By Kathy Miedema, Oracle Applications User Experience

If you’re interested in what the best possible user experience looks like, you’ll want to hear what Oracle’s Applications User Experience team is planning for OpenWorld 2012, Sept. 30-Oct. 4 in San Francisco.

This year, we will talk Fusion, Fusion, Fusion. We were among the first to show Oracle Fusion Applications in the last couple of years, and we’ll be showing it again this year so you can see what Oracle is planning for the next generation of enterprise applications. Attend our sessions to learn more about the user experience strategy in which Oracle is investing.

Simplicity is the driving force behind the demos that we are unveiling now, which you can see at OpenWorld. We want to create opportunities for productivity and efficiency, and deliver enterprise data across devices to help you do your work in the way best suited to your job and needs, said Jeremy Ashley, Vice President, Oracle Applications User Experience. You can see the new look for Fusion Applications at a general session led by Ashley at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3. You’ll also have the chance to learn more about tailoring in Oracle Fusion Applications, and gain a new understanding of the investment in the user experience behind Fusion Applications at our sessions (see session information below).

Inside the Oracle Applications User Experience team’s on-site lab at Oracle OpenWorld 2011.

Head to the demogrounds to see new demos from the Applications User Experience team, including the new look for Fusion Applications and what we’re building for mobile platforms. Take a spin on our eye tracker, a very cool tool that we use to research the usability of a particular design. Visit the Usable Apps OpenWorld page to find out where our demopods will be located.

We are also recruiting participants for our on-site lab, in which we gather feedback on new user experience designs, and taking reservations for a charter bus that will bring you to Oracle headquarters for a lab tour Thursday, Oct. 4, or Friday, Oct. 5. Tours leave at 10 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. from the Moscone Center in San Francisco. You’ll see more of our newest designs at the lab tour, and some of our research tools in action. Can’t participate in a customer feedback session or take a lab tour this time around? Visit Usable Apps to participate or book a tour another time.

For more information on any OpenWorld sessions, check the content catalog – also available at www.oracle.com/openworld. For information on Applications User Experience (Apps UX) sessions and activities, go to the Usable Apps OpenWorld page.

APPS UX OPENWORLD SESSIONS

Oracle’s Roadmap to a Simple, Modern User Experience

Presenter: Jeremy Ashley, Vice President Applications User Experience, Oracle; with Debra Lilley, Fujitsu Consulting; Basheer Khan, Innowave; and Edward Roske, InterRel
Session ID: CON9467
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 3
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Moscone West - 3002/3004

Jeremy Ashley

Oracle Fusion Applications: Transforming Insight into Action

Presenters: Killian Evers and Kristin Desmond, Oracle
Session ID: CON8718
Date: Thursday, Oct. 4
Time: 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Location: Moscone West - 2008

“FRIENDS OF UX” OPENWORLD SESSIONS

Sessions by the Oracle Usability Advisory Board (OUAB) members:

Advances in Oracle Enterprise Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager

 Presenters: Koen Delaure, KPMG Advisory NV, and Oracle Usability Advisory Board member; Russell Stohr,
Oracle Session ID: CON9389
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 2
Time: 1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
Location: Palace Hotel - Concert

Optimize Oracle E-Busines Suite Procure-to-Pay: Cut Inefficiences/Fraud with Oracle GRC Apps

Presenters: Koen Delaure, KPMG Advisory NV, and Solveig Wagner, Seadrill Management AS, both Oracle Usability Advisory Board members; and Swarnali Bag, Oracle
Session ID: CON9401
Date: Monday, Oct. 1
Time: 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Location: Intercontinental - Sutter

Showcase of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Mobility

Presenters: Jon Wells, Westmoreland Coal Co., Oracle Usability Advisory Board member; Rob Mills and Liz Davson, Town of Oakville; Keith Sholes and Louise Farner, Oracle
Session ID: CON9123
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 2
Time: 1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
Location: InterContinental - Grand Ballroom B

Sessions by the Fusion User Experience Adovcates (FXA)

Usability and Features of Oracle Fusion Applications, Built upon Oracle Fusion Middleware

Presenters: Debra Lilley, Fujitsu Consulting and Oracle Usability Advisory Board member; John King, King Training Resources
Session ID: UGF10371
Date: Sunday, Sept. 30
Time: 11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Location: Moscone West – 2010

Ten Things to Love About Oracle Fusion Project Portfolio Management

 Presenter: Floyd Teter, EiS Technologies
Session ID: CON6021
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 2
Time: 10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
Location: Moscone West – 2003