IDUG EMEA 2026

IDUG EMEA 2026

9:00am BST

A201 Db2 z/OS Housekeeping Best Practices ArrabidaEmil Kotrc • Toine Michielse C201 From Db2 First Responder to Emergency Technician - The problem determination master workshop MariaOlaf Depper • Thomas Rech

11:30am BST

A2 Hard Lessons Learned with High Performance DBATs for Db2 for z/OS InfanteJohn Campbell F2 Experiences with CDC Qlik Replicate as Db2 DBA MiragaiaMichael Kühnel

2:00pm BST

D3 Underrated ITC Tables in Db2 MariaAlexander Veremev

3:20pm BST

B4 Z Data Integration Update ArrabidaCüneyt Göksu • Mateo Tošić D4 What's New in V12.1 Security MariaGreg Stager E4 Smarter Db2 REORGs : A Real-World User Story LuisShivam Pratap Singh F4 Insights and experiences from GarantiBBVA's Fast Traverse Block index implementation in production MiragaiaAyşenur Başoğlu • Gülfem Öğütgen

4:30pm BST

B5 Beyond the Basics: Backup and Recovery for Resilient Db2 Environments ArrabidaRahul Bajaj • Aysen Svoboda C5 400 TB of LOBs witin a single Table - Challenges during growth over 25 Years PortoNorbert Menzel F5 When REORGs Go Wild: Managing Unexpected Partition Growth in DB2 PBG Tablespaces MiragaiaZoe Andreopoulou • Michal Bialecki

10:20am BST

A6 Strategic Efficiency: Maximizing Db2 Utilities InfanteDenis Tronin D6 Permitting, masking and trusting, a deep dive into 3 new Db2 12.1 security features MariaGreg Stager

11:30am BST

A7 Db2 for z/OS Utilities Best Practices InfanteHaakon Roberts D7 Near zero downtime migration to Db2 12.1 MariaChristiane Beyer

2:00pm BST

B8 Get Cozy with WLM: Why Every Db2 DBA Needs to Understand Workload Management ArrabidaDenis Tronin E8 "No pain - no gain - story of optimizing DELETE purge processing" LuisTereza Binarova

4:30pm BST

B9 Buffer Pool tuning process with a reverse application analysis ArrabidaPawel Hryb C9 Mining db2mon PortoKen Shaffer D9 More SQL tricks with Db2 MariaAndreas Weininger E9 Seamless SNA/VTAM migration (preconditioning for next version of Db2) LuisDerek Tempongko

10:20am BST

B10 Db2 13 latest real customer experiences - new functions, best practices and some more… ArrabidaUte Kleyensteuber E10 “Stabilize your Dynamic SQL and don’t let it remain Unpredictable” LuisColin Oakhill

11:30am BST

C11 DB2 Backup and Recovery - back to the basics PortoDale McInnis D11 Data Lake Architecture for Scale: Patterns, Pitfalls, and Best Practices based on BaFin's first data lake MariaOlaf Stephan

2:00pm BST

A12 Db2 13 for z/OS – DDF Connection Security controls InfanteGayathiri Chandran C12 Advanced Performance Diagnostics for SQL PortoDavid Kalmuk F12 Hidden in Plain Sight: Unlocking Db2 for z/OS Recovery Capabilities at NatWest MiragaiaDhiren Chaudhary

4:30pm BST

C13 A brief history of a query: from the PreparedStatement to the ResultSet - how queries gets executed in Db2 database? PortoKamil Kuduk E13 Efficient Scans on Columnar Tables LuisAndreas Weininger

5:40pm BST

A14 DDF Best Practice InfanteDerek Tempongko B14 The Db2z Game: From 90% to "The 1% Club" ArrabidaMichal Bialecki • Julia Carter D14 Db2 for z/OS Tuning Techniques: Practical Strategies for Maximum Performance MariaDevanand Karunakaran E14 Detect, analyze and reduce IX Splits using RTS History. LuisLaurent Kuperberg

9:00am BST

A15 JC Greatest Hits, War Stories and Best Practice 2026 InfanteJohn Campbell C15 A Modern Approach to Db2 Backup & Recovery: Snapshot Technology with Cloud Integration PortoThomas Rech D15 Db2 Upgrade Lessons the Manuals Don’t Teach You MariaIqbal Goralwalla • Damir Wilder

10:20am BST

B16 From Lilliput to Brobdingnag. Compression flavors in Db2 for z/OS ArrabidaRamon Menendez F16 Db2 Connect – New Challenges and New Opportunities MiragaiaChristoph Theisen

11:30am BST

A17 DB2 for z/OS Workfile Deep Dive - How to Survive and Thrive InfanteAdrian Collett • Bart Steegmans B17 Leave the dark side – Turn on the lights in Db2 performance management ArrabidaTim Meisner • Gerald Pfeiffer D17 Using Db2 for more than just relational data MariaAndreas Weininger

2:30pm BST

A203 From Problem SQL to Proven Gains: Tuning Performance on Db2 for z/OS InfanteCarlos Davis