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Day	Time	Code	Title	Speaker(s)	Platform	Moderator
Mon, 27th Oct	10:20-11:20	A1	Db2 for z/OS: Trends and Directions	Haakon Roberts	z/OS	Emmanuel Ogogo
Mon, 27th Oct	10:20-11:20	C1	Db2 Latest from the Lab	Mike Springgay	LUW	—
Mon, 27th Oct	11:30-12:30	A2	Db2 13 for z/OS Experience with new features for Availability, Resilience and Performance	John Campbell	z/OS	—
Mon, 27th Oct	11:30-12:30	B2	RUNSTATS Master - reloaded	Roy Boxwell	z/OS	—
Mon, 27th Oct	11:30-12:30	C2	Latest from the Lab on Db2 Warehousing + Lakehouse	David Kalmuk	LUW	—
Mon, 27th Oct	11:30-12:30	D2	Turn red into blue	Olaf Stephan, Drik Fechner	LUW	—
Mon, 27th Oct	11:30-12:30	E2	Performing Db2 HADR Upgrades Made Even More Easy	Michael Roecken	LUW	—
Mon, 27th Oct	11:30-12:30	F2	Strategies for Making Db2 Data Accessible with APIs	Chris Crone	z/OS	Samantha Buhler
Mon, 27th Oct	14:00-15:00	A3	Db2 13 for z/OS - Five Key Features to Drive Performance and Innovation	Preetham Kannan, Vishwa Thakur	z/OS	—
Mon, 27th Oct	14:00-15:00	B3	Key Performance Updates, zSynergy and Best Practices for Db2 for z/OS	Akiko Hoshikawa	z/OS	Martin Ålund

A1 - Db2 for z/OS: Trends and Directions

Mon, 27th Oct

10:20-11:20

Haakon Roberts

z/OS

Moderator: Emmanuel Ogogo

C1 - Db2 Latest from the Lab

Mon, 27th Oct

10:20-11:20

Mike Springgay

LUW

Moderator: —

A2 - Db2 13 for z/OS Experience with new features for Availability, Resilience and Performance

Mon, 27th Oct

11:30-12:30

John Campbell

z/OS

Moderator: —

B2 - RUNSTATS Master - reloaded

Mon, 27th Oct

11:30-12:30

Roy Boxwell

z/OS

Moderator: —

C2 - Latest from the Lab on Db2 Warehousing + Lakehouse

Mon, 27th Oct

11:30-12:30

David Kalmuk

LUW

Moderator: —

D2 - Turn red into blue

Mon, 27th Oct

11:30-12:30

Olaf Stephan, Drik Fechner

LUW

Moderator: —

E2 - Performing Db2 HADR Upgrades Made Even More Easy

Mon, 27th Oct

11:30-12:30

Michael Roecken

LUW

Moderator: —

F2 - Strategies for Making Db2 Data Accessible with APIs

Mon, 27th Oct

11:30-12:30

Chris Crone

z/OS

Moderator: Samantha Buhler

A3 - Db2 13 for z/OS - Five Key Features to Drive Performance and Innovation

Mon, 27th Oct

14:00-15:00

Preetham Kannan, Vishwa Thakur

z/OS

Moderator: —

B3 - Key Performance Updates, zSynergy and Best Practices for Db2 for z/OS

Mon, 27th Oct

14:00-15:00

Akiko Hoshikawa

z/OS

Moderator: Martin Ålund

C3 - The evolution of the AI Query Tuner agent behind DBAssist

Mon, 27th Oct

14:00-15:00

Calisto Zuzarte

LUW

Moderator: Michael Tiefenbacher

D3 - Review key enhancements for Db2U in modernizing Db2 containerization footprint.

Mon, 27th Oct

14:00-15:00

Vijaya Katikireddy

LUW

Moderator: —

E3 - DB2 Universal Translator between z/OS and LUW

Mon, 27th Oct

14:00-15:00

Dale McInnis, Jerome Gilbert

Cross Platform

Moderator: Samantha Buhler

F3 - Db2 12.1: Ready for Workloads and Deployments of the Future

Mon, 27th Oct

14:00-15:00

Les King

LUW

Moderator: —

A4 - The Latest Db2 13 Online schema evolution and application performance enhancements

Mon, 27th Oct

15:20-16:20

Frances Villafuerte

z/OS

Moderator: —

B4 - Taming Page Splits: Reduced Stress for DBAs in Db2 13

Mon, 27th Oct

15:20-16:20

Saurabh Pandey

z/OS

Moderator: —

C4 - Db2 12.1.3 - Latest News

Mon, 27th Oct

15:20-16:20

David Kalmuk

LUW

Moderator: —

D4 - Becoming an Expert DBA: Best use of Db2 Features, Improvements & Tips

Mon, 27th Oct

15:20-16:20

Nemi Agrawal

LUW

Moderator: —

E4 - Fear no Threads: Secure and Monitor Db2 Connections with Profile Tables

Mon, 27th Oct

15:20-16:20

Toine Michielse

z/OS

Moderator: —

F4 - Db2 z/OS in a Hybrid Cloud - A Survey of Architecture Options across AWS, Azure, Google and IBM Cloud

Mon, 27th Oct

15:20-16:20

Daniel Martin

z/OS

Moderator: Samantha Buhler

A5 - Db2 Analytics Accelerator: product updates, new version V8, and experiences from the customers and health checks

Mon, 27th Oct

16:30-17:30

Cuneyt Goksu, Björn Broll

z/OS

Moderator: —

B5 - Build a lightweight monitor to identify SQL workload tuning potential

Mon, 27th Oct

16:30-17:30

Kai Stroh

z/OS

Moderator: —

C5 - Db2 Availability & Recovery: 12.1 Highlights of What's New

Mon, 27th Oct

16:30-17:30

Michael Roecken

LUW

Moderator: —

D5 - Range Partitioning - Overview, Use cases, Tips and Tricks

Mon, 27th Oct

16:30-17:30

Carola Langwald, Phil King

LUW

Moderator: —

E5 - User Experiences with Pacemaker

Mon, 27th Oct

16:30-17:30

Damir Wilder

LUW

Moderator: —

F5 - SQL Joins - In Depth

Mon, 27th Oct

16:30-17:30

Tony Andrews

Cross Platform

Moderator: —

A6 - Optimizing SQL Pagination in Db2 for z/OS for Performance Gains

Tue, 28th Oct

10:20-11:20

Emil Kotrc

z/OS

Moderator: —

B6 - Db2 under siege: real-world exploits and defence strategies

Tue, 28th Oct

10:20-11:20

David Lea, Marcus Davage

z/OS

Moderator: —

C6 - SQL in Action - Mastering & Measuring Data Removal

Tue, 28th Oct

10:20-11:20

Michael Tiefenbacher

LUW

Moderator: Ferdinand Prahst

E6 - Automating and operationalizing data-driven AI with Db2 SQL Data Insights - new APIs for full control

Tue, 28th Oct

10:20-11:20

Steffen Exner, Christian Lenke

z/OS

Moderator: —

F6 - A day in the life of an MFA-enabled Db2 for z/OS DBA

Tue, 28th Oct

10:20-11:20

Jørn Thyssen

z/OS

Moderator: Martin Ålund

A7 - Db2 13 latest real customer experiences - new functions, best practices and some more…

Tue, 28th Oct

11:30-12:30

Ute Kleyensteuber

z/OS

Moderator: Samantha Buhler

B7 - Mastering Access Path Management in Db2 for z/OS: Simplify, Optimize, Succeed

Tue, 28th Oct

11:30-12:30

Denis Tronin

z/OS

Moderator: —

C7 - Tuning Queries for Performance Using Examples

Tue, 28th Oct

11:30-12:30

Calisto Zuzarte

LUW

Moderator: —

D7 - Db2 – the database of choice for High Availability in a Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Environment

Tue, 28th Oct

11:30-12:30

Damir Wilder, Iqbal Goralwalla

LUW

Moderator: —

E7 - Transforming your Db2 image Copies to Data Pipelines for Generative AI

Tue, 28th Oct

11:30-12:30

Mikhael Liberman

z/OS

Moderator: —

F7 - Coming back to DSNZPARM roots

Tue, 28th Oct

11:30-12:30

Manuel Gómez Burriel

z/OS

Moderator: —

A8 - Dynamic SQL Monitoring: Best Practices

Tue, 28th Oct

14:00-15:00

Michal Bialecki

z/OS

Moderator: Samantha Buhler

B8 - "Run-It-Back" - Db2 for z/OS Development all new "2025 SWAT Tales"

Tue, 28th Oct

14:00-15:00

Anthony Ciabattoni

z/OS

Moderator: —

C8 - Modern Observability for Db2: Prometheus, Grafana & OpenTelemetry in Action

Tue, 28th Oct

14:00-15:00

Markus Fraune

LUW

Moderator: —

D8 - Exploring GenAI, RAG, and Semantic Search with Db2 12.1’s Vector Store

Tue, 28th Oct

14:00-15:00

Marcin Marczewski

LUW

Moderator: —

E8 - Deep Dive into SQL Data Insights

Tue, 28th Oct

14:00-15:00

Thomas Baumann

z/OS

Moderator: —

F8 - Tales of a DBA with UDFs and Store Procedures

Tue, 28th Oct

14:00-15:00

Soledad Martinez

z/OS

Moderator: —

A9 - Db2 System and Application monitoring and alert system approach

Tue, 28th Oct

16:30-17:30

Hakan Kahraman, Toine Michielse

z/OS

Moderator: —

B9 - Protecting your Db2 for z/OS environment from cyber attacks

Tue, 28th Oct

16:30-17:30

Patric Becker

z/OS

Moderator: Gayathiri Chandran

C9 - Db2 Performance and Tuning

Tue, 28th Oct

16:30-17:30

Philip Gunning

LUW

Moderator: —

D9 - Monitoring the new multi-tier storage architecture when using Native Cloud Object Storage

Tue, 28th Oct

16:30-17:30

Robert Hooper

LUW

Moderator: —

E9 - Unlocking the Power of AI with Db2 for z/OS

Tue, 28th Oct

16:30-17:30

Akiko Hoshikawa

z/OS

Moderator: —

F9 - Modernize Db2 for z/OS Development with VS Code

Tue, 28th Oct

16:30-17:30

Scott Davidson, Brian Jagos

AppDev

Moderator: —

A10 - Supercharge Db2 Utilities: Uncover More Features

Wed, 29th Oct

10:20-11:20

Denis Tronin

z/OS

Moderator: —

B10 - Db2 for z/OS Tablespace Update

Wed, 29th Oct

10:20-11:20

David Simpson

z/OS

Moderator: —

C10 - Evolution of Db2 into Cloud environments at Allianz.AT!

Wed, 29th Oct

10:20-11:20

Heinz Wiesmüller

LUW

Moderator: —

D10 - Working with EXPLAIN - Alternatives to Command line and Visual Explain

Wed, 29th Oct

10:20-11:20

Joachim Klassen

LUW

Moderator: —

E10 - A Deep dive into Db2 Connect Best Practices

Wed, 29th Oct

10:20-11:20

Shilu Mathai

Cross Platform

Moderator: —

F10 - How to access Db2 for z/OS and other Z data in the cloud

Wed, 29th Oct

10:20-11:20

Cuneyt Goksu

Cross Platform

Moderator: —

A11 - BMC Db2 AMI Utilities To The Rescue - What's New !!

Wed, 29th Oct

11:30-12:30

Michael Cotignola

z/OS

Moderator: —

B11 - Personal Experience: 40 Years of Battle Scars from Managing Db2 for z/OS

Wed, 29th Oct

11:30-12:30

Steen Rasmussen

z/OS

Moderator: —

C11 - DB2 Always on architecture

Wed, 29th Oct

11:30-12:30

Dale McInnis

LUW

Moderator: —

D11 - Using GenAI to quickly build Db2 live monitoring

Wed, 29th Oct

11:30-12:30

Martin Heitkämper

LUW

Moderator: Ferdinand Prahst

E11 - The Db2 for z/OS Agent - Lets have a Chat with the Catalog!

Wed, 29th Oct

11:30-12:30

Daniel Martin

AI / ML

Moderator: —

A12 - Db2 for z/OS Utilities – Unveiling recent updates and current developments

Wed, 29th Oct

14:00-15:00

Haakon Roberts

z/OS

Moderator: —

B12 - in memory table : what did you expect ?

Wed, 29th Oct

14:00-15:00

Laurent Kuperberg

z/OS

Moderator: —

C12 - Db2 and S3 Object Storage : Why? What? How?

Wed, 29th Oct

14:00-15:00

Philip Nelson

LUW

Moderator: —

D12 - V12 Db2 SQL Extensions: Tenant, Vectors, Lakehouse and more

Wed, 29th Oct

14:00-15:00

Mike Springgay

LUW

Moderator: —

E12 - Mastering SQL Performance on IBM Z: Analyzing and Optimizing Queries for Maximum Throughput

Wed, 29th Oct

14:00-15:00

Saurabh Pandey

z/OS

Moderator: —

F12 - Enhance Db2 Performance with Mult-Row Processing Techniques

Wed, 29th Oct

14:00-15:00

Chris Crone

z/OS

Moderator: —

B13 - Db2 Basics: An introduction to External Tables including remote storage 💾

Wed, 29th Oct

16:30-17:30

Henrik Loeser

LUW

Moderator: —

C13 - Db2 intensive care - The art of solving Db2 problems

Wed, 29th Oct

16:30-17:30

Thomas Rech, Zahidul Khan

LUW

Moderator: —

D13 - IBM Db2 for AI: Building AI Systems with Db2

Wed, 29th Oct

16:30-17:30

Shaikh Quader

LUW

Moderator: —

E13 - Here's Looking at YOU, Db2!

Wed, 29th Oct

16:30-17:30

Ken Shaffer

LUW

Moderator: —

F13 - Unusual indexes and their usage in Db2

Wed, 29th Oct

16:30-17:30

Andreas Weininger

LUW

Moderator: —

A14 - Tools maintanance our way

Wed, 29th Oct

17:40-18:40

Martin Ålund

z/OS

Moderator: Michal Bialecki

B14 - Fun with SQL (IDUG content Committee)

Wed, 29th Oct

17:40-18:40

Julia Carter

Cross Platform

Moderator: —

D14 - Db2 for z/OS Security Basics

Wed, 29th Oct

17:40-18:40

Gayathiri Chandran

z/OS

Moderator: —

E14 - The ins and outs of High Performance DBATs

Wed, 29th Oct

17:40-18:40

Bart Steegmans, Gareth Copplestone-Jones

z/OS

Moderator: —

F14 - Create Stored Procedure to 'Reorg Table' including table function for Select Reorg() and REST-Services

Wed, 29th Oct

17:40-18:40

Veit Blaeser

z/OS

Moderator: —

A15 - Billions of XMLs! How Do You Manage That?

Thu, 30th Oct

09:00-10:00

Philip Nelson

z/OS

Moderator: —

B15 - Who’s in Your DB2? Auditing z/OS Like a Mainframe Maestro

Thu, 30th Oct

09:00-10:00

Jørn Thyssen, Christoph Theisen

z/OS

Moderator: —

C15 - A Db2 governance solution with a modern twist

Thu, 30th Oct

09:00-10:00

Petri Helin

LUW

Moderator: —

D15 - Taking Db2 pureScale to the next level, deploying on z/Linux or LinuxONE

Thu, 30th Oct

09:00-10:00

Dale McInnis

LUW

Moderator: —

E15 - Achieving Resilience with DORA and Db2 Tools: Enhancing Operational Continuity and Compliance

Thu, 30th Oct

09:00-10:00

Jose Arias, Julia Carter

z/OS

Moderator: —

F15 - Pedal to The Metal - this is not your Daddy's Accelerator!

Thu, 30th Oct

09:00-10:00

Adrian Collett

z/OS

Moderator: —

A16 - All about the Db2 Log: Updates, Commits, and Best Practices for Data Integrity

Thu, 30th Oct

10:20-11:20

Emil Kotrc

z/OS

Moderator: —

B16 - ISBANK'S Journey to implement CDC IIDR Remote Capture with a Resilient Architecture

Thu, 30th Oct

10:20-11:20

ONDER CAGATAY, GULFEM OGUTGEN

z/OS

Moderator: —

C16 - Db2 V12.1.x: New Security Features and Changes

Thu, 30th Oct

10:20-11:20

Nataliya Prokoshyna

LUW

Moderator: —

D16 - BACKUP/RESTORE performance insights.

Thu, 30th Oct

10:20-11:20

Aleksandr Veremev

LUW

Moderator: —

E16 - Native cloud object storage in Db2 Warehouse: AWS or Azure ?

Thu, 30th Oct

10:20-11:20

Robert Hooper, Christian Garcia-Arellano

LUW

Moderator: —

F16 - Modernizing Db2 for z/OS System Management with Ansible

Thu, 30th Oct

10:20-11:20

Manoj Kumar Jadwani, Hardik Chawda

z/OS

Moderator: —

A17 - Claims, Drains and Automobiles

Thu, 30th Oct

11:30-12:30

Marcus Davage

z/OS

Moderator: —

B17 - Automating Excellence: Real-world z/OSMF Workflows for Efficient Provisioning and Maintenance (a Db2 Use Case)

Thu, 30th Oct

11:30-12:30

Josiane Rodrigues da Silva Ramalho

z/OS

Moderator: —

C17 - This isn't just another restore tutorial. It's a live-fire tale of encrypted Db2 databases, AWS mounts, and GSK gremlins — all tamed in OpenShift’s wild, wild west.

Thu, 30th Oct

11:30-12:30

Bobby Proffitt

LUW

Moderator: —

D17 - Advanced Performance Diagnostics for SQL

Thu, 30th Oct

11:30-12:30

David Kalmuk

LUW

Moderator: —

E17 - Adopting Agile Development Practices with Db2 for z/OS - Customer Perspective

Thu, 30th Oct

11:30-12:30

Sueli Almeida

z/OS

Moderator: —

F17 - REST API: A New Way to Access Db2

Thu, 30th Oct

11:30-12:30

Andreas Weininger

LUW

Moderator: —