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Oracle AI World Tour brings together visionaries and business leaders from every industry and region. Discover how our customers and partners are using technologies, including AI and cloud, to solve today’s challenges and shape what’s next.
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Innovation starts with inspiration. At Oracle AI World Tour, you’ll be inspired by leaders who motivate their teams to think bigger, move faster, and turn ideas into results. Hear how they’re using cloud, AI, and other advanced technologies from Oracle to move forward.
Oracle AI: At the Speed of Business
Thursday, 29 January, 10:30 a.m.
AI Changes Everything. New capabilities are taking shape fast. If you’re keeping up, you’re making better use of data, running smarter, more responsive operations, scaling AI into real workflows, unleashing AI agents for even more meaningful automation—and that’s just the start. Hear from customers who are leading the way while also preparing for what AI will enable next. Oracle leaders across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Applications, AI Database, and the new AI Data Platform will share the latest AI developments and the architecture behind them, offering a clear view of how Oracle is helping enterprises harness AI to transform the way business gets done.
Richard Smith
Executive Vice President, Technology, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Oracle
Richard Smith is executive vice president of technology for Oracle’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. His team supports and partners with customers of all sizes in the private and public sectors. Richard’s strategy is to engage customers so they think differently about technology: how it’s used and how they can leverage data to gain invaluable insights. Richard is passionate about our customers’ success, ensuring they get the maximum value from their IT investments. Moving enterprises to the cloud, making their technology autonomous and automated, introducing advanced AI, and increasing security, his team is empowering business leaders to do more with their critical data assets. Richard is dedicated to unleashing the potential of his people. He's proud of what his team does, the innovations they champion, how they put clients first, and how they're doing their part to transform the world. Put simply, Richard's goal is to provide endless value, in every relationship, every day, every year.
Mike Hichwa
Senior Vice President, Software Development, Oracle
Michael Hichwa is a longtime leader at Oracle Corporation, where his organization has played a pivotal role in Oracle database SQL, application development tooling, and data-access innovation. Michael currently serves as senior vice president of software development at Oracle, leading teams responsible for database user experience, database tools, and data access technologies, including SQL Developer, freesql.com, Oracle APEX, Oracle REST Data Services, drivers, framework support, and SQL*Net.
Jenny Lam
Senior Vice President, User Experience Design, Oracle
Jenny Lam is senior vice president of UX design at Oracle, responsible for redefining the brand and products through Oracle's Redwood UX initiative. Previously, Jenny served as design director at Amazon and also worked at Microsoft as creative director of the Windows UX team. Jenny has also served on the AIGA Board of Directors, is a past chair of the Smithsonian National Design Awards, and is a frequent speaker at design and technology conferences.
Philippe Lions
Vice President, Product Management, AI and Analytics, Oracle
Philippe Lions is a vice president at Oracle—a leading member of the Oracle AI & Analytics product management team. Philippe has extensive experience in AI, analytics and business intelligence (BI), both with an end-user perspective (from his decade of experience as corporate controller in a global organisation) and from his 15 years working in BI software design with Siebel and Oracle.
Wilfred Scholman
Country Leader Oracle Netherlands, Vice President ISV EMEA, Oracle
Wilfred Scholman is the country leader for Oracle Netherlands and a technology executive with more than 25 years experience in the IT industry. At Oracle, he led core product R&D, sales teams regionally, and now he leads strategic sales team across EMEA focused on supporting ISVs towards cloud adoption, digital transformation, and enabling enterprise innovation across diverse sectors. Wilfred has a proven track record of guiding organisations through go-to-market and technological change, fostering impactful partnerships, and delivering business value through digital solutions. As a recognised leader in the field, he's passionate about helping organisations realise their full potential in the digital era, and he regularly shares his insights on technology trends, leadership, and sustainable digital growth at industry events and conferences.
Barry Shilmover
Vice President, Distinguished Engineer, Technical Advisor to the CIO, Oracle
Barry Shilmover is a vice president, distinguished engineer, and technical advisor to the CIO at Oracle. He's a multiskilled architect with more than 30 years experience designing, developing, and delivering solutions and architecture for cloud-based business solutions. He serves as both an architect and a trusted advisor and delivery leader for large transformation projects, defining strategic roadmaps for customers. A published author of multiple technical books and a patent holder in cloud and virtualisation technologies, Barry has held key roles at Microsoft, NetApp and Avanade.
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