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Conference Keynote Sessions

Conference Opening
Tuesday 21st: 09:30

Leanne Wilson

Conference Lunch & Learn Sessions

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Tuesday 21st April

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Virtual Room A

Keynote: Conference Opening

09:30 - 09:45

Leanne Wilson
Company: Vertali Limited
Session: K1

 

15 Minute Break

09:45 - 10:00

10:00 - 10:45

Making Your Early-Career Impact in the M...

Nishka Sardar
Vertali Limited
Session: 1A

Niall Ashley
Vertali Limited
Session: 1A

VR1
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Soft Skills

SDSF Hidden Treasures

Rob Scott
Consultant
Session: 2A

VR2
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Large Systems

What's new in CICS TS 6.3?

Jenny He
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 3A

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud

AI for the Modern Mainframe Network Engi...

Claire Connor
Geniez AI
Session: 4A

VR4
Network Management
Niall Buchanan

Ready Player One?

Roy Boxwell
Software Engineering GmbH
Session: 7A

VR7
Db2
Marcus Davage
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Being Aware of Changes in z/OS 3.2 Soone...

Shigeki Kimura
IBM Japan
Session: 8A

VR8
LSWG
Eddie Roe
chilli rating

AI centric z/OS application development...

Peter Haumer
IBM USA
Session: 9A

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester

Achieving Zero Trust In The Z Environmen...

Adnan Can
Consultant
Session: AA

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
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30 Minute Break

10:45 - 11:15

11:15 - 12:00

How do you make it go faster and use les...

Colin Paice
Consultant
Session: 1B

VR1
WAVEZ 101
Chris Knowles

Step-by-Step Automation: Regex, sed & VT...

Pavel Zlatnik
Broadcom Mainframe Software
Session: 2B

VR2
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Applications Development

Mastering System Synergy: A Guide to Int...

Rakesh kumar Singh
HCL Technologies
Session: 3B

Aman Sahni
HCL Technologies
Session: 3B

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud
chilli rating

Encrypting connections to Db2

Giovanni Creato
Broadcom Mainframe Software
Session: 4B

Abdellah Zarrafa
Broadcom Mainframe Software
Session: 4B

VR4
Network Management
Niall Buchanan

Blending Art and Science: The Performanc...

John Baker
IBM
Session: 5B

Jerry Street
IBM
Session: 5B

VR5
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby
chilli rating

Impostor Syndrome - Are you good enough?

Niall Ashley
Vertali Limited
Session: 6B

Elitsa Popova
Vertali Limited
Session: 6B

VR6
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

Db2 from the Inside Out: Directory, Cata...

Saurabh Pandey
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 7B

VR7
Db2
Marcus Davage

Beyond the Batch: Unlocking Business Val...

Sai Kaushik Ponnekanti
Consultant
Session: 8B

VR8
LSWG
Eddie Roe
chilli rating

Accelerating Mainframe Development with...

Claire Connor
Geniez AI
Session: 9B

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester

Beyond the Surface: Tackling Mainframe V...

Cynthia Overby
Rocket Software UK Ltd
Session: AB

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
30 Minute Break

12:00 - 12:30

12:30 - 13:15

Behind the curtain: The journey of a pro...

Sudha Dhanwada
IBM USA
Session: 1C

Laura Sperling
IBM USA
Session: 1C

VR1
WAVEZ 101
Tom Baskerville
Topics include:
Large Systems

Welcome to Z-City-A Street-Level Tour of...

Aditya Srivastava
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 2C

VR2
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Other

Latest update on security in CICS TS 6.3

Mark Pocock
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 3C

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud
chilli rating

TCPIP Security overview

Navya Ramanjulu
IBM USA
Session: 4C

Edward Seidl
IBM USA
Session: 4C

VR4
Network Management
Niall Buchanan
chilli rating

Can we all share fairly? Detection and r...

Scott Chapman
EPS
Session: 5C

VR5
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby
chilli rating

Neurodiversity and Z

Abi Bettle-Shaffer
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 6C

Sarah Burne James
Consultant
Session: 6C

VR6
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

CBT Tape Tools for DB2

Klaudiusz Konieczka
Ensono
Session: 7C

VR7
Db2
Marcus Davage
chilli rating

GDPS quality resiliency on LinuxOne? Yes...

Nathan Brice
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 8C

VR8
LSWG
Eddie Roe

Automate the heck out of every LPAR!

Bronwyn Davies
PopUp Mainframe Ltd.
Session: 9C

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester
chilli rating

Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself...

Thomas Conley
BMC Software Ltd
Session: AC

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
chilli rating
30 Minute Break

13:15 - 13:45

13:45 - 14:30

Security is a War Game

Niall Ashley
Vertali Limited
Session: 1D

Marcus Chalklin
Vertali Limited
Session: 1D

VR1
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Security

Trust me I'm a certificate

Joe Winchester
Consultant
Session: 2D

VR2
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Security

CICS Security Discovery

John Taylor
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 3D

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud
chilli rating

IP Routing on z/OS Part 1: the basics

Edward Seidl
IBM USA
Session: 4D

VR4
Network Management
Niall Buchanan

Enhancing z/OS performance data to get n...

John Ticic
IBM
Session: 5D

VR5
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby
chilli rating

Training for Emerging Security Treats -...

Andy McCandless
Consultant
Session: 6D

VR6
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

All About Db2 for z/OS Packages

Anna McKee
IBM
Session: 7D

Mark Rader
IBM USA
Session: 7D

VR7
Db2
Marcus Davage
chilli rating

IBM Z Cyber Vault Explained - Soup to Nu...

Nathan Brice
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 8D

VR8
LSWG
Eddie Roe

Bang for your zOS buck with Go

Mackenzie Malainey
IBM
Session: 9D

Bill O'Farrell
IBM Canada
Session: 9D

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester

Continuous Compliance: Security Automati...

Henri Kuiper
zDevOps
Session: AD

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
chilli ratingchilli rating
30 Minute Break

14:30 - 15:00

15:00 - 15:45

Db2 for z/OS 101: What you should know a...

Mark Rader
IBM USA
Session: 1E

VR1
WAVEZ 101
Ricki West
Topics include:
Db2

ChatDb2 - Db2 AI Introduction

Bruno Mileu
ICU IT Services BV
Session: 2E

VR2
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Db2

(Primer to) The IBM Z Processor Optimiza...

David Hutton
IBM USA
Session: 3E

VR3
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby
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IP Routing on z/OS Part 2: Dynamic routi...

Edward Seidl
IBM USA
Session: 4E

Grant Mericle
IBM USA
Session: 4E

VR4
Network Management
Niall Buchanan
chilli rating

What's New in DFSMS

Barbara McDonald
IBM USA
Session: 5E

VR5
Storage
Mikhael Liberman
chilli rating

Integrating z/OS from an iPaaS? There’s...

Andrew Smithson
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 6E

VR6
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea

Zcrafter - Claude code for the Mainframe

Victor Taiwo
Consultant
Session: 7E

VR7
AI
Alzares Stephens
chilli rating

Career Toolkit Essentials: How Communiti...

Natalie Carrillo
Consultant
Session: 8E

Giovanni Palumbo
HCL Technologies
Session: 8E

VR8
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

COBOL playbook for modernizing core busi...

Chandni Dinani
IBM
Session: 9E

Roland Koo
IBM Canada
Session: 9E

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester
chilli rating

Single Signon for zOS with Client Certif...

Colman O'CARROLL
Virtel
Session: AE

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
chilli rating
30 Minute Break

15:45 - 16:15

16:15 - 17:00

Able baker to Zulu: What I wish I'd lea...

Joe Winchester
Consultant
Session: 1F

Steven Perva
Ensono
Session: 1F

VR1
WAVEZ 101
Elitsa Popova

An IBM Champion’s Guide to Advocacy

Niall Ashley
Vertali Limited
Session: 2F

VR2
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Soft Skills

Automating Mainframe Operations with RES...

Joshua Powell
Broadcom Mainframe Software
Session: 3F

Miroslav Strnad
Broadcom Mainframe Software
Session: 3F

VR3
Open Mainframe Project
Donna Hudi

The Next Generation z/OS User Experience

Fiona King
IBM
Session: 4F

Rolando Perez
IBM USA
Session: 4F

VR4
New Technologies
Keith Banham
chilli rating

Improve your RTO & RPO with a multi-site...

Ben Younger
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 5F

VR5
Storage
Mikhael Liberman
chilli rating

Object Storage Fundamentals

Andrew Wilt
IBM USA
Session: 6F

VR6
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea
chilli rating

Bring your mainframe data to your AI Age...

Andrew Smithson
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 7F

VR7
AI
Alzares Stephens

Reinvent storage for artificial intellig...

Alain Beauregard
Hitachi Vantara Ltd
Session: 8F

Dennis Seiffert
SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH
Session: 8F

VR8
LSWG
Eddie Roe
chilli rating

COPILOT ❤️ COBOL

Anthony Papageorgiou
Microsoft
Session: 9F

Gustav Kaleta
Microsoft
Session: 9F

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester

Cybersecurity and Data Set Encryption –...

Cecilia Lewis
IBM USA
Session: AF

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
chilli rating
End of Day's Sessions

17:00 - 17:30

Wednesday 22nd April

Time

Virtual Room 1

Virtual Room 2

Virtual Room 3

Virtual Room 4

Virtual Room 5

Virtual Room 6

Virtual Room 7

Virtual Room 8

Virtual Room 9

Virtual Room A

10:00 - 10:45

Conquering CodePages, the Rosetta stone...

Joe Winchester
Consultant
Session: 1G

VR1
WAVEZ 101
Elitsa Popova
Topics include:
Other

RACF Exits & Control Blocks

Mark Wilson
GS-UK
Session: 2G

VR2
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Security

Modernization is a Human Story

Richelle Anne Craw
Beta Systems Software AG
Session: 3G

Jessielaine Punongbayan
Dynatrace
Session: 3G

VR3
Women in IT
Aileen Wynne

From Monitoring to Observability: Evolvi...

Prema Jogdand
Consultant
Session: 4G

VR4
New Technologies
Keith Banham

Introduction to HA/DR best practises wit...

Kris Dzialek
IBM Switzerland
Session: 5G

VR5
Storage
Mikhael Liberman

Data Gravity and IBM Z: Bringing Process...

Vishal Gupta
IBM
Session: 6G

Mehmet Goksu
IBM
Session: 6G

VR6
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea
chilli rating

Confidently Accelerate Mainframe Transfo...

Deepak Chopra
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 7G

VR7
AI
Alzares Stephens
chilli rating

No Data Left Behind: The Complete Guide...

Aditya Srivastava
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 8G

Madhura Joshi
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 8G

VR8
IMS
Dougie Lawson
chilli rating

Empowering every developer to deliver hi...

Roland Koo
IBM Canada
Session: 9G

Chandni Dinani
IBM
Session: 9G

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester

Embracing AI Without Compromising Mainfr...

Claire Connor
Geniez AI
Session: AG

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
30 Minute Break

10:45 - 11:15

11:15 - 12:00

The Hidden Shield: Mainframe Security, U...

Simran Sharma
Vertali Limited
Session: 1H

VR1
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Security

Hi, it's me

Joe Winchester
Consultant
Session: 2H

VR2
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Security

Building Mainframe Career Resilience: St...

Darren Surch
Interskill Learning
Session: 3H

VR3
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

From Abend to Insight: How LLMs and MCP...

Krutika Sapkal
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 4H

Sandeeproop rai
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 4H

VR4
New Technologies
Keith Banham
chilli rating

Beyond the Bits: A Deep Dive into Mainfr...

Aayush Singh
Consultant
Session: 5H

VR5
Storage
Mikhael Liberman
chilli ratingchilli rating

Making IBM Z Data AI-Ready for Hybrid Cl...

Vishal Gupta
IBM
Session: 6H

Mehmet Goksu
IBM
Session: 6H

VR6
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea
chilli rating

From Monolith to Microservices: Using AI...

Sunil Mishra
Consultant
Session: 7H

VR7
AI
Alzares Stephens
chilli rating

Fast Path Unplugged: The DEDB Internals...

Aditya Srivastava
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 8H

VR8
IMS
Dougie Lawson
chilli rating

From Project to Product: Value Stream Ma...

Spencer Hallman
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 9H

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester

End-to-End Mainframe Data Resilience

Ira Miga
BMC Software Ltd
Session: AH

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
30 Minute Break

12:00 - 12:30

12:30 - 13:15

LinkedIn isn’t just for boomers

Niall Ashley
Vertali Limited
Session: 1I

Elitsa Popova
Vertali Limited
Session: 1I

VR1
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Soft Skills

Understanding Unix System Services. Bo...

Joe Winchester
Consultant
Session: 2I

Steven Perva
Ensono
Session: 2I

VR2
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Large Systems

CICS Explorer: A quick reference with po...

Dave Nice
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 3I

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud

From COBOL to Kafka - A guide to event i...

Andrew Smithson
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 4I

VR4
New Technologies
Keith Banham

Integrating Object Storage with Batch pr...

Andrew Wilt
IBM USA
Session: 5I

VR5
Storage
Mikhael Liberman
chilli rating

Modernizing IMS Backup and Recovery - Th...

Sujata Mane
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 6I

VR6
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea

Running AI/ML Workloads on Mainframes: R...

Sameer Satyavolu
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 7I

Vaidehi Bhonge
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 7I

VR7
AI
Alzares Stephens

Backup and Restore IMS Catalog Directori...

Yogesh Darekar
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 8I

VR8
IMS
Dougie Lawson

From Prompt to Production: Multi-Workflo...

Stephanie Marino-Cundari
IBM
Session: 9I

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester

Keys to the Kingdom: Managing Cryptogra...

Brian Hugenbruch
IBM USA
Session: AI

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
chilli rating
30 Minute Break

13:15 - 13:45

13:45 - 14:30

What's new with ZOAU?

Anthony Giorgio
IBM USA
Session: 1J

VR1
WAVEZ 101
Niall Ashley
Topics include:
Applications Development

Mainframe API-First: Unlocking z/OS with...

Anshul Agrawal
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 2J

VR2
WAVEZ 102
Chris Knowles
Topics include:
Other

Simplifying CICS configuration: harnessi...

Ledina Hido-Evans
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 3J

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud

AI Agents on the Mainframe: How To Autom...

Collin Smith
Gestell.ai
Session: 4J

Andrew Toews
Gestell.ai
Session: 4J

VR4
New Technologies
Keith Banham

Expanding SMF Access to Promote Data-dri...

Todd Havekost
IBM
Session: 5J

VR5
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby

OpenTelemetry: Enabling Mainframe Integr...

Ruediger Schulze
IBM Germany
Session: 6J

VR6
Hybrid Cloud
Brian O'Shea
chilli rating

Let Me Make This as Clear as Robert: Exp...

Anna McKee
IBM
Session: 7J

Mark Rader
IBM USA
Session: 7J

VR7
Db2
Marcus Davage
chilli rating

Zero Data Loss for IMS RECON datasets: U...

Yogesh Darekar
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 8J

VR8
IMS
Dougie Lawson

IBM COBOL Upgrade Advisor

Roland Koo
IBM Canada
Session: 9J

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester
chilli rating

Mainframe TTPs: The Security Black Hole...

Kev Milne
National Westminster Bank (Natwest)
Session: AJ

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
chilli rating
30 Minute Break

14:30 - 15:00

15:00 - 15:45

EMMA: an implementation of a mainframe a...

Cameron Seay
Consultant
Session: 2L

VR2
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

Unlocking Mainframe Knowledge: Using AI...

Claire Connor
Geniez AI
Session: 3L

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud

Thriving in Hybrid IT: Overcoming Mainfr...

Renato Bognar
Consultant
Session: 4L

VR4
New Technologies
Keith Banham
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Let's Roll! Maximizing Availability and...

Charles Gaskell
HSBC Bank PLC
Session: 5L

VR5
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby
chilli rating

Let’s Talk About Unsupported Software

David Stephens
Longpela Expertise
Session: 6L

VR6
LSWG
Eddie Roe
chilli rating

Protecting your Db2 for z/OS environment...

Jørn Thyssen
Rocket Software UK Ltd
Session: 7L

VR7
Db2
Marcus Davage
chilli rating

All about SMP/E (System Modification Pro...

Pratik Ghatpande
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 8L

VR8
IMS
Dougie Lawson

Modernizing Applications with Python & C...

Steven Pitman
IBM Canada
Session: 9L

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester

Mainframe Under Siege: Real-Time Threat...

Al Saurette
MainTegrity Inc
Session: AL

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
chilli rating
30 Minute Break

15:45 - 16:15

16:15 - 17:00

The Mainframe in the ITSM World

Andrew Brisland
Litit Tech
Session: 1M

VR1
Service Management
Anna Dawson

Hello Mainframe ? Using Zowe in an AI W...

Joe Winchester
Consultant
Session: 2M

Andrew Toews
Gestell.ai
Session: 2M

VR2
Open Mainframe Project
Donna Hudi

CICS Liberty for Beginners

Robert Stroud
National Westminster Bank (Natwest)
Session: 3M

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud
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Measuring AS activity with SMF 30

Danilo Gipponi
Inspired Solutions
Session: 5M

VR5
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby
chilli rating

Who's Knocking At the Door? Best Practic...

Denis Tronin
Broadcom Mainframe Software
Session: 7M

VR7
Db2
Marcus Davage
chilli rating

No SQL App with Python on zOS

Bill Pereira
Consultant
Session: 9M

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester

Mainframes and the Dark Web - 2026 Reboo...

Mark Wilson
GS-UK
Session: AM

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
chilli rating
End of Day's Sessions

17:00 - 17:30

Thursday 23rd April

Time

Virtual Room 1

Virtual Room 2

Virtual Room 3

Virtual Room 4

Virtual Room 5

Virtual Room 6

Virtual Room 7

Virtual Room 8

Virtual Room 9

Virtual Room A

10:00 - 10:45

ISPF Made Even Easier Part 1

Peter Van Dyke
HCL Technologies
Session: 1N

VR1
Service Management
Anna Dawson
chilli rating

What’s new in MQ

Gwydion Tudur
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 2N

VR2
MQ
Daniel Bradbury
chilli rating

OpenTelemetry tracing in CICS TS 6.3

Jenny He
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 3N

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud

Learning Smarter, Not Harder: How New to...

Calvin Darley
21CS / Teracloud
Session: 4N

VR4
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

Modern Machines, Modern Metrics

Martin Packer
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 5N

John Baker
IBM
Session: 5N

VR5
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby
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Pervasive encryption with DB2 for z/OS

Sandip Bhange
Consultant
Session: 6N

VR6
Db2
Marcus Davage
chilli rating

AI-Assisted SQL Performance Analysis for...

Dhrubajyoti Maiti
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 7N

VR7
AI
Alzares Stephens

REST API (S3) for Unstructured (object)...

Peter Sobik
IBM USA
Session: 9N

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester
chilli rating

Mastering Digital Certificates: The Keys...

Jan Prihoda
Broadcom Mainframe Software
Session: AN

Chip Mason
Broadcom Mainframe Software
Session: AN

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
30 Minute Break

10:45 - 11:15

11:15 - 12:00

ISPF Made Even Easier Part 2

Peter Van Dyke
HCL Technologies
Session: 1O

VR1
Service Management
Anna Dawson
chilli rating

MQ Meets Agentic AI

Gwydion Tudur
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 2O

VR2
MQ
Daniel Bradbury
chilli rating

Integrating CICS with AI - MCP server in...

Khadar Mohamed
IBM
Session: 3O

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud
chilli rating

Let's Talk (Talking) Tech

Brian Hugenbruch
IBM USA
Session: 4O

VR4
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

An Introduction to Observability, OpenTe...

Chris Walker
IBM USA
Session: 5O

VR5
New Technologies
Keith Banham

Bringing Mainframe into the Future: Open...

Christoph Theisen
Rocket Software UK Ltd
Session: 6O

VR6
Db2
Marcus Davage
chilli rating

Vibe Coding: What Enterprise Developers...

Vaidehi Bhonge
BMC Software Ltd
Session: 7O

VR7
AI
Alzares Stephens

Why the binary artifact repository is a...

Dennis Behm
IBM Germany
Session: 9O

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester
chilli rating

Pen Testing 101: Mastering Mainframe Pe...

Ray Overby
Rocket Software UK Ltd
Session: AO

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
30 Minute Break

12:00 - 12:30

12:30 - 13:15

From reactive to proactive optimization:...

Simone Catini
HCL Technologies
Session: 1P

Giovanni Palumbo
HCL Technologies
Session: 1P

VR1
Mainframe Audit
David Ahearn
chilli rating

Quantum Safe MQ

Gwydion Tudur
IBM UK Ltd
Session: 2P

VR2
MQ
Daniel Bradbury
chilli rating

Modernizing the Core: Orchestrating CICS...

Mihir Shah
Broadcom Mainframe Software
Session: 3P

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud
chilli rating

Our GSAP Journey: From Zero to z/OS

Alessandro Cavallo
Macro 4 Limited
Session: 4P

Aaron Stoddart
Macro 4 Limited
Session: 4P

VR4
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

WLM… Did you ever think of?

Mary Solomon
SMT Data
Session: 5P

Frank Tidemand
SMT Data
Session: 5P

VR5
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby
chilli rating

Use AI to gain business insights from yo...

Richard Ruppel
IBM USA
Session: 6P

VR6
Db2
Marcus Davage
chilli rating

Defensively Ambitious: LLMs and Assisted...

Jared Hunter
Rocket Software UK Ltd
Session: 7P

VR7
AI
Alzares Stephens

Expanding SMF Access to Promote Data-dri...

Todd Havekost
IBM
Session: 8P

VR8
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby

The CICS Developer’s Guide to Working Sm...

Andrew Twydell
IBM
Session: 9P

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester
chilli rating

The Hacker Whodunnit: Know your cyber a...

Niall Ashley
Vertali Limited
Session: AP

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
30 Minute Break

13:15 - 13:45

13:45 - 14:30

How to Pass a Mainframe Audit

Daniel Burk
IBM
Session: 1Q

VR1
Mainframe Audit
David Ahearn

Planning Your Mainframe Processor Upgrad...

Scott Chapman
EPS
Session: 2Q

VR2
Capacity & Performance
Nathan Appleby
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Seamless Integration between Java and CO...

Robert Stroud
National Westminster Bank (Natwest)
Session: 3Q

VR3
CICS
Robert Stroud
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Step Up the Skills Ladder: Continuous Le...

Richelle Anne Craw
Beta Systems Software AG
Session: 4Q

VR4
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

PAVS, what are they, what is there signi...

Rahul Gupta
Consultant
Session: 5Q

VR5
Storage
Mikhael Liberman
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The latest and greatest in z/OS 3.2! Wh...

Steve Warren
IBM USA
Session: 6Q

VR6
LSWG
Eddie Roe
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Why Data Science Students Should Care Ab...

Amirthavarshini Vimaleshwara Raja
Consultant
Session: 7Q

VR7
AI
Alzares Stephens

Traditional Mainframe Development practi...

Giovanni Creato
Broadcom Mainframe Software
Session: 9Q

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester

RACF Update: z/OS 3.2 and More!

Mark Nelson
IBM USA
Session: AQ

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
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30 Minute Break

14:30 - 15:00

15:00 - 15:45

Designing for Defensibility: Evidence-Ce...

Manasa Uppula
Consultant
Session: 1R

VR1
Mainframe Audit
David Ahearn
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Mainframe Trends 2026: Insights from the...

Amanda Hendley
Planet Mainframe
Session: 3R

VR3
Women in IT
Aileen Wynne

The Anatomy of ‘Why?’. Taking Control of...

Clementine Gribble
Interskill Learning
Session: 4R

VR4
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

Introduction to ICF Catalog Support

James Steel
Dino Software
Session: 5R

VR5
Storage
Mikhael Liberman

Understanding, debugging, tracing and tr...

Joe Winchester
Consultant
Session: 6R

VR6
LSWG
Eddie Roe
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AI-Driven Framework for Zero-Downtime Cl...

Pradeep Kumar Nangunoori
Consultant
Session: 7R

VR7
AI
Alzares Stephens
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Semeru (Java) on z/OS: Key Updates & Why...

Thaksena Rangarajan
IBM
Session: 9R

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester

Crypto Discovery and Inventory for z/OS

Asha Shekharappa
IBM India
Session: AR

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
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30 Minute Break

15:45 - 16:15

16:15 - 17:00

z/OS Danger Zone - data theft

Al Saurette
MainTegrity Inc
Session: 1S

VR1
Mainframe Audit
David Ahearn
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Instrumenting the Mainframe: An introduc...

Ruediger Schulze
IBM Germany
Session: 2S

VR2
Open Mainframe Project
Donna Hudi
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IBM Concert for Z, an AI-Powered Mainfra...

Domenico D'Alterio
IBM Italy
Session: 3S

Jack Jia
IBM
Session: 3S

VR3
Service Management
Anna Dawson

Why Mainframe Student Societies Deserve...

Zaid Darsot
Consultant
Session: 4S

Nishka Sardar
Vertali Limited
Session: 4S

VR4
Mainframe Skills & Learning
Dr. Herbert Daly

z/OSMF Storage Management Plugin - SMS L...

Alexis Kapica
IBM
Session: 5S

VR5
Storage
Mikhael Liberman

What's new in SDSF for z/OS 3.2

Rob Scott
Consultant
Session: 6S

VR6
LSWG
Eddie Roe
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XMIT Unpacked Bringing Mainframe Transmi...

Henri Kuiper
zDevOps
Session: 9S

Philip Young
Consultant
Session: 9S

VR9
AppDev
Joe Winchester
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Post-Quantum Cryptography

Emily Popovic
IBM
Session: AS

Thaksena Rangarajan
IBM
Session: AS

VR10
Security Working Group
Rui Feio
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15 Minute Break

17:00 - 17:15