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.
Learn about the latest developments in Db2 ecosystem coming out of the Labs. A refresher on whats been delivered already. A deep dive into the most recently released mod packs. And catch a sneak peak at our future plans.
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.
Principal Platform Engineer for Db2, Huntington Bank
David has been a developer, DBA, consultant and Db2 sysprog since 1993. He especially loves helping others become proficient in his favorite technology, Db2!
Monday October 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT Magnificent 5
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.
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 →
Monday October 26, 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm EDT Magnificent 1
