Venkat Janakiraman
• Day 3
• OBIEE Systems Management with OEM BI Mgmt Pack – Mark Rittman
• OBIEE Configuration Management Best Practices – Christian Berg
• ODI functionality in Oracle BI Applications – Mark Rittman
• ODI Integration with Essbase, Planning and Oracle EPM Suite – Venkat Janakiraman

As with our BI Forum in Brighton earlier in the year, this is a great opportunity to meet and train with real-world Oracle BI and EPM consultants who have real project experience to back up their training materials. With lots of discussions and the opportunity for you to bring your own laptops and try out some of the techniques we discuss, this is a rare opportunity to take your OBIEE, Oracle BI and EPM knowledge up to the next level. Unlike the BI Forum though, this is an intensive three days with just three trainers, where we’ll look at topics in much greater detail and follow a common theme from start to finish.

Like last year, you can either book for just one day, or you can book for all three in a “three for the price of two” deal (though last year, everyone ended up staying for all three days). There is also an “early-bird” offer where we are discounting both rates by 10% up to the end of September, so if you’re interested in coming take a look at the event website for more details. The rate includes lunch on all three days and a special meal on the second night where we can kick back and discuss the world of Oracle BI in one of London’s top restaurants.

I’m really excited about this event and I know Christian and Venkat are as well. We only have twenty spaces available, so if you’re interested make sure you register now and we’ll see you in London in October.