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Monday 2nd November

Stream Session Presentation Title Speaker Company Workgroup Room Time
Registration & Coffee 10:00 - 11:00
Suzuka AA Mainframe101: Everything you need to know about mainframes Simran Sharma Vertali WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 11:00 - 11:45
Monza BA Mainframe Productivity Tips and Tricks: Part 1 David Mills Broadcom Mainframe Software WAVEZ 102 Monza 11:00 - 11:45
Becketts DA Agentic Workflows & MCPs for Real Practitioners Kate Tumanova Broadcom Mainframe Software AppDev Becketts 11:00 - 11:45
Wellington B GA IMS Application Modernization - KEYES Experience Helene Lyon KEYES IMS Wellington B 11:00 - 11:45
Indianapolis HA AI Augmented Incident Management Alan Warhurst BMC Software Operating Systems & Core Infrastructure Indianapolis 11:00 - 11:45
Monaco IA Youth Talent Program: Building the Next Generation of Mainframe Professionals Meena Chand SMT Data Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 11:00 - 11:45
Chapel JA From Punch Cards to VS Code and New Technologies Wolfram Greis Europen Mainframe Academy New Technologies Chapel 11:00 - 11:45
Hockenheim MA VM Workshop Introduction; z/VM Platform Update Frederik Hartmann IBM VM Workshop Hockenheim 11:00 - 11:45
Nürburgring NA DBA 2.0 - Making Change the DBA's Advantage Marcus Davage BMC Software Ltd Db2 Nürburgring 11:00 - 11:45
Melbourne OA The Fast and the RACFurious: Performance Drift ⚙️ Niall Ashley Vertali Ltd. Security Working Group Melbourne 11:00 - 11:45
Catalunya PA Stop the Robot Before It Runs Wild Jason Fournier Broadcom Mainframe Software Systems (Service) Management Catalunya 11:00 - 11:45
15 Minute Break 11:45 - 12:00
Monza BB Avoiding z/OSMF Pitfalls: Tips and Tricks to Resolve Common Problems in z/OSMF Jove Kane IBM WAVEZ 102 Monza 12:00 - 12:45
Wellington A CB A.I....Help Me Hack the Mainframe! Kev Milne Neuro Training Ltd AI Wellington A 12:00 - 12:45
Hungaroring EB What's new in CICS TS open beta? Jenny He IBM UK LTD. CICS Hungaroring 12:00 - 12:45
Wellington B GB Stop Hiding Your Brilliance: From Best-Kept Secret to recognised Leader Bronwyn Davies PopUp Mainframe Women in IT Wellington B 12:00 - 12:45
Monaco IB Ctrl + Alt + Community: Starting Your Own IBM Z Group Aravind Jalajan BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 12:00 - 12:45
Chapel JB Building containerized developer workspaces using VS Code Server Vishy Ramaswamy Broadcom Mainframe Software New Technologies Chapel 12:00 - 12:45
Hockenheim MB Introduction to CP and CMS James Vincent Velocity Software VM Workshop Hockenheim 12:00 - 12:45
Melbourne OB Mainframe Penetration Testing 101: A Critical Layer in Vulnerability Mgmt. Ray Overby Rocket Software Security Working Group Melbourne 12:00 - 12:45
Vale QB Designing Real-Time Data Architectures Without Breaking Your Mainframe Tommy Hueber Rocket Software Storage Vale 12:00 - 12:45
Magny-Cours SB What a z/OS Guy Learned About AWS in 12 Years Scott Chapman Enterprise Performance Strategies Hybrid Cloud Magny-Cours 12:00 - 12:45
The Courtyard TB BYOD Lab: Capture The Flag - Starter Session Bobby Tjassens Keiser Y-Innovate IT WAVEZ 101 Courtyard 12:00 - 12:45
Brown Bag Lunch 12:45 - 13:30
Keynote: Igniting Forge26 13:30 - 14:00
15 Minute Break 14:00 - 14:15
Monza BC Building Your z/OS Foundations: APF, LNKLST and LPA Chris Harvey Vertali WAVEZ 102 Monza 14:15 - 15:00
Wellington B GC From Stressed Out to Calmed Down Resli Costabell Costabell Ltd Women in IT Wellington B 14:15 - 15:00
Chapel JC From Transactions to Events: Real-Time Integration with Confluent Platform on IBM Z and LinuxONE Andrew Smithson IBM New Technologies Chapel 14:15 - 15:00
Hockenheim MC CMS Shared File System Administration Richard Smrcina Velocity Software, Inc VM Workshop Hockenheim 14:15 - 15:00
Nürburgring NC The Power of Joins in Db2: Elevating Application Performance with Advanced Techniques Rabah Beggar Broadcom Mainframe Software Db2 Nürburgring 14:15 - 15:00
Vale QC From Zero to Hero: Keeping Auditors, Capacity Managers, and Schedulers Satisfied Russell Witt Broadcom Mainframe Software Storage Vale 14:15 - 15:00
The Courtyard TC BYOD Lab: Penetration Testing the Mainframe from Outside to In. Part 1 of 4 Kev Milne Neuro Training Ltd Security Working Group Courtyard 14:15 - 15:00
Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes 15:00 - 15:30
Wellington A CD AI Won't Fix Your Engineering Culture Julia Kordick Microsoft AI Wellington A 15:30 - 16:15
Monaco ID Mainframe as a Democracy: Why Everyone Has a Role in Closing the Skills Gap Idris Aweda Zubair Mainframe Open Education Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 15:30 - 16:15
Hockenheim MD Beyond the Horizon Frederik Hartmann IBM VM Workshop Hockenheim 15:30 - 16:15
Nürburgring ND Get Cozy with WLM: Why Every Db2 DBA Needs to Understand Workload Management Denis Tronin Broadcom Mainframe Software Db2 Nürburgring 15:30 - 16:15
Melbourne OD The Day The Mainframe Stood Still: How a real, plausible attack would affect us Kev Milne Neuro Training Ltd Security Working Group Melbourne 15:30 - 16:15
Woodcote RD (Accidentally) Misleading Statistics: When Good Graphs Tell Bad Lies Jim Horne Lowe's Companies, Inc. Capacity & Performance Woodcote 15:30 - 16:15
Magny-Cours SD OTel Me More! OpenTelemetry Essentials and Our Implementation Angelika Heinrich Broadcom Mainframe Software Hybrid Cloud Magny-Cours 15:30 - 16:15
The Courtyard TD BYOD Lab: Capture The Flag - Check-in 1 Bobby Tjassens Keiser Y-Innovate IT WAVEZ 101 Courtyard 15:30 - 16:15
15 Minute Break 16:15 - 16:30
Keynote: From Chaos to Clarity: Productive Workdays in High-Velocity Z Teams 16:30 - 17:15
Hotel Check-In and Relax 17:15 - 18:30
Early Dinner 18:30 - 19:30
Late Dinner 19:30 - 20:30
Entertainment eg Pub Quiz - Bentleys - and/or - BYOD - Bar 20:00 - 23:00

Tuesday 3rd November

Stream Session Presentation Title Speaker Company Workgroup Room Time
Registration & Coffee 07:30 - 09:00
Keynote: BROADCOM Keynote 09:00 - 09:45
15 Minute Break 09:45 - 10:00
Suzuka AE Guardian of the mainframe - The power of RACF Simran Sharma Vertali WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 10:00 - 10:45
Monza BE Mainframe Productivity Tips and Tricks: Part 2 David Mills Broadcom Mainframe Software WAVEZ 102 Monza 10:00 - 10:45
Becketts DE The Developer’s Guide to Working Smarter, Not Harder Andrew Twydell IBM AppDev Becketts 10:00 - 10:45
Hungaroring EE OpenTelemetry tracing with latest features in CICS TS open beta Jenny He IBM UK LTD. CICS Hungaroring 10:00 - 10:45
Monaco IE It Takes an Ecosystem: Growing Mainframe Talent Together Andrey Mitrev IBM Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 10:00 - 10:45
Hockenheim ME Introduction to XEDIT James Vincent Velocity Software VM Workshop Hockenheim 10:00 - 10:45
Copse NE Modernising z/OS Test Automation: Integrating Galasa into CI/CD Pipelines Sam Cummings Macro 4 Limited Open Mainframe Project Copse 10:00 - 10:45
Nürburgring NE Db2 for z/OS Data Sharing Performance Monitoring and Tuning - Part 1 John Campbell Broadcom Db2 Nürburgring 10:00 - 10:45
Catalunya PE I Just Want to Fix the MainframeI Escaping the ServiceNow Swivel Chair " Matt McLaughlin Broadcom Mainframe Software Systems (Service) Management Catalunya 10:00 - 10:45
Vale QE 24 Hours in the Lifetime of Our Data Martin Windischmann DATEV eG Storage Vale 10:00 - 10:45
Woodcote RE From Silicon to Software: The Integrated IBM Mainframe John Baker IBM Capacity & Performance Woodcote 10:00 - 10:45
Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes 10:45 - 11:15
Suzuka AF Learning with GIBSON: The Mainframe Educational Environment Kev Milne Neuro Training Ltd WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 11:15 - 12:00
Monza BF Introduction to Security in CICS Lewis James IBM UK WAVEZ 102 Monza 11:15 - 12:00
Wellington A CF Bring your mainframe data to your AI Agent Andrew Smithson IBM AI Wellington A 11:15 - 12:00
Becketts DF Experiences in Testing and Test Data Management from the field with mainframe modernization projects Christoph Stock UBS-Hainer AppDev Becketts 11:15 - 12:00
Hockenheim MF Visualizing z/VM Performance Data with Modern Tools Richard Smrcina Velocity Software, Inc VM Workshop Hockenheim 11:15 - 12:00
Copse NF Zowe CLI in Action: Automating Mainframe Operations and Powering Self-Service Portals Diego Rodríguez Bravo Broadcom Mainframe Software Open Mainframe Project Copse 11:15 - 12:00
Nürburgring NF OpenTelemetry for Mainframe Practitioners Alan Warhurst BMC Software Db2 Nürburgring 11:15 - 12:00
Woodcote RF Managing Workload Manager: Multiple and Asymmetric Sysplexes Scott Chapman Enterprise Performance Strategies Capacity & Performance Woodcote 11:15 - 12:00
15 Minute Break 12:00 - 12:15
Suzuka AG Anatomy of Digital Certificates Mary Ann Furno Broadcom Mainframe Software WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 12:15 - 13:00
Monza BG AI: Skills & MCP: What's the Difference? Tom Baskerville IBM WAVEZ 102 Monza 12:15 - 13:00
Becketts DG Measuring DevOps Efficiency and Development Productivity for Continuous Improvement Vaughn Marshall Broadcom Mainframe Software AppDev Becketts 12:15 - 13:00
Hungaroring EG Java updates in CICS TS open beta Jenny He IBM UK LTD. CICS Hungaroring 12:15 - 13:00
Monaco IG The Multiplier Effect: How Mainframe Professionals Build Skills that Endure Richelle Anne Craw Beta Systems Software Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 12:15 - 13:00
Chapel JG The Making of the 64-bit Maverick: an interview with Bob Rogers Resli Costabell Costabell Ltd New Technologies Chapel 12:15 - 13:00
Stowe LG Using Wireshark to look at networking data, and solve problems Colin Paice Retired from IBM Network Management Stowe 12:15 - 13:00
Hockenheim MG Introduction to Linux on z/VM Performance Analysis Barton Robinson Velocity Software VM Workshop Hockenheim 12:15 - 13:00
Nürburgring NG Db2 Load – Strategies to speed up loading very large tables Rob Gould Triton Consulting Ltd Db2 Nürburgring 12:15 - 13:00
Melbourne OG AI at the Gates: Defending Mission-Critical Mainframes in the Age of Frontier Models Michael Jordan Broadcom Mainframe Software Security Working Group Melbourne 12:15 - 13:00
Magny-Cours SG Putting Mainframe Data to Work with AI Agents Across Hybrid Environments Anthony DiStauro BMC Software Hybrid Cloud Magny-Cours 12:15 - 13:00
The Courtyard TG BYOD Lab: AI-Powered Application Understanding (Bring Your Laptop!) Sandeep Sirivolu Broadcom Mainframe Software AppDev Courtyard 12:15 - 13:00
Lunch 13:00 - 14:00
15 Minute Break 14:00 - 14:15
Suzuka AI Support Is On The Case: Self-Service, AI Help, and Everything In Between Tiago de Carvalho Rabello Broadcom Mainframe Software WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 14:15 - 15:00
Wellington A CI Mainframe-Grade Trust: Securing Agentic AI Workflows in the Enterprise Venkat Balabhadrapatruni Broadcom Mainframe Software AI Wellington A 14:15 - 15:00
Becketts DI COPILOT ❤️ COBOL Gustav Kaleta Microsoft AppDev Becketts 14:15 - 15:00
Monaco II Insights from 25 years of mainframe education Clementine Gribble Interskill Learning Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 14:15 - 15:00
Chapel JI What’s new in MQ Gwydion Tudur IBM UK Limited MQ Chapel 14:15 - 15:00
Stowe LI MF Network visibility and its critical position for your PQC Readiness Chantz Wain Broadcom Mainframe Software Network Management Stowe 14:15 - 15:00
Hockenheim MI How to be a Great z/VM Systems Programmer Arielle Goldberg IBM VM Workshop Hockenheim 14:15 - 15:00
Nürburgring NI Db2 Attachment Facilities: From Essentials to Advanced Security, Connectivity, & Thread Management Emil Kotrc Broadcom Mainframe Software Db2 Nürburgring 14:15 - 15:00
Catalunya PI From Green Screen to GitOps Automation Jason Fournier Broadcom Mainframe Software Systems (Service) Management Catalunya 14:15 - 15:00
Woodcote RI A Better, Faster, Easier Way to update your IBM z/OS WLM Policy Jim Horne Lowe's Companies, Inc. Capacity & Performance Woodcote 14:15 - 15:00
Magny-Cours SI From Audit to Adversary: A Strategic Approach to Mainframe Security Testing James Boorman Reversec Mainframe Audit Magny-Cours 14:15 - 15:00
The Courtyard TI BYOD Lab: Augmented E2E Developer Experience with Modern Tools (Bring Your Laptop!) Sandeep Sirivolu Broadcom Mainframe Software AppDev Courtyard 14:15 - 15:00
15 Minute Break 15:00 - 15:15
Suzuka AJ The fundamentals of z/OS Mark Wilson Vertali WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 15:15 - 16:00
Monza BJ From Zero to REXXpert (or at Least Close Enough) Aaron Stoddart Macro 4 Ltd WAVEZ 102 Monza 15:15 - 16:00
Wellington A CJ Mainframe Forensic Science: Mining Lost Business Rules for Hybrid Cloud APIs Nasib Aldirani Rocket Software AI Wellington A 15:15 - 16:00
Wellington B GJ Reorg Smarter, Not Harder: The Role of Automation in IMS Database Health & Performance Rabah Beggar Broadcom Mainframe Software IMS Wellington B 15:15 - 16:00
Monaco IJ Soft Skills, Hard Results: Future-Proofing Your IT Career Glenn Anderson Glenn Anderson Speaks Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 15:15 - 16:00
Stowe LJ QUIC - Is this just a faster version of TCP/IP? No. Colin Paice Retired from IBM Network Management Stowe 15:15 - 16:00
Hockenheim MJ z17 Networking and You (EQDIO 2026 Edition) Walter Church IBM VM Workshop Hockenheim 15:15 - 16:00
Catalunya PJ Bridging the Mainframe-DevOps Divide: Leveraging Workload REST APIs for CI/CD & Process Automation Praveen Verma Broadcom Mainframe Software Systems (Service) Management Catalunya 15:15 - 16:00
Vale QJ AI Didn't Create Your Data Problems. It Exposed Them. Tommy Hueber Rocket Software Storage Vale 15:15 - 16:00
Magny-Cours SJ Continuous Compliance: Security Automation with MFPandas Henri Kuiper zDevOps Mainframe Audit Magny-Cours 15:15 - 16:00
The Courtyard TJ BYOD Lab: Penetration Testing the Mainframe from Outside to In. Part 2 of 4 Kev Milne Neuro Training Ltd Security Working Group Courtyard 15:15 - 16:00
Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes 16:00 - 16:30
Suzuka AK 5 Key z/OS Utilities Demystified Elitsa Popova Vertali Ltd. WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 16:30 - 17:15
Monza BK How to get started with Assembler in a modern environment Joe Sexton Macro 4 Limited WAVEZ 102 Monza 16:30 - 17:15
Wellington A CK AI Readiness & Maturity: A Roadmap for Mainframe Optimization and Transformation Anthony DiStauro BMC Software AI Wellington A 16:30 - 17:15
Becketts DK De-mystifying Abends from z/OS with watsonx.ai – what even is a sock4 (S0C4)? Phil Oldfield Macro 4 AppDev Becketts 16:30 - 17:15
Hungaroring EK From novice to expert: How AI Agents Are Changing What It Means to work with CICS Tom Baskerville IBM CICS Hungaroring 16:30 - 17:15
Stowe LK Why do we still need VTAM? Tony Amies Vertali Ltd. Network Management Stowe 16:30 - 17:15
Hockenheim MK Introduction to RACF Administration on z/VM James Vincent Velocity Software VM Workshop Hockenheim 16:30 - 17:15
Melbourne OK Embracing AI Without Compromising Mainframe Security Claire Connor Geniez AI Security Working Group Melbourne 16:30 - 17:15
Catalunya PK Beyond Monitoring: Observability and OpenTelemetry for Modern Mainframes Prema Jogdand BMC Software Systems (Service) Management Catalunya 16:30 - 17:15
Vale QK Send Bitcoin “Here” to access your data! – Ransomware Recovery Playbook Perry Jones Broadcom Mainframe Software Storage Vale 16:30 - 17:15
The Courtyard TK BYOD Lab: Capture The Flag - Check-in 2 Bobby Tjassens Keiser Y-Innovate IT WAVEZ 101 Courtyard 16:30 - 17:15
Break ... 1h15m 17:15 - 18:30
Vendor Area (Aston & Grand Prix) Vx WAVEZ Career Speed Networking Ricki West H.M Land Registry Events Vendor Area (Aston & Grand Prix) 17:30 - 18:30
Early Dinner 18:30 - 19:30
Late Dinner 19:30 - 20:30
Race Night Session 1 19:30 - 21:00
Bentleys
Break 21:00 - 21:30
Bentleys
Race Night Session 2 21:30 - 23:00
Bentleys

Wednesday 4th November

Stream Session Presentation Title Speaker Company Workgroup Room Time
Registration & Coffee 07:30 - 09:00
Keynote: The Art of Conversation 09:00 - 09:45
15 Minute Break 09:45 - 10:00
Suzuka AL Making Sense of SMF: A Beginner's Guide to Mainframe Performance Data Meena Chand SMT Data WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 10:00 - 10:45
Becketts DL XMIT Unpacked Bringing Mainframe Transmit Files into Modern Automation Pipelines Henri Kuiper zDevOps AppDev Becketts 10:00 - 10:45
Hungaroring EL Foundational updates of CICS open beta Jenny He IBM UK LTD. CICS Hungaroring 10:00 - 10:45
Indianapolis HL LPAR Automation 2.0 (no AI to see here!) Bronwyn Davies PopUp Mainframe Operating Systems & Core Infrastructure Indianapolis 10:00 - 10:45
Monaco IL Impostor Syndrome - Are you good enough? Niall Ashley Vertali Ltd. Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 10:00 - 10:45
Stowe LL Understanding TLS Colin Paice Retired from IBM Network Management Stowe 10:00 - 10:45
Hockenheim ML Understanding Openshift Performance on Linux on z/VM Barton Robinson Velocity Software VM Workshop Hockenheim 10:00 - 10:45
Copse NL The Clock is Ticking: Migrating to Zowe V3 Before the V2 End of Support Elliot Jalley Broadcom Mainframe Software Open Mainframe Project Copse 10:00 - 10:45
Nürburgring NL Db2 for z/OS Data Sharing Performance Monitoring and Tuning - Part 2 John Campbell Broadcom Db2 Nürburgring 10:00 - 10:45
Melbourne OL Unpacking the Mythos Phenomenon and Its Impact on Mainframe Vulnerability Strategies Ray Overby Rocket Software Security Working Group Melbourne 10:00 - 10:45
Catalunya PL The Journey to Mainframe Observability Matheus Milani Broadcom Mainframe Software Systems (Service) Management Catalunya 10:00 - 10:45
Vale QL There and Back Again: A Newcomer's Tale Kaili Andre 21CS Storage Vale 10:00 - 10:45
Magny-Cours SL From Edge to Enterprise: Designing Hybrid Mainframe Solutions with IBM Z and zCX Uday Prasad MAINFRAMEZSKILLS Hybrid Cloud Magny-Cours 10:00 - 10:45
The Courtyard TL BYOD Lab: Agentic SDLC with GitHub Copilot in a mainframe codebase Julia Kordick Microsoft AppDev Courtyard 10:00 - 10:45
Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes 10:45 - 11:15
Monza BM Beyond CREATE TABLESPACE: Designing Tablespaces from Architecture Requirements Kirti Sharma HM Land Registry WAVEZ 102 Monza 11:15 - 12:00
Hungaroring EM New security features in CICS TS open beta Jenny He IBM UK LTD. CICS Hungaroring 11:15 - 12:00
Chapel JM Setting up the infrastructure to use Opentelemetry (and grafana and prometheus) Colin Paice Retired from IBM New Technologies Chapel 11:15 - 12:00
Stowe LM Mastering Change Leadership: Cultivating a Change-ready Culture Glenn Anderson Glenn Anderson Speaks Soft Skills Stowe 11:15 - 12:00
Hockenheim MM z/VM Memory Management Updates Walter Church IBM VM Workshop Hockenheim 11:15 - 12:00
Copse NM The Open Source Mainframe Modernisation Agent Framework: Building AI-Powered COBOL Modernization Gustav Kaleta Microsoft Open Mainframe Project Copse 11:15 - 12:00
Melbourne OM Six Degrees of SPECIAL: Attack Path Modelling for RACF Jonathan Prince NVISO GmbH Security Working Group Melbourne 11:15 - 12:00
15 Minute Break 12:00 - 12:15
Indianapolis HN Python, Perl, openSSH, and an SSH Server for CMS Neale Ferguson Sine Nomine Associates Operating Systems & Core Infrastructure Indianapolis 12:15 - 13:00
Monaco IN Dealing with Difficult People Resli Costabell Costabell Ltd Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 12:15 - 13:00
Chapel JN From transactions to streams: understanding Apache Flink in enterprise computing Andrew Smithson IBM New Technologies Chapel 12:15 - 13:00
Hockenheim MN Certificate Management for z/VM VM Workshop Hockenheim 12:15 - 13:00
Melbourne ON What is Z MFA and why should I already be using it? Niall Ashley Vertali Ltd. Security Working Group Melbourne 12:15 - 13:00
The Courtyard TN BYOD Lab: Capture The Flag - Check-in 3 Bobby Tjassens Keiser Y-Innovate IT WAVEZ 101 Courtyard 12:15 - 13:00
Lunch 13:00 - 14:00
15 Minute Break 14:00 - 14:15
Wellington A CP Show me the AI: Live demo Claire Connor Geniez AI AI Wellington A 14:15 - 15:00
Becketts DP Agentic SDLC: How to apply agentic AI end to end for mainframe environments Anthony Papageorgiou Microsoft AppDev Becketts 14:15 - 15:00
Hungaroring EP Performance update of CICS TS v6.x Jenny He IBM UK LTD. CICS Hungaroring 14:15 - 15:00
Indianapolis HP z/OS 3.2 User Experiences Edward Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc. Operating Systems & Core Infrastructure Indianapolis 14:15 - 15:00
Monaco IP Successful Partnerships and Business Relations in IT Ivan Pavlov IBM Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 14:15 - 15:00
Hockenheim MP Introduction to REXX Richard Smrcina Velocity Software, Inc VM Workshop Hockenheim 14:15 - 15:00
Copse NP Building AI Experiences on Top of Zowe Foundations: Introducing Zowe MCP Server Jakub Balhar Broadcom Mainframe Software Open Mainframe Project Copse 14:15 - 15:00
Nürburgring NP Reorg, Runstats and Copy Strategies – An overview of best practice? Alan Roberts Triton Consulting Db2 Nürburgring 14:15 - 15:00
Vale QP Mainframe Storage Modernization: Cost-Optimized Cold Storage Mark Warren Broadcom Mainframe Software Storage Vale 14:15 - 15:00
Woodcote RP Leaving the Mainframe – Strategy, Hype, or Cost Illusion? Gabriel Guth SMT Data S/A Capacity & Performance Woodcote 14:15 - 15:00
Magny-Cours SP Integrating with the mainframe - you have options… Andrew Smithson IBM Hybrid Cloud Magny-Cours 14:15 - 15:00
The Courtyard TP BYOD Lab: Penetration Testing the Mainframe from Outside to In. Part 3 of 4 Kev Milne Neuro Training Ltd Security Working Group Courtyard 14:15 - 15:00
15 Minute Break 15:00 - 15:15
Suzuka AQ Demystifying Workload Manager: How z/OS Decides What Matters Most Idris Aweda Zubair Mainframe Open Education WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 15:15 - 16:00
Wellington A CQ ABEND of Obscurity: Impact of Frontier AI-assisted Vulnerability Discovery on The Mainframe chAd RIkaNsrUd Broadcom Mainframe Software AI Wellington A 15:15 - 16:00
Monaco IQ Making Mainframe professionals from school leavers Michelle Harris Macro 4 Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 15:15 - 16:00
Stowe LQ The Priority Puzzle: What Comes First? Glenn Anderson Glenn Anderson Speaks Soft Skills Stowe 15:15 - 16:00
Nürburgring NQ Db2 performance metrics - help, I am drowning! Michael Lowe Freelance Db2 Nürburgring 15:15 - 16:00
Melbourne OQ Threat led auditing (a different approach to auditing) Matthew Rigby Barclays Security Working Group Melbourne 15:15 - 16:00
Woodcote RQ Modern Machines, Modern Metrics John Baker IBM Capacity & Performance Woodcote 15:15 - 16:00
Afternoon Refreshments - 30 Minutes 16:00 - 16:30
Suzuka AR Newbie Mainframers Talk Candidly Nishka Sardar Vertali Ltd. WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 16:30 - 17:15
Monza BR What's a scheduler and why should I care? The ABCs of Scheduling products. Phil Sutherin Broadcom Mainframe Software WAVEZ 102 Monza 16:30 - 17:15
Hockenheim MR z/VM 7.4 and z17 Performance Metrics: Context and Analysis Tyler Rossi Velocity Software Inc. VM Workshop Hockenheim 16:30 - 17:15
Copse NR The Mainframe Escape Room: Solving DevOps Challenges with Zowe Richelle Anne Craw Beta Systems Software Open Mainframe Project Copse 16:30 - 17:15
Melbourne OR Ransomware Recovery Is Not a Backup Jason Fournier Broadcom Mainframe Software Security Working Group Melbourne 16:30 - 17:15
15 Minute Break 17:15 - 17:30
Pre-Dinner Drinks 18:15 - 19:00
Exhibition Area - Astons and Grand Prix
Conference Dinner & Charity Raffle Draw 19:00 - 23:30

Thursday 5th November

Stream Session Presentation Title Speaker Company Workgroup Room Time
Registration & Coffee 07:30 - 09:00
Keynote: Vanguard: Keynote 09:00 - 09:45
15 Minute Break 09:45 - 10:00
Suzuka AS MQ Explained by a New Systems Programmer Nishka Sardar Vertali Ltd. WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 10:00 - 10:45
Monza BS ISPF and Zowe Explorer II: More Strange New Worlds Jim Horne Lowe's Companies, Inc. WAVEZ 102 Monza 10:00 - 10:45
Wellington A CS Closing the Skills Gap with AI: Natural-Language Access to Mainframe Data via MCP Miguel Fernandez Salesforce AI Wellington A 10:00 - 10:45
Becketts DS Boosting Development Efficiency with Modern Mainframe DevX Petr Vacula Broadcom Mainframe Software AppDev Becketts 10:00 - 10:45
Monaco IS Building the Next Generation of Mainframe Talent: Lessons from Creating a Vocational ZOS Academy Uday Prasad MAINFRAMEZSKILLS Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 10:00 - 10:45
Hockenheim MS Enabling Workloads Under z/VM for AI Vic Cross IBM VM Workshop Hockenheim 10:00 - 10:45
Copse NS Open Source: More than just Code Niall Ashley Vertali Ltd. Open Mainframe Project Copse 10:00 - 10:45
Melbourne OS Mainframes and the Dark Web - 2026 Reboot Mark Wilson Vertali Security Working Group Melbourne 10:00 - 10:45
Woodcote RS z/OS I/O Performance: Do You Have a Problem? Scott Chapman Enterprise Performance Strategies Capacity & Performance Woodcote 10:00 - 10:45
Magny-Cours SS Top Ten Audit Findings Anton Niemand Vanguard Integrity Professionals Mainframe Audit Magny-Cours 10:00 - 10:45
Morning Coffee Break - 30 Minutes 10:45 - 11:15
Suzuka AT The Brain, The House and The Library - Understanding Db2's Most Important Databases Elitsa Popova Vertali Ltd. WAVEZ 101 Suzuka 11:15 - 12:00
Wellington A CT Building Your Knowledge Vault: Domain-specific AI for small teams Nathan Carroll Vertali AI Wellington A 11:15 - 12:00
Hockenheim MT Running Z Operating Systems under z/VM Richard Smrcina Velocity Software, Inc VM Workshop Hockenheim 11:15 - 12:00
Nürburgring NT All about the Db2 Log: Updates, Commits, and Best Practices for Data Integrity Emil Kotrc Broadcom Mainframe Software Db2 Nürburgring 11:15 - 12:00
Magny-Cours ST Building Trust in AI: Governance, Guardrails, and Responsible Adoption for the Mainframe Anthony DiStauro BMC Software Mainframe Audit Magny-Cours 11:15 - 12:00
The Courtyard TT BYOD Lab: Penetration Testing the Mainframe from Outside to In. Part 4 of 4 Kev Milne Neuro Training Ltd Security Working Group Courtyard 11:15 - 12:00
15 Minute Break 12:00 - 12:15
Monza BU 102 - RACF For New Sysprogs Mark Wilson Vertali WAVEZ 102 Monza 12:15 - 13:00
Becketts DU Tips and tricks for creating a great onboarding experience with VS Code Joshua Waters Next Retail Ltd. AppDev Becketts 12:15 - 13:00
Monaco IU Career traps: the ones to avoid, and how to leverage a framework to move in the right direction Daniel Ruutz Broadcom Mainframe Software Education, Training & Career Development Monaco 12:15 - 13:00
Hockenheim MU Saying Hello to z/VM 7.5 Security Venkat Rao IBM VM Workshop Hockenheim 12:15 - 13:00
Nürburgring NU Redirected Recovery utility Kirti Sharma HM Land Registry Db2 Nürburgring 12:15 - 13:00
Melbourne OU It’s 2026, Do You Know Where Your Crypto Is? Jessica Doherty Broadcom Mainframe Software Security Working Group Melbourne 12:15 - 13:00
The Courtyard TU BYOD Lab: Capture The Flag - Final Check Bobby Tjassens Keiser Y-Innovate IT WAVEZ 101 Courtyard 12:15 - 13:00
15 Minute Break 13:00 - 13:15
Brown Bag Lunch & Prize Draws 13:15 - 14:30
Bentleys
End of Conference 14:30 - 14:30
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