| 09:00 – 10:45am | Anthony Ciabattoni, IBM Db2 for z/OS Development end of year 2025 Swat Tales Extended Version |
| 10:45 – 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00 – 12:00am | Anthony Ciabattoni, IBM Strengthen Your Cyber IBM Z and Db2 for z/OS Resilience |
Tridex Db2 z/OS – September 25th 2025 agenda
| 09:30 – 10:30am | Ulf Heinrich – SEGUS Inc Exploit Certificates and eliminate tiresome password-pains in z/OS and USS |
| 10:30 – 10:45am | Break |
| 10:45 – 11:45am | Roy Boxwell – SEGUS Inc Isn’t she aDORAble? A DBAs guide to DORA, PCI DSS V4.0.1 and how to survive an audit! |
Tridex Db2 LUW – September 18th 2025 agenda
| 09:00 – 10:00am | Sheshnarayan Agrawal, IBM Db2 Intelligence Center and AI powered database assistant |
| 10:00 – 11:00am | Shaikh Quader, IBM Vector Support in IBM Db2: Powering Modern AI Applications |
Tridex Db2 z/OS – May 22nd 2025 agenda
| 09:30 – 10:30am | Tom Crocker – Principal Solution Advisor, Rocket Software Db2 13 Utilities History – What is it and How to Use it |
| 10:30 – 10:45am | Break |
| 10:45 – 11:45am | Paul Bartak – Distinguished Engineer, Rocket Software Db2 13 – From GA to Today |
Tridex Db2 LUW – March 13th 2025 agenda
| 10:00am – 11:00am | Calisto Zuzarte, IBM Db2 AI Query Optimizer and Query Tuning |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Michael Roecken, IBM Db2 Availability & Recovery: Get Ready For What’s Next |
Tridex Db2 z/OS – March 6th 2025 agenda
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Emil Kotrc, Broadcom Safeguarding Your Data: A Comprehensive Guide to Db2 for z/OS Security Exit routines |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Denis Tronin, Broadcom Who’s Knocking At the Door? Best Practices for Auditing Access to Db2 for z/OS |
Tridex Db2 LUW – December 11th 2024 agenda
Hybrid Sessions:
| 8:45 – 9:30 | Breakfast |
| 9:30 – 10:30 | Les King, IBM Db2 in the World of AI |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Steven Tsounis, IBM Managing Data in Db2: Optimizing Performance |
| 11:45 – 12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30 – 1:30 | Kelly Schlamb, IBM An Introduction to the data lakehouse architecture and IBM watsonx.data |
On-site/in-person only session (limited availability)*:
| 1:30 – 1:45 | Break |
| 1:45 – 4:45 | Kelly Schlamb, IBM A hands-on introduction to IBM watsonx.data |
| 4:45 – 5:00 | Closing Remarks |
*Important Note: You will need to bring your own laptop computer to be able to access the lab environment. Please read the hands-on session details and verify the prereqs before registering limited on-site/in-person seats.
Tridex Db2 z/OS – December 5th 2024 agenda
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Anthony Ciabattoni – Db2 for z/OS SWAT Team Leader, IBM “Run-It-Back” – Db2 for z/OS Development all new “2024 Swat Tales” |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Anthony Ciabattoni – Db2 for z/OS SWAT Team Leader, IBM Exploiting Db2 DDF Without Fear or Revelations |
Tridex Db2 LUW – September 19th 2024 agenda
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | George Baklarz, IBM Db2 meets watsonx.data – A DBA Guide |
| 2:00pm – 3:00pm | Calisto Zuzarte, IBM The AI Query Optimizer Features in Db2 Version 12.1 |
Tridex Db2 z/OS – September 12th 2024 agenda
| 09:00 – 10:15 | Mark Rader, IBM and Tori Felt, IBM The Five Highest-Value Features of Db2 13 for z/OS |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Keziah Knopp, IBM and Martin Schneider, IBM Unlocking Db2 for z/OS data with IBM Data Gate for watsonx |