COMMON EUROPE CONGRESS 2025: Full Schedule

WELCOME TO COMMON EUROPE CONGRESS 2025

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.

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

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08:00 CEST

Morning guided meditation

Wednesday June 4, 2025 08:00 - 08:30 CEST

12 - R7

Sponsor speakers

Lele Terenzani

Digital Sales Senior Global Communications SME, IBM

I'm an IBMer specialized in content creation and event creation and for many years the global leader of the Mindfulness@IBM Community where we lead meditation practices for IBMers and workshops.

Wednesday June 4, 2025 08:00 - 08:30 CEST
12 - R7

08:30 CEST

IBM in 7.5 and Power10 Performance Enhancements Highlights

Wednesday June 4, 2025 08:30 - 09:30 CEST

04 - F2

IBM i 7.5 offers an array of new performance metrics, updates to performance tooling, and access to previously chargeable performance features at no extra cost. Plus, Power10 brings significant capacity enhancements. Join us to discover these improvements and understand which ones are available to you even before upgrading to IBM i 7.5.

Speakers

Morten Buur Rasmussen

Power Performance Specialist, IBM Expert Labs

Morten Buur Rasmussen is a performance Specialist at IBM Technology Expert Labs. Morten has 40 years of experience in the computing field. He started working with the S/38 and AS/400 in 1988 as programmer. Before joining the Lab Services and Expert Labs, he worked for IBM Denmark... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 08:30 - 09:30 CEST
04 - F2

Power Hardware / Storage

11:00 CEST

Cool things in Navigator to be a Rockstar IBM i System Administrator

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00 - 12:00 CEST

03 - F1

IBM Navigator for i is a powerful tool to manage your i environment better. Get expert advice for installation and setup to make sure you get this powerful tool up and running at peak efficiency. Step through the functionality of this product and learn how to leverage the Performance Data Investigator to turn the collection services data into graphs you can use to identify performance issues. Learn ways to protect your system from intrusions and close security holes such as FTP. See how this tool can help you select and install Logical files on your system to improve performance. Learn about the enhancements to this valuable tool in the latest release while we see how this tool provides tips and techniques for better and more easily managing your IBM i.
Updated 2025

Speakers

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 →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
03 - F1

IBM i System Management

12:10 CEST

ABN Amro Clearing, Cefetra, TTNL Power Briefing

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST

12 - R7

Speakers

Wennie Allen

Executive Director of Product Management, IBM Power, IBM

Wennie Allen is the Executive Director of Product Management for IBM Power. Wennie oversees teams responsible for developing and delivering impactful Power products and offerings, including the Power platform, IBM i, and AIX. She plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of IBM Power, driving... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST
12 - R7

12:10 CEST

Leverage Red Hat Ansible to automate your IBM Power Systems

LIMITED

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST

11 - R9

Limited Capacity seats available

Red Hat Ansible is a mighty Configuration Management System that can help you to automate all IT processes.
This capability is foundational for the success of Ansible, since automating all processes, end-to-end, with the same tools is the key to highly efficient and effective automation.
One of the less-known capabilities of Ansible is its ability to manage Power systems.
Now Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform can run on your IBM Power systems, so you can use it to automate without compromises!

By Fabio Alessandro Locati

Speakers

Fabio Alessandro Locati

Principal Specialist Solution Architect, Red Hat

Fabio Alessandro Locati - commonly known as Fale - is an EMEA Principal Solutions Architect at Red Hat, public speaker, published author, and Open Source contributor. His main areas of expertise are Linux, containers (ie: Kubernetes), automation (ie: Ansible), security, cloud (mainly... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST
11 - R9

AIX/Linux

12:10 CEST

Securing AI – Challenges and Best Practices

LIMITED

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST

10 - R15

Limited Capacity seats available

AI becomes a critical component of enterprise IT, ensuring its security is paramount. AI systems introduce new risks, from data privacy concerns to adversarial attacks and model integrity threats. This session will explore the key security challenges associated with AI, particularly in environments running on IBM Power Systems and Linux.

We will discuss best practices for securing AI applications, including data protection strategies, governance frameworks, and risk mitigation techniques. Attendees will gain insights into how AI-driven security solutions can enhance threat detection and response while ensuring compliance with industry regulations.

Speakers

Mirza Ćutuk

Head of AI, InnoBoost SA

Mirza Ćutuk, M.Sc., is a Solutions Architect specializing in Data and AI. With a strong background in developing innovative solutions that bridge the gap between technology and societal needs, Mirza has been at the forefront of creating sustainable and impactful technological frameworks... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST
10 - R15

AIX/Linux, AI

12:10 CEST

IBM watsonx Code Assistant for i - How it works and demos

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST

05 - F3

Come and see the recently announced IBM watsonx Code Assistant specifically trained and integrated with the IBM i.
IBM has trained an LLM specifically for understanding IBM i application development. With deep integration with Code for IBM i, developer productivity should soar to new heights.

Adam / Steve

Speakers

Steve Will

IBM i CTO & Chief Architect, IBM

Adam Shedivy

Software Developer, IBM

Adam is a software Developer working on Agentic AI solutions for IBM i

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST
05 - F3

IBM i, Strategy

12:10 CEST

The Zero-Code Revolution: Natural Language Processing Takes Over IBM i

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST

07 - R18

Examining a future where traditional programming on IBM i is replaced by advanced NLP, allowing systems to be managed and modified through conversation alone.

Speakers

Koen Decorte

CTO, IBM Champion, CD-Invest

Koen Decorte is the founder of CD-Invest nv, a Belgian IBM i consultancy with over 30 years of expertise in ERP/CRM and open source development, IBM i platform modernization, and PEPPOL e-invoicing services. CD-Invest is home to several IBM Champions and serves enterprise clients... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST
07 - R18

IBM i App Dev

12:10 CEST

DS8000 G10 overview

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST

09 - R14

Speakers

Henrik Grönberg

IBM

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:10 - 13:10 CEST
09 - R14

Storage

13:10 CEST

Lunch at Expo

Wednesday June 4, 2025 13:10 - 14:00 CEST

01 - Expo

Wednesday June 4, 2025 13:10 - 14:00 CEST
01 - Expo

Break

13:45 CEST

IBM CHAMPIONS PHOTO

Wednesday June 4, 2025 13:45 - 13:55 CEST

02 - F4/F5

Please bring your blue jacket if you have it with you.

NOTE: This session is for IBM Champions only.

Speakers

Steve Cast

Practice Director/Treasurer Common Europe, Fresche Solutions

I lead the European team at Fresche Solutions, one of the world's largest IBM i dedicated teams outside of IBM.

In my role as Practice Director of Fresche Europe, I continue to build on the success of my 40+ years of working in this sector, by combining the comprehensive IBM i too

... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 13:45 - 13:55 CEST
02 - F4/F5

14:00 CEST

AI Throughout Your Day!

Wednesday June 4, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST

08 - R11/R12

Tired of all the hype surrounding AI? Would you like to be more productive using AI - today - but you're not sure where to start? Or maybe you've scratched the surface with AI, but want to learn more? Either way, this is the session for you! Here we skip the theory and dive straight into real-world applications that boost productivity and streamline daily tasks using AI based tools. Join us for this session and leave with tangible skills to supercharge your productivity, while producing better results, with less effort!

Join this session to learn how to:
- Craft professional emails, reports, and letters in a fraction of the time
- Dive into data analysis without the headache
- Help you write code better and faster
- Unlock your creative side to make art you'll be proud of - even if you can't draw a straight line!
- Use AI throughout your day for personal and fun tasks as well as at work
- Get the most out of the many diverse AI tools available today for maximum productivity
- Whether you're new to AI or just looking for practical ideas, you'll leave with real examples and skills you can start using immediately for both professional and personal tasks. Join us to learn how to put AI to use for you today!

Audience:
Everyone who is curious about AI and would like to be more productive at work and in their personal life will benefit from this session. AI isn't just for data scientists anymore - it's a valuable tool we can all benefit from every day!

Speakers

Steven Wolk

CTO, PC Richard & Son

Steven Wolk is the CTO for PC Richard & Son. Founded in 1909, PC Richard is a family owned and operated chain of over 65 appliance, electronics, and mattress superstores located throughout NY, NJ, CT, and PA. Steve's deep background in retail began on the sales floor while in college... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
08 - R11/R12

Personal Development, AI

15:20 CEST

ListAgg and Split - Aggregating, Summarizing and Decomposing Data and Strings

Wednesday June 4, 2025 15:20 - 16:20 CEST

08 - R11/R12

In this session you will learn a lot of (new) SQL tricks, such as generating all kinds of totals an sub-totals with SQL, Creating Pivot Tables, Accumulating Strings over multiple rows ... decomposing everthing, i.e. convert a pivot table with multiple columns into a table with multiple rows, decompose a *.csv table.

Speakers

Birgitta HAUSER

Database and Software Architect, BIRGITTA HAUSER - MODERNIZATION

Birgitta Hauser worked on the IBM i and its predecessors since 1992. She graduated with a business economics diploma, and started programming on the AS/400 in 1992. She worked and works as traditional RPG Programmer but also as Database and Software Architect, focusing on IBM i... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 15:20 - 16:20 CEST
08 - R11/R12

IBM i

15:20 CEST

It's How you Say It. A Guide to Effective Public Speaking

Wednesday June 4, 2025 15:20 - 16:20 CEST

02 - F4/F5

An introduction to techniques and exercises to help you look after, develop and use your voice effectively for public speaking. This practical overview offers advice and tips for handling nervousness, correct breathing, tone, creating vocal variation etc. to actively engage with your audience .

Speakers

Jonathon Sawdon

Executive Secretary, Common Europe

Jonathon is a professional actor, writer, drama teacher, presenter and voice coach.
He has several film and TV credits to his name, has appeared in numerous corporate films and advertisements as well as various corporate and commercial voice overs.
He also works in the business sec... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 15:20 - 16:20 CEST
02 - F4/F5

Personal Development

16:30 CEST

How Generative AI can be used within your business - safely

FULL

Wednesday June 4, 2025 16:30 - 17:30 CEST

11 - R9

Limited Capacity full

Businesses are investigating how they can add business value with Generative AI, but are facing common challenges such as cost, security, and data privacy limitations. This session will look at common use cases for Generative AI, and how IBM Power capabilities can help deliver on those use cases in a safe and secure manner.

By Andrew Laidlaw

Speakers

Andrew Laidlaw

Senior Power Technical Specialist, IBM

Wednesday June 4, 2025 16:30 - 17:30 CEST
11 - R9

16:30 CEST

Can cloud help me in accomplishing my DR and Cyber Resiliency goals

Wednesday June 4, 2025 16:30 - 17:30 CEST

06 - R17

in this session we are going to find out how cloud can help you to accomplish your Disaster Recovery and also your Cyber Resilience goals.

Also the reason for cloud as a DR environment will be discussed.

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 →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 16:30 - 17:30 CEST
06 - R17

IBM i System Management, Strategy

16:30 CEST

How to reduce software license costs with Power Enterprise Pools 2.0

Wednesday June 4, 2025 16:30 - 17:30 CEST

09 - R14

How PEP 2.0 helps to reduce IBM i licenses. IBM Champion from a leading logistic company talks how implementation of the Private Cloud helps with CPU allocation, more efficient license usage and implementation of consumption based charging. In addition PEP 2.0 helps in failover and migration scenarios by reducing overhead required for resource allocation and keys management.

Speakers