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Monday
, October 26
Magnificent 1
10:20am •
B1 | Db2 LUW Spotlight Session
11:30am •
B2 | Db2 LUW - Latest from the Lab
2:00pm •
B3 | Db2 LUW V12: New Security Features and Changes
3:20pm •
B4 | Accelerating AI Workloads in Db2 v12.1.5.0: Introducing High‑Performance Vector Indexes
4:30pm •
B5 | Introducing Db2 Serverless - the database service for the AI Era
Magnificent 2A
10:20am •
IDUG Db2 for z/OS Essentials
Magnificent 2B
2:00pm •
IDUG Badging
Magnificent 2C
10:20am •
IDUG Db2 for LUW Essentials
Magnificent 3
10:20am •
A1 | Spotlight: Db2 for z/OS Trends and Directions
11:30am •
A2 | What’s New in Db2 for z/OS Performance
2:00pm •
A3 | Db2 for z/OS Utilities - What's New?
3:20pm •
A4 | JC Greatest Hits, War Stories and Best Practice 2026
4:30pm •
A5 | Ready Player One? Db2 vNext Migration (Made Easy)
Magnificent 4
10:20am •
C1 | Growing the Next Generation of Db2 Professionals: Frameworks for the Future
11:30am •
C2 | A 50 Cent tour of DB2
2:00pm •
C3 | Challenges for the Successful Db2 13 Lock Structure Async Duplex Implementation at Itaú Unibanco
3:20pm •
C4 | Enabling Mainframe Data for Next-Gen Innovation
4:30pm •
C5 | Common made performance mistakes, when coding SQL
Magnificent 5
11:30am •
D2 | Db2 Practically Speaking: 40 Years in the Trenches
2:00pm •
D3 | SQL for the 21st Century
3:20pm •
D4 | A Modern Approach to Db2 Backup & Recovery: Snapshot Technology with Cloud Integration
4:30pm •
D5 | DBA 2.0 - Making Change the DBA's Advantage
Magnificent 6
11:30am •
E2 | Conversations with IBM Bob On Database Modernisation
2:00pm •
E3 | Amazon RDS for Db2 Service Deep Dive: Architecture, Operations, and Best Practices
3:20pm •
E4 | Accelerating AI Adoption on Db2 with Industry Starter Kits
4:30pm •
E5 | Db2 is Your AI Platform: Five Proven AI Use Cases to Build Right Now
Magnificent 7
11:30am •
F2 | Introduction to SQL-PL
2:00pm •
F3 | Debugging SQL PL - Without a Debugger
3:20pm •
F4 | SQL Oldies but Goodies and the Power of the SQL Rewrite
4:30pm •
F5 | You should concentrate (your literals) - Dynamic SQL performance tips
Triumph C/D
7:30am •
Breakfast
8:45am •
IDUG Opening Comments
9:00am •
K1 AI Mythbusters and Db2, Presented by Broadcom
10:00am •
Coffee Break
12:30pm •
Lunch
3:00pm •
Coffee Break
5:30pm •
IDUG Welcome Reception
Tuesday
, October 27
IBM TechXchange
9:00am •
K2 Hosted by IBM at TechXchange
Magnificent 1
10:20am •
B6 | Db2 SQL Extensions: AI Models, Vectors, Lakehouse and more
11:30am •
B7 | Db2 LUW Back to Basics - Backup and recovery
2:00pm •
B8 | From Software Engineer to AI Architect: The Blueprint I Wish I Had
4:30pm •
B9 | Db2: Explain EXPLAIN
Magnificent 2A
10:20am •
IDUG Db2 for z/OS Essentials
Magnificent 2B
2:00pm •
IDUG Badging
Magnificent 2C
10:20am •
IDUG Db2 for LUW Essentials
Magnificent 3
10:20am •
A6 | Z Data Integration Update
11:30am •
A7 | Real-word value: Db2 for z/OS Customer Experiences
2:00pm •
A8 | Db2 for z/OS Modernization Update & Strategy
4:30pm •
A9 | DB2 z/OS ZPARMs: Overview, Best Practices, and Recommendations
Magnificent 4
10:20am •
C6 | Mining db2mon
11:30am •
C7 | The Breach You Didn't See Coming: Why DAM is Your Early Warning System
2:00pm •
C8 | Db2 as Containerized Deployment
4:30pm •
C9 | All you need to know about Pacemaker and Db2 HADR for any Cloud Deplyoment
Magnificent 5
10:20am •
D6 | Db2 z/OS Index Strategy: Architecture, Usage, and Recovery
11:30am •
D7 | Why UTS Conversion Can’t Wait Anymore
2:00pm •
D8 | Making Better Connections - A Db2 Client Primer
4:30pm •
D9 | Db2 DDF and DBATs and Connections re-explained from a user perspective
Magnificent 6
10:20am •
E6 | Is It the End of DBAs for Db2 for z/OS?
11:30am •
E7 | Modernizing Db2 HADR Automation: Migrating from TSA to Pacemaker with Ansible DevOps
2:00pm •
E8 | Real-World Db2 Performance Insights: Native ISPF Panels and SQL on z/OS
4:30pm •
E9 | Basic Automation, Or, How To Make The Database Do Your Job For You
Magnificent 7
10:20am •
F6 | Modern React Backend Testing: Replacing Fragile Mocks with SQLite for Db2‑Backed APIs
11:30am •
F7 | Bob meets Db2 for z/OS
2:00pm •
F8 | The Db2 Fantastic Four: How Optimization, Performance, Cost, and AI Come Together in the Modern Database Experience
4:30pm •
F9 | Data curation as strategic advantage
Triumph A/B
7:00am •
Breakfast
Triumph C/D
10:00am •
Coffee Break
12:30pm •
Lunch
3:00pm •
Coffee Break
5:30pm •
Evening Reception
Wednesday
, October 28
Magnificent 1
10:20am •
B10 | Hard Lessons Learned with High Performance DBATs for Db2 for z/OS
11:30am •
G11 | IDUG Db2 LUW Expert Panel
2:00pm •
B12 | Supercharge Your Db2 Databases: Moving to Amazon RDS and Integrating AWS AI/ML
4:30pm •
B13 | Wrapping up Db2 11.5
Magnificent 2A
10:20am •
IDUG Db2 for z/OS Essentials
Magnificent 2B
2:00pm •
IDUG Badging
Magnificent 2C
10:20am •
IDUG Db2 for LUW Essentials
Magnificent 3
10:20am •
A10 | Revisiting Parallelism: Targeted Use of zIIP Processors for Db2 Queries
11:30am •
A11 | RTS-/Utility History and preparations for Vnext
2:00pm •
A12 | From complexity to operational intelligence : modernizing database administration with AI on IBMZ
4:30pm •
G13 | IDUG Db2 z/OS Expert Panel
Magnificent 4
10:20am •
C10 | Stabilize your Dynamic SQL and don’t let it remain Unpredictable
11:30am •
B11 | Let Me Make This as Clear as Robert: Explaining Often-Misunderstood Db2 for z/OS Buffer Pool & Group Buffer Pool Concepts
2:00pm •
C12 | Efficiently Finding and Fixing High Resource Consuming SQL
4:30pm •
A13 | Your AI Toolbox in Db2: Picking the Right Model When Everyone's Telling You to Use an LLM
Magnificent 5
10:20am •
D10 | Optimizing Db2 BLU Performance: Defragmentation, Data Clustering, and Reduced Logging at Scale
11:30am •
D11 | BMC Db2 High Speed Utilities - What's new !!
2:00pm •
D12 | Db2 13 GA to 507 - My 5 favourite things
4:30pm •
D13 | Beyond the Comfort Zone: Managing, Tuning & Cross-Platform Migration of Highly Active, Mission-Critical Db2 Environments
Magnificent 6
10:20am •
E10 | Permitting, masking and trusting, a deep dive into 3 new Db2 12.1 security features
11:30am •
E11 | Navigating Digital Certificates: Unlocking a Seamless Experience
2:00pm •
E12 | Autonomous Auditing of Native Db2 Security Features
4:30pm •
E13 | Db2 HADR Performance Tuning
Magnificent 7
10:20am •
F10 | AI as a partner for the Db2 Professional
11:30am •
F11 | A day in the life of an MFA-enabled Db2 for z/OS DBA
2:00pm •
F12 | Cost Optimization Strategies for Db2 in Public Cloud
4:30pm •
F13 | Under the Hood: A DB2 Survivor’s Logbook (2026)
Triumph A/B
7:00am •
Breakfast
Triumph C/D
9:00am •
K3 IDUG Women in Technology (WIT)
10:00am •
Coffee Break
12:30pm •
Lunch & Passport to Prizes Drawing
3:00pm •
Coffee Break
Thursday
, October 29
Magnificent 1
9:00am •
B14 | Db2 12.1: Ready for the Deployments and Workloads of the Future
10:20am •
B15 | Advanced Performance Diagnostics for SQL
11:30am •
B16 | Db2 for z/OS Applications now Empowered by OpenTelemetry
2:00pm •
B201 | From Db2 First Responder to Emergency Technician - The problem determination master workshop
3:45pm •
B202 | Understanding ADMIN_MOVE_TABLE: A Comprehensive Workshop on Best Practices and Pitfalls
Magnificent 2B
2:00pm •
IDUG Badging
Magnificent 2C
9:00am •
IDUG Db2 for LUW Essentials
Magnificent 3
9:00am •
A14 | Why Fast Db2 for z/OS Copies Get Harder: The Impact of Newer Features on Copy Speed
10:20am •
A15 | Db2 for z/OS Config-as-Code: Automated Subsystem Configuration Discovery and Provisioning
11:30am •
A16 | Wowe Zowe...APIs not AIs
2:00pm •
A201 | Amazon RDS for Db2 Workshop
3:45pm •
A202 | BYOD Hands-on Lab: Modernizing Database Administration with AI on IBM Z
Magnificent 4
9:00am •
C14 | Supercharging Db2 with Generative AI: From Natural Language Queries to Autonomous Performance Optimization
10:20am •
C15 | Db2 TLS Encryption: Client Certificates in Focus
11:30am •
C16 | Mainframe Ransomware Resilience: Not only about Recovery
2:00pm •
C201 | Db2 for z/OS modernized: Visual Studio Code deep dive
3:45pm •
C202 | The Hidden Mistakes That Hurt Db2 for z/OS Query Performance
Magnificent 5
9:00am •
D14 | Agentic Data Operations: Autonomy Over Automation
10:20am •
D15 | Db2 Z and the CIA
11:30am •
D16 | Agentic AI on the Mainframe: Autonomous Db2 Workflows Without Custom Infrastructure
2:00pm •
D201 | Hands-On Lab: Building AI Systems with Db2
3:45pm •
D202 | Db2 z/OS Housekeeping Best Practices
Magnificent 6
9:00am •
E14 | Real-Time Mainframe Data Streaming with Kafka and Debezium
10:20am •
E15 | Db2 13 for z/OS Recently Delivered SQL and Application Management Enhancements
11:30am •
E16 | Db2 Always On Architecture
2:00pm •
E201 | Performing AI-powered SQL Queries on Db2 for z/OS
3:45pm •
E202 | Unlock the Power of Managed Data: The Amazon RDS for Db2 Immersion Day Hands-on Experience
Magnificent 7
TBA •
FORMERLY F16 | Accelerating DB2 Development with AI: A Live Demo of Bob's Comprehensive Workflow Automation
9:00am •
F14 | No-Outage Db2 Version Upgrade
10:20am •
F15 | Screening in a Virtualized Production Environment
11:30am •
F16 | Db2 12.1: Advances in Operational Resiliency for Mission-Critical Workloads
2:00pm •
F201 | Optim High Performance Unload for Db2 for LUW: Accelerating Data Access and Modern Workloads
3:45pm •
F202 | Bridging Structured and Unstructured Data: Hybrid AI Queries with Db2
Magnificent Foyer
10:00am •
Coffee Break
1:15pm •
Lunch for Workshop Attendees
Triumph A/B
7:00am •
Breakfast
Triumph C/D
12:40pm •
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