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Welcome to Common Europe Congress 2026

01 - Expo	02 - Auditorium	08 - ST CLAIR 3A	09 - ST CLAIR 3B	10 - ST CLAIR 4	13 - ST CLAIR 1	14 - ST CLAIR 2	15 - ST CLAIR FOYER	Roseraie

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Welcome Reception 19:00 - 21:00

First timers introduction 18:00 - 19:00

Getting stared in the world of SQL performance 10:00 - 13:00

IBM i Security Auditing Deep Dive: Unlocking the Power of the Audit Journal 14:00 - 17:00

Workshop: IBM i Modernization Workshop with Bob 10:00 - 13:00

Workshop: Db2 on steroids - deep dive 14:00 - 17:00

Workshop: Manage and optimize IBM FlashSystem deployments in real‑world scenarios 10:00 - 13:00

Workshop: Integrating AI with Db2 and RPG 14:00 - 17:00

Workshop: IBM PowerVC 10:00 - 13:00

Workshop: Advanced Ansible Workshop on IBM Power 14:00 - 17:00

Advanced IBM AIX Live Update Workshop 10:00 - 13:00

Workshop: Visual Explain – Hands-On Experience 14:00 - 17:00

Lunch (for Workshop attendees) 13:00 - 14:00

05 - ISV Day - Special Invite Needed 10:30 - 15:30

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Reception desk open 08:30 - 09:00

Opening Session 09:00 - 09:30

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Lunch in Expo 12:50 - 14:00

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IBM Keynote 09:30 - 10:20

TBD 10:30 - 11:30

What's New in IBM i Security? 11:50 - 12:50

Unlocking the Potential of IBM’s Administration Runtime Expert 14:00 - 15:00

Thinkwise: From RPG to AI-ready: on IBM i

AI on Power in Action with Spyre 15:55 - 16:55

Protecting Db2 for i Data with Row and Column Access Control (RC... 17:05 - 18:05

TBD 10:30 - 11:30

IBM i Migrate While Active: minimizing downtime with Partition M... 11:50 - 12:50

IBM i in 2026 - Collaborative Strategy in the Era of AI 14:00 - 15:00

M81: Differences between HA and Snapshots/FlashC...

How to build an AI agent for IBM i 15:55 - 16:55

IBM i System Administration Basics 17:05 - 18:05

What is IBM Bob and how can Bob work for you! 10:30 - 11:30

Serverless architecture and RPG? 11:50 - 12:50

Meet Bob - Your New AI Software Development Partner 14:00 - 15:00

CNX: Use AI to Build an IBM i Web App in Under 1...

Using SQL in Everyday Life 15:55 - 16:55

How to Validate and Control AI Uncertainty from BOB or Any LLM f... 17:05 - 18:05

Panning for Performance Gold with Visual Explain 10:30 - 11:30

Reinventing IBM i: The Journey from RPG to Python 11:50 - 12:50

Introducing the AI Starter Kit 14:00 - 15:00

Arcad Software 15:10 - 15:35

Git, Jenkins and Nexus walk into an IBM i… 15:55 - 16:55

New Improved Rest API support for IBM i 17:05 - 18:05

Power Processor Roadmap: Power11, Memory Architecture, Enterpris... 10:30 - 11:30

What is new on IBM Power Virtual Server 11:50 - 12:50

Deliver generative AI solutions on Power with Spyre accelerator... 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 4 15:10 - 15:35

From Insight to Autonomy: The Future of Agentic Operations on IB... 15:55 - 16:55

2026 Client Outcomes for AI with IBM Power 17:05 - 18:05

It's How You Say It: A Guide To Effective Public Speaking 10:30 - 11:30

It's How You Say It: A Guide To Effective Public Speaking Part 2 11:50 - 12:50

Roundtable discussion: IBM Power skills gap in Europe - What can... 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 5 15:10 - 15:35

Role of User groups, Why join, why create 15:55 - 16:55

Start with BRMS - Simple understanding and configuration 17:05 - 18:05

What's new in AIX 7.3: New features, capabilities and best pract... 10:30 - 11:30

AIX Roadmap and Platform Innovations: Performance, Security, Ava... 11:50 - 12:50

A Wishlist for the Future of IBM's Unix Beyond 2040 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 6 15:10 - 15:35

Zero Planned Downtime on AIX: Live Updates for Always-On Enterpr... 15:55 - 16:55

KVM Virtualization on IBM Power 17:05 - 18:05

LibrePower: A Community-Driven Renaissance for IBM Power 10:30 - 11:30

Document Intelligence on Power 11:50 - 12:50

Event Driven Power Infrastructure 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 7 15:10 - 15:35

Ansible for AIX and Linux on Power: tips and tricks 15:55 - 16:55

Powering the Hybrid Cloud: A Year in Review for OpenShift on IBM... 17:05 - 18:05

The Future of Storage with IBM FlashSystem 10:30 - 11:30

IBM Flash Storage Made Smarter: Observability & AIOps with Stora... 11:50 - 12:50

IBM Power Cyber Vault 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 8 15:10 - 15:35

Next-Gen High Availability and Disaster Recovery for IBM i: Leve... 15:55 - 16:55

Building Resilient Architectures with PBHA and PBR on FlashSyste... 17:05 - 18:05

The stage 10:30 - 11:30

Common Europe NextGen 11:50 - 12:50

The stage 14:00 - 15:00

Panel discussion - Testing in the world with AI. 15:55 - 16:55

The stage 17:05 - 18:05

IBM i Licensing 101 10:30 - 11:30

IBM Room 11:50 - 12:50

IBM Room - NDA content 14:00 - 15:00

What's new in TLS Services 15:55 - 16:55

How should you maintain your IBM Platform to get the optimal val... 17:05 - 18:05

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Lunch 12:40 - 14:00

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Expo fun - Prize draw, challenges and more 18:05 - 19:30

Ransomware and IBM i 08:00 - 09:00

Securing your IBM i without Destroying your Business 10:30 - 11:30

Navigator for i, the Tools Within! 11:40 - 12:40

A Practical Approach to IBM i SQL Performance 14:00 - 15:00

Compliance and security management on IBM i with IBM PowerSC 15:55 - 16:55

Using Navigator to Securely Manage your IBM i 17:05 - 18:05

IBM i 7.6 and the latest TRs by the Architect 08:00 - 09:00

KEY Note IBM i 09:10 - 10:10

Accelerate your SQL Queries with SMP 10:30 - 11:30

What can software High Availability do for you? 11:40 - 12:40

What's New in Db2 for i 14:00 - 15:00

Shield Advanced Solutions: Modern Monitoring for...

HMC, IBM i, FSP, BMC, and Firmware: Putting all the pieces toget... 15:55 - 16:55

Common Misconceptions in the IBM i Performance Area 17:05 - 18:05

Under the Hood - A Deep Dive into the SQL Query Engine 08:00 - 09:00

RPG Unit Testing Made Easy In VS Code 10:30 - 11:30

JSON, SQL, XML done easy with noxDb 11:40 - 12:40

VS Code and Code for IBM i Hidden Gems 2.0 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 2 15:10 - 15:35

SQL Services for the Developer 15:55 - 16:55

Code for IBM i – What’s New, What’s Next 17:05 - 18:05

The new age of Agentic AI 08:00 - 09:00

Living with AI During the Fourth Industrial Revolution 10:30 - 11:30

Git for beginners 11:40 - 12:40

Build your agentic agile team for your RPG legacy application 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 3 15:10 - 15:35

Breathing New Life Into RPG: AI as Your Modernization Partner 15:55 - 16:55

Exploring Mapepire, the new way to access Db2! 17:05 - 18:05

Resource Groups in Power11 - learn about working principles and... 08:00 - 09:00

Power Processors & IBM i: A Brief History of the Past 25 Years 10:30 - 11:30

Power11 announcement & AI on Power 11:40 - 12:40

Unlocking Power11: Modern Licensing and Enterprise Pools 2.0 Enh... 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 4 15:10 - 15:35

What’s New in Network Performance with Power11 15:55 - 16:55

Engineering Sovereign Ready Systems - A Practical Path to Operat... 17:05 - 18:05

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Ready for that next step? Why the hell do you want to be in IT m... 10:30 - 11:30

Transforming 5250 Screens to React Framework with AI based tools 11:40 - 12:40

From AI to EQ: 10 Ways to Elevate Your Professional Skills 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 5 15:10 - 15:35

A Life in IBM i: What Hundreds of Conversations Have Taught Me 15:55 - 16:55

Don't Panic! A Stress-Free Guide to TLS on IBM i 17:05 - 18:05

Icinga Stack on IBM Power 08:00 - 09:00

Key Note AIX/Linux 09:10 - 10:10

Design your own VS Code extension and extend Code for IBM i 10:30 - 11:30

AI Accelration for Power with Spyre 11:40 - 12:40

IaaS - Manage Power Systems with IBM PowerVC for Private Cloud 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 6 15:10 - 15:35

Automate your AIX patch management 15:55 - 16:55

EDB Postgres on IBM Power: The Enterprise Ready PostgreSQL Platf... 17:05 - 18:05

Watsonx.Data on IBM Power - Modern Analytics for Enterprise Data 08:00 - 09:00

Understanding RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server and Surr... 10:30 - 11:30

AI Agents: Best Practices for the Next Era of Software 11:40 - 12:40

Surround and Extend: Using Linux on Power to Modernize Your Core... 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 7 15:10 - 15:35

The Container Diet: Shrinking Container Images on IBM Power for... 15:55 - 16:55

AIX Live Update and new features and improvements 17:05 - 18:05

Backup, Restore and Archive: A new choice for IBMi & Distributed... 08:00 - 09:00

Key Note Storage 09:10 - 10:10

Rethinking IBM i HA – When traditional HA and DR are no longer e... 10:30 - 11:30

Enhancing IBM i Operational Resilience with IBM FlashSystem Tech... 11:40 - 12:40

NextGen FlashSystem - Designed to Adapt, Engineered to Perform,... 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 8 15:10 - 15:35

From Roadmap to Results : delivering customer value with AI driv... 15:55 - 16:55

IBM FlashSystem Updates and Roadmap 17:05 - 18:05

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IBM i Client Innovation Stories 10:30 - 11:30

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The role of QA & Testing strategies and automation in DORA Compl... 14:00 - 15:00

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IBM Room 08:00 - 09:00

How to Make the Most Out of Advisory Connect and Expert Labs Ass... 10:30 - 11:30

IBM NDA Session 11:40 - 12:40

IBM Room 14:00 - 15:00

IBM Room 15:55 - 16:55

IBM Room 17:05 - 18:05

GALA DINNER 19:30 - 23:30

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Deep Dive with IBM Bob 08:00 - 09:00

Planning a Smooth Move of your IBM i to the Cloud 09:10 - 10:10

Learn more about the SQL system manager approach 10:30 - 11:30

Ask the experts IBM i 11:40 - 12:30

Closing cermony 12:30 - 13:00

Agentic AI: Let's Design the Future 08:00 - 09:00

Application Modernization Database 09:10 - 10:10

Security for You and Ai 10:30 - 11:30

Getting Started with SQL Functions and Procedures 08:00 - 09:00

Db2 for i from the comfort of your VS Code 09:10 - 10:10

The Hidden Superpowers of IBM i: Features You Didn’t Know You Al... 10:30 - 11:30

Modern DevOps on IBM i - Builds, Tests, and Impact Analysis 08:00 - 09:00

Mastering Advanced SQL Data Types in ILE RPG: From LOBs to XML 09:10 - 10:10

The Next Level of Integration: Building Hybrid AI-Powered Workfl... 10:30 - 11:30

Bringing AI to Production with IBM Power 08:00 - 09:00

Zero-Trust Reinvented: Hardening IBM Power with PowerSC and Cybe... 09:10 - 10:10

Securing your VIOS server 10:30 - 11:30

Personal development 08:00 - 09:00

Talk to Your Business Processes – Safe, Reproducible AI Automati... 09:10 - 10:10

Personal development 10:30 - 11:30

Open Source AI: A comprehensive overview and challenge of "openw... 08:00 - 09:00

Power your Pipeline 09:10 - 10:10

Modernizing AIX with Open Source: Toolbox, DNF, AI, and the Road... 10:30 - 11:30

Ask the experts AIX/Linux 11:40 - 12:30

TBD 08:00 - 09:00

Power11 Scale Out Server deep dive 09:10 - 10:10

Power11 Enterprise Server deep dive 10:30 - 11:30

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IBM Storage 09:10 - 10:10

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