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BMC
Presentations
Technical Session
ACS Test Cases - Testing Your ACS Routines With the Best-Kept Secret in ISMF
9:45am - 10:05am EDT Monday, August 17 Room 303
Storage Management
z/OS Systems Programming
Intermediate
Troubleshoot and Resolve Complex Issues
Technical Session
AI-Native DevOps for the Mainframe
9:15am - 10:15am EDT Wednesday, August 19 Room 320
DevOps
Enterprise Architecture
Languages, API's and Framework
Machine Learning/AI
All Audiences
Technical Session
Answers in Seconds: Rethinking the Mainframe Skills Gap
9:15am - 10:15am EDT Thursday, August 20 Room 315
IMS
Machine Learning/AI
Operations Management and Automation
Introductory
Troubleshoot and Resolve Complex Issues
Technical Session
Bit Bucket Pittsburgh 2026
2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT Thursday, August 20 Room 304
z/OS Systems Programming
All Audiences
Technical Session
Breaking the Mainframe Out of the Silo: Enterprise Observability with OpenTelemetry
10:30am - 11:30am EDT Thursday, August 20 Room 308
DevOps
Enterprise Architecture
Open Source
Operations Management and Automation
Systems Management and Automation
Intermediate
Modernize Data Management and Analytics
Technical Session
Change is Inevitable. Growth is Optional. Adapting, Learning, and Leading in Modern IT Environments
2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT Wednesday, August 19 Room 317
z/OS Systems Programming
Soft Skills
All Audiences
Technical Session
Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself: Are You Prepared for a Cyber Attack?2026 Edition
1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT Wednesday, August 19 Room 308
Communications Server
Network Security and Management
Security and Compliance
z/OS Systems Programming
Intermediate
Troubleshoot and Resolve Complex Issues
Technical Session
From Backup File to Analytics Asset: Rethinking What Your DR Infrastructure Is Actually Storing
10:30am - 11:30am EDT Thursday, August 20 Room 309
Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery
Data Center Management and Resiliency
Hybrid Cloud
Storage Management
All Audiences
Modernize Data Management and Analytics
Technical Session
From Copybooks to SQL: Modernizing IMS Metadata with the IMS Catalog
3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT Wednesday, August 19 Room 320
Databases
IMS
All Audiences
Modernize Data Management and Analytics
Technical Session
From Insight to Execution: Governing AI Agents on the Mainframe
1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT Monday, August 17 Room 309
Enterprise Architecture
Machine Learning/AI
Operations Management and Automation
Introductory
Troubleshoot and Resolve Complex Issues
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP)
LNL: The Agentic Mainframe: How Networks of Specialized AI Agents Will Change the Mainframe Experience (BMC)
12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT Monday, August 17 Room 303
Technical Session
Medical Mutual: Git-Driven DevOps Transformation
9:15am - 10:15am EDT Thursday, August 20 Room 318
DevOps
Enterprise Architecture
Hybrid Cloud
Languages, API's and Framework
Open Source
Intermediate
Integrate with Distributed Systems and Cloud
Technical Session
Modernization Means Apps, Not Platform
10:30am - 10:50am EDT Wednesday, August 19 Room 318
DevOps
Enterprise Architecture
Languages, API's and Framework
Machine Learning/AI
All Audiences
Technical Session
Opening Session: z/OS and Hardware Track
10:30am - 11:30am EDT Monday, August 17 Room 308
Hardware
z/OS Systems Programming
All Audiences
Sponsored Session (LNL/PSP)
PSP: Can Your Mainframe Withstand a Ransomware Attack? A Live Cyber Resilience Demonstration (BMC)
1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT Tuesday, August 18 Room 308
Technical Session
Stay Irreplaceable as AI Codes
3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT Monday, August 17 Room 305
Machine Learning/AI
Soft Skills
zNextGen
All Audiences
Troubleshoot and Resolve Complex Issues
Technical Session
Stop Showing Data. Start Telling.
10:30am - 10:50am EDT Wednesday, August 19 Room 308
Soft Skills
All Audiences
Technical Session
When Size Does Matter: Beyond Lines of Code
9:45am - 10:05am EDT Monday, August 17 Room 319
Languages, API's and Framework
All Audiences
Troubleshoot and Resolve Complex Issues
Technical Session
You’re Compliant. You’re Still Compromised
3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT Tuesday, August 18 Room 315
Security and Compliance
All Audiences
Ensure High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Technical Session
Your Mainframe Data Is Already in the Cloud — You Just Can't Read It Yet
3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT Wednesday, August 19 Room 318
Databases
Hybrid Cloud
Storage Management
All Audiences
Optimize Storage and Data Movement
Technical Session
Your Next Breach Starts in HR
2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT Monday, August 17 Room 308
Security and Compliance
All Audiences
Ensure High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Contributors
Anthony Anter
Tim Ceradsky
Ken Chism
Thomas Conley
Anthony DiStauro
Steven Dzikowski
Eric Fuld
Spencer Hallman
Jeremy Hamilton
Mikhael Liberman
Eric Odell
Becky Parchman
Chad Reiber
Sumit Soni
Gary Turner
Session Chairs
Thomas Conley