commoneuropecongress2026: Full Schedule

Welcome to Common Europe Congress 2026

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08:00 CEST

Tuesday June 16, 2026 08:00 - 09:00 CEST

Today, there are no known ransomware viruses that run directly on IBM i. However, that does not mean that the IBM i is not at risk. In this session, you will learn how to keep your IBM i system safe from Ransomware attacks. Don't miss this critical session!

Speakers

Janus Hertz

Senior Consultant, IBM

IBM Technology Expert Labs Consultant - IBM Power / IBM i - Security, HA/DR, Virtualization - IBM Northern Europe.

Janus Hertz is a Senior Consultant in IBM Technology Expert Labs. During his 30 years at IBM, he has had various technical roles, working with IBM i and the IBM Power platform the entire time.His current focus areas are IBM i Security & High Availability, including access control... Read More →

Tuesday June 16, 2026 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
02 - Auditorium

Systems management

10:30 CEST

Securing your IBM i without Destroying your Business

Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:30 - 11:30 CEST

02 - Auditorium

The potential to break a critical process when changing your security configuration is real. But with the proper investigation and analysis, security changes can occur without disrupting your business. During this session Carol Woodbury will provide the methods she uses to investigate a system prior to making changes. The goal is to give you the confidence to make IBM i Security changes (system value, user profile, object authority and more) with confidence and without fear of breakage.

Speakers

Carol Woodbury

IBM i Security SME and Senior Advisor, Kisco

Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:30 - 11:30 CEST
02 - Auditorium

Systems management

11:40 CEST

Navigator for i, the Tools Within!

Tuesday June 16, 2026 11:40 - 12:40 CEST

02 - Auditorium

As an IBM i administrator you’ve either used Navigator for I, or you’re living under an AS/400! While you’re getting this done though, you’ve likely missed many of the capabilities built into Navigator to make your job easier and a better fit for your specific needs and environment.In this session, Tim will go beyond the basic capabilities of Navigator and show you the buttons and the options and capabilities that are built into Navigator for I that turbocharge the capabilities of Navigator for i. Come for the Ooh’s and the Ah’s !!

Speakers

Steve Bradshaw

Friendly Techie, RowtonIT.com

My latest work as the Friendly Techie, includes assisting IBM i with the design and testing with IBM i 7.6 as both Beta Tester and Redbook Author, and as assistant in the design and testing of the new IBM i Migrate While Active tool and the AI based RPG Code Assistant.

I have worked in the IBM Business Partner world for over thirty years now and despite IBM's best attempts I still love them ;-) My career started as an RPG developer but for the last twenty years I have specialised in System Design, installation and management. In 2008 I founded my

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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 →

Tuesday June 16, 2026 11:40 - 12:40 CEST
02 - Auditorium

Systems management

14:00 CEST

A Practical Approach to IBM i SQL Performance

Tuesday June 16, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 CEST

02 - Auditorium

When working with SQL and query tuning on IBM i, it’s essential to understand the free tools available to you. This session will introduce tools that leverage SQL Plan Cache data and DB Monitor traces for in-depth SQL analysis.You’ll also learn about Visual Explain, a powerful feature for understanding query execution plans. We’ll discuss:The best approaches for viewing and interpreting performance dataPractical tips for identifying quick wins to improve SQL performanceBy the end of this session, you’ll have actionable strategies to optimize your queries and make your IBM i systems run more efficiently.

Speakers

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 →

Tuesday June 16, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
02 - Auditorium

Systems management

15:55 CEST

Compliance and security management on IBM i with IBM PowerSC

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

02 - Auditorium

Managing the security and compliance on different IBM i systems and partitions can be a challenging task. Changing a setting is quite simple, but automatically checking if a security setting remains the same over time and getting notified about a change is a challenge. IBM offers a product called IBM PowerSC. This product uses compliance profiles to perform the necessary security configuration and monitors that the systems remain compliant. It offers a single user interface that lets you monitor the compliance and security of all your IBM i, Linux on Power, AIX, and VIOS partitions on your Power System. It provides more security functions for malware detection, PTF level currency checking, and more. This session shows you what PowerSC is, how it works, and based on the Center for Internet Security (CIS) IBM i benchmark how to apply a compliance profile. You also see the reporting capabilities of the product, which offers administrators and auditors a comprehensive overview of the security state of your IBM i landscape.

Speakers

Thomas Barlen

Senior Managing Consultant, IBM

IT consultant architecting and implementing security solutions mainly in the IBM i and AIX area. I am also a frequent speaker at technical conferences. Specialties: Cryptography, Single Signon, Security assessments, Access Control concepts and implementation, IBM i cryptographic programming... Read More →

Tuesday June 16, 2026 15:55 - 16:55 CEST
02 - Auditorium

Systems management

17:05 CEST

Using Navigator to Securely Manage your IBM i

Tuesday June 16, 2026 17:05 - 18:05 CEST

02 - Auditorium

IBM Navigator for i is a modern application built to help todays IBM i team successfully manage the IBM i in a modern and secure way. This sessions is all about live demo. Show me no slides…tell you no lies! We will use the Navigator interface to manage and monitor a wide range to system topics: Jobs, Memory Pools, Audit Journals, User Profiles, see how to configure TLS for your system and much more. Heck we even encourage you to bring your favorite topic along and we will address it live.

Speakers