We arrived in Bengaluru late at night and was past midnight by the time we reached our hotel.
Speakers featured below (left to right): Sandesh Rao (@sandeshr), me (@bkhan), Chandan Tanwani (@tanwanichandan), Bjoern Rost (@brost), Kamran Agayev (@KamranAgayev), Pradeep Vattem (@PradeepVattem), Raj Rathee (@RajRathee) and Sai Penumuru (@sai_penumuru)
As we were heading to the venue this morning, news arrived that the other car, in which our speakers were traveling, was involved in a collision.
The car and the motorbike got some damage and fortunately no one was injured. As Sandesh put it, would have been far worse if the motorbike traveling at 60 km/h had hit the passenger door.
The event was held at Jain University, a prominent higher education institute in Jayanagar, Bengaluru. Established in 1990, it was conferred university status in 2009.
As AIOUG President Sai Penumuru (@sai_penumuru) kicked off the Bengaluru event, (given the morning's accident) he requested attendees to pray that all speakers are able to complete this Yatra without any incidents.
Here's the Bengaluru selfie with most of the attendees (some left before we could take it).
Our thanks to the amazing volunteers of the AIOUG Bengaluru Chapter who coordinated the event.
On the way back to our hotel, our car almost got involved in a collision! We heard a noise behind us and this is what we saw:
Fortunately, it was just a gentle tap - otherwise, as Sandesh Rao quipped: it would have been a different kind of "Lift & Shift"! Our driver confirmed there was not damage and we were soon on our way.
The next day, it was an uneventful drive as we headed to the airport.
I was able to catch up with some work during the long drive to the airport. As my fellow ACE Director, Bjoern Rost (@brost) captured it: "Oracle Cloud in Indian Traffic":
Our flight was on time and we were off to Ahmedabad after a quick bite:
So long Bengaluru, till we meet for Sangam 2018! Ahmedabad, here we come ...
Next post: ODevC Yatra 2018: Ahmedabad
Speakers featured below (left to right): Sandesh Rao (@sandeshr), me (@bkhan), Chandan Tanwani (@tanwanichandan), Bjoern Rost (@brost), Kamran Agayev (@KamranAgayev), Pradeep Vattem (@PradeepVattem), Raj Rathee (@RajRathee) and Sai Penumuru (@sai_penumuru)
As we were heading to the venue this morning, news arrived that the other car, in which our speakers were traveling, was involved in a collision.
The car and the motorbike got some damage and fortunately no one was injured. As Sandesh put it, would have been far worse if the motorbike traveling at 60 km/h had hit the passenger door.
The event was held at Jain University, a prominent higher education institute in Jayanagar, Bengaluru. Established in 1990, it was conferred university status in 2009.
As AIOUG President Sai Penumuru (@sai_penumuru) kicked off the Bengaluru event, (given the morning's accident) he requested attendees to pray that all speakers are able to complete this Yatra without any incidents.
Once again, despite the fact that it was raining this morning, the event was very well attended.
My first session in the morning "Oracle Cloud: Bridging the Skills Gap" is turning out to be a hit with the attendees. There was good attendance for my afternoon session as well: "Oracle Cloud: Preparing your Roadmap".
A unique aspect of the Bengaluru event was a special "Robotics" track for kids.
Attendees brought their children and it was very well attended.
The kids built robots including cars and windmills. They were enthusiastic, involved and had a blast!
Some of the speakers were invited to hand over certificates to the kids. I noticed a few budding ACE Directors, especially the two kids who stepped on stage to summarize the day's accomplishments.
I missed mentioning this in my prior post - towards the end, we conduct a quiz for the attendees. There is a lot of excitement and action as everyone needs to stand up to participate.
If you are wondering why everyone is posing as above, this is how it works: for each multiple choice question, if the answer is (a) you need to place you hands on your head, if (b) you stand with arms folded and (c) hands on your hips or pockets.
After a series of questions, there is eventually just one person standing, who is the winner of that round. Then everyone stands up again for the next round and so on till five winners are selected. A truly unique way to conduct a quiz!
Our thanks to the amazing volunteers of the AIOUG Bengaluru Chapter who coordinated the event.
On the way back to our hotel, our car almost got involved in a collision! We heard a noise behind us and this is what we saw:
Fortunately, it was just a gentle tap - otherwise, as Sandesh Rao quipped: it would have been a different kind of "Lift & Shift"! Our driver confirmed there was not damage and we were soon on our way.
The next day, it was an uneventful drive as we headed to the airport.
I was able to catch up with some work during the long drive to the airport. As my fellow ACE Director, Bjoern Rost (@brost) captured it: "Oracle Cloud in Indian Traffic":
Our flight was on time and we were off to Ahmedabad after a quick bite:
So long Bengaluru, till we meet for Sangam 2018! Ahmedabad, here we come ...
Next post: ODevC Yatra 2018: Ahmedabad
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