Contributors
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AI Architect
Software Engineer
Technical Session How to Build Real-Time Mainframe Observability Pipelines
DevOps Architect & Evangelist
Technical Session AI-Native DevOps for the Mainframe
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: The Agentic Mainframe: How Networks of Specialized AI Agents Will Change the Mainframe Experience (BMC)
Technical Session Medical Mutual: Git-Driven DevOps Transformation
Technical Session Modernization Means Apps, Not Platform
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Can Your Mainframe Withstand a Ransomware Attack? A Live Cyber Resilience Demonstration (BMC)
Technical Session Stay Irreplaceable as AI Codes
Technical Session Bit Bucket Pittsburgh 2026
Technical Session Opening Session: z/OS and Hardware Track
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Technical Session Autonomous Auditing: High Score on Db2 Security Features
Technical Session Bringing Mainframe into the Future: OpenTelemetry for Db2 for z/OS
Technical Session DB2: Understanding DB2 Usage and Measurement of WLM Enclaves
Technical Session DDF Best Practices
Technical Session Db2 GenAI: Auto-Pilot for the Performance Boss Fight
Technical Session Db2 GenAI: Auto-Pilot for the Performance Boss Fight
Technical Session My All-Time Db2 Top Ten Lists
Technical Session Protecting your Db2 for z/OS environment from cyber attacks
Technical Session SNA/VTAM migration (preconditioning for next version of Db2)
Technical Session Your Mainframe Data Is Already in the Cloud — You Just Can't Read It Yet
Program Director - z/OS Strategy
Technical Session The Next Generation z/OS Overview
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: Closing the Mainframe’s Identity Security Gap Before AI Exploits It (Rocket Software)
Technical Session Securing Access in the Age of AI Adversaries
Solution Advisor
Technical Session Mainframe Trends and What Users Want
Sr Global Product Manager
Technical Session High Storage Availability and Performance with Hitachi Vsp One Block
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: Building an Always-On DASD Infrastructure: High Performance, Advanced Replication, and GDPS Integration (Hitachi Ventara)
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Trusted Storage for the Always-On Enterprise (Hitachi Ventara)
Software Engineer
Technical Session Alert Orchestration: Curbing Fatigue with Intelligent Forwarding
Technical Session Upgrading to TLS1.3 and PQC Readiness
Technical Session z/OS Communications Server Network Security Overview
Principal Client Services Management
Technical Session Tackle Succession Planning Like the Steelers: Build a Legacy That Lasts
Technical Consultant
Technical Session Modern Developer Experience: Easytrieve in VS Code
Technical Session The New IBM z17 & LinuxONE Rockhopper 5 Family Technical Overview
Product Manager
Technical Session z/OS Parallel Sysplex Update
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Technical Session Stay Irreplaceable as AI Codes
Technical Session Stop Showing Data. Start Telling.
Product Manager
Technical Session Mainframe Blind Spots: What You Don’t Know Could be Costing You
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: Changing the game for mainframe developers with IBM Bob (IBM)
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: z/OS Performance Spotlight – Some Top Things You May Not Know (Enterprise Performance Strategies)
Technical Session Real-World Mainframe Performance Metrics and Observations (2026 Edition)
Technical Session What a z/OS Guy Learned About AWS in 12 Years
Technical Session z/OS Performance Topics: The Ones That Divide Us
Non-Technical Session Meet the IBM Champions: The MVPs of Advocacy
Technical Session Open Source and the Mainframe Panel: Ask Me Anything?
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: The zSecure Transformation (IBM)
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Can Your Mainframe Withstand a Ransomware Attack? A Live Cyber Resilience Demonstration (BMC)
Technical Session You’re Compliant. You’re Still Compromised
Technical Session Your Next Breach Starts in HR
Technical Session CICS Debugging Techniques - Solve a Case with IBM Support
Technical Session CICS Nuts, Bolts, and Gotchas
Technical Session CICS is AI-Ready: Embedded MCP Server for Live System Context
Technical Session Intro to IPCS for CICS People
Client Technical Specialist - CICS Integration & Security - IBM Z Worldwide Systems Center United States of America
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Enforcing a Zero Trust Security Strategy in CICS Using Security Discovery
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Enforcing a Zero Trust Security Strategy in CICS Using Security Discovery
Technical Session Beyond Transaction Security: Using Security Discovery in the Journey to Zero Trust
Technical Session OpenTelemetry Tracing in CICS
Technical Session Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself: Are You Prepared for a Cyber Attack?2026 Edition
Technical Session If This, Then That: Making Sense of ACS Routines
Technical Session Why Is My Dataset on Volume XYZ123?
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Geniez GenAI Framework Technical Live Walkthrough (Geniez AI)
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Real world success stories of GenAI on mainframe (Geniez AI)
Technical Session Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself: Are You Prepared for a Cyber Attack?2026 Edition
Technical Session Digital Certificates on z/OS in a 47‑Day World
Technical Session Digital Certificates on z/OS in a 47‑Day World
Technical Session Evolving Cryptography on z/OS: Recent Enhancements to ICSF Capabilities
Technical Session Migrating from Legacy to Enhanced PassTickets on z/OS
Technical Session Migrating from Legacy to Enhanced PassTickets on z/OS
Technical Session RACF Update: Summer 2026 Edition
Technical Session Top 10 USS Security Blunders (And How to Fix Them)
Technical Session Evolving Cryptography on z/OS: Recent Enhancements to ICSF Capabilities
Technical Session From Advisory to Automation: Using CSAF to Track Security Patches on Z
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Software Engineer
Technical Session A Modern Approach to Developing with APIs on Z
Technical Session Accelerating COBOL 6 Upgrades with IBM COBOL Elevate for z/OS
Technical Session Bridging the Gap: Real-Time Mainframe Integration with Cloud & Distributed Systems Using HostBridge
Technical Session Compilers and Programming Languages on z/OS
Technical Session Did You Know? You Can Use JAVA for IMS Transaction Processing (Hint - It Means SQL )
Technical Session Fix the JCL Before It Breaks the Job
Technical Session Importance of Semeru (Java) on IBM Z
Technical Session Modern Developer Experience: Easytrieve in VS Code
Technical Session Modernizing COBOL Applications and Improving Performance with IBM COBOL Elevate for z/OS
Technical Session Python on z/OS - When And Where To Use It
Technical Session Open Source and the Mainframe Panel: Ask Me Anything?
Instructor United States of America
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Mainframe Assembler Bootcamp Part 1
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: The Platform Behind the Business: The Talent Multiplier (Broadcom)
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Cracking the Code to Capacity Sizing for z17 using zPCR
Technical Session How to Measure the New IBM z17
Technical Session Modernizing WLM Management with the Policy Advisor
Technical Session AI Infused z/OS: Overview and Updates
Technical Session Agentic AI for z/OS: Trust, Governance, and the Path Forward
Technical Session From Insight to Execution: Governing AI Agents on the Mainframe
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: The Agentic Mainframe: How Networks of Specialized AI Agents Will Change the Mainframe Experience (BMC)
Technical Session It’s 2026, Do You Know Where Your Crypto Is?
Technical Session The SOC’s Missing Link: Bringing Mainframe Events into the Light
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Technical Session Dynamic Resources and the IMS Repository (IMSRSC) – What, Why and How
Technical Session Keeping the IMS Catalog Healthy: Utilities
Technical Session Your Job Abended! Now What?
z/OS Performance Expert
Technical Session DB2: Understanding DB2 Usage and Measurement of WLM Enclaves
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: z/OS Performance Spotlight – Some Top Things You May Not Know (Enterprise Performance Strategies)
Technical Session z/OS Performance Topics: The Ones That Divide Us
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Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) Making Sense of Mainframe Modernization (Sponsored by: CDW)
Technical Session In the Clouds with DFSMS
Technical Session Unlocking More from DS8000: The Software Behind the System
Security Solution Advisor
Technical Session 10 Legacy Decisions That Are Security Risks Today
Software Developer
Technical Consulting
Technical Session AI-Native DevOps for the Mainframe
Technical Session When Size Does Matter: Beyond Lines of Code
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Technical Session From Data Deluge to Decisive Action: Mainframe Intelligence with MICS
Technical Session If This, Then That: Making Sense of ACS Routines
Technical Session Modern Storage Management UI and APIs
Technical Session PDSE Best Practices: Getting the Most Out of Your PDSEs
Technical Session Unlocking More from DS8000: The Software Behind the System
Engineering Manager
Technical Session From Scripts to Scale: Transforming Automation with OPS/MVS and Ansible
Technical Session Attracting New Talent and Driving Developer Productivity
Technical Session Change is Inevitable. Growth is Optional. Adapting, Learning, and Leading in Modern IT Environments
Technical Session Lessons Learned from Influential Mainframers: What Three Years of Conversations Reveal
Technical Session Women in IT: Multi-tenured Perspectives
Technical Session Code4z: Boosting Development Efficiency with a Modern Mainframe DevX
Technical Session CICS TS 6.3 and Beyond: What's New and What's Next
Technical Session Intro to IPCS for CICS People
Technical Session Technical Introduction to CICS
Technical Session Write Your CICS Applications in VS Code - Find Out How!
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Technical Session Women in IT: Multi-tenured Perspectives
Technical Session AI-Native DevOps for the Mainframe
Technical Session Modernization Means Apps, Not Platform
Technical Session When Size Does Matter: Beyond Lines of Code
Technical Session IODF and HCD: An Introduction for New Sysprogs
Technical Session From 6 Hours to 6 Minutes: Automating z/OS with Ansible
Technical Session Getting Started with Data Center Automation and Agentic AI
Technical Session What's New in IBM Z System Automation 4.4
Technical Session The New IBM z17 & LinuxONE Rockhopper 5 Family Technical Overview
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Enforcing a Zero Trust Security Strategy in CICS Using Security Discovery
Technical Session Beyond Transaction Security: Using Security Discovery in the Journey to Zero Trust
Technical Session Beyond Transaction Security: Using Security Discovery in the Journey to Zero Trust
Technical Session CICS Nuts, Bolts, and Gotchas
Technical Session OpenTelemetry Tracing in CICS
Technical Session Mentorship - Mentors, Mentees and Generative AI
Technical Session Neurodiversity - In Action React or Respond
Technical Session Tackle Succession Planning Like the Steelers: Build a Legacy That Lasts
Technical Session Technology Futures - IBM's Global Technology Outlook
Technical Session UNSESSION: Surviving and Thriving in the Mainframe Landscape - You Choose the Topics
Technical Session Your Job Abended! Now What?
Technical Session Open Source and the Mainframe Panel: Ask Me Anything?
Cybersecurity Executive Advisor & Strategist
Technical Session Neurodiversity - In Action React or Respond
Technical Session Securing Access in the Age of AI Adversaries
Technical Session Top 10 USS Security Blunders (And How to Fix Them)
Non-Technical Session Meet the IBM Champions: The MVPs of Advocacy
Technical Session (Primer to) The IBM Z Processor Optimization Primer
Technical Session The IBM z17 Water-and-Air-Cooled Performance Brief and LSPR Overview
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Technical Session z/OS 3.2 User Experiences
Technical Session AI-Native DevOps for the Mainframe
Technical Session AI-powered Impact Analysis and App Understanding
Technical Session BYOD Lab: A CI/CD Workshop with Zowe CLI and Jenkins
Technical Session Getting the most out of the Latest Features in Linux and KVM on IBM Z and LinuxONE
Technical Session How to select the best Virtualization for your workloads on IBM z17 and LinuxONE 5
Technical Session How to use Linux on IBM Z & LinuxONE and its power for Confidential Computing and Post Quantum safe data serving
Technical Session Modernization Means Apps, Not Platform
Technical Session Modernizing the Mainframe with the Modern Muscle of z/Cobol
Technical Session Optimization and Simplification Tips for Deploying z/VM Products
Technical Session The Best of Both Worlds – Co-Locating z/OS and Linux on IBM Z
Technical Session When Size Does Matter: Beyond Lines of Code
Technical Session CICS Debugging Techniques - Solve a Case with IBM Support
Technical Session CICS TS 6.3 and Beyond: What's New and What's Next
Technical Session CICS is AI-Ready: Embedded MCP Server for Live System Context
Technical Session From Transactions to Events: Real-Time Integration with Confluent Platform on IBM Z and LinuxONE
Technical Session Technical Introduction to CICS
Technical Session Turbo Charge CICS Knowledge for AI Use
Technical Session Tackle Succession Planning Like the Steelers: Build a Legacy That Lasts
Product Manager
Technical Session Beyond the Vault: Enhancing Your Storage Cyber Resilience
Security Distinguished Engineer
Technical Session It’s 2026, Do You Know Where Your Crypto Is?
Technical Session Introduction to IBM MQ and Problem Determination
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Software Engineer
Technical Session If This, Then That: Making Sense of ACS Routines
Technical Session Modern Storage Management UI and APIs
Technical Session What’s New, Not So New, and Coming in DFSMS
Technical Session z/OS Storage Management APIs and Use Cases
Technical Session Simplifying and Opening the Mainframe to Clients with the Zowe Command Line Interface
Technical Session The Future of Mainframe: Zowe, AI, and the New-to-z SME
Senior Manager
Technical Session "I Just Want to Fix the Mainframe": Escaping the ServiceNow Swivel Chair
Technical Session From Dynatrace to Dashboards: A Customer’s Real-World Observability Transformation
Technical Session Mainframe Trends and What Users Want
Software Architect
Technical Session Mainframe Blind Spots: What You Don’t Know Could be Costing You
z/OS Product Manager
Technical Session BYOD Lab: z/OSMF Hands-On Lab (Part 2)
Technical Session The Next Generation z/OS Overview
Technical Session Women in IT: Multi-tenured Perspectives
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Hands-On with Ansible on z/CX
Technical Session How to Captain Your USS Environment (z/OS UNIX) - Sudo, Shells, SSH and Beyond Bourne
Technical Session Learning Ansible through Examples!
Technical Session Mentorship - Mentors, Mentees and Generative AI
Technical Session Technology Futures - IBM's Global Technology Outlook
Designer
Technical Session How to Measure and Improve Your DevOps Efficiency Using Endevor Insights
Program Director, Product Management and Strategy, Compilation Technologies, and Enterprise Products India
Technical Session Accelerating COBOL 6 Upgrades with IBM COBOL Elevate for z/OS
Technical Session Compilers and Programming Languages on z/OS
Technical Session Importance of Semeru (Java) on IBM Z
Technical Session Modernizing COBOL Applications and Improving Performance with IBM COBOL Elevate for z/OS
Technical Session Python on z/OS - When And Where To Use It
Product Manager for AIOps
Technical Session "I Just Want to Fix the Mainframe": Escaping the ServiceNow Swivel Chair
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Offering Manager
Technical Session Modern Developer Experience: Easytrieve in VS Code
Client Services Consultant
Technical Session Turn Data into Db2 Insights with Python Notebooks
R&D Manager
Technical Session AI-powered Impact Analysis and App Understanding
Technical Session Code4z: Boosting Development Efficiency with a Modern Mainframe DevX
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: Building an Always-On DASD Infrastructure: High Performance, Advanced Replication, and GDPS Integration (Hitachi Ventara)
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Trusted Storage for the Always-On Enterprise (Hitachi Ventara)
Technical Session Dynamic Resources and the IMS Repository (IMSRSC) – What, Why and How
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: Broadcom’s Bingo & Bites: Fuel Up and Laugh Out Loud (Broadcom)
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: The Platform Behind the Business: The Talent Multiplier (Broadcom)
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Technical Session Modernizing Application Development & Delivery at TD: A Case Study
Technical Session Top Guns Share Best Practices
Technical Session Wile E. Coyote’s ACME Certificate Automation
Product Manager, Endevor
Technical Session Attracting New Talent and Driving Developer Productivity
Technical Session How to Measure and Improve Your DevOps Efficiency Using Endevor Insights
Technical Session Modernizing Application Development & Delivery at TD: A Case Study
Senior IMS Client Services Consultant
Technical Session Level Up Your IMS Performance: The Ultimate Guide to Reorg Mastery
IBM z/OS DFSMS Catalog SME
Technical Session If This, Then That: Making Sense of ACS Routines
Technical Session PDSE Best Practices: Getting the Most Out of Your PDSEs
Technical Session What’s New, Not So New, and Coming in DFSMS
Technical Session z/OS Storage Management APIs and Use Cases
Agile Lead
Client Services Consultant
Technical Session BYOD Lab: A CI/CD Workshop with Zowe CLI and Jenkins
Technical Session Open Source and the Mainframe Panel: Ask Me Anything?
Technical Session All Aboard the Network Express!
Technical Session Building the Foundation for Post-Quantum Cryptography: IP Security and IPv6 Compliance Updates in z/OS Communications Server
Technical Session z/OS Communications Server Performance Update
Technical Session z/OS Communications Server Technical Update: Summer 2026 Edition
Product Manager for AIOps
Technical Session "I Just Want to Fix the Mainframe": Escaping the ServiceNow Swivel Chair
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Performing AI Queries with SQL Data Insights Pro
Distinguished Engineer
Technical Session Db2 GenAI: Auto-Pilot for the Performance Boss Fight
Product Owner
Technical Session Beyond Editing in Git - Sync, Build, and Deploy!
Technical Session My All-Time Db2 Top Ten Lists
Technical Session Attracting New Talent and Driving Developer Productivity
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Rocket Software: What if you could talk with your mainframe? (Rocket Software)
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Solution Architect
Technical Session Alert Orchestration: Curbing Fatigue with Intelligent Forwarding
Vantage Product Manager
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Technical Session Answers in Seconds: Rethinking the Mainframe Skills Gap
Technical Session From Insight to Execution: Governing AI Agents on the Mainframe
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Technical Session Neurodiversity - In Action React or Respond
Technical Session Bit Bucket Pittsburgh 2026
Technical Session Change is Inevitable. Growth is Optional. Adapting, Learning, and Leading in Modern IT Environments
Technical Session Opening Session: z/OS and Hardware Track
Architect of z/OS AI Core Infrastructure. STSM z/OS Development United States of America
Technical Session AI Infused z/OS: Overview and Updates
Technical Session Agentic AI for z/OS: Trust, Governance, and the Path Forward
Security Product Manager
Senior AI Client Engagement Leader
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Leverage Generative AI on z/OS using zCX, IBM Spyre and Red Hat AI Inference Server
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Manage Life Cycle of Generative AI Model Deployment on zCX for OpenShift with IBM Spyre
Technical Session Bringing AI to the Heart of the Enterprise with IBM Z
Technical Session Operationalizing Real‑Time AI on IBM Z with Machine Learning for z/OS
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Expiring Trust: Addressing Impending Digital Certificate Deadlines (Broadcom)
Senior Solutions Advisor, Z Center of Excellence United States of America
Technical Session AI MCP Protocol Explained: The Right and Wrong Use Cases for MCP in z/OS
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Using AI to Speak to Your Mainframe in Natural Language
Technical Session Security Considerations for Implementing GenAI on z/OS
Technical Session Unlocking More from DS8000: The Software Behind the System
Technical Session What's New on the IBM DS8000 G10 Storage Family
Dev Manager, Infrastructure Team
Agile Lead
Security Product Owner
Technical Session 10 Legacy Decisions That Are Security Risks Today
Technical Session From Advisory to Automation: Using CSAF to Track Security Patches on Z
Technical Session How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the CIS Benchmark
Technical Session Mainframe Security 2026: Selecting the Right Baseline—CIS Benchmarks, STIGs, PCI DSS, or NIST 800-53 (Rev 5)
Technical Session Mainframes and the Dark Web... Should We Care??
Technical Session RACF Update: Summer 2026 Edition
Technical Session Security Considerations for Implementing GenAI on z/OS
Technical Session The SOC’s Missing Link: Bringing Mainframe Events into the Light
Technical Session The Secret Life of SAF: What Happens When You Press Enter
Technical Session Wile E. Coyote’s ACME Certificate Automation
Technical Session You’re Compliant. You’re Still Compromised
Technical Session Your Next Breach Starts in HR
Product Manager
Technical Session From Data Deluge to Decisive Action: Mainframe Intelligence with MICS
Product Owner
Technical Session DCOLLECT - Just Add REXX
Technical Session Virtual Tape Migration - Planning for Movement
Technical Session Foundational Mainframe Stability and Resiliency
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Technical Session Upgrading to TLS1.3 and PQC Readiness
Technical Session z/OS Communications Server Technical Update: Summer 2026 Edition
Modernization Architect
Technical Session Modernizing the Mainframe with the Modern Muscle of z/COBOL
Technical Session Modernizing the Mainframe with the Modern Muscle of z/Cobol
Db2 Solution Architect
Technical Session Autonomous Auditing: High Score on Db2 Security Features
Technical Session Getting the Most Out of the Latest Features in Linux and KVM on IBM Z and LinuxONE
Technical Session How and what to use to manage your infrastructure and workloads on IBM Z & LinuxONE
Technical Session The Best of Both Worlds – Co-Locating z/OS and Linux on IBM Z
Technical Session [title will be taken from first slot]
Technical Session [title will be taken from first slot]
Technical Session z/VM Platform Update
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Can Your Mainframe Withstand a Ransomware Attack? A Live Cyber Resilience Demonstration (BMC)
Technical Session Neurodiversity - In Action React or Respond
Technical Session Neurodiversity - In Action React or Respond
Client Services Consultant
Technical Session Turn Data into Db2 Insights with Python Notebooks
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Navigating Global Compliance: A Case Study (Vanguard Integrity Professionals)
Technical Session Top Guns Share Best Practices
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Technical Session Leveraging Git and VS Code Tooling for Your Mainframe Applications
Technical Session MCP Servers for Your Mainframe
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Expiring Trust: Addressing Impending Digital Certificate Deadlines (Broadcom)
Offering Manager
Technical Session Modernizing the Mainframe Developer Experience with Zowe: TD Bank's Strategy for Empowering the Next Generation
Technical Session Modernizing the Mainframe Developer Experience with Zowe: TD Bank's Strategy for Empowering the Next Generation
Technical Session Simplifying and Opening the Mainframe to Clients with the Zowe Command Line Interface
Technical Session The Future of Mainframe: Zowe, AI, and the New-to-z SME
Technical Session The Future of Mainframe: Zowe, AI, and the New-to-z SME
Technical Session Medical Mutual: Git-Driven DevOps Transformation
Technical Session Accessing IBM Z NetView Off the Mainframe
Technical Session All Aboard the Network Express!
Technical Session IP Packet Filtering and IPsec on z/OS
Technical Session IPv6 Compliance updates for z/OS Communications Server
Technical Session Upgrading to TLS1.3 and PQC Readiness
Technical Session z/OS Communications Server Performance Update
Technical Session z/OS Communications Server Technical Update: Summer 2026 Edition
Software Engineer
Technical Session The End of TCP? HTTP/3, QUIC, and the z/OS Network Future
Technical Session Evolving Ways of Working for the AI Era: Expanding Teams, Improving Flow, Elevating Impact
Technical Session Neurodiversity and Z
Technical Session Stop Showing Data. Start Telling.
Technical Consultant
Technical Session 10 Legacy Decisions That Are Security Risks Today
Technical Session The Secret Life of SAF: What Happens When You Press Enter
Technical Session Accessing IBM Z NetView Off the Mainframe
Technical Session Building the Foundation for Post-Quantum Cryptography: IP Security and IPv6 Compliance Updates in z/OS Communications Server
Technical Session IP Packet Filtering and IPsec on z/OS
Technical Session The End of TCP? HTTP/3, QUIC, and the z/OS Network Future
Technical Session z/OS Communications Server Network Security Overview
Technical Session z/OS Communications Server Performance Update
Product Marketing Engineer
STSM - z/OS Worldwide Technical Support
Technical Session Opening Session: z/OS and Hardware Track
Technical Session Tips, Tricks, and Insights into Diagnosing Common IBM z/OS Errors
Technical Session IP Packet Filtering and IPsec on z/OS
Technical Session z/OS Communications Server Network Security Overview
Software Architect
Technical Session How to Build Real-Time Mainframe Observability Pipelines
DevOps Architect
Technical Session BYOD Lab: A CI/CD Workshop with Zowe CLI and Jenkins
STSM for Z Integration
Technical Session A Modern Approach to Developing with APIs on Z
Technical Session From Transactions to Events: Real-Time Integration with Confluent Platform on IBM Z and LinuxONE
Technical Session High-Velocity CICS: Delivering Mainframe Data via Low-Latency APIs
Technical Session Neurodiversity and Z
Technical Session Turbo Charge CICS Knowledge for AI Use
Technical Session Write Your CICS Applications in VS Code - Find Out How!
Technical Session BYOD Lab: AI Enabled Proactive Monitoring to Get the Most From Your System With IBM Concert for Z
Technical Session Fundamentals of OpenTelemetry
Technical Session Why Is My Dataset on Volume XYZ123?
Technical Session UNIX System Services: How It Works, and How to Fix It When It Doesn't
Technical Session Fix the JCL Before It Breaks the Job
Technical Session Why Is It Slow, Why Is It Full, and Why Does It Cost That Much
Technical Session The New IBM z17 & LinuxONE Rockhopper 5 Family Technical Overview
Technical Session AI-powered Impact Analysis and App Understanding
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Technical Session Smarter, Faster, Leaner: Performance Unlocked with WLM Updates for z/OS 3.2 and IBM z
Technical Session WSC zOS System Programmer Hot Topics From "the Burgh"
Technical Session z/OS Performance Hot Topics and Performance Track Opening
Technical Session DDF Best Practices
Technical Session SNA/VTAM migration (preconditioning for next version of Db2)
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: The Platform Behind the Business: The Talent Multiplier (Broadcom)
Technical Session Tackle Succession Planning Like the Steelers: Build a Legacy That Lasts
Technical Session Bringing Mainframe into the Future: OpenTelemetry for Db2 for z/OS
Technical Session Protecting Your Db2 for z/OS Environment from Cyber Attacks
Agile Lead
Technical Session IBM z17 HMC Round 2 Enhancements
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) LNL: Building an Always-On DASD Infrastructure: High Performance, Advanced Replication, and GDPS Integration (Hitachi Ventara)
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Trusted Storage for the Always-On Enterprise (Hitachi Ventara)
Technical Session From Copybooks to SQL: Modernizing IMS Metadata with the IMS Catalog
Technical Session The Future of AI on IBM Z and LinuxONE!
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Technical Consulting Architect
Technical Session Modernizing Observability for IBM MQ
Technical Session Smarter Messaging with MQ: Agentic AI, MCP, and More on z/OS
Technical Session What's New in IBM MQ - OTEL, AI, and More
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Technical Session 50 Years of Insight: What’s New in IBM Z OMEGAMON
Technical Session Always On, Always Ready: High Availability and Disaster Recovery with IBM GDPS 4.9
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Hands-On with Ansible on z/CX
Technical Session From 6 Hours to 6 Minutes: Automating z/OS with Ansible
Technical Session Fundamentals of OpenTelemetry
Technical Session Getting Started with Data Center Automation and Agentic AI
Technical Session What a z/OS Guy Learned About AWS in 12 Years
Technical Session [title will be taken from first slot]
Technical Session [title will be taken from first slot]
Technical Session BYOD Lab: z/OSMF Hands-On Lab
Technical Session What's New in z/OS 3.2: Steel City Edition
Technical Session z/OS 3.2 Upgrade: Planning and Technical Actions
Technical Session z/OS Next: Simplification Initiatives, Deprecations, and Migrations
Offering Manager
Technical Session Beyond the Vault: Enhancing Your Storage Cyber Resilience
IBM STSM
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Leverage Generative AI on z/OS using zCX, IBM Spyre and Red Hat AI Inference Server
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Manage Life Cycle of Generative AI Model Deployment on zCX for OpenShift with IBM Spyre
Technical Session Bringing AI to the Heart of the Enterprise with IBM Z
Technical Session Operationalizing Real‑Time AI on IBM Z with Machine Learning for z/OS
Technical Session The Future of AI on IBM Z and LinuxONE!
Technical Session What's New in z/OS 3.2: Steel City Edition
Architect
Technical Session Accessing IBM Z NetView Off the Mainframe
Technical Session Accessing NetView APIs
Technical Session JES2 z/OS 3.2 Product Update and Latest Status
Technical Session What’s New in SDSF in zOS 3.2
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Build You Own Agent with IBM watsonx Assistant for Z
Technical Session Generative and Agentic AI with IBM watsonx Assistant for Z
Technical Session Securing IMS with Multi-factor Authentication
Technical Session The Value Proposition of IMS on Z - High Availability and Resiliency
Technical Session In the Clouds with DFSMS
Technical Session Modern Storage Management UI and APIs
Technical Session Object Storage in the Mix for z/OS Storage - Managing with CDA
Technical Session z/OS Storage Management APIs and Use Cases
Technical Session Open Source and the Mainframe Panel: Ask Me Anything?
Technical Session 50 Years of Insight: What’s New in IBM Z OMEGAMON
Technical Session BYOD Lab: Build You Own Agent with IBM watsonx Assistant for Z
Technical Session Building Intelligent Agents for IBM watsonx Assistant for Z
Technical Session Generative and Agentic AI with IBM watsonx Assistant for Z
Technical Session IntelliMagic Agent Problem Solver
Technical Session Optimization and Simplification Tips for Deploying z/VM Products
Technical Session z/VM Beyond the Horizon
Technical Session z/VM Beyond the Horizon
Technical Session z/VM Platform Update
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP) PSP: Rocket Software: What if you could talk with your mainframe? (Rocket Software)
Technical Session Mainframes and the Dark Web... Should We Care??
Technical Session Planet Mainframe zRoadshow Summer 2026
Technical Session In the Clouds with DFSMS
Technical Session Object Storage in the Mix for z/OS Storage - Managing with CDA
Technical Session Simplifying and Opening the Mainframe to Clients with the Zowe Command Line Interface
Technical Session Top Open Source Powerups No Mainframer Should Be Without
Technical Session 2:00 AM and the Process Failed: Modernizing the Storage Admin’s "Nightmare" Workflow
Technical Session Beyond the Vault: Enhancing Your Storage Cyber Resilience
Technical Session How to Easily Exploit Your Off-Peak zIIP Engines and zEDC Compression
Technical Session Storage Management - Dinner
Technical Session Storage Management - Free For All
Technical Session Storage Management - Free For All
Technical Session Virtual Tape Migration - Planning for Movement
Technical Session What’s New, Not So New, and Coming in DFSMS
User Experience
Technical Session Proactive Monitoring Strategies: Static, Dynamic, and Complex
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Technical Session Don’t Be Static – Be Session Manager DYNAMIC