Registration & Coffee
07:30 -
08:45
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Keynote: |
Conference Opening
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Leanne Wilson |
Vertali Limited |
08:45 -
09:15 |
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Keynote: |
Rock FM Radio: All Mainframe. All Modern. All Week
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Greg Lotko |
Broadcom Mainframe Software |
09:15 -
10:00 |
15 Minute Break
10:00 -
10:15
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WAVEZ 101 |
AF |
Ears Wide Open: Turning Listening into Your Superpower
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Glenn Anderson
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GlennAndersonSpeaks |
10:15 -
11:00 |
WAVEZ 102 |
BF |
This is not your grandfathers storage system - best practices for modern storage on z/OS
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Nick Clayton
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IBM UK LTD. |
10:15 -
11:00 |
AppDev |
DF |
DevSecOps with digital credential management for CI/CD pipelines on IBM Z
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Pradeep Parameshwaran
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IBM Europe |
10:15 -
11:00 |
CICS |
EF |
Generative AI-assisted CICS application modernisation
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Steve Foley
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IBM UK LTD. |
10:15 -
11:00 |
Db2 |
FF |
Take It To the Limit: Enhance Db2 Performance with Mult-Row Processing Techniques
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Chris Crone
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
10:15 -
11:00 |
IMS |
GF |
Deal with growing cybersecurity risks & do Real-time and after-the-event IMS analytics, all at once
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Subhasish Sarkar
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BMC Software Ltd |
10:15 -
11:00 |
Large Systems |
HF |
Daily DR Exercise
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Mike Shorkend
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Shorkend Associates |
10:15 -
11:00 |
MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit |
JF |
IBM App Connect v13 and IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration
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Dominic Storey
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IBM UK LTD. |
10:15 -
11:00 |
Hybrid Cloud & Networks |
LF |
Multi-Architecture Solutions with zCX and Linux on IBM Z are the Gold Nuggets for Hybrid Clouds
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Wilhelm Mild
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IBM Europe |
10:15 -
11:00 |
New Technologies |
MF |
Bridging Eras: My Journey from Mainframes to AI
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Nasib Aldirani
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Rocket Software UK Ltd |
10:15 -
11:00 |
Open Mainframe Project |
NF |
Effective strategies for Git and source control on z/OS
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Igor Todorovski
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IBM |
10:15 -
11:00 |
Security |
OF |
RACF Update: z/OS 3.2 and More!
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Mark Nelson
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IBM USA |
10:15 -
11:00 |
Service Management |
PF |
WatchTower & ServiceNow: Transforming Mainframe Operations with CMDB & Observability
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Matheus Milani
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
10:15 -
11:00 |
Storage Management |
QF |
Are you still using tapes? You don’t have too
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Offer Baruch
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BMC Software Ltd |
10:15 -
11:00 |
z Capacity & Performance |
RF |
What can SMF data tell us about our z Mainframe internal usage.
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John Ticic
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IBM |
10:15 -
11:00 |
The Courtyard |
TF |
BYOD Lab: Turn Up the Volume on Mainframe Testing: Rock Your Code with E2E Confidence
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Ekaterina Tumanova
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
10:15 -
11:00 |
Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes
11:00 -
11:30
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WAVEZ 101 |
AG |
Navigating the land of Dinosaurs and Acronyms
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John O'Dowd
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BMC Software Ltd |
11:30 -
12:15 |
WAVEZ 102 |
BG |
Advanced z/OSMF Workflows Development
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Pavel Zlatnik
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
11:30 -
12:15 |
AI |
CG |
Simplifying and transforming the IBM Z experience with Agentic AI
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Sowmya Kameswaran
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IBM USA |
11:30 -
12:15 |
AppDev |
DG |
Git yer motor running! Stories from the road to Git adoption
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Vaughn Marshall
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
11:30 -
12:15 |
CICS |
EG |
An Introduction to Leveraging AI to Increase Productivity in CICS
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Khadar Mohamed
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IBM UK LTD. |
11:30 -
12:15 |
Db2 |
FG |
Db2 for z/OS Restart Part 1
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Gareth Copplestone-Jones
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Triton Consulting |
11:30 -
12:15 |
IMS |
GG |
From Zero to IMS Hero: Building Your First IMSplex Without Losing Your Sanity
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Filip Djurickovic
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Croz.Net |
11:30 -
12:15 |
Large Systems |
HG |
Visualization is Everything
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Rich Smrcina
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Velocity Software GmbH |
11:30 -
12:15 |
MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit |
JG |
What's New in IBM MQ
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Gwydion Tudur
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IBM UK LTD. |
11:30 -
12:15 |
Hybrid Cloud & Networks |
LG |
Simplifying container orchestration with Ansible and Podman
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Fabio Alessandro Locati
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Red Hat |
11:30 -
12:15 |
New Technologies |
MG |
Trusting Your Code
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Arielle Goldberg
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IBM |
11:30 -
12:15 |
Open Mainframe Project |
NG |
Testing Across Boundaries: z/OS to Cloud with Galasa
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Louisa Seers
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IBM UK LTD. |
11:30 -
12:15 |
Security |
OG |
Rock and Roll with ACF2 and Top Secret
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John Pinkowski
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
11:30 -
12:15 |
Service Management |
PG |
Unlocking Next-Level Mainframe Observability: The Latest Innovations
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Michael Kiehl
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
11:30 -
12:15 |
Storage Management |
QG |
From Copycat to Compliance: What’s New in Vantage StoragePoint
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Markus Navarro
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
11:30 -
12:15 |
z Capacity & Performance |
RG |
Performance Analysis of CPU Problems in z/OS
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Scott Chapman
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EPS |
11:30 -
12:15 |
The Courtyard |
TG |
BYOD Lab: You Really Got Me! DevX Workshop: Bring your Laptop!
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Ekaterina Tumanova
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
11:30 -
12:15 |
15 Minute Break
12:15 -
12:30
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WAVEZ 101 |
AH |
CICS: The MVP of mainframes
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Aleksandr Charcikov
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Rocket Software UK Ltd |
12:30 -
13:15 |
WAVEZ 102 |
BH |
One LPAR, Many Faces: The Power of IPLPARM in System Initialisation
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Chris Harvey
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Vertali Limited |
12:30 -
13:15 |
AI |
CH |
Who is Afraid of the AI Big Bad Wolf
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Gatien Dupre
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Virtel |
12:30 -
13:15 |
AppDev |
DH |
Z Devops: navigating your route to live with Git
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Ian Mitchell
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IBM UK LTD. |
12:30 -
13:15 |
CICS |
EH |
Integrating CICS with AI - MCP server in CICS TS 6.3
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William Yates
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IBM UK LTD. |
12:30 -
13:15 |
Db2 |
FH |
Db2 13 for z/OS Latest Features
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Victoria Felt
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IBM |
12:30 -
13:15 |
IMS |
GH |
The Nuts an Bolts of IMS Locking
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Kevin Stewart
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IBM USA |
12:30 -
13:15 |
Large Systems |
HH |
Discover a New Level of Security Through an Open z/VM Architecture
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Brian Jagos
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
12:30 -
13:15 |
Mainframe Skills & Learning |
IH |
Mainframes for the Modern Mind: A Practical Approach to Learning z/OS
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Alex Agoltsov
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Rocket Software UK Ltd |
12:30 -
13:15 |
MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit |
JH |
IBM MQ for z/OS, how deep can a deep queue be?
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Toby Keegan
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IBM UK LTD. |
12:30 -
13:15 |
Hybrid Cloud & Networks |
LH |
Integrating z/OS from an iPaaS? There’s webMethods in the madness!
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Anthony Papageorgiou
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IBM UK LTD. |
12:30 -
13:15 |
New Technologies |
MH |
Rocking - with the Site Reliability Engineer
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Angelika Heinrich
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
12:30 -
13:15 |
Open Mainframe Project |
NH |
Installing and Configuring Zowe - from Zowe to Enterprise deployment
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Joe Winchester
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IBM UK LTD. |
12:30 -
13:15 |
Security |
OH |
Tackle Insider Threats Before They Strike
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Johnathan Crossno
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Rocket Software UK Ltd |
12:30 -
13:15 |
Service Management |
PH |
Beyond the Green Screen: CA 7 APIs, OTEL, and the Future of Scheduling
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Praveen Verma
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
12:30 -
13:15 |
Storage Management |
QH |
IBM Z Cyber Vault Explained - Soup to Nuts and Nose to Tail
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Nathan Brice
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IBM UK LTD. |
12:30 -
13:15 |
z Capacity & Performance |
RH |
The IBM z17 Performance Brief, plus Chips and Charts: Pop the hood on z17
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David Hutton
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IBM USA |
12:30 -
13:15 |
Application Development & Network Management |
SH |
Introduction to Mainframe Networking Concepts
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Michael Bauer
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
12:30 -
13:15 |
The Courtyard |
TH |
Standing Ovation. Enabling Enterprise DevOps from Dev to Deploy!
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Oleksandr Goncharenko
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
12:30 -
13:15 |
Lunch
13:15 -
14:15
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Lunch & Learn
13:30 -
14:15
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15 Minute Break
14:15 -
14:30
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WAVEZ 101 |
AJ |
What the RACF is an ESM?!
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Beth Newman-Jones
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Vertali Limited |
14:30 -
15:15 |
WAVEZ 102 |
BJ |
102 - RACF For New Sysprogs
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Mark Wilson
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Vertali Limited |
14:30 -
15:15 |
AI |
CJ |
We Will Rock You with Stories from the Frontlines of Generative AI and Mainframe DevOps
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Venkat Balabhadrapatruni
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
14:30 -
15:15 |
AppDev |
DJ |
Things you need to know for getting the best from Git, when controlling your mainframe languages
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Bobby Tjassens Keiser
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innovate-it.com |
14:30 -
15:15 |
CICS |
EJ |
Latest update on security in CICS TS 6.3
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Lewis James
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IBM UK LTD. |
14:30 -
15:15 |
Db2 |
FJ |
Db2 under siege: real-world exploits and defence strategies
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Marcus Davage
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BMC Software Ltd |
14:30 -
15:15 |
IMS |
GJ |
Many things pass, but one thing remains: Monitoring your system
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Thomas Esser
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Rocket Software UK Ltd |
14:30 -
15:15 |
Large Systems |
HJ |
The latest and greatest z/OS: what's in 3.2!
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Marna Walle
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IBM USA |
14:30 -
15:15 |
Mainframe Skills & Learning |
IJ |
Neurodiversity and Z
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Abi Bettle-Shaffer
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IBM UK LTD. |
14:30 -
15:15 |
MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit |
JJ |
How to Influence Mainframe Decisions (Without Waiting for Promotion)
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Ruth Bonser
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Westpac |
14:30 -
15:15 |
Hybrid Cloud & Networks |
LJ |
An IBM Champion's Guide to Advocacy
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Shari Chiara
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IBM USA |
14:30 -
15:15 |
New Technologies |
MJ |
Ansible-Driven Automation Made Easy with OPS/MVS
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Craig Freiwald
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
14:30 -
15:15 |
Open Mainframe Project |
NJ |
Zowe CLI in Action: Enabling Mainframe Automation and Self-Service Portals
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Diego Rodriguez
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
14:30 -
15:15 |
Security |
OJ |
Name That Attack Vector!
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Bryan Childs
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IBM USA |
14:30 -
15:15 |
Service Management |
PJ |
Automation: The Unsung Hero of Your Mainframe
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David Mills
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
14:30 -
15:15 |
Storage Management |
QJ |
Integrating Cloud Objects in z/OS Batch
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Andrew Wilt
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IBM USA |
14:30 -
15:15 |
z Capacity & Performance |
RJ |
DB2: Understanding DB2 Usage and Measurement of WLM Enclaves
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Peter Enrico
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EPS |
14:30 -
15:15 |
Application Development & Network Management |
SJ |
Linux on IBM Z and z/OS Network Topologies for co-location and Hybrid Clouds
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Wilhelm Mild
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IBM Europe |
14:30 -
15:15 |
The Courtyard |
TJ |
Accelerate mainframe application modernization with generative-AI and automated testing
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Louisa Muschal
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IBM |
14:30 -
15:15 |
15 Minute Break
15:15 -
15:30
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WAVEZ 101 |
AL |
Mainframe Skills 101 - Blue Sky or Dark Clouds?
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Derek Britton
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GSUK |
15:30 -
16:15 |
WAVEZ 102 |
BL |
An API for Software Updates: Modernize your automation capabilities
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Marna Walle
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IBM USA |
15:30 -
16:15 |
AI |
CL |
I Let ChatGPT Install My OMEGAMON AI for CICS – Here's How It Went
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Germanas Samrickis
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Rocket Software UK Ltd |
15:30 -
16:15 |
AppDev |
DL |
Z DevOps: YAML simplifies building and deploying to IBM Z
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Dennis Behm
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IBM Europe |
15:30 -
16:15 |
CICS |
EL |
CICS Security Discovery
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John Taylor
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IBM UK LTD. |
15:30 -
16:15 |
Db2 |
FL |
Resiliency and Recovery using Db2, Cyber Vault and Safeguarded copies
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Anthony Ciabattoni
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IBM USA |
15:30 -
16:15 |
IMS |
GL |
What does IBM Z Cyber Vault mean for an IMS environment
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Tracy Dean
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IBM USA |
15:30 -
16:15 |
Large Systems |
HL |
What's new in SDSF for z/OS 3.2
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Rob Scott
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Rocket Software UK Ltd |
15:30 -
16:15 |
Mainframe Skills & Learning |
IL |
Mainframe World Tour: Making Multicultural Teams Rock
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Alex Kingham
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
15:30 -
16:15 |
Hybrid Cloud & Networks |
LL |
For Those About to Code - We Salute You!
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Ekaterina Tumanova
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
15:30 -
16:15 |
New Technologies |
ML |
Integrating z with github Action Runners
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Neale Ferguson
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Sine Nomine Associates |
15:30 -
16:15 |
Open Mainframe Project |
NL |
Hidden treasures, advanced features, and administrative tips for Zowe API Mediation Layer
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Elliot Jalley
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
15:30 -
16:15 |
Security |
OL |
The Pervasive Encryption Journey: Data Security, Key Rotation, and Quantum Resilience
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Gregg Arquero
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IBM USA |
15:30 -
16:15 |
Service Management |
PL |
Building Advanced Automation Utilities Using OPS/MVS RDF Tables
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Don Fertenbaugh
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
15:30 -
16:15 |
z Capacity & Performance |
RL |
Parallel Sysplex Performance Topics
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Martin Packer
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IBM UK LTD. |
15:30 -
16:15 |
Application Development & Network Management |
SL |
Use Python to Automate Network Diagnostics in Mainframe Workflows
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Joshua Powell
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
15:30 -
16:15 |
The Courtyard |
TL |
Modern System Programming on z/OS: Why Metal C Is the Future over HLASM
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Alex Agoltsov
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Rocket Software UK Ltd |
15:30 -
16:15 |
Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes
16:15 -
16:45
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WAVEZ 101 |
AM |
How to become a Formula 1 racing star. It is all about Performance
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Gabriel Guth
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SMT Data |
16:45 -
17:30 |
WAVEZ 102 |
BM |
Testing Mainframe applications as a newbie Mainframer
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Jade Carino
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IBM UK LTD. |
16:45 -
17:30 |
AI |
CM |
Are you worried about Skynet?
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Larry Strickland
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DataKinetics |
16:45 -
17:30 |
AppDev |
DM |
Platform engineering: Our real world use case
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Bronwyn Davies
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PopUp Mainframe Ltd. |
16:45 -
17:30 |
CICS |
EM |
What's new in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS
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Ezriel Gross
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Rocket Software UK Ltd |
16:45 -
17:30 |
Db2 |
FM |
Db2Pardy
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Victoria Felt
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IBM |
16:45 -
17:30 |
IMS |
GM |
Modernizing IMS Connect to support newer technologies and architectures, such as cloud computing,
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Snehal Nalage
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BMC Software Ltd |
16:45 -
17:30 |
Large Systems |
HM |
z/OS 3.2 User Experiences
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Edward Jaffe
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Phoenix Software International |
16:45 -
17:30 |
Mainframe Skills & Learning |
IM |
Why Mainframe Student Societies Deserve Your Attention
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Zaid Darsot
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School of Computer Science, University of Wolverhampton |
16:45 -
17:30 |
MQ , WIT & Mainframe Audit |
JM |
Leading the Mainframe Forward: Lessons from Industry Trailblazers
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Amanda Hendley
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Planet Mainframe |
16:45 -
17:30 |
Hybrid Cloud & Networks |
LM |
Custom automation with CICS: Examples and how to get started
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Jakob-Julius Storgaard
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National Westminster Bank (Natwest) |
16:45 -
17:30 |
New Technologies |
MM |
z/VM and EQDIO: The Future of Z and I/O
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Walter Church
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IBM USA |
16:45 -
17:30 |
Open Mainframe Project |
NM |
Automating Mainframe Operations with REST APIs & Zowe CLI Plug-ins
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Joshua Powell
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Broadcom Mainframe Software |
16:45 -
17:30 |
Security |
OM |
TRMD, DMD and IDS: This session title is not encrypted.
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Tony Amies
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Vertali Limited |
16:45 -
17:30 |
Service Management |
PM |
Effective Application Management: how your programs, DBs, transactions, JCL, schedules, interconnect
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Jens Bühring
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HORIZONT Software GmbH |
16:45 -
17:30 |
Storage Management |
QM |
z/OS Compression Capabilities and Options
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Nick Clayton
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IBM UK LTD. |
16:45 -
17:30 |
z Capacity & Performance |
RM |
zOSMF WLM Policy Advisor - What Is New and What Is Next
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Anastasiia Didkvoska
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IBM GDR |
16:45 -
17:30 |
Application Development & Network Management |
SM |
Configuring Networking for z/OS Container Platform
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Grant Mericle
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IBM USA |
16:45 -
17:30 |
The Courtyard |
TM |
GenAI solves everything - Trust but Validate (Human versus AI)
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Michelle Harris
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Macro 4 Limited |
16:45 -
17:30 |
60 Minute Break
17:30 -
18:30
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Early Dinner
18:30 -
19:30
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Late Dinner
19:30 -
20:30
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Entertainment
20:30 -
23:30
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