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Seven Ways to Save Your Sanity and Stop Burning Your Toast.
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Conference Opening
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Rock FM Radio: All Mainframe. All Modern. All Week
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How to connect LLMs and AI agents to real-time mainframe data
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Suzuka |
Monza |
Wellington A |
Becketts |
Hungaroring |
Nurburgring |
Wellington B |
Indianapolis |
Monaco |
Chapel |
Stowe |
Hockenheim |
Copse |
Melbourne |
Catalunya |
Vale |
Woodcote |
Magny-Cours |
The Courtyard |
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Time
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Suzuka WAVEZ 101
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Monza WAVEZ 102
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Wellington A AI
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Becketts AppDev
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Hungaroring CICS
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Nurburgring Db2
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Wellington B IMS Dominic Day |
Indianapolis Large Systems
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Monaco Mainframe Skills & Learning
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Chapel MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit
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Stowe Hybrid Cloud, WAVEZ 102, Networks & Mainframe Audit
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Hockenheim New Technologies
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Copse Open Mainframe Project
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Melbourne Security
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Catalunya Service Management
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Vale Storage Management
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Woodcote z Capacity & Performance
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Magny-Cours Application Development & Network Management
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The Courtyard Mon: 101; Tue: AppDev; Wed: Exec Stream; Thu: AppDev
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Registration & Coffee10:00 - 11:00 | |||||||||||||||||||
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11:00 -
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Mainframe101: Everything you need to kno... Niall Ashley
Kyle Pressley
Niall Ashley
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Soft Skills |
Mainframe Productivity Tips and Tricks Chris Knowles
David Mills
Sean Rooney
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
z/OS |
101 Introduction to AI: Machine Learning... Alzares Stephens
Anna Shugol
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Developing CICS applications your way, u... Stuart Ashby
Dave Nice
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Introduction to CICS for the Non-CICS Sp... Robert Stroud
Ezriel Gross
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud |
Design for High Performance Concurrent I... Marcus Davage
John Campbell
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage ![]() |
DORA and Enhancing the Operational Resil... Dominic Jackson
Subhasish Sarkar
John O'Dowd
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
A Golden Age for Mainframe Learning? Dr. Herbert Daly
Anthony Papageorgiou
Dr. Herbert Daly
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
Title: The Power of the Mainframe Open E... Maemalynn Meanor
Yetunde Obakeye
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Effectively manage Digital Secrets lifec... Rui Feio
Vic Cross
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Ensuring Resiliency Across Sites with IB... Anna Dawson
Marija Perkovic
Catalunya
Service Management
Anna Dawson ![]() |
Accelerating Db2 performance with zHyper... Mikhael Liberman
Nick Clayton
Anthony Ciabattoni
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman ![]() |
The Future of Performance and Capacity P... Nathan Appleby
John Baker
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
More horses mean faster deliveries - how... Joe Winchester
Gary Thornhill
Stephen Morgan
Magny-Cours
AppDev
Joe Winchester |
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15 Minute Break11:45 - 12:00 | |||||||||||||||||||
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12:00 -
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AI infused z/OS: Overview and Updates Alzares Stephens
Anastasiia Didkvoska
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
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Commanding your CICS plexes and regions... Robert Stroud
Joe Winchester
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud |
"Run-It-Back" - Db2 for z/OS Development... Colin Knight
Anthony Ciabattoni
Nurburgring
Db2
Colin Knight ![]() |
Demystify IMS: Unlock Topology of your A... Dominic Jackson
Jan Samohyl
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Hybrid Integration is Inevitable – APIs... Brian O'Shea
Tom Slattery
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
Harmonizing Mainframe Ecosystems with a... Maemalynn Meanor
Sarah Julia Kriesch
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Mainframe Monitoring Essentials for DORA... Rui Feio
Jose Arias
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Z ChatOps in Action (Live Demo) Anna Dawson
Marija Perkovic
Catalunya
Service Management
Anna Dawson |
Data Resiliency: Is 'Good' really good e... Mikhael Liberman
Glenn Wilcock
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
Parallel Sysplex Performance Topics Nathan Appleby
Martin Packer
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
Accelerate your automation with Python a... Louisa Seers
Demetrios N/A
Magny-Cours
AppDev
Louisa Seers |
Capture The Flag workshop (Part 1) Niall Ashley
Henri Kuiper
Lukas Jaks
Courtyard
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Security; Code |
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Brown Bag Lunch12:45 - 13:30 Bentleys | |||||||||||||||||||
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13:30 -
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How to run a Mainframe Student Society Niall Ashley
Zaid Darsot
Nishka Sardar
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Soft Skills |
SEAR API and the value of open source Lukas Jaks
Emma Skovgård
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks |
An Introduction to Large Language Models... Alzares Stephens
William Yates
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
The IT Stairway to Heaven. CICS Testing... Stuart Ashby
Petr Vacula
Scott Brod
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
CICS Explorer: A quick reference with po... Robert Stroud
Dave Nice
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud |
And now for something completely useful.... Colin Knight
Marcus Davage
Nurburgring
Db2
Colin Knight |
From Cobwebs to Catalogs: IMS Modernizat... Dominic Jackson
Filip Djurickovic
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Our experience with the GSAP programme Dr. Herbert Daly
Aaron Stoddart
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
From Metrics to Actions: Integrating Mai... Brian O'Shea
Oleksandr Hubanov
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
Mainframe DevOps: Choosing the Right Pat... Keith Banham
Claire Connor
Steven Perva
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Maemalynn Meanor
Richelle Anne Craw
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Leveraging AI to Strengthen Cybersecurit... Rui Feio
Cynthia Overby
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Scheduling with zCentric Agents - Implem... Anna Dawson
Marija Perkovic
Catalunya
Service Management
Anna Dawson |
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Overseeing z/OS Performance Management w... Nathan Appleby
Peter Enrico
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
Wrap up your automation journey with Ans... Joe Winchester
Demetrios N/A
Magny-Cours
AppDev
Joe Winchester |
Capture The Flag workshop (Part 2) Elitsa Popova
Henri Kuiper
Bobby Tjassens Keiser
Courtyard
WAVEZ 101
Elitsa Popova
Topics include:
Security; Code |
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15 Minute Break14:15 - 14:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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14:30 -
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Breaking Into the Mainframe World: A Beg... Niall Ashley
Meena Chand
Aravind Jalajan
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Soft Skills |
Integrating with the mainframe - you hav... Chris Knowles
Andrew Smithson
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Code; z/OS |
Agentic AI and the future of decision ma... Alzares Stephens
Shubhangi Goyal
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Yep, this really is about SQL and DDL fo... Stuart Ashby
Cieron Powell - Hale
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Achieving Resiliency in CICS with CICSPl... Robert Stroud
Aleksandr Charcikov
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud ![]() |
Rock Steady: Strategies for Making Db2 D... Marcus Davage
Chris Crone
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
IMS Diagnostics: Solving Abends with IMS... Dominic Jackson
Snehal Nalage
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Able Baker to Zulu ! What they don't te... Dr. Herbert Daly
Steven Perva
Joe Winchester
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
Security Capture the Flag Kick Off Sessi... Chad Rikansrud
Chad Rikansrud
Chapel
Security Working Group
Chad Rikansrud |
IBM Terraform for Z and LinuxONE 101 Brian O'Shea
Bryant Panyarachun
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
Productive mainframe delivery using open... Maemalynn Meanor
Bronwyn Davies
Stephen Morgan
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Bringing Security and Compliance to DevO... Rui Feio
Anthony Anter
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Scheduling with zCentric Agents - Advanc... Anna Dawson
Marija Perkovic
Catalunya
Service Management
Anna Dawson |
Eye of the Tiger: Unleash the Full Power... Mikhael Liberman
Russell Witt
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
Real Time is Too Late: A Strategic Appro... Nathan Appleby
John Baker
Liz Dore
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
Take automation on Z to the next level w... Louisa Seers
Demetrios N/A
Magny-Cours
AppDev
Louisa Seers |
Capture The Flag workshop (Part 3) Elitsa Popova
Henri Kuiper
Bobby Tjassens Keiser
Courtyard
WAVEZ 101
Elitsa Popova
Topics include:
Security; Code |
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Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes15:15 - 15:45 Refreshments stations on ground, 1st floori and in front of Melbourne | |||||||||||||||||||
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15:45 -
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Newbie Mainframers Talk Candidly Niall Ashley
Niall Ashley
Cassidy Heulings
Lillian McPadden
Nishka Sardar
Earl Dixon
Jennifer Osborne
Bentleys
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Soft Skills |
Db2 on the Move: From Manual to SMS-Mana... Elitsa Popova
Filip Forjan
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Elitsa Popova
Topics include:
Databases; Storage |
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An Overview to Lightweight and Browser-b... Stuart Ashby
Peter Haumer
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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Design for High Performance Concurrent I... Marcus Davage
John Campbell
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage ![]() |
IMS Operational Best Practives Dominic Jackson
Kevin Stewart
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
The Business Value of Hybrid Cloud Brian O'Shea
Rebecca Levesque
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
From COBOL to Kafka - A guide to event i... Keith Banham
Andrew Smithson
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Maemalynn Meanor
Joe Sexton
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
What's new in IBM Z Workload Scheduler V... Anna Dawson
Wolfgang Schaeberle
Domenico D'Alterio
Catalunya
Service Management
Anna Dawson |
Keeping Storage Simple: Why We Let AI Do... Mikhael Liberman
Alex Agoltsov
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
Unlocking the Power of Application Tunin... Nathan Appleby
Tofik Jemal Ahmed
Petr Klomfar
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
Automate the heck out of every LPAR! Joe Winchester
Bronwyn Davies
Stephen Morgan
Magny-Cours
AppDev
Joe Winchester |
Capture The Flag workshop (Part 4) Lukas Jaks
Henri Kuiper
Bobby Tjassens Keiser
Courtyard
WAVEZ 101
Lukas Jaks
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Code; Security |
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15 Minute Break16:30 - 16:45 | |||||||||||||||||||
Keynote: Seven Ways to Save Your Sanity and Stop Burning Your Toast.
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Hotel Checkin & Relax17:30 - 18:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
Early Dinner18:30 - 19:30 Brooklands | |||||||||||||||||||
Late Dinner19:30 - 20:30 Brooklands | |||||||||||||||||||
Pub Quiz21:00 - 22:30 Bentleys | |||||||||||||||||||
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Suzuka |
Monza |
Wellington A |
Becketts |
Hungaroring |
Nurburgring |
Wellington B |
Indianapolis |
Monaco |
Chapel |
Stowe |
Hockenheim |
Copse |
Melbourne |
Catalunya |
Vale |
Woodcote |
Magny-Cours |
The Courtyard |
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Time
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Suzuka WAVEZ 101
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Monza WAVEZ 102
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Wellington A AI
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Becketts AppDev
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Hungaroring CICS
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Nurburgring Db2
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Wellington B IMS Dominic Day |
Indianapolis Large Systems
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Monaco Mainframe Skills & Learning
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Chapel MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit
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Stowe Hybrid Cloud, WAVEZ 102, Networks & Mainframe Audit
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Hockenheim New Technologies
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Copse Open Mainframe Project
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Melbourne Security
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Catalunya Service Management
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Vale Storage Management
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Woodcote z Capacity & Performance
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Magny-Cours Application Development & Network Management
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The Courtyard Mon: 101; Tue: AppDev; Wed: Exec Stream; Thu: AppDev
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Registration & Coffee07:30 - 08:45 | |||||||||||||||||||
Keynote: Conference Opening
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Keynote: Rock FM Radio: All Mainframe. All Modern. All Week
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15 Minute Break10:00 - 10:15 | |||||||||||||||||||
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10:15 -
11:00
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Ears Wide Open: Turning Listening into Y... Elitsa Popova
Glenn Anderson
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Elitsa Popova
Topics include:
Soft Skills |
This is not your grandfathers storage sy... Chris Knowles
Nick Clayton
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Storage |
DevSecOps with digital credential manage... Stuart Ashby
Allison Moshier
Vic Cross
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Generative AI-assisted CICS application... Robert Stroud
Steve Foley
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud |
Take It To the Limit: Enhance Db2 Perfor... Colin Knight
Chris Crone
Nurburgring
Db2
Colin Knight |
Deal with growing cybersecurity risks &... Dominic Jackson
Subhasish Sarkar
John O'Dowd
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
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IBM App Connect v13 and IBM webMethods H... Daniel Bradbury
Dominic Storey
Chapel
MQ
Daniel Bradbury ![]() |
Multi-Architecture Solutions with zCX an... Brian O'Shea
Wilhelm Mild
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
Bridging Eras: My Journey from Mainframe... Keith Banham
Nasib Aldirani
Mark Blackman
Hockenheim
New Technologies
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Effective strategies for Git and source... Maemalynn Meanor
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
RACF Update: z/OS 3.2 and More! Rui Feio
Mark Nelson
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
WatchTower & ServiceNow: Transforming Ma... Matt C Roseblade
Matheus Milani
Catalunya
Service Management
Matt C Roseblade |
Are you still using tapes? You don’t hav... Mikhael Liberman
Offer Baruch
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
What can SMF data tell us about our z Ma... Nathan Appleby
John Ticic
Jean-Marc van der Kolk
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
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BYOD Lab: DevX Workshop: Bring your Lapt... James Harper
Ekaterina Tumanova
Vit Gottwald
Courtyard
AppDev
James Harper |
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Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes11:00 - 11:30 Exhibition Area - Astons and Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||
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11:30 -
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Navigating the land of Dinosaurs and Acr... Niall Ashley
John O'Dowd
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
z/OS; Databases; Soft Skills |
Advanced z/OSMF Workflows Development Lukas Jaks
Pavel Zlatnik
Marketa Muzikova
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks ![]()
Topics include:
z/OS |
Simplifying and transforming the IBM Z e... Alzares Stephens
Sowmya Kameswaran
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Git yer motor running! Stories from the... Stuart Ashby
Vaughn Marshall
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
An Introduction to Leveraging AI to Incr... Robert Stroud
Khadar Mohamed
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud |
Db2 13 for z/OS Latest Features Marcus Davage
Victoria Felt
Mark Rader
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
From Zero to IMS Hero: Building Your Fir... Dominic Jackson
Filip Djurickovic
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
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Simplifying container orchestration with... Brian O'Shea
Fabio Alessandro Locati
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
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Testing Across Boundaries: z/OS to Cloud... Maemalynn Meanor
Louisa Seers
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Rock and Roll with ACF2 and Top Secret Rui Feio
John Pinkowski
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Unlocking Next-Level Mainframe Observabi... Matt C Roseblade
Michael Kiehl
Matt McLaughlin
Catalunya
Service Management
Matt C Roseblade |
From Copycat to Compliance: What’s New i... Mikhael Liberman
Markus Navarro
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
Performance Analysis of CPU Problems in... Nathan Appleby
Scott Chapman
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
BYOD Lab: Riff on the tune of zOS Applic... James Harper
Ekaterina Tumanova
Joseph Leong
Courtyard
AppDev
James Harper |
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15 Minute Break12:15 - 12:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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12:30 -
13:15
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Niall Ashley
Aleksandr Charcikov
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Transactions |
One LPAR, Many Faces: The Power of IPLPA... Chris Knowles
Chris Harvey
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
z/OS |
Who is Afraid of the AI Big Bad Wolf Alzares Stephens
Gatien Dupre
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Z Devops: navigating your route to live... Stuart Ashby
Ian Mitchell
Dennis Behm
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Integrating CICS with AI - MCP server in... Robert Stroud
William Yates
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud ![]() |
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The Nuts an Bolts of IMS Locking Dominic Jackson
Kevin Stewart
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Discover a New Level of Security Through... Eddie Roe
Brian Jagos
Indianapolis
LSWG
Eddie Roe |
Mainframes for the Modern Mind: A Practi... Dr. Herbert Daly
Alex Agoltsov
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
IBM MQ for z/OS, how deep can a deep que... Daniel Bradbury
Toby Keegan
Chapel
MQ
Daniel Bradbury ![]() |
Integrating z/OS from an iPaaS? There’s... Brian O'Shea
Andrew Smithson
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
Rocking - with the Site Reliability Engi... Keith Banham
Angelika Heinrich
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Installing and Configuring Zowe - from Z... Maemalynn Meanor
Jakub Balhar
Joe Winchester
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Tackle Insider Threats Before They Strik... Rui Feio
Johnathan Crossno
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Beyond the Green Screen: CA 7 APIs, OTEL... Matt C Roseblade
Praveen Verma
Catalunya
Service Management
Matt C Roseblade |
IBM Z Cyber Vault Explained - Soup to Nu... Mikhael Liberman
Nathan Brice
Nick Clayton
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
The IBM z17 Performance Brief, plus Chip... Nathan Appleby
David Hutton
John Baker
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
Introduction to Mainframe Networking Con... Niall Buchanan
Michael Bauer
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan |
Standing Ovation. Enabling Enterprise De... Louisa Seers
Oleksandr Goncharenko
Courtyard
AppDev
Louisa Seers |
Lunch13:15 - 14:15 Exhibition Area - Astons and Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||
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z/OS Performance Spotlight: Some Top Things You May Not Know
Peter Enrico
Scott Chapman
Lunch & Learn
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Rocking the Future, Bracing for the Quantum Shift!
Jessica Doherty
Michael Jordan
Lunch & Learn
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15 Minute Break14:15 - 14:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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14:30 -
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How to become a F1 Performance star (Par... Niall Ashley
Gabriel Guth
Kim Mortensen
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
z/OS |
Chris Knowles
Mark Wilson
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Security |
We Will Rock You with Stories from the F... Alzares Stephens
Venkat Balabhadrapatruni
Goran Begic
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Things you need to know for getting the... Stuart Ashby
Bobby Tjassens Keiser
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Latest update on security in CICS TS 6.3 Robert Stroud
Lewis James
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud |
Db2 under siege: real-world exploits and... Colin Knight
Marcus Davage
David Lea
Nurburgring
Db2
Colin Knight |
Many things pass, but one thing remains:... Dominic Jackson
Thomas Esser
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
The latest and greatest z/OS: what's in... Zakeer Suleyman
Marna Walle
Stephen Warren
Indianapolis
LSWG
Zakeer Suleyman |
Dr. Herbert Daly
Abi Bettle-Shaffer
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
An IBM Champion's Guide to Advocacy Lukas Jaks
Shari Chiara
Steven Perva
Niall Ashley
Stowe
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks
Topics include:
Soft Skills |
Ansible-Driven Automation Made Easy with... Keith Banham
Craig Freiwald
Jan Prihoda
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Zowe CLI in Action: Enabling Mainframe A... Maemalynn Meanor
Diego Rodriguez
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
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Automation: The Unsung Hero of Your Main... Matt C Roseblade
David Mills
Sean Rooney
Catalunya
Service Management
Matt C Roseblade |
Integrating Cloud Objects in z/OS Batch Mikhael Liberman
Andrew Wilt
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
DB2: Understanding DB2 Usage and Measure... Nathan Appleby
Peter Enrico
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
Linux on IBM Z and z/OS Network Topologi... Niall Buchanan
Wilhelm Mild
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan |
Accelerate mainframe application moderni... Louisa Seers
Brian Venn
Courtyard
AppDev
Louisa Seers ![]() |
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15 Minute Break15:15 - 15:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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15:30 -
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Mainframe Skills 101 - Blue Sky or Dark... Niall Ashley
Derek Britton
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Soft Skills |
An API for Software Updates: Modernize... Chris Knowles
Marna Walle
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles ![]()
Topics include:
z/OS; Code |
I Let ChatGPT Install My OMEGAMON AI for... Alzares Stephens
Germanas Samrickis
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Z DevOps: YAML simplifies building and d... Stuart Ashby
Dennis Behm
Ian Mitchell
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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Resiliency and Recovery using Db2, Cyber... Marcus Davage
Anthony Ciabattoni
Nick Clayton
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage ![]() |
What does IBM Z Cyber Vault mean for an... Dominic Jackson
Tracy Dean
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
What's new in SDSF for z/OS 3.2 Eddie Roe
Rob Scott
Indianapolis
LSWG
Eddie Roe |
Mainframe World Tour: Making Multicultur... Dr. Herbert Daly
Swathi Javvaji
Petr Klomfar
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
For Those About to Code - We Salute You! Lukas Jaks
Ekaterina Tumanova
Vit Gottwald
Jules Kreutzer
Stowe
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks
Topics include:
Code |
Integrating z with github Action Runners Keith Banham
Neale Ferguson
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Hidden treasures, advanced features, and... Maemalynn Meanor
Elliot Jalley
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
The Post-Quantum Crypto Journey Rui Feio
Bryan Childs
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Building Advanced Automation Utilities U... Matt C Roseblade
Don Fertenbaugh
Catalunya
Service Management
Matt C Roseblade |
World-class High Availability and Disast... Mikhael Liberman
Nathan Brice
Dave Matoe
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
How to become a F1 Performance star (Par... Nathan Appleby
Kim Mortensen
Gabriel Guth
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
Use Python to Automate Network Diagnosti... Niall Buchanan
Joshua Powell
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan |
Modern System Programming on z/OS: Why M... Louisa Seers
Alex Agoltsov
Courtyard
AppDev
Louisa Seers |
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Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes16:15 - 16:45 Exhibition Area - Astons and Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||
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16:45 -
17:30
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Elitsa Popova
Beth Newman-Jones
Mark Nelson
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Elitsa Popova
Topics include:
Security |
Testing Mainframe applications as a newb... Chris Knowles
Jade Carino
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
z/OS |
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Platform engineering: Our real world use... Stuart Ashby
Bronwyn Davies
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
What's new in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS Robert Stroud
Ezriel Gross
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud ![]() |
Marcus Davage
Victoria Felt
Mark Rader
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
Modernizing IMS Connect to support newer... Dominic Jackson
Snehal Nalage
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Zakeer Suleyman
Edward Jaffe
Indianapolis
LSWG
Zakeer Suleyman |
Why Mainframe Student Societies Deserve... Dr. Herbert Daly
Zaid Darsot
Nishka Sardar
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
Leading the Mainframe Forward: Lessons f... Aileen Wynne
Amanda Hendley
Chapel
Women in IT
Aileen Wynne |
Custom automation with CICS: Examples an... Lukas Jaks
Jakob-Julius Storgaard
Stowe
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks
Topics include:
Code; Transactions |
z/VM and EQDIO: The Future of Z and I/O Keith Banham
Walter Church
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Automating Mainframe Operations with RES... Maemalynn Meanor
Joshua Powell
Miroslav Strnad
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
TRMD, DMD and IDS: This session title is... Rui Feio
Tony Amies
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio ![]() |
Effective Application Management: how yo... Matt C Roseblade
Jens Bühring
Andy Davey
Catalunya
Service Management
Matt C Roseblade |
z/OS Compression Capabilities and Option... Mikhael Liberman
Nick Clayton
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman ![]() |
zOSMF WLM Policy Advisor - What Is New a... Nathan Appleby
Anastasiia Didkvoska
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
Configuring Networking for z/OS Containe... Niall Buchanan
Grant Mericle
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan |
GenAI solves everything - Trust but Vali... Louisa Seers
Michelle Harris
Courtyard
AppDev
Louisa Seers |
60 Minute Break17:30 - 18:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
WAVEZ Career Speed Networking17:45 - 19:15 Courtyard | |||||||||||||||||||
Early Dinner18:30 - 19:30 Brooklands | |||||||||||||||||||
Late Dinner19:30 - 20:30 Brooklands | |||||||||||||||||||
Casino Night ... 007 Theme ... Sponsored by Broadcom20:00 - 23:30 Bentleys | |||||||||||||||||||
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Suzuka |
Monza |
Wellington A |
Becketts |
Hungaroring |
Nurburgring |
Wellington B |
Indianapolis |
Monaco |
Chapel |
Stowe |
Hockenheim |
Copse |
Melbourne |
Catalunya |
Vale |
Woodcote |
Magny-Cours |
The Courtyard |
Ad Hoc sessions |
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Time
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Suzuka WAVEZ 101
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Monza WAVEZ 102
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Wellington A AI
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Becketts AppDev
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Hungaroring CICS
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Nurburgring Db2
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Wellington B IMS Dominic Day |
Indianapolis Large Systems
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Monaco Mainframe Skills & Learning
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Chapel MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit
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Stowe Hybrid Cloud, WAVEZ 102, Networks & Mainframe Audit
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Hockenheim New Technologies
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Copse Open Mainframe Project
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Melbourne Security
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Catalunya Service Management
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Vale Storage Management
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Woodcote z Capacity & Performance
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Magny-Cours Application Development & Network Management
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The Courtyard Mon: 101; Tue: AppDev; Wed: Exec Stream; Thu: AppDev
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Ad Hoc sessions
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Registration & Coffee07:30 - 09:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Keynote: Accelerating Mainframe Modernization: DevOps, AI, Security, and Beyond with Rocket Software
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15 Minute Break09:45 - 10:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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10:00 -
10:45
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Be Comfortable in Uncomfortable situatio... Niall Ashley
Anthony Anter
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Soft Skills |
Mission: Unstoppable – Resiliency and HA... Lukas Jaks
Aleksandr Charcikov
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks
Topics include:
z/OS |
Modernize and improve performance of COB... Stuart Ashby
Roland Koo
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Robert Stroud
Jakob-Julius Storgaard
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud
Topics include:
Secondary Speaker Ezriel Gross |
Hard Lessons Learned using High Performa... Colin Knight
John Campbell
Nurburgring
Db2
Colin Knight |
Improving the IMS DBA and system program... Dominic Jackson
Tracy Dean
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Defend yourself against Logical Data Cor... Zakeer Suleyman
Nathan Brice
Dave Matoe
Indianapolis
LSWG
Zakeer Suleyman |
Fueling the Future: A Hands-On Approach... Dr. Herbert Daly
Rebecca Levesque
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
RACF and the IBM Health Checker for z/OS David Ahearn
Mark Nelson
Chapel
Mainframe Audit
David Ahearn |
Elevating Enterprise Observability: Nati... Jakob-Julius Storgaard
Ruediger Schulze
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Jakob-Julius Storgaard |
Connecting the Core: Navigating Mainfram... Keith Banham
Claire Connor
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Build Your First REST API App to Manage... Maemalynn Meanor
Jan Prihoda
Sergei Krunevich
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Mainframe Cyber Attacks – How to fight b... Rui Feio
Allen Saurette
Paul Scott
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Leveraging machine learning, anomaly det... Anna Dawson
Wolfgang Schaeberle
Ashok Mahay
Catalunya
Service Management
Anna Dawson |
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Nathan Appleby
Thomas Esser
Gediminas Klegeris
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
How easy is it to extract someone's TSO... Niall Buchanan
Tony Amies
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan ![]() |
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Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes10:45 - 11:15 Exhibition Area - Astons and Grand Prix | ||||||||||||||||||||
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11:15 -
12:00
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AI Won't Save You: Z Performance and Lif... Niall Ashley
John Baker
Eddie Roe
Nishka Sardar
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
z/OS; Transactions; Soft Skills |
Elevating your skills as a RACF speciali... Chris Knowles
Emma Skovgård
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Security |
Don't hog all of the AI, let management... Alzares Stephens
Anthony Anter
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Accelerate Your COBOL Compiler Upgrades Stuart Ashby
Roland Koo
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
OpenTelemetry tracing in CICS TS 6.3 Robert Stroud
Jenny He
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud ![]() |
Even more latest features of Db2 13 for... Marcus Davage
Mark Rader
Victoria Felt
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
IMS performance metrics - What's hiding... Dominic Jackson
Cieron Powell - Hale
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson ![]() |
Upgrading to z/OS 3.2; Planning, Part 1 Zakeer Suleyman
Marna Walle
Indianapolis
LSWG
Zakeer Suleyman |
Mainframe Harmony: Lessons from Legends... Dr. Herbert Daly
Mary Ann Furno
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
David Ahearn
Brian Marshall
Chapel
Mainframe Audit
David Ahearn |
Leverage Event Driven Ansible to reduce... Jakob-Julius Storgaard
Fabio Alessandro Locati
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Jakob-Julius Storgaard |
From Pixels to Panels: Taming the Mainfr... Keith Banham
Gaurav Tikekar
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham ![]() |
Driving Operational Visibility for Mainf... Maemalynn Meanor
Elliot Jalley
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
DevOps Meets RACF: Self-Service on z/OS Rui Feio
Henri Kuiper
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
Topics include:
. |
Modernization of OMEGAMON with key enhan... Anna Dawson
Ashok Mahay
Catalunya
Service Management
Anna Dawson |
No Drama, just reliable Software Defined... Mikhael Liberman
Perry Jones
Mark Warren
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
Testing, testing everywhere, nor any dro... Nathan Appleby
Charles Gaskell
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
Improve resource utilization and enhance... Niall Buchanan
Niall Buchanan
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan |
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15 Minute Break12:00 - 12:15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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12:15 -
13:00
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Mainframes do Open Source too! One main... Niall Ashley
Vic Cross
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Code; z/OS |
Lukas Jaks
Lukas Jaks
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks
Topics include:
Soft Skills; z/OS |
Bring your mainframe data to your AI Age... Alzares Stephens
Andrew Smithson
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
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CICS Liberty Customer Experiences Robert Stroud
Srinivasa Reddy Bommareddy
Ian Mitchell
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud |
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IMS Managed ACBs: Real-world customer pa... Dominic Jackson
Snehal Nalage
Amar Verma
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Upgrading to z/OS 3.2; Tech Actions, Pa... Zakeer Suleyman
Marna Walle
Indianapolis
LSWG
Zakeer Suleyman |
From Mentee to Mentor: Lessons in Mainfr... Dr. Herbert Daly
Richelle Anne Craw
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
The Pulse of the Mainframe – Unlocking I... David Ahearn
Pradnya Shah
Dipti Joshi
Chapel
Mainframe Audit
David Ahearn |
ISPF Tips and Tricks for Everyone! Chris Knowles
Mark Nelson
Stowe
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
z/OS |
In-place Mainframe Modernization at Dans... Keith Banham
Emma Skovgård
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
From complainer to committer: How I got... Maemalynn Meanor
Joshua Waters
Dave Nice
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Vital Cybersecurity Best Practices for U... Rui Feio
Steven Hosie
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
OMEGAMON client success stories David Swift
Ashok Mahay
Catalunya
Service Management
David Swift |
Slash Downtime: Modern Backup & Recovery... Mikhael Liberman
Johnathan Crossno
Michael McKay
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
z/OS Performance Management in an AI Wor... Nathan Appleby
Peter Enrico
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
z/OS Communications Server Technical Upd... Niall Buchanan
Grant Mericle
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan |
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Lunch13:00 - 14:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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13:15 -
14:00
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How to connect LLMs and AI agents to real-time mainframe data
Gil Peleg
Lunch & Learn
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15 Minute Break14:00 - 14:15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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14:15 -
15:00
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Basics of using Python on z/OS Niall Ashley
Steven Pitman
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Code; z/OS |
Lukas Jaks
Edward Jaffe
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks ![]()
Topics include:
z/OS |
New products, features and functionaliti... Stuart Ashby
Roland Koo
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Simplifying CICS configuration: harnessi... Robert Stroud
Ledina Hido-Evans
Kiera Bennett
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud |
Plug In and Fear No Threads: Secure and... Colin Knight
Michal Bialecki
Nurburgring
Db2
Colin Knight |
Solutions for real customer challenges m... Dominic Jackson
Bhaskar Gupta
Tracy Dean
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Hands-On session: Explore IBM Data Gate... Eddie Roe
Anna Shugol
Indianapolis
LSWG
Eddie Roe |
Neurodiversity and The Mainframe Dr. Herbert Daly
Steven Hosie
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
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Chris Knowles
Rob Scott
Stowe
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
z/OS |
IBM Z & LinuxONE the largest scalable se... Keith Banham
Wilhelm Mild
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
CBT Tape, a treasure trove of powerups... Maemalynn Meanor
Marcus Davage
Joe Winchester
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Metamorphōsēs: Transforming distributed... Rui Feio
Jake Labelle
Nicola Zarrilli
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Integrate Your Mainframe Into Your Enter... David Swift
Chris Walker
Catalunya
Service Management
David Swift |
mainframe storage at the time of AI Mikhael Liberman
Alain BEAUREGARD
Simon Dorn
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
(Primer to) The IBM Z Processor Optimiza... Nathan Appleby
David Hutton
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
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15 Minute Break15:00 - 15:15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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15:15 -
16:00
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Dude where’s my nuggets? – A beginners g... Elitsa Popova
Louisa Seers
Anthony Papageorgiou
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Elitsa Popova
Topics include:
Soft Skills; Transactions; Messaging; Networks; z/OS |
Mainframe Security – A Game of Chess Pla... Chris Knowles
Niall Ashley
Kevin Milne
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Security |
Secure by Design: What AI Can Learn from... Alzares Stephens
Nasib Aldirani
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens ![]() |
Rock n' Roll to Stardom with DevOps Best... Stuart Ashby
Vaughn Marshall
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Profiling a CICS Transaction Using Trace Robert Stroud
Ezriel Gross
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud ![]() |
Mission critical 24x7 availability using... Marcus Davage
Anthony Ciabattoni
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage ![]() |
Change is inevitable, but suffering is o... Dominic Jackson
Clive Harriss
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
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Creating Innovation and Resilience Throu... Dr. Herbert Daly
Emma Skovgård
Steven Perva
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
MQ High Availability - What are the opti... Daniel Bradbury
Gwydion Tudur
Chapel
MQ
Daniel Bradbury ![]() |
The diminishing returns curve...or audit... David Ahearn
Colman O'Carroll
Stowe
Mainframe Audit
David Ahearn |
Practical Use of Containers in Mainframe... Keith Banham
Mikulas Cserge
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Updating Legacy Code the Open Source Way... Maemalynn Meanor
Oleksandr Hubanov
Germanas Samrickis
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
The Authorized Program Facility: Needs &... Rui Feio
Bryan Childs
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Practical approaches to optimizing Obser... David Swift
Chris Walker
Catalunya
Service Management
David Swift |
z/OS Cloud Object Storage Solutions Mikhael Liberman
Glenn Wilcock
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
Ok, what do you want to know about zIIPs... Nathan Appleby
John Ticic
Jean-Marc van der Kolk
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
All Aboard the Network Express! Niall Buchanan
Grant Mericle
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan |
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Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes16:00 - 16:30 Exhibition Area - Astons and Grand Prix | ||||||||||||||||||||
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16:30 -
17:15
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Getting Access to your Data from Python Niall Ashley
Steven Pitman
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
z/OS; Code |
Lukas Jaks
Joe Winchester
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks
Topics include:
Soft Skills |
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Want to ask your COBOL code a question?... Stuart Ashby
Brian Venn
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby ![]() |
CICS TS V6 security - Journey to zero tr... Robert Stroud
Lewis James
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud |
Avoid the Crazy Train By Mastering Acces... Colin Knight
Denis Tronin
Nurburgring
Db2
Colin Knight |
IMS mACB - The Journey So Far... Dominic Jackson
Amar Verma
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Being Aware of Changes in z/OS 3.2 Soone... Eddie Roe
Shigeki Kimura
Indianapolis
LSWG
Eddie Roe |
Energize Your Team's Performance – Think... Dr. Herbert Daly
Glenn Anderson
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
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Mainframe Audit - Round Table Discussion David Ahearn
David Ahearn
James Harper
Stowe
Mainframe Audit
David Ahearn |
Terraform + Ansible + Z: Automating the... Keith Banham
Christopher Byrnes
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Instrumenting the Mainframe: An introduc... Maemalynn Meanor
Ruediger Schulze
Chris Walker
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Expanding z/OS Anti-Malware to the Netwo... Rui Feio
Bryan Childs
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Introducing IBM Concert for Z: an AI-pow... Anna Dawson
Domenico D'Alterio
Catalunya
Service Management
Anna Dawson |
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z/OS Communications Server Network Secur... Niall Buchanan
Grant Mericle
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan |
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15 Minute Break17:15 - 17:30 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Keynote: Cyber Security in the age of AI
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Pre-Dinner Drinks18:15 - 19:00 Exhibition Area - Astons and Grand Prix | ||||||||||||||||||||
WAVEZ 101 & 102 - Pre-Dinner Drinks - The Courtyard18:15 - 19:00 Courtyard | ||||||||||||||||||||
Conference Dinner & Charity Raffle Draw19:00 - 23:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Suzuka |
Monza |
Wellington A |
Becketts |
Hungaroring |
Nurburgring |
Wellington B |
Indianapolis |
Monaco |
Chapel |
Stowe |
Hockenheim |
Copse |
Melbourne |
Catalunya |
Vale |
Woodcote |
Magny-Cours |
The Courtyard |
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Time
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Suzuka WAVEZ 101
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Monza WAVEZ 102
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Wellington A AI
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Becketts AppDev
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Hungaroring CICS
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Nurburgring Db2
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Wellington B IMS Dominic Day |
Indianapolis Large Systems
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Monaco Mainframe Skills & Learning
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Chapel MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit
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Stowe Hybrid Cloud, WAVEZ 102, Networks & Mainframe Audit
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Hockenheim New Technologies
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Copse Open Mainframe Project
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Melbourne Security
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Catalunya Service Management
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Vale Storage Management
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Woodcote z Capacity & Performance
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Magny-Cours Application Development & Network Management
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The Courtyard Mon: 101; Tue: AppDev; Wed: Exec Stream; Thu: AppDev
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Registration & Coffee07:30 - 09:00 | |||||||||||||||||||
Keynote: Navigating Global Compliance: A Case Study
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15 Minute Break09:45 - 10:00 | |||||||||||||||||||
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10:00 -
10:45
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You speak EBCDIC, I speak ASCII, let's c... Niall Ashley
Joe Winchester
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
z/OS |
Control Blocks are the z/OS Table of Con... Chris Knowles
John O'Dowd
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles ![]()
Topics include:
z/OS; Code |
Connect, Visualise, Predict: Visualizing... Alzares Stephens
Niraj Garudkar
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Modernizing Applications with Python & C... Stuart Ashby
Steven Pitman
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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What if you had to quickly recover an IM... Dominic Jackson
Bhaskar Gupta
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
What’s new in zCX for Docker and Red Hat... Zakeer Suleyman
Stephen Warren
Indianapolis
LSWG
Zakeer Suleyman |
Let’s All Play “Follow the Speaker” - Le... Dr. Herbert Daly
Glenn Anderson
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
Practical z/VM Automation using Terrafor... Keith Banham
Vic Cross
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Feilong: Empowering z/VM Adoption Maemalynn Meanor
Rajat Sharma
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
The Importance of Mainframe Red-Teaming... Rui Feio
Kevin Milne
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
The journey to trusting AI for IT operat... Anna Dawson
Domenico D'Alterio
Sowmya Kameswaran
Catalunya
Service Management
Anna Dawson |
Modern Machines, Modern Metrics Nathan Appleby
Martin Packer
John Baker
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby ![]() ![]() |
Migrating from DEVICE/LINK to INTERFACE... Niall Buchanan
Aileen Wynne
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan |
Getting Started with z/OS Java Applicati... Louisa Seers
Peter Haumer
Courtyard
AppDev
Louisa Seers |
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Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes10:45 - 11:15 Exhibition Area - Astons and Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||
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11:15 -
12:00
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IBM Mainframe ISPF Services: Leveraging... Niall Ashley
Stephen Spence
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
z/OS |
Fast Path to understanding z/OS basics a... Lukas Jaks
Roger Bales
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks
Topics include:
z/OS |
Dream On or Rock and Roll Heaven? Lesson... Alzares Stephens
Joseph Leong
Goran Begic
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Culture Eats DevOps for Breakfast Stuart Ashby
Gatien Dupre
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Seamless integration between Java and CI... Robert Stroud
Srinivasa Reddy Bommareddy
Hungaroring
CICS
Robert Stroud |
Let's Riff On Best Practices for Dynamic... Colin Knight
Michal Bialecki
Nurburgring
Db2
Colin Knight |
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Visualizing the Invisible: Bringing Main... Dr. Herbert Daly
Amirthavarshini Vimaleshwara Raja
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
Interacting with Cloud Object stores usi... Jakob-Julius Storgaard
Andrew Wilt
Chapel
Hybrid Cloud
Jakob-Julius Storgaard |
Welcome to the Jungle. Boosting Develope... Keith Banham
Vishy Ramaswamy
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
The Power Trio: Visualizing Db2 for z/OS... Maemalynn Meanor
Sujit Neb
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
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Z Operations re-imagined with generative... Anna Dawson
Wolfgang Schaeberle
Domenico D'Alterio
Catalunya
Service Management
Anna Dawson |
Use System Recovery Boost for your Capac... Nathan Appleby
Jan Tielemans
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby ![]() |
Discover, Respond to, and Address Networ... Niall Buchanan
Anna Clayton
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan |
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15 Minute Break12:00 - 12:15 | |||||||||||||||||||
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12:15 -
13:00
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Elitsa Popova
Jim Horne
Joe Winchester
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Elitsa Popova
Topics include:
z/OS |
The Art of Cryptographic Key Management... Chris Knowles
Zakeer Suleyman
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Security |
Revolutionizing Mainframe Development wi... Alzares Stephens
Deepak Chopra
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Modernization without disruption - is RE... Stuart Ashby
Oleksandr Hubanov
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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Empowering Db2 for z/OS applications wit... Marcus Davage
Sueli Almeida
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
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How Mainframers Can Learn New Tricks in... Dr. Herbert Daly
Clementine Gribble
Monaco
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly |
CICS as a cloud ready platform for Java Jakob-Julius Storgaard
Srinivasa Reddy Bommareddy
Chapel
Hybrid Cloud
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Zopen: 'Apt'ly bringing package manageme... Maemalynn Meanor
Russell Wilson
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
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Intelligent Maintenance Risk Management... Anna Dawson
Domenico D'Alterio
Catalunya
Service Management
Anna Dawson |
The Many Benefits of Proper Batch Initia... Nathan Appleby
Kelly Vogt
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
Niall Buchanan
Colin Paice
Magny-Cours
Network Management
Niall Buchanan |
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Brown Bag Lunch & Prize Draws13:00 - 14:00 | |||||||||||||||||||
End of Conference14:00 - 14:00 | |||||||||||||||||||