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10:30 CEST

LibrePower: A Community-Driven Renaissance for IBM Power

Monday June 15, 2026 10:30 - 11:30 CEST

Beyond traditional workloads—IBM Power has capabilities the market hasn't fully discovered. LibrePower is changing that. Our community initiative runs a live lab where we validate and document new use cases: container density, modern development with Go and Rust, open source databases, AI inference, and more—across AIX, IBM i, and your favorite Linux distro.We publish technical content in different languages, building the independent validation that helps organizations confidently deploy new workloads on Power. In this session, we'll share practical results from our experiments, demonstrate the LibrePower Certified program for open source projects, and explain why "invest once, run for fifteen years" is the TCO message Power deserves.Whether you manage existing Power8/9 systems or evaluate new Power10/11 investments, discover how open source extends the value—and the possibilities—of exceptional hardware.

Speakers

Hugo Blanco

IBM Champion, SIXE

I work at SIXE, my own company. We are a small boutique formed by engineers specialized in IBM technologies, including advanced solutions for data centers and cybersecurity. We do it in the form of consulting, professional services, training and execution of turnkey projects. We... Read More →

Monday June 15, 2026 10:30 - 11:30 CEST
09 - ST CLAIR 3B

AIX/Linux 2

11:50 CEST

Document Intelligence on Power

Monday June 15, 2026 11:50 - 12:50 CEST

09 - ST CLAIR 3B

Many organizations still rely on manual processes to handle large volumes of business documents. In this session, we will demonstrate how to bring AI-powered document understanding directly to IBM Power environments using Docling, an open-source tool now available on power thanks to the LibrePower initiative (https://gitlab.com/librepower/docling).You’ll see how to build an end-to-end workflow that:Ingests and parses complex unstructured documents with Docling.Extracts structured content and enriches it.Integrates the results with existing enterprise systems running on IBM Power.This session is ideal for IT leaders, architects, and developers who want to bring practical, secure, and cost-effective AI capabilities into their Power workloads without rewriting their core applications.

Speakers

Mirza Ćutuk

Head of AI, InnoBoost SA

Mirza Ćutuk, M.Sc., is a Solutions Architect specializing in Data and AI. With a strong background in developing innovative solutions that bridge the gap between technology and societal needs, Mirza has been at the forefront of creating sustainable and impactful technological frameworks... Read More →

Monday June 15, 2026 11:50 - 12:50 CEST
09 - ST CLAIR 3B

AIX/Linux 2

14:00 CEST

Event Driven Power Infrastructure

Monday June 15, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 CEST

09 - ST CLAIR 3B

This presentation is about event driven infrastructure and how you can facilitate autoremediation in case of problems, using Ansible, Icinga2, Request Tracker and webhooks, you can create an elastic auto-scaling infrastructure to optimize the capacity for your workload and dynamically scale your batches, and capacity usage.

Speakers

Toshaan Bharvani

CTO, VanTosh

Toshaan Bharvani is a IT consultant, currently self-employed at VanTosh, with a interest in Open Source Software and Open Source Hardware. He started his IT interest at a very early age, when his father gave him his first own PC components. Ever since he has been interested in IT... Read More →

Monday June 15, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
09 - ST CLAIR 3B

AIX/Linux 2

15:10 CEST

15:55 CEST

Ansible for AIX and Linux on Power: tips and tricks

Monday June 15, 2026 15:55 - 16:55 CEST

09 - ST CLAIR 3B

It is easy to start with Ansible on IBM Power - just run dnf install ansible. But what next? And what happens after you created your first automation? The author of the Redbook "Using Ansible for automation in IBM Power environments" talks about problems that you can have on the 2nd day, and how to solve them. Or avoid them completely.

Speakers

Andrey Klyachkin

Managing director, eNFence

It is already there.

Monday June 15, 2026 15:55 - 16:55 CEST
09 - ST CLAIR 3B

AIX/Linux 2

17:05 CEST

Powering the Hybrid Cloud: A Year in Review for OpenShift on IBM Power

Monday June 15, 2026 17:05 - 18:05 CEST

09 - ST CLAIR 3B

Over the last 12 months, Red Hat OpenShift has dramatically expanded its capabilities for the IBM Power architecture, evolving far beyond basic infrastructure parity.
This session will provide a comprehensive, technical review of the latest features introduced on OpenShift for IBM Power systems over the past year. We will explore how organizations can now drastically reduce infrastructure overhead by mixing x86 control planes with IBM Power worker nodes using Hosted Control Planes. Furthermore, we will explore new capabilities that enable the AI era on IBM Power, including native AI accelerator support (such as the IBM Spyre AI Accelerator) and distributed AI workload orchestration using the Red Hat build of Kueue. Finally, we will cover the latest storage and infrastructure enhancements—including newly added SMB CSI driver support for ppc64le to streamline day-to-day operations.
Whether you are maintaining traditional bare-metal IBM Power servers or deploying modern virtualized environments, this talk will equip you with the knowledge to maximize your IBM Power investments using the latest OpenShift releases.

Speakers

Alfonso Cancellara

Senior Technical Account Manager, OpenShift, Red Hat

Alfonso Cancellara is a Senior Technical Account Manager at Red Hat, specializing in Red Hat’s OpenShift Container Platform and cloud-native solutions.

In his role, he works closely with organizations to help them effectively utilize OpenShift, understanding their unique business needs, providing guidance on how OpenShift can address their challenges, and ensuring they achieve their desired outcomes. A key aspect of his work involves... Read More →

Monday June 15, 2026 17:05 - 18:05 CEST
09 - ST CLAIR 3B

AIX/Linux 2