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9:00am BST

A15 JC Greatest Hits, War Stories and Best Practice 2026
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
This session will share experience from client studies and engagements: sharing proven recommended best practice; learning good, bad and ugly; providing answers ti important, frqeeunt or difficuly questions. This session will cover the following topics: Complacency about component failure and ability to absorb workload failover in a dat asharing environment; missed opportinity for elapsed time performance improvementnfor skip sequnetial batch processing; misteps in evaluating the performance benenfit of CICS-Db2 thread reuse and RELEASE(DEALLOCATE); SQL coding to avoid update anomaly when using cursor stability isolation; misadventures when using High Performance DBATs;monitoring WLM policy achievement; options for mass data recovery following logical data recovery and data loss; performance issue with remote DDF batch workload; tuning ogf GBPs; thorough Disaster Restart testingh.
Speakers
avatar for John Campbell

John Campbell

Customer Success Engineer - Data Strategic, Broadcom
John is an IBM Alumni, a retired IBM Distinguished Engineer, and now works as a Distinguished Technical Consultant for Broadcom Inc. He has worked with Db2 for z/OS for over 40 years and has extensive experience with Db2 in terms of systems, database and application design. He specialises... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
Infante

9:00am BST

B15 Db2 Analytics Accelerator: V8, Migration experiences, future and customer updates
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
This session is deep dive technical details about Db2 Analytics Accelerator on IBM Z with latest V8 product updates, new capabilities, with migration details.
There will be z17 and LinuxONE 5 Migration Experiences with V7 and V8, platform specific details, migration planning and deployment details.
Session will contain IBM Z platform specific details z17 and LinuxONE 5, in the context of Accelerator such as machine configuration, CBU and Flex Capacity usage, different architecture alternatives for different business needs including GDPS usage with 2-, 3-, 4- site GDPS alternatives.
There will be Lessons Learned from PoCs, current implementations, architecture discussions and health checks.
Speakers
avatar for Cüneyt Göksu

Cüneyt Göksu

Executive IT Specialist, IBM
Cüneyt Göksu is an Executive IT Specialist for IBM® Z solutions in the context of Data and AI in IBM Germany Development Lab as a member of Center of Excellence team. He holds MBA, Bachelor’s degree and PhD in Computer Science. He has been working with Db2 for z/OS and IBM Z... Read More →
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Björn Broll

Product Manager, Db2, IBM
Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) for IBM z Data and AI in IBM Germany Research and Development Lab.
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
Arrabida

9:00am BST

C15 A Modern Approach to Db2 Backup & Recovery: Snapshot Technology with Cloud Integration
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
This session presents a comprehensive approach to database backup and recovery using Snapshot Backup technology integrated with Cloud infrastructure. The solution leverages the Db2 ACS Scripted interface to automate backup operations on Linux systems, enabling efficient data protection strategies for enterprise databases.
The implementation utilizes Linux LVM (Logical Volume Manager) to create consistent point-in-time snapshots of database volumes, ensuring data integrity during backup operations.
By combining snapshot-based backup techniques with cloud object storage capabilities, this approach delivers a robust disaster recovery solution that minimizes backup windows, reduces storage costs, and enhances data availability. The scripted automation through Db2 ACS interface ensures consistent, repeatable backup procedures while maintaining operational efficiency in Linux environments.
This methodology addresses critical requirements for modern database management, including rapid recov
Speakers
avatar for Thomas Rech

Thomas Rech

Architect Db2 SAP Dev. & Client Adoption Engineering, IBM
Thomas has been working in the Db2 area since 1996. Starting as a Db2 course instructor, he soon moved to the SAP on Db2 environment in 1997. He joined the SAP/IBM Db2 Development Team, followed by a role as technical sales consultant. He led several lighthouse projects like the first... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
Porto

9:00am BST

D15 Db2 Upgrade Lessons the Manuals Don’t Teach You
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
Db2 upgrades can look straightforward in your favourite manual, but real-world environments often tell a different story. In this session, we share practical user experiences and lessons learned from two recent Db2 upgrade projects that we undertook – moving from Db2 v11.1 to v11.5 on Windows, and from Db2 v11.5 to v12.1.3 on Linux. These upgrades involved very different setups, including single versus multiple instances, standalone databases versus HADR clusters, and the contrasting challenges between Windows and Linux platforms. We will walk through the expected and unexpected issues we encountered, highlight pitfalls not clearly documented in the manuals, and explain the workarounds and strategies that allowed us to complete the upgrades successfully.
Speakers
avatar for Iqbal Goralwalla

Iqbal Goralwalla

Principal Sales Engineer, Triton Consulting Ltd
An IBM Gold Consultant and an IBM Champion for Data Management, Iqbal Goralwalla has over 20 years of experience in all aspects of relational databases on the LUW platform. Iqbal is also a member of IBM’s Technical Advisory Board. Iqbal is a highly experienced Data Management specialist... Read More →
avatar for Damir Wilder

Damir Wilder

Db2 SME and Data Architect, Triton Consulting Ltd
I am a Senior Consultant at Triton Consulting, a UK based company that specializes in Hybrid Data Management, Digital Transformation and DB2 database and Information Management services for the z/OS and Midrange.
My area of expertise is the Midrange platform (predominantly Linux and AIX, both on-prem and Cloud).I have started working as a DB2 DBA in year 2000 on the DB2 version 5.0 and have working experience from that version up to the latest v12.1.I am a certified DB2 v10/v11.1/v11.5 LUW... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
Maria

9:00am BST

E15 Vibe Coding with a Serverless Database
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
In this session we will show you how application building with a serverless database gives you superpowers. Serverless databases are built for the AI Era handling the workloads of the future and turning you into a 10X Engineer. We will show you how to develop applications for Db2 from prompt to production and demonstrate how a serverless database tackles AI and Machine driven workloads all while reducing cost and effort. Join us for this groundbreaking session and experience the future of Db2 SaaS services!
Speakers
avatar for Andrew Hilden

Andrew Hilden

Chief Architect Db2 SaaS, IBM
Andrew Hilden is the Chief Architect of Db2 SaaS. He is involved extensively in the development and architecture of several data-oriented cloud services in IBM. In the past 25 years he has worked in development, architectural and leadership roles in Db2 from SaaS to areas like appliances... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
Luis

9:00am BST

F15 Db2 Load – Strategies to speed up loading very large tables
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
With the push for more and more availability replacing the data in very large tables with many indexes can be problematic especially when the business is enforcing small outage windows.
This presentation outlines how we designed a process to replace the data in a 1.6bn row table in the required outage window when the initial load time was nearly 5 times the available window.
Speakers
avatar for Rob Gould

Rob Gould

Database Consultant, Triton Consulting Ltd
Rob is a Consultant at Triton Consulting, a UK based company that specializes in Hybrid Data Management, Digital Transformation and DB2 database and Information Management services for the z/OS and Midrange platforms.
His area of expertise is the Mainframe platform, but he has also worked with Db2 LUW. He started working as a DB2 Systems programmer in 1988 has been active in the Db2 world since then. Rob also worked for IBM as a Systems programmer and then a Technical Sales Specialist. Thro... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am BST
Miragaia

9:00am BST

IDUG Badging
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 12:30pm BST

Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 12:30pm BST
Laboratory

9:00am BST

IDUG Certification
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 12:30pm BST

Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 12:30pm BST
Laboratory

9:00am BST

IDUG Db2 for LUW Essentials
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 12:30pm BST

Speakers
avatar for Davor Rodnis

Davor Rodnis

IDUG Db2 for LUW Essentials Instructor
Davor is an expert trainer and consultant with 30+ years’ experience in Db2. He specialized in providing Db2 and other training services for IBM customers in over 25 countries according to global standards. He has taught over 300 courses on IBM software products as an IBM Authorized... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:00am - 12:30pm BST
Glass 1

10:00am BST

Coffee Break
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am BST
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am BST
Archive
  IDUG, Break

10:20am BST

A16 Get ready for Db2 version 13+1
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
In the next version of Db2 for z/OS IBM is removing some deprecated functions. I will describe how to find the affected objects and functions and how to convert them. I will also touch on some pitfalls and share our experiences. Some examples are non-UTS tablespaces, but there are more. And there are some more things that is not documented yet.
The presentation will not cover the conversion from VTAM to TCPIP.
Speakers
avatar for Martin Ålund

Martin Ålund

STSM (Senior Technical Staff Member), Handelsbanken
Started my Db2 career in 1998 as a development DBA. Since 2020 working as a system programmer and tech lead for Db2 for z/OS.
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Infante

10:20am BST

B16 From Lilliput to Brobdingnag. Compression flavors in Db2 for z/OS
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
There are several flavors of compression in Db2 for z/OS.
You can reduce the space required for a table by using data compression. Compressing the data in a table space can significantly reduce the amount of disk space that is needed to store data and can help improve buffer pool performance.
You can also compress your indexes to significantly reduce the physical space requirements for most indexes.
You can also reduce the size of data in a LOB table space to ensure that the LOB table space and its associated base table space remain available for inserting data.
In this presentation you will learn the different algorithms used for compression in Db2, comparing the cost and benefit of each of them. You will learn how to measure the effect of compression, the space savings but also the effect on applications and utility processing and of course the recent changes in the latest versions and function levels of Db2 for z/OS.
Speakers
avatar for Ramon Menendez

Ramon Menendez

Senior Technical Staff Member, BMC Software
Ramon Menendez is a Principal Solution Engineer from BMC Software in Spain, specialized in the DB2 family of products. Started in IT as a QUEL developer and INGRES administrator. Worked for several years for IBM with DB2, mainly in competitive analysis, implementation and performance... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Arrabida

10:20am BST

C16 Fine-Tuning Db2 Datalake Tables Performance
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Db2 Datalake tables allow defining and managing vendor-agnostic Hive and Iceberg tables atop open data formats used in data analytics environments. However, Datalake tables are configured and maintained differently from traditional Db2 tables. Participants will learn valuable skills such as creating workload-optimized Datalake tables, and monitoring and tuning them to preserve their performance as the table grows.
Speakers
avatar for Olivier Bernin

Olivier Bernin

IBM Gold Consultant for Data & AI, IBM

Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Porto

10:20am BST

D16 Db2 as Containerized Deployment
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Db2 containerization makes Db2 more flexible, scalable, and cloud-native by running it in containers managed by Kubernetes. As Kubernetes is constantly evolving, so does Db2U, our Db2 Universal Container. Come and learn the great deal of innovative work coming your way, in terms of the next-gen capabilities of Db2U.
Speakers
avatar for Vijaya  Katikireddy

Vijaya Katikireddy

Senior Technology Leader, IBM

Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Maria

10:20am BST

E16 Getting Started with OpenTelemetry for Db2: Metrics, Traces, and What They Really Mean
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
OpenTelemetry is becoming a standard for observability,but what does it mean for Db2? This introductory session shows how metrics and traces help you understand what’s really happening in your Db2 workloads. Learn how SQL activity can be exposed as meaningful metrics, and how distributed traces can follow transactions end-to-end into Db2.We focus on practical outcomes: where time is spent, where bottlenecks occur, and whether issues originate in Db2 or upstream systems. Designed for DBAs and performance specialists, this session gives you a clear starting point to understand what these signals really mean, and how to begin using them in your day-to-day work.
Speakers
avatar for Rabah Beggar

Rabah Beggar

Software Developer, Broadcom
Product Manager at Broadcom, part of the team shaping the strategy and roadmap for mainframe database and infrastructure tools (IMS & Db2). I focus on simplifying complex operations and enhancing the experience for enterprise customers running critical workloads on the mainframe... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Luis

10:20am BST

F16 Db2 Connect – New Challenges and New Opportunities
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Db2 Connect Version 12, released in November 2024, introduces a wave of enhancements—alongside changes that may challenge existing practices. This session will guide you through the most impactful updates in Db2 Connect V12 and its subsequent fix packs from a Db2 for z/OS perspective. We’ll explore critical topics such as strengthened TLS encryption, licensing transformations, and emerging capabilities in monitoring and observability. Join us to understand not only what’s new, but how these changes can unlock new opportunities for performance, security, and operational insight.
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 →
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Miragaia

11:30am BST

A17 DB2 for z/OS Workfile Deep Dive - How to Survive and Thrive
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
This presentation explains how DB2 uses workfiles for a range of purposes, including SORT, scrollable cursors, and temporary tables. It also describes how workfile allocation and usage behave both before and after the enhancements introduced in V13 FL508. Finally, it reviews the workfile monitoring capabilities available today, with particular emphasis on the enhancements introduced over the past decade and how they can be leveraged to identify tuning opportunities.
Speakers
avatar for Adrian Collett

Adrian Collett

Consultant, Expertise4IT
Adrian is a partner and Senior DB2 Specialist for Expertise4IT S.r.l. based in Milan, Italy. Although specialising in System and Application Performance Tuning, Adrian has been involved in all aspects of DB2 for z/OS: from Systems Analysis, Data Modelling and Database Design to Implementation... Read More →
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Bart Steegmans

Db2 for z/OS L2 Performance, IBM
Bart Steegmans is a Consulting Db2 Product Support Specialist from IBM Belgium. He is working remotely for the Silicon Valley Laboratory in San Jose and providing technical support for Db2 for z/OS performance problems. He has over 35 years of experience in Db2.  Before joining IBM... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Infante

11:30am BST

B17 Leave the dark side – Turn on the lights in Db2 performance management
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
In this session we will demonstrate how data can be utilized to gain valuable insights into system performance and optimization. We will provide an introduction of the newest and greatest capabilities in visualizing performance data for an easy step in, which can lead to significant performance improvements.
The objective of this session is to demonstrate some real-world examples mainly out of Db2 and WLM and how visualizing performance data helped the Performance Teams diagnose performance issues, better perform capacity planning and how attendees can learn easily more about their z/OS /CICS /Db2 environment.
Speakers
avatar for Tim Meisner

Tim Meisner

Teamlead zProducts, SVA GmbH
My mainframe career started in 2001 at an independent software vendor in Germany developing tools for Db2. I began as developer for a tool automating Db2 maintenance. Then moving forward as lead for a point in time recovery tool and later added a tool for homogenous system cloning... Read More →
avatar for Gerald Pfeiffer

Gerald Pfeiffer

Senior Database Administrator, SVA GmbH
After a few years as a bank clerk, I started my mainframe career in 1987.So next year, I 'm 40 years Mainframe Professional. I began as a developer, then moved to systems engineering and project management at banks and insurance companies. In 1997, I joined my first ISV. Primarily... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Arrabida

11:30am BST

C17 Accelerating AI Workloads in Db2 v12.1.5.0: Introducing High‑Performance Vector Indexes
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Discover how Db2’s new DiskANN‑powered vector index delivers fast, scalable similarity search while integrating seamlessly into existing database workflows.
We’ll walk through expected performance gains using AWS benchmark results and share practical tuning strategies to help you get the most out of vector search in Db2.
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 →
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Porto

11:30am BST

D17 Using Db2 for more than just relational data
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Many users and applications make only use of Db2 as a relational database. But Db2 is much more than just a relational database. Db2 support the efficient processing of JSON and XML data, allows queries on spatial data, and supports text search and even semantic searches. This presentation gives an overview of these "non-relational" features of Db2, and demonstrates how these features can be used and combined to implement various use cases.
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 →
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Maria

11:30am BST

E17 Db2 13 for z/OS – Security updates
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Maintaining a secure Db2 for z/OS environment is essential for protecting critical business data and meeting continuously evolving compliance requirements. This session explores key Db2 security functions, including quantum safe encryption capabilities, online transfer ownership of application objects, and the process for removing private protocol authorization behavior. The session also covers enhanced usage capabilities of trusted contexts and column masks, as well as auditing security related catalog tables using temporal table support.
Speakers
GC

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 →
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Luis

11:30am BST

F17 Architecting the Perfect Restore: Mastering Db2 Copies, and Compliance
Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Recovery is only as good as the backup that fuels it. While "taking an Image Copy" is a daily routine for every DBA, understanding the internal mechanics of that process is critical for modern data resilience. In this session, we go beyond the syntax to explore the physics of Db2 data protection.We will dissect the copy process showing how the choice of backup type directly dictates recovery performance.
Speakers
avatar for Ahmed Hamed

Ahmed Hamed

Software Engineer, Broadcom
Ahmed Hamed is a Software Engineer at Broadcom, specializing in the development and mission-critical support of Db2 Backup and Recovery solutions for z/OS. With nine years of experience in the software industry, the last seven are dedicated to the mainframe ecosystem. Ahmed focuses... Read More →
avatar for Vyacheslav Stebletsov

Vyacheslav Stebletsov

Staff Software Engineer, Broadcom

Thursday October 1, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Miragaia

12:40pm BST

K4 Computer and Data Ethics - What it is and Why it Matters to Data Professionals
Thursday October 1, 2026 12:40pm - 1:45pm BST

Speakers
avatar for Henrik Loeser

Henrik Loeser

Technical Specialist, IBM Germany
Dr. Henrik Loeser (“Data Henrik”) is an Open Group certified Distinguished IT Specialist. Based in Germany, he helps customers tackle data and AI-related problems and has been around the IT scene for some decades. Read his blog at https://data-henrik.de and connect with him on... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 12:40pm - 1:45pm BST
Noble
  Keynote, Keynote

2:30pm BST

A203 From Problem SQL to Proven Gains: Tuning Performance on Db2 for z/OS
Thursday October 1, 2026 2:30pm - 6:30pm BST
SQL performance tuning is a core DBA skill, yet many efforts remain reactive and inconsistent. This session presents a practical, end-to-end tuning workflow for Db2 for z/OS from identifying problem SQL to validating improvements. Attendees will walk through real tuning decisions using metrics, access path analysis, and supporting tools to achieve measurable performance gains.
Speakers
avatar for Carlos Davis

Carlos Davis

Back-End Developer, Rocket Software
Carlos Davis is a Solutions Advisor at Rocket Software with more than 20 years of hands-on experience powering mission critical Db2 environments across a wide range of industries. As a trusted advisor to his clients, he helps organizations maximize performance, minimize risk, and... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 2:30pm - 6:30pm BST
Infante

2:30pm BST

B203 Hands-on Lab: Performing AI Queries with SQL Data Insights Pro
Thursday October 1, 2026 2:30pm - 6:30pm BST
Experience the new features of SQL Data Insights Pro, including unstructured text support, model training offloading to IDAA, and incremental retraining. SQL Data Insights Pro combines unsupervised deep learning with traditional SQL queries, allowing you to run similarity, dissimilarity, clustering, analogy, and commonality AI queries on your Db2 for z/OS data.
In this hands-on lab, learn how to train models using both structured and unstructured data to gain deeper insights from your enterprise data. With the new option to run model training on IDAA, you gain greater flexibility while saving valuable system resources. You will also learn how incremental retraining can save time and resources when updating models with new data.
With these capabilities, you can uncover hidden relationships across tables and views in your Db2 data, quickly gain actionable insights to address business problems as they arise, and confidently make better business decisions. In this lab, you will see how AI
Speakers
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Jae Lee

Db2 for z/OS Development, IBM
Jae Lee is a Senior Software Engineer at the IBM Silicon Valley Lab, specializing in the development of Db2 AI for z/OS, SQL Data Insights, and the Db2 RDS component.
Thursday October 1, 2026 2:30pm - 6:30pm BST
Luis

2:30pm BST

C203 Amazon RDS for Db2 Workshop
Thursday October 1, 2026 2:30pm - 6:30pm BST
This updated workshop will give you the education and information you need to use existing and new features of Amazon RDS for Db2. Some of the topics covered during this workshop will include provisioning, scaling, backup, monitoring, migration and beyond.
Each module will be introduced and presented and then participants will be provided an environment they can use and go through a series of instructor led exercises to practice what they have learned and explore. This will be a joint workship between the IBM and AWS RDS teams.
Speakers
avatar for Hafsa Ali

Hafsa Ali

Executive IT Specialist for IBM® Z solutions, IBM

avatar for Javeed Mohammed

Javeed Mohammed

Sr. Database Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
Javeed is a Sr. Database Specialist Solutions Architect with Amazon Web Services. He works with the Amazon RDS team, focusing on commercial database engines like Db2 and Oracle. He enjoys working with customers to help design, deploy, and optimize relational database workloads in... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 2:30pm - 6:30pm BST
Maria
 
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