IDUG NA 2026

IDUG NA 2026

11:30am EDT

D2 | Db2 Practically Speaking: 40 Years in the Trenches Magnificent 5

2:00pm EDT

D3 | SQL for the 21st Century Magnificent 5 E3 | Amazon RDS for Db2 Service Deep Dive: Architecture, Operations, and Best Practices Magnificent 6

3:20pm EDT

A4 | JC Greatest Hits, War Stories and Best Practice 2026 Magnificent 3 F4 | SQL Oldies but Goodies and the Power of the SQL Rewrite Magnificent 7

4:30pm EDT

C5 | Common made performance mistakes, when coding SQL Magnificent 4 F5 | You should concentrate (your literals) - Dynamic SQL performance tips Magnificent 7

10:20am EDT

A6 | Z Data Integration Update Magnificent 3 C6 | Mining db2mon Magnificent 4 D6 | Db2 z/OS Index Strategy: Architecture, Usage, and Recovery Magnificent 5 E6 | Is It the End of DBAs for Db2 for z/OS? Magnificent 6

11:30am EDT

A7 | Real-word value: Db2 for z/OS Customer Experiences Magnificent 3 B7 | Db2 LUW Back to Basics - Backup and recovery Magnificent 1 C7 | The Breach You Didn't See Coming: Why DAM is Your Early Warning System Magnificent 4 D7 | Why UTS Conversion Can’t Wait Anymore Magnificent 5

2:00pm EDT

A8 | Db2 for z/OS Modernization Update & Strategy Magnificent 3 D8 | Making Better Connections - A Db2 Client Primer Magnificent 5 F8 | The Db2 Fantastic Four: How Optimization, Performance, Cost, and AI Come Together in the Modern Database Experience Magnificent 7

4:30pm EDT

A9 | DB2 z/OS ZPARMs: Overview, Best Practices, and Recommendations Magnificent 3 B9 | Db2: Explain EXPLAIN Magnificent 1 F9 | Data curation as strategic advantage Magnificent 7

10:20am EDT

A10 | Revisiting Parallelism: Targeted Use of zIIP Processors for Db2 Queries Magnificent 3 B10 | Hard Lessons Learned with High Performance DBATs for Db2 for z/OS Magnificent 1 C10 | Stabilize your Dynamic SQL and don’t let it remain Unpredictable Magnificent 4 F10 | AI as a partner for the Db2 Professional Magnificent 7

11:30am EDT

A11 | RTS-/Utility History and preparations for Vnext Magnificent 3 B11 | Let Me Make This as Clear as Robert: Explaining Often-Misunderstood Db2 for z/OS Buffer Pool & Group Buffer Pool Concepts Magnificent 4 E11 | Navigating Digital Certificates: Unlocking a Seamless Experience Magnificent 6

2:00pm EDT

B12 | Supercharge Your Db2 Databases: Moving to Amazon RDS and Integrating AWS AI/ML Magnificent 1 C12 | Efficiently Finding and Fixing High Resource Consuming SQL Magnificent 4

4:30pm EDT

D13 | Beyond the Comfort Zone: Managing, Tuning & Cross-Platform Migration of Highly Active, Mission-Critical Db2 Environments Magnificent 5 E13 | Db2 HADR Performance Tuning Magnificent 6 F13 | Under the Hood: A DB2 Survivor’s Logbook (2026) Magnificent 7

9:00am EDT

A14 | Why Fast Db2 for z/OS Copies Get Harder: The Impact of Newer Features on Copy Speed Magnificent 3 F14 | No-Outage Db2 Version Upgrade Magnificent 7

10:20am EDT

B15 | Advanced Performance Diagnostics for SQL Magnificent 1 A15 | Db2 for z/OS Config-as-Code: Automated Subsystem Configuration Discovery and Provisioning Magnificent 3 D15 | Db2 Z and the CIA Magnificent 5 F15 | Screening in a Virtualized Production Environment Magnificent 7

11:30am EDT

B16 | Db2 for z/OS Applications now Empowered by OpenTelemetry Magnificent 1 F16 | Db2 12.1: Advances in Operational Resiliency for Mission-Critical Workloads Magnificent 7

2:00pm EDT

B201 | From Db2 First Responder to Emergency Technician - The problem determination master workshop Magnificent 1 C201 | Db2 for z/OS modernized: Visual Studio Code deep dive Magnificent 4

3:45pm EDT

B202 | Understanding ADMIN_MOVE_TABLE: A Comprehensive Workshop on Best Practices and Pitfalls Magnificent 1 C202 | The Hidden Mistakes That Hurt Db2 for z/OS Query Performance Magnificent 4 D202 | Db2 z/OS Housekeeping Best Practices Magnificent 5 E202 | Unlock the Power of Managed Data: The Amazon RDS for Db2 Immersion Day Hands-on Experience Magnificent 6