Common Europe Congress 2023: Full Schedule

Welcome to the Common Europe Congress 2023 agenda site.

Instructions for the "Igor Challenge" Or how to get to the Congress Dinner LINK

09:30 CEST

Welcome coffee for workshop attendees

Sunday June 11, 2023 09:30 - 10:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

10:00 CEST

Hands on Labs - Deploy and use .NET on Power

A series of hands on labs to gain experience deploying multiple .NET capabilities on Power.
It's my pleasure to run two workshops on Sunday, 11th June.

I will provide attendees with their own OpenShift Cluster running on IBM Power. I have several hands-on lab exercises guiding students to deliver .NET applications on IBM Power with RHEL & OpenShift.

Please register in advance, as I need to provide you VPN access to your OpenShift cluster running on IBM Power. You need Admin permissions for your laptop to install the Cisco VPN, which I will share the week before.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Speakers

Paul Chapman

Global Power Modernisation Technical Lead, IBM UK

Firstly, I love creating memories with my family and dog, Buddy. Previously I enjoyed European motorcycle tours and track days and still own an Aprilia RSV1000. I spend my recreation time SCUBA diving or anything else adventurous. I have participated in Project Shark in the Red Sea... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2023 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
06-Paris

Workshop, .Net, Linux

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

10:00 CEST

IBM i Security with a Modern Twist

Gone are the days of managing IBM i Security using green-screen commands! IBM has provided mechanisms to allow us to manage security using IBM i Services (SQL) and Navigator for i. During this session Carol will describe and demonstrate the fundamentals of security using these modern interfaces. She will also show how to use Function Usage, Auditing and Authority Collection to help you manage the security on your IBM i partitions.

Speakers

Carol Woodbury

President, CTO, Co-Founder, DXR Security

With over 25 years experience in the area of IT security, Carol is known world-wide as an expert in the area of computer security. During her career, Carol has architected security solutions for Fortune 100 companies as well as small and medium-sized organizations. Carol is passionate... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2023 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
03-Prague B

Workshop, IBM i, Security

Subject Beginner

10:00 CEST

Introduction to statistical data science and AI

Artificial intelligence and cognitive applications are the new reality and have become broader than the IT world. Get a board view of the goals, techniques, models and code (libraries) leveraged in real AI projects. See what options you have with open source on your system and what this can mean for your analytics.

Speakers

Thomas Decorte

Data Scientist, CD-Invest

Enthusiastic young PhD Researcher & Data Scientist with a passion for accounting, programming, data analytics, and data science.

Sunday June 11, 2023 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
04-Prague C

Workshop, Artificiell Intelligence

Subject Beginner

10:00 CEST

SQL & IFS

SQL is great for accessing data located in a relational database. But in a modern world it is also necessary to consume data that is located in the IFS (Integrated File System) or provided by web services
With each Technology Refresh IBM introduces and enhances Db2 for i Services. With Release 7.4 Technology Refresh 3 IBM provides new SQL Stored Procedures for reading data from and writing Data into the IFS.
In composition with other SQL Functions it is easy to scan through IFS files or decompose *.csv files or JSON files or XML documents located in the IFS.

Speakers

Birgitta Hauser

Database and Software Architect, IBM Champion, Independent Consultant

Birgitta Hauser worked on the IBM i and its predecessors since 1992. She graduated with a business economics diploma, and started programming on the AS/400 in 1992. She worked and works as traditional RPG Programmer but also as Database and Software Engineer, focusing on IBM i application... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2023 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
05-Prague D

Workshop, Db2/SQL

Subject Intermediate

10:00 CEST

VS Code and IBM i Workshop

Covering installation, writing code, and tips and tricks. Three large focuses will be using Visual Studio Code as the daily driver, setting up and configuring the RPGLE linter, and using git with your existing ILE RPG/COBOL/etc. Bring a laptop. Comes with interactive handouts that you can take home with you!

Speakers

Liam Allan

Software Advocate, IBM

I am a developer and open-source advocate. Ask me about Node.js, VS Code, app deployment and CICD :)

Sunday June 11, 2023 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
02-Prague A

Workshop, VSCode, IBM i

Company IBM
Audience New to the platform
Subject Intermediate

13:00 CEST

Lunch for Workshop participants

Sunday June 11, 2023 13:00 - 14:00 CEST
Restaurant Loreta

Break

14:00 CEST

Generating and Consuming JSON with SQL

Abstract:
JSON (Java Script Online Notation) is a data exchange format like XML, however JSON is simpler, less verbose and can be faster parsed than XML. In this way JSON becomes more and more important especially when data is exchanged by RESTful web services. The use of XML declines in favor of JSON.
With Release 7.3 TR 3 scalar and aggregate functions were integrated into SQL on Db2 for i, for generating JSON objects, arrays, literals and for combining JSON components into complete hierarchical JSON-documents. Since 7.5 TR 1 it is even possible to modify/update JSON Documents/Data
With the JSON_TABLE table function on the other hand JSON documents can be parsed, converted into a relational representation and data picked specifically out. Additional scalar functions allow SQL to directly access JSON documents located within the IFS (Integrated File System) or in source physical file members.
Last but not least IBM provides SQL http-functions for getting access to web services. In composition with the JSON_TABLE function the JSON answers returned by web services can be consumed within a SELECT-Statement.
Learning Objectives:
Get an introduction into JSON basics. Learn how JSON object and arrays can be generated, concatenated or nested and composed into JSON documents.
Discover how JSON documents located in either the IFS or a column of a table or JSON answers returned by web services can be parsed with the JSON_TABLE table function, converted into a relational representation and data specifically selected.
You’ll also get an overview over the new http-functions and how to use them for getting access to web services.

Audience: Developers and Users who are experienced in SQL Queries and want to create JSON data with SQL.
Developers and Users who need to process JSON documents located in either SQL tables or the IFS or JSON answers returned by web services.
Everybody who simply wants to enhance his SQL know-how.

Speakers

Birgitta Hauser

Database and Software Architect, IBM Champion, Independent Consultant

Sunday June 11, 2023 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
05-Prague D

Workshop, IBM i, Db2/SQL

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

14:00 CEST

Hands on Labs - Port/Deply Modern Applications on Power

Hands-on, guided labs showing how to port and deploy an Open Source Ecommerce solution originally written for x86 on Power with OpenShift
It's my pleasure to run two workshops on Sunday, 11th June.

I will provide attendees with their own OpenShift Cluster running on IBM Power. I have several hands-on lab exercises guiding students to deliver an e-commerce solution on IBM Power with OpenShift, initially designed for x86 using Go, Java, Node.js and .NET microservices.

Please register in advance, as I need to provide you VPN access to your OpenShift cluster running on IBM Power. You need Admin permissions for your laptop to install the Cisco VPN, which I will share the week before.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Speakers

Paul Chapman

Global Power Modernisation Technical Lead, IBM UK

Sunday June 11, 2023 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
03-Prague B

Workshop, Linux, Power

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

14:00 CEST

Managing your IBM i with SQL – Made Easy!

SQL is for more than just doing database things. With the invention of IBM i Services, there are many options for accessing and managing your IBM i. This workshop will look to explore the many already existing examples shipped in Access Client Solutions. We will learn how to modify and enhance these to take your system management capabilities to the next level. Additionally, there are many examples that Scott has created to help IBM i clients accomplish modern system management

Speakers

Scott Forstie

Db2 for i Architect, IBM

Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2023 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
04-Prague C

Workshop, Db2/SQL

Company IBM
Subject Beginner

14:00 CEST

Power box configuration

Igor will go though the setup of a server, show what a Power server looks like, what an HMC is, how to install an operating system and so on.

Speakers

Igor Novotny

Principal Consultant, MHM Computer a.s.

Igor is an eternal IT pilgrim who has already experienced the position of a teacher, customer and also supplier for more than 30 years has been fully engaged in data processing and storage systems.Igor is founding member & standing president of Common Czech Republic.

Sunday June 11, 2023 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
06-Paris

Workshop, Power

Subject Beginner

14:00 CEST

Visual Explain workshop - Get hands-on experience

Visual Explain is a short cut to better understand SQL requests and the performance. This hand-on workshop will introduce you to the tools used for analyzing SQL. You will have some labs that will get you started and guide you through different useful exercises. Visual Explain is part of Access Client Solution - ACS. The tool is constantly enhanced, and especially the last year, so the lab will guide you through ways to use the excellent tool. You will be guided through how to analyze and graphically view SQL statements. We will work with information from the Plan Cache snapshot.

>>>>>>> Remember to bring your own laptop where ACS is installed.

Speakers

Morten Buur Rasmussen

Power Performance Specialist, IBM

Morten Buur Rasmussen is a performance Specialist at IBM Technology Services. Morten has 38 years of experience in the computing field. He started working with the S/38 and AS/400 in 1988 as programmer.Before joining the Lab Services, he worked for IBM Denmark and several European... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2023 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
02-Prague A

Workshop, IBM i, Performance

Company IBM
Subject Intermediate

18:00 CEST

First timers welcome session

Here we will discuss tips and tricks to get the most out of your congress experience.

Speakers

Torbjorn Appehl

Vice President, Common Europe

IBM Champion for Power since 2016, love the IBM i platform since my very first contact with it in 1997. Today I am the CEO for Load System in Sweden. An IBM business partner with focus on IBM Power, IBM Storage, IBM Z and LinuxONE. Also Vice President for Common Europe.

Juan Manuel Alcudia

President, Common Europe

Sunday June 11, 2023 18:00 - 19:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Personal Development, First timers

Subject Beginner

19:00 CEST

Welcome reception with drinks and food in Expo

Sunday June 11, 2023 19:00 - 21:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

Audience ISV

08:30 CEST

Welcome Coffee

Monday June 12, 2023 08:30 - 09:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

09:00 CEST

Opening sesssion

Monday June 12, 2023 09:00 - 09:30 CEST
02-Prague A

All hands

09:30 CEST

IBM Keynote

Speakers

Steve Sibley

VP, Product Management, IBM

Steve Sibley is the Vice President of Offering Management for IBM Cognitive Systems Infrastructure. Steve has held a variety of position in his 30 years at IBM and is passionate about bringing new technology to offerings that help customers transform their business for competitive... Read More →

Sylvia Scheerova

Director, Power Sales EMEA, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 09:30 - 10:20 CEST
02-Prague A

All hands, Keynote

Company IBM
Audience ISV

10:20 CEST

Coffee in expo

Monday June 12, 2023 10:20 - 10:40 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

10:40 CEST

Modernize your Oracle stack with IBM Power10

IBM Power10 technology is a complete infrastructure design for data processing performance as well as integrated Availability, Security and Sustainability.
Cloud capabilities for private, public and hybrid Cloud are embedded in this technology to provide an extended scope of solutions to run your Oracle Software stack at an optimized TCO, providing a full set of flexible options for consolidation, management automation that allows Oracle DBAs getting benefits of Power Technology under a IaaS & an OPEX/Consumption based approach. This session will explain how to optimize your Oracle experience with IBM Power10 based on facts and customers cases.

Speakers

Frederic Dubois

IT Architect, IBM

Francois Martin

Oracle on Power and Competitive solutions, Global SME, IBM

25 years’ experience in this ecosystem, starting with performance benchmarks for customers, monitoring and fine tuning., large variety of tests combining Oracle SW and IBM Power/AIX features to get the best solutions with every new version and technology upgrades. Leading many complex... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, AIX

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Beginner

10:40 CEST

Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews

Monday June 12, 2023 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

10:40 CEST

Manage Your IBM i the Navigator Way

This session, primarily presented as a live demo, will show you how you can manage your system via Navigator for i using the Work Management, Configuration and Service, System, and Performance tasks. Learn how you can review active jobs, server jobs, prestart jobs, JVMs, use the Performance Data Investigator, and more. You can also use Navigator to configure your subsystems and subsystem routing. This session will include all the new and exciting features in Navigator for managing you IBM i. This session will also include common Navigator features such as bookmarks, favorites, connection properties, and much more.

Speakers

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC

Dawn May is a leading authority on work management, systems management, performance, and diagnostics, with intimate knowledge of the IBM i operating system developed through her distinguished career with IBM. Today, as an independent consultant, she focuses her skills on helping... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Systems management

Subject Beginner

10:40 CEST

Things i Love about IBM i 7.5

In this session, I will give you a rundown of some of the new features that I personally love in IBM i 7.5 . IBM i 7.5 is new to us all but I'm one of the lucky few who have been using this new version for a little while as part of the Early Ship Test Program.

So, I will share some of the things that I really like about this new release and explain how they might be useful to you. I'll also share my experience of installing it, upgrading to it and patching it.

Some of these new functions are big, some small but all are beneficial. Even if you are not in a position to upgrade to IBM i 7.5 right now, many have been PTF'd back to 7.4 and some 7.3 so they are still worth knowing about.

Speakers

steve bradshaw

Technical Director, Rowton IT

I've worked in the IBM Business Partner world for over thirty years now and despite IBM's best attempts I still love them ;-)In 2008 I set up my practice (Rowton) and now spend my time supporting clients or designing new IT solutions using a combination of Power servers, Intel and... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i

Subject Intermediate

10:40 CEST

Introduction to Merlin and IBM i Developer

A deep dive into the IDE that comes with Merlin: IBM i Developer. We’ll look at what it takes to use the IDE, setting up a Workspace, writing + compiling code, and how it integrates with git.

Speakers

Liam Allan

Software Advocate, IBM

I am a developer and open-source advocate. Ask me about Node.js, VS Code, app deployment and CICD :)

Monday June 12, 2023 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, Merlin

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

10:40 CEST

ISV Roundtable (Invite only, talk to Torbjorn if you would like to participate)

Speakers

Steve Will

IBM i CTO & Chief Architect, IBM

Steve is the CTO and Chief Architect for the IBM i Operating System. Spending the past fourteen years of his IBM career in this position, he has become an award-winning speaker, author of the influential blog "You and i," (https://bit.ly/You-and-i-blog) and is one of the most sought-after voices at customer briefings and events. Steve has worked on IBM i and its predecessors since before the creation of the AS/400, and is currently responsible for setting the strategy of the IBM i operating system, as well as deciding which enhancements will be implemented. In his role, he talks to clients and pa... Read More →

Alison Butterill

WW Product Manager for IBM i, IBM

Alison Butterill is the offering manager for IBM i. She owns the responsibility for the IBM i business, including defining and guiding future directions and strategies. She works with the IBM i sales, marketing, and development teams as well as clients and partners to ensure that... Read More →

Steve Sibley

VP, Product Management, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
11 - Madrid

IBM i App Dev

Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

10:40 CEST

Web and API Language Shootout

Alan will compare several open source languages commonly used for APIs and web development and the role of RPG alongside them. Languages include Node.js (javascript), PHP, and Python. The session contains concrete information about each as well as a lively discussion.

Speakers

Alan Seiden

Principal, Seiden Group

Alan founded Seiden Group to help modernize IBM i applications using open source technologies such as PHP, Python, Node.js, and DB2 for i and RPG business logic.Recognized as an IBM Champion, Alan hosts the the CIO Summit twice per year. He and his team work with the best minds in... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i App Dev, Open Source

Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

10:40 CEST

Introduction to IBM Power

Speakers

David Spurway

Global Principal IBM Power, IBM

As the Global Principal IBM Power, David is the primary evangelist for IBM Power in IBM Technology Sales. He regularly meets and presents to a range of audiences, from CxO to new graduates, articulating the value of our solutions. Whether the topic is the existing IBM Power offerings... Read More →

Melinda Zhu

Infrastructure Sales, IBM

Newly inducted into the IBM Power family, what I lack in experience I make up for with enthusiasm. As an early young professional, I work within the UK & Ireland Power Systems team, both learning from the deep experience of the team and providing a fresh perspective. I'm particularly... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, Power

Company IBM
Audience New to the platform
Subject Beginner

10:40 CEST

Developing Your Voice for Effective Public Speaking (part 1)

An introduction to techniques and exercises to help you look after, develop and use your voice effectively for public speaking. This practical overview offers advice and tips for handling nervousness, correct breathing, tone, creating vocal variation etc. to actively engage with your audience .

Speakers

Jonathon Sawdon

Executive Secretary, Common Europe

Jonathon is a professional actor, writer, drama teacher, presenter and voice coach.He has several film and TV credits to his name, has appeared in numerous corporate films and advertisements as well as various corporate and commercial voice overs.He also works in the business sector... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development, Speaking

Subject Beginner

10:40 CEST

Help, I want a new Power10 system but what are my options

Speakers

Douglas Gibbs

Product Manager, IBM

Douglas Gibbs is the offering manager for IBM Power Systems I/O and works closely with the overall Offering Management, Sales and Development teams regarding all manners of I/O. Douglas has worked in the IT Industry for more than 25 years and has been in a variety of positions at... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, Power

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Beginner

11:40 CEST

Coffee break

Monday June 12, 2023 11:40 - 12:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

12:00 CEST

AIX Trends and Directions

AIX and Power have been the foundation of mission-critical workloads and databases for tens of thousands of customers over the past 35 years, leading the industry in performance, scalability, resiliency, flexibility and security. We remain committed to sustaining that platform leadership and will continue to evolve and extend AIX to help you capitalize on new capabilities, including running Red Hat® OpenShift® containers adjacent to AIX in order to reduce latency or embedding AI inference capability in enterprise applications on AIX. Join me in this session to find out more of what is new and what is coming soon!

Speakers

David Spurway

Global Principal IBM Power, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, AIX

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

12:00 CEST

Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews

Monday June 12, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

12:00 CEST

IBM i 7.5 Security Enhancements

Attacks of different kinds have also affected IBM i systems of companies of all sizes.
Therefore it is important to leverage native IBM i security features to protect your
bussines application environment. IBM i 7.5 has introduced many new security functions
that can be used to lower the risk of successful hacking or intrusion attempts.
Join this session to get a complete overview of the latest security enhancements.

Speakers

Thomas Barlen

Senior Managing Consultant, IBM

IT consultant architecting and implementing security solutions mainly in the IBM i and AIX area. I am also a frequent speaker at technical conferences. Specialties: Cryptography, Single Signon, Security assessments, Access Control concepts and implementation, IBM i networking, IBM... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i, Security

Company IBM
Subject Intermediate

12:00 CEST

What You Need to Know to Successfully Upgrade to IBM i 7.4 and 7.5

When doing an upgrade to IBM i, there is more work involved in the planning of the upgrade than in the actual upgrade itself. When you have done the planning, the actual upgrade is simple. We will cover planning tips, pre-requisites, and then post-installation requirements. Your upgrade isn’t complete until this last step is done. We will cover all the preparation, planning, and actual upgrade steps.

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Systems management

Subject Intermediate

12:00 CEST

How does RDi compare with VS Code's IBM i extension

A side by comparison of these two IDEs

Speakers

Charles Guarino

CEO & IBM Champion, Central Park Data Systems

Charles Guarino believes in the “power” of IBM Power Systems. His career reflects his dedication and interest in bringing the platform and its solutions to others and as a result has been recognized as an IBM Champion.He is a member of COMMON’s Speaker Excellence Hall of Fame... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, Rdi, VSCode

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

12:00 CEST

IBM and Db2 Services for the Programmer

With the latest Releases and Technology Refreshes IBM added a lot of powerful IBM and Db2 Services to Db2 for i and SQL, for example for work management, security, database, IFS …
But did you expect, there are also a lot of Services that can be used by the programmer to make live easier? For example for sending or retrieving data queue entries or writing a message into the joblog or for converting a spool file into a PDF-document and much more.
Additionally, there all kinds of Services that help to analyze and manage ILE Objects, such as modules, service programs (with exported procedures), programs and Binding Directories, but also activation groups.

Speakers

Birgitta Hauser

Database and Software Architect, IBM Champion, Independent Consultant

Monday June 12, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i App Dev, Db2/SQL

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

12:00 CEST

ISV Roundtable (continued)

Speakers

Steve Will

IBM i CTO & Chief Architect, IBM

Alison Butterill

WW Product Manager for IBM i, IBM

Steve Sibley

VP, Product Management, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
11 - Madrid

IBM i App Dev

Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

IBM Power: From Zero to Hero

It can be overwhelming for someone who just starts working with IBM technologies and products, as there are so many. This session is supposed to make that start a bit easier. I will talk about how I first came in touch with IBM and its rich ecosystem and about my learning path. I will offer useful insights about where to start, what to focus on, and share my library of free online resources, books and advice needed for a beginner working with IBM Power and the products available for it.

Speakers

Mirza Ćutuk

Solutions Architect, InnoBoost SA

I am a Junior Solutions Architect with a passion for designing, building and implementing creative digital solutions. I enjoy solving complex problems, finding interesting use-cases for technologies and products that already exist, as well as making things from scratch. I am currently... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, Power

Audience New to the platform
Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

Building technical eminence through advocacy

As you develop your career, your technical eminence can be a rocket propelling you forward. In this session, learn about how you can build technical eminence, increase the visibility of your eminence through advocacy, and reach the heights of eminence through the IBM Champions program. Bring your ideas and questions to this interactive session. The session is for everyone - and all current IBM Champions are invited to share your stories with the attendees.

Speakers

Libby Ingrassia

Program Director, IBM Champions, IBM

How does advocacy help you achieve technical eminence? Why are both advocacy and eminence vital to your career? From content creation to community engagement, I can help you build relationships, strengthen communities, increase eminence, tell and amplify your stories effectively... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development

Company IBM
Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

Db2 Mirror Performance Considerations

Base on Db2 Mirror installations, the performance impact and considerations are covered.

Speakers

Morten Buur Rasmussen

Power Performance Specialist, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, IBM i, Performance

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Intermediate

13:00 CEST

Lunch in Restaurant Loreta

Monday June 12, 2023 13:00 - 14:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

14:00 CEST

Agile Software development including Open Source tools

In this session, i will speak about agile software development processes using excellent open source tools like iSphere, iRPGUnit and RapidFire.
The iSphere project is very popular at IBM I Community and is downloaded more than 600,000 times until now. It is an easily installable plugin for RDi and adds over thirty much-needed features that improve developer experience significantly. In this presentation, I will showcase some of the most useful features of the project.
Testing is the most important necessity before deploying new features on IBM I. But this takes a lot of time and almost all developers don’t like this process very much. Open Source project iRPGUnit helps you to integrate automatic Unit testing components to check, if the predefined expected result matches with your software modification. To avoid big problems in production, iRPGUnit will help you to check your programs before deployment.
Installing big database changes on production boxes is also a very critical mission. Most developers avoid this using some other strange fields in existing databases, who are not really designed for this behavior. RapidFire will help you, to install existing database files with a minimum of closed shop time. Installations can be started in production area with RapidFire, even if users and jobs are using the DB-Files. This process will be presented live at our booth included in our software change management tool CMOne!
This presentation is suited for developers and managers also, because technical, strategic and economic aspects are focused.
Andreas Strietholt
Task Force IT, Germany

Speakers

Andreas Strietholt

CEO, Task Force IT-Consulting GmbH

Exhibitors

Task Force IT

At the task force IT-Consulting GmbH, you will find a very in-depth expertise in all AS/400 environments (AS / 400, iSeries, i5). Since 1998, the two company founders Frank Hildebrandt and Andreas Strietholt look back on a very successful collaboration.Whether it is consulting, planning... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 14:00 - 14:25 CEST
07-Budapest

Solution provider

Subject Intermediate

14:00 CEST

API-Bridge, a tool making IBM i an REST-API Server & Client

API-Bridge is a tool that makes it easy to use IBM i as a REST-API Server and REST-API Client.API-Bridge is a proven tool that combines simplicity and advanced functionality, and API-Bridge boasts a high market share among Japanese IBM i users.

The REST-API support expands the use of IBM i. By using IBM i as an API Server, you can easily use IBM i RPG/COBOL logic as a backend for Web servers developed by engineers who are not familiar with IBM i. By using IBM i as an API Client, you can call external and internal APIs. In addition, there is a wide area of use for IBM i APIs, making it easy to transfer backups to cloud storage, such as box.

In this session, API-Bridge operation screens and use cases will be presented

Speakers

Takeshi Sugata

CTO, OmniScience Co.

Exhibitors

Omniscience

Omniscience Co., Ltd. is a “Legacy with DX” integrator that provides cloud migration support services and subscription products for legacy system user companies.We aim to be a technology company that is not bound by conventional industry frameworks and common sense. It is to deliver... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 14:00 - 14:25 CEST
02-Prague A

Solution provider

Subject Beginner

14:00 CEST

Automating IBM i IFS & Network Security with TGSecurity Suite

Business-critical data on IBM i is not immune to ransomware, cybercrimes, and data theft. Key areas of exposure include the files and directories in your IFS and network connectivity such as ODBC, FTP, web server applications and other socket connections.

A lack of skilled resources and security knowledge has left many companies vulnerable to attack. With the average
ransomware breach costing $4.62M, companies can no longer afford NOT to prioritize security by implementing better system configuration and corrective measures.

Leading IBM i security expert Alan Hamm dives into IFS and network security to help you learn how to configure the defenses on your IBM i system and guard your valuable data with the TGSecurity Suite.

In this session, you will learn how to:

- Uncover potential internal/external threats and vulnerabilities
- Secure your IFS from ransomware and cybercrime
- Protect access to your IBM i: Advanced exit point security with TGSecurity Suite

Speakers

Alan Hamm

Senior Security Services Engineer, Fresche Solutions

With over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, Alan is a seasoned professional specializing in IBM i services, particularly in IBM i security. His expertise extends to leveraging his development background for automation and configuration purposes. Previously, he served as a... Read More →

Exhibitors

Fresche Solutions

Fresche is the world’s largest end-to-end provider of IBM i (AS/400) solutions and the premier modernization and transformation partner for thousands of companies around the world. Our modernization, development, cloud, and managed services capabilities — combined with automated... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 14:00 - 14:25 CEST
05-Prague D

Solution provider

Subject Beginner

14:00 CEST

How AI Drives the Future of IBM I Modernization

If you’ve spent any time online in the last few months, you likely saw the buzz around ChatGPT, a new chatbot developed by OpenAI. Suddenly, the capabilities of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) are democratized, their insights and guidance no longer exclusively available for data scientists. While the breadth and depth are unclear, it is certain they will have an impact for years to come.
The IBM® i is no exception. AI/ML will play a pivotal role in providing IBM i leaders the information, insight, and recommendations as to how best to optimize and modernize their IBM i environments.

Join Rocket Software’s Marc Paats, Principal Sales Engineer, for a future-facing discussion about AI, ML, and IBM i strategy. In this session, we will talk about the data you should collect today to provide the dataset for the next generation of AI/ML experience tomorrow. In addition, we’ll discuss different touch points for consideration, including:

Hybrid cloud
DevOps, including testing
Application modernization
Workflow automation
Security

Speakers

Marc Paats

Principal Solutions Engineer, Rocket Software

Marc Paats has over 30 years of experience with the IBM i platform. Started as a hardware engineer and later moved to a software developer role covering integration of storage products on the IBM i. In the last 5 years, Marc has been working as a Principal Solutions Engineer role... Read More →

Exhibitors

Rocket Software

We help customers in all industries solve their most complex IT challenges, across infrastructure, data, and applications — with solutions that simplify, not disrupt. Regardless of your industry or location, we help modernize in place with a hybrid cloud strategy to accelerate and... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 14:00 - 14:25 CEST
04-Prague C

Solution provider

Subject Beginner

14:00 CEST

Infrastructure performance monitoring solution

Abstract
Xormon is a Performance monitoring and reporting tool for IBM Power Systems including IBM i, storage devices, SAN and databases.
Take full control of all your physical and virtual infrastructure from one point of view. Create alerts for specific thresholds, get reports regularly or just check state in the GUI.
Check the storage or SAN part as well and see all your infrastructure utilization in a single pane of glass.

Learning objectives
Get information about Infrastructure performance monitoring and reporting solution based on Open Source code solution.

Speakers

Michal Peffek

Technical presale, Xorux

Our Mission: Bring an easy solution to the market for performance monitoring and capacity planning of your highly virtualized environment with a simple and easily comprehensible UI.It is intended as the operation front-end tool which can simply and quickly identify load abnormality... Read More →

Exhibitors

XoruX

Monday June 12, 2023 14:00 - 14:25 CEST
11 - Madrid

Solution provider

14:00 CEST

Is cloud your only answer?

In the last two decades, cloud technology has become synonymous with digital transformation. But is it your organisation’s only answer? Cloud migration can be costly, complicated and risky. So, is it always the next step for your business? This session will explore five ways you can deploy, manage, and consume your IBM i and why Service Express is the right partner to help you do it.

Speakers

Matthew Bailey

Sales Diretcor, Service Express

Matthew is the Director of New Business for Service Express Europe, formally Blue Chip Customer Engineering. With over 20 years working with the IBM i & AIX workloads, Matthew has helped and guided hundreds of IBM i and AIX customers with their challenges.Over the years, Matthew... Read More →

Exhibitors

Service Express

The global leader in the data centerLeverage the power of end-to-end solutions to automate support, upgrade performance and optimize IT infrastructure strategy.

Monday June 12, 2023 14:00 - 14:25 CEST
08-Cracow I

Solution provider

Subject Beginner

14:00 CEST

Solutions providers session

Monday June 12, 2023 14:00 - 14:25 CEST
10 - London

Solution provider

14:00 CEST

Transforming and Modernizing Business-Critical Applications: Proven Strategies for Innovating IT in a Digital Age

Transforming outdated RPG, COBOL & CA 2E (SYNON) applications not only lowers costs and mitigates risks, but it also unlocks new capabilities to innovate and future-proof your business.

Join Jonathan Bailey for an executive educational session about digital transformation trends and strategies. You'll learn how to move your systems to modern architectures that support evolving business needs and retain your competitive edge.

Speakers

Jonathan Bailey

Ecosystems Director, EMEA, Fresche Solutions

Exhibitors

Fresche Solutions

Monday June 12, 2023 14:00 - 14:25 CEST
03-Prague B

Solution provider

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

14:00 CEST

TSP BUS4i System-Copy / Migrate23 for IBM PowerVS

Speakers

Wolfgang Rother

Senior Technical Specialist Power, IBM

Marc Rohloff

SVP Global Channels, T.S.P. Gesellschaft fuer Informationssysteme mbH

IBM i Business Continuity - Real-time Data Protection, Disaster Recovery and High Availability, Software and Services.Migration and Consolidation Projects

Exhibitors

TSP

Monday June 12, 2023 14:00 - 14:25 CEST
06-Paris

Solution provider

14:00 CEST

Why Cloud, Why Not - A Modernization Journey?

Modernization and innovation go hand in hand. Transitioning from a traditional data center to a secure Hybrid cloud architecture can be made simple. We demonstrate Cloud solutions for IBM on AWS/Azure, Cloud Architecture, Data Protection & DR strategies. Connectria Hybrid accelerates the first step of your modernization journey with a traditional lift and shift migration by refactoring the core IBMi/AIX systems On-Net directly to public Cloud.

Speakers

Richard Dolewski

Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, Connectria

Richard is a recognized SME and award-winning industry speaker specializing in, Cloud Computing Architecture, Business Resiliency, Disaster Recovery Planning and Backup & Recovery Program Design. He leads organizations through the Cloud journey achieving the desired, successful business... Read More →

Exhibitors

Connectria

Bridge the gap between legacy and cloud by running IBM i, AIX, and AS/400 workloads in a low-latency hybrid architecture on-net with AWS.

Monday June 12, 2023 14:00 - 14:25 CEST
09-Cracow II

Solution provider

Subject Intermediate

14:25 CEST

Coffee break

Monday June 12, 2023 14:25 - 14:35 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

14:35 CEST

Overview of DevOps tools for IBM AIX and Linux on IBM Power

In this presentation you'll get an overview, which open source DevOps tools are available on IBM Power platform for IBM AIX and Linux and what type of problems you can solve using them.

Speakers

Andrey Klyachkin

Managing Director, eNFence

I help companies build standardized, completely automated and agile IBM Power infrastructure.➤ It minimizes your time to market for new apps and features.➤ It optimizes your IT operational costs.➤ It enhances your security.WHAT HAVE I ACHIEVED?➤ POWER DevOps (https://www.power-devops.com... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 14:35 - 15:35 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, AIX, Linux

Subject Beginner

14:35 CEST

Booked by Fresche Solutions

Monday June 12, 2023 14:35 - 15:35 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

14:35 CEST

Attaining and Maintaininig a Secure IFS

This session will focus on helping you gain control of the security of your IFS… then helping you to maintain that control. During this session Carol will describe the differences between IFS security and ‘traditional’ IBM i Security, explain how to use Authority Collection to reduce who has access to IFS objects (without breaking something in the process!) She will also provide examples of using IBM i Services to discover IFS permissions and other settings. Finally she will describe the IBM i features you can use to reduce the risk of malware infection, including recent IBM i 7.5 enhancements.

Speakers

Carol Woodbury

President, CTO, Co-Founder, DXR Security

Monday June 12, 2023 14:35 - 15:35 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Security

Subject Intermediate

14:35 CEST

AI In action

Showcase of true delivered AI projects ranging from sports analytics (spatial-temporal data analytics), multi objective optimization, cost sensitive learning, causal machine learning, time series analysis,... We will demonstrate some real life examples of what can be achieved with a little imagination. Analytics is changing the game see how it might enhance yours.

Speakers

Thomas Decorte

Data Scientist, CD-Invest

Enthusiastic young PhD Researcher & Data Scientist with a passion for accounting, programming, data analytics, and data science.

Monday June 12, 2023 14:35 - 15:35 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i App Dev, Artificiell Intelligence

Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

14:35 CEST

SMP and Db2 for i

Speakers

Scott Forstie

Db2 for i Architect, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 14:35 - 15:35 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, Db2/SQL

Subject Intermediate

14:35 CEST

What's New and Exciting in RPG

Twice yearly IBM provides new features for the RPG language. In this session, Scott will go over the newest and most exciting features that IBM has added to RPG to help you keep up-to-date on what's available so that you can use them in your own programs.

Speakers

Scott Klement

Development & Solutions Architect, Midrange Dynamics

Scott volunteers as a member of COMMON's Board of Directors, Strategic Education Team, Certification Committee and Innovation Awards. He is the author of around 1000 articles and a dozen open source projects. Scott's efforts to help out the IBM i Community have resulted in dozens... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 14:35 - 15:35 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i App Dev, RPG

Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

14:35 CEST

History of AIX and IBM Power

Speakers

David Spurway

Global Principal IBM Power, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 14:35 - 15:35 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, AIX, Power

Company IBM
Audience New to the platform
Subject Beginner

14:35 CEST

Overcoming Your Fear of Speaking

Do you find yourself speechless in front of an audience? Does your heart race, your mouth parch, and your perspiration gush? Do your hands shake, your palms sweat, and your knees knock?

You are not alone. Your fear and nervousness is a natural phenomenon - and one that you can overcome. This session helps you understand your fears and shows you how to deal with them.

Trevor shares his experience gained while speaking around the world and what he has learned from his speaking mentors. This session explores specific, practical techniques that you can use to remove your fear of speaking. You can learn to speak with confidence!

Speakers

Trevor Perry

Storyteller | Instigator | Agitator, The Extraordinary Company L.L.C.

Trevor Perry is a technologist by trade and a motivational speaker by passion. His keynote speeches and breakout sessions are in demand across the globe at technology conferences and events. He is an Australian of Irish heritage who lives in America, and spent time faking an English... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 14:35 - 15:35 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development, Speaking

Subject Beginner

14:35 CEST

Roundtable discussion - IBM Power Education

Monday June 12, 2023 14:35 - 15:35 CEST
11 - Madrid

Personal Development

14:35 CEST

NVMe with IBM i hosting IBM i

Speakers

steve bradshaw

Technical Director, Rowton IT

Douglas Gibbs

Product Manager, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 14:35 - 15:35 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, Storage, IBM i

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Intermediate

15:35 CEST

Coffee break

Monday June 12, 2023 15:35 - 16:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

16:00 CEST

IBM Power, AIX and Linux now and in the future. Roundtable

Speakers

David Spurway

Global Principal IBM Power, IBM

Petra Bührer

Technical Sales Leader, Technology Infrastructure DACH, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
11 - Madrid

AIX/Linux

Company IBM
Subject Beginner

16:00 CEST

Booked by Infor

Monday June 12, 2023 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

16:00 CEST

I never thought of THAT, so I DO need HA!

You've build a nice secure and reliable data center. You added backup power, redundant cooling, locks with bio-metric validation and so much more. You are confident that you've thought of everything.
That would be incorrect.
Come and see a long list of things that went wrong in data centers from small to large, every one of which brought processing to a dead halt, and often for an extended time. These are all real events most which I witnessed or worked on the aftermath. Each of them will make you wonder if that could happen to You! Alternatively, you may think of, or perhaps admit to, a unique potential disaster in your data center.
This is't an HA session, you will only learn WHY!

Speakers

Larry Bolhuis

Cloud and Datacenter Engineer, IBM Champion, Service Express Inc.

Larry has grown up with computers since his father became a CE in 1967. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Calvin College in 1982 and soon after began working on IBM midrange equipment with the S/34 and S/36. Larry began working on the As/400 at its introduction In 1988.After spending many years as a developer Larry began working on communications, networking, and systems management tasks. Years of... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
07-Budapest

IBM i

16:00 CEST

Let's Create ... a future that's innovative, integrated and incredible - IBM i

IBM i is an amazing platform for running a business today, and its future is bright – innovative, integrated and incredible! Hear Steve Will, IBM i CTO, talk about the strategy, roadmap and future of IBM i.

Speakers

Steve Will

IBM i CTO & Chief Architect, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i, Modernization

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

16:00 CEST

Single Sign On on IBM i & iASP configuration

Single Sign On can help to minimize problems with locked account, weak password, NetServer locked accounts.
Join and learn step by step how to implement SSO on IBM i environment. The session takes you thru the process in the new Navigator for i and shows the procedure how to store SSO configuration on the iASP and simplify management and monitoring. Get familiar with the requirements, troubleshooting and the best practice

Speakers

Bartlomiej Grabowski

IBM POWER Systems Principal Support Specialist, DHL

Bartlomiej Grabowski known as Bart, a B.A Computer Science. IBM Champion and Platinum Redbook author with over 15 technical publications. +18 years of experience in various worldwide solutions works for DHL IT Services - one of the biggest IBM i installations. He runs a personal blog... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Security

Subject Intermediate

16:00 CEST

Development Lifecycles and Testing Maturity Models: moving your application development forward

As businesses modernize there are multiple types of software requiring support. We will discuss the
types of software lifecycles all needing different testing. Specifically covered are the development types
V-model, Waterfall model, and Iterative model. From there we will talk about component, integration,
system, and acceptance testing and where and how to use each.

Speakers

Yvonne Enselman

Senior Project Manager, iTech Solutions a Service Express Company

Yvonne Enselman is the Director of Professional Services at iTech Solutions and she is based in Chicago, IL. She started working with the IBM i Platform (AS/400, iSeries) in 1996 holding positions including programmer/analyst, B2B coordination, and instructor. Since 2005 she has focused... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i App Dev, DevOps

Company IBM
Subject Intermediate

16:00 CEST

Git and RPG/ILE languages

Understanding how to use git with VS Code or Merlin IDE, writing RPGLE locally, deploying and building to IBM i. You'll also see the available git and IDE tools to make your development life so much simpler.

Speakers

Liam Allan

Software Advocate, IBM

I am a developer and open-source advocate. Ask me about Node.js, VS Code, app deployment and CICD :)

Monday June 12, 2023 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, RPG, Modernization

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

16:00 CEST

IBM i Explained

You probably heard about IBM i or even work with it today. In this session I'll go through the overall concept of IBM i and show the differences between this and other operating systems.

Speakers

Torbjorn Appehl

Vice President, Common Europe

Monday June 12, 2023 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, IBM i

Audience New to the platform
Subject Beginner

16:00 CEST

The key elements for a successful refactoring project

I will give an overview of the key elements that are important to include for a successful modernization project. Modernization is not just about changing technology; it primarily involves improving and streamlining existing business processes. This is done in order not to jeopardize the unique services and features that already exist in the solution.

Speakers

Mats Lidström

CPO, Chief Architect, Apper System AB

I have been working with IBM i (and it predecessors) since 1987 as a Programmer, Designer, Head of development, CIO and Architect. I have been part of a number of national and international projects throughout the years. Since 2018 I work for Apper and are helping customers to take... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development, Modernization

16:00 CEST

Sustainability is EVERYTHING!

IDC publishes IBM Flashsystem is 25% to 50% better Sustainability than any other storage vendor. So we built some tools and programs to help.

Speakers

Thomas Harrer

IBM Distinguished Engineer, CTO Server & Storage EMEA, IBM

As a Chief Technology Officer, Thomas and his team deliver innovation with hybrid cloud and AI, leveraging all types of data and evolving the technology to enable clients to address new digital business ideas. With a strong foundation in computer/data science and extensive experience... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, Storage, Sustainability

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Beginner

17:00 CEST

Break

Monday June 12, 2023 17:00 - 17:10 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

17:10 CEST

Bringing .NET to Life with Power

Share how and why .NET was ported to Power, what's available today, and planned with potential for the future. Share customer use cases and demonstrate deployment and use of .NET with Power.

Speakers

Paul Chapman

Global Power Modernisation Technical Lead, IBM UK

Monday June 12, 2023 17:10 - 18:10 CEST
06-Paris

AIX/Linux, Linux

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

17:10 CEST

Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews

Monday June 12, 2023 17:10 - 18:10 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

17:10 CEST

Can Your IBM i Recover from a Disaster?

In this session, Pete Massiello will talk about key points to take note of when backing up your data so you can recover, and recover quickly. Pete will cover: How to know you’re backing up the right stuff, key points when testing your recovery, various options for backup, including cloud, VTL, remote testing, and more. Your recovery is only as good as your backups.

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Monday June 12, 2023 17:10 - 18:10 CEST
07-Budapest

IBM i, Disaster/Recovery

Company IBM
Subject Beginner

17:10 CEST

Clean up your IBM i Disk

How much disk storage do you have on your system? The most common answer is 'not enough!' Attend this session and find out where all that space went, what you can clean up, and what should be left alone.

Learn about reporting, automating, and managing your disk space in IBM i.

Develop a deeper understanding of the tools IBM has built into IBM i and how to leverage them to help keep your system clean.

Walk away with a solid understanding of how to clean up your disk space, manage your IFS, and reorganize your files.

Learning Objectives:

How to determine where all your disk space has gone.

How to clean up unused space in physical files.

How to search for object filling up the IFS.

How to use *nix and PASE tools to work in the iFS.

Speakers

Larry Bolhuis

Cloud and Datacenter Engineer, IBM Champion, Service Express Inc.

Monday June 12, 2023 17:10 - 18:10 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Systems management

Subject Intermediate

17:10 CEST

Boolean - The New Data Type in SQL

Speakers

Birgitta Hauser

Database and Software Architect, IBM Champion, Independent Consultant

Monday June 12, 2023 17:10 - 18:10 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i App Dev, Db2/SQL

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

17:10 CEST

IBM i Next Gen Apps - Why and How

Speakers

Steve Will

IBM i CTO & Chief Architect, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 17:10 - 18:10 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i App Dev, Modernization

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

17:10 CEST

What IT Leaders Need to Know About IBM i Security

Zero-day attacks and ransomware threats are on the rise and data that resides on IBM i is not immune. Now is

the time to learn how to defend it. There's more to protection than just running a virus scanner on the IFS, which can leave you with a false sense of security. Without proper configuration and monitoring, critical data on the IBM i can be left wide open to security weaknesses.

Join leading IBM i security experts Carol Woodbury and Alan Hamm for a session that discusses common security challenges faced by IBM i users and how organizations are locking their systems down. Alanwill dive into 3 real-world security assessment reports.

In this session you will learn:

- What a secure system looks like in 2023

- Cybersecurity and auditing, data-level reporting and job activity monitoring

- Advanced exit point security - knowing & managing who has access to your IBM i

- Why defense in layers is critical and how organizations are implementing it

Speakers

Carol Woodbury

President, CTO, Co-Founder, DXR Security

Alan Hamm

Senior Security Services Engineer, Fresche Solutions

Monday June 12, 2023 17:10 - 18:10 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, Security

Subject Intermediate

17:10 CEST

App dev on IBM i with open source

Speakers

Jens Churchill

CTO, System & Method

Jens Churchill is the CTO at System & Method, an IBM business partner with offices in Denmark and Brazil.System & Method assists in transforming IBM i applications into modern solutions, through education and tools.Jens was introduced to IT at an early age, when his father brought... Read More →

Monday June 12, 2023 17:10 - 18:10 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, IBM i, Open Source

Audience New to the platform
Subject Beginner

17:10 CEST

Chat With Us: Why Software is Everyone’s Business

Alan and Charlie will open the floor for an open discussion about the value of custom code, and how it gives businesses their proprietary advantages.
What are the responsibilities and roles for everyone in your organization to promote better business continuity, workflows, and overall user experiences?

Speakers

Alan Seiden

Principal, Seiden Group

Charles Guarino

CEO & IBM Champion, Central Park Data Systems

Monday June 12, 2023 17:10 - 18:10 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development

Subject Beginner

17:10 CEST

Women in Tech - Roundtable

Speakers

Alison Butterill

WW Product Manager for IBM i, IBM

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC

Petra Bührer

Technical Sales Leader, Technology Infrastructure DACH, IBM

Monday June 12, 2023 17:10 - 18:10 CEST
11 - Madrid

Personal Development

Subject Beginner

18:10 CEST

Open Evening

Monday June 12, 2023 18:10 - 23:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

18:20 CEST

Meetup "Prague with Power"

Monday June 12, 2023 18:20 - 19:20 CEST
03-Prague B

Meetup

Subject Beginner

18:20 CEST

Sunset Session - Bring your drinks, network with others, discuss CE NextGen and have fun

Monday June 12, 2023 18:20 - 19:20 CEST
02-Prague A

Sunset Session, NextGen

Audience New to the platform
Subject Beginner

07:30 CEST

Welcome Coffee

Tuesday June 13, 2023 07:30 - 08:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

08:00 CEST

IBM Power Systems High Availability and Disaster Recovery Updates: Planning for a Multicloud Environment

This session delivers an updated guide for high availability and disaster recovery (HADR) planning in a multicloud environment for IBM Power.
The goal of this session is to deliver a HADR guide for backup and data management on-premises and in a multicloud environment. This session updates HADR on-premises and in the cloud with IBM PowerHA® SystemMirror®, IBM VM Recovery Manager (VMRM), and other solutions that are available on IBM Power for IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux.
This sessions addresses topics for IT architects, IT specialists, sellers, and anyone looking to implement and manage HADR on-premises and in the cloud. Moreover, this session provides documentation to transfer how-to skills to the technical teams and solution guidance to the sales team.

Speakers

Youssef Largou

CEO, Power Maroc

As executive associate director, my focus is on delivering essential technology stack and frameworks to help organizations reinvent themselves and realize their digital transformation, modernize their infrastructure and move mission critical workloads across clouds. I focus my time... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, HA/DR

Subject Advanced

08:00 CEST

Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews

Tuesday June 13, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

08:00 CEST

Extra track

Tuesday June 13, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
11 - Madrid

Extra session

08:00 CEST

How healthy is your IBM i?

We all know our favourite system is a tough cookie, it soldiers on day in day out with little support from us but how can you actually tell how healthy it really is?
In this session, we run you through a series of simple ideas that you can take away and try on your system. They will not only help you quickly gauge the current health of your system but also allow you to track changes in behavior and help you to detect changes early and plan your future needs with confidence. In most cases we find that following these simple steps will not only improve the performance of your server but extend it's working life and reduce the need for upgrades.

Speakers

steve bradshaw

Technical Director, Rowton IT

Tuesday June 13, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i, Systems management

Subject Beginner

08:00 CEST

Understand Your IBM i Performance Signature

IBM i often runs well with little or no focus on the performance of the system. But what if something unexpected does occur? If you understand the performance signature of your system when it is running well, it becomes much easier to identify problems if something goes wrong. This session will show you how to use the Performance Data Investigator to understand your day-to-day performance signature, as well as Graph History to understand long-term trends over weeks, months, and years.

Speakers

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC

Tuesday June 13, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Performance

Subject Beginner

08:00 CEST

Source Code Refactoring with a Side of RDi

Sloppy code, beautiful code. They both produce the same results, so who cares how it looks? If you have heard this before, or are living with this scenario, this is a MUST ATTEND session. Learn about code refactoring (aka "modernization") and see how to rejuvenate old code into maintainable, flexible and scalable components.

Speakers

Charles Guarino

CEO & IBM Champion, Central Park Data Systems

Tuesday June 13, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, Rdi

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

08:00 CEST

SQL for data insights

Analyze, Get Insights, and Make Money: get the hang of SQL Use for Data Analysis
SQL is the "meat and potatoes" of data analysis. It's used for accessing, cleaning, and analyzing data that's stored in databases. Learn how to quickly gain actionable insights for solving your business problems as they arise, and confidently arrive at better business decisions. You can achieve all these without the costly effort of moving the data across platforms, procuring any machine learning infrastructure, acquiring advanced AI skills, and analyzing expansive data. Everything you need is already on the system, you just need to learn it.

Speakers

Koen Decorte

Owner and CEO, IBM Champion, CD-Invest

Koen Decorte is owner of CD Invest, an international IBM business partner with offices in Belgium andSpain. CD-Invest is specialized in innovating and modernizing IBM i applications.Koen studied philology and computer linguistics.His focus is mainly on integrating and using open source... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i App Dev, Db2/SQL

Audience ISV

08:00 CEST

IBM i System Administration - what, why and how

All you need to administrate your IBM i is its operating system. Discover concepts as object, library and library list. Learn how to login to the system, configure your user profile, enter commands and navigate through the menus. Why can't I access this object? Get an overview about system security.

Speakers

Antonio Salcedo

Professor, IBM i teacher, IBM Champion, Common Iberia

I'm a fan of programming in general and ILE RPG in particular. I love movies, going to the theater, reading and listening to (hard) rock music.

Tuesday June 13, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, IBM i, System admin

Audience New to the platform
Subject Beginner

08:00 CEST

Stunning Slides

Trevor will present insights into developing slide decks to best represent your presentation topics, suit your presentation style, and facilitate the delivery of your message without distraction and more effectively than ever before.

This session will teach keynote speakers, breakout speakers, and business presenters to uplift their slide decks to match the level of their topic and message. The philosophy espoused follows three tenets for slide decks - that they should be clean, concise, and consistent. You'll leave with a newfound respect for your slides and be a more stunning presenter!

Speakers

Trevor Perry

Storyteller | Instigator | Agitator, The Extraordinary Company L.L.C.

Tuesday June 13, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development, Speaking

Subject Beginner

08:00 CEST

Power virtualization and management portfolio (PowerVM, HMC, PowerVC, etc.)

Speakers

Ian Robinson

Virtualization and Multi-Cloud Offering Manager, IBM

Ian Robinson is the worldwide virtualization and multi-cloud offering manager for IBM Systems, responsible for IBM’s portfolio of virtualization, entry private cloud and hardware management solutions for the Power Systems platform. He joined IBM in 2009 with its acquisition of Transitive... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, Power

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner

09:00 CEST

Coffee break

Tuesday June 13, 2023 09:00 - 09:20 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

09:20 CEST

IBM Chief Architect Keynote - "Behind the scenes"

Speakers

Steve Will

IBM i CTO & Chief Architect, IBM

Bill Starke

Power Processor Chief Architect, IBM

William Starke is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Power microprocessors. Since graduating from Michigan Tech University, Bill has been employed by IBM for over 30 years in several roles, spanning mainframe and Power systems performance analysis, logic design... Read More →

Steve Sibley

VP, Product Management, IBM

Tuesday June 13, 2023 09:20 - 10:30 CEST
02-Prague A

All hands, Keynote

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

10:30 CEST

Coffee in expo

Tuesday June 13, 2023 10:30 - 10:50 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

10:50 CEST

HANAonPOWER - Sustainable, Secure, Reliable, Scalable, Flexible, Performant - for business critical SAP HANA based workloads

How business critical SAP HANA based applications can be operated in a sustainable, secure, reliable, scalable, flexible and performant way on IBM Power Systems.
Showing an technical overview and value proposition of current IBM Power10 Servers for SAP HANA including examples from real live about server consolidation, sustainability, security, etc and HANAonPOWER reference projects.

Speakers

Jochen Ziegler

SAP on Power Systems Technology Architect, IBM Germany

SAP on Power Systems Technology Architect @ IBM Technology Sales, DACH, Technical Sales Power SystemsTrusted Technical Advisor & Technical Sales Consultant & Architect 4 IBM Hybrid solutions (infrastructure (HW/SW), Cloud, Security, Analytics, Watson, Services etc) for customers using... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, Linux

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Intermediate

10:50 CEST

Booked by Service Express for meeting

Tuesday June 13, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

10:50 CEST

ChatGPT Coming to RDi: Embracing AI for Software Development

Join Wim Jongman and the Remain Software team as they reveal the power of ChatGPT, customized for IBMi Admins and Developers. In this captivating session, learn how ChatGPT can enhance your work, from crafting SQL instructions to decoding legacy code. Additionally, gain exclusive access to a free ChatGPT client, seamlessly integrated with RDi. Bring your laptop and prepare for a groundbreaking experience.

Speakers

Wim Jongman

CTO, Remain Software

I am the CTO of Remain Software, home of TD/OMS and various other products. I am a committer and project lead for various Open Source projects.In my, not existing, free time, I like to gaze at the stars, shoot some pool, and enjoy my family.Please come and have chat at our booth... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i, Artificiell Intelligence

Subject Intermediate

10:50 CEST

What to Know When Moving to the Cloud

In this session, we'll discuss what you need to think about when moving to the cloud. It’s not as easy as just moving your workload from one machine to another. Pete will cover: Costs associated with moving to the cloud, what you should be moving, undestanding planning, migration, testing and more.

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Tuesday June 13, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Cloud

Subject Beginner

10:50 CEST

Application Development with Futurization in Mind!

Stop waiting to start your futurization journey. Analysis prior to taking action in a transformation initiative is smart, but many get caught in analysis paralysis. As you determine long-term vision, you can simultaneously take smaller steps toward modernization that will support any end-objective. Join us for the session to explore starting your journey NOW without risking any futurization goals.

This session is for business executives, and focuses on business value that is created when modernizing in a phased approach. We will not get into programming details, but stay focused on business drivers and demands, and how IT can support the business objectives while "keeping the lights on" with their current workload.

This session will cover:
1.) When to consider open-source over the RPG language, and how to get going
2.) Getting buy-in to a modernization initiative by your RPG programmers, allowing them to engage, participate, and contribute to the journey while collaborating with people with differing skillsets.
3.) When you should consider a new package (with integration) vs. packages vs code or database transformation
4.) Aligning Business and IT to have a common goal, utilizing the best of both resources to ensure success.

Speakers

Michael Killian

VP of Sales, Profound Logic

Tuesday June 13, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
09-Cracow II

IBM i App Dev, Modernization

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Advanced

10:50 CEST

Overloading Subprocedures in RPG

IBM added support for "overloading", a concept widely used in object-oriented languages, to RPG. You can use it to make your prototypes more versatile and your subprocedures easier to use from different types of programs. In this session, Scott explains the concept of overloading, and how it is done with RPG prototypes.

Speakers

Scott Klement

Development & Solutions Architect, Midrange Dynamics

Tuesday June 13, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i App Dev, RPG

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

10:50 CEST

What's New in Db2 for i

Speakers

Scott Forstie

Db2 for i Architect, IBM

Tuesday June 13, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i App Dev, Db2/SQL

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

10:50 CEST

Linux for beginners on IBM Power

Come and learn about;The history of UNIX and Linux.Where did it come from? What has been IBM's involvement?
I'll explain key concepts about UNIX and how it relates to Linux.
We'll look at;Linux directories
Logical Volume Management
Filesystems
ProcessesFile permissions and ownership
Hopefully, you'll walk away with a starter-pack of understanding for your Linux on Power journey.

Speakers

Mike Davison

EMEA Power Systems Support Team Lead, Fortra

Mike has worked on IBM equipment in IT Operations since starting on the 4381 running VM/VSE as a trainee Operator in 1987. He's worked for blue-chip companies in global data centres and has a varied 30+ years’ experience of IBMi, AIX, VIOS, Linux, storage and disaster recovery... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, Linux

Audience New to the platform
Subject Beginner

10:50 CEST

Meet The IBM i Large User Group

Dave Wiseman from the LUG will talk about why and how to become a member of their organization

Speakers

Dave Wiseman

Board Member, The Large User Group

Tuesday June 13, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
11 - Madrid

Personal Development

Subject Beginner

10:50 CEST

Power10 NVMe Storage Deepdive

Speakers

Douglas Gibbs

Product Manager, IBM

Tuesday June 13, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, Power, Storage

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Intermediate

11:50 CEST

Break

Tuesday June 13, 2023 11:50 - 12:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

12:00 CEST

What to monitor on IBM AIX

An introduction to what you should be monitoring and the tools available natively to maintain your servers health. "Learn how to monitor:
• Log files
• CPU
• Disk
• Memory
• Network
• Configuration file changesWhat tools are available?

Speakers

Mike Davison

EMEA Power Systems Support Team Lead, Fortra

Tuesday June 13, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, AIX

Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

Booked by Rocket Software

Tuesday June 13, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

12:00 CEST

A practical approach to IBM i SQL performance

When you are working with SQL and query tuning, you should know the free tools provided, like tools using the SQL Plan Cache data and DB Monitor trace to analyze SQL. You will also hear about the Visual Explain tool. What is a good approach to viewing the data. Where can you possible get some easy wins in making your performance better.

Speakers

Morten Buur Rasmussen

Power Performance Specialist, IBM

Tuesday June 13, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Performance

Company IBM
Subject Intermediate

12:00 CEST

Hidden Gems of IBM i

The IBM i team has been delivering new function two times per year since 2010. New releases and technology refreshes deliver a broad range of function and sometimes the smallest line items can be easily missed. The IBM i team has reviewed the past releases/refreshes and have assembled some of their favorite hidden gems; things that you might have missed but should know. Everyone will leave with something new that will help them in their day to day work.

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn about some of the very useful but lesser known functions of IBM i.

Speakers

Steve Will

IBM i CTO & Chief Architect, IBM

Alison Butterill

WW Product Manager for IBM i, IBM

Scott Forstie

Db2 for i Architect, IBM

Liam Allan

Software Advocate, IBM

I am a developer and open-source advocate. Ask me about Node.js, VS Code, app deployment and CICD :)

Tuesday June 13, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

Demystify PASE

In this presentation Kerim will show how to correctly set up the IFS including Bash, SSH, and more to fully utilize PASE for i and its access to amazing software.

The overall goal will be to acquire a confident familiarity with PASE and improve one’s productivity when working with it. Topics will include:

How to
- set up PASE
- *correctly* set up SSH
- set up and customize our shell
- using yum and open source technologies such as Node.js, Python, and Bash

PASE for i provides an integrated runtime environment that allows you to run portable software including many open source tools, such as Node.js, Python, and Bash. Unfortunately, setting up PASE and one's shell can be a tricky and daunting task, often causing developers to stick with 'QSH' or 'QP2TERM' whenever they intend to access the IFS.

On top of that, the AIX subsystem is a familiar concept for many developers outside of the IBM i world due its similarities to Linux and macOS and as such can be used to lower the barrier to entry for new IBM i developers.

Speakers

Kerim Güney

Software Developer, Task Force IT-Solutions GmbH

I'm a passionate developer and technology enthusiast with focus on application modernization. I'm a big proponent of good DX (developer experience).Additionally, I believe existing RPG, COBOL, etc. solutions are too valuable to be rewritten or to be replaced with standard software... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, Open Source

Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

What Every Developer Should Know About SQL performance

SQL performance tuning is a difficult task, especially when working with large amounts of data, where even slight changes can have a significant (positive or negative) influence on performance.
Administrators or a DBA will look at performance from a different point of vue than a developer.
In many cases them building the suggested index or analysis things using some tools may not be the right answer. The problem-solving might simply require a totally different approach.

Speakers

Koen Decorte

Owner and CEO, IBM Champion, CD-Invest

Tuesday June 13, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i App Dev, Performance

Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

Introduction to the OpenPOWER Foundation

This presentation shows why the OpenPOWER Foundation and COMMON need to start working together, while there are a lot of places that there are already synergies, we can work together to build an ecosystem that transcends both entities. This presentation show the different workings and how joining both the organizations, so you can get the most value of the POWER platform.

Speakers

Thoshaan Bharvani

CTO, VanTosh

Toshaan Bharvani is a IT consultant, currently self-employed at VanTosh, with a interest in Open Source Software and Open Source Hardware. He started his IT interest at a very early age, when his father gave him his first own PC components. Ever since he has been interested in IT... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
11 - Madrid

NextGen, Open Source

Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

Microservices on IBM i

Microservices are perhaps the most hot design paradigm now. It is easy to implement and runs on almost any platform today – also IBM i. In this session we will look at how to leverage this technology and give you a starting point when coding in node.js, JAVA, Python and RPG. So buckle up - lots of stuff in just one hour - Live of course !!

Speakers

Niels Liisberg

Chief Software Architect, Partner & IBM Champion, System & Method

Niels has developed IBM i middleware used in numerous applications worldwide. He is the architect of the IceBreak application server for IBM i. Over the years he has contributed to the IBM i community with presentations, demos, and loads of open source: ILEastic and noxDB to name... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, IBM i, Microservices

Audience ISV, New to the platform
Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

The Impact of Positive Psychology on Business Relationships

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right”. This quote by Henry Ford demonstrates the impact of having positive psychology. When we trust in our abilities and are honest in our communication, we can have incredibly powerful and productive business relationships. Employees that are satisfied are more productive, innovative and better problem solvers. Positive psychology extends into our personal lives, improving health, wellbeing, and a higher quality of life. Come to this session to learn how to tap into and harness the many benefits of positive psychology.

Speakers

Kim Greene

President, Kim Greene Consulting, Inc.

Kim Greene is president of Kim Greene Consulting, Inc. specializing in providing consulting services for the HCL Collaboration Solutions portfolio for IBM i, Windows, and Linux. Kim has over 20 years of experience with IBM Domino and 25 years of experience with the AS/400, iSeries... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development

Subject Intermediate

12:00 CEST

IBM i virtualization overview and latest news

IBM i Virtualization is nothing new, but many are still not aware of all the various options for doing virtualization with IBM i on Power. In this presentation I will cover the various options with VIOS, IBM i hosting i, HMC & no HMC, and external vs internal storage, including the newer possibilities with internal NVMe storage on the scale-out Power 9 & 10 servers.

Speakers

Janus Hertz

Consulting IT Specialist, IBM

IBM Technology Expert Labs Consultant - IBM Power / IBM i - Virtualization, Security, HA/DR - IBM Northern Europe

Tuesday June 13, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, IBM i, Virtualization

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Intermediate

12:30 CEST

Lunch in Expo (short)

Tuesday June 13, 2023 12:30 - 13:30 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

13:30 CEST

Build a Phenomenal Web App on IBM i in Under 10 Minutes — No Coding Required!

The Valence Framework for IBM i, available for free download, includes a browser-based low-code development utility called Nitro App Builder (NAB), through which anyone with a solid understanding of their IBM i database can create dazzling web or mobile apps, including dashboards and data grids with download-to-Excel functionality, all in a matter of minutes! Running entirely on IBM i, the NAB tool can also be used to create intricate file maintenance apps, through which users can adjust content in one or more physical files — you control which fields they can see and/or edit.

All of this can be achieved with no coding, though IBM i developers can easily extend the app's functionality with RPG or SQL code to handle business logic as needed. Advanced programmers comfortable with HTML5 and JavaScript code can take things even further, creating super elaborate data-entry apps that work hand-in-hand with server-side RPG logic through the Valence Portal.

The bottom line: With Valence, whether you're a seasoned RPG developer or a super user with intimate knowledge of your system's physical files, you can crank out highly functional web and mobile apps on IBM i in no time — no prior experience in web or mobile development required. Come to this quick demo session to see the latest release of the Valence framework, and how easy it is to quickly build and deploy such an app on your system.

Speakers

Robert Swanson

Senior Partner, CNX Corporation

Rob has worked as an in-the-trenches IBM i developer since 1992, with the past 15 years focused on developing modernization efforts for legacy systems written in RPG. Currently serving as Senior Partner for CNX Corporation in Chicago, Rob is a strong advocate of introducing highly... Read More →

Exhibitors

CNX

CNX is the company behind the Valence Framework for IBM i, providinglow-code & no-code solutions for speedy web and mobile app development

Tuesday June 13, 2023 13:30 - 13:55 CEST
09-Cracow II

Solution provider

Subject Beginner

13:30 CEST

Delivering Advanced BI on the IBM i

Abstract
Discover the future of business intelligence on the IBM i platform in this dynamic 25-minute session led by Eugene King.

If you're burdened with outdated reporting solutions or manual data processes, join us to explore the advantages of self-service BI, gain insights on implementing advanced BI techniques, and gain expert guidance on selecting the right BI solution. Eugene will showcase the potential of LANSA BI through inspiring sample dashboards and embedded analytics, providing you with a compelling introduction to revolutionize your BI delivery on the IBM i platform.

Don't miss this opportunity to unleash the full power of advanced business intelligence and drive data-informed decisions for your organization.

Learning objectives
If you're one of the many businesses stuck with outdated reporting solutions, or worse, manual data processes, this session is for you. In just 25 minutes, you will learn:

- The benefits of delivering self-service BI
- How to implement advanced BI on the IBM i
- What to look for in a new BI solution

Take inspiration from sample dashboards and embedded analytics as Eugene King demonstrates advanced business intelligence features in this introduction to BI delivery on the IBM i, featuring LANSA BI.

Speakers

Eugene King

Solutions engineer, Lansa Inc.

Eugene King is a pre-sales consultant with over 25 years of experience with LANSA. Eugene has been working on various integration and workflow automation projects for companies adopting standards, meeting regulatory requirements and seeking to improve supply chain efficiency. Eugene... Read More →

Exhibitors

LANSA

The LANSA Way.Simplicity.Simplicity, velocity, and versatility that fuels and expedites customer growth and scalability.Speed.Fast enterprise-grade application development built for the big guys, the little guys, and everyone in between because all sizes of business have development... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 13:30 - 13:55 CEST
05-Prague D

Solution provider, IBM i

Subject Beginner

13:30 CEST

How to Introduce Modern Development Tools Successfully

Modernizing applications is a top concern of IBM i customers. Business must react quickly to new and fast-changing requirements or lose their competitive advantage.

Our customers tell us that the drive to produce higher quality code in less time is forcing them to rethink their development strategies. The prediction that there will be almost no RPG skills available by 2030 is leaving IT managers quaking in their boots. The acknowledged solution to this problem includes standardizing on a common development toolset across all platforms. This is not new, and IBM i development teams have been talking about it for years. With new supporting technologies from DevOps solution vendors, the time has come to stop talking and start acting! But how do you move past the conversation?

Learning Objectives:
• How other IBM i customers are approaching this challenge
• How to evolve your development process into the future whilst still running your business
• How are existing DevOps vendors supporting new technologies?

Speakers

Mr Andy Finley

Solutions Engineer, ROCKET SOFTWARE

Andrew Finley has over 25 years of experience working with IBM i, covering ALM and DevOps, technical support, middleware, operations, and release/deployment management. Having spent the last fifteen years as a Principal Solutions Engineer for Rocket Software, Andrew will be able to... Read More →

Exhibitors

Rocket Software

Tuesday June 13, 2023 13:30 - 13:55 CEST
03-Prague B

Solution provider

Subject Intermediate

13:30 CEST

LPAR Deployment, Management & Disaster Recover: Quick, Easy, Automate

We learn from experience and it is time to share some learnings with the IBM Power community:
At Axians we work with IBM Power customer for over 20 years. And since we hate to do it all over for our 60+ IBM Power customer, we optimize daily task and automate.
In this session we give a demonstration of tasks we have automated - including LPAR deployment, OS Installation, disaster recovery, ...
This will be a interactive and demo driven session with our IBM Power experts.
We are looking forward to meeting you.

Learning objectives
1. Learn how to best automate LPAR Creation, Deletion, Backup, Restore
2. Learn how to offer self-service for IBM Power management tasks (with full permission management)
3. IBM Fix Level Recommendation Tool: How to make the best use of it
4. The importance of VIOS right-sizing - and how to get a handle on it

Speakers

Sebastian Luckau

DPCM Software Architect & Core-Developer, Axians Cloud & IT-Automation Gmbh

Exhibitors

Axians Cloud & IT-Automation Gmbh

Tuesday June 13, 2023 13:30 - 13:55 CEST
04-Prague C

Solution provider

Subject Intermediate

13:30 CEST

Modernizing for the future. Committed to the IBM i platform

Infor has been committed to the IBM i platform for decades with solutions like Infor XA, LX, and System21. These worldclass ERP solutions have been modernized by Infor’s proprietary IBM i architecture; Infor Development Framework (IDF) Attend this session to hear more about Infor IBM i based products and technology.

Speakers

David Rapacz

Infor Product Manager - IBM i ERP, Infor

Joining Infor in 1997, Dave's extensive background and current role as a product manager enables him to help manufacturing companies transform their business and become more efficient and profitable. Dave is instrumental in helping customers modernize their proven Infor IBM i solution... Read More →

Exhibitors

Infor

Tuesday June 13, 2023 13:30 - 13:55 CEST
06-Paris

Solution provider

13:30 CEST

Optimizing Backup and Restore for Hybrid Power Cloud with StorSafe VTL

The Concept of Cloud Resident and Hybrid Cloud Backup and Restore using StorSafe/VTL for Power and PowerVS as a target for BRMS or other backup software tools.
Power backup and restore data can be replicated using the same unchanged process for both on premise and Power Cloud with minimized bandwidth and manage simplicity and compliance of the last line of defense in a disaster case. Physical tape archives can be replaced by deduped data archives on IBM Cloud COS Object Storage.
A joint demo will show how an on-premise workload backups can be synchronized with PowerVS.

Speakers

Guy Berlo

Managing Director EMEA, FalconStor Software

Guy Berlo comes from ProphetStor Data Services where he served as VP Sales & Operations startingup an new business in Central & Eastern Europe around DC Orchestration using Artificial Intelligence(AI) driven Analysis and Prediction to support DC Operation.Prior to that he worked for... Read More →

Exhibitors

Falconstor Software

FalconStor has been a leader in the data protection technology industry for two decades running. As a result, we are 100% compatible with existing backup and archive software, hardware, and processes. We are available worldwide through our resellers and managed service providers (MSPs... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 13:30 - 13:55 CEST
02-Prague A

Solution provider

Subject Intermediate

13:30 CEST

Solutions providers session

Tuesday June 13, 2023 13:30 - 13:55 CEST
11 - Madrid

Solution provider

13:30 CEST

Solutions providers session

Tuesday June 13, 2023 13:30 - 13:55 CEST
08-Cracow I

Solution provider

13:30 CEST

Unleashing the Power of Profound API: Revolutionizing IBM i Applications with Futurization. Introduction

Profound API (PAPI) is a powerful tool that can help organizations to create and manage APIs for their business applications, making it easier to integrate with external systems and expose application functionality to a wider range of users. The API dashboard included with Profound API provides a robust set of features that help users monitor, analyze, and optimize their APIs. Customizable reports and real-time analytics enable users to gain deeper insights into API performance and usage. The API dashboard can easily integrate with other alerting and notification tools to provide an automated monitoring service for the API ecosystem.
In this session you will learn

Features of Visual Designer for building APIs
Simple Data Mapping between the backend application and APIs
Value of Automatically Generated Documentation
Highlights of Built-in Security features
Integrated process to Test and confirm API functionality
Explore the Comprehensive Logging and Monitoring Tools

Speakers

Alex Roytman

CEO, Profound Logic

Alex is the founder and CEO of Profound Logic. He is a Futurization, Node.js and RPG educator who shares his knowledge at user groups and events around the world. His decades of experience and passion in the field of Web and Mobile development have led his company to create many popular... Read More →

Exhibitors

Profound Logic

Profound Logic is the only IBM i technology partner that takes you beyond modernization and into futurization, empowering you to transition into the demands of tomorrow. For more than 22 years we’ve helped IT teams embrace the future with industry-leading solutions for system transformation... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 13:30 - 13:55 CEST
10 - London

Solution provider

13:30 CEST

Viruses and Ransomware on Power systems – not on my watch!

Over 35% of all new malware is targeted at Linux. All platforms are susceptible to ransomware.
Learn about the threats that are very real, right now and the simple measures you can take to combat them on your IBMi, AIX and Linux systems running on IBM Power.
Learning objectives•

Understand the risk of ransomware on Power systems.
Know what the penalties can be.
Learn about current threats.
Learn the simple steps you can take to combat these problems.
Learn how native anti-virus software can help protect your environment.

Speakers

Mike Davison

EMEA Power Systems Support Team Lead, Fortra

Exhibitors

Fortra

The realm of cybersecurity and automation is always changing, and we’re evolving right alongside it. Say hello to Fortra, the new face of HelpSystems. We’re bringing you the same people-first support you’ve come to expect from HelpSystems, only now we’ve been Fortra-fied with... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 13:30 - 13:55 CEST
07-Budapest

Solution provider

13:55 CEST

Break

Tuesday June 13, 2023 13:55 - 14:05 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

14:05 CEST

IBM Power Systems Virtual Server An overview and update on the newest features

In this session an overview of IBM Power Systems Virtual Server will be given and the latest features will be explained. Via reference cases will be shown how customers are using IBM Power Systems Virtual Server in real life, and why IBM Power Systems Virtual Server could be interesting for you as an IBM i user also.

Speakers

Tonny Bastiaans

offering manager, IBM

Tonny Bastiaans is World Wide Product manager Power System at IBM. Started more than 20 years ago as an engineer on RS6000 systems (the predecessor of Power). He moved via several roles to his current role. With his technical background he is bridging the gap between technic and business... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, AIX, Linux, IBM i

Company IBM
Audience ISV, Business Partner
Subject Intermediate

14:05 CEST

Booked by Fresche Solutions

Tuesday June 13, 2023 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

14:05 CEST

Alan's Favorite Tips for Open Source on IBM i

Open source delivers new interfaces and functionality for your IBM i applications—and broadens the talent pool for your development team. Python, PHP, and Node.js are among the most popular open source tools on IBM i, for good reason. Combined with today’s ODBC database connectivity, API standards, and RPG/ COBOL integration, they are a powerful way to extend traditional applications to the web, mobile devices, and APIs.

Join Alan Seiden to learn his favorite tips for making your open source stack as reliable as your traditional IBM i applications. He’ll share ways to ensure smooth operation of:
1. Python, PHP, Node.js
2. ODBC
3. Apache
4. Connections to RPG and COBOL
5. And how to manage the rapid pace of updates!

Speakers

Alan Seiden

Principal, Seiden Group

Tuesday June 13, 2023 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i, Open Source

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

14:05 CEST

i Chi - The Art of System Management

In this joint presentation tips and tricks are delivered in turns to check a server is healthy, using all the goodies currently available: IBM i Access Client Solutions, CLI, the HMC and even Physical Observations.

Speakers

Rudi van Helvoirt

Technical Director, Easi Nederland

After having started as a System/38 programmer in 1986. In 1989 the switch was made to system programming and systems management.Being passionate about systems management he founded van Helvoirt Automatisering in 1993.Rudi enjoys helping IBM i customers ever since for running their... Read More →

steve bradshaw

Technical Director, Rowton IT

Tuesday June 13, 2023 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Systems management

Subject Beginner

14:05 CEST

Deploying and running an RPG application on OpenShift? IT COULD WORK!

Experience how you can run your RPGLE code in a modern, scalable, cloud-native system. Find out how to preserve the value of your know-how beyond today's classic systems.
In this session, we'll see how it is possible to create a polyglot, modern, web, mobile, api-based, cloud-native application, running on POWER with OpenShift, using java, kotlin, javascript, python, and… RPGLE!

Speakers

Mauro Sanfilippo

CTO @smeup | GM @smeupLAB | IBM Champion, smeup

CTO @smeup | GM @smeupLAB | IBM Champion | Fractional CTO | Startup Mentor | CTO @s2capital CVCI'm CTO for smeup, an important Italian ISV, building enterprise software.Throughout my whole life, I’ve been having a lot of fun with every single piece of the software development: from... Read More →

Tuesday June 13, 2023 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, Modernization

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

14:05 CEST

Group By, Having and multi-dimensional Grouping

An SQL SELECT can be much more than a simple SELECT * FROM query. Among others it includes with the GROUP BY clause a powerful data aggregation capability. A bunch of aggregate functions allows to count or summarize rows, to calculate the average over multiple rows, to determine the minimum and maximum row value. The GROUP BY clause may be widely known and used, but the HAVING clause which goes hand in hand with the GROUP BY is often a mystery. There may be other secrets waiting for being revealed … or did you know you can create all kinds of sub-totals and grand-total with an SQL GROUP BY?

Learning Objectives:
In this session you’ll learn the basic use of the GROUP BY and HAVING clauses as well as the use of multiple aggregate functions. You’ll also discover how NULL values can affect the result returned by aggregate functions. It will be demonstrated how easily all kinds of sub-totals and grand-totals can be built. You’ll also learn how to use the CASE clause for building pivot tables.

Speakers

Birgitta Hauser

Database and Software Architect, IBM Champion, Independent Consultant

Tuesday June 13, 2023 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i App Dev, Db2/SQL

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

14:05 CEST

World of Node.js on IBM i

One of the hottest new technologies on the IBM i platform is support for Node.js. In this session, Scott introduces the basics of the Node.js environment and why you may want to consider giving it a try, then focuses on the biggest value of Node.js -- the ecosystem of free tools (or the "world of Node.js" as Scott calls it) and how these can easily be put together to build powerful applications.

Speakers

Scott Klement

Development & Solutions Architect, Midrange Dynamics

Tuesday June 13, 2023 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, IBM i, Open Source

Audience ISV, New to the platform
Subject Intermediate

14:05 CEST

The latest trend of IBM i in Japan

Japan has been one of the country which has a lot of IBM i users for 30 years. And there are still new IBM i users in Japan every year. Many IBM i users will continue to use IBM i to support their core business

The use of IBM i has evolved over a long period of time, and in the past two years, a new trend of the cloud era has come to the IBM i world at once. In particular, REST-API and Power Virtual Server are two epoch-making technologies, and advanced client references are increasing.

We left IBM after 10 years of working for IBM, which created the opportunity for us to become IBM i fans, and joined OmniScience to launch a service that combines cloud computing and IBM i. Through our experiences at IBM and OmniScience, we would like to introduce the trend of IBM i in Japan in the cloud era and some customer case studies.

Speakers

Kohei Shimono

COO, OmniScience Co., Ltd.

Tuesday June 13, 2023 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development, Trends

Subject Beginner

14:05 CEST

Power Processors and IBM i: A Brief History of the Past 20 Years

Bill Starke, the Chief Architect of the Power10 processor, gives his perspective on the technologies, architectures, and business conditions underpinning the past several generations of Power processors and systems.

Speakers

Bill Starke

Power Processor Chief Architect, IBM

Tuesday June 13, 2023 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, Power, IBM i

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Beginner

15:05 CEST

Coffee in expo

Tuesday June 13, 2023 15:05 - 15:30 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

15:30 CEST

Time to automate with Ansible

We are finding more and more that clients are spending a lot of precious administrative time performing boilerplate tasks, using manual processes. Updating, patching, compliance checks, provisioning new partitions, ensuring that the correct security updates are in place. These repetitive, mundane tasks are taking time away from more valuable business activities. Companies are thirsting for automation!

Speakers

Nicolae Chirea

System Architect, Saytel Informatica SL

IBM i and DB2 for i expert HA solutions for IBM i Automation for Power system - Ansible is the key IBM storage and Brocade SAN expert

Ole Kristian Myklebust

Technical Consultant in IBM Expert Labs, Northern Europe, IBM

Tuesday June 13, 2023 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, AIX, Linux, IBM i

Company IBM
Subject Beginner

15:30 CEST

Booked by Infor

Tuesday June 13, 2023 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

15:30 CEST

Extra track

Tuesday June 13, 2023 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
11 - Madrid

Extra session

15:30 CEST

Geospatial on IBM i - “Why Where Matters”

Learn what potential the new geospatial functions have and how to use them. See what new things could be asked for in the future to even enhance this potential further. Geospatial matters. Find out why "WHERE" matters a lot !

Speakers

Koen Decorte

Owner and CEO, IBM Champion, CD-Invest

Tuesday June 13, 2023 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i App Dev, Modernization

Company IBM
Subject Beginner

15:30 CEST

Migrating your ILE RPG/COBOL/etc sources to git

It’s time to move to git. One of the first and hardest processes is moving your sources to a git repository as well as choosing where to host your code. This will cover the available methods to achieve that as well as creating the git repository in one of the many repository hosts.

Speakers

Liam Allan

Software Advocate, IBM

I am a developer and open-source advocate. Ask me about Node.js, VS Code, app deployment and CICD :)

Tuesday June 13, 2023 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, Modernization

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

15:30 CEST

Options for Consuming REST APIs from RPG

There are three free and popular ways to call REST APIs from an RPG program. In this session, Scott explains the basics of how to call a REST API, and compares the three most popular free tools for RPG programmers, HTTPAPI, SQL and AXIS C. Scott provides full examples of each as well as examples of SQL and DATA-INTO/DATA-GEN for reading and writing XML and JSON documents.

Speakers

Scott Klement

Development & Solutions Architect, Midrange Dynamics

Tuesday June 13, 2023 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i App Dev, RPG

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

15:30 CEST

The Power of SQL-PL

SQL is used on every platform. Everybody knows SQL. But how can you get the most out of the data centric language behind? The SQL-PL language is extremely powerful and can be accessed from almost any platform and integrated in all IBM i languages: RPG, Node.js, Python. This is why SQL-PL these years are used more and more as the preferred universal language in IT transformation projects. In this session we will cover the basics from simple functions and procedures and move forward with advanced features like table functions (UDTF) that produces and consumes JSON and using the build in API’s on IBM i – the SQL services.

Speakers

Niels Liisberg

Chief Software Architect, Partner & IBM Champion, System & Method

Tuesday June 13, 2023 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i App Dev, Db2/SQL

Subject Intermediate

15:30 CEST

AIX 7.3 from zero. Hints and tips for new system administrators

e install AIX 7.3 and talk about the first steps after a fresh AIX deployment. Everything you need to make your life as a new AIX administrator easier.

Speakers

Hugo Blanco

IT Architect, Sixe Engineering

IBM Champion - ES/EN/FRI work in my own company, Sixe Engineering. We design, sell and deploy complex solutions for mission-critical workloads on IBM Power Systems.

Tuesday June 13, 2023 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, AIX

Audience New to the platform
Subject Beginner

15:30 CEST

Application Transformation: turn your IBM i application into a multi-platform application for IBM i / Linux / Windows

A case study in depth: from a huge Cobol IBM i system to a multi-platform system (IBM i- Linux - MSSQL – Oracle)
We would like to talk about the benefit and the high level solutions to run software systems both on IBM I and open environments (Linux, AIX, Windows, etc.) with other DBMS than DB2.
In particular we would like to talk about how most important components of an IBM i system are managed to become “portable”:
• Business Logic: Code and Language conversion, System Commands support, System APIs support, Communication between languages
• Database: Native I/O and SQL Access, SQL and different dialects, EBCDIC and ASCII conversion, data migration
• Presentation: Video and report management

Speakers

Roberto de Pedrini

Innovation Manager, iVolution Srl - Faq400

Innovation Manager at iVolution - ItalyFaq400 President Common Europe Technical Director

Tuesday June 13, 2023 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development, Modernization

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

15:30 CEST

IBM Power - the Systems: Server Overview

Introductions and explanation of the Server Portfolio with a focus on Scale-Out Systems.
Specifications, comparison, usecases and customer experience

Speakers

Peter Dussmann

IBM Power Enterprise Systems Sales Leader EMEA, IBM

Tuesday June 13, 2023 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage

Subject Beginner

16:30 CEST

Break

Tuesday June 13, 2023 16:30 - 16:40 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

16:40 CEST

OpenShift on Power

One of OpenShift's most significant capabilities is its ability to run on very different setups and architectures, allowing a high degree of flexibility in deploying the applications on the best-fit architecture at any given moment.
The Power architecture can guarantee impressively scalability for the applications running on it.
By running OpenShift on the Mainframe, you can have the best of both worlds, thanks to the flexibility of OpenShift, and the scalability of Power.

I've helped multiple customers to see those benefits and understand how and when it is convenient for them to leverage this architecture for their workloads.
In the talk, we will see the advantages of this architecture and how it can be leveraged to obtain the maximum value.

Speakers

Fabio Alessandro Locati

EMEA Associate Principal Solution Architect, Red Hat

Fabio Alessandro Locati - commonly known as Fale - is an EMEA Associate Principal Solution Architect at Red Hat, public speaker, author, and Open Source contributor. His main areas of expertise are Linux, containers (ie: Kubernetes), automation (ie: Ansible), security, cloud (mainly... Read More →

Geoffrey Pascal

Technology Engineer, IBM

Tuesday June 13, 2023 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, Linux

Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

16:40 CEST

Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews

Tuesday June 13, 2023 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

16:40 CEST

IBM Power Systems Solutions for HA/DR

IBM continues to enhance and expand the solution portfolio for High Availability and Disaster Recovery. PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX and i, VM Recovery Manager, Full System Replication and now Global Replication Services for the IBM Cloud. In this session we will go over the basics and then update on the latest enhancements as well look into the future roadmap.

Speakers

Steven Finnes

Product Manager, IBM

Steve has spent several years in IBM with positions spanning basic research to product development, product offering and marketing. He is the product offering manager for IBM Power Systems with responsibility for PowerHA for AIX, PowerHA for IBM i and the CBU.

Tuesday June 13, 2023 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, HA/DR

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Intermediate

16:40 CEST

Oversight of OS and Power Upgrading (replacing OS and Power System Upgrade Testing)

Upgrading an OS or Power system infrastructure can be daunting when approached. This
session will review how to analyze needs, manage risk, assign testing tasks, track, and report.

Speakers

Yvonne Enselman

Senior Project Manager, iTech Solutions a Service Express Company

Tuesday June 13, 2023 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i, Systems management

Subject Intermediate

16:40 CEST

Tame the IFS with SQL Services

Speakers

Scott Forstie

Db2 for i Architect, IBM

Tuesday June 13, 2023 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i, Systems management

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

16:40 CEST

The Business and Science of ILE Service Programs

Service programs have been around for some time. In fact, quite some time. Perhaps you’ve even bumped into one in your professional travels. You will certainly find them on the road to application modernization. This session focuses on what they are, how to implement them and making them a regularly used asset during your application development. Topics include service programs, program signatures and using binder language source.

Speakers

Charles Guarino

CEO & IBM Champion, Central Park Data Systems

Tuesday June 13, 2023 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, RPG

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

16:40 CEST

Get to know IBM PowerVC

Are you interested implementing a private cloud for your Power servers and associated storage?
Are your users requesting self-service provisioning of compute and storage resources for their projects?
Are you using advanced virtualization with PowerVM, but want to align your provisioning policies with industry best practices and latest techniques?

Speakers

Ole Kristian Myklebust

Technical Consultant in IBM Expert Labs, Northern Europe, IBM

Tuesday June 13, 2023 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, Power

Company IBM
Audience New to the platform
Subject Beginner

16:40 CEST

Time for change?

Many things have changed since June 1988: music, clothes, the way we have relationships with others…
but... did you change the way you use IBM i? Should IBM push you to do it? The platform Paradigma has been always to be able to run "old code" but this comes with a price:
"technical debt". The platform is as modern or old as the way we use it. Should IBM change this paradigma and start deprecating old features?
I even asked chatGPT about it! Can we make IBM i a valid and simpler alternative to the complex Kubernetes?

Speakers

Juan Manuel Alcudia

President, Common Europe

Tuesday June 13, 2023 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development

Subject Beginner

16:40 CEST

Power Privat Cloud (Pools 2.0) - What ? Why ? How ?

Introduction of „PPC“ and why it is a good thing for (almost) everybody.
Usecases, client examples, pitfalls and tips

Speakers

Peter Dussmann

IBM Power Enterprise Systems Sales Leader EMEA, IBM

Tuesday June 13, 2023 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
11 - Madrid

Power Hardware/Storage

Subject Beginner

16:40 CEST

The road for System Management modernization continues

With every new release of IBM i and every new Technology system management task can be done different, better, faster and more efficient. Why keep doing the things you do in the same way as you did one, two, five or even 10 years ago. System Management modernization start with changing the way you do thing.

Speakers

Rudi van Helvoirt

Technical Director, Easi Nederland

Tuesday June 13, 2023 16:40 - 17:40 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, IBM i

Audience Business Partner
Subject Beginner

17:30 CEST

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

Tuesday June 13, 2023 17:30 - 19:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

19:00 CEST

Transition to Prague Municipal House (Public transportation)

It is easy to get to Municipal house. Reach out if you need help with special transportation

Tuesday June 13, 2023 19:00 - 19:30 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

19:30 CEST

Congress Dinner at Prague Muncipal House

Food, drinks, piano concert with

Tuesday June 13, 2023 19:30 - 23:59 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

07:30 CEST

Welcome Coffee

Wednesday June 14, 2023 07:30 - 08:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

08:00 CEST

Linux on IBM Power10

Let's talk about how you can run Linux workloads on IBM Power10, which Linux distributions are available, and their pro et contra. You will learn how to deploy them and the steps to take to run your workloads smoothly.

Speakers

Hugo Blanco

IT Architect, Sixe Engineering

IBM Champion - ES/EN/FRI work in my own company, Sixe Engineering. We design, sell and deploy complex solutions for mission-critical workloads on IBM Power Systems.

Wednesday June 14, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, Linux

08:00 CEST

Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews

Wednesday June 14, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

08:00 CEST

Extra track

Wednesday June 14, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
11 - Madrid

Extra session

08:00 CEST

IBM i Tales: Stories of Real-Life Client Innovation

Another year, even more innovation on the IBM i and Power platform. IBM i clients are continuing to create new applications and use cases, taking advantage of new technologies like AI, IoT, cloud and more. Join this session with Brandon Pederson, IBM i and Power Product Marketing Manager, to hear the latest client success stories of IBM i from the past year. You'll leave with new ideas and inspired to innovate on the platform within your own business.

Wednesday June 14, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
09-Cracow II

IBM i, Modernization

Company IBM
Subject Beginner

08:00 CEST

Managing IBM i PTF's

In this session we will discuss:

What are PTFs?
Why do I need them?
How do I get them?
Which ones do I need?

In this session we will describe PTFs, Cumultative PTFs, and other PTF Groups. We'll discuss how to find out what you have, how to get them, and how to put them in place. We'll help you determine what PTF strategy is the one for you and your system.
Learning Objectives:

What PTFs, and PTF Groups are and why you need them.

How to get PTFs and load them onto your System i.

The use of Virtual Image Catalogs and Virtual DVD drives to save time and problems in the PTF process.

How to determine which PTFs you need for your system.

Speakers

Larry Bolhuis

Cloud and Datacenter Engineer, IBM Champion, Service Express Inc.

Wednesday June 14, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i, Systems management

Subject Intermediate

08:00 CEST

Navigator for i

There is more to the Navigator for i. In this session some of the things not so obvious are shown.

Speakers

Rudi van Helvoirt

Technical Director, Easi Nederland

Wednesday June 14, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Systems management

Subject Intermediate

08:00 CEST

AI, Futurization, and Digital Transformation in IBM i Software Development

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to expand in its capabilities, businesses are finding new ways to leverage these technologies for better efficiency and productivity. This session will explore how the recent explosion of AI, including tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, should motivate businesses operating in the IBM i market to pursue digital transformation and futurization. Specifically, we will focus on the ways in which businesses can harness these new technologies to improve their software development capabilities.

Speakers

Alex Roytman

CEO, Profound Logic

Wednesday June 14, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, Modernization

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

08:00 CEST

Query Supervisor to the rescue

Speakers

Scott Forstie

Db2 for i Architect, IBM

Wednesday June 14, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i App Dev, Db2/SQL

Company IBM

08:00 CEST

How to manage NVMe

Speakers

Douglas Gibbs

Product Manager, IBM

Wednesday June 14, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
08-Cracow I

Power Hardware/Storage, IBM i, Storage

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Beginner

08:00 CEST

How to react to a cyberattack with FlashSystem Safeguardedcopy

How to implement a Cyber resilient scenario to answer quickly in case of Ransomware style attack.
in this session you will se how Safeguarded copy can help you to restore in minutes a production content after an encryption. with Qradar suite and schedulers as CDM and CSM.
the session will end with a Demo

Speakers

Guillaume Legmar

IT Specialist Storage, IBM

Wednesday June 14, 2023 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, Storage, Security

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Intermediate

09:00 CEST

Coffee break

Wednesday June 14, 2023 09:00 - 09:20 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

09:20 CEST

IBM Keynote

Speakers

Thomas Harrer

IBM Distinguished Engineer, CTO Server & Storage EMEA, IBM

Wednesday June 14, 2023 09:20 - 09:50 CEST
02-Prague A

All hands, Keynote

Company IBM
Audience ISV, Business Partner

09:50 CEST

Ask the experts

Speakers

steve bradshaw

Technical Director, Rowton IT

Wednesday June 14, 2023 09:50 - 10:30 CEST
02-Prague A

All hands

Subject Beginner

10:30 CEST

Coffee break

Wednesday June 14, 2023 10:30 - 10:50 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

10:50 CEST

Top tips for securing Linux on IBM Power

All systems can be vulnerable to attack or hack, both internally and externally.

Come and get some top tips on what you should be considering to increase your Linux system security on IBM Power.

Speakers

Mike Davison

EMEA Power Systems Support Team Lead, Fortra

Wednesday June 14, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, Linux

Subject Beginner

10:50 CEST

Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews

Wednesday June 14, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

10:50 CEST

Extra track

Wednesday June 14, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
11 - Madrid

Extra session

10:50 CEST

IBM i @ 35: Innovation + Integration

It’s time to celebrate! IBM i is celebrating its 35th anniversary, and in this session, Alison Butterill (IBM i Product Manager) and Steve Will (IBM i CTO & Chief Architect) will look back at what IBM i has meant to them in their careers. Throughout the changes in technology and society at large, the way businesses use servers and software, IBM i has been able to adjust, evolve and continue to provide excellent value. Through the years, Alison and Steve have worked with clients who have experienced these changes, and have been on the inside of creating IBM i as it evolved. They’ll share stories from that journey and predictions for the next 35 years! Come and celebrate with them.

Speakers

Steve Will

IBM i CTO & Chief Architect, IBM

Alison Butterill

WW Product Manager for IBM i, IBM

Wednesday June 14, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i

Company IBM
Audience ISV
Subject Beginner

10:50 CEST

Java performance considerations for IBM i admins

This presentation will give you a base information about Java on IBM i. How does it work and what you should be aware of. What command can you use and what to look for. What settings should you for sure change by day one :o) This presentation is not about programming Java, but focusing about the IBM i environment and how to help your Java applications.

Speakers

Morten Buur Rasmussen

Power Performance Specialist, IBM

Wednesday June 14, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Performance

Company IBM
Subject Intermediate

10:50 CEST

Rpgle as a service

See the lifecycle for how traditional ILE programs can be exposed as consumable APIs with the use of SQL and open-source technologies. We’ll go from slides with modern and legacy program examples to doing a demo showing how to utilise those programs.

Speakers

Liam Allan

Software Advocate, IBM

I am a developer and open-source advocate. Ask me about Node.js, VS Code, app deployment and CICD :)

Wednesday June 14, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i App Dev, RPG

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

10:50 CEST

Top 10 IBM i Security Features You May be Missing and the Top 5 Settings to Avoid!

IBM has provided many IBM i Security features throughout the years. During this session, Carol will discuss her top ten favorite features that will help you manage security on your system – some are recent announcements (IBM i 7.5 and Technology Refreshes), and some are features that you may have forgotten about! And throughout, Carol will also discuss the top five IBM i settings that should be avoided … but still sees implemented!

Speakers

Carol Woodbury

President, CTO, Co-Founder, DXR Security

Wednesday June 14, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, Security

Subject Beginner

10:50 CEST

Manage Power machines with Ansible

Ansible is a mighty Configuration Management System that can help you to automate all IT processes.
This capability is foundational for the success of Ansible, since automating all processes, end-to-end, with the same tools is the key to highly efficient and effective automation.
One of the less-known capabilities of Ansible is its ability to manage Power systems.

In this talk, we will discuss how to use Ansible to automate Power systems with real-life examples to help you kick-start the automation of such systems today.

Speakers

Fabio Alessandro Locati

EMEA Associate Principal Solution Architect, Red Hat

Wednesday June 14, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, Open Source

Audience New to the platform

10:50 CEST

Beginner’s Guide to the Latest Technology

Curious about what is the latest in technology?
Are you tired of being the “deer in the headlights” when others talk tech?
As technologists, it is incumbent upon us to be able to speak to what is new.
This session will highlight key technologies to give you some basic awareness.

Speakers

Charles Guarino

CEO & IBM Champion, Central Park Data Systems

Wednesday June 14, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development

Subject Beginner

10:50 CEST

Power10 will save you money and lower your carbon footprint

Steve shares some of his own benchmarks to see just how much better these IBM Power10 servers really are in the real world when compared to their Power8 & Power9 predecessors.

He will then talk about how Power10 servers can often pay for themselves in 2 to 3 years based on the savings in software and maintenance costs.

Finally he discusses how Power10 servers can reduce your carbon footprint, using less space and less energy, which given the current increase in electrical costs can deliver additional financial savings.
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Speakers

steve bradshaw

Technical Director, Rowton IT

Wednesday June 14, 2023 10:50 - 11:50 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, Power, Sustainability

Audience Business Partner

11:50 CEST

Coffee in expo

Wednesday June 14, 2023 11:50 - 12:00 CEST
01-Exhibit area

Break

12:00 CEST

Top 10 tips for securing AIX

Learn the necessary steps you need to take to ensure your AIX systems are cyber secure.
We'll look at Services, network interfaces, securing your 'front door', what to do with user accounts, passwords and auditing.

Speakers

Mike Davison

EMEA Power Systems Support Team Lead, Fortra

Wednesday June 14, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
07-Budapest

AIX/Linux, AIX

Subject intermediate

12:00 CEST

Why should you use IBM AIX for your next agile project?

I've heard IBM AIX is dead. But those who are declared to be dead live longer. What are good reasons to start a new project on IBM AIX? How IBM AIX can help to make your development agile.

Speakers

Andrey Klyachkin

Managing Director, eNFence

Wednesday June 14, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
11 - Madrid

AIX/Linux, AIX

Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

Bookable for Sponsors, the incredible i show and TechChannel Interviews

Wednesday June 14, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
10 - London

Bookable

12:00 CEST

Common Misconceptions in the IBM i Performance Area

IBM i performance considerations and misconceptions in some important areas. An interesting talk about CPU utilization. We will cover some disk I/O scenarios with differences on synchronous and asynchronous I/O's. We will have a look at disk page faults or not. We will look at differences on SQL access of the DB and native access of the DB. The presentation also includes a simple practical example showing some job characteristics and statistic.

Speakers

Morten Buur Rasmussen

Power Performance Specialist, IBM

Wednesday June 14, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
05-Prague D

IBM i, Performance

Company IBM
Subject Intermediate

12:00 CEST

IBM i Security cocktail, with an SQL chaser (Replacing Data Security on IBM i)

Be prepared to hear ideas and concepts that will make your head spin as Scott Forstie and Carol Woodbury shake up the world of IBM i Security, mixing the dull foundational concepts of IBM i Security with the vibrant and rich features of SQL. Before you know it, you’ll be sipping on the refreshing features of SQL and pouring out your current processes that have reached their ‘consume by’ date. A note of caution, however. You may leave a bit shaken (but not stirred.)

Learning objectives:
1. Foundational knowledge of IBM i security
2. Why and how SQL is useful to the Security Officer and beyond
3. Have an idea of where to start and how

Speakers

Scott Forstie

Db2 for i Architect, IBM

Carol Woodbury

President, CTO, Co-Founder, DXR Security

Wednesday June 14, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
03-Prague B

IBM i, Security

Company IBM
Subject Intermediate

12:00 CEST

API Examples Using RPG, Node.js, PHP and Python

APIs help keep IBM i a critical part of IT when we learn how to connect to other systems flexibly and securely. Because IBM i API options abound, you can use your favorite languages and tools. This talk shows many ways to send and receive data safely, using IBM i business logic, with code examples using various free tools and languages, including RPG, PHP, Python, and Node.js.

Speakers

Alan Seiden

Principal, Seiden Group

Wednesday June 14, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
02-Prague A

IBM i App Dev, Open Source

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

12:00 CEST

Handling JSON with DATA-INTO and DATA-GEN in ILE RPG

JSON is the world's most popular format for exchanging data between applications, and is a key technology in REST APIs. Do you know that it is easy to work with JSON documents in modern RPG? In this session, Scott explains how to use the DATA-INTO and DATA-GEN opcodes to read and write JSON documents, and goes over the different options they provide to help you get started.

Speakers

Scott Klement

Development & Solutions Architect, Midrange Dynamics

Wednesday June 14, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
04-Prague C

IBM i App Dev, RPG

Audience ISV
Subject Intermediate

12:00 CEST

Free RPG - a modern all purpose programming language

RPG is easier than ever. New codes to type specifications totally free. Write your code anywhere in the editor. Use indentation to make your code clearer. Take advantage of the latest built-in functions and the latest operation codes. Coding was never so easy and fun! And don’t forget RDi, the eclipse based graphical user interface to write your code.

Speakers

Antonio Salcedo

Professor, IBM i teacher, IBM Champion, Common Iberia

I'm a fan of programming in general and ILE RPG in particular. I love movies, going to the theater, reading and listening to (hard) rock music.

Wednesday June 14, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
08-Cracow I

NextGen, IBM i, RPG

Audience New to the platform
Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

Developing Your Voice for Effective Public Speaking (part 2)

An in-depth practical session to develop and build vocal delivery and confidence for public speaking. Following the content from part 1, this session allows you to practice the exercises and techniques using speeches and texts in a group environment and receive feedback on your 'performance'.

Speakers

Jonathon Sawdon

Executive Secretary, Common Europe

Wednesday June 14, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
09-Cracow II

Personal Development, Speaking

Subject Beginner

12:00 CEST

The Powerful Engine under the hood of your Power10 Server

Bill Starke, the Chief Architect of the Power10 processor, will talk about Power10’s key features and capabilities and how they provide value for the IBM i platform.

Speakers

Bill Starke

Power Processor Chief Architect, IBM

Wednesday June 14, 2023 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
06-Paris

Power Hardware/Storage, Power

Company IBM
Audience Business Partner
Subject Beginner

13:10 CEST

Closing ceremoni

Wednesday June 14, 2023 13:10 - 14:00 CEST
02-Prague A

Break