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9:00am BST

K3 Women in Technology (WIT): TEAMship – The Human Side of High Performance
Wednesday September 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
Noble
Technology transforms organizations, but people determine whether transformation succeeds.

Drawing from two decades at the highest level of international sport, Ann Wauters explores what enables teams to perform consistently in environments where change, pressure and complexity are the norm.

Through inspiring stories and practical insights, she shares how trust, leadership, ownership and connection create the foundation for innovation, collaboration and sustainable high performance.

Because the strongest teams are not built on expertise alone—they are built on people who bring out the best in one another.
Speakers
avatar for Ann Wauters

Ann Wauters

President, Athletes' Commission of the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (BOIC)
Ann Wauters is a former professional basketball player, Olympic athlete and one of Europe's most decorated basketball players of all time. During her twenty-year international career, she won a WNBA Championship, four EuroLeague titles, and was named European Player of the Year five... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
Noble
  Keynote, Keynote

9:00am BST

IDUG Badging
Wednesday September 30, 2026 9:00am - 5:30pm BST
Laboratory

Wednesday September 30, 2026 9:00am - 5:30pm BST
Laboratory
  Badging, Certification & Badging

9:00am BST

IDUG Certification
Wednesday September 30, 2026 9:00am - 5:30pm BST
Laboratory

Wednesday September 30, 2026 9:00am - 5:30pm BST
Laboratory
  Certification, Certification & Badging

10:00am BST

Coffee Break
Wednesday September 30, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am BST
Archive
Wednesday September 30, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am BST
Archive
  IDUG, Break

10:20am BST

B10 Db2 13 latest real customer experiences - new functions, best practices and some more…
Wednesday September 30, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Arrabida
This presentation will provide the ongoing success story Db2 z/OS Version 13 and covers the latest experiences with Db2 13 at Commerzbank AG. It will talk about some key important areas which are essential for the success and how to prevent some known avoidable pitfalls. We share the important latest experiences of the last 12 months, explains the upcoming and validated best practices in several key areas. This session will also dive into Function Level dependencies, maintenance aspects, some tooling dependencies, and some performance aspects as well as base utilities and system functionalities.
Speakers
avatar for Ute Kleyensteuber

Ute Kleyensteuber

Senior Technical Staff Member, Commerzbank AG
Ute Kleyensteuber is a Principal Product Owner, Senior Infrastructure Engineer and Director at Commerzbank AG in Germany, responsible for Db2 for z/OS since more than 35 years. Knowing and working with Db2 since Version 1.2 I've extensive experiences of Db2 in terms of system- and... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Arrabida
  Track B, Technical Session

10:20am BST

C1 Db2 Spotlight Session / Latest News
Wednesday September 30, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Porto
Hear from the lab leadership on the latest shipped + announced Db2 content, and our perspective and vision for the future. We'll cover key enhancements in the latest modpacks (12.1.4 / 12.1.5) and give you a sneak peak at what's coming in 12.1.6 and beyond.
Speakers
avatar for David Kalmuk

David Kalmuk

Distinguished Engineer, Databases, IBM
David is a distinguished engineer at IBM, working on IBM's analytic database products.
Wednesday September 30, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Porto
  Track C, Technical Session

10:20am BST

C10 Experiences with the AI Query Optimiser
Wednesday September 30, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Porto
Switching on the AI Query Optimiser in Db2 v12 is straightforward, but what do you do after you have switched it on? How do you confirm that it is doing what you want? How do you limit its execution to focus on just the tables you need and want? How do you confirm that it is having a positive effect? How do you manage the resources that it uses?
This presentation recounts some of the tricks, pitfalls and gotchas encountered in actual customer implementations of the AI Query Optimiser.
Speakers
avatar for Mark Gillis

Mark Gillis

Principal Consultant, Triton Consulting
I am a Principal Consultant with Triton Consulting, based in the UK. I have been working in IT for over 40 years, and as a DB2 DBA for 35. I have worked on DB2 installations ranging from single user local Windows based systems to 100+ TB DB2 Warehouses.

I have also been involved in Business Intelligence solutions; designing and implementing systems using various RDMS data sources. I have worked for a large range of customers, mostly Blue-Chip household names, in roles including design, development, implementation and support. I... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Porto
  Track C, Technical Session

10:20am BST

D10 Make you data comparable by VECTORizing
Wednesday September 30, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Maria
Based on the VECTOR data type, that came with Db2 12.1, your data can easily be put in definnable context by using similarities. This can help identifying correlations where exact values would make it too complicated. As a relational model typically is based on direct comparability of values only, vector usage can provide some extra level of data linking. With an example shown in a live demo, this session will show step by step, how to implement vector usage in your data to provide additional analytical features.
Speakers
avatar for Martin Heitkämper

Martin Heitkämper

Data Scientist, Arvato Systems GmbH
I'm with Db2 ever since it started in the market, doing administration, design and development around Db2 (and other databases). Frequently I present at IDUG or other events, often but not exclusively on Db2 for SAP.
Wednesday September 30, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Maria
  Track D, Technical Session

11:30am BST

A11 From Pay Slips to P1 Incidents: Db2 for z/OS in a Payroll Company
Wednesday September 30, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Infante
In this session, I provide an inside look at how Db2 is used, operated, and evolved within SD Worx, a payroll/HR service provider, running running a mixed COBOL and .NET application landscape.
The presentation walks through the Db2 environment at SD Worx and illustrates real-world production workloads (with its struggles). We'll explore trends in Db2 growth, the impact of data integration (including the migration from IDMS), and how replication technologies are used to offload reporting, analytics, and decentral processing without impacting core workloads.
Special attention is given to Db2 Connect and connection management challenges in distributed .NET environments. Including real‑world P1 incidents (don't trust your distributed teams blindly!) and how to avoid them using Db2 Profiles, driver configuration and monitoring.Db2 Profiles are also used to regain control over legacy clients and get rid of the soon to be deprecated (and this time for real!) synonyms, which will be explained
Speakers
avatar for Tim Vermeulen

Tim Vermeulen

Senior Technical Staff Member, SD Worx
Tim Vermeulen started his career where many Db2 problems are first observed: as a mainframe operator, watching production at 3 a.m. and wondering who scheduled that job. From there, he grew into an application DBA, then a Db2 for z/OS system DBA - a role he still actively performs... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Infante
  Track A, Technical Session

11:30am BST

B11 Bringing Mainframe into the Future: OpenTelemetry for Db2 for z/OS
Wednesday September 30, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Arrabida
OpenTelemetry is rapidly becoming the industry standard for application observability —offering a unified approach across distributed platforms. But did you know that even mainframe applications and subsystems can now be part of this modern observability ecosystem?
In this session, we’ll dive into what OpenTelemetry means from a Db2 for z/OS perspective. You’ll learn its core concepts, why they matter for mainframe environments, and how to take your first steps toward OpenTelemetry-based end-to-end monitoring of Db2 for z/OS applications with minimal effort. We’ll also highlight common pitfalls and explain why OpenTelemetry complements — rather than replaces — traditional Db2 monitoring.
Speakers
avatar for Christoph Theisen

Christoph Theisen

Db2 Security Architect, Rocket Software
Christoph began his career in IBM’s Global Services unit in 1991, working on numerous client engagements — primarily focused on Db2 for z/OS — as an application developer, database administrator, architect, and consultant. Over time, his role evolved into that of a Client Technical... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Arrabida
  Track B, Technical Session

11:30am BST

C11 DB2 Backup and Recovery - back to the basics
Wednesday September 30, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Porto
In this presentation we will examine in detail the backup and recovery options available to DBAs for their Db2 environments. How to tune these utilities will be discussed and results will be reviewed from numerous tests. We will see what is the “art of the possible” from using local files, COS, Storage based copies, etc. … We will take a close look at the new version enhancements and how they can improve your backup and recovery experience.
Speakers
avatar for Dale McInnis

Dale McInnis

STSM, Db2 Client Adoption Engineering, IBM
Dale McInnis is an STSM in Db2 development from the IBM Toronto Canada Lab. He has a B.Sc.(CS) from the University of New Brunswick and a Masters ofEngineering(M.Eng) from the University of Toronto and is currently pursuing his PhD in computer science. Dale joined IBM in 1988 and... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Porto
  Track C, Technical Session

11:30am BST

F11 SQL Oldies but Goodies and the Power of the SQL Rewrite
Wednesday September 30, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Miragaia
There have been so many enhancements in Db2 SQL for developers in the last 3 or 4 versions that many developers have never really taken advantage of. This presentation picks my personal favorites that I believe all developers should get knowledgeable on and possibly applied to current and future applications. Developers should be informed of all of newer features in Db2 and this presentation is a great summary for this topic. When it comes to performance, often times the answer to better performance is rewriting queries different ways, and redesigning programs differently. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of some great SQL enhancements, application table designs, along with getting stronger in the SQL language. This is a great session for developers on Db2 LUW or Db2 z/OS. Developers 'Get Empowered'.
Speakers
avatar for Tony Andrews

Tony Andrews

Mainframe Db2 Developer, Performance and Tuning, P&T Solutions, Inc.
Tony Andrews has more than 30 years’ experience in the development of relational database applications. Most of this time, he has provided development and consulting services to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Tony has written literally thousands of queries and programs... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Miragaia
  Track F, Technical Session

12:30pm BST

Lunch & Passport to Prizes Drawing
Wednesday September 30, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm BST
Archive
Wednesday September 30, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm BST
Archive
  IDUG, Lunch

2:00pm BST

A12 Db2 13 for z/OS – DDF Connection Security controls
Wednesday September 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Infante
Db2 for z/OS offers advanced capabilities to strengthen security management in distributed environments. This session discusses best practices for establishing secure connections including protected ID authentication using SSL, IDT, or trusted connection. This session also reviews the key system parameters that govern distributed access and discusses how system profile tables can be leveraged to enforce granular connection controls and secure TCP/IP connectivity.
Speakers
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Gayathiri Chandran

Customer Success Manager and Principal Consultant, IBM
Gayathiri Chandran is a Senior Technical Staff Member in Db2 for z/OS development at IBM Silicon Valley Lab driving Db2 security strategy and delivery. She provides technical leadership across enterprise security initiatives, contributes to database security standards, and is a frequent... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Infante
  Track A, Technical Session

2:00pm BST

B12 Db2 critical events monitoring
Wednesday September 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Arrabida
Db2 for z/OS environments generate thousands of system messages and codes every day, only a small subset of which indicate truly critical conditions. This session focuses on how Db2 DBAs can effectively identify, interpret, and respond to critical events that threaten system availability, data integrity, resource consumption, and security. Starting from the structure and meaning of Db2 messages, reason codes, and return codes, the presentation walks through real-world scenarios such as log space exhaustion, storage shortages, dataset access failures, and recovery-related errors. Attendees will learn how to distinguish symptoms from root causes and how timely detection can prevent hangs, outages, and data loss. The session emphasizes a proactive monitoring and troubleshooting approach based on SYSLOG and Db2 address space analysis. It is aimed at Db2 DBAs who want to strengthen operational resilience, improve incident response, and consistently meet SLA and recovery objectives.
Speakers
avatar for Roberto Cason

Roberto Cason

Sales Engineer Manager, BMC Software

Wednesday September 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Arrabida
  Track B, Technical Session

2:00pm BST

F12 Hidden in Plain Sight: Unlocking Db2 for z/OS Recovery Capabilities at NatWest
Wednesday September 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Miragaia
In 2025, NatWest undertook a comprehensive reassessment of its Db2 recovery strategy to align with evolving banking regulations and to take advantage of modern platform capabilities. This review aimed to uncover limitations in existing processes, improve operational performance, and strengthen compliance.
As part of this effort, the bank evaluated Db2 utility features and automation tools that could streamline recovery activities, enforce consistent best‑practice standards, and reduce the need for continual manual tuning of utility options. Future resilience was also a priority, with the strategy designed to support NatWest’s planned adoption of Cyber Vault technology.
This session explores the challenges encountered throughout the transformation, the solutions implemented to overcome them, and the best practices that emerged—highlighting how NatWest is modernising its Db2 recovery landscape while preparing for the future.
Speakers
avatar for Dhiren Chaudhary

Dhiren Chaudhary

VP of Development and IBM Fellow, IBM Software, NatWest Group
I am a Technical Lead for Db2 at NatWest Group responsible for Db2 strategy and direction at the Bank. I oversee design for Db2 related new applications or changes to existing implementations. I also maintain the various standards related to Design, Performance, Utilities, Naming... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Miragaia
  Track F, Technical Session

3:00pm BST

Coffee Break
Wednesday September 30, 2026 3:00pm - 3:20pm BST
Archive
Wednesday September 30, 2026 3:00pm - 3:20pm BST
Archive
  IDUG, Break

3:20pm BST

A102 Z Data and Application integration for Analytics and AI
Wednesday September 30, 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm BST
Infante

Sponsors
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Wednesday September 30, 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm BST
Infante
  PSP, PSP

3:20pm BST

B102 I Know Why I’m Seeing Red: Db2 Performance Dashboards
Wednesday September 30, 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm BST
Arrabida

Sponsors
B
Wednesday September 30, 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm BST
Arrabida
  PSP, PSP

4:30pm BST

A13 Db2 for z/OS Expert Panel
Wednesday September 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST
Infante

Wednesday September 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST
Infante
  Track A, Expert Panel

4:30pm BST

D13 Db2 LUW Table Partition Management
Wednesday September 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST
Maria
Db2 LUW provides the capability to create partitioned tables which have a number of useful benefits. However, a current downside to the implementation on LUW is that there is no automatic built-in functionality to add partitions when needed or manage the process of adding, detaching and deleting partitions. In particular, for Production environments that require stability and availability without interruption, robust and auditable management of partitions is a critical and invaluable requirement.
In this session I will provide an overview of the design and implementation of a bespoke Unix based solution used in a high volume 24/7 transactional and warehouse database application. The presentation will include an explanation of the requirements to manage table partitions in a Production environment and will include high level diagrams of the process flow to manage the partitions; the logic to identify required partitions/timestamps to manipulate, the required commands to make changes,
Speakers
avatar for David Lynch

David Lynch

Lead Product Owner, Mastercard
I have worked with Db2 LUW for nearly thirty years in both development and production environments. I worked for IBM for nearly ten years on customer and internal projects either specifically with Db2 or Siebel running on Db2. I spent some years as an independent contractor and then... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST
Maria
  Track D, Technical Session

4:30pm BST

E13 Efficient Scans on Columnar Tables
Wednesday September 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST
Luis
It often makes sense for analytical applications to store the data in column organized tables instead of row organized tables to get better performance. Especially scans on column organized tables are different from scans on row organized tables. This presentation investigates these differences. One major difference is the usage of Synopsis tables to speed up scans. Therefore, we will look in depth at how Synopsis tables work, how one can check Synopsis tables e.g., with SQL statements, and how one can ensure to get "good" Synopis tables, i.e., Synopsis tables which allow the elimination of unneccesary page accesses during the scans of important queries.
Speakers
avatar for Andreas Weininger

Andreas Weininger

Principal Information Architecture Technical Specialist, IBM
Andreas Weininger is part of the Information Architecture team of IBM in Munich. He has more than 20 year of experience with scalable solutions for data intensive solutions focussing especially on the performance aspects. He is a regular speaker at database and data warehousing events... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST
Luis
  Track E, Technical Session

4:30pm BST

F13 Do you think you know pureScale? Come test your knowledge
Wednesday September 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST
Miragaia
Db2 pureScale environments are designed for high availability and scalability, but their behavior under load, failure, and recovery is often more nuanced than expected.
In this interactive session, we’ll challenge your understanding of pureScale through a series of real-world scenarios covering cluster services behavior and failure handling, locking, caching, and recovery. You’ll be asked to predict outcomes, diagnose issues, and uncover what really happens under the covers.
Whether you’re an experienced practitioner or relatively new to pureScale, this session will expose common misconceptions, highlight subtle behaviors, and deepen your intuition about how the system operates in production.
Come ready to participate, question what you think you know—and leave with insights you can apply immediately.
Speakers
avatar for Christian Garcia-Arellano

Christian Garcia-Arellano

STSM, Db2 Senior Architect and Master Inventor, IBM
Christian Garcia-Arellano is STSM and Db2 OLTP Architect at the IBM Toronto Lab, and has a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. Christian has been working in various DB2 Kernel development areas since 2001. Initially Christian worked on the development of the self... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST
Miragaia
  Track F, Technical Session

5:40pm BST

C14 Db2 for LUW Expert Panel
Wednesday September 30, 2026 5:40pm - 6:40pm BST
Porto

Wednesday September 30, 2026 5:40pm - 6:40pm BST
Porto
  Expert Panel, Expert Panel

5:40pm BST

A14 DDF Best Practice
Wednesday September 30, 2026 5:40pm - 6:40pm BST
Infante
Db2 Distributed Data Facility (DDF) is the gateway to delivering business enterprise data in our modern world of cloud computing. DDF is widely exploited in the information technology space and this session aims to share best practices and success stories to optimize your business with DDF. Some of the topics includes, infrastructure, security, protecting data over the network, monitoring resources (threads/connections), sysplex workload balancing, and so forth. The objective of this session is provide you with practical, useful knowledge that you can take back to your work and manage DDF confidently.
Speakers
avatar for Derek Tempongko

Derek Tempongko

PM, IBM Silicon Valley Lab
Derek Tempongko is a Senior Software Engineer on the Db2 for z/OS distributed development team at the IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory. With over 20 years of experience in Distributed Data Facility (DDF), presented at previous IDUG events, authored a Redpaper on TLS/SSL which has been... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 5:40pm - 6:40pm BST
Infante
  Track A, Technical Session

5:40pm BST

B14 The Db2z Game: From 90% to "The 1% Club"
Wednesday September 30, 2026 5:40pm - 6:40pm BST
Arrabida
Think you’re in the elite 1% of Db2 for z/OS pros? Or just starting your journey to the top? Ditch the slides for a high-stakes, 1% Club style tournament! We’ll scale the heights of Db2 knowledge together, from SQL basics to zIIP offloading and hex-level internals. It’s a no-shame game where every wrong answer leads to a deep-dive technical debrief. Come for the fun, stay for the insights, and level up your Db2 skills!
Speakers
avatar for Michal Bialecki

Michal Bialecki

Principal Software Engineer, Broadcom
Michal Bialecki is a Db2 Technical Consultant at Broadcom, bringing over 20 years of experience to the role. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2025, he spent two decades working remotely for IBM Silicon Valley Lab, where he served as a member of Db2 z/OS Development SWAT team with John... Read More →
avatar for Julia Carter

Julia Carter

Db2 Technical Consultant, Broadcom
Julia Carter has 20 years' experience with Db2 and is a Db2 Consultant at Broadcom in Europe. Previously she has worked as a Database Administrator for banks in the UK and Mexico.
She is a member of the IDUG Content Committee and Global Marketing Committee and is co-host of the IDUG Db2 Table Talk podcasts. Julia has been an IBM Champion for Data and AI since 2020... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 5:40pm - 6:40pm BST
Arrabida
  Track B, Technical Session
 

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