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Upendra Rajan

IBM

Senior Technical Program Manager

United States (USA)

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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 course development and training portfolio management.

19:00 CEST

Welcome Reception 01 - Expo

09:00 CEST

Opening Session 02 - AuditoriumTorbjörn Appehl • Nathanael Bonnet • Juan Manuel Alcudia • Steve Cast

09:30 CEST

IBM Keynote 02 - AuditoriumJonas Ullberg • Katarina Gospic

10:30 CEST

What is IBM Bob and how can Bob work for you! 02 - AuditoriumTim Rowe

11:50 CEST

What is new on IBM Power Virtual Server 06 - RHÔNE 3BTonny Bastiaans

13:30 CEST

GROUP PHOTO (GROUND FLOOR) 02 - AuditoriumLele Terenzani

14:00 CEST

Deliver generative AI solutions on Power with Spyre accelerator and ecosystem 06 - RHÔNE 3BThibaud Besson

15:55 CEST

Ansible for AIX and Linux on Power: tips and tricks 09 - ST CLAIR 3BAndrey Klyachkin AI on Power in Action with Spyre 02 - AuditoriumJesper Johansen

17:05 CEST

Powering the Hybrid Cloud: A Year in Review for OpenShift on IBM Power 09 - ST CLAIR 3BAlfonso Cancellara 2026 Client Outcomes for AI with IBM Power 06 - RHÔNE 3BSebastian Lehrig

18:15 CEST

Soirée Networking Common France 13 - ROSERAIE 3

09:10 CEST

Key Note AIX/Linux 08 - ST CLAIR 3ADavid Spurway • Alfonso Cancellara • Andrey Klyachkin • Wennie Allen • Sanket Rathi

10:30 CEST

Ready for that next step? Why the hell do you want to be in IT management? 07 -RHÔNE 4Mike Davison

11:40 CEST

Git for beginners 05 -RHÔNE 3AJesse Gorzinski

14:00 CEST

Surround and Extend: Using Linux on Power to Modernize Your Core Apps 09 - ST CLAIR 3BChristine Wyatt • Pawnesh Kachroo

15:55 CEST

What’s New in Network Performance with Power11 06 - RHÔNE 3BAlexander Paul

17:05 CEST

IBM FlashSystem Updates and Roadmap 10 - ST CLAIR 4Andrew Martin

19:30 CEST

GALA DINNER at Les Terrasses du Parc (20 minutes walk through the park) TBA

08:00 CEST

NEWLY ADDED SESSION: Simplifying IBM i Disaster Recovery: From Complex Manual Processes to Browser-Based Orchestration 04 - RHÔNE 2David Painter NEWLY ADDED SESSION: Integrate. Accelerate. The IBM FlashSystem Journey 10 - ROSERAIE 3Prabira Acharya

09:10 CEST

Power11 Scale Out Server deep dive 09 - ROSERAIE 2Andrew Laidlaw • Turgut Genc

10:30 CEST

Modernizing AIX with Open Source: Toolbox, DNF, AI, and the Roadmap 08 - ROSERAIE 1Sanket Rathi