IDUG NA 2026

IDUG NA 2026

10:20am EDT

A1 | Spotlight: Db2 for z/OS Trends and Directions Magnificent 3 C1 | Growing the Next Generation of Db2 Professionals: Frameworks for the Future Magnificent 4 IDUG Db2 for z/OS Essentials Magnificent 2A

11:30am EDT

A2 | What’s New in Db2 for z/OS Performance Magnificent 3 C2 | A 50 Cent tour of DB2 Magnificent 4 D2 | Db2 Practically Speaking: 40 Years in the Trenches Magnificent 5

2:00pm EDT

A3 | Db2 for z/OS Utilities - What's New? Magnificent 3 C3 | Challenges for the Successful Db2 13 Lock Structure Async Duplex Implementation at Itaú Unibanco Magnificent 4 F3 | Debugging SQL PL - Without a Debugger Magnificent 7

3:20pm EDT

A4 | JC Greatest Hits, War Stories and Best Practice 2026 Magnificent 3 C4 | Enabling Mainframe Data for Next-Gen Innovation Magnificent 4 E4 | Accelerating AI Adoption on Db2 with Industry Starter Kits Magnificent 6

4:30pm EDT

A5 | Ready Player One? Db2 vNext Migration (Made Easy) Magnificent 3 D5 | DBA 2.0 - Making Change the DBA's Advantage Magnificent 5 F5 | You should concentrate (your literals) - Dynamic SQL performance tips Magnificent 7

10:20am EDT

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 IDUG Db2 for z/OS Essentials Magnificent 2A

11:30am EDT

A7 | Real-word value: Db2 for z/OS Customer Experiences Magnificent 3 D7 | Why UTS Conversion Can’t Wait Anymore Magnificent 5 F7 | Bob meets Db2 for z/OS Magnificent 7

2:00pm EDT

A8 | Db2 for z/OS Modernization Update & Strategy Magnificent 3 E8 | Real-World Db2 Performance Insights: Native ISPF Panels and SQL on z/OS Magnificent 6

4:30pm EDT

A9 | DB2 z/OS ZPARMs: Overview, Best Practices, and Recommendations Magnificent 3 D9 | Db2 DDF and DBATs and Connections re-explained from a user perspective Magnificent 5 E9 | Basic Automation, Or, How To Make The Database Do Your Job For You Magnificent 6 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 IDUG Db2 for z/OS Essentials Magnificent 2A

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 D11 | BMC Db2 High Speed Utilities - What's new !! Magnificent 5 E11 | Navigating Digital Certificates: Unlocking a Seamless Experience Magnificent 6 F11 | A day in the life of an MFA-enabled Db2 for z/OS DBA Magnificent 7

2:00pm EDT

C12 | Efficiently Finding and Fixing High Resource Consuming SQL Magnificent 4 D12 | Db2 13 GA to 507 - My 5 favourite things Magnificent 5 E12 | Autonomous Auditing of Native Db2 Security Features Magnificent 6

4:30pm EDT

G13 | IDUG Db2 z/OS Expert Panel Magnificent 3

9:00am EDT

A14 | Why Fast Db2 for z/OS Copies Get Harder: The Impact of Newer Features on Copy Speed Magnificent 3 C14 | Supercharging Db2 with Generative AI: From Natural Language Queries to Autonomous Performance Optimization Magnificent 4 E14 | Real-Time Mainframe Data Streaming with Kafka and Debezium Magnificent 6

10:20am EDT

A15 | Db2 for z/OS Config-as-Code: Automated Subsystem Configuration Discovery and Provisioning Magnificent 3 C15 | Db2 TLS Encryption: Client Certificates in Focus Magnificent 4 D15 | Db2 Z and the CIA Magnificent 5 E15 | Db2 13 for z/OS Recently Delivered SQL and Application Management Enhancements Magnificent 6 F15 | Screening in a Virtualized Production Environment Magnificent 7

11:30am EDT

A16 | Wowe Zowe...APIs not AIs Magnificent 3 B16 | Db2 for z/OS Applications now Empowered by OpenTelemetry Magnificent 1 C16 | Mainframe Ransomware Resilience: Not only about Recovery Magnificent 4

2:00pm EDT

C201 | Db2 for z/OS modernized: Visual Studio Code deep dive Magnificent 4 E201 | Performing AI-powered SQL Queries on Db2 for z/OS Magnificent 6

3:45pm EDT

A202 | BYOD Hands-on Lab: Modernizing Database Administration with AI on IBM Z Magnificent 3 C202 | The Hidden Mistakes That Hurt Db2 for z/OS Query Performance Magnificent 4 D202 | Db2 z/OS Housekeeping Best Practices Magnificent 5