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I noticed that there is almost nothing published on the internet about how an abstract selection process works. Being the program manager for DOAG APEX Connect, I would like to share some insights about how this process works for this conference. Please be aware that all I say here is only applicable to DOAG APEX Connect and the process might change in the future. Also, other DOAG conferences may handle this process a bit different. With APEX Connect 2019, we started our journey by opening Call for Papers. During this time, everybody was able to submit a paper through our website https://apex.doag.org. We encouraged everybody to read through our submission guidelines, as your abstract will be the basis for acceptance: https://apex.doag.org/en/news/details/eleven-steps-to-a-successful-submission-of-your-presentation-1/ We received a stunning 171(!) abstracts during Call for Papers, but only 53 regular sessions could fit in the program schedule. Even though we strive to give each pre...

I'm happy to announce the official start of Call for Papers for our 5th edition of DOAG APEX Connect . Until 8-NOV, everybody can submit their abstract for a 45 minute presentation (incl. Q&A) about Oracle Application Express, SQL, PL/SQL or JavaScript. The conference will take place in Bonn from 07-MAY up to 09-MAY at the flashy Kameha Grand Hotel . As a presenter, you will get free entrance during the whole conference including all DOAG events that take place. If you are not sure what it takes to submit a compelling abstract, I suggest you have a look at our guide: Eleven steps to a succesful submission of your presentation . I encourage everybody to submit an abstract, as it is a great experience to be part of the conference as a presenter. Due to time constraints, Christian Schwitalla and Peter Raganitsch had to gave up their seat in the conference committee. All I can say is: THANK YOU for your hard work in your spare time and making APEX Connec...

APEX Connect 2018 will take place from 24 till 26 April in Düsseldorf. We have worked hard to make this the best edition yet and when looking at the conference schedule, it sure looks like it! Let me give you an overview of what will await our attendees: - 66 normal sessions of each 45 minutes covering APEX, SQL, PL/SQL, JavaScript and UX - 4 keynote speakers: Connor Mc Donald covering PL/SQL, Golo Roden covering JavaScript and Marc Sewtz/Carsten Czarski covering APEX - 1:1 sessions with the experts: your chance to personally give them feedback about SQL, PL/SQL, APEX and JavaScript or to just get in touch with them - New: a whole day training for beginners on the first day. Just have a look at the amazing line up of trainers:  https://programm.doag.org/apex/2018/#/schedule?search=apex%20for%20beginners - New: a special program for students, where they get free access and special sessions to get them up and running with the best technology for building data-centric web ...

First of all, I would like to thank all people that were involved in the making of APEX Connect. We all know that it takes tremendous amount of (private) time to pull this off. Also, a big “thank you” goes to all sponsors and attendees to make this all possible. I truly love this community. In 2017, we had around 300 attendees at APEX Connect, which I find great. I personally believe that APEX Connect will not grow as rapidly and it doesn’t need to. As the name implies, Connect is all about bringing the APEX community together and learning from each other, both personally and technically. For me, it feels like a small family that is having a reunion. This edition of Connect was a blast and I received a lot of positive feedback from the community through different channels: “APEX Connect is one of the best APEX and Oracle Database Developer conferences on the planet.  I thought the quality of the sessions was very high and the topics were very diverse beyond APEX, including S...

After a superb APEX Connect 2016 in our pink NHOW hotel in Berlin, DOAG decided to go over there in 2017 as well. But wait, didn't Niels tell us at APEX Connect 2016 that we look out for Munich? Well, we did. We searched the whole city for suitable locations and actually found one: the Leonardo hotel. This fancy location was perfect for Connect 2017, so we asked for an offer. Unfortunately, the place was a lot more expensive than Berlin was (actually Munich is more expensive in general). So we asked ourselves: "Would you be willing to pay many Euros extra just to be in Munich instead of Berlin?". In the end, we said “no”. Combined with the commitment of the NHOW hotel that they will replace all existing beamers in the rooms with full HD ones, the choice was made in favor of Berlin. To make a long story short: I'm pleased to announce that APEX Connect 2017 will be held from 9-MAY to 11-MAY in NHOW hotel in Berlin! Those of you who would like to present, you can now...

The development of version 5 of the Rapid Application Development (RAD) product Oracle Application Express (APEX) is well under way now and I’m looking forward to work with the first early adopter release. The main focus of APEX 5.0 is to enhance developer productivity, as you can read in the statement of direction . This is mainly achieved by introducing the Page Designer, which will allow developers to quickly create APEX pages in a browser in a way that was previously only seen in an IDE locally installed. Compared to previous versions of APEX, this feature will save a lot of time to developers. But APEX 5.0 is more, much more. In my belief, APEX 5.0 will convince many customers to start using it also to build enterprise web applications with it. Multiple Interactive Reports and multiple tabular forms on a single page, improved wizards and support for master-detail-detail forms are some of the many features upcoming that will make APEX not only a RAD-tool used for small business s...