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SUMMARY:Accessibility Isn't Just a Checkbox
DESCRIPTION:Accessibility is one of those topics that can feel unfamiliar and more complicated than it needs to be. The standards are dense\, the terminology is unfamiliar\, and it’s not always obvious what any of it means for the page you’re building or testing today. \nThis session takes the mystery out of it. We’ll cover what accessibility standards mean in a PeopleSoft context\, how to spot issues yourself\, and how to build with accessibility in mind from the start. \nWe’ll walk through the kinds of findings we see most often in delivered pages\, eForms\, Page Builder pages\, and custom applications\, along with practical ways to fold accessibility checks into the testing you’re already doing. No specialized tools or deep technical background required. \nWhat we’ll cover \n\nWhat accessibility standards mean in practice\, and how to tell if you’re meeting them\nCommon issues we see in PeopleSoft and eForms\, and what causes them\nHow to add accessibility checks to your standard testing routine\nBuilding accessible content: alt text\, video transcripts\, labels\, color and contrast\, keyboard navigation\nApplying the same thinking to Page Builder\, custom apps\, and anywhere you configure PeopleSoft\nWhere remediation gets overwhelming\, and what options exist to accelerate it\n\nWho should attend: Anyone who builds\, configures\, or tests applications. Functional and technical both welcome. \nPresented by John Webster\, Solutions Architect at Gideon Taylor.
URL:https://gideontaylor.com/event/accessibility-isnt-just-a-checkbox/
CATEGORIES:eForms,Lunch & Learn,Online Webinar,PeopleSoft,Trainings
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SUMMARY:PeopleSoft RECONNECT Dive Deep – Virtual
DESCRIPTION:Cut through the noise at RECONNECT Dive Deep\nEnter the Quest-opoly drawing for a pair of Soundcore Anker ANC over-ear headphones. \nPeopleSoft leaders have a lot competing for attention right now: AI adoption\, process automation\, update strategy\, cloud options\, staffing. Dive Deep is a place to sort through it with peers and practitioners. Gideon Taylor is Quest Oracle Community’s 2026 Partner of the Year\, and we’re sponsoring this event. \nAs part of Quest-opoly\, we’re giving away a pair of Soundcore Anker ANC over-ear headphones. Complete the form below to enter. We’ll also send you what we’re showing this week\, from Ida.Next and AI for PeopleSoft to GT eForms\, GT eFlow\, and GT UX. \n\n\n\n\n\nShort Show Attendee Survey\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Name\n		*\n	\n	\n	\n		Name	\n\n	\n					\n				\n					First Name				\n\n				First Name			\n						\n				\n					Last Name				\n\n				Last Name			\n				\n\n\n	\n	\n\n\n	Email\n		*\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	What are your biggest PeopleSoft challenges right now?\n		*\n	\n						\n			 Manual processes eating productivity\n					\n			 Users frustrated with outdated interfaces\n					\n			 Missing AI capabilities Oracle isn't delivering\n					\n			 High costs / considering cloud migration\n					\n			 Losing PeopleSoft expertise / can't hire talent\n					\n			 Falling behind on updates / technical debt\n					\n			 OtherOther\n\n	Select all that apply\n	\n\n\n	Which PeopleSoft modules do you use?\n		*\n	\n						\n			 Human Capital Management (HCM)\n					\n			 Financial Management (FIN)\n					\n			 Campus Solutions (CS)\n					\n			 Supply Chain Management (SCM)\n\n	Select all that apply\n	\n\n\n	\nSubmit\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n			\n			\n				If you are human\, leave this field blank.			\n			\n		\n		\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEntering takes about a minute. We’ll confirm your entry by email and contact the winner after the drawing. \n\nGideon Taylor and customer sessions at Dive Deep \nRECONNECT Dive Deep is Quest Oracle Community’s virtual PeopleSoft conference — four days\, 150+ sessions across HCM\, FSCM\, PeopleTools\, and Campus Solutions\, with live Q&A and industry roundtables. Gideon Taylor and our customers are presenting the following sessions: \n\n\n\nSession P-053226 Customer session \nBehind the Clicks: The Tools That Bring GT eForms to Life \nHannah Liu\, Concordia University\nTuesday\, October 20 · 3:45 PM ET / 1:45 PM MT \nConcordia University (Montreal\, Canada) implemented GT eForms in 2022 and started moving from PDFs and manual processes to traceable\, automated processes using GT eForms. \n\nRead MoreRead Less\nA few examples of what we have built include student request forms\, new program/plan creation requests for staff\, and test result loading automation. In this presentation\, we’ll walk through how the different parts of GT eForms helped us achieve automation\, including: \n\nConfigurable CI\nSmart Source\nQuery View Builder\nProcess Queries\nAugmented Routing\n\nGone are the PDFs\, lost emails and time wasted tracking down requests. Every new process we move into GT eForms is a new way to look at how workflows can become more efficient and easier to use for everyone. \n\n\n\nSession P-053484 \nBeyond the API Maze: Cloud and AI Orchestration for a Multi-SaaS Organization \nScott Antin\, Gideon Taylor\nWednesday\, October 21 · 12:45 PM ET / 10:45 AM MT \nInstitutions are landing in multi-SaaS environments: PeopleSoft for student systems\, Workday for HR\, Oracle Fusion for finance\, ServiceNow for service management\, and legacy on-prem applications that aren’t going away soon. The traditional answer has been point-to-point integration\, one custom connection for every pair of systems that need to talk. That approach doesn’t scale\, and it gets expensive every time a system is added\, replaced\, or retired. \n\nRead MoreRead Less\nScott looks at cloud and AI orchestration as the alternative. Ida.Next runs as an agentic decision engine in a private cloud tenancy\, connecting once to each back-end system through APIs\, MCP servers\, or direct integrations\, then reasoning across those connections to answer questions\, chain multi-step requests\, and complete transactions in real time\, with no data copied or staged in advance. Every connection inherits the source system’s own security model rather than a shared service account\, and sensitive data is redacted before it reaches an AI model. eFlow extends the same orchestration layer into structured workflows and forms\, normalizing raw REST APIs into reusable\, business-analyst-friendly data sources. \nThe session walks through the underlying architecture and shows\, with live examples\, how one orchestration layer cuts the number of integrations an IT team has to build and maintain\, and shortens the path through every future system change. \n\n\n\nSession P-053247 Customer session \nStudent Expense Claims with GT eForms in FSCM – Bonus Sneak Peek at Insights Dashboard! \nJessica Claeys\, Western University Canada\nWednesday\, October 21 · 2:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM MT \nDo your students (undergrads\, graduate students\, residents\, post docs\, or fellows) struggle to get reimbursed for conference travel\, memberships\, or supplies? Are administrators bogged down filling out claim forms on their behalf? \n\nRead MoreRead Less\nAt Western University\, moving from paper to electronic claim forms during COVID solved many challenges and streamlined processing. But no good deed goes unpunished: because students weren’t able to access PeopleSoft Financials (FSCM) where reimbursements are processed\, the burden shifted to administrators to submit claims for them. Our solution was to provide limited FSCM access to empower students to submit their own expense claims\, paid by direct deposit to their Student Center bank account – no cheques or FSCM vendor profile setups required! \nBonus: We’ll also showcase our PeopleSoft Insights dashboard developed in partnership with Gideon Taylor\, which provides administrators with real-time visibility into student (and guest) expense claims. With dynamic visualizations\, the dashboard tracks total active forms\, forms grouped by approver and cost center\, completed forms over time to highlight peak periods\, and form summary details that are filtered automatically as you explore the data and drill into visualizations\, boosting efficiency and transparency for administrators. \n\n\n\nSession P-053259 \nUnlearning PeopleSoft: What Moving to Oracle Fusion Taught Me\, and Why It Matters Even If You Stay \nLynette Chaudoin\, Gideon Taylor\nWednesday\, October 21 · 3:45 PM ET / 1:45 PM MT \nJumping from PeopleSoft HCM into Oracle Fusion Cloud is less about learning new screens and more about unlearning old assumptions. In this session\, a long-time PeopleSoft practitioner shares the most surprising lessons from entering the Fusion world—where configuration replaces customization\, security is functional design\, transactions drive data\, and quarterly releases reshape your approach to governance. \n\nRead MoreRead Less\nEven if you’re staying on PeopleSoft\, these insights can sharpen how you design UX\, manage security\, reduce customization debt\, and prepare for the future. Whether Fusion is on your roadmap or not\, this session will change how you approach HCM work today. \n\n\n\nSession P-053262 \nTop 10 AI Questions You’re Not Asking \nAndrew Bediz\, AI Practice Lead\, Gideon Taylor\nThursday\, October 22 · 11:30 AM ET / 9:30 AM MT \nJoin Gideon Taylor’s AI Practice Lead\, Andrew Bediz\, for a no-fluff session covering the questions most organizations skip: where your data actually goes when AI runs\, what “integration” really costs\, why year-three looks nothing like year-one\, and how to avoid getting locked into a vendor as the market keeps shifting. \n\nRead MoreRead Less\nCome ready to think differently about how your organization is adopting AI — and leave with the questions that actually matter. \n\n\n\nSession P-053003 Customer session \nLego of the Past with GT eForms & Other Delivered Solutions \nJoanna Schmidt\, Maricopa Community Colleges\nThursday\, October 22 · 2:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM MT \nAre you stuck in the past with your current forms? Be it paper\, outside electronic systems\, API’s\, or whatever…come see steps to build your GT eForms and use delivered solutions for other attached things like reporting! \n\nRead MoreRead Less\nThe world of configuration awaits your design mind – like bricks waiting to be turned into masterpieces! We will walk through the project steps (brick by brick) from outlining the scope\, building\, to the finishing touches of reporting. Topics: \n\nGather the Bricks (Scope)\nSort the Bricks (Planning)\nChoosing the Bricks (Strategies)\nBuilding with Bricks (the fun “putting” part!)\nRebuilding (Change Requests)\nTroubleshooting Tips (aka Tribbles)\nPlaying (Reporting via WorkCenters\, Insights)\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is through Quest. Advance pricing ends October 16\, and a Corporate Pass covers your whole team for all live sessions.
URL:https://gideontaylor.com/event/peoplesoft-reconnect-dive-deep-virtual-2026/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Quest Oracle Community
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SUMMARY:Oracle AI World
DESCRIPTION:AI World\, Oracle’s annual conference for customers and partners\, takes place October 25–28\, 2026\, in Las Vegas. The conference brings four days of keynotes\, product demos\, and customer case studies focused on how AI is producing real business results inside the systems organizations already run. \nExecutives from Gideon Taylor will be attending the conference to meet with PeopleSoft and Oracle Cloud customers and help them determine where AI can fit in their own roadmaps. Paul Taylor\, Andrew Bediz\, and Rain Rogers will be available during the conference for one-on-one conversations about AI agents\, workflow automation\, and user experience. If you’ll be in Las Vegas\, schedule a time to meet with us below. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLanding Page Form\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	First Name\n		*\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	Last Name\n		*\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	Email\n		*\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	Organization\n		*\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n*Please enter an email address from your organization. \n\n\n	\n	\n\n		\n				\n		\n	\nSchedule a Meeting!\n\n\n\nThis site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.\n\n	\n			\n			\n				If you are human\, leave this field blank.
URL:https://gideontaylor.com/event/oracle-ai-world/
LOCATION:The Venetian Convention and Expo Center\, 201 Sands Avenue\, Las Vegas\, NV
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SUMMARY:AI Just Changed the Integration Playbook. Here's What It Means for Your Budget
DESCRIPTION:How much of this year’s budget\, and next year’s\, goes to just getting your systems to talk to each other? Every new SaaS platform\, system replacement\, and retirement brings its own integration project. In a mixed environment of PeopleSoft\, Workday\, Oracle Fusion Cloud\, ServiceNow\, and on-prem applications\, those projects add up year after year. Point-to-point integration\, one custom connection for every pair of systems\, made sense when there were only a few systems to connect. It gets expensive to maintain as the list grows. \nThis session looks at a different way to plan for that spending. Ida.Next is an agentic decision engine that runs in a private cloud tenancy and connects once to each back-end system through APIs\, MCP servers\, or direct integrations. From there\, it reasons across those connections to answer questions\, chain multi-step requests\, and complete transactions in real time\, without copying or staging data. eFlow extends the same layer into workflows and forms\, turning raw REST APIs into reusable data sources that business analysts can work with. \nWe’ll show live examples of what this means for the integration line in your budget. You’ll have fewer connections to build and maintain\, less rework when a system changes\, and a security model that inherits each source system’s own controls instead of relying on a shared service account. You’ll leave with practical questions to bring into your own planning conversations. \nWhat we’ll cover \n\nWhere integration costs come from in a mixed PeopleSoft\, Workday\, Oracle Fusion Cloud\, and ServiceNow environment\, and why they grow with every system change\nHow connecting once to each system changes the math\nLive examples of answering questions\, chaining requests\, and completing transactions across systems in real time\nHow each connection inherits the source system’s security model\, with sensitive data redacted before it reaches an AI model\nUsing eFlow to turn raw REST APIs into reusable data sources for workflows and forms\nQuestions to bring into your next budget planning cycle\n\nWho should attend:  IT leaders\, enterprise architects\, and anyone who builds or approves integration budgets. Functional and technical attendees are both welcome. \nPresented by Scott Antin\, VP Sales Strategy\, and Andrew Bediz\, Practice Lead\, AI & UX\, at Gideon Taylor.
URL:https://gideontaylor.com/event/ai-just-changed-the-integration-playbook/
CATEGORIES:Lunch & Learn,Online Webinar,PeopleSoft,Trainings
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