Fall 2024 Live + Virtual Workshop

Date: Thursday October 24, 2024 

Time: 9:00am-5:00pm

Location: Hybrid Live+Virtual Event

Map Link and Directions: 565 Prairie Center Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Online Zoom Link will be provided in registration email

Parking: Onsite

TCOUG Check In: (Please register) - NOTE: email Pres@TCOUG.org or Webmaster@TCOUG.org and let us know if you are attending. 

Wifi : Onsite


Workshop Sponsors

Detailed Agenda

TCOUG FALL ONLINE AGENDA (OCT 24, 2024)

Venue:565 Prairie Center Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55344


09:00AM CDT Welcome/Registration/Hot Breakfast


09:40AM CDT Opening note by TCOUG President, Suresh Sikharam


09:50AM CDT Message from our Sponsor - Vaske Computer, Inc.


10:00AM CDT         Quantum computation 

                                     by Anirban Kanjilal, Principal Cloud & Platform Architect

10:50AM CDT         Short Break


11:00AM CDT Quantum computation 

                                     by Anirban Kanjilal, Principal Cloud & Platform Architect

11:50 AM CDT Lunch

12:50PM CDT Unlocking AI’s Potential: Addressing Privacy, Security, and Ethical Concerns using Oracle AI by Kenneth Scott - Oracle Solutions Engineering Director


Artificial Intelligence (AI) has generated a lot of excitement and apprehension in today’s society. News cycles are filled with stories that either portray AI as the greatest technological innovation in decades or as the harbinger of our civilization’s downfall. This hype and fear generates legitimate concerns about data trustworthiness, sensitivity, confidentiality, and potential decision bias abound.

 

In this session, attendees will gain insights into how Oracle’s AI offerings and strategies can enhance your programs. We’ll address concerns around privacy, security, bias, compliance, and ethics. AI holds immense potential to transform your program’s interactions with customers, partners, and your own staff.


1:40 PM CDT Break


1:50PM CDT Unlocking AI’s Potential: Addressing Privacy, Security, and Ethical Concerns using Oracle AI by Kenneth Scott - Oracle Solutions Engineering Director

Demonstrations of AI capabilities

2:40PM CDT Using Vectors with Oracle Database 23ai by Doug Hood, product manager for Oracle AI Vector

This presentation will provide an overview of Oracle AI Vector Search which is a new feature in Oracle Database 23ai.  The talk will cover what vectors are, where they can be used, and how to use them.


The presentation will cover the platforms that support Oracle AI Vector Search, some performance expectations, and the sort of problems that customers are using vectors for.


3:30PM CDT Raffle draw – Prizes sponsored by Vaske Computers, Inc; Great River Energy; Oracle Corporation;


3:35PM CDT             Closing note by the TCOUG President, Suresh Sikharam


Introduction to Presenters

Anirban Kanjilal is a quantum enthusiast and digital transformation leader, he works on cloud strategies and roadmap, design full resilient, highly secured, always-on services. He has worked in multiple transformation projects across the globe for companies in multiple business domains; utility, retail, banking, & payment processing/finance etc. He started taking interest in quantum computation back in 2003 and with the advancement of the topic he expanded his knowledgebase on the subject. He has attended various courses on quantum computation, published articles and explored quantum concepts on various simulators & timeshared quantum computers available in the market.


Sponsor - Vaske Computer, Inc.

Kenneth Scott- Oracle Solutions Engineering Director (Central/Rockies). 4 years with Oracle, 30 years in the industry as an Oracle Technical Architect.


Doug Hood is the product manager for Oracle AI Vector Search.

Doug has been using Oracle Database since 5.1b and has worked at Oracle as a consultant, developer and product manager since 1995.  Doug has presented on various Oracle products in 25 countries.

TCOUG President

Suresh Sikharam - President TCOUG, Enterprise Data and Systems Architect

President, TCOUG