Coming up: My 10th Kscope! 

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In June 2010 I attended ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010 in Washington D.C. I got this T-shirt:

But I didn’t get just a T-shirt, I got an awesome experience. And most importantly I got to be part of a fabulous community of friends all over the globe without whom I wouldn’t be where I am today.

Being hooked from day one, I’ve been to each and every Kscope since – attending, speaking, ambassadoring, volunteering at all community service days, having fun, helping others, getting help, and so on. In short: getting my yearly inoculation against LowTech Syndrome.

It’s also taken me around the US:

And now I am just *so* ready to go to Seattle for Kscope19 (my 10th anniversary Kscope), where I’ve got a packed schedule:

• Saturday: Bag stuffing – see if we can optimize the workload this year.
• Saturday: Community Service Day – this year packing lunches at Pike Market Food Bank.
• Sunday: Oracle Symposiums in the Database track.
• Sunday: Welcome Reception and Geek Game Night.
• Monday: Seeing scientific magic at the Keynote.
• Monday: Co-presenting on Helen Sanders‘ presentation “SQL on Steroids: BULK Processing.”
• Monday: Interviewing the one and only Maria Colgan in the ODTUG Social Media Lounge.
• Monday: The OrclDB Community Night: “Database Everything But the Beanstalk.”
• Tuesday: Moderating the Oracle Groundbreakers Lunch and Learn: Database Panel.
• Tuesday: Presenting my own session “Data Twisting.”
• Tuesday: Eating and drinking with fellow members of the Oracle ACE Program.
• Wednesday: Being interviewed and taping a 2 Minute Tech Tip.
• Wednesday: Presenting my own session “Uses of Row Pattern Matching.”
• Wednesday: The Big Party at the MoPOP.
• Thursday: The Deep Dive in the APEX track.

Add to that:

• Attending 8(ish) other presentations and learn something (still trying to decide which.)
• Mingle and chat at Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee/Tea Breaks, Happy Hours, etc.
• Visiting Exhibit Hall and see what’s new.
• Meet as many old and new friends as possible.

When flying back home, I’ll be bushed, but believe you me – it’s worth it!

I’m not alone in thinking Kscope is a great conference. I do have a couple of colleagues from Trivadis also speaking:

Philipp Salvisberg will be speaking about:

• MLE—Java, JavaScript, Python, or PL/SQL in the Database?
• Testing with utPLSQL—Made Easy with SQL Developer

Dani Schnider will be speaking about:

• Avoid “Horror Queries”: Keep Your SQL Simple and Fast
• How Autonomous Is the Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

We’re all looking forward to seeing you all in Seattle for ODTUG Kscope19.