Rules and Standards

• Eligibility -- Quest encourages  applications users, vendors of complementary products and services, and Oracle employees to submit a presentation proposal.
• Selection Process -- The Quest Northeast Knowledge Committee will review all complete presentation proposals submitted by April 12, 2010. Note: Due to conference publication deadlines, presentations provided without complete information are subject to cancellation. 
  
  Selection is based on presentation content, timeliness and relevance to current industry trends, technical accuracy, and quality of the submitted abstract. Judgments of the Knowledge Committee are final.
• Promotion of products or services during educational breakout sessions is strictly prohibited. Companies wishing to market their products should David Coleman to learn about Quest Northeast marketing opportunities.
• Presenter Incentive and Recognition -- Quest realizes the time involved in preparing and delivering a high quality presentation and will reward Presenters with a full, complimentary conference registration to Quest Northeast (limit one complimentary registration per session. This does not include hotel, meals and travel). If presenting more than one session, the speaker will only be eligible for one complimentary registration.  Complimentary registrations are not transferable to another attendee.  However, if a speaker change is required a substitution can be made.
  
  Presenters are welcome to include additional speakers in their presentation. However, only one complimentary conference registration will be provided for each session. 
  As a presenter you will realize additional benefits, such as the posting of your presentation on QuestDirect and inclusion on the CD for attendees, great industry recognition for you and your company.

Guidelines for Submitting

• Presenter Identification: Complete all information requested for the primary applicant, including an email address and daytime phone number. Accuracy and completeness of your contact information is very important. List the names and company of co-presenters and panel members, if applicable, in the "additional presenters/panel members" section.
  
  
• Affiliation: Oracle customers, vendors and Oracle employees, are welcome to submit presentation applications. Please indicate which of these categories applies to you, the primary applicant.
  
  Customers - Organizations that have a license to use Oracle software and are not considered vendors.
  
  Vendors - Organizations that provide products or services complimentary to Oracle's product and service offerings, such as business partners, consultants, third-party software providers, or resellers. Organizations who can be classified as a vendor cannot also be classified as a customer.
  
  Note: Customers and Vendors may co-present any given session for an interesting veiw from both perspectives. 
  

• Presentation Title: Provide a compelling, concise and descriptive title for your presentation. The title provided on this application will appear in all conference publications and planning tools. Please limit the title to seven words or less. Titles more than seven words are subject to be shortened to fit in the onsite program and on the myConference online tool.
  
  

• Presentation Experience: Indicate whether you have given this presentation before and, if so, when, where, size of largest audience addressed and if this version contains new or updated information. If you did this presentation at a previous Quest conference and know your evaluation score, please provide this information. 
  
  
• Presentation Type: Indicate whether your presentation will be a 50 minute lecture or demonstration or a 30 minute Best Practices and Quick Tips session. Additionally, please indicate to which Oracle product(s) your presentation is pertinent.
  
  
• Target Audience: Indicate whether your presentation will be appropriate for C-Level, Business Managers, Project Managers, Technical and/or End-Users.
  
  
• Abstract: In 250 characters or less, please describe the presentation attendees will enjoy if your presentation is selected.
  
  
• Objectives: Provide the three main objectives for you presentation in 100 characters or less for each bullet point. These objectives will be available online for attendees to read as they consider sessions they may attend at the conference.
  

If you have any questions, please email Jenn Abney.