SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

OPENWORLD

Held at the MosconeCenter in San Francisco, Oracle's user conference OpenWorld will feature keynotes by CEO Larry Ellison, President Charles Phillips, HP CEO Mark Hurd, Intel CEO Paul Otellini and Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy, among others. About 35,000 attendees will be interested to know about the integration of recently-acquired Siebel products with Oracle. Through September 22.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

POWER CONFERENCE

TIAX's 2005 Portable Power Conference & Expo will run through Wednesday at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The conference will address new developments in batteries and other power sources for wireless communications, mobile computing, and electronic devices. For more information, visit www.portablepower2005.com.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

DIGITAL HOLLYWOOD

Held at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, California, this conference will address industry sectors such as HDTV, On-demand TV, DRM, DVD, games, and video on demand.Executives from entertainment companies, Hollywood studios, consumer electronics companies, telcos, and broadcast industry are expected to attend. Through September 21.

ASIA: PRIZES AND PITFALLS

The Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association hosts a conference in New York on investing in Asia. Go to hear Jim Roberts, of Roberts Capital and author of The Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Investor's Road Trip.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

DEMO FALL

Sixty-five companies will get six minutes each to pitch their new gadgets and software in Huntington Beach, California on Tuesday and Wednesday. This fall's crop seems especially skewed towards web services, so tune in for the next Google, Yahoo, eBay, or Rupert Murdoch acquisition target.

PRIVATE EQUITY ANALYST

Dow Jones hosts a forum for leveraged buyout, venture, and private equity investors in New York. Expect keynotes from William Cohen, of The Cohen Group, Leslie Burn of Hamilton Lane Advisors, and Edward Glassmeyer of Oak Investment Partners.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

EARNINGS: ORACLE

Database and applications company Oracle will announce its first quarter fiscal year 2006 earnings after the close of the market. Analysts expect earnings per share of $0.14.