Gse Conference Agenda

Monday 22nd April

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Keynote: IBM Z New Innovations and Skills 16:00 - 17:00 Mark Wilson VR1 Meredith Stowell IBM USA Louisa Seers IBM UK LTD. Anne Dames IBM USA Andre Clark IBM USA Lella Halloum IBM Zakeer Suleyman IBM Meredith Stowell IBM USA Louisa Seers IBM UK LTD. Anne Dames IBM USA Andre Clark IBM USA Lella Halloum IBM Zakeer Suleyman IBM Session: K1						Keynote: IBM Z Security for the Non-Security Z Professional 16:00 - 17:00 Christopher Knowles VR1 Mark Nelson Company: IBM USA Session: 11

Tuesday 23rd April

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Tuesday 23rd April

Time	Virtual Room 1 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 2 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 3 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 4 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 5 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 6 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 7 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 8 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 9 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 10 David Schuchart
Keynote: Conference Opening 08:30 - 08:45 Mark Wilson Mark Wilson Vertali Limited Mark Wilson Vertali Limited Session: K2
Break 08:45 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:00	Transforming Customer Interactions using... Atul Bhovan Deepak Chopra BMC Software Ltd Session: 1A Deepak Chopra BMC Software Ltd Session: 1A VR1 101 Atul Bhovan	Part 1 -Embrace change - How to Move to... Dominic Jackson Snehal Nalage BMC Software Ltd Session: 2A Aditya Srivastava BMC Software Ltd Session: 2A Snehal Nalage BMC Software Ltd Session: 2A Aditya Srivastava BMC Software Ltd Session: 2A VR2 IMS Dominic Jackson	AI AI AI what has Turing started ;) Alzares Stephens Henri Kuiper zDevOps Session: 3A Henri Kuiper zDevOps Session: 3A VR3 AI Alzares Stephens	What's new in the foundation of CICS TS... Rob Stroud Jenny He IBM UK LTD. Session: 4A Jenny He IBM UK LTD. Session: 4A VR4 CICS Rob Stroud	What’s new in MQ Raminta Raguckaite Alex Chatt IBM UK LTD. Session: 5A Alex Chatt IBM UK LTD. Session: 5A VR5 MQ Raminta Raguckaite	Navigating the Fast Lane: Beginner's Gui... Colin Knight Saurabh Pandey BMC Software Ltd Session: 6A Saurabh Pandey BMC Software Ltd Session: 6A VR6 DB2 Colin Knight	Five Different Performance Insights: A P... Nathan Appleby Mary Solomon SMT Data Session: 7A Mary Solomon SMT Data Session: 7A VR7 zP&C Nathan Appleby	Think Your Mainframe’s Secure? Think Aga... David Lea Michael McKay Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 8A Michael McKay Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 8A VR8 Security Working Group David Lea	Discover exciting enhancements in Z Chat... Anna Dawson Wolfgang Schaeberle IBM Europe Session: 9A Wolfgang Schaeberle IBM Europe Session: 9A VR9 Service Management Anna Dawson	Achieve world-class High Availability an... Zakeer Suleyman Ivan Deleuze IBM Session: AA Ivan Deleuze IBM Session: AA VR10 LSWG Zakeer Suleyman
30 Minute Break 10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:30	Youthful Perspectives within an Aging Wo... Dana Conway Dana Conway Lloyds Banking Group Session: 1B Niall Ashley Vertali Limited Session: 1B Elitsa Popova BMC Mainframe Services Session: 1B Lukas Jaks IVV GmbH Session: 1B Dana Conway Lloyds Banking Group Session: 1B Niall Ashley Vertali Limited Session: 1B Elitsa Popova BMC Mainframe Services Session: 1B Lukas Jaks IVV GmbH Session: 1B VR1 101 Dana Conway	Part 2 -Embrace change - How to Move to... Dominic Jackson Snehal Nalage BMC Software Ltd Session: 2B Aditya Srivastava BMC Software Ltd Session: 2B Snehal Nalage BMC Software Ltd Session: 2B Aditya Srivastava BMC Software Ltd Session: 2B VR2 IMS Dominic Jackson Neurodiversity and the Mainframe Christopher Knowles Niall Ashley Vertali Limited Session: 2B Monza 102 Christopher Knowles	AI is the rocket fuel for unlocking valu... Henri Kuiper Eddie Roe IBM UK LTD. Session: 3B Eddie Roe IBM UK LTD. Session: 3B VR3 AI Henri Kuiper	Ansible and z/OS Cloud Broker in action... Rob Stroud Andrew Twydell IBM UK LTD. Session: 4B Andrew Hughes IBM UK LTD. Session: 4B Andrew Twydell IBM UK LTD. Session: 4B Andrew Hughes IBM UK LTD. Session: 4B VR4 CICS Rob Stroud	Migrating your MQI application to JMS Raminta Raguckaite Matt Leming IBM UK LTD. Session: 5B Matt Leming IBM UK LTD. Session: 5B VR5 MQ Raminta Raguckaite	When reality "derails" capacity planning... Colin Knight Michal Bialecki IBM Session: 6B Michal Bialecki IBM Session: 6B VR6 DB2 Colin Knight	Drawers, Of Course Nathan Appleby Martin Packer IBM UK LTD. Session: 7B Martin Packer IBM UK LTD. Session: 7B VR7 zP&C Nathan Appleby	Extended compliance reporting with zSecu... David Lea Marina Zografova IBM The Netherland Session: 8B Marina Zografova IBM The Netherland Session: 8B VR8 Security Working Group David Lea	Building integrated experiences for ZXP... Anna Dawson Ross Cruickshank IBM Session: 9B Ross Cruickshank IBM Session: 9B VR9 Service Management Anna Dawson	What’s new in SDSF for z/OS 3.1 Zakeer Suleyman Rob Scott Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: AB Rob Scott Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: AB VR10 LSWG Zakeer Suleyman
30 Minute Break 11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch & Learn: Unleashing the Strategic Impact of Hybrid Cloud in Mainframe Organizations Jeff Cherrington Rocket Software UK Ltd VR1 Session: 1C Michael McKay Rocket Software UK Ltd VR1 Session: 1C Jeff Cherrington Rocket Software UK Ltd VR1 Session: 1C Michael McKay Rocket Software UK Ltd VR1 Session: 1C Lunch & Learn					Lunch & Learn: z/OS Performance Spotlight: Some Top Things You May Not Know Peter Enrico EPS VR6 Session: 6C Scott Chapman EPS VR6 Session: 6C Peter Enrico EPS VR6 Session: 6C Scott Chapman EPS VR6 Session: 6C Lunch & Learn
30 Minute Break 13:00 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:30	Applying for Jobs: Reality vs Fiction Atul Bhovan Niall Ashley Vertali Limited Session: 1D Niall Ashley Vertali Limited Session: 1D VR1 101 Atul Bhovan	Deal with growing cybersecurity risks an... Dominic Jackson Santosh Belgaonkar BMC Software Ltd Session: 2D Sahil Gupta BMC Software Ltd Session: 2D Santosh Belgaonkar BMC Software Ltd Session: 2D Sahil Gupta BMC Software Ltd Session: 2D VR2 IMS Dominic Jackson	What role does replication play in a suc... Stuart Ashby Charles Struijve Precisely Limited Session: 3D Charles Struijve Precisely Limited Session: 3D VR3 AppDev Stuart Ashby	Thinking about concealing your gender id... Aileen Wynne Swathi Javvaji Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4D Eleni Plakopiti Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4D Swathi Javvaji Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4D Eleni Plakopiti Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4D VR4 Women in IT Aileen Wynne	Using SmartTrace to Diagnose Real World... Niall Buchanan Phillip Schoen Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5D Anna Clayton Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5D Phillip Schoen Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5D Anna Clayton Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5D VR5 NMWG Niall Buchanan	Getting into the Mainframe Business Joris Mertens Devonte’ Hawkins IBM Session: 6D Sabine Diemt Academic Mainframe Consortium Session: 6D Devonte’ Hawkins IBM Session: 6D Sabine Diemt Academic Mainframe Consortium Session: 6D VR6 Mainframe Skills & Learning Joris Mertens	Do I really know how my FICON infrastruc... Nathan Appleby John Ticic Session: 7D John Ticic Session: 7D VR7 zP&C Nathan Appleby	Encrypting the RACF database: A demonstr... David Lea Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw GSE UK Session: 8D Mark Nelson IBM USA Session: 8D Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw GSE UK Session: 8D Mark Nelson IBM USA Session: 8D VR8 Security Working Group David Lea	Time for a check-up? Boost your operatio... Anna Dawson Chris Walker IBM USA Session: 9D Chris Walker IBM USA Session: 9D VR9 Service Management Anna Dawson	Modernization starts with your Code Geoff Eggleston Anthony Anter BMC Software Ltd Session: AD Anthony Anter BMC Software Ltd Session: AD VR10 New Technologies Geoff Eggleston
30 Minute Break 14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00	Crafting Your Narrative: The Art and Sci... Niall Ashley Anthony Anter BMC Software Ltd Session: 1E Anthony Anter BMC Software Ltd Session: 1E VR1 101 Niall Ashley	Testing on the mainframe without knowing... Lewis James Louisa Seers IBM UK LTD. Session: 2E Louisa Seers IBM UK LTD. Session: 2E VR2 102 Lewis James	Modernize mainframes workloads with Red... Stuart Ashby Fabio Alessandro Locati Red Hat Session: 3E Fabio Alessandro Locati Red Hat Session: 3E VR3 AppDev Stuart Ashby	The 7 Deadly Sins of CICS Integrations Rob Stroud Scott Brod Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4E Scott Brod Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4E VR4 CICS Rob Stroud	Panel Discussion Aileen Wynne Aileen Wynne Allied Irish Bank, P.l.c. Session: 5E Donna Hudi Phoenix Software International Session: 5E Mark Wilson Vertali Limited Session: 5E Eleni Plakopiti Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5E Swathi Javvaji Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5E Aileen Wynne Allied Irish Bank, P.l.c. Session: 5E Donna Hudi Phoenix Software International Session: 5E Mark Wilson Vertali Limited Session: 5E Eleni Plakopiti Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5E Swathi Javvaji Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5E VR5 Women in IT Aileen Wynne	Run-It-Back - Db2 for z/OS all new 2024... Marcus Davage Anthony Ciabattoni IBM USA Session: 6E Anthony Ciabattoni IBM USA Session: 6E VR6 DB2 Marcus Davage	Case Study: Successful Performance Opti... Nathan Appleby Miroslava Barahona Rossi Kyndryl Session: 7E Miroslava Barahona Rossi Kyndryl Session: 7E VR7 zP&C Nathan Appleby	Freeze attackers in their tracks How ins... David Lea Al Saurette MainTegrity Inc Session: 8E Al Saurette MainTegrity Inc Session: 8E VR8 Security Working Group David Lea	Improve Enterprise Automation Agility by... Stephen Westwood Philip Strohecker Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 9E Philip Strohecker Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 9E VR9 Service Management Stephen Westwood	Real time data sharing via Z in-memory c... Geoff Eggleston Vishal Gupta IBM Session: AE Vishal Gupta IBM Session: AE VR10 New Technologies Geoff Eggleston
30 Minute Break 16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:30	Cybersecurity & Pokémon? Surely not... Atul Bhovan Niall Ashley Vertali Limited Session: 1F Niall Ashley Vertali Limited Session: 1F VR1 101 Atul Bhovan	Welcome to Zowe, the new face of mainfra... Christopher Knowles Joe Winchester IBM UK LTD. Session: 2F Joe Winchester IBM UK LTD. Session: 2F Monza 102 Christopher Knowles	Bridging the gap: COBOL – Java. Take it... Stuart Ashby Chandni Dinani IBM USA Session: 3F JC Yao IBM USA Session: 3F Chandni Dinani IBM USA Session: 3F JC Yao IBM USA Session: 3F VR3 AppDev Stuart Ashby	Bring REST APIs to your mainframe applic... Rob Stroud Andrew Smithson IBM UK LTD. Session: 4F Andrew Smithson IBM UK LTD. Session: 4F VR4 CICS Rob Stroud	NetMaster: Benefits of enabling zERT Niall Buchanan Phillip Schoen Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5F Anna Clayton Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5F Phillip Schoen Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5F Anna Clayton Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5F VR5 NMWG Niall Buchanan	New Dimension of Resiliency and Recovery... Colin Knight Anthony Ciabattoni IBM USA Session: 6F Anthony Ciabattoni IBM USA Session: 6F VR6 DB2 Colin Knight	I/O, I/O It’s Home to Memory We (Should)... Martin Packer Scott Chapman EPS Session: 7F Scott Chapman EPS Session: 7F VR7 zP&C Martin Packer	Proactive Incident Management with AI/ML... Anna Dawson Tim Brooks IBM Session: 8F Tim Brooks IBM Session: 8F VR8 Service Management Anna Dawson	Advanced memory browse using SDSF Zakeer Suleyman Rob Scott Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 9F Rob Scott Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 9F VR9 LSWG Zakeer Suleyman	CFP: Talk topic: Auto-provisioning zVM a... Geoff Eggleston Ross Cruickshank IBM Session: AF Ross Cruickshank IBM Session: AF VR10 New Technologies Geoff Eggleston

Wednesday 24th April

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Wednesday 24th April

Time	Virtual Room 1 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 2 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 3 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 4 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 5 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 6 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 7 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 8 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 9 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 10 David Schuchart
09:00 - 10:00	What’s new in VSP 5000 family Brett Dukes Alain BEAUREGARD Hitachi Vantara Ltd Session: 1G Alain BEAUREGARD Hitachi Vantara Ltd Session: 1G VR1 Storage Brett Dukes	Ensuring Data Continuity: Hybrid Cloud S... Dominic Jackson Anshul Agrawal BMC Software Ltd Session: 2G Anshul Agrawal BMC Software Ltd Session: 2G Anshul Agrawal BMC Software Ltd Session: 2G Anshul Agrawal BMC Software Ltd Session: 2G VR2 IMS Dominic Jackson	Ansible for z/OS 101 Atul Bhovan Sujit Neb BMC Software Ltd Session: 3G Sujit Neb BMC Software Ltd Session: 3G VR3 101 Atul Bhovan	COBOLEval: How Well Can Large Language M... Zuhair Munshi Gabriel Gordon-Hall bloop AI Limited Session: 4G Gabriel Gordon-Hall bloop AI Limited Session: 4G VR4 AI Zuhair Munshi	Storage Violations in CICS - prevention,... Rob Stroud Steve Foley IBM UK LTD. Session: 5G Steve Foley IBM UK LTD. Session: 5G VR5 CICS Rob Stroud	Driving Down Database Development Dollar... Colin Knight Marcus Davage BMC Software Ltd Session: 6G Marcus Davage BMC Software Ltd Session: 6G VR6 DB2 Colin Knight	The pitfalls and tradeoffs in allocating... Martin Packer Steven Thomas SMT Data Session: 7G Steven Thomas SMT Data Session: 7G VR7 zP&C Martin Packer	The ABC´s of dashboarding your mainframe... Stephen Westwood Toine Michielse Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 8G Rosemarie Sakach Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 8G Toine Michielse Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 8G Rosemarie Sakach Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 8G VR8 Service Management Stephen Westwood	What’s New in z/OS 3.1? Eddie Roe Steve Warren IBM USA Session: 9G Steve Warren IBM USA Session: 9G VR10 LSWG Eddie Roe	Lend Your Voice to Your Mainframe: An Ex... James Harper Subhasish Sarkar BMC Software Ltd Session: AG Subhasish Sarkar BMC Software Ltd Session: AG VR10 New Technologies James Harper
30 Minute Break 10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:30	Why object storage and why now? Brett Dukes Mike Liberman BMC Software Ltd Session: 1H Mike Liberman BMC Software Ltd Session: 1H VR1 Storage Brett Dukes	Dynamically manage aspects of your IMS C... Dominic Jackson Divyam Bhatia BMC Software Ltd Session: 2H Divyam Bhatia BMC Software Ltd Session: 2H VR2 IMS Dominic Jackson	Art Teacher to Db2 Consultant Niall Ashley Elitsa Popova BMC Mainframe Services Session: 3H Elitsa Popova BMC Mainframe Services Session: 3H VR3 101 Niall Ashley	AI-Driven Insights: Transforming Applica... Zuhair Munshi Rod Dyson Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 4H Rod Dyson Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 4H VR4 AI Zuhair Munshi	Experiences on upgrading to CICS TS 6.1 Rob Stroud Rob Stroud National Westminster Bank (Natwest) Session: 5H Rob Stroud National Westminster Bank (Natwest) Session: 5H VR5 CICS Rob Stroud	Db2 13 Application Development Topics Colin Knight Emil Kotrc Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 6H Emil Kotrc Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 6H VR6 DB2 Colin Knight	Parallel Sysplex Performance Topics Martin Packer Martin Packer IBM UK LTD. Session: 7H Martin Packer IBM UK LTD. Session: 7H VR7 zP&C Martin Packer	Where does your Ansible code come from? Jamie Pease Fabio Alessandro Locati Red Hat Session: 8H Fabio Alessandro Locati Red Hat Session: 8H VR8 Security Working Group Jamie Pease	IzWS Past, Present and Future Anna Dawson Marco Cardelli HCL Technologies Session: 9H Marco Cardelli HCL Technologies Session: 9H VR9 Service Management Anna Dawson	Automate IBM on Z infrastructure to deli... Geoff Eggleston Diego D'addeo Sogei Session: AH Andrea Cherici Sogei Session: AH Carla Raffi Sogei Session: AH Diego D'addeo Sogei Session: AH Andrea Cherici Sogei Session: AH Carla Raffi Sogei Session: AH VR10 New Technologies Geoff Eggleston
30 Minute Break 11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch & Learn: Unblock mainframe data with AWS Mainframe Modernisation with Precisely Charles Struijve Precisely Limited TBA Session: 1I Charles Struijve Precisely Limited TBA Session: 1I Lunch & Learn					Lunch & Learn: Real cyber attack vectors and how to fight back Al Saurette MainTegrity Inc VR6 Session: 6I Al Saurette MainTegrity Inc VR6 Session: 6I Lunch & Learn
30 Minute Break 13:00 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:30	Unlocking Rapid Data Recovery and Minimi... Brett Dukes John Crossno Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 1J John Crossno Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 1J VR1 Storage Brett Dukes	Introduction to Ansible on z/OS Lewis James Andrew Hughes IBM UK LTD. Session: 2J Andrew Hughes IBM UK LTD. Session: 2J VR2 102 Lewis James	A Day in the Life of a Db2 for z/OS Data... Atul Bhovan Peter Plevka BMC Software Ltd Session: 3J Peter Plevka BMC Software Ltd Session: 3J VR3 101 Atul Bhovan	Achieving Code Reuse across Different Ma... Stuart Ashby Edoardo Luppi HCL Technologies Session: 4J John Kaputin HCL Technologies Session: 4J Edoardo Luppi HCL Technologies Session: 4J John Kaputin HCL Technologies Session: 4J VR4 AppDev Stuart Ashby	CICS Security Definition Capture and Val... Rob Stroud Mark Lawrence IBM UK LTD. Session: 5J Mark Lawrence IBM UK LTD. Session: 5J VR5 CICS Rob Stroud	How to Build an Internal Mainframe Talen... Joris Mertens Darren Surch Interskill Learning Session: 6J Darren Surch Interskill Learning Session: 6J VR7 Mainframe Skills & Learning Joris Mertens	Db2 for z/OS Data Sharing: Performance C... Martin Packer Mark Rader IBM USA Session: 7J Mark Rader IBM USA Session: 7J VR7 zP&C Martin Packer	Anti-Malware for z/OS: What does it mean... Jamie Pease Bryan Childs IBM USA Session: 8J Bryan Childs IBM USA Session: 8J VR8 Security Working Group Jamie Pease	What’s new in OMEGAMON to support integr... Stephen Westwood Steven Solomon Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 9J Ashok Mahay IBM UK LTD. Session: 9J Steven Solomon Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 9J Ashok Mahay IBM UK LTD. Session: 9J VR9 Service Management Stephen Westwood	Address space 101 – Understanding what a... Anji Stephens Rob Scott Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: AJ Rob Scott Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: AJ VR10 LSWG Anji Stephens
30 Minute Break 14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00	What’s new in PowerMax storage for Mainf... Brett Dukes Bruce Klenk DELL Technologies Session: 1K Bruce Klenk DELL Technologies Session: 1K VR1 Storage Brett Dukes	"Best of" the ISPF Master Classes Christopher Knowles Dan Dirkse MindSpring Session: 2K Dan Dirkse MindSpring Session: 2K VR2 102 Christopher Knowles	The Next Generation of Mainframers Niall Ashley Michael Bauer Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 3K John Mertic Linux Foundation/OMP Session: 3K Jessielaine Punongbayan Dynatrace Session: 3K Richelle Anne Craw Beta Systems Software Ltd Session: 3K Michael Bauer Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 3K John Mertic Linux Foundation/OMP Session: 3K Jessielaine Punongbayan Dynatrace Session: 3K Richelle Anne Craw Beta Systems Software Ltd Session: 3K VR3 101 Niall Ashley	Unit Testing Reimagined from a Developer... Stuart Ashby Petr Vacula Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4K Petr Vacula Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4K VR4 AppDev Stuart Ashby	What’s New in z/OS Communications Server... Niall Buchanan Sam Reynolds IBM USA Session: 5K Michael Fitzpatrick IBM USA Session: 5K Sam Reynolds IBM USA Session: 5K Michael Fitzpatrick IBM USA Session: 5K VR5 NMWG Niall Buchanan	Application Modernization – Considered t... Colin Knight Maryela Weihrauch IBM USA Session: 6K Maryela Weihrauch IBM USA Session: 6K VR6 DB2 Colin Knight	Db2 for z/OS 101: Db2 and WLM Martin Packer Keziah Knopp IBM Session: 7K Keziah Knopp IBM Session: 7K VR7 zP&C Martin Packer	RACF Update Jamie Pease Mark Nelson IBM USA Session: 8K Mark Nelson IBM USA Session: 8K VR8 Security Working Group Jamie Pease	Enhanced OMEGAMON implementation and con... Stephen Westwood Matthias Tschaffler Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 9K Ashok Mahay IBM UK LTD. Session: 9K Matthias Tschaffler Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 9K Ashok Mahay IBM UK LTD. Session: 9K VR9 Service Management Stephen Westwood	How to achieve true Continuous Availabil... Anji Stephens Steve Wall IBM Session: AK Steve Wall IBM Session: AK VR9 LSWG Anji Stephens
30 Minute Break 16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:30	Building a Cyber Shield for Your Data Brett Dukes Al Saurette MainTegrity Inc Session: 1L Brett Quinn DELL Technologies Session: 1L Al Saurette MainTegrity Inc Session: 1L Brett Quinn DELL Technologies Session: 1L VR1 Storage Brett Dukes	Take the Leap to IMS Pervasive Encryptio... Dominic Jackson Gary Turner BMC Software Ltd Session: 2L Gary Turner BMC Software Ltd Session: 2L VR2 IMS Dominic Jackson	Customer in Production: Our modernisatio... Rob Stroud Tom Slattery IBM UK LTD. Session: 3L Tom Slattery IBM UK LTD. Session: 3L VR3 CICS Rob Stroud	Git native development is here, now what... Stuart Ashby Anthony Anter BMC Software Ltd Session: 4L Anthony Anter BMC Software Ltd Session: 4L VR4 AppDev Stuart Ashby	Utilizing GenAI to query databases with... Alzares Stephens Michal Hotovec Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5L Michal Hotovec Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 5L VR5 AI Alzares Stephens	Db2 for z/OS and REST access: How can yo... Marcus Davage Tori Felt IBM Session: 6L Keziah Knopp IBM Session: 6L Tori Felt IBM Session: 6L Keziah Knopp IBM Session: 6L VR6 DB2 Marcus Davage	Enterprise: Generations Dr. Herbert Daly Reg Harbeck Mainframe Analytics Ltd Session: 7L Reg Harbeck Mainframe Analytics Ltd Session: 7L VR7 Mainframe Skills & Learning Dr. Herbert Daly	Fundamentals of z/VM Security and Cyber... Jamie Pease Brian W Hugenbruch IBM USA Session: 8L Brian W Hugenbruch IBM USA Session: 8L VR8 Security Working Group Jamie Pease	IBM and IntelliMagic bring Vision to IBM... Anna Dawson Jean-Marc van der Kolk Session: 9L Domenico D'Alterio IBM Europe Session: 9L Jean-Marc van der Kolk Session: 9L Domenico D'Alterio IBM Europe Session: 9L VR9 Service Management Anna Dawson	What's new with ZOAU? Anji Stephens Anthony Giorgio IBM Session: AL Anthony Giorgio IBM Session: AL VR10 LSWG Anji Stephens

Thursday 25th April

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Thursday 25th April

Time	Virtual Room 1 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 2 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 3 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 4 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 5 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 6 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 7 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 8 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 9 David Schuchart	Virtual Room 10 David Schuchart
09:00 - 10:00	Managing and monitoring mainframe Enviro... Brett Dukes Paul E Martin DELL Technologies Session: 1M Paul E Martin DELL Technologies Session: 1M VR1 Storage Brett Dukes		How can we use AI and user behavior for... Alzares Stephens David Lea BMC Software Ltd Session: 3M David Lea BMC Software Ltd Session: 3M VR3 AI Alzares Stephens	Elevate your DevOps Game with Jenkins fo... Stuart Ashby Sujit Neb BMC Software Ltd Session: 4M Sujit Neb BMC Software Ltd Session: 4M VR4 AppDev Stuart Ashby	What’s new in the IBM MQ REST API and MQ... Raminta Raguckaite Gwydion Tudur IBM UK LTD. Session: 5M Gwydion Tudur IBM UK LTD. Session: 5M VR5 MQ Raminta Raguckaite		Hard Skills through the looking glass: A... Dr. Herbert Daly Henri Kuiper zDevOps Session: 7M Henri Kuiper zDevOps Session: 7M VR7 Mainframe Skills & Learning Dr. Herbert Daly	Resilient Horizons: Mainframe DORA Unvei... Jamie Pease Benoit Baufays Deloitte Session: 8M Benoit Baufays Deloitte Session: 8M VR8 Security Working Group Jamie Pease	Upgrading IzWS Stephen Westwood Anna Dawson IBM UK LTD. Session: 9M Anna Dawson IBM UK LTD. Session: 9M VR9 Service Management Stephen Westwood	Cyber Resiliency, DORA, regulations…Why... Eddie Roe Rebecca M Levesque 21CS Session: AM Rebecca M Levesque 21CS Session: AM VR10 LSWG Eddie Roe
30 Minute Break 10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:30	Improve your RTO & RPO with a multi-site... Brett Dukes Anthony Morales IBM Session: 1N Anthony Morales IBM Session: 1N VR1 Storage Brett Dukes	Deploying a CICS Application on Z using... Lewis James Tom Slattery IBM UK LTD. Session: 2N Tom Slattery IBM UK LTD. Session: 2N Monza 102 Lewis James	“It’s just one straw”, said 8 billion pe... Atul Bhovan Wendy Rentschler BMC Software Ltd Session: 3N Faisal Majid BMC Software Ltd Session: 3N Wendy Rentschler BMC Software Ltd Session: 3N Faisal Majid BMC Software Ltd Session: 3N VR3 101 Atul Bhovan	When Units Tests Just Aren’t Enough, App... Stuart Ashby William Yates IBM UK LTD. Session: 4N William Yates IBM UK LTD. Session: 4N VR4 AppDev Stuart Ashby	Getting the most out of your MQ Accounti... Raminta Raguckaite Morag Hughson MQGem Software Session: 5N Morag Hughson MQGem Software Session: 5N VR5 MQ Raminta Raguckaite	Unleashing Hidden Business Value: Db2 fo... Colin Knight Vineet Dumir IBM Session: 6N Vineet Dumir IBM Session: 6N VR6 DB2 Colin Knight	Pragmatic Python for Systems Programmers Dr. Herbert Daly Steven Perva Ensono Session: 7N Steven Perva Ensono Session: 7N VR7 Mainframe Skills & Learning Dr. Herbert Daly	zSecure Admin WebUI Jamie Pease Akash Shah IBM The Netherland Session: 8N Akash Shah IBM The Netherland Session: 8N VR8 Security Working Group Jamie Pease	Modernize mainframes operations with Red... Anna Dawson Fabio Alessandro Locati Red Hat Session: 9N Fabio Alessandro Locati Red Hat Session: 9N VR9 Service Management Anna Dawson	SSO and the Mainframe; Are You Ready to... Mark Wilson Elliot Jalley Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: AN Elliot Jalley Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: AN VR10 New Technologies Mark Wilson
30 Minute Break 11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00	Ransomware protection for your Mainframe... Brett Dukes Brett Quinn DELL Technologies Session: 1O Brett Quinn DELL Technologies Session: 1O VR1 Storage Brett Dukes	What Every z/OS System Programmer needs... Anji Stephens Steve Warren IBM USA Session: 2O Steve Warren IBM USA Session: 2O VR2 LSWG Anji Stephens	Automation & Containers - Two guaranteed... Atul Bhovan Sujit Neb BMC Software Ltd Session: 3O Sujit Neb BMC Software Ltd Session: 3O VR3 101 Atul Bhovan	Mission impossible: Collaboration! Stuart Ashby Hizir Cagin Bektas Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4O Sudeep Chaurasia Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4O Hizir Cagin Bektas Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4O Sudeep Chaurasia Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4O VR4 AppDev Stuart Ashby	CICS Interdependency Analyzer in Devops Rob Stroud Mohit Padwa HCL Technologies Session: 5O Vatsala Ramachandran HCL Technologies Session: 5O Mohit Padwa HCL Technologies Session: 5O Vatsala Ramachandran HCL Technologies Session: 5O VR5 CICS Rob Stroud	Passing the Db2 technical interview Marcus Davage Javier Estrada Benavides Kyndryl Session: 6O Javier Estrada Benavides Kyndryl Session: 6O VR6 DB2 Marcus Davage	z/OS 3.1 Experiences with Dedicated Memo... Nathan Appleby David Betten IBM USA Session: 7O David Betten IBM USA Session: 7O VR7 zP&C Nathan Appleby	Db2 Security: Safeguarding Your Data Jamie Pease Klaudiusz Konieczka Ensono Session: 8O Klaudiusz Konieczka Ensono Session: 8O VR8 Security Working Group Jamie Pease	How does Open Telemetry Improve Observab... Matt C Roseblade Ruediger Schulze IBM Europe Session: 9O Chris Walker IBM USA Session: 9O Ruediger Schulze IBM Europe Session: 9O Chris Walker IBM USA Session: 9O VR9 Service Management Matt C Roseblade	Empowering Legacy: Bridging the Gap with... Mark Wilson Yogini Upadhye BMC Software Ltd Session: AO Yogini Upadhye BMC Software Ltd Session: AO VR10 New Technologies Mark Wilson
30 Minute Break 13:00 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:30	Unlocking Mainframe Data Resilience: A '... Brett Dukes Gary Smoak DELL Technologies Session: 1P Gary Smoak DELL Technologies Session: 1P VR1 Storage Brett Dukes	What to do when it all goes wrong at 3am Christopher Knowles Chris Harvey Vertali Limited Session: 2P Chris Harvey Vertali Limited Session: 2P Monza 102 Christopher Knowles	My GenZ Mainframe Experience: Db2 Insta... Niall Ashley Anna McKee IBM Session: 3P Anna McKee IBM Session: 3P VR3 101 Niall Ashley	IBM Hybrid Cloud based mainframe DevOps... Stuart Ashby René De Vleeschauwer Ikan Development Session: 4P René De Vleeschauwer Ikan Development Session: 4P VR4 AppDev Stuart Ashby	CICS Resource Builder & Resource Overrid... Rob Stroud Chris Hodgins IBM Session: 5P Chris Hodgins IBM Session: 5P VR5 CICS Rob Stroud	SQL performance monitoring with analytic... Marcus Davage Vi An Lieu REWE Group Session: 6P Frank Backer REWE Group Session: 6P Vi An Lieu REWE Group Session: 6P Frank Backer REWE Group Session: 6P VR6 DB2 Marcus Davage	Game Theory and Mainframe Event Manageme... Nathan Appleby Linda Carroll Ensono Session: 7P Linda Carroll Ensono Session: 7P VR7 zP&C Nathan Appleby	Advanced Trends in Authentication - Evol... Jamie Pease Apurv Raj Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 8P Apurv Raj Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 8P VR8 Security Working Group Jamie Pease	Streamline System Alerts and Monitor z/O... Anna Dawson Zaid Alattar Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 9P Rachita Issar Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 9P Zaid Alattar Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 9P Rachita Issar Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 9P VR9 Service Management Anna Dawson	Creating a modern Web user interface fro... Geoff Eggleston Sebastian Dewar Virtel Session: AP Sebastian Dewar Virtel Session: AP VR10 New Technologies Geoff Eggleston
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15:00 - 16:00	A Roadmap to Leverage Object Storage Brett Dukes Glenn Wilcock IBM USA Session: 1Q Glenn Wilcock IBM USA Session: 1Q VR1 Storage Brett Dukes	Embrace DevOps for IMS Dominic Jackson Subhasish Sarkar BMC Software Ltd Session: 2Q Subhasish Sarkar BMC Software Ltd Session: 2Q VR2 IMS Dominic Jackson	Mainframes at 60 Niall Ashley Daniel Ruehl 21CS Session: 3Q Daniel Ruehl 21CS Session: 3Q VR3 101 Niall Ashley	Killer Crypto with Go on z/OS Stuart Ashby Bill O'Farrell IBM Session: 4Q Bill O'Farrell IBM Session: 4Q VR4 AppDev Stuart Ashby	CICS Liberty Profile: Java on the Mainfr... Rob Stroud Ezriel Gross Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 5Q Ezriel Gross Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 5Q VR5 CICS Rob Stroud	Db2 application recovery tips, tricks an... Colin Knight Tom Crocker Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 6Q Bob Bersano Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 6Q Tom Crocker Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 6Q Bob Bersano Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 6Q VR6 DB2 Colin Knight	The Highs and Lows: How does HiperDispat... Nathan Appleby Scott Chapman EPS Session: 7Q Scott Chapman EPS Session: 7Q VR7 zP&C Nathan Appleby	Defending the APF, methods new & old Jamie Pease Bryan Childs IBM USA Session: 8Q Bryan Childs IBM USA Session: 8Q VR8 Security Working Group Jamie Pease	Secure Engineering - How to develop auth... Eddie Roe Rob Scott Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 9Q Rob Scott Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 9Q VR9 LSWG Eddie Roe	Automating PTF Maintenance Using an Open... Geoff Eggleston Jan Prihoda Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: AQ Jan Prihoda Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: AQ VR10 New Technologies Geoff Eggleston
30 Minute Break 16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:30	Lessons on SQL Pagination in Db2 for z/O... Marcus Davage Emil Kotrc Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 1R Emil Kotrc Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 1R VR1 DB2 Marcus Davage	Understanding How a CM0 SL1, CM1 SL0 and... Dominic Jackson Subhasish Sarkar BMC Software Ltd Session: 2R Subhasish Sarkar BMC Software Ltd Session: 2R VR2 IMS Dominic Jackson	Navigating Mainframe Education: Empoweri... Niall Ashley Sean Rooney Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 3R Sean Rooney Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 3R VR3 101 Niall Ashley	Everyone is talking Platform Engineering... Stuart Ashby Anthony Anter BMC Software Ltd Session: 4R Anthony Anter BMC Software Ltd Session: 4R VR4 AppDev Stuart Ashby	CICSPlex SM - A Minimalist Approach Rob Stroud Ezriel Gross Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 5R Ezriel Gross Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 5R VR5 CICS Rob Stroud	The Right Stuff: Effective Skills and Le... Dr. Herbert Daly Laticia Carrow DDC IT Services Session: 6R Laticia Carrow DDC IT Services Session: 6R VR6 Mainframe Skills & Learning Dr. Herbert Daly	Young and Seasoned Martin Packer Linda Carroll Ensono Session: 7R Linda Carroll Ensono Session: 7R VR7 zP&C Martin Packer	Don't be the one: How one line of code c... Jamie Pease Scott Woolley IBM USA Session: 8R Michael P Kasper IBM USA Session: 8R Scott Woolley IBM USA Session: 8R Michael P Kasper IBM USA Session: 8R VR8 Security Working Group Jamie Pease	Using GIT with ISPF, yes you really can! Eddie Roe Lionel B Dyck Trident Services Inc Session: 9R Henri Kuiper zDevOps Session: 9R Lionel B Dyck Trident Services Inc Session: 9R Henri Kuiper zDevOps Session: 9R VR9 LSWG Eddie Roe	Kvant - Openstack - for Linux on IBM z a... Geoff Eggleston Paul Knight TES Enterprise Solutions Ltd Session: AR Florian Noll Phoenix Software International Session: AR Paul Knight TES Enterprise Solutions Ltd Session: AR Florian Noll Phoenix Software International Session: AR VR10 New Technologies Geoff Eggleston
Keynote: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly 17:30 - 18:00 Mark Wilson Mark Wilson. Vertali Limited Mark Wilson. Vertali Limited Session: K3
End of Conference 18:00 - 18:10

Lunch & Learn: Unleashing the Strategic Impact of Hybrid Cloud in Mainframe Organizations Tuesday 23rd: 12:00 Jeff Cherrington Lunch & Learn: Unleashing the Strategic Impact of Hybrid Cloud in Mainframe Organizations Tuesday 23rd: 12:00 Michael McKay Lunch & Learn: Unleashing the Strategic Impact of Hybrid Cloud in Mainframe Organizations Tuesday 23rd: 12:00 Jeff Cherrington Lunch & Learn: Unleashing the Strategic Impact of Hybrid Cloud in Mainframe Organizations Tuesday 23rd: 12:00 Michael McKay	Lunch & Learn: z/OS Performance Spotlight: Some Top Things You May Not Know Tuesday 23rd: 12:00 Peter Enrico Lunch & Learn: z/OS Performance Spotlight: Some Top Things You May Not Know Tuesday 23rd: 12:00 Scott Chapman Lunch & Learn: z/OS Performance Spotlight: Some Top Things You May Not Know Tuesday 23rd: 12:00 Peter Enrico Lunch & Learn: z/OS Performance Spotlight: Some Top Things You May Not Know Tuesday 23rd: 12:00 Scott Chapman	Lunch & Learn: Real cyber attack vectors and how to fight back Wednesday 24th: 12:00 Al Saurette Lunch & Learn: Real cyber attack vectors and how to fight back Wednesday 24th: 12:00 Al Saurette
Lunch & Learn: Unblock mainframe data with AWS Mainframe Modernisation with Precisely Wednesday 24th: 12:00 Charles Struijve Lunch & Learn: Unblock mainframe data with AWS Mainframe Modernisation with Precisely Wednesday 24th: 12:00 Charles Struijve

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