New APEX SIG in Montreal and Quebec City

FYI
Just a small post to let you know that there is a new APEX Special Interest Group forming in Montreal and Quebec city in collaboration with ORA*GEC (Oracle User Group East of Canada ).
If you are interested , check the details and register here (It's in french) :
http://www.oragec.org/pls/htmldb/f?p=105:26:::NO::P26_ID_SERVICE:26199
Where and when:
May 14th 2008, 9:00 a.m., in Quebec – Plaza Hotel (Mozart room)
May 15th 2008, 9:00 a.m., in Montreal - Club St-James (Grand salon)
Francis

Hi everyone,
If you didn't had the chance to see the event, here's some pictures.
http://insum-apex.blogspot.com/2008/05/apex-sig-in-pictures.html
Louis-Guillaume
Homepage : http://www.insum.ca
Blog : http://insum-apex.blogspot.com

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