GS-UK Conference Agenda

Tuesday 29th April

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

Tuesday 29th 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
Keynote: Conference Opening 09:30 - 09:45 Mark Wilson Leanne Wilson Company: Vertali Limited Session: K1
15 Minute Break 09:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:45	Own Your Origin Story: Embracing Diversi... Aileen Wynne Richelle Anne Craw Beta Systems Software AG Session: 1A VR1 Women in IT Aileen Wynne	Unlocking the Power of Mainframes: A Beg... Elitsa Popova Meena Chand University of Wolverhampton Session: 2A VR2 WAVEZ 101 Elitsa Popova	What’s new in MQ Raminta Raguckaite Neil Johnston IBM UK LTD. Session: 3A VR3 MQ Raminta Raguckaite	Diving into z/OS Open Source Development... Donna Hudi Igor Todorovski IBM Session: 4A Harithamma D IBM Session: 4A VR4 Open Mainframe Project Donna Hudi	Acting on Near Real-Time SMF Data: Proac... Anji Stephens Steven Thomas SMT Data Session: 5A Frank Tidemand SMT Data Session: 5A VR5 zCapacity & Performance Anji Stephens	Storage update from Hitachi Vantara, Cyb... Mikhael Liberman Alain BEAUREGARD Hitachi Vantara Ltd Session: 6A VR6 Storage Mikhael Liberman	My Mainframe Honeypot - A week of consta... Rui Feio Kevin Milne National Westminster Bank (Natwest) Session: 7A VR7 Security Working Group Rui Feio	Ensuring the Mainframe is an Integral Pa... Brian O'Shea Chris Walker IBM USA Session: 8A VR8 Hybrid Cloud Brian O'Shea		Unlocking the Power of IMS Shared Queues... Dominic Jackson Vaibhav Sharma BMC Software Ltd Session: AA VR10 IMS Dominic Jackson Topics include: .
30 Minute Break 10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 12:00	What's new in Security for CICS TS 6.2 Robert Stroud Mark Pocock IBM UK LTD. Session: 1B VR1 CICS Robert Stroud	Easier than you think: Mainframes and Li... Elitsa Popova John Baker IBM Session: 2B VR2 WAVEZ 101 Elitsa Popova	Seamless MQ Upgrades: Leveraging Ansible... Raminta Raguckaite Dragos Gheorghe Ensono Session: 3B Klaudiusz Konieczka Ensono Session: 3B VR3 MQ Raminta Raguckaite	Embracing Modern Open Source tools on z/... Donna Hudi Igor Todorovski IBM Session: 4B Harithamma D IBM Session: 4B VR4 Open Mainframe Project Donna Hudi	Java shared classes and other corners of... Anji Stephens Colin Paice Stromness Software Solutions Session: 5B VR5 zCapacity & Performance Anji Stephens		When something goes wrong! Sue Parsons Colman O'Carroll Virtel Session: 7B VR7 Security Working Group Sue Parsons	Easier access to your mainframe data wit... Brian O'Shea Andrew Smithson IBM UK LTD. Session: 8B Jason Lovelace IBM Session: 8B Demelza Farrer IBM UK LTD. Session: 8B VR8 Hybrid Cloud Brian O'Shea	Db2 for z/OS Data Sharing Performance Tu... Colin Knight John Campbell Triton Consulting Session: 9B VR9 Db2 Colin Knight	Defragmentation in IMS Databases – Myths... Dominic Jackson Sahil Gupta BMC Software Ltd Session: AB VR10 IMS Dominic Jackson Topics include: .
30 Minute Break 12:00 - 12:30
12:30 - 13:15	Developing CICS applications your way, u... Jenny He Andrew Twydell IBM UK LTD. Session: 1C VR1 CICS Jenny He	Lightning Strikes, Mainframe Resiliency... Elitsa Popova Ben Davis IBM Session: 2C VR2 WAVEZ 101 Elitsa Popova	Neurodiversity and Z Dr. Herbert Daly Abi Bettle-Shaffer IBM UK LTD. Session: 3C Chris Sayles IBM UK LTD. Session: 3C VR3 Mainframe Skills & Learning Dr. Herbert Daly	Back to the Future with COBOL Donna Hudi Sudharsana Srinivasan IBM UK LTD. Session: 4C VR4 Open Mainframe Project Donna Hudi	Tactics To Shrink Your IPL and z/OS Star... Nathan Appleby David Stephens Longpela Expertise Session: 5C VR5 zCapacity & Performance Nathan Appleby		Turning the tables on Cyber Criminals Sue Parsons Allen Saurette MainTegrity Inc Session: 7C VR7 Security Working Group Sue Parsons	Modernize mainframes workloads with Red... Jakob-Julius Storgaard Fabio Alessandro Locati Red Hat Session: 8C VR8 Hybrid Cloud Jakob-Julius Storgaard	Securing the monster under the bed with... Marcus Davage Keziah Knopp IBM Session: 9C VR9 Db2 Marcus Davage	The Final Countdown: Preparing for the I... Dominic Jackson Anshul Agrawal BMC Software Ltd Session: AC VR10 IMS Dominic Jackson Topics include: .
30 Minute Break 13:15 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:30	Is it time to exchange CICS Web Service... Jenny He Andrew Smithson IBM UK LTD. Session: 1D VR1 CICS Jenny He	Wowee it's Zowe opening up the mainframe... Elitsa Popova Joe Winchester IBM UK LTD. Session: 2D VR2 WAVEZ 101 Elitsa Popova		Basics on using Python with z/OS Maemalynn Meanor Steven Pitman IBM Session: 4D VR4 Open Mainframe Project Maemalynn Meanor	z/OS Communications Server Technical Upd... Niall Buchanan Sam Reynolds IBM USA Session: 5D Michael Fitzpatrick IBM USA Session: 5D VR5 Network Management Niall Buchanan		Tackling Insider Threats Before They Str... Rui Feio Johnathan Crossno Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 7D VR7 Security Working Group Rui Feio	How to write non-noobie assembler Zakeer Suleyman Rob Scott Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 8D VR8 LSWG Zakeer Suleyman	Unsung Heroes of the Db2 for z/OS Applic... Colin Knight Emil Kotrc Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 9D VR9 Db2 Colin Knight	Personal IMS – expanding ZXP hands-on ca... Dominic Jackson Ross Cruickshank IBM Session: AD VR10 IMS Dominic Jackson Topics include: .
30 Minute Break 14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:45	Mainframe Data Wrangling: Preparing Your... Henri Kuiper Joshua Powell Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 1E Miroslav Strnad Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 1E VR1 AI Henri Kuiper	Developing CICS applications your way, u... Tom Baskerville Dave Nice IBM UK LTD. Session: 2E Rushabh Sojitra IBM UK LTD. Session: 2E VR2 WAVEZ 102 Tom Baskerville	Building a Zero Trust and Secure IBM MQ... Raminta Raguckaite Gwydion Tudur IBM UK LTD. Session: 3E VR3 MQ Raminta Raguckaite	The Next Generation of Mainframers Maemalynn Meanor John Mertic Linux Foundation/OMP Session: 4E VR4 Open Mainframe Project Maemalynn Meanor	Pardon the Interruption: CPENABLE and In... Nathan Appleby John Baker IBM Session: 5E VR5 zCapacity & Performance Nathan Appleby	z/OS Communications Server Network Secur... Niall Buchanan Navya Ramanjulu IBM UK LTD. Session: 6E VR6 Network Management Niall Buchanan	Nines All the Way Down: Resiliency for L... Sue Parsons Brian W Hugenbruch IBM USA Session: 7E VR7 Security Working Group Sue Parsons	Recent Highlights in z/OS 3.1 and a Snea... Zakeer Suleyman Stephen Warren IBM USA Session: 8E VR8 LSWG Zakeer Suleyman	IMS OTMA Use of Virtual Storage Dominic Jackson Stephen Nathan IBM USA Session: 9E VR9 IMS Dominic Jackson Topics include: .	New products, features and functionaliti... Stuart Ashby Roland Koo IBM Session: AE VR10 AppDev Stuart Ashby
30 Minute Break 15:45 - 16:15
16:15 - 17:00	From Skills Shortage to Skills Accelerat... Alzares Stephens Vineet Dumir IBM Session: 1F VR1 AI Alzares Stephens	Unlocking Efficiency: A Deep Dive into I... Tom Baskerville Anshul Agrawal BMC Software Ltd Session: 2F VR2 WAVEZ 102 Tom Baskerville	IBM MQ and Kafka, what’s the difference... Raminta Raguckaite Matt Leming IBM UK LTD. Session: 3F VR3 MQ Raminta Raguckaite			We need to talk about EMMA! (An Innovati... Dr. Herbert Daly Dr. Herbert Daly University of Hertfordshire Session: 6F Atrium Mainframe Skills & Learning Dr. Herbert Daly	Best Practices for Securely Bypassing z/... Rui Feio Emil Kotrc Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 7F VR7 Security Working Group Rui Feio	Enhancing z/OS Resiliency and Security:... Zakeer Suleyman Joshua Stiles 21CS / Teracloud Session: 8F VR8 LSWG Zakeer Suleyman	Bring your Data to DevOps Marcus Davage Anthony Anter BMC Software Ltd Session: 9F Ron Coleman BMC Software Ltd Session: 9F VR9 Db2 Marcus Davage	Platform Engineering Use Cases: The Self... Stuart Ashby Per Kroll Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: AF Venkat Balabhadrapatruni Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: AF VR10 AppDev Stuart Ashby
End of Day's Sessions 17:00 - 17:30

Wednesday 30th April

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

Wednesday 30th 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		Where does your Ansible code come from? Ricki West Fabio Alessandro Locati Red Hat Session: 2G VR2 WAVEZ 102 Ricki West	Mainframe Audit, An Introduction James Harper David Ahearn Barclays Bank PLC Session: 3G James Harper Barclays Bank PLC Session: 3G VR3 Mainframe Audit James Harper		Unlocking DB2 Performance: Key Metrics f... Geoff Eggleston Mary Solomon SMT Data Session: 5G VR5 zCapacity & Performance Geoff Eggleston	IBM Z Workload Scheduler - What's new wi... Anna Dawson Marco Cardelli HCL Technologies Session: 6G Cecilia Baglioni HCL Technologies Session: 6G VR6 Service Management Anna Dawson	Securing FTP - What's all the Fuss about Sue Parsons Colin van der Ross Software Diversified Services (SDS) Session: 7G VR7 Security Working Group Sue Parsons	X'6А'(BCPii) integration with OPS/MVS Anji Stephens Ravi Gaur Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 8G VR8 LSWG Anji Stephens	Taming Page Splits: Reduced Stress for D... Colin Knight Saurabh Pandey BMC Software Ltd Session: 9G VR9 Db2 Colin Knight	Git Branching: Moving to recommended mod... Stuart Ashby Ian Mitchell IBM UK LTD. Session: AG Dennis Behm IBM Europe Session: AG VR10 AppDev Stuart Ashby
30 Minute Break 10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 12:00	Improving resilience and scalability wit... Robert Stroud Jenny He IBM UK LTD. Session: 1H VR1 CICS Robert Stroud	Integrating with the mainframe - you hav... Ricki West Andrew Smithson IBM UK LTD. Session: 2H VR2 WAVEZ 102 Ricki West	The diminishing returns curve...or audit... David Ahearn Colman O'Carroll Virtel Session: 3H VR3 Mainframe Audit David Ahearn	Observability 2.0 - Much more than just... Keith Banham Neel Shah Middleware Session: 4H VR4 New Technologies Keith Banham	What can SMF data tell us about our z Ma... Geoff Eggleston John Ticic IBM Session: 5H VR5 zCapacity & Performance Geoff Eggleston	Upgrading IzWS Anna Dawson Davide Canalis IBM Session: 6H VR6 Service Management Anna Dawson	Quantum Computer Hybrid Cloud SOC Analyt... Rui Feio Casimer DeCusatis Marist University Session: 7H VR7 Security Working Group Rui Feio	Defend yourself against Logical Data Cor... Eddie Roe Nathan Brice IBM UK LTD. Session: 8H VR8 LSWG Eddie Roe	Db2 for z/OS Data Sharing Update Marcus Davage Mark Rader IBM USA Session: 9H VR9 Db2 Marcus Davage	Metrics in DevOps: Buckle Up for a Rolle... Joe Winchester Atul Bhovan BMC Software Ltd Session: AH VR10 AppDev Joe Winchester
30 Minute Break 12:00 - 12:30
12:30 - 13:15	Breaking Barriers: The Power of Diversit... Aileen Wynne Jessielaine Punongbayan Dynatrace Session: 1I Natalie Carrillo IBM Session: 1I Natalie Carrillo IBM Session: 1I VR1 Women in IT Aileen Wynne	Mainframe Mentorship and Modern Tools Dr. Herbert Daly Richelle Anne Craw Beta Systems Software AG Session: 2I VR2 Mainframe Skills & Learning Dr. Herbert Daly	Unveiling the Ways to Audit Resources an... David Ahearn Rogerio Eugenio Malaquias Camargo Kyndryl Session: 3I VR3 Mainframe Audit David Ahearn	Bring The Proven Power of Ansible Softwa... Keith Banham Jan Prihoda Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 4I VR4 New Technologies Keith Banham	The Latest IBM Z Performance Brief Donna Hudi David Hutton IBM USA Session: 5I VR5 zCapacity & Performance Donna Hudi	Who is Afraid of the AI Big Bad Wolf Alzares Stephens Gatien Dupre Virtel Session: 6I VR6 AI Alzares Stephens	Optimising IBM IMS Buffer Pools for Enha... Dominic Jackson Amar Verma BMC Software Ltd Session: 7I VR7 IMS Dominic Jackson Topics include: .	Mainframe Modernization - What We Could... Jakob-Julius Storgaard Daniel Raisch Azabaz Session: 8I VR8 Hybrid Cloud Jakob-Julius Storgaard	Db2 for z/OS Health Check Topics Marcus Davage Mark Rader IBM USA Session: 9I Keziah Knopp IBM Session: 9I Victoria Felt IBM Session: 9I VR9 Db2 Marcus Davage
30 Minute Break 13:15 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:30	CICS Banking Sample Application: Our CI/... Robert Stroud Justin Taylor IBM UK LTD. Session: 1J Tom Slattery IBM UK LTD. Session: 1J VR1 CICS Robert Stroud	Unsung Hero of z/OS Mainframes - JCL Ricki West Prema Jogdand BMC Software Ltd Session: 2J VR2 WAVEZ 101 Ricki West		Stop Agonizing & Start Virtualizing Keith Banham Jim Wankowski Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 4J VR4 New Technologies Keith Banham	WLM – Effective Transaction Management Donna Hudi Peter Enrico EPS Session: 5J VR5 zCapacity & Performance Donna Hudi	Customising IzWS Panel EQQAJCLE a.k.a. A... Anna Dawson Anna Dawson IBM UK LTD. Session: 6J VR6 Service Management Anna Dawson	RACF Update: z/OS 3.1 and More! Rui Feio Mark Nelson IBM USA Session: 7J VR7 Security Working Group Rui Feio		Best Practices for managing distributed... Colin Knight Anthony Ciabattoni IBM USA Session: 9J VR9 Db2 Colin Knight	Addressing Enterprise Pain Points in IBM... Joe Winchester René De Vleeschauwer Ikan Development Session: AJ VR10 AppDev Joe Winchester
30 Minute Break 14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:45	CICSPlex SM - A Minimalist Approach Robert Stroud Ezriel Gross Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 1L VR1 CICS Robert Stroud	The Evolving Landscape of Database Admin... Ricki West Sameer Satyavolu BMC Software Ltd Session: 2L VR2 WAVEZ 101 Ricki West	Mentoring Magic: Creating Mainframe Supe... Dr. Herbert Daly Daniel Ruutz Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 3L Alex Kingham Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 3L VR3 Mainframe Skills & Learning Dr. Herbert Daly	Configuring the z/OS Container Platform Keith Banham Paul Gartman IBM Session: 4L Ben Hicks IBM Session: 4L VR4 New Technologies Keith Banham	How busy is that mainframe, really? Donna Hudi Scott Chapman EPS Session: 5L VR5 zCapacity & Performance Donna Hudi	IBM Concert for Z streamline mainframe o... Anna Dawson Domenico D'Alterio IBM Europe Session: 6L VR6 Service Management Anna Dawson	Using Wireshark to look at networking da... Niall Buchanan Colin Paice Stromness Software Solutions Session: 7L VR7 Network Management Niall Buchanan	What's New in DFSMS Mikhael Liberman Barbara McDonald IBM Session: 8L VR8 Storage Mikhael Liberman	Preparing to Pass Your Db2 for z/OS Admi... Colin Knight Emil Kotrc Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 9L VR9 Db2 Colin Knight	Semeru (Java) on z/OS: Key Updates & Why... Louisa Seers James Tang IBM Session: AL Jon Furminger IBM Session: AL Thaksena Rangarajan IBM Session: AL Sean Kelleher IBM Session: AL Emily Popovic IBM Session: AL Kevin Cho IBM Session: AL VR10 AppDev Louisa Seers
30 Minute Break 15:45 - 16:15
16:15 - 17:00	Accelerate mainframe application moderni... Ben Davis Suman Gopinath IBM Session: 1M Nicolas Dangeville IBM Session: 1M VR1 AI Ben Davis	z/OSMF workflows automation with Zowe Ricki West Pavel Zlatnik Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 2M Marketa Muzikova Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 2M VR2 WAVEZ 101 Ricki West	An IBM Champion's Guide to Advocacy Chris Knowles Niall Ashley Vertali Limited Session: 3M VR3 WAVEZ 102 Chris Knowles	Effective strategies for Git and source... Maemalynn Meanor Igor Todorovski IBM Session: 4M Harithamma D IBM Session: 4M VR4 Open Mainframe Project Maemalynn Meanor	(Primer to) The IBM Z Processor Optimiza... Nathan Appleby David Hutton IBM USA Session: 5M VR5 zCapacity & Performance Nathan Appleby	Implementing DevOps on IBM zSystem – Iss... Anna Dawson Joe Cruz Converge Technology Solutions Session: 6M Gregory Powiedziuk Converge Technology Solutions Session: 6M Joe Cruz Converge Technology Solutions Session: 6M VR6 Service Management Anna Dawson	Improve your RTO & RPO with a multi-site... Mikhael Liberman Kelsey Richard IBM Session: 7M VR7 Storage Mikhael Liberman	Getting Started with NetMaster’s SmartTr... Niall Buchanan Phillip Schoen Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 8M VR8 Network Management Niall Buchanan	zParms: Overview, Best Practices, and Re... Marcus Davage Emil Kotrc Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 9M VR9 Db2 Marcus Davage	Java Flight Recorder (JFR) Louisa Seers Adrian Popescu IBM Session: AM VR10 AppDev Louisa Seers
End of Day's Sessions 17:00 - 17:30

Thursday 1st May

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

Thursday 1st May

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		IMS Managed ACBs: Real world customer pa... Dominic Jackson Subhasish Sarkar BMC Software Ltd Session: 2N VR2 IMS Dominic Jackson Topics include: .	Your Journey to Conscious inclusion Chris Knowles Joanne Lockwood SEE Change Happen Session: 3N VR3 WAVEZ 102 Chris Knowles	The Secret to Open Source on the Mainfra... Donna Hudi Leonard Santalucia Vicom Infinity , Inc. Session: 4N VR4 Open Mainframe Project Donna Hudi	Drawers, Of Course Martin Packer Martin Packer IBM UK LTD. Session: 5N VR5 zCapacity & Performance Martin Packer	Unlocking z/OS Data to Streamline System... Anna Dawson Rachita Issar Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 6N Zaid Alattar Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 6N VR6 Service Management Anna Dawson		So you want to hook z/OS? Eddie Roe Rob Scott Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 8N VR8 LSWG Eddie Roe	ABC's of Db2 for z/OS Indexes Colin Knight Karthikeyan Dhanapal BMC Software Ltd Session: 9N VR9 Db2 Colin Knight	IBM Watson Code Assistant and DevOps Sto... Joe Winchester Joseph Taffe-Atkins IBM UK LTD. Session: AN VR10 AppDev Joe Winchester
30 Minute Break 10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 12:00	Simplifying CICS Configuration: Harnessi... Jenny He Tom Baskerville IBM UK LTD. Session: 1O Samarin Nayak IBM Session: 1O VR1 CICS Jenny He	History of Mainframe Support Dr. Herbert Daly Andrew Brisland Litit Tech Session: 2O VR2 Mainframe Skills & Learning Dr. Herbert Daly	Testing Mainframe applications as a newb... Chris Knowles Jade Carino IBM UK LTD. Session: 3O VR3 WAVEZ 102 Chris Knowles	Top 5 open source mainframe powerups no... Donna Hudi Joe Winchester IBM UK LTD. Session: 4O VR4 Open Mainframe Project Donna Hudi	Transforming Mainframe Performance: Leve... Martin Packer Jessielaine Punongbayan Dynatrace Session: 5O VR5 zCapacity & Performance Martin Packer	IzWS Dependencies Anna Dawson Anna Dawson IBM UK LTD. Session: 6O VR6 Service Management Anna Dawson	Building Effect Mainframe Vulnerability... Rui Feio Cynthia Overby Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 7O Johnathan Crossno Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 7O VR7 Security Working Group Rui Feio	IBM Z Cyber Vault Explained - Soup to Nu... Mikhael Liberman Nathan Brice IBM UK LTD. Session: 8O VR8 Storage Mikhael Liberman	Claims, Drains and Automobiles Colin Knight Marcus Davage BMC Software Ltd Session: 9O VR9 Db2 Colin Knight	How a software developer thinks about RA... Stuart Ashby Rob Scott Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: AO VR10 AppDev Stuart Ashby
30 Minute Break 12:00 - 12:30
12:30 - 13:15		Building Mainframe Career Resilience: St... Dr. Herbert Daly Darren Surch Interskill Learning Session: 2P VR2 Mainframe Skills & Learning Dr. Herbert Daly	Bridging the gap between Auditing and RA... James Harper Niall Ashley Vertali Limited Session: 3P VR3 Mainframe Audit James Harper	0-to-PyPI - Developing Open Source z/OS... Donna Hudi Chad McIntyre IBM Session: 4P VR4 Open Mainframe Project Donna Hudi			The Pervasive Encryption Journey: Data S... Sue Parsons Gregg Arquero IBM USA Session: 7P VR7 Security Working Group Sue Parsons	Yes, it's possible! You can achieve true... Anji Stephens David Petersen IBM Session: 8P VR8 LSWG Anji Stephens	Db2 for z/OS Development all new "2025 S... Marcus Davage Anthony Ciabattoni IBM USA Session: 9P VR9 Db2 Marcus Davage
30 Minute Break 13:15 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:30	Achieving Resiliency in CICS with CPSM Robert Stroud Aleksandr Charcikov Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 1Q VR1 CICS Robert Stroud	RACF for Dummies Elitsa Popova Niall Ashley Vertali Limited Session: 2Q VR2 WAVEZ 101 Elitsa Popova	Mastering SQL Performance on IBM Z: Anal... Chris Knowles Saurabh Pandey BMC Software Ltd Session: 3Q VR3 WAVEZ 102 Chris Knowles	Mixing Python & COBOL Maemalynn Meanor Steven Pitman IBM Session: 4Q VR4 Open Mainframe Project Maemalynn Meanor		WAPL Calculations beyond JCL Directives Anna Dawson Adrian Angelov IBM Session: 6Q Federica Gari IBM Session: 6Q VR6 Service Management Anna Dawson	What It Means to Measure IBM Z Security Rui Feio Brian W Hugenbruch IBM USA Session: 7Q VR7 Security Working Group Rui Feio	World-class High Availability and Disast... Ben Davis Tanya Buchanan IBM Session: 8Q VR8 LSWG Ben Davis	Db2 13 for z/OS Latest Features Marcus Davage Mark Rader IBM USA Session: 9Q Victoria Felt IBM Session: 9Q VR9 Db2 Marcus Davage	COBOL Upgrade Advisor for z/OS Stuart Ashby Jane Chang IBM Session: AQ Jennifer Rowan IBM Session: AQ Nicole Trudeau IBM Session: AQ VR10 AppDev Stuart Ashby
30 Minute Break 14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:45	CICS Technical Introduction for non CICS... Robert Stroud Ezriel Gross Rocket Software UK Ltd Session: 1R VR1 CICS Robert Stroud	Ansible on Z 101 Niall Ashley Tom Baskerville IBM UK LTD. Session: 2R Kiera Bennett IBM UK LTD. Session: 2R VR2 WAVEZ 101 Niall Ashley	Empowering Mainframe: Modern Full Stack... Chris Knowles Hizir Cagin Bektas Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 3R VR3 WAVEZ 102 Chris Knowles	Bang for your z/OS buck with Go! Maemalynn Meanor William O'Farrell IBM Session: 4R VR4 Open Mainframe Project Maemalynn Meanor	What are RACF "Industry Best Practices"? James Harper Daniel Burk IBM GDR Session: 5R VR5 Mainframe Audit James Harper	Using Your OMEGAMON Data With Your Visua... Anna Dawson Daniel Wiegand IBM Session: 6R Ashok Mahay IBM UK LTD. Session: 6R VR6 Service Management Anna Dawson	Transforming Security Automation: Revamp... Rui Feio Elijah Swift IBM USA Session: 7R VR7 Security Working Group Rui Feio	Let CMM Make Your COBOL Migration Less P... Eddie Roe Jerry Spencer Session: 8R VR8 LSWG Eddie Roe	All Aboard the Network Express! Niall Buchanan Myles Pearson IBM UK LTD. Session: 9R Aparna Vankamamidi IBM UK LTD. Session: 9R VR9 Network Management Niall Buchanan	Operations: The last mile of DevOps Louisa Seers Anthony Anter BMC Software Ltd Session: AR Jeremy Hamilton BMC Software Ltd Session: AR VR10 AppDev Louisa Seers
30 Minute Break 15:45 - 16:15
16:15 - 17:00	Exploring Future Directions with AI on I... Henri Kuiper Stephen Warren IBM USA Session: 1S VR1 AI Henri Kuiper		The Power of Words – “I am” Chris Knowles Joanne Lockwood SEE Change Happen Session: 3S VR3 WAVEZ 102 Chris Knowles	Making Observability Work: User Insights... Maemalynn Meanor Ruediger Schulze IBM Europe Session: 4S VR4 Open Mainframe Project Maemalynn Meanor	Integrating cloud objects in z/OS Batch... Mikhael Liberman Andrew Wilt IBM USA Session: 5S VR5 Storage Mikhael Liberman	Modernization of OMEGAMON with key enhan... Anna Dawson Ashok Mahay IBM UK LTD. Session: 6S Daniel Wiegand IBM Session: 6S Ashok Mahay IBM UK LTD. Session: 6S VR6 Service Management Anna Dawson	Vivat REXX: The Danger of Executing REXX... Sue Parsons Jake Labelle Broadcom Mainframe Software Session: 7S VR7 Security Working Group Sue Parsons		How to help IBM AND YOU Quickly Resolve... Dominic Jackson Stephen Nathan IBM USA Session: 9S VR9 IMS Dominic Jackson Topics include: .	Network Segmentation Mechanisms on z/OS Niall Buchanan Michael Fitzpatrick IBM USA Session: AS Navya Ramanjulu IBM UK LTD. Session: AS VR10 Network Management Niall Buchanan
15 Minute Break 17:00 - 17:15
Keynote: Conference Closing 17:15 - 17:30 Mark Wilson Anji Stephens Company: GS-UK Session: K2

GS UK Virtual Conference 2025

Mainframe@60: The Diamond Anniversary of Digital Dominance

You have already selected a presentation for that time!
You can either change your preference or replace your current choice.

To attend any of the following agenda sessions, you must be a registered delegate.

Conference Keynote Sessions

Conference Lunch & Learn Sessions

Show Agenda For:

Customise Agenda

Keynote: Conference Opening

15 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

End of Day's Sessions

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

End of Day's Sessions

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

15 Minute Break

Keynote: Conference Closing

TERMS & CONDITIONS

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

GET IN TOUCH

GS UK Virtual Conference 2025

Mainframe@60: The Diamond Anniversary of Digital Dominance

You have already selected a presentation for that time! You can either change your preference or replace your current choice.

To attend any of the following agenda sessions, you must be a registered delegate.

Conference Keynote Sessions

Conference Lunch & Learn Sessions

Show Agenda For:

Customise Agenda

Keynote: Conference Opening

15 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

End of Day's Sessions

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

End of Day's Sessions

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

30 Minute Break

15 Minute Break

Keynote: Conference Closing

TERMS & CONDITIONS

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

GET IN TOUCH

Subscribe To our Mailing List

You have already selected a presentation for that time!
You can either change your preference or replace your current choice.