IDUG EMEA 2026: Full Schedule

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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

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

Track E, Technical Session

Topic AI GenAI and Machine Learning, Db2 Cloud and Warehouse, Modernization in Development
Audience All
Platform LUW

9:00am BST

IDUG Badging

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

Laboratory

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

Badging, Certification & Badging

Audience All

9:00am BST

IDUG Certification

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

Laboratory

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

Certification, Certification & Badging

Audience All

10:00am BST

Coffee Break

Thursday October 1, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am BST

10:20am BST

D16 Db2 as Containerized Deployment

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

Maria

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

Vijaya Katikireddy

Senior Technology Leader, IBM

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

Track D, Technical Session

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

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

Luis

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

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

Track E, Technical Session

Topic Back to Basics, Data Movement and Analytics, Performance and Monitoring, Working with SQL
Audience All
Platform z/OS

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

Arrabida

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

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 →

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

Track B, Technical Session

Topic Best Practices, Performance and Monitoring, User Stories
Audience All
Platform z/OS

11:30am BST

D17 Using Db2 for more than just relational data

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

Maria

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

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

Track D, Technical Session

Topic AI GenAI and Machine Learning, AppDev, Best Practices, Working with SQL
Audience All
Platform LUW

11:30am BST

F17 Architecting the Perfect Restore: Mastering Db2 Copies, and Compliance

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

Miragaia

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

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 →

Vyacheslav Stebletsov

Staff Software Engineer, Broadcom

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

Track F, Technical Session

Topic Back to Basics, Database Resiliency, Performance and Monitoring, Utilities
Audience All
Platform z/OS

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

Noble

Speakers

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

Topic Keynote
Audience All

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