ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2009 is being held next June in Monterey, California, and the call for papers closes on November 3rd. If you're thinking about putting an abstract in, there's just a few days left now.
ODTUG Kaleidoscope is different to all the other conferences in that it's practical, technical, focused on developers and has a very strong BI and Essbase slant. Together with Kent Graziano I chair the ODTUG BI&DW SIG, and we're keen to get papers this year that go beyond the basics and really get under the hood of tools like Oracle Warehouse Builder, Oracle BI Enterprise Edition, Oracle Discoverer and Oracle Essbase. The event runs over five days and has a relatively small, select list of attendees (compared to events like Collaborate or OOW) meaning that you get to meet everyone, the catering is superb and we can focus just on the needs of developers.
If you're interested in speaking, submit an abstract, and if you're thinking of attending and would like to suggest a topic or speaker, take a look at the Kaleidoscope Forum where you can make suggestions or discuss the conference. Whichever way, make a note in your diary and hopefully we'll see you in Monterey next year!