IDUG NA 2026: Full Schedule

arrow_back View All Dates

10:20am EDT

Monday October 26, 2026 10:20am - 10:35am EDT

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

Satya Krishaswamy

Director, Hybrid Data Management Development, IBM

Monday October 26, 2026 10:20am - 10:35am EDT
Magnificent 1

Track B, Db2 Spotlight

Audience All
Subject LUW
Area Latest and Features LUW

11:30am EDT

B2 | Db2 LUW - Latest from the Lab

Monday October 26, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Magnificent 1

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.

Speakers

Mike Springgay

STSM Db2 Architect, IBM

Monday October 26, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Magnificent 1

Track B, Technical Session

Audience All
Subject LUW
Area Latest and Features LUW

2:00pm EDT

B3 | Db2 LUW V12: New Security Features and Changes

Monday October 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Magnificent 1

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

Greg Stager

Senior Software Developer, DB2 Engine Development - Security, IBM

Monday October 26, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Magnificent 1

Track B, Technical Session

Audience All
Subject LUW
Area Latest and Features LUW, Security and Compliance

3:20pm EDT

B4 | Accelerating AI Workloads in Db2 v12.1.5.0: Introducing High‑Performance Vector Indexes

Monday October 26, 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm EDT

Magnificent 1

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

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 →

Monday October 26, 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm EDT
Magnificent 1

Track B, Technical Session

Audience Intermediate
Subject LUW
Area AI GenAI and Machine Learning, AppDev, Latest and Features LUW, Modernization in Development

4:30pm EDT

B5 | Introducing Db2 Serverless - the database service for the AI Era

Monday October 26, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT

Magnificent 1

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

Monday October 26, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Magnificent 1

Track B, Technical Session

Audience All
Subject LUW
Area AI GenAI and Machine Learning, Db2 Cloud and Warehouse, Modernization in Development

IDUG NA 2026

10:20am EDT

Satya Krishaswamy

11:30am EDT

Mike Springgay

2:00pm EDT

Greg Stager

3:20pm EDT

Christian Garcia-Arellano

4:30pm EDT

Andrew Hilden

Get help with the event