COMMON EUROPE CONGRESS 2025: Full Schedule

WELCOME TO COMMON EUROPE CONGRESS 2025

Don’t forget to reach out to your local country user group to get the discount code for the congress!

Common Europe, in collaboration with Common Sweden, is delighted to be holding its annual flagship event, Common Europe Congress, in the friendly city of Gothenburg offering extensive education, networking and relaxation opportunities. It’s also a great opportunity for exploring the city… so why not take a family mini-break as well.
Congress education areas targeted are IBM Power hardware, Application Development, Advanced RPG, Open Source tools and Languages, System Management, Db2 and SQL, IBM Storage, IBM i services and microservices, Security and Compliance and much more.
There will be two AIX / Linux tracks, to emphasize the Power Systems character of Common Europe.
Top IBM Business Architects and industry experts have already agreed to share their knowledge on the latest announcements, customer cases as well as practical subjects.
The congress content includes:

3 ½ days of latest education delivered by top IBM and industry leading speakers punctuated by large breaks offering maximum networking,
Three-hour in-depth workshops, 60 minutes’ education sessions and solution provider’s special slots,
A Solution Providers’ Centre open for 2 ½ days with top European and worldwide technology companies at their booths presenting innovative practical solutions that will enhance our solutions,
A Congress Dinner in the hotel with live entertainment.

We have negotiated special room rates in the Congress hotel itself,
The Common Europe Organization Team looks forward to seeing you in picturesque Gothenburg.

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

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10:40 CEST

Db2 for i Inside of VS Code

Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:40 - 11:40 CEST

07 - R18

Visual Studio Code is an industry standard development environment that provides powerful extendability through extensions. The IBM i team has built a VS Code extension that allows programmers, database engineers, and others to easily harness the power of Db2 for i through a modern interface. The extension offers features such as running SQL queries, a schema browser, Visual Explain, the SQL Error Logging Facility, and much more!

Speakers

Ryan Moeller

Software Engineer, IBM

Ryan Moeller is a software engineer working on Db2 for i, specifically on the SQL Query Engine (SQE) team. He joined the team in the Rochester, MN development lab in 2020. Ryan specializes in SQL, database development, and query performance analysis.

Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
07 - R18

IBM i App Dev

11:50 CEST

Merlin as a Service offering explained

Tuesday June 3, 2025 11:50 - 12:50 CEST

07 - R18

In this jointly session of CSI, Arcad and IBM, the new offering Merlin as a Service will be explained. We will discuss what Merlin is, what the benefits are of Merlin as a Service and how this can help in speeding up the modernization of your IBM i environment

Speakers

Tonny Bastiaans

offering manager, IBM

Tonny Bastiaans is World Wide Product manager Power System at IBM. Started more than 20 years ago as an engineer on RS6000 systems (the predecessor of Power). He moved via several roles to his current role. With his technical background he is bridging the gap between technic and business... Read More →

Tuesday June 3, 2025 11:50 - 12:50 CEST
07 - R18

IBM i App Dev

14:00 CEST

Lessons learnt from a proof of concept using IBM watsonx Assistant

Tuesday June 3, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST

07 - R18

Steve Cast, IBM Champion, i-UG Marketing Director, COMMON Europe Treasurer, and technical entrepreneur will deliver this informative session.

The session addresses the lessons learnt from a Proof of Concept to develop a chatbot using Watson X Assistant, with real word examples.

Starting with an introduction to Watson X Assistant, Steve will progress on to explore the challenges faced. This will include the successes and failures his team experienced along the way. Key takeaways will be presented to help your learning. Closing with conclusions and potential future directions, this session will be beneficial to anyone considering Watson X Assistant for their own needs.

Come along to this session to see Watson X Assistant for yourself and benefit from the lessons learnt by Steve and his team.

Tuesday June 3, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
07 - R18

IBM i App Dev

15:15 CEST

Sponsor session: Data Protection for SAP HANA with StorSafe

Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:15 - 15:40 CEST

07 - R18

As SAP HANA environments continue to grow in complexity and size, ensuring efficient data protection and recovery becomes a critical challenge. StorSafe, a cutting-edge backup and recovery solution, is optimized to address the unique demands of SAP HANA. By leveraging StorSafe's advanced deduplication and compression capabilities, organizations can significantly reduce storage requirements, minimize backup windows, and ensure rapid recovery in the event of data loss or system failure.

With StorSafe, SAP HANA administrators can simplify their data protection operations, reduce costs, and improve overall system performance. StorSafe's compatibility with SAP HANA's backup and recovery tools ensures seamless integration, eliminating the need for costly and time-consuming custom scripting or modifications. Additionally, StorSafe's support for NFS and CIFS protocols enables easy backup and recovery of SAP HANA data, regardless of the underlying storage infrastructure.

In this technical session, we will delve into the details of how StorSafe optimizes SAP HANA data protection, exploring topics such as deduplication ratios, backup and recovery performance, and integration with SAP HANA's native backup tools. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how StorSafe can help them overcome common data protection challenges in SAP HANA environments, ensuring high availability, data integrity, and business continuity.

Sponsor speakers

Guy Berlo

MD EMEA FalconStor, FalconStor Software

Guy Berlo is the Managing Director for the EMEA Region. Prior to joining Falconstor, Mr.Berlo was the VP Sales & Operations for EMEA at ProphetStor Data Services active in the AImarket space. Previously, Mr. Berlo was the Vice President and General Manager EMEAafter starting up CEMEA... Read More →

Sponsors

FalconStor

Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:15 - 15:40 CEST
07 - R18

Solution provider

15:50 CEST

VS Code and Code for IBM i Hidden Gems

Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:50 - 16:50 CEST

07 - R18

Thanks to the Code for IBM i open source extension, VS Code became an IDE of choice for whoever wants to do some development on IBM i. Less expansive (as in "free") and more modern than RDi, it's already a daily driver for IBM i professionals and enthusiasts alike. But what does it have to offer we barely know? What are the less-known features that can make a developer's life easier? The legend tells that it's even possible to work locally on IBM i source code synchronized with Git or to use Visual Explain right from VS Code. But the best is yet to come and see for yourself! Whether you are a seasoned developer or just curious, join me to discover or rediscover the hidden gems that VS Code has to offer. Don't be a stranger and bring your questions along!

Speakers

Sebastien Julliand

Tech Lead, ARCAD Software

Hi, I'm Seb! I am a Tech Lead & IBM i Advocate at ARCAD Software and an active contributors to IBM i open source projects.Let's talk about anything related to software development, on IBM i or not, it doesn't mater to me. RPGLE, Java, TypeScript...I love them all equally 😁I'm actively... Read More →

Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:50 - 16:50 CEST
07 - R18

IBM i App Dev

17:00 CEST

Using modern mobile Apps created with Flutter and RPG Microservices as Backend LIMITED

Tuesday June 3, 2025 17:00 - 18:00 CEST

07 - R18

There is more than one way to skin a cat - so it is with creating a modern, graphical User Interface for IBM I Applications (and of course for all the other platforms as well).
My Team and I are using multiple ways like Angular, ExtJs, React, .Net (XAML with MAUI), Serverbased Web Applications, IceCap, Swift, Kotlin AND Flutter.
It always depends what you want to achieve and - of course - what kind of resources (human as well as time and money) you have.

One way, which is a very good one from our perspective, is the DART Framework Flutter.

In this Session you will see how you can create platform independent Apps with one codebase using the Flutter Framework and RPG Microservices with JSON as the backend on IBM i with DB2 for i.

Learn about the advantages of the Flutter Framework and how you can use one codebase to run on mobile, Desktop and Browser in combination with RPG Microservices in the backend running on IBM i with DB2 for i.
Quick Look on what a RPG Microservice is, how you can easily create them and why it is a great idea to use it as a backend for any modern Frontend.

Speakers

Markus Litters

CEO, i and me - IT Training and Solutions GmbH

I start working with IBM POWER Servers and IBM i since I was 19 back in 1990 when it was called IBM AS/400 and from the beginning I was focused on Integrating the System with everything else (first of all DOS PC's, then Windows PC's and HP Unix and so on) and to modernize the existing... Read More →

Tuesday June 3, 2025 17:00 - 18:00 CEST
07 - R18

IBM i App Dev

COMMON EUROPE CONGRESS 2025

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