MakeIT 2024
Oracle Technology
Convention Centre Portus, Portorož, Slovenia
The roots of the MakeIT 2024 conference trace back to 1996, when the first SIOUG conference was organized. Since then, numerous excellent domestic and foreign speakers have participated, and several locations have been used. From Portorož's Bernardin to Ljubljana and back to Portorož again, the Portus Congress Center has been the home of the conference for the past few years.
The focus of MakeIT 2024 revolves around Oracle Technology, with a special emphasis on cloud technologies (OCI), development platforms like APEX, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle Database administration, analytics tools, and AI. Throughout MakeIT 2024, attendees will have the opportunity to delve into the latest trends in cloud computing, explore Oracle's cloud capabilities, and hear success stories from businesses utilizing Oracle Cloud services, APEX development, state-of-the-art Database technologies, and much more.
The event aimed to educate and engage IT professionals, developers, executives, and decision-makers interested in leveraging Oracle technologies for their organizations. Our philosophy remains the same—to connect people, enrich them with knowledge, and foster the sharing of experiences.
Join us for exciting 3 days of networking, conference sessions, hands-on labs and much more!
In order to offer content for a broad audience, we have sessions delivered in Slovenian and sessions in English so that people who do not understand Slovenian can participate in the event, too.
Click below to acquaint yourself with the speakers for MakeIT 2024 conference.
Jim Czuprynski has over forty years of professional experience in Information Technology, serving diverse roles at several Fortune 1000 companies before becoming an Oracle DBA in 2001. He has been an Oracle ACE Director - one of just 100 in the world - since 2014 and is a sought-after public speaker on technology, mentorship and leadership at conferences on six continents.
Jim has authored 150+ articles on database administration, Machine Learning / Analytics, and application development since 2003 at databasejournal.com, IOUG SELECT, and ODTUG TechCeleration. He’s also co-authored four books on Oracle database technology.
Jim’s blog, Generally … It Depends (https://jimthwhyguy.com), contains his regular observations on state of the IT industry. Jim also co-hosts the Beyond Tech Skills podcast (https://www.beyondtechskills.com), which discusses everything about tech … except tech.
Piet is a Database Consultant and DBA. He is in IT since 1987, and specialises in Oracle-, Postgres- and Databases-related technology since 1994. He combines conceptual knowledge and technical know-how with working-experience in small and large organisations, both local and international.
He also invests a lot of effort in maintaining a network of Like-Minded database-specialists worldwide and is a regular speaker at international user group events and symposia.
Piet likes to Travel, preferably by motorcycle, speaks various languages more or less acceptably, and is alway interested in learning how to say “Dober Dan” and “Hvala” in a few more languages (provided he can learn it on site).
Christian Gohmann is currently working as Tech Architecture Associate Manager and Instructor at Accenture in Dusseldorf, Germany. His main focus lies in helping customers in the areas of architecture planning, implementation, and migration - with a specialization in high availability solutions, like Data Guard and Oracle RAC.
Since 2006, Christian Gohmann has been working with Oracle and the Oracle Database and worked on various projects for customers in German-speaking areas.
Besides his consultancy activities, he is the main developer and the responsible person for db*BACKUP - a product distributed by Accenture, which is responsible for the intelligent backup and recovery of an Oracle database. In his spare time, he shares his knowledge on his blog https://www.christian-gohmann.de and spends as much time as possible with his dog Taran, and for his hobbies climbing/bouldering, hiking, and watching movies.
Boris Oblak je kot direktor razvoja v podjetju Abakus plus d.o.o. od leta 1992 zadolžen za razvoj informacijskih rešitev.
Diplomiral je leta 1987 na Fakulteti za strojništvo v Mariboru. Začetki dela z Oracle bazo segajo še v verzijo 5, prve aplikacija pa je razvijal z verzijo Oracle 6 še v DOS okolju. Vzporedno je razvijal aplikacije na operacijskem sistemu VMS. Z bazo Oracle 7 je delal na operacijskih sistemih OpenVMS in SCO unix.
S sodelavcem sta leta 1996 uspešno prenesla bazo Oracle 7.1.5 na operacijski sistem linux, še preden je Oracle ta operacijski sistem podprl. Z verzijo baze Oracle 8 je Oracle operacijski sistem linux tudi uradno podprl. Takrat se je preusmeril na ta operacijski sistem in se bolj posvetil administraciji in optimizaciji baz podatkov.
Leta 1999 je sodeloval pri razvoju logističnega informacijskega sistema, pri optimizaciji iskanja artiklov v skladiščih, v podjetju Sava-trade d.d.
Leta 2000 je sodeloval pri izgradnji informacijskega sistema za letališča (Flight Information System – FIS) v podjetju Aerodrom Ljubljana d.d., kjer nadaljuje z delom na razvoju.
Leta 2003 je sodeloval pri razvoju distribucije in prodaje edicij, točneje pri izdelavi algoritma za učinkovito razdeljevanje revij in časopisov po prodajnih mestih v podjetju Delo prodaja d.d. Zadolžen je za varovanje in restavriranje podatkov (RMAN, DataGuard).
Petar is an Oracle APEX developer with four years of industry experience. With a strong foundation in Oracle APEX, SQL, and PL/SQL, Petar has honed his skills to deliver effective solutions and tackle complex challenges.
Petar’s dedication to professional growth is evident in his daily pursuit of knowledge. He actively learning staying abreast of the latest trends and advancements in the field by continuously learning and embracing new technologies. Petar is active on forums and apex.world Slack community.
When not immersed in developing applications and coding, Petar enjoys the games of chess and table tennis.
Žiga Vaupot is working in IT industry for 30+ years. He worked for Qubix Slovenia since 2011. After Qubix was acquired by Version 1, Žiga continues in the role of Country Manager. Even though Žiga’s current role requires quite a lot of time, he is still active in his “original" business analytics consultancy role in which he has been active on various projects from the UK, Europe (primarily CEE region), US and Japan. In these project he was primarily involved with implemention of Oracle Analytics based solutions.
Before joining Qubix Žiga was CIO of the largest Slovenian publishing company, Mladinska knjiga. He has also spent 10 years in Oracle Slovenia and CEE region performing in several roles from technology and application pre-sales, sales and marketing.
Žiga’s focus today still lies with Oracle (cloud) based technology and infrastructure. His expertise is in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure including Analytics, Autonomous Database, Machine Learning, Data Science, and other Data Lakehouse services.
As a member of the SIOUG board, he is also an active member of the group in organising various events including annual MakeIT conference.
Žiga has MBA degree of Faculty of Economics, and BSC degree from Faculty of Computer Sciences and Informatics, both University of Ljubljana.
He also holds several Oracle expertise certificates, ie. Oracle Cloud Platform Enterprise Analytics 2023 Certified Specialist.
Žiga is Oracle ACE Pro since 2020.
Federico Venturin is a seasoned Oracle Analytics enthusiast and an Oracle ACE Associate with over 14 years of experience.
Currently serving as Principal Consultant at Rittman Mead Consulting, a renowed consultancy firm, he leveraged his expertise in Oracle tools (OBIEE, OAS and OAC) to provide innovative solutions and deliver exceptional value to clients.
He has been speaking at major Oracle conferences (OUG Ireland, UKOUG, RMOUG, ODTUG Kscope), sharing insights and best practices. He maintains a technical blog with regular articles about Oracle Analytics, and actively contributes to Oracle community forums, providing solutions and guidance.
Outside of work, Federico likes to play videogames, travel all around the world and taste local food.
Click below to acquaint yourself with the reviewers of the conference papers for MakeIT 2024.
With more than 15 years of experience with working autonomously in a team administering, tuning and patching 40 production and 130 test/QA database instances including all types of architectures, such as Single Instance, Real Application Clusters (RAC) on Exadata and Data Guard environments. Experience configuring, patching and testing DataGuard configurations. My daily responsibilities are not just to keep the databases running smoothly, but to provide guidance for improvements on overall procedures.
I’m passionate and curious about Oracle’s database technology and really enjoy working with it, especially when there’s a puzzle to solve, like finding a root-cause of a performance problem or evaluating different implementation models for a given task. Being constantly in touch and active in the vibrant Oracle community allows me to gain new experience and knowledge from other experts and engineers, to readily adapt to technology advancements and to learn from others’ mistakes and suggestions.
To be as close to the experts as possible, I also volunteer in our Oracle User Group and organize events with international and local speakers. Besides gaining new knowledge, this allows me to get personally in touch with many well known and affirmed international Oracle experts.
I believe communication is key to success, and I have proficient communication skills, when interacting with business and technical customers. I have experience working under stressful conditions and have proven problem analysis and root-cause search and resolution skills. I enjoy working both in the teams as on my own.
Lucas is an experienced Business Analyst with a technical background in the airlines/aviation industry. He possesses over a decade of experience working with Oracle technologies, which has granted him a comprehensive understanding of SQL/PLSQL programming languages.
For the past eight years, he has specialized in Oracle Apex and progressed to the role of team leader for Apex developers in the last two years. His passion for staying current with industry trends and ability to quickly adapt to new technologies have been instrumental in his success. Throughout his career, he has displayed a strong commitment to producing high-quality work, a keen eye for detail, and excellent problem-solving abilities. As a result, he has a proven track record of delivering successful projects and meeting business objectives.
Andrej Macedoni is an experienced IT manager and architect. He has been working on data management for 25 years and mainlly covering data warehouse, database management and data quality topics.
He has created together with his team one of the biggest and most complex database environments in Slovenija in two companies: Mobitel and Telekom Slovenije, d.d.
Optimization and wise use of IT resourses is his essence from years ago. He and his team have developed Telco and Utility billing running on Oracle technology.
Žiga Vaupot is currently working as a Country Manager for Qubix Slovenia. Professionally, Žiga’s background is IT and he has been working on several business intelligence and data warehousing projects over the last 10+ years in the Central Europe, in the UK and Japan. Prior to joining Qubix, Žiga was CIO of the major publishing company in Slovenia. Before that he has spent 10+ years working for Oracle in CEE region where he held several roles in Sales Consulting, Sales and Marketing.
Žiga holds master’s degree of Faculty of Economics and bachelor’s degree from Faculty of Computer Sciences and Informatics, both from University of Ljubljana. Among numerous certifications, Oracle Cloud Enterprise Analytics Certified Specialist, Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite 11g Certified Implementation Specialist and Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Certified Specialist stand out.
Žiga Vaupot is Oracle ACE and is also member of the SIOUG executive board.
The MakeIT 2024 & JCON Slovenia 2024 is organized by the SIOUG, Tržaška cesta 134 1000 Ljubljana and OpenBlend. Contact us to get more information on sponsorship and speaking opportunities.