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Conference is located at Courtyard by Marriott, 520 E. Plume St., Norfolk, Virginia (USA) [directions]
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#xTupleCon13 Day One — Thursday, October 10, 2013
#xTupleCon13 Day Two — Friday, October 11, 2013
#xTupleCon13 Day Three — Saturday, October 12, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
1:00pm-5:00pm
xTuple Open Captain's Choice Golf Tournament — with boxed lunch included, at Ocean View Golf Course (Rain or Shine)
9610 Norfolk Ave., Norfolk [directions]
6:00pm-8:00pm
VIP Tasting & Tour/Reception — at Smartmouth Brewing Company
1309 Raleigh Ave., Norfolk [directions]
Tracks = Business (Bus) | Implementation (Imp) | Technology (Tech) | All (Suitable for any)
Levels = Beginner (Beg) | Intermediate (Inter) | Advanced (Adv) | All (Suitable for any)
Thursday, October 10, 2013
9:00am-10:00am
Group Session: "Welcome to xTuple's Inaugural Global User Conference"
Ned Lilly, xTuple CEO
Keynote / All
10:15am- 11:00am
Integrating Business Intelligence with your ERP: Improve company performance with powerful reporting, analytics and dashboards
Jeff Gunderson, xTuple Midwest USA
Bus-Tech / Beg
PANEL: Distribution Planning for Operational Success (not an oxymoron!)
Stacey Pandeloglou, xTuple HQ; Tom Atkins, xTuple South; Mike Atherton, xTuple DC
Bus / All
Custom Development: Designing, Collaborating, Implementing and Using xTuple Enhanced Commissions
Keith Rauseo, IT Mgr. EMSEAL
Bus-Imp / Inter
11:15am- 12:00pm
xTuple Updates: Mobile Web and the Technology Stack that Legacy Vendors Only Dream About
John Rogelstad, xTuple HQ
Tech / Inter
PANEL: Custom Development – xTuple, Partner and Customer Perspectives on Scripting
BC Wilson, xTuple HQ; Keith Rauseo, IT Mgr. EMSEAL
Tech / Adv
Common & Uncommon EDI Challenges Solved with EDICG
Randall Hall, EDI Consulting Group
Bus-Tech / Adv
1:00pm-2:00pm
Group Session: Moving Lean Supply Chain Thinking Forward — Logistics, Logistics, Logistics
Alex Kleyff, AKA Consulting, and Steve Hackbarth, Linda Nichols and Travis Webb with Logistify
Keynote / All
2:15pm-3:00pm
Managing Automated Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Orders with xTuple Connect
Scott Zuke, Core Services Group (xTuple Elite Partner)
Bus-Tech / Adv
PANEL: Reports in My Inbox for Transparent Productivity
Mike Atherton, xTuple DC; Marsha Kitter, Ceramic Dental Brackets (xTuple Power User)
Bus / Inter
PANEL: Managing Projects via Desktop & Mobile Web Applications
BC Wilson, xTuple HQ
Bus / Inter
3:15pm-4:00pm
Making it Count: Best Practices for Running Physical Inventory
Mike Atherton, xTuple DC
Bus / All
Package Processing: Introducing ShipIt for xTuple & PostBooks®
Alex Kleyff, AKA Consulting
Bus / All
It's Closing Time: Reconciliation and Closing the Books
Dan Means, Next ERP System (xTuple Elite Partner)
Bus / All
4:15pm-5:00pm
xWD: Growing Distribution Sales with Third Party Pricing Services (External Vendor Catalog)
Tom Atkins and Gary Hartnett, xTuple South
Bus-Imp / Inter
Supporting Customers with Web Portal: Managing Success with Incidents (Trouble Tickets)
Wally Tonra and Pierce Tyler, xTuple HQ
Bus / Inter
Turning Inventory to Cash: Effective Management for Wholesale Distribution
Gerhard Peters, Interaction Versa
Bus / Inter
Friday, October 11, 2013
9:00am- 10:00am
Group Session: From the Halls of UC-Berkeley to the World's Most Advanced Database: PostgreSQL, Open (Source) for Business
Dr. Michael Meskes, PhD, CEO of credativ and the international Open Source Support Center (OSSC)
Keynote / All
10:15am- 11:00am
Integrating Business Intelligence with your ERP: Improve company performance with powerful reporting, analytics and dashboards
Jeff Gunderson, xTuple MidWest (USA)
Bus-Tech / Beg
xTuple Updates: Mobile Web and the Technology Stack that Legacy Vendors Only Dream About
John Rogelstad, xTuple HQ
Tech / Inter
Which Manufacturing Planning System Is Right For You?
Mike Atherton, xTuple DC
Bus / All
11:15am- 12:00pm
PANEL: Automating Complex Data Transfer Processes between xTuple Databases
Mike Atherton, xTuple DC; Keith Rauseo, IT Mgr. EMSEAL; Allan Snodgrass, Tekoa Software
Tech / Inter
Save Everything: Fully Integrated Email with xTuple Connect
Greg Pazo and Wally Tonra, xTuple HQ
Bus-Tech / Inter
E-Commerce Profitability with Drupal & xTuple Web Portal
Josh Fischer, Artsmith Media, Drupal.org
Bus / inter
1:00pm- 2:00pm
Group Session: Innovation is Open — ISO Certified and Beyond — Using ERP Strategically for Your Business
Mike Atherton, xTuple DC, Senior Consultant
Keynote / All
2:15pm- 3:00pm
xWD: Growing Distribution Sales with Order Management
Tom Atkins, xTuple South; Mike Atherton, xTuple DC
Bus / All
A nice place to REST: Meet xTuple's powerful new Web Services API
Ben Thompson, xTuple Rocky Mountains USA
Tech / Inter
ROUNDTABLE: Your Cloud or Mine? Is On-site or Cloud Right for You?
Perry Clark, xTuple Sr. DB Admin
Bus-Imp / All
3:15pm- 4:00pm
Integration Central: Time Tracking, Workforce and Payroll Management
David Beauchamp, xTuple Northeast USA
Imp-Tech / All
A Bug's Life: Customer Role in Software Development via Incidents
Ellen Diggs and Gene Levow, xTuple HQ
Bus / All
Development Team: Writing extensions for the Mobile Web client
Steve Hackbarth and Linda Nichols, xTuple Development
Tech / All
4:15pm- 5:00pm
The Single Most Important Setup Trick You Don't Know: Mastering Account Assignments
Jim McCluskey, xTuple Elite Partner
Bus / Inter
Don't "Default" — 5 easy ways to improve PostgreSQL performance
Dave Cramer, xTuple Canada
Imp / Inter
Integration Central: High-Volume Inventory Business Control with Wireless Devices
Bob Taflinger, Data Net
Bus-Imp / All
5:30pm- 6:30pm
VIP Event and Reception
Walk to xTuple HQ, 118 West Bute St., Norfolk [directions]
Saturday, October 12, 2013
9:00am- 10:00am
Group Session: "Future of open source and xTuple's role in the ecosystem"
Marc O'Brien, VP Business Development, xTuple West Coast USA
Keynote / All
10:15am- 11:00am
ROUNDTABLE: ERP can be … Eternal Sunshine of the Feature Mob (Features Discussion)
John Rogelstad, xTuple HQ
All / All
PANEL: On-Time/On-Budget/On-Spec: Piloting is Fundamental for Implementation Success with xTuple's Methodology
David Beauchamp, xTuple Northeast USA; Mike Atherton, xTuple DC
Imp / Inter
Integration Central: OrangeHRM - World's Most Popular Open Source Human Resource Management Software
Sujee Saparamadu, OrangeHRM CEO/Co-Founder
Bus / All
11:15am- 12:00pm
QuickBooks Data Migration
Scott Zuke, Core Services Group (xTuple Elite Partner)
Tech / Adv
Ready to Upgrade? Migration Best Practices
Mike Atherton, xTuple DC
Imp / Adv
Everything you want from Financial Reporting Engine (FRE): Balance Sheets, Income & Cash Flow Statements
Jim McCluskey, xTuple Elite Partner
Bus / inter
12:00pm- 2:00pm
Community Awards Luncheon
Saturday, October 12, 2013
7:15pm- until
xTuple Night at Norfolk Admirals Hockey at Scope Arena
201 E. Brambleton Ave., Norfolk [directions]
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