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09:30 CEST

Welcome coffee for workshop attendees 01-Exhibit area

10:00 CEST

Hands on Labs - Deploy and use .NET on Power 06-ParisPaul Chapman IBM i Security with a Modern Twist 03-Prague BCarol Woodbury Introduction to statistical data science and AI 04-Prague CThomas Decorte SQL & IFS 05-Prague DBirgitta Hauser VS Code and IBM i Workshop 02-Prague ALiam Allan

13:00 CEST

Lunch for Workshop participants Restaurant Loreta

14:00 CEST

Generating and Consuming JSON with SQL 05-Prague DBirgitta Hauser Hands on Labs - Port/Deply Modern Applications on Power 03-Prague BPaul Chapman Managing your IBM i with SQL – Made Easy! 04-Prague CScott Forstie Power box configuration 06-ParisIgor Novotny Visual Explain workshop - Get hands-on experience 02-Prague AMorten Buur Rasmussen

18:00 CEST

First timers welcome session 01-Exhibit areaTorbjörn Appehl • Juan Manuel Alcudia

19:00 CEST

Welcome reception with drinks and food in Expo 01-Exhibit area

08:30 CEST

Welcome Coffee 01-Exhibit area

09:00 CEST

Opening sesssion 02-Prague A

09:30 CEST

IBM Keynote 02-Prague ASteve Sibley • Sylvia Scheerova

10:20 CEST

Coffee in expo 01-Exhibit area

10:40 CEST

Modernize your Oracle stack with IBM Power10 07-BudapestFrederic Dubois • Francois Martin Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews 10 - London Manage Your IBM i the Navigator Way 05-Prague DDawn May Things i Love about IBM i 7.5 04-Prague CSteve Bradshaw Introduction to Merlin and IBM i Developer 02-Prague ALiam Allan ISV Roundtable (Invite only, talk to Torbjorn if you would like to participate) 11 - MadridSteve Will • Alison Butterill • Steve Sibley Web and API Language Shootout 03-Prague BAlan Seiden Introduction to IBM Power 08-Cracow IDavid Spurway • Melinda Zhu Developing Your Voice for Effective Public Speaking (part 1) 09-Cracow IIJonathon Sawdon Help, I want a new Power10 system but what are my options 06-ParisDouglas Gibbs

11:40 CEST

Coffee break 01-Exhibit area

12:00 CEST

AIX Trends and Directions 07-BudapestDavid Spurway Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews 10 - London IBM i 7.5 Security Enhancements 04-Prague CThomas Barlen What You Need to Know to Successfully Upgrade to IBM i 7.4 and 7.5 05-Prague DPete Massiello How does RDi compare with VS Code's IBM i extension 02-Prague ACharles Guarino IBM and Db2 Services for the Programmer 03-Prague BBirgitta Hauser ISV Roundtable (continued) 11 - MadridSteve Will • Alison Butterill • Steve Sibley IBM Power: From Zero to Hero 08-Cracow IMirza Ćutuk Building technical eminence through advocacy 09-Cracow IILibby Ingrassia Db2 Mirror Performance Considerations 06-ParisMorten Buur Rasmussen

13:00 CEST

Lunch in Restaurant Loreta 01-Exhibit area

14:00 CEST

Agile Software development including Open Source tools 07-BudapestAndreas Strietholt • Task Force IT API-Bridge, a tool making IBM i an REST-API Server & Client 02-Prague ATakeshi Sugata • Omniscience Automating IBM i IFS & Network Security with TGSecurity Suite 05-Prague DAlan Hamm • Fresche Solutions How AI Drives the Future of IBM I Modernization 04-Prague CMarc Paats • Rocket Software Infrastructure performance monitoring solution 11 - MadridMichal Peffek • XoruX Is cloud your only answer? 08-Cracow IMatthew Bailey • Service Express Solutions providers session 10 - London Transforming and Modernizing Business-Critical Applications: Proven Strategies for Innovating IT in a Digital Age 03-Prague BJonathan Bailey • Fresche Solutions TSP BUS4i System-Copy / Migrate23 for IBM PowerVS 06-ParisDr. Wolfgang Rother • Marc Rohloff • TSP Why Cloud, Why Not - A Modernization Journey? 09-Cracow IIRichard Dolewski • Connectria

14:25 CEST

Coffee break 01-Exhibit area

14:35 CEST

Overview of DevOps tools for IBM AIX and Linux on IBM Power 07-BudapestAndrey Klyachkin Booked by Fresche Solutions 10 - London Attaining and Maintaininig a Secure IFS 05-Prague DCarol Woodbury AI In action 03-Prague BThomas Decorte SMP and Db2 for i 02-Prague AScott Forstie What's New and Exciting in RPG 04-Prague CScott Klement History of AIX and IBM Power 08-Cracow IDavid Spurway Overcoming Your Fear of Speaking 09-Cracow IITrevor Perry Roundtable discussion - IBM Power Education 11 - Madrid NVMe with IBM i hosting IBM i 06-ParisSteve Bradshaw • Douglas Gibbs

15:35 CEST

Coffee break 01-Exhibit area

16:00 CEST

IBM Power, AIX and Linux now and in the future. Roundtable 11 - MadridDavid Spurway • Petra Bührer Booked by Infor 10 - London I never thought of THAT, so I DO need HA! 07-BudapestLarry Bolhuis Let's Create ... a future that's innovative, integrated and incredible - IBM i 04-Prague CSteve Will Single Sign On on IBM i & iASP configuration 05-Prague DBartlomiej Grabowski Development Lifecycles and Testing Maturity Models: moving your application development forward 03-Prague BYvonne Enselman Git and RPG/ILE languages 02-Prague ALiam Allan IBM i Explained 08-Cracow ITorbjörn Appehl The key elements for a successful refactoring project 09-Cracow IIMats Lidström Sustainability is EVERYTHING! 06-ParisThomas Harrer

17:00 CEST

Break 01-Exhibit area

17:10 CEST

Bringing .NET to Life with Power 06-ParisPaul Chapman Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews 10 - London Can Your IBM i Recover from a Disaster? 07-BudapestPete Massiello Clean up your IBM i Disk 05-Prague DLarry Bolhuis Boolean - The New Data Type in SQL 03-Prague BBirgitta Hauser IBM i Next Gen Apps - Why and How 04-Prague CSteve Will What IT Leaders Need to Know About IBM i Security 02-Prague ACarol Woodbury • Alan Hamm App dev on IBM i with open source 08-Cracow IJens Churchill Chat With Us: Why Software is Everyone’s Business 09-Cracow IIAlan Seiden • Charles Guarino Women in Tech - Roundtable 11 - MadridAlison Butterill • Dawn May • Petra Bührer

18:10 CEST

Open Evening 01-Exhibit area

18:20 CEST

Meetup "Prague with Power" 03-Prague B Sunset Session - Bring your drinks, network with others, discuss CE NextGen and have fun 02-Prague A

07:30 CEST

Welcome Coffee 01-Exhibit area

08:00 CEST

IBM Power Systems High Availability and Disaster Recovery Updates: Planning for a Multicloud Environment 07-BudapestYoussef Largou Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews 10 - London Extra track 11 - Madrid How healthy is your IBM i? 04-Prague CSteve Bradshaw Understand Your IBM i Performance Signature 05-Prague DDawn May Source Code Refactoring with a Side of RDi 02-Prague ACharles Guarino SQL for data insights 03-Prague BKoen Decorte IBM i System Administration - what, why and how 08-Cracow IAntonio Salcedo Stunning Slides 09-Cracow IITrevor Perry Power virtualization and management portfolio (PowerVM, HMC, PowerVC, etc.) 06-ParisIan Robinson

09:00 CEST

Coffee break 01-Exhibit area

09:20 CEST

IBM Chief Architect Keynote - "Behind the scenes" 02-Prague ASteve Will • Bill Starke • Steve Sibley

10:30 CEST

Coffee in expo 01-Exhibit area

10:50 CEST

HANAonPOWER - Sustainable, Secure, Reliable, Scalable, Flexible, Performant - for business critical SAP HANA based workloads 07-BudapestJochen Ziegler Booked by Service Express for meeting 10 - London ChatGPT Coming to RDi: Embracing AI for Software Development 02-Prague AWim Jongman What to Know When Moving to the Cloud 05-Prague DPete Massiello Application Development with Futurization in Mind! 09-Cracow IIMichael Killian Overloading Subprocedures in RPG 04-Prague CScott Klement What's New in Db2 for i 03-Prague BScott Forstie Linux for beginners on IBM Power 08-Cracow IMichael Davison Meet The IBM i Large User Group 11 - MadridDave Wiseman Power10 NVMe Storage Deepdive 06-ParisDouglas Gibbs

11:50 CEST

Break 01-Exhibit area

12:00 CEST

What to monitor on IBM AIX 07-BudapestMichael Davison Booked by Rocket Software 10 - London A practical approach to IBM i SQL performance 05-Prague DMorten Buur Rasmussen Hidden Gems of IBM i 04-Prague CSteve Will • Alison Butterill • Scott Forstie • Liam Allan Demystify PASE 02-Prague AKerim Güney What Every Developer Should Know About SQL performance 03-Prague BKoen Decorte Introduction to the OpenPOWER Foundation 11 - MadridToshaan Bharvani Microservices on IBM i 08-Cracow INiels Liisberg The Impact of Positive Psychology on Business Relationships 09-Cracow IIKim Greene IBM i virtualization overview and latest news 06-ParisJanus Hertz

12:30 CEST

Lunch in Expo (short) 01-Exhibit area

13:30 CEST

Build a Phenomenal Web App on IBM i in Under 10 Minutes — No Coding Required! 09-Cracow IIRobert Swanson • CNX Delivering Advanced BI on the IBM i 05-Prague DEugene King • LANSA How to Introduce Modern Development Tools Successfully 03-Prague BAndy Finley • Rocket Software LPAR Deployment, Management & Disaster Recover: Quick, Easy, Automate 04-Prague CSebastian Luckau • Axians Cloud & IT-Automation Gmbh Modernizing for the future. Committed to the IBM i platform 06-ParisDavid Rapacz • Infor Optimizing Backup and Restore for Hybrid Power Cloud with StorSafe VTL 02-Prague AGuy Berlo • Falconstor Software Solutions providers session 11 - Madrid Solutions providers session 08-Cracow I Unleashing the Power of Profound API: Revolutionizing IBM i Applications with Futurization. Introduction 10 - LondonAlex Roytman • Profound Logic Viruses and Ransomware on Power systems – not on my watch! 07-BudapestMichael Davison • Fortra

13:55 CEST

Break 01-Exhibit area

14:05 CEST

IBM Power Systems Virtual Server An overview and update on the newest features 07-BudapestTonny Bastiaans Booked by Fresche Solutions 10 - London Alan's Favorite Tips for Open Source on IBM i 04-Prague CAlan Seiden i Chi - The Art of System Management 05-Prague DRudi van Helvoirt • Steve Bradshaw Deploying and running an RPG application on OpenShift? IT COULD WORK! 02-Prague AMauro Sanfilippo Group By, Having and multi-dimensional Grouping 03-Prague BBirgitta Hauser World of Node.js on IBM i 08-Cracow IScott Klement The latest trend of IBM i in Japan 09-Cracow IIKohei Shimono Power Processors and IBM i: A Brief History of the Past 20 Years 06-ParisBill Starke

15:05 CEST

Coffee in expo 01-Exhibit area

15:30 CEST

Time to automate with Ansible 07-BudapestNicolae Chirea • Ole Kristian Myklebust Booked by Infor 10 - London Extra track 11 - Madrid Geospatial on IBM i - “Why Where Matters” 05-Prague DKoen Decorte Migrating your ILE RPG/COBOL/etc sources to git 02-Prague ALiam Allan Options for Consuming REST APIs from RPG 04-Prague CScott Klement The Power of SQL-PL 03-Prague BNiels Liisberg AIX 7.3 from zero. Hints and tips for new system administrators 08-Cracow IHugo Blanco Application Transformation: turn your IBM i application into a multi-platform application for IBM i / Linux / Windows 09-Cracow IIRoberto de Pedrini IBM Power - the Systems: Server Overview 06-ParisPeter Dussmann

16:30 CEST

Break 01-Exhibit area

16:40 CEST

OpenShift on Power 07-BudapestFabio Alessandro Locati • Geoffrey Pascal Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews 10 - London IBM Power Systems Solutions for HA/DR 05-Prague DSteven Finnes Oversight of OS and Power Upgrading (replacing OS and Power System Upgrade Testing) 04-Prague CYvonne Enselman Tame the IFS with SQL Services 03-Prague BScott Forstie The Business and Science of ILE Service Programs 02-Prague ACharles Guarino Get to know IBM PowerVC 08-Cracow IOle Kristian Myklebust Time for change? 09-Cracow IIJuan Manuel Alcudia Power Privat Cloud (Pools 2.0) - What ? Why ? How ? 11 - MadridPeter Dussmann The road for System Management modernization continues 06-ParisRudi van Helvoirt

17:30 CEST

Expo fun - Prize draw, challenges, IBM i 35 celebration and much more.. 01-Exhibit area

19:00 CEST

Transition to Prague Municipal House (Public transportation) 01-Exhibit area

19:30 CEST

Congress Dinner at Prague Muncipal House 01-Exhibit area

07:30 CEST

Welcome Coffee 01-Exhibit area

08:00 CEST

Linux on IBM Power10 07-BudapestHugo Blanco Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews 10 - London Extra track 11 - Madrid IBM i Tales: Stories of Real-Life Client Innovation 09-Cracow II Managing IBM i PTF's 04-Prague CLarry Bolhuis Navigator for i 05-Prague DRudi van Helvoirt AI, Futurization, and Digital Transformation in IBM i Software Development 02-Prague AAlex Roytman Query Supervisor to the rescue 03-Prague BScott Forstie How to manage NVMe 08-Cracow IDouglas Gibbs How to react to a cyberattack with FlashSystem Safeguardedcopy 06-ParisGuillaume Legmar

09:00 CEST

Coffee break 01-Exhibit area

09:20 CEST

IBM Keynote 02-Prague AThomas Harrer

09:50 CEST

Ask the experts 02-Prague ASteve Bradshaw

10:30 CEST

Coffee break 01-Exhibit area

10:50 CEST

Top tips for securing Linux on IBM Power 07-BudapestMichael Davison Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews 10 - London Extra track 11 - Madrid IBM i @ 35: Innovation + Integration 03-Prague BSteve Will • Alison Butterill Java performance considerations for IBM i admins 05-Prague DMorten Buur Rasmussen Rpgle as a service 04-Prague CLiam Allan Top 10 IBM i Security Features You May be Missing and the Top 5 Settings to Avoid! 02-Prague ACarol Woodbury Manage Power machines with Ansible 08-Cracow IFabio Alessandro Locati Beginner’s Guide to the Latest Technology 09-Cracow IICharles Guarino Power10 will save you money and lower your carbon footprint 06-ParisSteve Bradshaw

11:50 CEST

Coffee in expo 01-Exhibit area

12:00 CEST

Top 10 tips for securing AIX 07-BudapestMichael Davison Why should you use IBM AIX for your next agile project? 11 - MadridAndrey Klyachkin Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews 10 - London Common Misconceptions in the IBM i Performance Area 05-Prague DMorten Buur Rasmussen IBM i Security cocktail, with an SQL chaser (Replacing Data Security on IBM i) 03-Prague BScott Forstie • Carol Woodbury API Examples Using RPG, Node.js, PHP and Python 02-Prague AAlan Seiden Handling JSON with DATA-INTO and DATA-GEN in ILE RPG 04-Prague CScott Klement Free RPG - a modern all purpose programming language 08-Cracow IAntonio Salcedo Developing Your Voice for Effective Public Speaking (part 2) 09-Cracow IIJonathon Sawdon The Powerful Engine under the hood of your Power10 Server 06-ParisBill Starke

13:10 CEST

Closing ceremoni 02-Prague A