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Oracle CloudWorld 2024 Session Stats

John Sim -

Here are a few interesting stats I collected from the CloudWorld approved sessions list.
- based on the initial dataset of accepted presentations that I collected of 459 approved Sessions.

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Keep in mind - that the Session Catalogue is still growing and sessions are still being added - when I checked this morning the total listed sessions was 599..
  • Learning Session: 212
  • Theater Session: 78
  • Hands-on Lab: 53
  • Panel Session: 47
  • Product Showcase: 27
  • Tutorial: 20
  • Deep Dive Session: 7
  • Birds of a Feather: 6
  • OU Certification: Exam Information: 5
  • OU Certification: Exam: 3
  • OU Certification: Exam Preparation: 1
  • Sessions with Only Oracle Presenters: 376
  • Sessions with Customer Involvement: 83

Top Presenters

Here are the top presenters based on the number of sessions they are involved in:

  1. Ranjan Priyadarshi: 9 sessions
  2. Peter Fernandez: 8 sessions
  3. Rebecca Sly: 8 sessions
  4. Prasanna Borse: 8 sessions
  5. Doug Hood: 6 sessions
  6. Blaine Carter: 6 sessions
  7. Chris Havrilla: 5 sessions
  8. Shasank Chavan: 4 sessions
  9. Hakim Loumi: 4 sessions
  10. Nacho Martinez: 4 sessions

Session Analysis by Technology

Here is the breakdown of sessions by technology area:

  1. AI/Machine Learning: 185 sessions
  2. Oracle Database: 137 sessions
  3. Developer Technologies: 106 sessions
  4. Human Resources: 98 sessions
  5. Sales, Service & Marketing (CX): 92 sessions
  6. OCI Core Infrastructure: 86 sessions
  7. Cross Applications: 59 sessions
  8. Finance: 57 sessions
  9. Analytics: 54 sessions
  10. Supply Chain & Manufacturing: 50 sessions
  11. Security: 49 sessions
  12. Systems: 46 sessions
  13. Modern Data Platform: 43 sessions
  14. Cloud Migration: 42 sessions
  15. IT Estate Modernization: 39 sessions
  16. Industry Applications: 37 sessions
  17. Supply Chain & Manufacturing: 35 sessions
  18. Java: 31 sessions
  19. Distributed Cloud: 27 sessions
  20. Customer Experience: 22 sessions
  21. Applications Unlimited: 21 sessions
  22. HeatWave MySQL: 20 sessions
  23. Capital Programs & Construction: 3 sessions
  24. Environment & Social: 2 sessions

Session Analysis by Specified Tech Stack

Here is a breakdown of sessions related to the specified technologies that I focus my attention on. (Not including AI on this list)

  1. Digital Assistant: 30 sessions
    This is a bit misleading as a lot of these sessions are GenAI virtual agents and not true ODA Presentations.
  2. WebCenter: 3 sessions
  3. APEX (Application Express): 9 sessions
  4. VBCS/Visual Builder Cloud Service: 12 sessions
  5. OBP/Oracle Blockchain Platform: 2 session
  6. JET: 1 session

AI/Machine Learning Session Breakdown by AI Types

Here is the breakdown of AI/Machine Learning sessions by specific AI types at Oracle CloudWorld 2024:

  • Unspecified General AI/ML: 166 sessions
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): 81 sessions
  • Machine Learning: 66 sessions
  • Virtual Agents: 11 sessions
  • Deep Learning: 10 sessions
  • Document Understanding: 3 sessions
  • Predictive Analytics: 2 sessions
  • Computer Vision: 1 session
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP): 1 session
  • AI Applications: 3 sessions
  • AI Infrastructure: 1 session

Customer Experience Sessions Grouped by Technology

  1. Commerce: 9 sessions
  2. Service: 6 sessions
  3. Sales: 3 sessions
  4. Marketing: 3 sessions
  5. Analytics: 3 sessions
  6. Other CX: 1 session

I'll be creating an improved list closer to CloudWorld to see how things involve but overall AI and DB are at the top of the list - I was surprised to see that not many APEX sessions have been approved - hopefully this will change in the next month and we will see this grow within the next month..