Ascend 2025 Education Tracks

Cloud ERP

Is a cloud-based suite designed to streamline business operations, including financials, procurement, project management, supply chain management, and risk management. With real-time data access, automated workflows, and strong security, it supports scalability and reduces IT costs, making it ideal for organizations aiming to enhance efficiency and decision-making. Key features include financial management, supply chain optimization, AI integration, and embedded analytics, offering flexibility for various industries and global operations. 

• ERP Financials
• ERP PaaS for SaaS
• ERP Procurement
• Project Financial Management
• Risk Management
• SCM
• AI for Fusion Applications

Cloud HCM

You’ve made the decision to modernize your HCM processes in the cloud. Oracle Cloud HCM provides your business with one solution for HR—with the workforce visibility, flexibility, and intuitive experiences needed to quickly adapt to change. With Cloud, you can digitize processes, improve efficiency, and deliver innovation – all while taking your workforce to the next level with best-in-class experiences.

• HCM Core, HCM Foundation
• Payroll, Time and Labor, Absence Management
• Compensation and Benefits
• Performance, Talent, and Learning Management
• Talent Acquisition, Onboarding/Offboarding
• Workforce Analytics
• Technical and Integrations
• Redwood/Visual Builder
• AI Powered Employee Experience

Cloud EPM

Developing a forecast, completing variance reporting, and closing the books is necessary to an organization’s financial operations; and having great business processes in place allows decision makers to increase efficiency. Oracle’s Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) provides an AI-driven solution incorporating touchless operations, predictive insights and connected actions that are imperative for organizations to achieve optimal results; including: financial planning, consolidation and close, profitability and cost management, strategic modeling, financial master data management, tax reporting, data integrations, and of course, several reporting options.  

• Planning & Budgeting, and Strategic Modeling
• Financial Close and Account Reconciliation
• Profitability and Cost Management
• Reporting: Narrative, Management, and Analytics
• Cloud Foundations: Integration, Master Data

PeopleSoft HCM

Today’s PeopleSoft delivers continuous innovation with new features, functionality, and enhancements across the applications suite. PeopleSoft applications are designed to address the most complex business requirements. They provide comprehensive business and industry enabling organization to increase productivity, accelerate business performance, and provide a lower cost of ownership.

• Global HR Technologies: HCM Foundation, Workforce Analytics, Technical and Integrations
• Total Rewards: Payroll, Time and Labor, Absence Management, Compensation & Benefits
• Talent Experience: Talent Acquisition, Onboarding/Offboarding, Performance, Talent & Learning Management

Technology and OCI

If you’re wondering what these technologies mean to your day, you’re not alone. In these innovative sessions, we’ll help to dig through the buzzwords and get to a real definition of how these technologies work, and how they’re changing your day and your business. Attendees can learn more about both on-premises and cloud technologies supporting all forms of Oracle’s products. Learn from experts in managing the tools and technologies to streamline your Oracle experience.

• Middleware and Integration
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Development Tools & Techniques (Ansible, Terraform, SCM, DevOps, IDEs)
• DevOps (CI/CD, Docker, etc.)
• Application & Development (APEX, PL/SQL, etc.)
• Cloud Native Development (Docker, Chatbots, Cloud based AI)
• IaaS and Platform Services (Virtual Desktop, Full Stack Management, Compute etc.)
• AI/Machine Learning

Database

The relational database continues to evolve to include more new features, and as a result, has become even more complicated. On top of all the daily challenges of maintaining a high-performance database, now you must be sure the data are available 24/7 and compatible with other systems. This track is designed to provide DBAs of every experience level and industry with the tools to administer your data productively and creatively on premise or in the cloud.

• Database 101
• AI/ML in the Database
• Database Development including Apex
• Database HA / DR / Recovery
• Database Performance
• Database Security
• Database Upgrades and New Features
• Cloud Databases

Analytics

Oracle Analytics is an advanced platform that empowers organizations to extract actionable insights from their data. It offers intuitive data visualization, self-service analytics, predictive modeling, and mobile access. With data integration and governance features, it ensures secure and collaborative decision-making. Available both in the cloud (Oracle Analytics Cloud) and on-premises (Oracle Analytics Server), it seamlessly connects with various data sources, integrates with Oracle applications, and supports industries across the spectrum.

• Analytics Platform (Cloud/On-Premise)
• Analytics Visualization 
• AI & Machine Learning 
• Data Warehouse

Professional Development

Increasing your knowledge and skillset- in teh Oracle space -  is important to continued success in your career.  In addition to enhancing your functional and technical skills, there are many areas of focus that can help propel you in your chosen profession.  This track is dedicated to helping you learn more in areas that can help in managing your department/team, your own work, working with others, ensuring that your organization attracts and retains valuable employees, etc.  Recently, there is significant focus on workforce trends such as remote/hybrid work, employee engagement & satisfaction, organizational culture, diversity & inclusion, social issues, using AI, and more.  Gain control over your career by attaining proficiencies in these areas.

• Leveraging AI for Personal & Team Productivity
• Networking for Success
• Emerging Leadership/Career
• Build Your Brand
• Project Management
• Collaboration
• Workforce Trends
• Using AI