GSE UK Virtual Conference 2024

Where Technology and Talent meet Tomorrow


All about the conference; registration and fees

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Registration for Virtual Conference
Virtual Conference Fees
About the Conference

Registration for Virtual Conference

Please note that ALL people attending the conference venue in any capacity need to register in order to gain access to sessions.

Please register using the "Registration" menu link above.

Virtual Conference Fees

All GSE members will be given free entry to the virtual conference and access to pdfs and videos of the sessions after the conference for the next 12 months.  After 12 months they will be moved to YouTube and be accessible to all.

Non-members will be charged a fee of £30 per day reducing to £75 if all three days are selected. Non-member delegates will be given access to pdfs and videos for 2 months after the conference 

About the Conference

The GSE UK Region Conference is an annual event which takes place in November for three days, generally in the Midlands or a virtual event in the first half of the year. These events are  organised by the GSE Conference Committee which is comprised of volunteers.

There are several keynote and plenary sessions and a large number of subject streams, each of which covers a specific area of interest. The majority of the streams are aligned to one of the regular working groups and the agenda for the stream is coordinated by the committee of that working group. In addition, there are several non-working group aligned streams and workshops organised by the central conference committee which also coordinates the overall conference agenda.

Where possible ideas and suggestions from participants attending the previous conference are used to form the agenda for the following year’s event. Topics may also be received from the various GSE Working Groups or may be based on announcements from IBM and other vendors.

The conference provides over 200 hours of technical training from IBM, other vendors and most importantly from GSE members themselves.  At the in-person conference, plenty of time is set aside to allow for networking with speakers, vendors and delegates during breaks and the evening receptions and dinners.

Each year at the in-person conference there is a large conference exhibition with stands from many companies who build and sell solutions relevant to the membership.  The income from this exhibition and associated sponsorship enables GSE to offer five free places plus one or more trainee places per member company.  It also allows GSE to charge very reasonable rates to other delegates attending the conference.

GSE works with educational establishments to encourage students to attend, as everyone is acutely aware of the increasing skills shortage in the z/os industry. Students are offered free places. The conference includes a whole stream dedicated to people new to the platform.

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