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Monday, September 28
 

2:00pm BST

C3 Cloud Update: The latest on Db2 Fully Managed Services
Monday September 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Porto
Join us for a deep dive into the latest innovations shaping the continued evolution of Db2 Cloud Services across leading cloud platforms. This session explores recent advancements in Db2 SaaS including Db2 Serverless, AWS Amazon RDS for Db2, and Db2 as a Service on Microsoft Azure as well as Google Cloud. You’ll learn how these offerings enable flexible deployment choices while meeting demanding enterprise requirements. Whether your focus is efficient application development, optimization, regulatory compliance, cloud strategy, availability, or feature adoption, this session will demonstrate how Db2 Cloud Services are designed to adapt to your needs—providing enterprise-grade reliability, scalability, and flexibility.
Speakers
avatar for Venkatesh Gopal

Venkatesh Gopal

STSM, Warehouse SaaS Offerings, IBM
Venkatesh is an STSM at IBM focused on the Cloud offerings and HDM strategy for their offerings in these Hypersclaer platforms. He designs and architects how Db2 will be delivered on Cloud platforms as a first class SaaS offering and how they integrate with the Hyperscaler ecosys... Read More →
Monday September 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Porto
  Track C, Technical Session

2:00pm BST

D3 Underrated ITC Tables in Db2
Monday September 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Maria
Insert Time Clustering (ITC) tables are not an obscure feature in Db2 - many practitioners know them, and they do appear in logging, event, and similar append-oriented workloads. However, their practical design space is often underestimated, especially when the discussion stays at a high level and does not go into physical organization and concurrency details.
This session looks at ITC as a technical design choice rather than a theoretical table attribute. I will briefly position ITC within the Db2 table organization family and then focus on the internals that matter in practice: its MDC-derived physical layout, insert behavior, extent reuse, ordered access to rows in their natural arrival sequence, and the locking patterns taken on pages and extents during insert, scan, and processing activity. These details are not just implementation trivia - they directly determine whether ITC is a good fit for a given workload.
The talk will compare ITC with APPEND mode for FIFO-style patterns suc
Speakers
avatar for Alexander Veremev

Alexander Veremev

Senior System Engineer specializing in Db2 for z/OS, VereData
I started working with IBM Db2 on UNIX platforms in 1996 at the Institute for High Performance Computing and Databases in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since then, Db2 has remained at the core of my professional life. My education in Mathematics and Computer Science at Peter the Great St... Read More →
Monday September 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Maria
  Track D, Technical Session

3:20pm BST

D4 What's New in V12.1 Security
Monday September 28, 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm BST
Maria
This session will cover the new features in Db2 12.1 security, covering 12.1.3, 12.1.4 and 12.1.5. Attend to hear about new auditing capabilities, including audit to cloud object storage, and directly to CSV files. You will also learn about new JWT authentication enhancements features online key retrieval. 12.1.5 sees the completion of the reduce file permission feature started in 12.1.2 that really locks down a Db2 instance. You will also hear about new Quantum Safe Crypto support in TLS.
Speakers
avatar for Greg Stager

Greg Stager

Senior Software Engineer, IBM
Greg Stager is the security architect for Db2 LUW at the IBM Toronto Lab. Greg has been a member of the Db2 security development team since 2000, where he has worked on all aspects of security within Db2, including authentication, authorization, auditing and encryption.
Monday September 28, 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm BST
Maria
  Track D, Technical Session

4:30pm BST

D5 Db2 AI Query Rewrite
Monday September 28, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST
Maria
SQL is a very powerful language and can get complex. There are many ways of writing semantically equivalent queries.SQL SQL may be written by database users or ncluding external tools and these may not always be the most suitable for the Db2 engine for performance as written. The Query Rewrite component in Db2 helps towards simplifying this task for the user or external toolThe Query Rewrite (one of two optimizer components, the other being the Plan Optimizer) automatically rewrites queries within Db2 towards a better performing version for the Plan Optimizer and the Db2 execution engine.
This session delves into how AI is used to help the Query Rewrite component make better decisions. We present the challenges involved, how we tackle these challenges and touch on our next steps to transform the Query Rewrite component to exploit AI to make it even more powerful than it currently is.
Speakers
avatar for Calisto Zuzarte

Calisto Zuzarte

Principal Product Owner, IBM
Calisto Zuzarte is a Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) in the Db2 development organization in IBM. His expertise is in query optimization and is focused on infusing AI in Db2 in this area towards making Db2 performant, reliable and easy to use.
Monday September 28, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm BST
Maria
  Track D, Technical Session
 
Tuesday, September 29
 

10:20am BST

D6 Permitting, masking and trusting, a deep dive into 3 new Db2 12.1 security features
Tuesday September 29, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Maria
This session is a deep dive into 3 new Db2 12.1 security features, Reduce file permissions, RCAC mask at read enhancements, and defining a Trusted Context using the new trust procedure and client callbacks. This will be a face paced session offering practical details on how to make use of these new features in more depth than a what's new session can cover. Reduced file permissions address the common concern of everyone having access to the db2diag.log (and others). Mask at read offers an alternative masking behaviour with fundamental changes to SQL behaviour. And Trust Procedures allow custom definitions of trust for determining a trusted connection.
Speakers
avatar for Greg Stager

Greg Stager

Senior Software Engineer, IBM
Greg Stager is the security architect for Db2 LUW at the IBM Toronto Lab. Greg has been a member of the Db2 security development team since 2000, where he has worked on all aspects of security within Db2, including authentication, authorization, auditing and encryption.
Tuesday September 29, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Maria
  Track D, Technical Session

11:30am BST

C7 Db2 AI Query Optimizer: Smarter Plans, Less Tuning
Tuesday September 29, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Porto
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.
Speakers
avatar for Liam Finnie

Liam Finnie

Senior Software Developer, IBM
Liam joined IBM in 1999 as a software developer, and since then has been designing and implementing various features in Db2 LUW. Most recently, Liam has been leading the Machine Learning Infrastructure area for the Db2 AI Query Optimizer.
Tuesday September 29, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Porto
  Track C, Technical Session

2:00pm BST

C8 Db2 Meets Generative AI: Agentic AI, Vector Search, and Beyond.
Tuesday September 29, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Porto
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.
Speakers
avatar for Jillian Quiller

Jillian Quiller

Senior Software Engineer, Db2 Development, IBM
Growth Product Manager focused on accelerating adoption and impact across IBM’s Db2 portfolio. I combine analytics, design thinking, and experimentation to help enterprise customers unlock value faster — turning insights into measurable, scalable growth.
avatar for Mike Springgay

Mike Springgay

STSM Db2 Architect, IBM
Mike Springgay is the Db2 Architect. Prior to that he was responsible for architecting extensions to Db2’s Warehouse capabilities, SQL compatibility features, routine infrastructure and client server connectivity.
Tuesday September 29, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Porto
  Track C, Technical Session
 
Wednesday, September 30
 

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

D11 Data Lake Architecture for Scale: Patterns, Pitfalls, and Best Practices based on BaFin's first data lake
Wednesday September 30, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Maria
Data lakes have become a foundational component of modern data platforms, enabling organizations to store and process large volumes of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data with high scalability and flexibility.
For data architects and database administrators, the challenge lies not only in designing a robust data lake architecture but also in ensuring consistent performance, governance, and operational reliability across diverse workloads.
A well-designed data lake architecture typically follows a layered approach, incorporating ingestion, storage, processing, metadata management, and access layers.
Data is ingested through batch processing and streaming pipelines into cost-effective, distributed storage systems, based on object storage.
Processing frameworks support transformation and enrichment, while metadata and catalog services provide schema management, lineage, and discoverability. Increasingly, modern architectures adopt lakehouse patterns to bridge the gap betwe
Speakers
avatar for Olaf Stephan

Olaf Stephan

IT Database Architect, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht | Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin
I work as the Chief IT Database Architect for the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) in Frankfurt a.M. Germany. My area of expertise is database design, enterprise architecture, performance, and information integration... Read More →
Wednesday September 30, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm BST
Maria
  Track D, Technical Session
 
Thursday, October 1
 

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
avatar for Vijaya Katikireddy

Vijaya Katikireddy

Senior Technology Leader, IBM

Thursday October 1, 2026 10:20am - 11:20am BST
Maria
  Track D, Technical Session

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
Porto
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
  Track C, Technical Session
 

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