COMMON EUROPE CONGRESS 2025: Grid

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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Welcome Reception 19:00 - 21:00

Exploring Database Tools (ACS & VS) 10:00 - 13:00

Db2 on steroids - deep dive 14:00 - 17:00

How to stop and start IBM i - Workshop 10:00 - 13:00

SQL Performance from the System manager point of view 14:00 - 17:00

Data Centric - Moving Business Logik into the Database 10:00 - 13:00

Visual Explain workshop - Get hands-on experience 14:00 - 17:00

Automating Power Virtual Servers with Ansible and AAP 10:00 - 13:00

Migrating IBM Power i to the Cloud: Best Practices for IBM PowerVS 14:00 - 17:00

OpenShift, Microservices, AI (LLM & RAG) plus .NET Deployment on IBM Power Systems 10:00 - 13:00

PowerSC hands-on Lab 14:00 - 17:00

IBM ISV Advisory Council (Invitation only) 09:00 - 13:00

First Timer Session 18:00 - 19:00

Lunch 13:00 - 14:00

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Opening Session 09:00 - 09:30

IBM Keynote 09:30 - 10:20

Mission: Possible! Journaling Forensics 101 (with Free Tools)! 10:40 - 11:40

IBM watsonx Code Assistant for i – Overview 11:50 - 12:50

Inject more security into Db2 for i 13:40 - 14:40

Sponsor session: Future-Proofing Your Data: Tran...

IBM i Security Best Practices 15:35 - 16:35

SQL Services for Systems Management 16:45 - 17:45

The IBM Power Clean Room 10:40 - 11:40

What's new in IBM Power Virtual Server? 11:50 - 12:50

Future Power Processor Roadmap 13:40 - 14:40

Sponsor session: Our successes with rejuvenation

IBM Power Virtual Server for an IBM i Customer 15:35 - 16:35

IBM Power Virtual Server: What is new and how is that helping my... 16:45 - 17:45

Latest and Greatest for the IBM i Operating System 10:40 - 11:40

What’s New in IBM i Security in IBM i 7.5 and 7.6 11:50 - 12:50

JSON, SQL, XML done easy with noxDb 13:40 - 14:40

Sponsor session: Remain Software

Open Source Success Stories on IBM i 15:35 - 16:35

Talk to your IBM i data: Using AI-RAG Pattern with LLMs to prese... 16:45 - 17:45

I never thought of THAT, so I DO Need HA! 10:40 - 11:40

Securing IBM i in the Age of Cyber Threats 11:50 - 12:50

How to Build a LLM from scratch 13:40 - 14:40

Sponsor session: Control all your IBM i applicat...

Using IBM Navigator in a Secure Manner 15:35 - 16:35

Taking the Guesswork out of IBM i Security with Authority Collec... 16:45 - 17:45

Db2 for i Inside of VS Code 10:40 - 11:40

Merlin as a Service offering explained 11:50 - 12:50

Lessons learnt from a proof of concept using IBM watsonx Assista... 13:40 - 14:40

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VS Code and Code for IBM i Hidden Gems 15:35 - 16:35

Using modern mobile Apps created with Flutter and RPG Microservi... 16:45 - 17:45

IBM i Ecosystem: Resources and Events for a Successful Career 10:40 - 11:40

Experience the Wonders of AI: Come Marvel With Me! 11:50 - 12:50

Upgrade your TODAY! 13:40 - 14:40

Sponsor session: Explore AI for Real – Welcome t...

Avoid Distractions, Get Focused 15:35 - 16:35

Latest game-changers in the MariaDB Server - Catalogs and Vector... 16:45 - 17:45

vSCSI, NPIV or NVMe. Internal or external. What IBM i administra... 10:40 - 11:40

Turn up the Power: External Disk and Hardware Replication on i..... 11:50 - 12:50

How to store and protect your container data 13:40 - 14:40

Sponsor session: Use AI to Build an IBM i Web Ap...

DS8K HA/DR and replication 15:35 - 16:35

Backup, Restore and Archive, a new choice for IBM i 16:45 - 17:45

Using your existing Power investment for AI loads 10:40 - 11:40

Introduction to AIX RBAC and Implementation Best Practices 11:50 - 12:50

Building IBM Power as a Service Platform from Scratch: A Deep Di... 13:40 - 14:40

Sponsored session: AI and Microservices: A New M...

Introduction to AI 15:35 - 16:35

Accelerating Enterprise AI with IBM Power10: From LLMs to Real-W... 16:45 - 17:45

A gentle introduction to containerization and OpenShift on IBM P... 10:40 - 11:40

Opensource Lifecycle Management on AIX 11:50 - 12:50

Leverage Event-Driven Ansible to reduce your automation reaction... 13:40 - 14:40

Sponsored session: The Hidden Knowledge in IBM i...

Event Driven Power Infrastructure 15:35 - 16:35

MariaDB Server and MariaDB MaxScale - Enterprise class database... 16:45 - 17:45

IBM briefing room 09:00 - 18:00

Should I stay or should I go 10:40 - 11:40

Panel Discussion - The Gender Bug in Tech: Can we fix it togethe... 13:40 - 14:40

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Expo fun - Prize draw, challenges and more 17:30 - 20:00

Keynote - Integrated MFA and IBM i 09:40 - 10:40

What you need to know to Upgrade IBM i to 7.6 08:30 - 09:30

Cool things in Navigator to be a Rockstar IBM i System Administr... 11:00 - 12:00

Ransomware and i 12:10 - 13:10

IBM i Security: A Dual Responsibility 14:00 - 15:00

Learn all about the SQL system manager approach 15:20 - 16:20

IBM i Security with an SQL Chaser 16:30 - 17:30

IBM in 7.5 and Power10 Performance Enhancements Highlights 08:30 - 09:30

Keynote - How we have made AI simple & fast for IBM Power 09:40 - 10:40

IBM HA/DR solutions strategy 11:00 - 12:00

PowerSC live demo for IBM i, AIX, Linux 12:10 - 13:10

IBM Power's Differentiated Memory Roadmap 14:00 - 15:00

What? I Can Create a Private Cloud with IBM Power Servers? 15:20 - 16:20

Power Platform Updates 16:30 - 17:30

Getting started with SQL stored procedures and UDTF 08:30 - 09:30

Keynote - IBM Flash System 09:40 - 10:40

IBM i - A Strategic Preview for 2025 and Beyond 11:00 - 12:00

IBM watsonx Code Assistant for i - How it works and demos 12:10 - 13:10

Leveraging AI with IBM i 14:00 - 15:00

Modern SQL Mastery: Advanced Techniques for DB2 for i Performanc... 15:20 - 16:20

AI Tools for Db2 for i 16:30 - 17:30

Securing and a monitoring SSH on IBMi 08:30 - 09:30

IBM i Performance Analysis for SQL requests 11:00 - 12:00

Security Catalog for IBM i 12:10 - 13:10

SQL for System and Storage Management 14:00 - 15:00

Live Demo of Navigator 15:20 - 16:20

Can cloud help me in accomplishing my DR and Cyber Resiliency go... 16:30 - 17:30

Modernization Without Madness: The Practical Guide to IBM i Appl... 08:30 - 09:30

Live Demo of how to create a Webservice from your existing 5250... 11:00 - 12:00

The Zero-Code Revolution: Natural Language Processing Takes Over... 12:10 - 13:10

Serverless architecture and RPG? 14:00 - 15:00

Cheat Sheet to Demystify AI 15:20 - 16:20

Data analysis on IBM i: Alternatives to DB2 Web Query with a foc... 16:30 - 17:30

Congress Dinner 20:00 - 23:00

The Ninja Guide to Building Teams and Creating Engagement! 08:30 - 09:30

10 Simple and Impactful Techniques to Improve Your Professional... 11:00 - 12:00

Modern QA and Test Automation: Elevating Reliability Across the... 12:10 - 13:10

AI Throughout Your Day! 14:00 - 15:00

It's How you Say It. A Guide to Effective Public Speaking 15:20 - 16:20

It's How you Say It. A Guide to Effective Public Speaking Part 2 16:30 - 17:30

Forget Everything You Know About IBM i HA – This Changes the Gam... 08:30 - 09:30

IBM Storage Virtualize Performance Monitoring and Architecture 11:00 - 12:00

DS8000 G10 overview 12:10 - 13:10

Enterprise Pools 2.0 - The Foundation for Hybrid Cloud 14:00 - 15:00

Cloud Management Console and Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 Live Dem... 15:20 - 16:20

How to reduce software license costs with Power Enterprise Pools... 16:30 - 17:30

AI Use Cases on IBM Power10 08:30 - 09:30

Single Node OpenShift on Power – A game changer! 11:00 - 12:00

Securing AI – Challenges and Best Practices 12:10 - 13:10

GenAI on IBM Power can answer your questions about Harry Potter,... 14:00 - 15:00

Kubernetes on Power: hard, not so hard and easy way 15:20 - 16:20

Deploy Modern Enterprise Applications on IBM Power with OpenShif... 16:30 - 17:30

Upgrade VIOS to 4.1. Fully automated! 08:30 - 09:30

A story of real Multi- Hybrid Cloud, or reality? 11:00 - 12:00

Leverage Red Hat Ansible to automate your IBM Power Systems 12:10 - 13:10

KVM in PowerVM 14:00 - 15:00

Open Source on IBM Power 15:20 - 16:20

How Generative AI can be used within your business - safely 16:30 - 17:30

IBM briefing room 08:30 - 09:30

An invitation an AI panel 11:00 - 12:00

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IBM i Backup and Restore Tactics with BRMS 09:10 - 10:10

IBM i Security Enhancements - What's new 10:30 - 11:30

Beyond the Dashboard: An IBM i Monitoring Blueprint 09:10 - 10:10

IBM i Migration While Active 10:30 - 11:30

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

What's New in Db2 for i 08:00 - 09:00

Db2 for i times 2 = Awesome 09:10 - 10:10

Accelerate your SQL Queries with SMP 10:30 - 11:30

Compliance and security management on IBM i with IBM PowerSC 09:10 - 10:10

Using Function Usage to Add another Layer of Security to your IB... 10:30 - 11:30

The role of Testing strategies and automation in DORA Compliance... 08:00 - 09:00

Code for IBM i & Co: contribute to an Open Source project ! 09:10 - 10:10

The Future of RPG : Evolution of a Legacy Language 10:30 - 11:30

Strategic IT - Partnering with the Business and Communicating fo... 09:10 - 10:10

Are you a Sail, or an Anchor? 10:30 - 11:30

Storage Insights Upcoming Features and Roadmap 08:00 - 09:00

The IBM i benefits of “instant disk copy” and the differences be... 09:10 - 10:10

FlashSystem and SVC Integration and Automation 10:30 - 11:30

Automation with Ansible (AAP) and Power Systems - PowerVC, HMC,... 09:10 - 10:10

AIX Trends and Directions 10:30 - 11:30

BSD on IBM Power, the forgotten Open Source Operating System 09:10 - 10:10

Ubuntu on Power! 10:30 - 11:30

The Network Matters for Storage 09:10 - 10:10

DS8K SafeGuarded Copy and Cyber Resiliency 10:30 - 11:30