EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-31 | Nashville, TN
EDUCAUSE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
October 27–30, 2025 | Nashville, Tennessee
Gideon Taylor will be at EDUCAUSE Annual Conference showcasing insights and solutions specifically designed for the education sector.
Why Connect With Us:

Explore tailored technology solutions for higher education institutions
Discuss implementation strategies for your specific campus needs
Learn how our expertise can help solve your institution’s challenges

Perfect for Higher Education IT Leaders, Academic Technology Professionals, Administrative Systems Managers, and Education Technology Providers looking to enhance campus technology and operational efficiency.

PeopleSoff Reconnect: Dive Deep - Virtual
2025-10-27 09:00 - 2025-10-30 18:00 (America/Denver) | Online, United States
Join us online for RECONNECT Dive Deep
Practical, hands-on learning for the PeopleSoft community.
PeopleSoft RECONNECT Dive Deep is the premier virtual event for the global PeopleSoft community—bringing together customers, experts, and Oracle strategists for four days of focused learning, collaboration, and innovation. Designed for users who want to go beyond the basics, the conference offers 140+ sessions packed with practical insights, product updates, and proven strategies to help organizations get more from their PeopleSoft investment. Whether you’re in HR, Finance, IT, or Higher Ed, this is your chance to dive deep into what’s new, what’s coming, and how to lead with confidence in a constantly evolving tech landscape.
Learn more and attend at RECONNECT
View All GT related sessions and access the program guide.
All digital, all PeopleSoft – join us online!

HEUG Europe - Manchester
2025-10-29 - 2025-10-31 | Hyatt Regency Manchester, 55 Booth St W, Manchester, M15 6PQ, United Kingdom
HEUG EUROPE 2025
October 29-30, 2025 | Manchester, UK
Gideon Taylor will be at HEUG Europe 2025 showcasing specialized solutions for European higher education institutions.
Why Connect With Us:

Explore tailored technology solutions for your institution
Learn implementation strategies for European frameworks
See our latest campus IT innovations in action

Perfect for IT Directors, System Managers, and Technology Teams looking to enhance student experience and administrative efficiency.
Join us for
GT Session #1
GT Session #2

HUEG Europe’s Agenda
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eForms 3.75: Streamline, Style, and Scale — Unlock the Power of the Latest Features!
2025-11-20 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for a quick tour of the new, major features delivered in version 3.75.00 of GT eForms (released Oct 31), as well as a recap of the big features released earlier this year in 3.70.
This session will spotlight the powerful new tools that make the experience of functional, technical, and end-users better than ever:

Redwood Styling for a sleek, user-friendly interface across desktop and mobile.
The All Segment Fields Page for faster, clearer form edits.
The Bulk eForm Processing Tool to help manage high-volume updates with ease.
New Search Configuration Options to give you more flexibility in tailoring your form search experience.
eForms Assistant (3.70.00) – a robust AI helper to help form builders create forms faster than ever and end-users submit forms accurately and quickly
Configurable CI (3.70.00) – empowers functional users to build CI transactions without code
Query View Builder (3.70.00) – allows functional users to convert queries to SQL view objects in order to produce custom prompts and dropdowns without asking a developer for help

Navigating Oracle’s AI Update for PeopleSoft - New Paths, Real Opportunities
2025-12-09 09:00 - 10:00
Oracle has announced it will no longer develop new AI use cases for PeopleSoft and will deprioritize its PICASO tool. While this marks a change in direction, it is not the end of AI for PeopleSoft. Instead, Oracle plans to publish technical guidance and build new AI integration anchor points to help customers build their own AI integrations, signaling a shift toward customer-driven or partner-enabled innovation.

This session will explain what Oracle’s update means, why it is actually a step forward, and how organizations can continue to progress with AI in PeopleSoft. We will explore the AI tools that are now available, real-world examples of successful AI deployments, and how to decide between building in-house or working with an expert partner like Gideon Taylor and ABTIO. Whether your organization is just getting started or already experimenting with AI, you will leave this session with practical insights and a clear sense of what to do next.

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Presented by:

Andrew Bediz, Gideon Taylor
Rodrigo Urbina, Abtio

#Oracle #PeopleSoft #AI

From Spreadsheets to Actionable Insights: How North Dakota Transformed Intern Funding Management
2025-12-11 11:00 - 12:00
Darin Schorsch, HRIS Manager, will walk through how his team automated the intern funding request and approval process—from agency submission through fiscal tracking and clawbacks—and replaced a 52-column Excel nightmare with a streamlined, auditable workflow. You’ll see how Insights Boards now give HR and finance teams real-time visibility into funding status, approvals, and remaining balances, transforming reporting from “tears of frustration to tears of joy.”
Tracking and managing state-funded internships used to mean massive spreadsheets, endless emails, and frustrated staff. The State of North Dakota’s Office of Management and Budget turned that process around by moving to GT eForms and Insights Boards.
Join us to learn how actionable analytics can take your processes beyond “pretty charts” and deliver true operational efficiency.

Troubleshooting PeopleSoft Performance: Five Costly Mistakes and the ‘Mechanic Mindset' That Helps You Fix Them
2026-01-15 11:00 - 12:00
Troubleshooting PeopleSoft Performance:
Five Costly PeopleSoft Mistakes and the ‘Mechanic Mindset’ That Helps You Fix Them

When PeopleSoft performance suffers, users feel it first: slow login times, unresponsive pages, confusing error messages, etc. But when it’s time to troubleshoot, even experienced teams can get lost in the weeds of log files, server layers, and cloudy assumptions about where the problem originates.

This session exposes costly pitfalls: chasing the wrong log, presuming infrastructure is sound, and skipping basics. We’ll emphasize clear user input, architecture awareness, and the discipline to start at the beginning, applying an old-school mechanic’s mindset: check assumptions and test fundamentals. Drawing on years supporting education, government, and corporate environments, we’ll teach you to spot patterns, avoid rabbit holes, and navigate PeopleSoft’s logging.

We’ll apply an old-school problem-solving mindset to a high-tech platform, because systems tend to break in predictable ways. You’ll leave with a practical troubleshooting framework you can use immediately to improve uptime, responsiveness, and your team’s ability to solve the right problems faster.

WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance in PeopleSoft: The Accessibility Playbook You Need
2026-02-12 11:00 - 12:00
Webinar: WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance
The accessibility playbook you need
This session provides a high-level look at the current state of accessibility in PeopleSoft, including where delivered Classic, Classic+, and Fluid pages meet (or fall short of) current standards. We’ll review who is impacted, what’s changing, and practical options for closing accessibility gaps, such as adopting compliant Fluid pages, modifying existing pages, building custom Fluid or eForms solutions, and leveraging chatbot technology with visual and auditory support. Attendees will leave with an actionable view of how to move forward with confidence.

Replacing Legacy Applications with Integrated PeopleSoft Processes at Univ of Oklahoma
2026-02-19 11:00 - 12:00
University of Oklahoma’s legacy Service Unit Billing application would soon become harder to support. Already being PeopleSoft users, the question was, could they use PeopleSoft to replace the functionality of highly customized external applications? With GT’s help, they answered that question with a resounding “Yes!”
Join us to find out how OU and GT leveraged vanilla functionality and a tightly-scoped design to deploy the PeopleSoft Accounts Receivable and Billing modules to the external billing team in just 10 weeks, retiring custom applications and reducing manual effort and technical debt.

GT Ignite 2026: Transformation Begins Today
2026-03-08 06:00 - 2026-03-09 15:00
What is GT IGNITE?
Gideon Taylor (GT) is excited to announce its inaugural user community event: GT Ignite 2026: Transformation Begins Today, presented in partnership with the HEUG at the Alliance Conference. GT Ignite is an event created to meet the growing needs of our users and broader ecosystem. The theme Transformation Begins Today highlights how leaders in our community are driving real value from their enterprise systems right now, while preparing for the future shift to new platforms. Whether re-platforming is on your roadmap this year or several years down the line, GT Ignite 2026 will show you how to capture maximum value both today and tomorrow.
Gideon Taylor is a trusted Oracle and PeopleSoft partner that helps organizations across industries transform complex enterprise systems into intuitive, human-centered experiences. This multi-day event brings together a diverse community of users, including:

Higher education
Healthcare
Public sector
Commercial users

Diverse educational sessions will span success stories, industry best practices, visionary thought leadership, and hands-on technical deep dives, as well as exclusive GT solution roadmaps, product updates, and a forward-looking vision for where GT and the industry are headed in 2026 and beyond. Early bird pricing runs until Feb. 11, 2026.
Register Now!
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Note: As part of the registration process, you’ll be prompted to either sign into HEUG, or setup a free HUEG subscriber account. Don’t worry, the process is fast and easy!
Sign in or create an account to register.

For new members, select “Create a New HEUG Profile” from the dropdown menu, and select “For GT Ignite 2026” – see screenshot below:

Q & A About Alliance

What problem were you most excited to help institutions solve by sponsoring Alliance?

Our goal is to help users add value to their PeopleSoft environments TODAY, while being a partner as they prepare for a future platform shift. As Alliance attendees seek to maximize the value out of their enterprise systems, Gideon Taylor is excited to share industry best practices about AI and UX, as well as training about leveraging our flagship process automation solution, GT eForms. As a part of Alliance, we’re also thrilled to launch GT Ignite: Transformation Begins Today, our first user conference. As a HEUG member and Alliance attendee, we hope you’ll join us at GT Ignite in Orlando on March 8th to kick off the Alliance Conference!

What conversations or challenges are you hoping to have with industry leaders during the event?

We want to talk with leaders who are eager to modernize the user experience, simplify operations, and unlock more value from the systems they already have. The best conversations happen when institutions share what’s working and inspire each other to take the next step.

How does your organization support long-term success beyond a single implementation or contract?

We partner with institutions for the long haul, helping them continuously improve, innovate, and adapt as their needs evolve. Our focus is on building strong teams, sharing best practices, and supporting a culture of ongoing transformation. From getting more out of PeopleSoft today, to supporting that future platform shift, Gideon Taylor is here to grow with our customers.

What trends or shifts in enterprise systems are influencing how your team is investing or innovating right now?

Organizations are under more pressure than ever to deliver better digital experiences with limited resources. That’s driving a shift toward practical, incremental innovation that delivers fast wins and measurable impact without waiting years for change. We’re here to help teams add value and improve systems, with results you’ll see right away!

Why was Alliance the right place for your team to show up this year?

Alliance is where the PeopleSoft and Oracle community comes together to learn, share, and innovate. Hosting our user event GT Ignite as a part of Alliance is our way of supporting that momentum and celebrating the innovative spirit of this community. Transformation begins today, and there’s no better place to start than with HEUG and at Alliance 2026.

PeopleSoft Industry Days: Meeting Modern Student Expectations with App-Like Experiences in PeopleSoft
2026-03-19 11:15 - 12:15
Your students don’t compare your PeopleSoft experience to other ERP systems. They compare it to TikTok, DoorDash, Snapchat, and similar apps on their phones. If the experience doesn’t reflect the intuitive digital interactions they are accustomed to, they bounce, call the office, or give up.
The good news: you don’t have to rip out PeopleSoft to meet that moment.
In this session, we’ll show how you can deliver modern, user-first experiences while keeping PeopleSoft as the secure system of record. Using a real-world Continuing Education solution built with City Colleges of Chicago, we will walk through an app-like journey powered by PeopleTools, GT WebUX, GT eForms, and the eForms Assistant, from search and registration through checkout.
We will then look ahead at how new PeopleSoft features, AI, Ida, and GT eForms for Cloud support interactions, personalization, and cloud portability, giving institutions a realistic path to adopt emerging capabilities without disruptive rewrites.
You’ll leave with concrete ideas, patterns, and examples you can apply to your PeopleSoft system.
Presented by:
Lynette Chaudoin, Gideon Taylor
Shawn Brett, Gideon Taylor

GT Ignite/Alliance Recap — What’s New, What’s Coming, and Why It Matters
2026-03-20 11:00 - 12:00
The GT Team looks forward to the Alliance Conference—it’s our premier opportunity to share major updates, connect with our community, and highlight what’s ahead. This year is especially exciting as we kick off Alliance with GT Ignite, our new showcase event designed to spotlight the innovations shaping the next chapter of GT solutions.
In this session, we will unveil our biggest product announcements of the year and preview new capabilities that will enhance how our customers work with PeopleSoft and GT tools. We will also share key themes, insights, and hot topics gathered from the sessions we attend throughout Alliance. From product enhancements to emerging trends, the session will provide a curated view of what’s new, what’s coming, and what matters most.
Join us for a fast-paced, high-value overview designed to keep you informed, inspired, and ready for what’s next.

From Manual to Modern—Extending PeopleSoft Financials Automation with GT eForms
2026-04-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Online, United States
In this Lunch & Learn session, Bupa’s PeopleSoft Support and Development Senior Analyst, Kirsty Dixon, will share how her team leveraged GT eForms to extend automation within PeopleSoft Financials. Kirsty will provide a brief overview of the 11 forms Bupa has implemented so far and then dive deeper into two payment-focused use cases.
This session will demonstrate how an existing Accounts Payable payment form—previously dependent on technical resources for development and maintenance—was successfully redeveloped using GT eForms. This transformation shifted ownership to the functional team, enabling Bupa to respond more quickly to business requests. The redesigned form incorporates 15 sub-form types and leverages advanced GT eForms capabilities, including visual IF conditions, dynamic field initialization from the data pool, multiple approval paths & steps, and automated voucher creation for inclusion in pay cycles.

Following this, we will showcase a contingent worker payment request form that further utilizes GT eForms functionality which replaced a highly manual, spreadsheet-driven, and time-sensitive workflow. Attendees will see how GT eForms introduced standardized submissions, pre-populated grids, query links, and embedded validation steps within approval paths—significantly reducing errors and improving efficiency.

This session is ideal for organizations seeking to modernize financial processes and maximize the value of their PeopleSoft environment.

Meet Gideon Taylor at BLUEPRINT 4D 2026
2026-05-04 08:00 - 2026-05-07 17:00 | Hilton Anatole, 2201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX, 75207​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​, United States
BLUEPRINT 4D is the premier event for Oracle enterprise application leaders, bringing together JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Oracle Cloud communities May 4–7, 2026 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, TX. Gideon Taylor is proud to be both an exhibitor and a presenter at this year’s conference — come visit us at Booth #1016 & #1018 and join us for three sessions where our experts will share practical, real-world insights you can take back and put to work immediately.
Whether you’re navigating ERP modernization, building your cloud strategy, or exploring what AI really means for your enterprise, BLUEPRINT 4D delivers the roadmap clarity and peer connection you need. Executives attend to shape direction, managers and product owners attend to turn strategy into action — and everyone leaves better prepared. Don’t miss your chance to connect with the Gideon Taylor team in person. Register today before Advance Registration closes May 1!

Gideon Taylor Presenting at BLUEPRINT 4D
How to Apply PeopleSoft PUM Images and CPUs with Minimal Downtime, More Confidence, and Greater Peace of Mind
Presented by John Marcus | Monday, May 4 | 9:45 AM
Top 10 AI Questions You’re NOT Asking
Presented by John Bediz | Tuesday, May 5 | 11:00 AM
SaaS Moves – What Could Go Wrong?
Presented by Paul Taylor | Thursday, May 7 | 11:00 AM

Delivering Customer Success Through Managed Services & Strategic Staffing
2026-05-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Webinar
In this Lunch & Learn session, we’ll walk through how organizations are using a combination of managed services and strategic staffing to keep their PeopleSoft environments stable while still making room for meaningful change.
We’ll share customer examples from organizations like the University of Oklahoma, Wakefern, BYU, and Southern Methodist University—and others—illustrating how layered support models paired with on-demand specialized resources have helped teams reduce project backlogs, address skill gaps, and maintain continuity during transitions, without sacrificing flexibility or blowing up costs. We’ll also look at how this hybrid approach has supported more significant initiatives like cloud migrations and system upgrades, where having the right people available at the right time made a tangible difference.
Attendees will leave with a clearer picture of how to align support models with their organization’s goals and a practical sense of what a sustainable IT service delivery model can look like.
This session is ideal for organizations evaluating their current support structure or looking for smarter ways to resource critical projects.
