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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08:00 CEST

AI Use Cases on IBM Power10

Wednesday June 4, 2025 08:00 - 09:00 CEST

10 - R15

Learn about the top use cases for AI on Power 10. In this session, learn about design decisions, deployment, and challenges of AI on IBM Power, including taking advantage of MMA on Power10.

Speakers

Youssef Largou

CEO, Power Maroc

As executive associate director, my focus is on delivering essential technology stack and frameworks to help organizations reinvent themselves and realize their digital transformation, modernize their infrastructure and move mission critical workloads across clouds. I focus my time... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
10 - R15

AIX/Linux

08:00 CEST

Upgrade VIOS to 4.1. Fully automated!

Wednesday June 4, 2025 08:00 - 09:00 CEST

11 - R9

I had two weeks between the years and ca. 160 Virtual I/O Servers to upgrade. It means I had ca. 30 minutes (or less) per upgrade. It is more than enough time if you use automation like Ansible. I describe how I automated my VIOS upgrades and what problems I've got on the way.

By Andrey Klyachkin

Speakers

Andrey Klyachkin

Managing Director, eNFence

I help companies build standardized, completely automated and agile IBM Power infrastructure.➤ It minimizes your time to market for new apps and features.➤ It optimizes your IT operational costs.➤ It enhances your security.WHAT HAVE I ACHIEVED?➤ POWER DevOps (https://www.power-devops.com... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
11 - R9

AIX/Linux, IBM Power

09:10 CEST

Keynote - How we have made AI simple & fast for IBM Power

Wednesday June 4, 2025 09:10 - 10:10 CEST

04 - F2

The top priorities of IBM Power clients when integrating AI capabilities into their solutions are simplicity and performance. Both properties have driven the AI with IBM Power strategy since the past two years and have now led to significant innovation with products such as IBM Spyre Accelerator for Power, Code Assistant for IBM i, and more.

This session gives an overview of these innovations in light of the overall strategy and outlines the roadmap for what's next. The session covers concrete customer examples and live demonstrations of typical fit-for-purpose AI use cases on IBM Power, for example, in the generative AI space with large language models such as IBM/Granite & Meta/Llama and RAG architectures for digital assistants.

Speakers

Sebastian Lehrig

WW AI on IBM Power Leader, IBM

As world-wide leader for AI on IBM Power, Sebastian is the main product manager to drive design, development, and market success of AI offerings & capabilities on the IBM Power platform. Previously, he has brought the open-source AI portfolio (including technology such as Kubeflow... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 09:10 - 10:10 CEST
04 - F2

AIX/Linux

10:20 CEST

A story of real Multi- Hybrid Cloud, or reality?

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 CEST

11 - R9

This presentation show how you can run multi-cloud and hybrid cloud systems using IBM Power. The most important question is, can you really run your application in a cloud native way, or are you just being cloud naive?
If your workload does support running in a cloud native way, can you run on multiple clouds?
Now that you can run on multiple clouds, can you run in a hybrid cloud setup.
This presentation debuncts the myths around multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud and other cloud solutions, with a small demonstration of what multi- hybrid- cloud could really do if implementent correctly.

Speakers

Toshaan Bharvani

CTO, VanTosh

Toshaan Bharvani is a IT consultant, currently self-employed at VanTosh, with a interest in Open Source Software and Open Source Hardware. He started his IT interest at a very early age, when his father gave him his first own PC components. Ever since he has been interested in IT... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 CEST
11 - R9

AIX/Linux

10:20 CEST

Single Node OpenShift on Power – A game changer! LIMITED

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 CEST

10 - R15

What if you could dive into the world of containers with minimal resources? With OpenShift running on a single IBM LPAR, traditional IBM i and AIX customers can take their first steps into containerization with a tiny footprint. Join me to see just how easy it is to deploy OpenShift on Power and what it takes to build a fully functional container management platform!

by Nicolae Chirea

Speakers

Nicolae Chirea

System Architect, Seidor Iberia

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 CEST
10 - R15

AIX/Linux

11:30 CEST

Leverage Red Hat Ansible to automate your IBM Power Systems LIMITED

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30 - 12:30 CEST

11 - R9

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

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
11 - R9

AIX/Linux

11:30 CEST

Securing AI – Challenges and Best Practices LIMITED

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30 - 12:30 CEST

10 - R15

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

Solutions Architect, InnoBoost SA

I am a Junior Solutions Architect with a passion for designing, building and implementing creative digital solutions. I enjoy solving complex problems, finding interesting use-cases for technologies and products that already exist, as well as making things from scratch. I am currently... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
10 - R15

AIX/Linux, AI

14:05 CEST

GenAI on IBM Power can answer your questions about Harry Potter, and much more! LIMITED

Wednesday June 4, 2025 14:05 - 15:05 CEST

10 - R15

Everyone is talking about GenAI, and in this session we will show GenAI running on IBM Power. You may also be aware that GenAI models don't know everything, and can make up answers. Join us to see how we can improve the answers GenAI creates, from data you can control, without retraining the model.

Speakers

David Spurway

IBM Power AI and Security Principal, EMEA, IBM Technology Sales, IBM

As the Global Principal IBM Power, David is the primary evangelist for IBM Power in IBM Technology Sales. He regularly meets and presents to a range of audiences, from CxO to new graduates, articulating the value of our solutions. Whether the topic is the existing IBM Power offerings... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
10 - R15

AIX/Linux

14:05 CEST

KVM in PowerVM LIMITED

Wednesday June 4, 2025 14:05 - 15:05 CEST

11 - R9

Exploring KVM in PowerVM. New use cases and reference architectures.

By Hugo Blanco

Wednesday June 4, 2025 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
11 - R9

AIX/Linux

15:20 CEST

Kubernetes on Power: hard, not so hard and easy way

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

10 - R15

Everyone talks about OpenShift. Why do we need it? What's the difference between Kubernetes and OpenShift? What can happen if you decide to run pure Kubernetes on IBM Power?

By Andrey Klyachkin

Speakers

Andrey Klyachkin

Managing Director, eNFence

Wednesday June 4, 2025 15:20 - 16:20 CEST
10 - R15

AIX/Linux

15:20 CEST

Open Source on IBM Power LIMITED

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

11 - R9

This presentation talks about Open Source on IBM Power, the initiatives ongoing within the OpenPOWER foundation, the open source community and the state of open source on IBM AIX, IBM i and Linux on Power

Speakers

Toshaan Bharvani

CTO, VanTosh

Wednesday June 4, 2025 15:20 - 16:20 CEST
11 - R9

AIX/Linux

16:30 CEST

Deploy Modern Enterprise Applications on IBM Power with OpenShift & Multi-Architecture Compute: Seamlessly Running x86 and Power Workloads Together LIMITED

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

10 - R15

Join Paul Chapman to explore OpenShift & Multi-Architecture Compute capabilities. This session demonstrates how organizations can leverage both x86 and IBM Power architectures within a single OpenShift cluster, enabling more flexible and efficient containerized workload deployment. Through practical demonstrations including installation of Single Node OpenShift and deployment of an x86 microservices-based application on IBM Power, attendees will learn how to:

- Install Single Node OpenShift on Power systems
- Deploy x86 microservice solution on IBM Power with OpenShift Container Platform
- Migrate .NET 7.0 microservice to .NET 9.0
- Migrate microservice workloads between x86 and Power architectures

Drawing from actual customer implementations, including a major healthcare provider's success story, this session provides valuable insights for organizations looking to optimize their infrastructure while maintaining operational simplicity. Whether you're considering modernization strategies or already running mixed architecture environments, you'll gain practical knowledge about deploying and managing multi-architecture compute solutions in production.

Speakers

Paul Chapman

Global Power Modernisation Technical Lead, IBM UK

Firstly, I love creating memories with my family and dog, Buddy. Previously I enjoyed European motorcycle tours and track days and still own an Aprilia RSV1000. I spend my recreation time SCUBA diving or anything else adventurous. I have participated in Project Shark in the Red Sea... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 16:30 - 17:30 CEST
10 - R15

AIX/Linux

COMMON EUROPE CONGRESS 2025

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