COLLABORATE 08 is about much more than education and networking – it's a great opportunity to hear directly from thought leaders, industry experts and Oracle executives. COLLABORATE 08 is the place to be for need-to-know announcements. Want proof? At last year's conference, Oracle President Charles Phillips chose to announce Oracle's brand-new Application Integration Architecture program. This year, Phillips will be back, joined by other key leaders:

CHARLES PHILLIPS President, Oracle Corporation Welcome General Session - Monday, April 14 Building, Acquiring and Integrating Business Software: An Oracle Update As president of Oracle Corporation, Charles Phillips is responsible for Oracle's global field operations, including consulting, marketing, sales, alliances and channels, and customer programs, as well as corporate strategy.  Phillips holds a bachelor of science in Computer Science from the United States Air Force Academy, an MBA from Hampton University, and a JD from New York Law School and is a member of the bar in Washington, D.C., and Georgia. Phillips is on the boards of Viacom Corporation, Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City and New York Law School. The ultimate objective of Oracle's software vision and strategy is to provide our customers with better business insight, more adaptable business processes and a superior ownership experience. The goal is reduced costs, improved risk management and a complete set of software to run your business more efficiently. Oracle is pursuing a strategy to build, acquire and integrate the best software to meet these needs. Charles Phillips will provide an update on that strategy and how it meets customer requirements today and tomorrow.
KURT DELBENE Corporate Vice President, Office Business Platform Group, Microsoft Microsoft General Session - Tuesday, April 15 The Microsoft Business Platform Strategy Kurt DelBene is responsible for the development of client and server products that collectively deliver to organizations a holistic platform for collaboration, information sharing and business applications. Products in the OBP Group include Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Web Access and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. DelBene joined Microsoft in 1992, and has served in several roles in Microsoft’s product development teams. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago, a Master of Science from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona. The world of business productivity is changing as new technologies emerge, the global economy is shifting and new regulations become prevalent across industries. Kurt DelBene will outline how COLLABORATE attendees can adapt to this new world of work that combines collaboration, social networking, business process management and personal productivity with traditional line of business applications. In addition, DelBene will discuss how Microsoft and Oracle are working together to deliver a great customer experience and ownership value to both companies' joint customers both today and in the future.
CINDY SOLOMON Executive coach and professional speaker -- Cindy Solomon and Associates Quest Kickoff Session - Monday, April 14 The Art of Influence: Creating a Network of Advocacy Get your COLLABORATE experience started with an informal session planned to help you right off the bat. Cindy Solomon, a favorite speaker among Quest audiences, will lead this session and leave you excited for the rest of your action-packed week at COLLABORATE. Have you ever wondered how certain individuals within your organization seem to get their projects “sold” and accomplished almost effortlessly while others struggle to gain agreement to even the most simple of projects? Every wonder how these same individuals seem to be able to secure significant resources for projects while others struggle to gain even the most limited resources? This session will help anyone, whether an individual contributor or senior leader understand the secret to getting things done in organizations today. It all comes down to “The Art of Influence.” Cindy Solomon has worked with thousands of organizations to help leaders and individual contributors alike define and build their own Networks of Advocacy. These networks help everyone better utilize the resources of an organization, better position projects and processes for success and execution and most importantly, better position themselves as leaders within their own spheres of influence. This session helps leaders and front line staff members understand what “influence” really is and how important it can be to every organization, every team and every individual in achieving success. Solomon focuses on what we are each doing today to build and nurture our own influence within our organizations (and within our industries) as well as how to create your own “Network of Advocacy” allowing you to more quickly and productively attain your goals. This is a must attend session for anyone looking to find new and innovative ways of serving clients and customers, growing your influence and leadership skills or simply finding new ways to help your teams better and more efficiently achieve their own goals.  SCOTT SENDEL Vice President Industry Business Unit, Oracle Quest Kickoff Session - Monday, April 14 Oracle Application Industry Acquisition Strategy Learn about Oracles approach to the industry application market. Understand how Oracle selects Industries to focus on, their solution approach to targeted industries, and the go to market strategy for serving those industries.
PHIL KEOGHAN Host, The Amazing Race, and author, No Opportunity Wasted Quest General Session and Meeting of the Members - Wednesday, April 16  Wednesday is your chance to network exclusively with other Quest attendees at the Quest General Session and Meeting of the Members. You’ll also get to see the winner of our grand prize giveaway, and get geared up for the Explore Colorado party Wednesday night. But the biggest bonus of all is yet to come – you can hear an exclusive keynote from Phil Keoghan, host of the television show The Amazing Race, which has earned him five Emmy Awards and is now in its 12th season. Phil's life has been full of travel and adventure. A native New Zealander, he started traveling at the age of two accompanying his father, a plant scientist, and mother, who taught music, to third world countries all around the world. A pivotal moment in Phil's life came after a near death experience at the age of 19 when he found himself lost at 120 feet inside a 22,000 ton ship wreck. Surviving this life changing experience prompted Phil to write a list of things to do before he died and develop a philosophy he calls No Opportunity Wasted – NOW for short – all about learning how to live while you still have the chance, thinking outside the box and using imagination as your currency. He has gone on to work in over 100 countries around the world as a motivational speaker, author, television host, actor, producer and cameraman on thousands of program episodes.

Featured Speakers - Oracle Executive Presentations and Q&A Sessions

Keynotes aren't the only time to hear from the executives and leaders who are shaping the way your software works – Quest's education schedule also features Oracle division general managers, one from each of the product lines Quest represents. General managers will be speaking during exclusive education time slots for their product lines, so you won't have to worry about missing other important sessions to hear them speak. They’ll also participate in exclusive Q&A sessions on Thursday to help answer any questions you didn’t get answered earlier in the week.

Remember to join us for these Q&A sessions on Thursday, where PeopleSoft and JD Edwards general managers and their staff will be on hand along with Quest’s own Product Advocacy Committees for an open-forum style session that will help you get answers for any questions you didn’t get a chance to resolve during the week. It’s a great way to find out what your customer leaders on our Advocacy Committees have been working on, and end COLLABORATE 08 having satisfied all your curiosities about product direction, development and ROI.

John Schiff
Vice President and General Manager, JD Edwards World

Denise Grills
Sr. Director, Product Strategy, JD Edwards World

Lenley Hensarling
Group Vice President, JD Edwards

Lyle Ekdahl
Vice President, Product Strategy, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

Doris Wong
Group Vice President and General Manager, PeopleSoft Enterprise

John Webb
Vice President, PeopleSoft Enterprise Product Strategy

Quentin Grady
Sr. Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Utilities Global Business Unit

Cliff Godwin
Sr. Vice President, Applications Development

Steve Miranda
Sr. Vice President, Applications Development