IDUG EMEA 2026

High availability and disaster recovery capabilities are essential for safeguarding mission-critical Db2 environments. Yet for many beginners, the variety of available technologies including backup and recovery strategies, clustering solutions, replication tools, and multi-cloud architecture can feel overwhelming. This session provides a clear, approachable introduction to the full Db2 High availability and disaster recovery landscape, based on real-world experiences. We will walk through the fundamentals of Db2 backup and recovery, explain how Db2 HADR works and when it’s the right choice, and demystify clustering frameworks such as Pacemaker and PowerHA. You will also learn where pureScale fits into HA planning, how Q Replication and CDC support active-active or near real-time availability, and how modern cloud and multi-cloud deployment models are reshaping resiliency design. Whether you’re new to Db2 or looking to strengthen your foundational knowledge, this session will give you t

Since Db2 12.1, the Db2 AI Query Optimizer has been improving the quality of your query access plans through improved cardinality estimates. This was super-charged in 12.1 mod3 when it was enhanced to support pair-wise join cardinality estimates. Participants will learn how this technology reduces tuning efforts so you can confidently use it in production. You may also get a glimpse into what's in store for the future.

This session will bring you up to speed on exciting enhancements and capabilities we are bringing to Db2 for the Generative AI era. We’ll talk about our overall AI strategy for Db2 and how we are both leveraging Generative AI as well as supporting the emerging frontier of Generative AI applications. We’ll then dive into specifics including our AI Vector Search capabilities, AI integrated LLM capabilities, and our Agentic AI powered tooling including the new Genius Hub.

As enterprise architectures rapidly evolve, the database can no longer just be a passive repository for structured data—it must be an active, intelligent, and hyper-secure platform. Join us for an inside look at how the IBM Db2  engineering and product teams are fundamentally rebuilding the engine to tackle the defining technology shifts of the next decade: the rise of generative AI, the demands of cloud-scale data lakes, and the looming reality of quantum computing risks.

In this forward-looking strategy and deep-dive session, we will explore:

• AI for Developers: How Db2 is removing architectural friction to building the next generation of AI apps and services without ever moving your data.
• AI for Human Productivity: A look into how next-generation AI-driven database management and automated optimization are transforming DBA workflows, slashing operational overhead, and turning complex troubleshooting into autonomous tuning.
• Cloud-Scale Data Ecosystems: How IBM continues to invest in cloud scale to ensure Db2 is omni-present across all hyper scalers.
• Quantum-Safe Cryptography: Why modern security requires acting now to combat "harvest now, decrypt later" threats, and how Db2’s native integration of GSKit 9, FIPS 140-3 compliance, and post-quantum algorithms (ML-KEM) secures data for decades to come.

Whether you are looking to accelerate your organization’s AI adoption, optimize massive hybrid-cloud topologies, or harden your data infrastructure against future cryptographic threats, this session will provide the strategic roadmap and practical technical foundation you need to build what’s next.

The folks at the Db2 Lab provide us with a great tool to monitor Db2. it's free and already installed with Db2. This session will show you how db2mon works and how to use it. Then, we'll discuss how to run it in different ways for different use cases. Next, we'll present a way to run db2mon for historical data gathering and trend analysis. Finally, we'll show examples of the data db2mon provides and what to look for in various performance scenarios.