This stage is just waiting for someone like you - a potential speaker to share your insights and wisdom with #Kscope27 attendees. The Kscope Call for Presentations will open soon, so start getting ready! We'll share some very specific tips and tricks, including a special episode of ODTUG Unplugged, to help you put your very best foot forward. Stay tuned!

📰 ODTUG NEWS: The Board of Directors has elected Abi Giles-Haigh as Kscope Executive Officer (KEO) for #Kscope27, which takes place July 11-15, 2027 in Nashville, Tennessee. “Abi has a proven record of bringing user group communities together around outstanding events,” said ODTUG President Natalie Delemar. “Her experience leading the 2026 ANDOUC Summit, combined with her depth in analytics and AI, means she knows what attendees want and how to deliver it. We are thrilled to have her lead Kscope27.” Read the full press release here - odtug.com/news/odtug-elects-…

Tomorrow marks the 6th annual Joel Kallman Day. Honor his legacy of community and sharing by publishing a blog post on a topic of your choice, and include #JoelKallmanDay in the title. Short or long, your first post or your 500th - join in and connect with the global community. Tomorrow, we'll invite you to share your links. #Kscope throwback: Monty Latiolais interviews Joel Kallman in 2016 youtube.com/watch?v=S0zs74oA… @oracleace @oracleugs

Want practical guidance for evaluating and advancing your EDM strategy, straight from the experts? Save your seat for next week's live webinar: odtug.com/events/discuss-mod… Leaders from IBM Accelalpha, Oracle, and client Zebra Technologies will discuss how leading organizations are using Oracle EDM to drive business transformation, improve governance, and establish a trusted foundation for enterprise decision-making. Register today to gain actionable insights from Oracle EDM experts and customer practitioners, benchmark your organization's data governance maturity, and discover proven approaches for strengthening governance, improving agility, and enabling more confident business decisions.

AI agents don't raise an eyebrow when the data looks off. They just act, at scale. 🤖 On the latest ODTUG Unplugged, Kate Helmer sits down with Rahul Kamath to discuss why enterprise data management is a prerequisite for enterprise AI, not an afterthought. 🎧 Listen now: odtug.com/podcast #ODTUG #OracleEDM #EnterpriseAI #DataManagement #MasterData #Kscope27 odtug.com/podcast

The ODTUG content teams work hard to ensure that #Kscope content is top-notch, and this week's webinar is a perfect example. Join #Kscope26 EPM Speaker Award winners Caroline Stenpeck and Kevin Black as they discuss how to apply proven change management principles and EDM best practices to your EDM project. Save your seat - lnkd.in/e8qHyUf8

REMINDER! Today's ODTUG-Oracle ACE Alliance call starts at 12:00 PM eastern. There's still time to join, and there may be a #Kscope27 discount involved... Learn more and register here > lnkd.in/eHWemqsY

It's a busy week for ODTUG Webinars and user group meetups! If you haven't already, save your spot for one (or all) of this week's three Webinar events: 📅 Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 12:00 PM eastern | Building Your Personal Brand in the Tech World: Strategies for Standing Out and Making an Impact (An ODTUG-Oracle ACE Alliance event) 📲 Learn more and register - lnkd.in/eHWemqsY 📅 Thursday, Sept. 24 at 12:00 PM eastern | Announcing Managed Oracle Essbase 📲 Learn more and register - lnkd.in/eTH-YWkP 📅 Thursday, Sept. 24 at 2:00 PM eastern | From BlackLine to Oracle Account Reconciliation: A Roadmap for Finance Modernization. From our friends at IBM 📲 Learn more and register - lnkd.in/edAPFp6t

📣 Friendly Reminder to join this week's ODTUG webinar! Alexander Tsikinovsky and Radha Sivaramakrishnan will cover deployment and migration to Essbase 26ai across independent/on-premises and OCI Marketplace environments. Specific topics include deployment models, prerequisites, initial configuration, and the operational differences between the two options. Register today - odtug.com/events/essbase-26a…

The ODTUG Board of Directors is pleased to introduce its newly-elected Executive Committee for FY27. President - Natalie Delemar Vice-President - Peter Koutroubis Secretary - Danielle White Treasurer - Abi Giles-Haigh Thank you for your commitment to serve the ODTUG Community in these roles.

ODTUG's first webinar of September is two weeks from today! Alexander Tsikinovsky and Radha Sivaramakrishnan of Oracle will present "Essbase 26ai: Deploy, Migrate, and Modernize." Join virtually on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT) to explore how to deploy and migrate to Essbase 26ai across independent/on-premises and OCI Marketplace environments. This session covers deployment models, prerequisites, initial configuration, and the operational differences between the two options. Registration is required - click here to save your seat. lnkd.in/etZdHV9b

Today marks the last day of ODTUG Board of Directors service for Sara Beth Good, Roel Hartman, and Kate Helmer. The ODTUG Community appreciates your contributions! Thank you for all you've done to help our organization continue to grow and thrive. 📷 ODTUG Board of Directors at Kscope26 (not pictured: Danielle White, Jennifer Nicholson)

Think about the top presentations you saw at Kscope: topics, presenters, and mind-blowing insights...now think about a series of webinars to update or expand on those presentations. 🪄 Your wish is our command - introducing The Best of ODTUG #Kscope26 Webinar Series! More to come - comment if there is a specific speaker, topic or presentation you want to hear more about. Current and past speaker award winners may be viewed at odtug.com/awards.

ODTUG Partners are a critical part of our member events, and we'll never stop saying thank you. Want to know a bit more about Partner Benefits (or perhaps see yourself in the #Kscope26 video)? Start here: odtug.com/kscope-partners

📣 If you've attended an ODTUG #Kscope Conference during the past 5 years, you will receive an email about the future of the conference. Please take a moment to provide your feedback. Members hold the key to new and improved events, sessions, and happenings for ODTUG. Let us know your feedback - the survey will close in mid-September. Thanks in advance! 📷 #Kscope24 #orclAPEX Sunday Symposium

Mark your calendar! The ODTUG-Oracle ACE Alliance will host its next webinar on September 23. Oana-Aurelia Bonu, Community Manager for the Oracle ACE Program, will discuss the importance of building your personal brand. Here's an excerpt from the description: Technical expertise is essential, but in today's fast-moving technology landscape, it's often not enough on its own. Opportunities to speak, write, lead, and advance your career frequently come to those whose expertise is visible. Learn more and register - lnkd.in/eUq73bej

Applications are open for the 2026-2027 ODTUG Leadership Program! 🚀 Build the skills to lead — communication, mentoring, team building & more. Apply now: lnkd.in/ejKJwy25 📸 2025-26 Leadership Cohort & Advisors

ODTUG members were so inspired by our "years past" post that we decided to create a #Kscope26 image gallery. Check out snaps from the Denver event at the link below, captured by "Photo Ray" Carlin of Grapevine Photo. Go look, get inspired, and get yourself registered for #Kscope27! 📷 odtug.com/odtug-kscope26-ima… 🎟️ odtug.com/kscope27

At #Kscope26, we had the opportunity to show photos from previous Kscope conferences on the jumbo-tron at Mile High Stadium. If you missed it, here are a few snaps going all the way back to 2007. ⏳ Tag your friends and plan to join us next July in Nashville - odtug.com/kscope27