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Conference Keynote Sessions
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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Keynote 2
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Accelerating Mainframe Modernization: DevOps, AI, Security, and Beyond with Rocket Software
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Keynote 4
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Keynote 5
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Conference Lunch & Learn Sessions
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WAVEZ 101
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WAVEZ 102
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AI
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AppDev
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CICS
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Db2
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IMS
Dominic Day |
Large Systems
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Mainframe Skills & Learning
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MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit
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Hybrid Cloud & Networks
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New Technologies
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Open Mainframe Project
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Security
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Service Management
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Storage Management
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Capacity & Performance
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Application Development & Network Management
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The Courtyard - Exec Stream
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Mainframe101: Everything you need to kno... Niall Ashley
Kyle Pressley
Niall Ashley
Bentleys
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
Mainframe Productivity Tips and Tricks Chris Knowles
David Mills
Sean Rooney
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles |
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... Rob Stroud
Ezriel Gross
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob 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
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Hybrid Integration is Inevitable – APIs... Brian O'Shea
Anthony Papageorgiou
Louisa Seers
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
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
Pradeep Parameshwaran
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Accelerating Db2 performance with zHyper... Mikhael Liberman
Nick Clayton
Anthony Ciabattoni
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
The Future of Performance and Capacity P... Nathan Appleby
Daniel Wiegand
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
More horses mean faster deliveries - how... Stuart Ashby
Derek Britton
Bronwyn Davies
Magny-Cours
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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The Art of Cryptographic Key Management... Chris Knowles
Zakeer Suleyman
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles |
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... Rob Stroud
Joe Winchester
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
And now for something completely useful.... Marcus Davage
Marcus Davage
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
Demystify IMS: Unlock Topology of your A... Dominic Jackson
Jan Samohyl
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Simplifying container orchestration with... Brian O'Shea
Fabio Alessandro Locati
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 |
Data Resiliency: Is 'Good' really good e... Mikhael Liberman
Glenn Wilcock
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
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Accelerate your automation with Python a... Stuart Ashby
Demetrios N/A
Magny-Cours
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Capture The Flag workshop (Part 1) Niall Ashley
Henri Kuiper
Lukas Jaks
Courtyard
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
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Brown Bag Lunch12:45 - 13:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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How to run a Mainframe Student Society Niall Ashley
Zaid Darsot
Nishka Sardar
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
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
Anthony Papageorgiou
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
The IT Stairway to Heaven. CICS Testing... Stuart Ashby
Petr Vacula
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
CICS Explorer: A quick reference with po... Rob Stroud
Dave Nice
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
Mission critical 24x7 availability using... Marcus Davage
Anthony Ciabattoni
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
From Cobwebs to Catalogs: IMS Modernizat... Dominic Jackson
Filip Djurickovic
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
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 |
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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... Stuart Ashby
Demetrios N/A
Magny-Cours
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Capture The Flag workshop (Part 2) Niall Ashley
Henri Kuiper
Bobby Tjassens Keiser
Courtyard
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
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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 |
Integrating with the mainframe - you hav... Chris Knowles
Andrew Smithson
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles |
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... Rob Stroud
Aleksandr Charcikov
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob 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 |
IBM Terraform for Z and LinuxONE 101 Brian O'Shea
Christopher Byrnes
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
From COBOL to Kafka - A guide to event i... Keith Banham
Anthony Papageorgiou
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Instrumenting the Mainframe: An introduc... Maemalynn Meanor
Ruediger Schulze
Chris Walker
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Bringing Security and Compliance to DevO... Rui Feio
Anthony Anter
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
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
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
Take automation on Z to the next level w... Stuart Ashby
Demetrios N/A
Magny-Cours
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Capture The Flag workshop (Part 3) Niall Ashley
Henri Kuiper
Bobby Tjassens Keiser
Courtyard
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
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Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes15:15 - 15:45 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Newbie Mainframers Talk Candidly Niall Ashley
Niall Ashley
Cassidy Heulings
Lillian McPadden
Bentleys
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
Db2 on the Move: From Manual to SMS-Mana... Lukas Jaks
Filip Forjan
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks |
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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
Chris Crone
John Campbell
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
IMS Operational Best Practives Dominic Jackson
Kevin Stewart
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Legacy Landmines: Writing HLASM That Won... Eddie Roe
Lizaveta Baranava
Indianapolis
LSWG
Eddie Roe |
The Business Value of Hybrid Cloud Brian O'Shea
Rebecca Levesque
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
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Maemalynn Meanor
Joe Sexton
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
A deeper dive into the z/OS System SSL w... Rui Feio
Wai Choi
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Unlocking the Power of Application Tunin... Nathan Appleby
Tofik Jemal Ahmed
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
Automate the heck out of every LPAR! Stuart Ashby
Bronwyn Davies
Magny-Cours
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Capture The Flag workshop (Part 4) Niall Ashley
Henri Kuiper
Lukas Jaks
Courtyard
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||
Late Dinner19:30 - 20:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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WAVEZ 101 |
WAVEZ 102 |
AI |
AppDev |
CICS |
Db2 |
IMS |
Large Systems |
Mainframe Skills & Learning |
MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit |
Hybrid Cloud & Networks |
New Technologies |
Open Mainframe Project |
Security |
Service Management |
Storage Management |
Capacity & Performance |
Application Development & Network Management |
The Courtyard - Exec Stream |
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Time
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WAVEZ 101
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WAVEZ 102
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AI
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AppDev
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CICS
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Db2
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IMS
Dominic Day |
Large Systems
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Mainframe Skills & Learning
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MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit
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Hybrid Cloud & Networks
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New Technologies
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Open Mainframe Project
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Security
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Service Management
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Storage Management
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Capacity & Performance
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Application Development & Network Management
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The Courtyard - Exec Stream
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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... Niall Ashley
Glenn Anderson
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
This is not your grandfathers storage sy... Chris Knowles
Nick Clayton
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles |
Types of Machine Learning with Examples Alzares Stephens
Dhrubajyoti Maiti
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
DevSecOps with digital credential manage... Stuart Ashby
Pradeep Parameshwaran
Allison Moshier
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
An Introduction to Leveraging AI to Incr... Rob Stroud
James Davies
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
Take It To the Limit: Enhance Db2 Perfor... Marcus Davage
Chris Crone
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
Deal with growing cybersecurity risks &... Dominic Jackson
Subhasish Sarkar
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
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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
Russell Bonner
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Effective strategies for Git and source... Maemalynn Meanor
Igor Todorovski
Harithamma D
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
RACF Update: z/OS 3.2 and More! Rui Feio
Mark Nelson
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Are you still using tapes? You don’t hav... Mikhael Liberman
Tomer Zelberzvig
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
Nathan Appleby |
BYOD Lab: Turn Up the Volume on Mainfram... Stuart Ashby
Ekaterina Tumanova
Courtyard
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes11:00 - 11:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Advanced z/OSMF Workflows Development Lukas Jaks
Pavel Zlatnik
Marketa Muzikova
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks |
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 |
Integrating CICS with AI - MCP server in... Rob Stroud
William Yates
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
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From Zero to IMS Hero: Building Your Fir... Dominic Jackson
Filip Djurickovic
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
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IBM MQ for z/OS, how deep can a deep que... Dan Bradbury
Gwydion Tudur
Chapel
MQ
Dan Bradbury |
Applications of Machine Learning (ML) an... Keith Banham
Dhrubajyoti Maiti
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
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 |
From Copycat to Compliance: What’s New i... Mikhael Liberman
Markus Navarro
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
Nathan Appleby
Danilo Gipponi
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
BYOD Lab: You Really Got Me! DevX Worksh... Stuart Ashby
Ekaterina Tumanova
Courtyard
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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15 Minute Break12:15 - 12:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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12:30 -
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One LPAR, Many Faces: The Power of IPLPA... Chris Knowles
Chris Harvey
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles |
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
Ian Mitchell
Dennis Behm
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Generative AI-assisted CICS application... Rob Stroud
Steve Foley
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
Db2 13 for z/OS Latest Features Marcus Davage
Victoria Felt
Mark Rader
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
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 |
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Integrating z/OS from an iPaaS? There’s... Brian O'Shea
Anthony Papageorgiou
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 |
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... Stuart Ashby
Zachariah Mullen
Courtyard
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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Lunch13:15 - 14:15 | |||||||||||||||||||
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15 Minute Break14:15 - 14:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Niall Ashley
Beth Newman-Jones
Mark Nelson
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
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We Will Rock You with Stories from the F... Alzares Stephens
Venkat Balabhadrapatruni
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 Rob Stroud
Lewis James
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
Db2 under siege: real-world exploits and... Marcus Davage
Marcus Davage
David Lea
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
Mining the IMS Catalog: Practical SQL fo... Dominic Jackson
Santosh Dorge
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
The latest and greatest z/OS: what's in... Eddie Roe
Marna Walle
Stephen Warren
Indianapolis
LSWG
Eddie Roe |
How to Influence Mainframe Decisions (Wi... Aileen Wynne
Ruth Bonser
Chapel
Women in IT
Aileen Wynne |
An IBM Champion's Guide to Advocacy Lukas Jaks
Niall Ashley
Shari Chiara
Steven Perva
Stowe
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks |
Ansible-Driven Automation Made Easy with... Keith Banham
Craig Freiwald
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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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... Stuart Ashby
Suman Gopinath
Courtyard
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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15 Minute Break15:15 - 15:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Mainframe Skills 101 - Blue Sky or Dark... Niall Ashley
Derek Britton
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
An API for Software Updates: Modernize... Chris Knowles
Marna Walle
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles |
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
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 |
Leading Without a Title: The Female Expe... Aileen Wynne
Lizaveta Baranava
Chapel
Women in IT
Aileen Wynne |
Stairway to your first VS Code extension Lukas Jaks
Ekaterina Tumanova
Stowe
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks |
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 Pervasive Encryption Journey: Data S... Rui Feio
Gregg Arquero
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
Keeping Storage Simple: Why We Let AI Do... Mikhael Liberman
Alex Agoltsov
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
From Mainframe to SaaS — Modernizing Per... Nathan Appleby
Kim Mortensen
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... Stuart Ashby
Alex Agoltsov
Courtyard
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes16:15 - 16:45 | |||||||||||||||||||
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How to become a Formula 1 racing star. I... Niall Ashley
Gabriel Guth
Kim Mortensen
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
Testing Mainframe applications as a newb... Chris Knowles
Jade Carino
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles |
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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 Rob Stroud
Ezriel Gross
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
Marcus Davage
Victoria Felt
Anna McKee
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
Modernizing IMS Connect to support newer... Dominic Jackson
Aman Dwivedi
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
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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 |
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
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
TRMD, DMD and IDS: This session title is... Rui Feio
Tony Amies
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
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... Stuart Ashby
Michelle Harris
Courtyard
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
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Early Dinner18:30 - 19:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
Late Dinner19:30 - 20:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
Entertainment20:30 - 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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WAVEZ 102 |
AI |
AppDev |
CICS |
Db2 |
IMS |
Large Systems |
Mainframe Skills & Learning |
MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit |
Hybrid Cloud & Networks |
New Technologies |
Open Mainframe Project |
Security |
Service Management |
Storage Management |
Capacity & Performance |
Application Development & Network Management |
The Courtyard - Exec Stream |
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Time
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WAVEZ 101
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WAVEZ 102
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AI
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AppDev
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CICS
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Db2
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IMS
Dominic Day |
Large Systems
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Mainframe Skills & Learning
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MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit
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Hybrid Cloud & Networks
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New Technologies
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Open Mainframe Project
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Security
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Service Management
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Storage Management
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Capacity & Performance
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Application Development & Network Management
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The Courtyard - Exec Stream
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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 |
Mission: Unstoppable – Resiliency and HA... Lukas Jaks
Aleksandr Charcikov
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks |
AI-Driven Enhanced Customer Support Alzares Stephens
Dhrubajyoti Maiti
Wellington A
AI
Alzares Stephens |
Modernize and improve performance of COB... Stuart Ashby
Roland Koo
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
OpenTelemetry tracing in CICS TS 6.3 Rob Stroud
Jenny He
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
Hard Lessons Learned using High Performa... Marcus Davage
John Campbell
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
Improving the IMS DBA and system program... Dominic Jackson
Tracy Dean
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Defend yourself against Logical Data Cor... Eddie Roe
Nathan Brice
Dave Matoe
Indianapolis
LSWG
Eddie Roe |
RACF and the IBM Health Checker for z/OS David Ahearn
Mark Nelson
Chapel
Mainframe Audit
David Ahearn |
Elevating Enterprise Observability: Nati... Brian O'Shea
Ruediger Schulze
Dave Dalton
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
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
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 |
Mikhael Liberman
Barbara McDonald
Alexis Kapica
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Elevating your skills as a RACF speciali... Chris Knowles
Emma Skovgård
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles |
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
Jennifer Rowan
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Rob Stroud
Jakob-Julius Storgaard
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
Back To Basics SQL Tips & Tecniques, Old... Marcus Davage
Michael Cotignola
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 Eddie Roe
Marna Walle
Indianapolis
LSWG
Eddie Roe |
David Ahearn
Brian Marshall
Chapel
Mainframe Audit
David Ahearn |
Leverage Event Driven Ansible to reduce... Brian O'Shea
Fabio Alessandro Locati
Stowe
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
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 |
Certificate management automation on z/O... Rui Feio
Wai Choi
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
No Drama, just reliable Software Defined... Mikhael Liberman
Perry Jones
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
Real memory usage by address space Nathan Appleby
Danilo Gipponi
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 |
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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 Rob Stroud
Srinivasa Reddy Bommareddy
Ian Mitchell
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
Even more latest features of Db2 13 for... Marcus Davage
Mark Rader
Victoria Felt
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
IMS Managed ACBs: Real-world customer pa... Dominic Jackson
Subhasish Sarkar
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Upgrading to z/OS 3.2; Tech Actions, Pa... Eddie Roe
Marna Walle
Indianapolis
LSWG
Eddie Roe |
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 |
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 |
Slash Downtime: Modern Backup & Recovery... Mikhael Liberman
Johnathan Crossno
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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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 |
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New products, features and functionaliti... Stuart Ashby
Roland Koo
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
Simplifying CICS configuration: harnessi... Rob Stroud
Ledina Hido-Evans
Kiera Bennett
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
Plug In and Fear No Threads: Secure and... Marcus Davage
Michal Bialecki
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
Solutions for real customer challenges m... Dominic Jackson
Tracy Dean
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
Hands-On session: Explore IBM Data Gate... Eddie Roe
Anna Shugol
Indianapolis
LSWG
Eddie Roe |
IBM App Connect v13 and IBM webMethods H... Dan Bradbury
Dominic Storey
Chapel
MQ
Dan Bradbury |
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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
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
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... Niall Ashley
Louisa Seers
Anthony Papageorgiou
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
Mainframe Security – A Game of Chess Pla... Chris Knowles
Niall Ashley
Kevin Milne
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles |
Secure by Design: What AI Can Learn from... Alzares Stephens
Nasib Aldirani
Russell Bonner
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 Rob Stroud
Ezriel Gross
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
"Run-It-Back" - Db2 for z/OS Development... 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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MQ High Availability - What are the opti... Dan Bradbury
Gwydion Tudur
Chapel
MQ
Dan 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 |
Next Step: Crypto Inventory for IBM Z -... Rui Feio
Pradeep Parameshwaran
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Want to ask your COBOL code a question?... Stuart Ashby
Suman Gopinath
Becketts
AppDev
Stuart Ashby |
CICS TS V6 security - Journey to zero tr... Rob Stroud
Lewis James
Hungaroring
CICS
Rob Stroud |
Avoid the Crazy Train By Mastering Acces... Marcus Davage
Denis Tronin
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
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 |
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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
Bryant Panyarachun
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Productive mainframe delivery using open... Maemalynn Meanor
Derek Britton
Bronwyn Davies
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
Expanding z/OS Anti-Malware to the Netwo... Rui Feio
Bryan Childs
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
World-class High Availability and Disast... Mikhael Liberman
Nathan Brice
Dave Matoe
Vale
Storage
Mikhael Liberman |
Transforming Mainframe Performance: Leve... Nathan Appleby
Jessielaine Punongbayan
Woodcote
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pre-Dinner Drinks18:15 - 19:00 | |||||||||||||||||||
Conference Dinner & Charity Raffle Draw19:00 - 23:00 | |||||||||||||||||||
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WAVEZ 101 |
WAVEZ 102 |
AI |
AppDev |
CICS |
Db2 |
IMS |
Large Systems |
Mainframe Skills & Learning |
MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit |
Hybrid Cloud & Networks |
New Technologies |
Open Mainframe Project |
Security |
Service Management |
Storage Management |
Capacity & Performance |
Application Development & Network Management |
The Courtyard - Exec Stream |
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Time
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WAVEZ 101
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WAVEZ 102
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AI
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AppDev
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CICS
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Db2
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IMS
Dominic Day |
Large Systems
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Mainframe Skills & Learning
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MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit
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Hybrid Cloud & Networks
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New Technologies
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Open Mainframe Project
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Security
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Service Management
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Storage Management
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Capacity & Performance
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Application Development & Network Management
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The Courtyard - Exec Stream
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Registration & Coffee07:30 - 09:00 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Control Blocks are the z/OS Table of Con... Chris Knowles
John O'Dowd
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles |
Connect, Visualise, Predict: Visualizing... Alzares Stephens
Niraj Garudkar
Anshul Agrawal
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
Tracy Dean
Wellington B
IMS
Dominic Jackson |
What’s new in zCX for Docker and Red Hat... Eddie Roe
Stephen Warren
Indianapolis
LSWG
Eddie Roe |
Practical z/VM Automation using Terrafor... Keith Banham
Vic Cross
Hockenheim
New Technologies
Keith Banham |
Feilong: Empowering z/VM Adoption Maemalynn Meanor
Aazam Thakur
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
The Importance of Mainframe Red-Teaming... Rui Feio
Kevin Milne
Melbourne
Security Working Group
Rui Feio |
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 |
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Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes10:45 - 11:15 | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Fast Path to understanding z/OS basics a... Lukas Jaks
Roger Bales
Monza
WAVEZ 102
Lukas Jaks |
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... Marcus Davage
Michal Bialecki
Nurburgring
Db2
Marcus Davage |
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Interacting with Cloud Object stores usi... Brian O'Shea
Andrew Wilt
Chapel
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
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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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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Niall Ashley
Jim Horne
Joe Winchester
Suzuka
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley |
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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CICS as a cloud ready platform for Java Brian O'Shea
Srinivasa Reddy Bommareddy
Chapel
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea |
Zopen: 'Apt'ly bringing package manageme... Maemalynn Meanor
Russell Wilson
Copse
Open Mainframe Project
Maemalynn Meanor |
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||
