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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.

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Welcome Reception 19:00 - 21:00

First timers introduction 18:00 - 19:00

Getting stared in the world of SQL performance 10:00 - 13:00

IBM i Security Auditing Deep Dive: Unlocking the Power of the Audit Journal 14:00 - 17:00

Workshop: IBM i Modernization Workshop with AI 10:00 - 13:00

Workshop 4 14:00 - 17:00

Workshop: Manage and optimize IBM FlashSystem deployments in real‑world scenarios 10:00 - 13:00

Workshop 5 14:00 - 17:00

Workshop: IBM PowerVC 10:00 - 13:00

Workshop: Visual Explain – Hands-On Experience 14:00 - 17:00

Workshop: Advanced Ansible Workshop on IBM Power 10:00 - 13:00

Advanced IBM AIX Live Update Workshop 14:00 - 17:00

Lunch (for Workshop attendees) 13:00 - 14:00

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01 - Expo	02 - Auditorium	03 - RHÔNE 1	04 - RHÔNE 2	05 -RHÔNE 3A	06 - RHÔNE 3B	07 -RHÔNE 4	08 - ST CLAIR 3A	09 - ST CLAIR 3B	10 - ST CLAIR 4	11 - "The Stage"	12 - IBM Room

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Reception desk open 08:30 - 09:00

Opening Session 09:00 - 09:30

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Lunch in Expo 12:50 - 14:00

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IBM Keynote 09:30 - 10:20

Using SQL in Everyday Life 10:30 - 11:30

What's New in IBM i Security? 11:50 - 12:50

How to build an AI agent for IBM i 14:00 - 15:00

Thinkwise: From RPG to AI-ready: on IBM i

Unlocking the Potential of IBM’s Administration Runtime Expert 15:55 - 16:55

Protecting Db2 for i Data with Row and Column Access Control (RC... 17:05 - 18:05

IBM i Client Innovation Stories 10:30 - 11:30

IBM i Migrate While Active: minimizing downtime with Partition M... 11:50 - 12:50

IBM i in 2026 - Collaborative Strategy in the Era of AI 14:00 - 15:00

M81 15:10 - 15:35

IBM i 7.6 and the latest TRs by the Architect 15:55 - 16:55

IBM i System Administration Basics 17:05 - 18:05

What is IBM Bob and how can Bob work for you! 10:30 - 11:30

VS Code for IBM i: focus on Debugging and Unit Testing 11:50 - 12:50

Meet Bob - Your New AI Software Development Partner 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 2 15:10 - 15:35

Serverless architecture and RPG? 15:55 - 16:55

Application Modernization Database 17:05 - 18:05

Panning for Performance Gold with Visual Explain 10:30 - 11:30

Reinventing IBM i: The Journey from RPG to Python 11:50 - 12:50

Git for Beginners on IBM i 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 3 15:10 - 15:35

Git, Jenkins and Nexus walk into an IBM i… 15:55 - 16:55

New Improved Rest API support for IBM i 17:05 - 18:05

Power Processor Roadmap: Power11, Memory Architecture, Enterpris... 10:30 - 11:30

What is new on IBM Power Virtual Server 11:50 - 12:50

Deliver generative AI solutions on Power with Spyre accelerator... 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 4 15:10 - 15:35

From Insight to Autonomy: The Future of Agentic Operations on IB... 15:55 - 16:55

2026 Client Outcomes for AI with IBM Power 17:05 - 18:05

It's How You Say It: A Guide To Effective Public Speaking 10:30 - 11:30

It's How You Say It: A Guide To Effective Public Speaking Part 2 11:50 - 12:50

Roundtable discussion: IBM Power skills gap in Europe - What can... 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 5 15:10 - 15:35

Role of User groups, Why join, why create 15:55 - 16:55

Beyond Chatbots: Understanding the AI Agent Revolution 17:05 - 18:05

What's new in AIX 7.3: New features, capabilities and best pract... 10:30 - 11:30

AIX Roadmap and Platform Innovations: Performance, Security, Ava... 11:50 - 12:50

A Wishlist for the Future of IBM's Unix Beyond 2040 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 6 15:10 - 15:35

Zero Planned Downtime on AIX: Live Updates for Always-On Enterpr... 15:55 - 16:55

KVM Virtualization on IBM Power 17:05 - 18:05

LibrePower: A Community-Driven Renaissance for IBM Power 10:30 - 11:30

Document Intelligence on Power 11:50 - 12:50

Event Driven Power Infrastructure 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 7 15:10 - 15:35

Ansible for AIX and Linux on Power: tips and tricks 15:55 - 16:55

Powering the Hybrid Cloud: A Year in Review for OpenShift on IBM... 17:05 - 18:05

The Future of Storage with IBM FlashSystem 10:30 - 11:30

IBM Flash Storage Made Smarter: Observability & AIOps with Stora... 11:50 - 12:50

IBM Power Cyber Vault 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 8 15:10 - 15:35

Next-Gen High Availability and Disaster Recovery for IBM i: Leve... 15:55 - 16:55

Building Resilient Architectures with PBHA and PBR on FlashSyste... 17:05 - 18:05

The stage 10:30 - 11:30

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IBM Room 11:50 - 12:50

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Lunch 12:40 - 14:00

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Expo fun - Prize draw, challenges and more 18:05 - 19:30

AI agents for IBM i systems administration 08:00 - 09:00

Securing your IBM i without Destroying your Business 10:30 - 11:30

Navigator for i, the Tools Within! 11:40 - 12:40

A Practical Approach to IBM i SQL Performance 14:00 - 15:00

Compliance and security management on IBM i with IBM PowerSC 15:55 - 16:55

Using Navigator to Securely Manage your IBM i 17:05 - 18:05

Accelerate your SQL Queries with SMP 08:00 - 09:00

KEY Note IBM i 09:10 - 10:10

A Journey to the Truth....with AI and Ansible! 10:30 - 11:30

What can software High Availability do for you? 11:40 - 12:40

What's New in Db2 for i 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 1 15:10 - 15:35

Compliance and security management on IBM i with IBM PowerSC 15:55 - 16:55

Common Misconceptions in the IBM i Performance Area 17:05 - 18:05

Under the Hood - A Deep Dive into the SQL Query Engine 08:00 - 09:00

RPG Unit Testing Made Easy In VS Code 10:30 - 11:30

JSON, SQL, XML done easy with noxDb 11:40 - 12:40

VS Code and Code for IBM i Hidden Gems 2.0 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 2 15:10 - 15:35

SQL Services for the Developer 15:55 - 16:55

Code for IBM i – What’s New, What’s Next 17:05 - 18:05

The new age of Agentic AI 08:00 - 09:00

Living with AI During the Fourth Industrial Revolution 10:30 - 11:30

Introducing the AI Starter Kit 11:40 - 12:40

Build your agentic agile team for your RPG legacy application 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 3 15:10 - 15:35

Breathing New Life Into RPG: AI as Your Modernization Partner 15:55 - 16:55

Exploring Mapepire, the new way to access Db2! 17:05 - 18:05

Resource Groups in Power11 - learn about working principles and... 08:00 - 09:00

Power Processors & IBM i: A Brief History of the Past 25 Years 10:30 - 11:30

Power11 announcement & AI on Power 11:40 - 12:40

Unlocking Power11: Modern Licensing and Enterprise Pools 2.0 Enh... 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 4 15:10 - 15:35

What’s New in Network Performance with Power11 15:55 - 16:55

Engineering Sovereign Ready Systems - A Practical Path to Operat... 17:05 - 18:05

The Human Edge: How to Stay Relevant in an AI World! 08:00 - 09:00

Ready for that next step? Why the hell do you want to be in IT m... 10:30 - 11:30

Are you a Sail or an Anchor? 11:40 - 12:40

From AI to EQ: 10 Ways to Elevate Your Professional Skills 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 5 15:10 - 15:35

A Life in IBM i: What Hundreds of Conversations Have Taught Me 15:55 - 16:55

Personal development 17:05 - 18:05

Icinga Stack on IBM Power 08:00 - 09:00

Key Note AIX/Linux 09:10 - 10:10

Deisn your own VS Code extension and extend Code for IBM i 10:30 - 11:30

AI Accelration for Power with Spyre 11:40 - 12:40

IaaS - Manage Power Systems with IBM PowerVC for Private Cloud 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 6 15:10 - 15:35

Automate your AIX patch management 15:55 - 16:55

EDB Postgres on IBM Power: The Enterprise Ready PostgreSQL Platf... 17:05 - 18:05

Watsonx.Data on IBM Power - Modern Analytics for Enterprise Data 08:00 - 09:00

Understanding RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server and Surr... 10:30 - 11:30

AI Agents: Best Practices for the Next Era of Software 11:40 - 12:40

Surround and Extend: Using Linux on Power to Modernize Your Core... 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 7 15:10 - 15:35

The Container Diet: Shrinking Container Images on IBM Power for... 15:55 - 16:55

TBD 17:05 - 18:05

Backup, Restore and Archive: A new choice for IBMi & Distributed... 08:00 - 09:00

Key Note Storage 09:10 - 10:10

Rethinking IBM i HA – When traditional HA and DR are no longer e... 10:30 - 11:30

Enhancing IBM i Operational Resilience with IBM FlashSystem Tech... 11:40 - 12:40

NextGen FlashSystem - Designed to Adapt, Engineered to Perform,... 14:00 - 15:00

Sponsored session 8 15:10 - 15:35

From Roadmap to Results : delivering customer value with AI driv... 15:55 - 16:55

IBM FlashSystem Updates and Roadmap 17:05 - 18:05

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Systems management 08:00 - 09:00

Common Misconceptions in the IBM i Performance Area 09:10 - 10:10

Learn more about the SQL system manager approach 10:30 - 11:30

Ask the experts IBM i 11:40 - 12:30

Closing cermony 12:30 - 13:00

IBM i and AI: Let's Design the Future 08:00 - 09:00

IBM i 09:10 - 10:10

IBM i 10:30 - 11:30

Getting Started with SQL Functions and Procedures 08:00 - 09:00

Db2 for i from the comfort of your VS Code 09:10 - 10:10

The Hidden Superpowers of IBM i: Features You Didn’t Know You Al... 10:30 - 11:30

Modern DevOps on IBM i - Builds, Tests, and Impact Analysis 08:00 - 09:00

Mastering Advanced SQL Data Types in ILE RPG: From LOBs to XML 09:10 - 10:10

The Next Level of Integration: Building Hybrid AI-Powered Workfl... 10:30 - 11:30

Bringing AI to Production with IBM Power 08:00 - 09:00

Zero-Trust Reinvented: Hardening IBM Power with PowerSC and Cybe... 09:10 - 10:10

Securing your VIOS server 10:30 - 11:30

Personal development 08:00 - 09:00

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Personal development 10:30 - 11:30

Open Source AI: A comprehensive overview and challenge of "openw... 08:00 - 09:00

Power your Pipeline 09:10 - 10:10

Modernizing AIX with Open Source: Toolbox, DNF, AI, and the Road... 10:30 - 11:30

Ask the experts AIX/Linux 11:40 - 12:30

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What's new in TLS Services 08:00 - 09:00

IBM Storage 09:10 - 10:10

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