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Risk Assessment: We’re Only Human
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Journey into Mainframes & Cybersecurity
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Conference Opening
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Modernization. Without Disruption.
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CYBER RESILIENCE: AN ORGANIZATION'S DNA
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Why AI for business
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Mainframe Strong: Dancing into the Future
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Lunch & Learn - Surely you Joust! Join the Enterprise Knights' Tourney!
Lunch & Learn - Surely you Joust! Join the Enterprise Knights' Tourney!
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New Mainframers Talk Candidly (continued)
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Lunch & Learn - Discover, Detect, Protect: Vertali zTrust for Networks
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New Technologies |
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Storage Management |
Systems Management |
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102 New'ish to Mainframe Christopher Knowles |
AppDev Application Development Stuart Ashby |
CICS Transaction Processing Rob Stroud |
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Security Securing Mainframes Jamie Pease |
Storage Management Disks, Tapes, Geoff Eggleston |
Systems Management Tools for managing systems Anna Dawson |
zP&C zSystems Performance & Capacity Management Aileen Wynne |
Systems Management Tools for managing systems Anna Dawson |
Registration10:00 - 12:00 | ||||||||||
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Mainframe Marvel: Embark on a Z/OS Captu... Dr. Herbert Daly
Henri Kuiper
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
Modernising your Mainframe with Open Sou... Keith Banham
Michael McKay
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
What instability in Europe can mean for... Jamie Pease
David Lea
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease |
Dell Cyber Vaults and Implementation Geoff Eggleston
Robin Fromm
Vale
Storage
Geoff Eggleston |
RMF for z/OS 3.1: The Latest and Greates... Anna Dawson
Gediminas Klegeris
Catalunya
Systems Management
Anna Dawson ![]() |
No Session
12:00 -
12:30
TBC
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby
zP&C Opening Session
12:30 -
13:00
Martin Packer |
Green Screen Modernization: Not just ano... Matt C Roseblade
Giovanni Palumbo
Avinash Sable
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade |
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15 Minute Break13:00 - 13:15 | ||||||||||
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Using SQL Data Insights to spot unusual... Lewis James
Dhrubajyoti Maiti
Becketts
102
Lewis James ![]() |
z/OS Connect: Expose your CICS applicati... Rob Stroud
Andrew Smithson
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
Mainframe is love, Mainframe is life: St... Dr. Herbert Daly
Lukas Jaks
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
How the mainframe serves data in the dig... Keith Banham
Graham Sturrock
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Mainframe Virtual Tape and Ransomware Pr... Jamie Pease
Tim Reading
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() |
Accessing Real Time detailed dataset inf... Geoff Eggleston
Carlos Guardia Rivas
Vale
Storage
Geoff Eggleston |
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So You Don’t Think You’re An Architect? Nathan Appleby
Martin Packer
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
IBM Fault Analyzer – Fixing z/OS Applica... Matt C Roseblade
Avinash Sable
Peter Vandyke
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade ![]() |
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Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes14:15 - 14:45 | ||||||||||
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VS Code Lab: developing COBOL apps with... Stuart Ashby
Ekaterina Tumanova
Oleksandr Goncharenko
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() ![]() |
CICS interfaces - customer experience Rob Stroud
Rob Stroud
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
Maximizing Impact in Engineering World Joris Mertens
Gintare Kvaukaite
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
Container Technology for z/OS Native App... Keith Banham
Daniel Raisch
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
A (non-mainframe) developer’s view of Ma... Jamie Pease
Martin Thorpe
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() |
Hitachi VSP5000 for Mainframe - Update o... Ciara O'Connor
Simon Dorn
Alain BEAUREGARD
Vale
Storage
Ciara O'Connor ![]() |
Achieving Greater IT Resiliency Anna Dawson
Michael Kiehl
Catalunya
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Stormy Monday: Reactive and Preventive C... Nathan Appleby
Dan Ruehl
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
HATS Application Modernization – How to... Matt C Roseblade
Avinash Sable
Giovanni Palumbo
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade |
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VS Code Lab: developing COBOL apps with... Stuart Ashby
Ekaterina Tumanova
Oleksandr Goncharenko
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() ![]() |
Presentation Development Tips for In-hou... Joris Mertens
Glenn Anderson
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
Zero Trust in People and Machines – It’s... Keith Banham
Mike Fitzgerald
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Using CICS Security Discovery to impleme... Jamie Pease
Lewis James
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() |
What’s New in Dell Technologies PowerMax... Ciara O'Connor
Brett Quinn
Vale
Storage
Ciara O'Connor |
JCL Variables in IzWS Introducing EQQJVX... Anna Dawson
Anna Dawson
Catalunya
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Should There Be a Sub-capacity Processor... Nathan Appleby
Frank Kyne
Todd Havekost
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
"Revolutionizing Mainframe Integration:... Matt C Roseblade
Avinash Sable
Giovanni Palumbo
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade |
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Keynote: Risk Assessment: We’re Only Human
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Large Systems |
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Storage Management |
Systems Management |
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Systems Management |
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101 New to Mainframe Atul Bhovan |
102 New'ish to Mainframe Christopher Knowles |
AI Artificial Intelligence Alzares Stephens |
AppDev Application Development Stuart Ashby |
CICS Transaction Processing Rob Stroud |
Db2 Relational Database Marcus Davage |
IMS & WIT Trx & Db System Dominic Jackson |
Large Systems z/OS, z/VM, Linux on z Rui Feio |
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
MQ Messaging Raminta Raguckaite |
Networks Communications Niall Buchanan |
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Security Securing Mainframes Jamie Pease |
Storage Management Disks, Tapes, Geoff Eggleston |
Systems Management Tools for managing systems Anna Dawson |
zP&C zSystems Performance & Capacity Management Aileen Wynne |
Systems Management Tools for managing systems Anna Dawson |
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Keynote: Conference Opening
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Keynote: Modernization. Without Disruption.
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Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes10:15 - 10:45 | |||||||||||||||||
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AI AI AI what has Turing started? Alzares Stephens
Henri Kuiper
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Automated setup of z/OS development and... Stuart Ashby
Robbie Avill
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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From Techie to Manager: The Impact of CA... Aileen Wynne
Gabija Juodzbalyte
Wellington B
Women in IT
Aileen Wynne |
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Growing new generation of Mainframers: A... Joris Mertens
Germanas Samrickis
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
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"Can you see me? " - asked the applicati... Keith Banham
Angelika Heinrich
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
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DFSMSrmm: Keeping Pace With Today’s Busi... Geoff Eggleston
Louis Hanna
Vale
Storage
Geoff Eggleston |
Batch Processing, Your Forgotten Child! Anna Dawson
Butch Rambish
Chris Taylor
Catalunya
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Introduction to OpenShift Performance Nathan Appleby
Barton Robinson
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() ![]() |
Time for a check-up? Boost your operatio... Matt C Roseblade
Chris Walker
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade |
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15 Minute Break11:45 - 12:00 | |||||||||||||||||
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12:00 -
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The Enemy Within: Insider Threats Christopher Knowles
John Crossno
Jeff Cherrington
Monza
102
Christopher Knowles |
AI for Business with Trust and Transpare... Alzares Stephens
Elpida Tzortzatos
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Legal & General – PopUp Mainframe drivin... Stuart Ashby
Bharghava Vamsi Bhogireddy
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
Ansible and z/OS Cloud Broker in action... Rob Stroud
Andrew Twydell
Andrew Hughes
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
Db2 and Zowe. Everything, everywhere at... Marcus Davage
Joe Winchester
Nurburgring
DB2
Marcus Davage ![]()
Topics include:
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Panel Discussion: Who unwraps the sandwi... Aileen Wynne
Resli Costabell
Ciara O'Connor
Gabija Juodzbalyte
Michelle Harris
Wendy Wilson
Wellington B
Women in IT
Aileen Wynne |
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IBM Skills program how to attract and re... Joris Mertens
Joris Mertens
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
Authenticating connections to your queue... Raminta Raguckaite
Gwydion Tudur
Chapel
MQ
Raminta Raguckaite ![]() |
Cloud based Mainframe Application Develo... Keith Banham
Dana Boudreau
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Credential Fatigue? There may be a reme... Jamie Pease
John Pinkowski
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() |
Large scale DASD migration for new or se... Chris Harvey
John Hogan
Vale
Storage
Chris Harvey |
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Feeding Db2 with SMF data
12:00 -
12:30
Matteo Bottazzi ![]() ![]()
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby
Machine Learning algorithms to highlight...
12:30 -
13:00
Matteo Bottazzi ![]() ![]() |
Matt C Roseblade
Tyrone Dalais
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade |
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Lunch13:00 - 14:00 | |||||||||||||||||
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New Mainframers Talk Candidly (continued)
Earl Dixon
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Lunch & Learn - Surely you Joust! Join the Enterprise Knights' Tourney!
Michael Zagorski
Bryan Childs
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An introduction to z/OS
14:00 -
14:30
Stephen Warren
Suzuka
101
Atul Bhovan & Niall Ashley
Cyber Resilience Basics
14:30 -
15:00
Mark Wilson |
The Finer Things Club: Some lesser known... Christopher Knowles
Marna Walle
Monza
102
Christopher Knowles ![]() |
Exploring the Capabilities and Limitatio... Alzares Stephens
Jason Fournier
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
AppDev Modernization: Where do I Start? Stuart Ashby
Vaughn Marshall
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
What's new in the foundation of CICS TS... Rob Stroud
Jenny He
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
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Modernizing a legacy development environ... Rui Feio
Michael Willett
Indianapolis
LSWG
Rui Feio |
Mainframe Curiculum on HOGENT. How this... Joris Mertens
Leendert Blondeel
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
Gaining Insights from Exploring MQ Stati... Raminta Raguckaite
Todd Havekost
Chapel
MQ
Raminta Raguckaite ![]() |
Introduction to TLS(SSL) and AT-TLS Niall Buchanan
Colin Paice
Stowe
NMWG
Niall Buchanan ![]() |
Keith Banham
Neale Ferguson
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Early warning of cyber attacks. Ways to... Jamie Pease
Al Saurette
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() |
Backup and Recovery Considerations for M... Ciara O'Connor
Tim Ceradsky
Vale
Storage
Ciara O'Connor |
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Sharing Performance and Capacity issue Nathan Appleby
Jan Tielemans
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
5 Reasons Observability of your Mainfram... Matt C Roseblade
Ian Hartley
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade |
15 Minute Break15:00 - 15:15 | |||||||||||||||||
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16:15
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How to Create a New Mainframer in 3 Step...
15:15 -
15:45
Angelo Barone
Suzuka
101
Atul Bhovan & Niall Ashley
Introduction to z/OS Networking
15:45 -
16:15
Tony Amies |
Rexx Language Coding Techniques - Part 1... Christopher Knowles
Tracy Dean
Monza
102
Christopher Knowles ![]() |
Application modernization is in the hear... Henri Kuiper
Anna Shugol
Wellington A
AI
Henri Kuiper |
Accessing Cloud Object Storage from z/OS... Stuart Ashby
Andrew Wilt
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
How to make the most of your Mainframe m... Rob Stroud
Andrew Smithson
Demelza Farrer
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
Db2 12 and 13 SQL and SQL PL Enhancement... Marcus Davage
Chris Crone
Nurburgring
DB2
Marcus Davage ![]() |
Embrace change - How to Move to IMS Cata... Dominic Jackson
Aditya Srivastava
Snehal Nalage
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson ![]() |
The important Parmlib Members and impact... Rui Feio
Mike FitzGerald
Indianapolis
LSWG
Rui Feio ![]() |
Assembler on mainframes, what else? Joris Mertens
Ross Cruickshank
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
MQ Developer Essentials – Part 1 - works... Raminta Raguckaite
Soheel Chughtai
Gwydion Tudur
Oliver Witham
Chapel
MQ
Raminta Raguckaite ![]() |
Mainframe Network Security: Protecting Y... Niall Buchanan
Phillip Schoen
Stowe
NMWG
Niall Buchanan |
Modern Mainframe Management with ZOAU Keith Banham
Steven Perva
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
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Deploying a Cyber Vault to Store Mainfra... Ciara O'Connor
Perry Jones
Vale
Storage
Ciara O'Connor ![]() |
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WLM CPU Critical: A modern revisit of a... Nathan Appleby
Peter Enrico
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() ![]() |
Getting the Most from IBM Z Software Ass... Matt C Roseblade
Peter Vandyke
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade |
Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes16:15 - 16:45 | |||||||||||||||||
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17:45
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Intro to Mainframe Storage
16:45 -
17:15
Alan Nash
Suzuka
101
Zuhair Munshi
Further z/OS Fundamentals
17:15 -
17:45
Stephen Warren |
Rexx Language Coding Techniques - Part 2... Christopher Knowles
Tracy Dean
Monza
102
Christopher Knowles ![]() |
Jekyll and Hyde of Generative AI Henri Kuiper
Venkat Balabhadrapatruni
Wellington A
AI
Henri Kuiper |
Modernizing Application Testing: our exp... Stuart Ashby
Michelle Harris
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
CICS Virtual Storage the easy way
16:45 -
17:15
Martin Packer
Todd Havekost ![]()
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
Let’s Meet Mr. Advance Trigger! Colin Knight
Jaspreet Kaur Dhoad
Pradip Wagh
Nurburgring
DB2
Colin Knight ![]() ![]()
Topics include:
Co-presenter Pradip Wagh |
Embrace change - How to Move to IMS Cata... Dominic Jackson
Anshul Agrawal
Snehal Nalage
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson ![]() |
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MQ Developer Essentials – Part 2 - work... Raminta Raguckaite
Soheel Chughtai
Gwydion Tudur
Oliver Witham
Chapel
MQ
Raminta Raguckaite ![]() |
Modernize mainframes operations with Red... Keith Banham
Fabio Alessandro Locati
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Effective Hiper and Security PTF Managem... Jamie Pease
Klaudiusz Konieczka
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() ![]() |
Revealing the truth about cloud storage... Ciara O'Connor
Rebecca M Levesque
Vale
Storage
Ciara O'Connor
Topics include:
John Hogan (Mainframe storage SME and architect) will join this presentation with Rebecca |
Title: Goodbye to Baby-sitting your z/OS... Anna Dawson
Domenico D'Alterio
Catalunya
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Application Performance can Degrade Over... Nathan Appleby
Tofik Jemal Ahmed
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
Making OMEGAMON agent configuration and...
16:45 -
17:15
Ashok Mahay
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade
Diagnosing transient performance Issues...
17:15 -
17:45
Daniel Wiegand |
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15 Minute Break17:45 - 18:00 | |||||||||||||||||
Keynote: CYBER RESILIENCE: AN ORGANIZATION'S DNA
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Evening Meal & Bar19:00 - 21:00 | |||||||||||||||||
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AppDev |
CICS |
Db2 |
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Large Systems |
Mainframe Skills & Learning |
MQ |
Networks |
New Technologies |
Security |
Storage Management |
Systems Management |
zP&C |
Systems Management |
Code-a-Thon Event |
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Time
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101 New to Mainframe Atul Bhovan |
102 New'ish to Mainframe Christopher Knowles |
AI Artificial Intelligence Alzares Stephens |
AppDev Application Development Stuart Ashby |
CICS Transaction Processing Rob Stroud |
Db2 Relational Database Marcus Davage |
IMS & WIT Trx & Db System Dominic Jackson |
Large Systems z/OS, z/VM, Linux on z Rui Feio |
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
MQ Messaging Raminta Raguckaite |
Networks Communications Niall Buchanan |
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Security Securing Mainframes Jamie Pease |
Storage Management Disks, Tapes, Geoff Eggleston |
Systems Management Tools for managing systems Anna Dawson |
zP&C zSystems Performance & Capacity Management Aileen Wynne |
Systems Management Tools for managing systems Anna Dawson |
Code-a-Thon Event
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Keynote: Keynote - The Mark & Steve Show
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15 Minute Break08:45 - 09:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Keynote: Racing Towards Resiliency
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15 Minute Break10:00 - 10:15 | ||||||||||||||||||
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10:15 -
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Testing the mainframe without knowing th... Lewis James
Jade Carino
Monza
102
Lewis James |
A look at human intelligence and how the... Alzares Stephens
Trevor Eddolls
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Zowe plugin development using the "Realt... Stuart Ashby
Alex Agoltsov
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() ![]() |
What’s new for security in CICS TS open... Rob Stroud
Lewis James
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
Db2 12+ and 13 for z/OS Database Design... Marcus Davage
Susan Lawson
Nurburgring
DB2
Marcus Davage ![]() |
Managing the IMS catalog database from t... Dominic Jackson
Tracy Dean
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson ![]() |
Rui Feio
Stephen Warren
Marna Walle
Indianapolis
LSWG
Rui Feio ![]() |
Advent Of Code: Lock & Load!!!! Joris Mertens
Henri Kuiper
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
Introduction to Event Automation Raminta Raguckaite
Gwydion Tudur
Chapel
MQ
Raminta Raguckaite ![]() |
HTTP/3: Improving Performance, Strengthe... Niall Buchanan
Phillip Schoen
Stowe
NMWG
Niall Buchanan ![]() |
Cloud flexibility meets mainframe power Keith Banham
Claire Connor
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Certificate management automation with e... Jamie Pease
Wai Choi
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() |
Cloud Tape Connector Enables High-end Ta... Geoff Eggleston
Louis Hanna
Vale
Storage
Geoff Eggleston |
IBM zAIOps products integration enable a... Dave Swift
Domenico D'Alterio
Wolfgang Schaeberle
Catalunya
Systems Management
Dave Swift |
Insights into New XCF Path Usage Metrics... Nathan Appleby
Frank Kyne
Todd Havekost
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() ![]() |
Accelerate Problem Resolution using the... Anna Dawson
Matheus Milani
Tomas Pavelka
Copse
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Joris Mertens
Frank van der Wal
The Courtyard
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes11:15 - 11:45 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Solve Your Personal Communications Probl... Atul Bhovan
Glenn Anderson
Suzuka
101
Atul Bhovan |
Storage for z/OS concepts and capabiliti... Christopher Knowles
Nick Clayton
Monza
102
Christopher Knowles ![]() |
Real Client Cases: Boosting IT Resilienc... Henri Kuiper
Lih Wang
Wellington A
AI
Henri Kuiper ![]() |
Zowe keeps improving, what’s new in the... Stuart Ashby
Domenico D'Alterio
Jakub Balhar
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
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Db2 13 Utilities History – What is it an... Colin Knight
Tom Crocker
Nurburgring
DB2
Colin Knight ![]() |
IMS Managed ACB's / Catalog Progress Rep... Dominic Jackson
Deepak Kohli
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson ![]() |
Upgrade to 3.1, Part 1: Planning Rui Feio
Marna Walle
Indianapolis
LSWG
Rui Feio ![]() ![]() |
Unleash the beast, Uncaging the modern m... Joris Mertens
Claire Connor
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
What’s New in App Connect (12.0.10 and b... Raminta Raguckaite
Dominic Storey
Chapel
MQ
Raminta Raguckaite ![]() |
Network Segmentation for PCI/DSS complia... Niall Buchanan
Tony Amies
Melbourne
NMWG
Niall Buchanan ![]() ![]() |
Why you should be using OpenTelemetry! Keith Banham
Robert Castley
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Network Segmentation for PCI/DSS complia... Jamie Pease
Tony Amies
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() ![]() |
Learn how to read and write z/OS data fr... Geoff Eggleston
John Hogan
Vale
Storage
Geoff Eggleston ![]() |
Modernization of OMEGAMON with key enhan... Dave Swift
Ashok Mahay
Daniel Wiegand
Catalunya
Systems Management
Dave Swift |
Pontification of Data Visualization for... Nathan Appleby
Peter Enrico
Jamie Novotny
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
Manage Your Mainframe Hardware and Softw... Anna Dawson
Frank White
Copse
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Joris Mertens
Frank van der Wal
The Courtyard
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
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12:45 -
13:45
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Redefining Data Storage: Unearth the Urgent Imperatives Driving Cloud Object Storage Adoption!
Tim Ceradsky
Lunch & Learn
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Lunch & Learn - Discover, Detect, Protect: Vertali zTrust for Networks
Tony Amies
Mark Wilson
NMWG
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The Future of Mainframe Skills
13:45 -
14:15
Shubham Gupta
Suzuka
101
Atul Bhovan & Niall Ashley
Let’s change the mainframe world, one da...
14:15 -
14:45
Anthony Anter |
“Wowee it’s Zowe, the new face of the ma... Christopher Knowles
Joe Winchester
Uladzislau Kalesnikau
Monza
102
Christopher Knowles ![]() |
Automated Mainframe Intelligence Alzares Stephens
Colin Page
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Automated testing of COBOL sections! Stuart Ashby
Rune Christensen
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
Bring REST APIs to your mainframe applic... Rob Stroud
Andrew Smithson
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
Re-engineering Db2 Applications Using th... Marcus Davage
Philip Nelson
Nurburgring
DB2
Marcus Davage ![]() |
Everything you wanted to know about the... Dominic Jackson
Deepak Kohli
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson ![]() |
Upgrade to 3.1, Part 2: Technical Action... Rui Feio
Marna Walle
Indianapolis
LSWG
Rui Feio ![]() ![]() |
Making a Living, a Difference, or a Lega... Joris Mertens
Steven Perva
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
Observation and Optimisation: Instana an... Raminta Raguckaite
Timothy Quigly
Mohamed Qachchaou
Chapel
MQ
Raminta Raguckaite |
Marrying Legacy Automation Code with Mod... Keith Banham
Craig Freiwald
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Zero Trust and RACF: Moving towards Leas... Jamie Pease
Mark Nelson
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() |
So you want to move your datacenter? Wha... Leanne Wilson
Tim Ceradsky
Vale
Storage
Leanne Wilson |
AIOps - Using your OMEGAMON data with yo... Dave Swift
Ashok Mahay
Daniel Wiegand
Catalunya
Systems Management
Dave Swift |
A Different "Weigh" to Define LPAR Weigh...
13:45 -
14:15
Jim Horne ![]()
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby
CICS Virtual Storage The Easy Way
14:15 -
14:45
Todd Havekost
Martin Packer ![]() ![]() |
Cyber Resilience, The Undiscovered Count... Anna Dawson
Chris Taylor
Butch Rambish
Copse
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Joris Mertens
Frank van der Wal
The Courtyard
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
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15 Minute Break14:45 - 15:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
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15:00 -
16:00
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Parallel Sysplex Basics
15:00 -
15:30
Stephen Warren
Suzuka
101
Zuhair Munshi & Atul Bhovan
How Green is your Mainframe? Going from...
15:30 -
16:00
Faisal Majid
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Learn why the Mainframe is the Most Secu... Christopher Knowles
Ray Overby
Monza
102
Christopher Knowles |
How can we use AI and user behaviour for... Henri Kuiper
Dave McCain
Wellington A
AI
Henri Kuiper |
Modernize business-critical applications... Stuart Ashby
Roland Koo
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
Optimizing your use of Java in CICS TS -... Rob Stroud
Phil Wakelin
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
Db2 for z/os V13 Installation: A Gen Z e... Colin Knight
Anna McKee
Nurburgring
DB2
Colin Knight |
What's new in managing IMS performance Dominic Jackson
Tracy Dean
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson ![]() |
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My first COBOL program connecting to Db2... Joris Mertens
Frank van der Wal
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
IBM MQ Automation with Ansible Playbooks Raminta Raguckaite
Oliver Witham
Chapel
MQ
Raminta Raguckaite ![]() |
Modernization starts with your Mainframe... Keith Banham
Anthony Anter
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham ![]() |
What's new in IBM zSecure, zSCC and zMFA Jamie Pease
Pradeep Parameshwaran
Michael Zagorski
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() |
Show Me The Money: Centralized Storage M... Chris Harvey
Mihai Ficiorita
Vale
Storage
Chris Harvey |
Create a collaborative AIOps experience... Dave Swift
Wolfgang Schaeberle
Catalunya
Systems Management
Dave Swift |
Measuring zFS performance
15:00 -
15:30
Danilo Gipponi ![]() ![]()
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby
The inside story of SQL queries
15:30 -
16:00
Dhrubajyoti Maiti ![]() |
Discover your Environment's Topology for... Anna Dawson
Michal Kramaric
Copse
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Joris Mertens
Frank van der Wal
The Courtyard
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
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Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes16:00 - 16:30 | ||||||||||||||||||
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16:30 -
17:30
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Getting started with Red Hat OpenShift C... Christopher Knowles
Stephen Warren
Monza
102
Christopher Knowles ![]() |
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Policy-as-Code: Secure your Mainframe Su... Stuart Ashby
Vaughn Marshall
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
Experiences on upgrading to CICS TS 6.1 Rob Stroud
Rob Stroud
Jenny He
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
More Things About Db2 for zOS I Wish I'd... Marcus Davage
Michael Cotignola
Nurburgring
DB2
Marcus Davage ![]() |
Take the Leap to IMS Pervasive Encryptio... Dominic Jackson
Gary Turner
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson ![]() |
World-class High Availability and Disast... Rui Feio
Dave Clitherow
Indianapolis
LSWG
Rui Feio ![]() |
The Fall of the House of Silos Joris Mertens
Steven Perva
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
IBM MQ Cloud Architecture Blueprints Raminta Raguckaite
Soheel Chughtai
Chapel
MQ
Raminta Raguckaite ![]() |
Beyond the Command Line of the External... Jamie Pease
Katie Juhala
Ross Decent
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() |
DS8000 update and new replication capabi... Ciara O'Connor
Nick Clayton
Vale
Storage
Ciara O'Connor |
Enhancements, modernization items and in... Dave Swift
Wolfgang Schaeberle
Catalunya
Systems Management
Dave Swift |
z16 Concepts and Real-world Experiences Nathan Appleby
John Baker
Todd Havekost
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() ![]() |
Easily Identify Performance Opportunitie... Anna Dawson
Craig Freiwald
Copse
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Joris Mertens
Frank van der Wal
The Courtyard
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
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Keynote: Why AI for business
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Entertainment eg Pub Quiz - Bentleys - and/or - BYOD - Bar18:45 - 20:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Conference Dinner & Charity Raffle Draw20:00 - 22:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
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AppDev 2 |
AppDev |
CICS |
Db2 |
IMS & WIT |
Large Systems |
Mainframe Skills & Learning |
New Technologies |
Security |
Storage Management |
Systems Management |
zP&C |
Systems Management |
AppDev Demo Stream |
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Time
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101 New to Mainframe Atul Bhovan |
102 New'ish to Mainframe Christopher Knowles |
AppDev 2
Stuart Ashby |
AppDev Application Development Stuart Ashby |
CICS Transaction Processing Rob Stroud |
Db2 Relational Database Marcus Davage |
IMS & WIT Trx & Db System Dominic Jackson |
Large Systems z/OS, z/VM, Linux on z Rui Feio |
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Security Securing Mainframes Jamie Pease |
Storage Management Disks, Tapes, Geoff Eggleston |
Systems Management Tools for managing systems Anna Dawson |
zP&C zSystems Performance & Capacity Management Aileen Wynne |
Systems Management Tools for managing systems Anna Dawson |
AppDev Demo Stream
Stuart Ashby |
Keynote: Mainframe Strong: Dancing into the Future
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15 Minute Break10:00 - 10:15 | ||||||||||||||||
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10:15 -
11:15
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Identiftying & Challenging (Unconscious)... Niall Ashley
Pooja Uppalapati
Suzuka
101
Niall Ashley |
Storage performance concepts and z/OS pe... Christopher Knowles
Nick Clayton
Monza
102
Christopher Knowles ![]() |
A pragmatic approach to test modernizati... Stuart Ashby
Petr Vacula
Hizir Cagin Bektas
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
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How to Hack Db2 for z/OS - Lessons Learn... Colin Knight
Emil Kotrc
Nurburgring
DB2
Colin Knight |
Modernizing IMS: Ansible Automation and... Dominic Jackson
Haley Fung
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson ![]() |
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Training, Engaging, and Retaining a Mode... Joris Mertens
Darren Surch
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
The Modern, Cloud-Connected Mainframe Keith Banham
Oliver Presland
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Encrypting the RACF database: A demonstr... Jamie Pease
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
Mark Nelson
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() ![]() |
Data Management at Scale: Unlocking the... Ciara O'Connor
Lourie Goodall
Vale
Storage
Ciara O'Connor ![]() |
Taking Control of Your Distributed Agent... Anna Dawson
Daniel Remta
Catalunya
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Your approach to in-memory data could be... Nathan Appleby
Larry Strickland
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
Learnings from 7 Years of Integrating Mi... Matt C Roseblade
Ian Hartley
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade |
Unleashing the Power of Zowe: Exploring... Stuart Ashby
Uladzislau Kalesnikau
Ilya Abnitski
Chapel
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]()
Topics include:
This will be a demo session |
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Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes11:15 - 11:45 | ||||||||||||||||
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11:45 -
12:45
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Writing an Assembler Exit for IMS Christopher Knowles
John O'Dowd
Monza
102
Christopher Knowles ![]()
Deploying a CICS Application on Z using... Lewis James
Tom Slattery
VR2
Lewis James |
The War Against the Machines: Fixing Fla... Stuart Ashby
Andy Sutcliffe
Wellington A
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
We Need to Talk About Testing !!! . Stuart Ashby
Daniel Raisch
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() ![]() |
Customer in Production: Our modernisatio... Rob Stroud
Tom Slattery
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
Back to Basics: DB2 Bufferpools Marcus Davage
Jim Kurtz
Nurburgring
DB2
Marcus Davage |
Using Watson Machine Learning for z/OS (... Dominic Jackson
Deepak Kohli
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson ![]() |
Empower the Next Generation z/VM workfor... Rui Feio
Brian Jagos
Indianapolis
LSWG
Rui Feio |
Insider tips on making a successful IT j... Joris Mertens
Michelle Harris
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
Automating PTF Maintenance Using an Open... Keith Banham
Jan Prihoda
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Cyber resiliency, regulations, DORA …..... Jamie Pease
Rebecca M Levesque
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease |
Defend yourself against Logical Data Cor... Ciara O'Connor
Dave Clitherow
Nathan Brice
Vale
Storage
Ciara O'Connor ![]() |
Orchestrate your cloud services from the... Anna Dawson
Wolfgang Schaeberle
Catalunya
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Using Interactive z/OS Topology Views to... Nathan Appleby
John Ticic
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby ![]() ![]() |
The difference between backup and resili... Matt C Roseblade
Mark Wilson
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade |
Modernization starts with your Mainframe... Stuart Ashby
Anthony Anter
Chapel
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
Brown Bag Lunch12:45 - 13:00 | ||||||||||||||||
Prize Draws - Bentleys13:00 - 13:45 Bentleys | ||||||||||||||||
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13:45 -
14:45
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Active Listening & Hearing the Unheard Niall Ashley
Glenn Anderson
Suzuka
101
Niall Ashley |
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The War Against the Machines: Fixing Fla... Stuart Ashby
Andy Sutcliffe
Wellington A
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
Let’s get serious about testing Stuart Ashby
Anthony Anter
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
Exploring the value of region tagging Rob Stroud
Jenny He
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
Smooth sailing through post-install with... Colin Knight
Rabah Beggar
Emil Kotrc
Nurburgring
DB2
Colin Knight ![]()
Topics include:
Co speaker Emil Kotrc |
Let's write a Rexx IMS program for the O... Dominic Jackson
John O'Dowd
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson ![]() |
How to take advantage of z/VM feature ad... Rui Feio
Brian Jagos
Indianapolis
LSWG
Rui Feio ![]() |
Provide Value and Delight in Mainframe D... Joris Mertens
Dhrubajyoti Maiti
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
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Innovating with IBM TS7700: An Overview... Geoff Eggleston
Lourie Goodall
Vale
Storage
Geoff Eggleston ![]() |
"Now it's clear"- easy and complete cros... Anna Dawson
Jens Bühring
Catalunya
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Parallel Sysplex Performance Topics
13:45 -
14:15
Martin Packer ![]() ![]()
Woodcote
zP&C
Nathan Appleby
Now You See It Now You Don't
14:15 -
14:45
Martin Packer ![]() ![]() |
Zowe Extensions in IBM Z System Manageme... Matt C Roseblade
Domenico D'Alterio
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade |
Hybrid Enterprise Application Developmen... Stuart Ashby
Peter Haumer
Chapel
AppDev
Stuart Ashby
Topics include:
This is a demo |
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15 Minute Break14:45 - 15:00 | ||||||||||||||||
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15:00 -
16:00
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Growing your future in the industry
15:00 -
15:30
Dr. Herbert Daly
Suzuka
101
Niall Ashley & Atul Bhovan
Career Rejection: Staying driven, despit...
15:30 -
16:00
Niall Ashley |
REST-enabled BCPii: How a more modern in... Christopher Knowles
Stephen Warren
Monza
102
Christopher Knowles ![]() |
Mainframe Modernization: The Road to Suc... Stuart Ashby
Erik Rijks
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Storage Violations in CICS - prevention,... Rob Stroud
Steve Foley
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud ![]() |
Getting the most value from Db2 12 for z... Marcus Davage
Tom Crocker
Nurburgring
DB2
Marcus Davage ![]() |
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One band, one sound - come along on the... Joris Mertens
Shari Chiara
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Joris Mertens |
How Does Your Breakglass Process Stand U... Jamie Pease
John Pinkowski
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Jamie Pease ![]() |
zHyperLink New Features and Real-World E... Geoff Eggleston
Nick Clayton
Vale
Storage
Geoff Eggleston ![]() |
IzWS Birds of a Feather, Ask the Experts Anna Dawson
Anna Dawson
Catalunya
Systems Management
Anna Dawson |
Ensuring the Mainframe is an Integral Pa... Matt C Roseblade
Chris Walker
Copse
Systems Management
Matt C Roseblade |
SEB Bank – Knowledge is Power! Automate... Stuart Ashby
Erik Weyler
Andrew McCandless
Chapel
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
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