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I've just posted a note on OTN promoting a webcast with Support on the 7th Oct - this is a great opportunity to understand how Support works and a chance to pitch some of your technical questions to the Support experts.

Well its good to see some of my sessions are already 50% full with pre-registrations. So, if you are planning on attending it might be worth pre-registering now. The three sessions I am doing are:

Redeveloping an Oracle Forms Application with Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle ADF on Monday 12th at 14:30. In this session I'm going to keep the Powerpoint to a minimum and take a sample Forms application and rebuild it using JDeveloper and Oracle ADF -right infront of your eyes! I'll also talk about some best practices and of course, be happy to field questions from the audience.

Modernizing Your Oracle Forms Investment: Google Maps, Web 2.0, Web Services on Monday 12th October at 16:00. I'm hoping this will be THE session for anyone with a Forms investment. I will be outlining future strategy as well as demoing some of the new features in Forms 11g and showing you how Forms can integrate with cool features like maps and charts.

From Oracle Forms to Oracle Application Development Framework: Why and How is on Wed 14th at 11:45. In this session it all going to be about the WHY and HOW. Why is ADF is the natural choice for Forms developers, in what way are the architectures similar, and why even consider ADF in the first place. So, if you know Forms and want to know why Oracle use ADF for their Java development, then this is the session for you.

On the 27th of October, the UKOUG are launching a new Development SIG aimed at any developer who is developing using Oracle tools and technology. The first special interest group (SIG) will have a "modernization" theme to it and covers topics as including Apex, SOA, Forms, Designer and JDeveloper.

A full SIG agenda is published here.

As usual with these events, space is limited and given the wealth of experienced presenters and topics, it should serve as a great learning opportunity as well as the chance to exchange ideas and meet with fellow developers.

One very interesting session I want to check out at Oracle World this year is by the ADF Enterprise Methodology Group (ADF EMG)
This is where you get anyone who REALLY uses ADF together in a room and discuss things like best practices, how to build ADF teams and ADF/code reuse.

I think that if you are looking to start building using ADF then you HAVE to make this session. Why make your own mistakes you can learn from the "mistakes" ;o) and best practices of people who have already been there an done it.

Plus its a room full of Oracle Product Managers, Oracle ACES and leading lights in the ADF/Fusion community so you can get face to face with the people you "meet" every day on the forums.

I for one, will be going!