Special Announcement: OAUG FIN-SIG Meeting 18th Sept 2005, San Francisco

Oracle Applications User Group, Financial Services Industry, Special Interest Group (OAUG FIN-SIG)

Special Announcement: OAUG FIN-SIG Meeting 18^th Sept 2005, San Francisco

Date/Time: Sunday 18^th September, 2005 (9:10am-12:30pm PST)

Venue : Room 3006 Moscone West

Moscone Convention Center (Oracle OpenWorld 2005)

San Francisco, CA

Agenda :

09:10-09:20 Welcome Note: Greg Fitzgerald, Ohio Savings Bank (FIN-SIG Enhancements Chair)

Introductions and review of recent FIN-SIG activity. Distribution of the second FIN-SIG Survey. Results to be shared at end of SIG Meeting

09:25-09:55 Keynote Address -Trends and Best Practices in Financial Services: V Senthil Kumar, CEO, i-flex Solutions b.v. , and VP, Marketing & Alliances, i-flex Solutions Limited

i-flex provides comprehensive IT solutions exclusively to the financial services industry. It has serviced over 570 customers in over 115 countries through a portfolio of products and services. These include packaged applications (encompassing consumer banking, corporate banking, investor servicing, asset management for mutual funds, internet delivery of financial services, business analytics and risk management), custom application software development, and, business and IT consulting services.

V Senthil Kumar leads i-flex operations in Europe, and also carries worldwide responsibility for Marketing and Alliances at i-flex. He devotes a large portion of his efforts in development of strategies which would enable i-flex effectively address the needs of financial institutions in the future. In this session Senthil would be speaking on some of the emerging trends in the financial services industry, as seen by i-flex.

10:00-10:30 Oracle Family Roadmap for FSI: Anita Brady, Sr. Director, Oracle Corporation

With the acquisition of PeopleSoft, Retek, TimesTen and many more solutions relevant for the financial services industry, this session will provide you an insight into Fusion and the Oracle strategy for the next few years as it relates to users in Banking, Insurance and Capital Markets. Apart from her responsibility as Sr. Director, Financial Services Product Development Strategy, Anita is also the current Oracle Liaison for the OAUG FIN-SIG

10:40-11:10 Oracle and TimesTen - enabling the Real-Time World: Tim Shetler, VP-Product Marketing TimesTen (now part of Oracle Corporation)

TimesTen brings a proven track record to time-critical industries and real-time enterprises with products that have been powering production systems since 1998 in networks, telecom services, operational support systems, contact centers, airline and reservation systems, and securities trading applications. Over 1,500 companies around the globe use TimesTen technology in real-time applications to increase customer loyalty and new customer acquisition, streamline operations, and avoid the costly alternative of proprietary software development.

11:15-11:40 Case Study from Financial Services: Samir Singh, GECIS Global (FIN-SIG Communications Chair)

Obtain insight including some useful tips and techniques from the project team that implemented Oracle at one of the largest financial services institutions.

11-45-12:05 Announcement of results of FIN-SIG Survey: Joseph Alldred, Wachovia Bank (FIN-SIG Secretariat)

12:10-12:30 Open House & Close: Subhojit Roye iGATE Global (FIN-SIG Coordinator)