IDUG EMEA 2026: Full Schedule

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11:30am BST

Monday September 28, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST

Learn about the latest developments in Db2 ecosystem coming out of the Labs. A refresher on whats been delivered already. A deep dive into the most recently released mod packs. And catch a sneak peak at our future plans.

Speakers

Mike Springgay

STSM Db2 Architect, IBM

Mike Springgay is the Db2 Architect. Prior to that he was responsible for architecting extensions to Db2’s Warehouse capabilities, SQL compatibility features, routine infrastructure and client server connectivity.

Monday September 28, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Porto

Track C, Technical Session

Audience All
Platform LUW

2:00pm BST

C3 Cloud Update: The latest on Db2 Fully Managed Services

Monday September 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST

Porto

Join us for a deep dive into the latest innovations shaping the continued evolution of Db2 Cloud Services across leading cloud platforms. This session explores recent advancements in Db2 SaaS including Db2 Serverless, AWS Amazon RDS for Db2, and Db2 as a Service on Microsoft Azure as well as Google Cloud. You’ll learn how these offerings enable flexible deployment choices while meeting demanding enterprise requirements. Whether your focus is efficient application development, optimization, regulatory compliance, cloud strategy, availability, or feature adoption, this session will demonstrate how Db2 Cloud Services are designed to adapt to your needs—providing enterprise-grade reliability, scalability, and flexibility.

Speakers

Venkatesh Gopal

STSM, Warehouse SaaS Offerings, IBM

Venkatesh is an STSM at IBM focused on the Cloud offerings and HDM strategy for their offerings in these Hypersclaer platforms. He designs and architects how Db2 will be delivered on Cloud platforms as a first class SaaS offering and how they integrate with the Hyperscaler ecosys... Read More →

Monday September 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Porto

Track C, Technical Session

Topic Db2 Cloud and Warehouse, Latest and Features LUW
Audience All
Platform LUW

3:20pm BST

C4 Performance monitoring made simple

Monday September 28, 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm BST

Porto

This presention will give the attendee a deep understanding of real life performance problem determination.
Drawing on success and the custom tools and techiques developed tuning an OTLP database that sustains in excess of 100,000 SQL statement per second throughput, the focus will be on how to identify bottlenecks in the system before they start. Custom tools and targeted application of the right tool for the job will be the focus. Scripts for custom tools will be shared with attendees.

Speakers

Leo Pedron

DBA, ASM Research, LLC

Senior Database Architect and Performance Engineering Specialist with over 22 years of experience designing, optimizing, and supporting mission-critical database systems using IBM Db2 LUW and PostgreSQL. Proven expertise operating large-scale transactional systems processing over... Read More →

Monday September 28, 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm BST
Porto

Track C, Technical Session

Topic Performance and Monitoring
Audience All
Platform LUW

4:30pm BST

C5 400 TB of LOBs witin a single Table - Challenges during growth over 25 Years

Monday September 28, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST

Porto

This presentation will show how Volkswagen handles a Db2 database with one very large 2 column table (timestamp &BLOB) , which was growing from some GB to 400TB. It will explain what challenges we had with hardware changes, software limits and working errors and how we solved them. Also making backups is not so easy for such a large system. This system is managed with a minimum amount of hardware resources inside a single Db2 LUW instance.

Speakers

Norbert Menzel

Db2 for zos DBA expert, Volkswagen AG

Norbert Menzel works with Db2 on different platforms (z/OS, OS/2, AIX) for about 40 years. Since 2005 he works for Volkswagen and manages Db2 LUW on AIX.

Monday September 28, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST
Porto

Track C, Technical Session

Topic Best Practices, Database Resiliency, User Stories
Audience All
Platform LUW

IDUG EMEA 2026

11:30am BST

Mike Springgay

2:00pm BST

Venkatesh Gopal

3:20pm BST

Leo Pedron

4:30pm BST

Norbert Menzel

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