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THE BEST IBM i & POWER SYSTEMS EDUCATION.When you come to POWERUp, you’ll be able to customize your experience. Choose from 300 sessions, covering over 20 areas of IT, when you plan your schedule. Visit the largest Expo of its kind and meet the experts behind the solutions. Attend social events to meet renowned speakers and peers alike. This conference is structured to give you the pure education and professional connections needed to best enhance your career. Are you ready to POWERUp?

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Monday, May 20
 

10:15am CDT

143: What's new in PowerHA
EVALUATION
Learn through live demonstrations how to take advantage of all the exciting new enhancements in PowerHA with a focus around automation, simplification and integration.

Learning Objectives:
1. A brief review of PowerHA
2. Learn and see the exciting new features
3. A preview of what is to come in the future
Speakers
avatar for Brian Nordland

Brian Nordland

Director of Development, Fortra
In addition to his role as Director of Development for Power Development at Fortra, Brian Nordland serves as the technical product manager for PowerHA and Robot HA. Brian has spoken at events, webinars, and user groups—including COMMON—since 2014. He is a co-inventor on multiple... Read More →

WhatsNewInPowerHA pdf
Monday May 20, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  High Availability Resilience
  • Session Level Intermediate
  • Digital Badge HA/DR
  • Audience Anyone interested in PowerHA, either those considering it or those who have had it and want to learn what is new

11:30am CDT

404: NVME is your Friend
EVALUATION
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Sundt

Daniel Sundt

IBM i Product Manager, IBM
Dan Sundt is an IBM i product manager. He has the responsibility for the IBM i business, including defining and guiding future directions and strategies. He works with the IBM i sales, marketing, and development teams as well as customers and partners to ensure that the IBM i operating... Read More →
avatar for John Folkerts

John Folkerts

Power Systems IO Product Management, IBM
John Folkerts has recently taken on the role of Power Systems IO Product Manager.  John is responsible for direct attach storage, network adapters, fibre channel adapters, IO expansion and a variety of other areas.  His previous roles within IBM included hardware development of... Read More →

NVMe is your friend COMMON POWERUp 2024 V3 pdf
Monday May 20, 2024 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Hardware

2:45pm CDT

385: IBM Power: Made by Innovators for Innovators
EVALUATION
This session reviews the history of innovation driven by the Power platform and explores how Power innovations fit strongly into current and future industry trends

Learning Objectives:
Speakers
avatar for Bill Starke

Bill Starke

Power Processor Chief Architect, IBM
William Starke is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Power microprocessors. Since graduating from Michigan Tech University, Bill has been employed by IBM for over 30 years in several roles, spanning mainframe and Power systems performance analysis, logic design... Read More →

2024 0520 PowerUP v4 shareable pdf
Monday May 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Hardware
  • Session Level All

4:00pm CDT

402: IBM Power S1012: The Latest Hardware for IBM i
EVALUATION
Just like with the operating system, the team has been hard at work continuously innovating to provide our community with the latest technology to run business-critical workloads and applications. The IBM® Power® S1012 has new capabilities for IBM i users to help them achieve business and IT goals. In this session, Daniel Goldener, Product Manager, IBM Power Scale-Out Servers, and Brandon Pederson, IBM i and Power Product Marketing Manager, will show you the latest hardware to run IBM i. You'll learn the features and benefits of the system and new use cases, including edge computing and transactional AI.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Goldener

Daniel Goldener

Product Manager, Power Systems, IBM
I embarked on a dynamic career journey leading me to IBM, where I've dedicated over two decades to diverse roles. Beginning as an intern in 2004, I've navigated through Sales Operations, IT Strategy Consulting, and leadership in Systems Technical Sales, making significant contributions... Read More →
avatar for Brandon Pederson

Brandon Pederson

IBM i and Power Product Marketing Manager, IBM
Brandon Pederson is the Product Marketing Manager for IBM i and Modernization within the IBM Power business. Prior to this role, Brandon was Content Marketing Manager for IBM WebSphere and Content and Community Manager for IBM Power. He has a degree in Marketing from Concordia University... Read More →

The Latest Hardware for IBM i POWERUp 2024 Presentation V1 5 17 24 pdf
Monday May 20, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Hardware
  • Session Level All

5:15pm CDT

210: What is SYSTOOLS and How Can You Leverage It?
EVALUATION
Db2 for i provides useful tools and examples in the SYSTOOLS schema. Come to this session to learn what shiny gems lie within this unopened treasure chest. You need not be an SQL programmer to gain tremendous value from SQL tools!

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand what is SYSTOOLS?
2. Quick training in how to discover and use the tools within SYSTOOLS.
3. Understand how ACS can help you use SYSTOOLS.
Speakers
avatar for Scott Forstie

Scott Forstie

Db2 for i Architect, IBM
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →

What is SYSTOOLS and how can you leverage it pdf
Monday May 20, 2024 5:15pm - 5:35pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Database
  • Session Level Advanced
  • Award GOLD
  • Audience Anyone using an IBM i

5:50pm CDT

388: Understanding the Various Ways to Save Your IBM i
EVALUATION
Understand the different ways to save your system, using BRMS, Flash Copy, or traditional native commands. Tips will be given along the way on best practices, using the console, and ensuring you have what it takes to recover.

Learning Objectives:
1) What each Save command does
2) How to run a full system save
3) What can Flash Copy do for you?
Speakers
avatar for Pete Massiello

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.
Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →

Basics of A Full System Save Pete 2024 pdf
Monday May 20, 2024 5:50pm - 6:10pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Systems Management
  • Session Level Beginner
  • Audience Anyone responsible for backing up their system.
 
Tuesday, May 21
 

8:00am CDT

272: Access MongoDB from IBM i
EVALUATION
MongoDB is a database / document management system which arose from the NoSQL movement to become a popular backend for web applications. While MongoDB is, in our opinion, no competition in the RDBMS space for IBM i Db2, Mongo is still fun and easy. You can use Seiden Community PHP+ and/or Python to access remote MongoDB installations from IBM i : we'll show you exactly how.

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn about MongoDB.
2. Learn to access remote MongoDB from IBM i PHP or Python.
3. Learn how to perform typical web application tasks using MongoDB and why you might wish to do so, or find yourself doing so.
Speakers
avatar for Jack Woehr

Jack Woehr

Senior Engineer, Absolute Performance, Inc.
Author of Ublu, an open source remote language for IBM i. A Quantum Computing enthusiast, Jack is an IBM Qiskit Advocate, 2021 IBM Champion, 2022 IBM Champion, 2023 IBM Champion, and 2024 IBM Champion.A consulting programmer with over 30 years' experience in open source specializing in open source based IBM i modernization... Read More →

AccessMongoDBfromIBMi pdf
Tuesday May 21, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Database
  • Session Level All
  • Audience Anyone interested in MongoDB, especially in the context of accessing remote MongoDB installations from IBM i.

9:15am CDT

295: BRMS Beyond the Basics
EVALUATION
This session will discuss some of the advanced topics in using BRMS for your back up and recovery. Featured topics will be tape and library management, BRMS Networking, control group and list controls, BRMS Policies and how they affect the overall operation of BRMS, and using SQL to manage BRMS. Recovering from a BRMS back up can be extremely easy, but it can also present some opportunities for trouble. This session will discuss some of the landmines in a BRMS recovery and how to avoid them.

Learning Objectives:
1. Ultilize control groups and lists to fully customize BRMS backups
2. Set up and manage BRMS Networking
3. Learn how to make a BRMS recovery simple and as easy as possible
4. Using SQL services to manage BRMS and reports
Speakers
avatar for Sarah Jacob

Sarah Jacob

VP of Customer Experience, Agile Technology Architects
Sarah Jacob is the Vice President of Customer Experience at Agile Technology Architects. She is a Subject Matter Expert in Power Systems Administration and a volunteer for COMMON. Sarah specializes in Backup and Recovery planning and recovery testing. Additionally, she acts as primary... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2024 9:15am - 10:15am CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  High Availability Resilience
  • Session Level All
  • Digital Badge HA/DR
  • Audience BRMS users who know the basics but want to expand beyond that.

10:30am CDT

169: Deploy, Administer, and Restrict IBM i ACS: Administer and Restrict IBM i ACS
EVALUATION
Deploy, Administer, and Restrict IBM i ACS Use the best practices and tools to be the most effective System Administrator possible. This module will extend your knowledge of IBM i Access Client Solutions (IBM i ACS) to more effectively deploy, administer and restrict the best IBM i access and administration client available.

Learning Objectives:
1) How to use items like AcsConfig.properties, Restrictions, Function Usage to Administer IBM i Access Client Solutions
Speakers
avatar for Wayne Bowers

Wayne Bowers

Software Engineer, IBM
Wayne Bowers has been with IBM since 1997, where he works with the IBM i Global Support Center in Rochester MN. He is an Advisory Software Engineer specializing in the support of the IBM i Access (aka Client Access) products, Console, the TCP Telnet communications server, and the... Read More →

ACS AdminRestrict PowerUp24 pdf
Tuesday May 21, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Client Connectivity
  • Session Level Intermediate
  • Digital Badge ACS
  • Audience IBM i IT responsible for Deploying and Administering IBM i ACS.

2:45pm CDT

176: Service Programs and Unit Testing – The Perfect Pair
EVALUATION
Do you have monolithic programs that you have to start breaking up into manageable pieces? Have you been tasked to start unit testing and don’t know where to start? This session is meant for you.

Learning Objectives:
We will work through the benefits to modernizing your code and why you want to adopt unit testing.
We will work through breaking apart monolithic programs and how to write their respective unit tests.
We will discuss some best practices in unit testing and how you can take some of those best practices and apply them to your everyday development processes.
Speakers
avatar for Marina Schwenk

Marina Schwenk

Innovative Software Solutions
Marina started her career in January 2015 at Everbrite LLC in Greenfield WI after graduating from Gateway Technical College in May of 2014 with an Associate’s degree in IT Software Development. Marina worked for over nine years as a Senior Programmer Analyst/IBM i admin at Everbrite... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Program Testing
  • Session Level Intermediate
  • Audience Application Developers, testers

4:00pm CDT

258: Power10 for the COMMON User
EVALUATION
Did you know that the entire IBM Power server family has now been refreshed with Power10 processor technology? Starting in September, 2021, IBM introduced the Power10 E1080 enterprise system and in July, 2022, IBM introduced the rest of the product family which includes the S1014, S1022/S1022s and S1024. IBM i customers need to know the capabilities and positioning of the entire Power server family, so attend this session to hear about the latest and greatest.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Sundt

Daniel Sundt

IBM i Product Manager, IBM
Dan Sundt is an IBM i product manager. He has the responsibility for the IBM i business, including defining and guiding future directions and strategies. He works with the IBM i sales, marketing, and development teams as well as customers and partners to ensure that the IBM i operating... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Hardware
  • Session Level Intermediate
  • Audience Any IBM i customer on older hardware looking to upgrade their infrastructure

5:15pm CDT

283: Leveraging Text to Group Objects for Security (20min)
EVALUATION
Three object types provide a critical information needed to manage your security project:

User profiles, Libraries, and IFS root-level directories. These “high-level” objects need to be assigned groups for simplified maintenance and security management.

Learning Objectives:
We will review how to simplify your security project by grouping critical object-sets; leveraging a little bit of code; and trusty PDM.
Bonus: O/S upgrade customization management.
Speakers
avatar for Tim Hawkins

Tim Hawkins

System Admin, Tanimura & Antle
I've got one year to go before I retire....  The boss said to "give back", and since that matched my plans anyways; here we go.  I present 4 classes on IBM i Security, showing all of the gory details.  Some can be leveraged for just system administration, and some elements work... Read More →

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Leveraging Text to Group Objects for Security pdf
Tuesday May 21, 2024 5:15pm - 5:35pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Security
  • Session Level All
  • Audience IBM i System Administrators who will be attending the “Using SQL to drive IBM i Security scans” session.

5:50pm CDT

212: Using System Monitors in IBM Navigator for i
EVALUATION
Learn how to create and work with System Monitors in IBM Navigator for i. Also learn how to use the Performance Data Investigator (PDI) visualization tool to view System Monitor data.

Learning Objectives:
1. How to create a System Monitor
2. How to view system monitor data
Speakers
avatar for Shauna Rollings

Shauna Rollings

IBM i Performance Tools & High Availability Development, IBM
Shauna joined the IBM i development team in 2008. She has developed and supported IBM i performance data collector tools throughout her entire IBM career. From the very beginning of the Db2 Mirror for i project, she has also been the technical team lead for the Db2 Mirror Configuration... Read More →

212 UsingSystemMonitorsNavigator pdf
Tuesday May 21, 2024 5:50pm - 6:10pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Systems Management
  • Session Level All
  • Audience System Administrators looking to take advantage of the performance monitoring capabilities of IBM i.
 
Wednesday, May 22
 

8:00am CDT

240: How Do I Improve Software Quality?
EVALUATION
Every programmer wants to do the best job. How do you test your program and ensure that you aren't missing anything? From the simplest bug fix to large complex projects, there are key concepts that you can use to ensure that your program is properly tested.

This session is co-presented by expert developer, Scott Klement, and expert tester, Yvonne Enselman so that you can see things from both a developer and tester's perspective.

Learning Objectives:
1. What are the key points in the development process where testing should be considered?
2. How developers can identify the need for support from a tester or project manager.
3. How to minimize risk from software errors.
Speakers
avatar for Scott Klement

Scott Klement

Development & Solutions Architect, Midrange Dynamics
Scott volunteers as a member of COMMON's Board of Directors, Strategic Education Team, Certification Committee and Innovation Awards. He is the author of around 1000 articles and a dozen open source projects. Scott's efforts to help out the IBM i Community have resulted in dozens... Read More →
avatar for Yvonne Enselman

Yvonne Enselman

Principal Architect for Quality Assurance on IBM i, Yvonne Enselman Professional Services
I am a Quality Assurance, Project Management, and Professional Services expert.Named IBM Champion 2024I have twenty-five years of experience in the IBM i industry starting in application development, transitioning through quality assurance, and into management. My passion has been... Read More →

Wednesday May 22, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Programming - RPG
  • Session Level Intermediate
  • Audience Software developers who want to improve their quality.

9:15am CDT

120: Managing Startup and Shutdown of your IBM i
EVALUATION
In days gone by the IBM Supplied program QSTRUP combined with a couple options on CHGIPLA was good enough for most IBM i shops. It started what seemed to be needed and anything else we stumbled through after each IPL. When it was time to shut down a PWRDWNSYS or ENDSBS command took down whatever was running. We were happy.

Today though we often see dozens of subsytems running many web servers, other needed batch jobs and services. We see monitors and queue processing jobs and many writers. For security purposes we should be starting only the TCP servers that we need, not all of them. Likely we should not start IPV6 and start things in sequence as well.

Further considerations may be needed in an HA environment. These include not starting jobs until iASPS are available and starting different IP interfaces and services depending on production or backup mode of the server. We may want to handle special startup modes while doing PTFs, backups or other system maintenance.

In this session we will work with customizing that startup. We'll discuss staring PASE jobs with QSH, web server jobs and more. We'll discuss prestart jobs and autostart jobs. And finally we will also work with sequencing the shutdown of the system. As part of this we'll discuss some simple ways to know what needs to be shut down and smoothly handling that.

Learning Objectives:
1) Learn how to control which startup program will run on your IBM i.
2) Examine the various servers to start and how to control them.
3) Learn options for starting different services.
4) Consider ways to control the startup of your server in different operting modes.
5) Understanding an orderly shutdown of your IBM i server.
Speakers
avatar for Larry Bolhuis

Larry Bolhuis

Cloud and Datacenter Engineer, IBM Champion, Service Express Inc.
Larry has grown up with computers since his father became a CE in 1967. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Calvin College in 1982 and soon after began working on IBM midrange equipment with the S/34 and S/36. Larry began working on the As/400 at its introduction In 1988.After spending many years as a developer Larry began working on communications, networking, and systems management tasks. Years of... Read More →
avatar for Larry Amond

Larry Amond

Director of Application Development, Greater Regional Alliance of REALTORS®
Larry began his career working and IBM and NCR mainframes in 1977, and has been working on IBM midrange systems since 1993. He has spent most of his career as an application systems developer and has been developing web site applications on IBM systems since 1999.He is currently Director... Read More →

Managing Startup and Shutdown of IBM i pdf
Wednesday May 22, 2024 9:15am - 11:30am CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Systems Management
  • Session Level Advanced
  • Award GOLD
  • Audience IBM i System Administrators

1:30pm CDT

309: PowerVS is the Destination, Understand the Journey!
EVALUATION
Join us as we enhance your Journey to the Cloud. PowerVS, is an enterprise solution that will allow you to deploy your Power IBM i Development, Disaster Recovery, High Availability and Production workloads into the IBM Public Cloud. We will discuss topics to take into consideration when creating your Roadmap for a successful migration to a robust and secure PowerVS solution.

Your traveling agents are Tonny Bastiaans WW offering manager PowerVS at IBM and David Contreras, IBMI i Power Specialist at Meridian

Learning Objectives:
1. Introduction/learning about IBM PowerVS.
2. Considerations when migrating to the Cloud.
3. Understanding how to plan to their Journey to the Cloud.
4. Slides will reflect some topics covering analysis and design when migrating.
5. Backup and Restore in the cloud will not have a tape drive, what now? Talk about solutions they will need to consider filling this gap.
Speakers
avatar for David Contreras

David Contreras

IBM Power Systems Specialist, Meridian IT
My over 35 years of experience range from Senior System Architect, Systems Analyst, Senior System Engineer, Project Manager, Technical Manager and I.T Specialist. I have the ability to work effectively with different levels of staff from executive to technical. I have traveled extensively... Read More →

Wednesday May 22, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Virtualization
  • Session Level All
  • Audience Admins, Managers, and others who are thinking or planning to migrate to the Cloud/PowerVS

2:45pm CDT

142: Take Control of Your IBM i Prestart Server Jobs
EVALUATION
Prestart jobs are used to service requests from clients in the network. There are many uses of prestart jobs on IBM i, the most common is the database server. Prestart jobs present many challenges for how to understand what is happening on the system, what work requests these jobs are handling, and generally how to manage them. This session will review all the key characteristics of prestart jobs, provide many tips to better understand what is happening on your system, and review how you can use subsystem configuration to better manage your prestart jobs.

Learning Objectives:
The attendee will learn how to better manage prestart server jobs. The topics are many, but will include managing job logs and output, using Watches to debug intermittent problems, determining what the job is doing, including the SQL statement the job is running, how to determine the rate at which prestart jobs are being used and reused, subsystem configuration for prestart jobs, and much more.
Speakers
avatar for Dawn May

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC
Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of... Read More →

Wednesday May 22, 2024 2:45pm - 5:00pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Systems Management
  • Session Level Intermediate
  • Audience System Administrators in environments with a lot of remote database access that uses either the QZDASOINIT or QSQSRVR jobs.

5:15pm CDT

396: IBM Client Innovation Stories
EVALUATION
IBM i clients around the world are transforming their businesses with the integrated technology available in the IBM i portfolio. In this session, Steve Will, Distinguished Engineer and CTO of IBM i; Brandon Pederson, IBM i and Power Product Marketing Manager; and Douglas Gibbs, IBM i Product Manager, will highlight the business value clients are getting in application modernization, cloud, availability and more. Come hear what others are doing, and get inspired to innovate with IBM i!

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn about what peers are doing on the platform through real-life examples.
2. Get inspiration for new ideas and applications.
3. Acquire new knowledge about what is possible on the platform and ask questions.”
Speakers
avatar for Steve Will

Steve Will

IBM i CTO & Chief Architect, IBM
Steve is the CTO and Chief Architect for the IBM i Operating System. Spending the past fourteen years of his IBM career in this position, he has become an award-winning speaker, author of the influential blog "You and i," (https://bit.ly/You-and-i-blog) and is one of the most sought-after voices at customer briefings and events. Steve has worked on IBM i and its predecessors since before the creation of the AS/400, and is currently responsible for setting the strategy of the IBM i operating system, as well as deciding which enhancements will be implemented. In his role, he talks to clients and pa... Read More →
avatar for Douglas Gibbs

Douglas Gibbs

IBM i Product Manager, Program Director, IBM
Douglas Gibbs is the offering manager for IBM Power Systems I/O and works closely with the overall Offering Management, Sales and Development teams regarding all manners of I/O. Douglas has worked in the IT Industry for more than 25 years and has been in a variety of positions at... Read More →
avatar for Brandon Pederson

Brandon Pederson

IBM i and Power Product Marketing Manager, IBM
Brandon Pederson is the Product Marketing Manager for IBM i and Modernization within the IBM Power business. Prior to this role, Brandon was Content Marketing Manager for IBM WebSphere and Content and Community Manager for IBM Power. He has a degree in Marketing from Concordia University... Read More →

IBM i Client Innovation Stories POWERUp 2024 Session pdf
Wednesday May 22, 2024 5:15pm - 6:15pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  IT Leadership and Management
  • Session Level All
 
Thursday, May 23
 

8:00am CDT

114: Management by the Movies
EVALUATION
Do you aspire to be a more effective leader? Are you tired of dull books about abstract leadership and management concepts? Perfect! Then come join this lively session!

Using clips from well known movies and TV shows, we will demonstrate key leadership traits and techniques you can develop within yourself. Seeing these approaches to leadership come to life on the big screen may just make you look at leadership in a whole new way. We will discuss each of the clips shown, to understand what they can teach us about leadership.

Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives: After participating in this session, attendees should have the skills and vision to:
- Understand the difference between management and leadership
- Lead people more effectively
- Motivate your team to improve results
- Better recognize good leadership qualities in others
Speakers
avatar for Steve Wolk

Steve Wolk

CTO, PC Richard & Son
Steven Wolk is the Chief Technology Officer for PC Richard & Son, a family owned and operated chain of 66 appliance and electronics superstores located throughout NY, NJ, CT, and PA. Founded in 1909, PC Richard has always been known for honesty, integrity, and reliability throughout... Read More →

Management by the Movies Steven Wolk pdf
Thursday May 23, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  IT Leadership and Management
  • Session Level All
  • Award SILVER
  • Audience Anyone who works with other people will benefit from the skills gained during this session.

9:15am CDT

199: Strategic IT - The Art of Advancing your Career Beyond the Technical
EVALUATION
What are your career goals? Sure, we're all great with technology, but to continue growing in our careers requires that we do the unthinkable... we actually have to TALK to each other. And even worse... we have to TALK to the business people in our companies! Why? WHY? Why would we possibly want to TALK to PEOPLE? The answer to that question is that today more than ever, technology IS the business. So it makes sense that IT can help or hurt a business more than ever. It's critical that we align our IT efforts, goals, and strategies with those of the business - and all of that requires good communication. Would you like to have a seat at the table, to be taken seriously as a businessperson, and to have a voice in the decisions our companies make? Then attend this session to partner with your business and communicate for success.

Learning Objectives:
During this session, you'll learn the business and communications skills needed to truly partner with the business and elevate your career. These will include:
1. Speaking the language of the business
2. Thinking like a businessman
3. Demonstrating strong leadership
4. Selling fellow business leaders on the value proposition of IT investments
5. Always being prepared
6. Earning influence
7. Preparing for and navigating board meetings
8. Difficult conversations
9. Always keeping your cool
10. Aligning IT with business goals
Speakers
avatar for Steve Wolk

Steve Wolk

CTO, PC Richard & Son
Steven Wolk is the Chief Technology Officer for PC Richard & Son, a family owned and operated chain of 66 appliance and electronics superstores located throughout NY, NJ, CT, and PA. Founded in 1909, PC Richard has always been known for honesty, integrity, and reliability throughout... Read More →

Strategic IT The Art of Advancing your Career Beyond the Technical Steven Wolk pdf
Thursday May 23, 2024 9:15am - 10:15am CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Personal Development
  • Session Level All
  • Digital Badge IT Strategy
  • Audience All IT professionals who aspire to grow, become better communicators, and enhance their career!

10:30am CDT

406: Cross-Platform Compliance, Security and EDR
EVALUATION
This session will cover current and planned compliance, security and EDR capabilities across IBM i, AIX and Linux on Power. It will also include a PowerSC product update.

Learning Objectives:
    • Learn about automated compliance advancements on IBM i
    • Learn how Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities can enhance real-time security across the Power platform
    • Get an update on recent enhancement with the PowerSC product

Speakers
avatar for Tim Hill

Tim Hill

Distinguished Engineer, Rocket Software
Tim Hill is a Distinguished Engineer and VP of Engineering at Rocket Software.  He’s responsible for security, cloud, and AI/ML products on Power and Z.  Technology areas of personal focus include model-based reasoning, deep learning, complex event correlation, network management... Read More →
avatar for Debbie Quick

Debbie Quick

Power Security Product Manager, IBM
Debbie Quick is a Power Security Product Manager at IBM. She began her career 21 years ago as an Administrative Assistant, moved into z/OS Content Development three years later, and has been in Product Management for two years. She is the Product Manager for IBM PowerSC and leads... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Security
  • Session Level All

1:30pm CDT

270: You're Fired! ... Now What?
EVALUATION
Some of us are lucky enough to have a single job for our entire career, but for most, we will at some point change jobs - either by our choice or our employer's choice. It just makes sense to be prepared for that reality, in case it happens. The irony is that many of the things you can do today to make yourself more employable in the event you ever do find yourself fired also may just make it far less likely that you ever will be fired!

Learning Objectives:
During this session we'll discuss:
- How to maximize your value and your employability to make it far less likely you'll ever be let go from a job
- Building your networking skills to widen your professional circles
- Practical considerations you should do today to be prepared in case you ever do find yourself let go
- How to handle yourself in the situation of being fired
- Best ways to conduct your job search
- Interviewing tips to maximize your chances of finding your new dream job as quickly as possible
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Steve Wolk

CTO, PC Richard & Son
Steven Wolk is the Chief Technology Officer for PC Richard & Son, a family owned and operated chain of 66 appliance and electronics superstores located throughout NY, NJ, CT, and PA. Founded in 1909, PC Richard has always been known for honesty, integrity, and reliability throughout... Read More →

You're Fired Now What Steven Wolk pdf
Thursday May 23, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  Personal Development
  • Session Level All
  • Audience Everyone who wants to make the most of their career and be prepared for all possibilities would benefit from attending! Join us for this very practical session on what you can do now to protect and prepare yourself!

2:45pm CDT

421: Modernize & Improve Development Practices Using AI
EVALUATION
In this technical session, we will explore the various ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) can be leveraged to modernize and enhance development practices. We will delve into real-world examples of how AI can be integrated into day-to-day development tasks, enabling developers to achieve higher coding velocity, improve code hygiene, generate test data, and automate documentation generation.

Key Points Covered:
• Examples of AI in Day-to-Day Development Practices: We will showcase practical use cases where AI can be applied to streamline and optimize development processes. These examples will highlight the tangible benefits that AI brings to software development.

• Using AI to Improve Coding Velocity: Learn how AI-powered tools can accelerate the coding process, automate repetitive tasks, and provide intelligent code suggestions. Discover techniques to boost productivity and efficiency through AI-driven development environments.

• Enhancing Code Hygiene with AI: Explore how AI can assist in maintaining clean and high-quality code. Discover tools and techniques that leverage AI algorithms to analyze code for potential bugs, vulnerabilities, and best practices, enabling developers to improve code quality and minimize technical debt.

• Test Data Generation using AI: Understand how AI techniques can be utilized to generate realistic and diverse test data, enhancing the effectiveness of software
Speakers
avatar for Scott Gingerysty

Scott Gingerysty

Team Lead, Web Application Services, Fresche Solutions
I am a Senior Web Developer/Team Lead and Application Modernization expert at Fresche. I am passionate about IBM i application modernization. Since 2013, I have added new life into business-critical RPG applications using web technology. Whether it is a new development, augmenting... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  AI
  • Session Level All

4:00pm CDT

232: Using SQL Services in Everyday Life
EVALUATION
There has been a significant strategic shift in how IBM i exposes data and how you can access and leverage that data. No longer are CL command and APIs the best way. Today, its all about SQL. You may go, great… I know nothing about SQL… no worries, neither do I! This sessions is about equipping you with some useful activities, and resources so that even if you are a novice, you can be successful with SQL Services to manage your IBM i today.
Speakers
avatar for Tim Rowe

Tim Rowe

Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i, IBM
Tim Rowe is the Business Architect responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i operating system. His responsibilities include helping to make sure that the IBM i has what is needed to be successful both today and into the future. He sends much of his... Read More →
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Scott Forstie

Db2 for i Architect, IBM
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Meeting Room 201B 1508 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  • Session Level All
 
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