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Sunday, June 14
 

10:00 CEST

Advanced IBM AIX Live Update Workshop
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
This hands-on workshop immerses attendees in a hands-on training session that will guide you through the steps to perform Live Update operations on the AIX operating system. This includes installing interim fixes, service packs and technology levels using the AIX Live Update capability. Equipping you with comprehensive knowledge on managing live updates for continuous availability on this robust platform.

Attendees will start by performing Live Updates on a HMC managed system. Then participants will configure their environment for management with PowerVC and perform Live Updates. Attendees will leave with knowledge they can use to implement and manage AIX Live Updates in their real-world environment.

BRING YOUR OWN LAPTOP!
Speakers
avatar for Chris Gibson

Chris Gibson

IBM Power/AIX SME, IBM

Chris is an IBM Power and AIX SME, with over 20 years of AIX experience. He has extensive skills in implementing IBM Power technology running AIX. He is a co-author of three IBM Redbooks. He has an extensive history in designing, implementing, and managing AIX systems. He has wri... Read More →
intro pptx
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
14 - ST CLAIR 2

10:00 CEST

Getting started in the world of SQL performance
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
Do you want to get started in the world of SQL performance? I this session I will show you how to get started what to monitor and by telling you my story. My struggles and errors.
Speakers
avatar for Rudi van Helvoirt

Rudi van Helvoirt

Technical Director, van Helvoirt Beheer
After having started as a System/38 programmer in 1986. In 1989 the switch was made to system programming and systems management.Being passionate about systems management he founded van Helvoirt Automatisering in 1993.Rudi enjoys helping IBM i customers ever since for running their... Read More →
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
08 - ST CLAIR 3A

10:00 CEST

Workshop: **FULL** IBM i Modernization Workshop with Bob
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
In this workshop,  get to know IBM Bob and learn to modernize IBM i applications using IBM Bob AI assistant through five hands-on labs (and more!). 
Transform a green screen order management system into modern web applications using AI-guided techniques applicable to your own codebase.
The labs focus on the IBM i capabilities of IBM Bob (Core). We’ll also introduce and demonstrate the use of the Premium Package for i coming soon.  

Some of the Workshop Objectives & exercises with Bob: 
  • Code Modernization - Subroutines to procedures, fix to free…
  • Web Interfaces: Build React applications with Carbon Design System
  • Database Access: Refactor to SQL with performance optimization
  • AI Integration: Configure IBM i-specific AI modes and tools
  • System Admin & DevOps Automation: Generate Ansible playbooks for system operations

Level: Beginner-friendly | Requirements: IBM Bob IDE installed on your laptop. 
The labs require a valid IBM Bob subscription (trial or not), but no worries, we can provide with IBM Bob subscriptions if necessary. 

Speakers
avatar for Benoit Marolleau

Benoit Marolleau

AI Solution Architect, IBM
Benoit Marolleau is a Solutions Architect and AI Engineer in IBM Client Engineering EMEA at IBM, based in Montpellier, France. He has extensive experience in application and infrastructure modernization, with specialized expertise in IBM i platform integration and artificial intelligence... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Laidlaw

Andrew Laidlaw

Power Technical Specialist, IBM United Kingdom
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
09 - ST CLAIR 3B

10:00 CEST

Workshop: How to use IBM i bash scripting for PowerVS, COS and a lot of open source appications
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
Bash scripts are the perfect complement to CL programming. However, many connections are much easier to implement if you do this directly in a BASH script.
We use examples and procedures to show how IBM PowerVS can be controlled using BASH. COS is IBM Cloud Storage.
Here, too, you can connect it in a few simple steps. As a third scenario, we show participants how to use various open source tools under Bash and IBM i.
For example, db2Util, gzzip, and many more. An exciting presentation that highlights the further development of the system into an open source platform.
Excerpts from this presentation have already been successfully shown in German workshops.

Speakers
avatar for Wolfgang Rother

Wolfgang Rother

Power TechSales, IBM Deutschland GmbH

Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
09 - ROSERAIE 2

10:00 CEST

Workshop: IBM PowerVC
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
This hands-on workshop takes attendees from initial host onboarding to advanced automation in a single 3-hour session. We will start from a preinstalled PowerVC instance so participants can jump straight into adding hosts, importing images, provisioning VMs and perform more advanced CLI tasks to efficiently automate their PowerVC setup. Attendees will leave with sufficient knowledge they can use to tackle the official IBM PowerVC certification.
Speakers
avatar for Upendra Rajan

Upendra Rajan

Senior Technical Program Manager, IBM
Upendra Rajan is a Senior Technical Program Manager at IBM, managing global operations for IBM Power and IBM Storage technical training across operating systems, virtualization, cloud, and DevOps. He recently designed and developed CourseManage.org, a personal project focused on AI-powered... Read More →
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
13 - ST CLAIR 1

10:00 CEST

Workshop: Manage and optimize IBM FlashSystem deployments in real‑world scenarios
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
Speakers
avatar for Guillaume Legmar

Guillaume Legmar

Storage Flashsytem Specialist, IBM FRANCE

Sunday June 14, 2026 10:00 - 13:00 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

10:30 CEST

05 - ISV Day - Special Invite Needed
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:30 - 15:30 CEST

Speakers
avatar for Tim Rowe

Tim Rowe

STSM - IBM i Business Architect, IBM USA
Tim Rowe is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Architect for Application Development and Systems Management. He has been working on the IBM i operating system since 1989. Tim is a frequent author, industry speaker and... Read More →
Sunday June 14, 2026 10:30 - 15:30 CEST
16 - Roseraie 3

11:15 CEST

Coffee Break
Sunday June 14, 2026 11:15 - 11:45 CEST

Sunday June 14, 2026 11:15 - 11:45 CEST
13 - ROSERAIE 3

13:00 CEST

Lunch (for Workshop attendees only)
Sunday June 14, 2026 13:00 - 14:00 CEST

Sunday June 14, 2026 13:00 - 14:00 CEST
15 - ST CLAIR FOYER

14:00 CEST

IBM i Security Auditing Deep Dive: Unlocking the Power of the Audit Journal
Sunday June 14, 2026 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
IBM i’s integrated auditing capabilities are a cornerstone for security and compliance, yet many organizations fail to leverage them fully. This 3-hour deep dive begins with the auditing process itself—how IBM i writes log entries and why auditing is essential for security. From there, we’ll explore the audit journal architecture and structure, including common fields, subtype-specific details, and changes introduced across IBM i releases. We’ll examine the most important entry types and what they reveal, then move into practical techniques for configuring auditing at the system and user level. You’ll learn how to use built-in tools and SQL for powerful analysis, implement remote journaling for resilience, and understand the limits of IBM i auditing—what cannot be found in the audit journal.The content is based on the speaker's real-world experience implementing audit journal tools for customers, ensuring practical insights and proven approaches.Designed for anyone interested in IBM i security—from entry-level to advanced—, this session will give you actionable strategies to turn raw audit data into meaningful insights for security and compliance.
Speakers
avatar for Kurt Thomas

Kurt Thomas

Senior System Engineer, Fortra
Kurt Thomas, CISSP, works with organizations all over the world to help them get the most out of their IBM Power ecosystem. His interests range from cybersecurity, data privacy, and operating systems to artificial intelligence. Kurt is Technical Product Manager for a number of Fortra's... Read More →
Sunday June 14, 2026 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
08 - ST CLAIR 3A

14:00 CEST

Workshop: Advanced Ansible Workshop on IBM Power
Sunday June 14, 2026 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
This hands-on workshop focuses on practical Ansible automation for IBM Power. Starting from a preconfigured lab, participants will set up Ansible, integrate it with PowerVC, and work through the IBM Power AIX collection to automate common admin tasks. Time permitting, attendees can optionally deploy a modern web application from GitHub to Power using the playbooks they build. Participants leave with tested playbooks, reusable role templates, and clear steps to reproduce the automation in their own environments.
Speakers
avatar for Upendra Rajan

Upendra Rajan

Senior Technical Program Manager, IBM
Upendra Rajan is a Senior Technical Program Manager at IBM, managing global operations for IBM Power and IBM Storage technical training across operating systems, virtualization, cloud, and DevOps. He recently designed and developed CourseManage.org, a personal project focused on AI-powered... Read More →
Sunday June 14, 2026 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
13 - ST CLAIR 1

14:00 CEST

Workshop: Db2 on steroids - deep dive
Sunday June 14, 2026 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
This deep dive will be about all the cool stuff Db2 can do now. This is all about the noSQL features. Db2 is now a complete ecosystem of structured and unstructured data, procedural programming, and features that reach services and resources out of Db2 and beyond.With the time given, I will cover as much as I can of: Common Table ExpressionsRecursive SQLOLAP, OnLine Analytical ProcessingGeospatialRegular expressionsCompound statementsStored proceduresUser-defined FunctionsUser-defined Table FunctionsJSONXMLService consumingAI SELF SQL Exceptions Logging facilitySQL ServicesRESTfullSQL TriggersTemporal support 
Speakers
avatar for Niels Liisberg

Niels Liisberg

Chief Software Architect, Partner & IBM Champion, System & Method
Sunday June 14, 2026 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
09 - ST CLAIR 3B

14:00 CEST

Workshop: Integrating AI with Db2 and RPG
Sunday June 14, 2026 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
Explore the various ways to integrate Artificial Intelligence with Db2 data and RPG workloads
Speakers
avatar for Jesse Gorzinski

Jesse Gorzinski

Business Architect - Quantum and AI, IBM
Experienced business architect from IBM and a specialist in the IBM i platform. My passion is enabling enterprises to adopt artificial intelligence, quantum, and open source technologies.
Sunday June 14, 2026 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

14:00 CEST

Workshop: Visual Explain – Hands-On Experience
Sunday June 14, 2026 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
Visual Explain is your shortcut to understanding SQL requests and their performance impact on IBM i. In this interactive workshop, you’ll get hands-on experience with the tools used for SQL analysis and optimization.What to expect:Guided labs to help you get started and build confidencePractical exercises demonstrating how to analyze and graphically view SQL statementsInsights into working with Plan Cache snapshots for deeper performance analysisVisual Explain is part of Access Client Solutions (ACS) and has seen significant enhancements in recent years. This workshop will walk you through the latest features and best practices, ensuring you can leverage this powerful tool effectively.By the end of the session, you’ll have the skills to use Visual Explain to diagnose performance issues and optimize SQL queries like a pro.

BRING YOUR OWN COMPUTER
Speakers
avatar for Morten Buur Rasmussen

Morten Buur Rasmussen

Power Performance Specialist, IBM Expert Labs
Morten Buur Rasmussen is a performance Specialist at IBM Technology Expert Labs. Morten has 40 years of experience in the computing field. He started working with the S/38 and AS/400 in 1988 as programmer. Before joining the Lab Services and Expert Labs, he worked for IBM Denmark... Read More →
Sunday June 14, 2026 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
14 - ST CLAIR 2

15:15 CEST

Coffee Break
Sunday June 14, 2026 15:15 - 15:45 CEST

Sunday June 14, 2026 15:15 - 15:45 CEST
13 - ROSERAIE 3

18:00 CEST

First timers introduction
Sunday June 14, 2026 18:00 - 19:00 CEST

Speakers
avatar for Torbjörn Appehl

Torbjörn Appehl

Vice President for Common Europe, Common Europe & LOAD System
IBM Champion for Power since 2016, love the IBM i platform since my very first contact with it in 1997. Today I am the CEO for Load System in Sweden. An IBM business partner with focus on IBM Power, IBM Storage, IBM Z and LinuxONE.
CEO for Load System AB in Sweden since January 20... Read More →
avatar for Juan Manuel Alcudia

Juan Manuel Alcudia

President, IBM Champion, Common Europe
I am a long-time IBM i and Power Systems professional, currently serving as President of Common Europe as well as an IBM Champion. Throughout my career, I have worked extensively on IBM infrastructure, modernization, performance, and business development, always with a strong focus... Read More →
SC

Steve Cast

Treasurer, Common Europe
avatar for Zouhair Oulli

Zouhair Oulli

IBM i sysadmin, Kyndryl
I’m an IBM i system administrator at Kyndryl. I serve as technical director for Common Europe, where I lead the NextGen initiative. For the IBM i community, I enjoy creating educational content and sharing useful knowledge and resources.
Sunday June 14, 2026 18:00 - 19:00 CEST
02 - Auditorium

19:00 CEST

Welcome Reception
Sunday June 14, 2026 19:00 - 21:00 CEST
Sunday June 14, 2026 19:00 - 21:00 CEST
01 - Expo
 
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