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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10:20 CEST

IBM HA/DR solutions strategy

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

04 - F2

This session focuses on the IBM HA/DR solution portfolio for IBM i. The IBM i HA/DR solution portfolio is hardware based and as such the are highly automated. We will discuss the options, the positioning, what's new and what's coming in 2025.

Speakers

Steve Finnes

Product Manager, IBM

Steve has spent several years in IBM with positions spanning basic research to product development, product offering and marketing. He is the product offering manager for IBM Power Systems with responsibility for PowerHA for AIX, PowerHA for IBM i and the CBU.

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 CEST
04 - F2

IBM i, Systems management

11:30 CEST

RPG Code Assistant Update

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

05 - F3

In 2024 at POWERUp, Steve Will, CTO & Chief Architect of IBM i, launched a project to create a tool that would use an AI Large Language Model, trained to understand RPG, to make life much easier for programmers who work with RPG, and to allow businesses to more confidently hire programmers and know there was a tool that could help any programmer work with existing RPG code. That project, the RPG Code Assistant project, has had a year to mature. In this session, Steve will give you the latest update. Joining him will be Adam Shedivy, on of the developers on this project, who will give insight into what it takes to create and train the tool.

Speakers

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 →

Adam Shedivy

Software Developer, IBM

Adam is a software Developer working on enhancing client and open source integration on IBM i.

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
05 - F3

IBM i, Strategy

14:05 CEST

SQL for System and Storage Management

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

06 - R17

Ryan Moeller (Software Engineer, Db2 for i) teams up with Ann Wilkerson (Lead Developer, IBM i Navigator) to show how Navigator and SQL services can be expanded upon to automate and report on everyday storage and systems management tasks.

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.

Wednesday June 4, 2025 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
06 - R17

IBM i, Systems management

15:20 CEST

Live Demo of Navigator LIMITED

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

06 - R17

The IBM Navigator is marching forward adding new features and ways to manage your IBM i. This session is all about the live Demo we will show you first hand the new features as well as help answer your questions on how you can take managing the IBM i to the next level

Speakers

Tim Rowe

STSM - IBM i Business Architect, 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 →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 15:20 - 16:20 CEST
06 - R17

IBM i, Systems management

COMMON EUROPE CONGRESS 2025

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