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.

10:30 CEST

The Future of Storage with IBM FlashSystem

Monday June 15, 2026 10:30 - 11:30 CEST

10 - ST CLAIR 4

Speakers

Neil MCGOVERN

WW Sales Leader – IBM FlashSystem, IBM

Monday June 15, 2026 10:30 - 11:30 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

IBM Storage

11:50 CEST

IBM Flash Storage Made Smarter: Observability & AIOps with Storage Insights

Monday June 15, 2026 11:50 - 12:50 CEST

10 - ST CLAIR 4

IBM Storage Insights is an intelligent, SaaS-based storage management and analytics platform designed to simplify and optimize enterprise storage operations. It provides a unified, real-time view of storage environments across on-premises and cloud, enabling proactive health monitoring, predictive analytics, and data-driven insights that help organizations improve performance, enhance reliability, and reduce operational costs.Key capabilities include:Centralized visibility across heterogeneous storage systemsPredictive analytics and alerts to identify issues before they impact operationsCapacity planning and utilization insights to optimize resource allocationAutomated health checks and recommendations for faster troubleshootingIntegration with hybrid cloud environments for seamless managementBy delivering actionable intelligence and automation, IBM Storage Insights empowers IT teams to make informed decisions, accelerate problem resolution, and drive greater efficiency across their storage estate—ultimately supporting business continuity and digital transformation initiatives.

Speakers

Prabira Acharya

Monday June 15, 2026 11:50 - 12:50 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

IBM Storage

14:00 CEST

IBM Power Cyber Vault

Monday June 15, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 CEST

10 - ST CLAIR 4

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 →

Monday June 15, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

IBM Storage

15:55 CEST

Next-Gen High Availability and Disaster Recovery for IBM i: Leveraging IBM Power and FlashSystem for Zero Downtime Operations

Monday June 15, 2026 15:55 - 16:55 CEST

10 - ST CLAIR 4

Discover how to architect a truly resilient IBM i environment using IBM Power and IBM FlashSystem. This session presents a real-world, production-proven HADR (High Availability and Disaster Recovery) solution that eliminates single points of failure, enables seamless planned maintenance, and ensures business continuity—even across sites separated by 500 km. Learn how active-active storage, asynchronous remote replication, and Live Partition Mobility (LPM) combine to deliver near-zero RPO/RTO, while Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 and IBM Storage Insights provide dynamic resource allocation and proactive monitoring. Ideal for architects and administrators seeking to maximize uptime, operational flexibility, and cost efficiency in mission-critical IBM i landscapes.

Speakers

Nicolae Chirea

System Architect, Seidor Iberia

I’ve spent the last 25 years working deep within the IBM Power ecosystem. My focus is simple: helping businesses build the most reliable and efficient environments possible, usually with IBM i as the centerpiece, but often incorporating AIX, Linux, and the necessary IBM Storage... Read More →

Monday June 15, 2026 15:55 - 16:55 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

IBM Storage

17:05 CEST

Building Resilient Architectures with PBHA and PBR on FlashSystem

Monday June 15, 2026 17:05 - 18:05 CEST

10 - ST CLAIR 4

This session introduces the mechanisms of Policy-Based High Availability (PBHA) and Policy-Based Replication (PBR) on IBM FlashSystem. We will explore how these advanced features enable automated, policy-driven data protection and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring resilience and compliance in modern IT environments. The presentation will cover the architecture, configuration principles, and operational benefits of PBHA and PBR, followed by a live demonstration showcasing their practical implementation on FlashSystem arrays.

Speakers

Guillaume Legmar

Monday June 15, 2026 17:05 - 18:05 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

IBM Storage

08:00 CEST

Backup, Restore and Archive: A new choice for IBMi & Distributed Systems

Tuesday June 16, 2026 08:00 - 09:00 CEST

10 - ST CLAIR 4

Speakers

Shreya Nair

WW Product Manager, IBM

I am a Product Manager for the IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library. I joined IBM in early 2025 and come from a background in product and service innovation, with a passion for building solutions grounded in real customer needs. In my role, I collaborate with global development, finance... Read More →

Tuesday June 16, 2026 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

IBM Storage

10:30 CEST

Rethinking IBM i HA – When traditional HA and DR are no longer enough

Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:30 - 11:30 CEST

10 - ST CLAIR 4

Building on last year's introduction of Policy-Based High Availability (PBHA), this session shows how we have implemented and operationalized PBHA in our own production environment.We go deeper into how PBHA is combined with Policy-Based Replication (PBR), Safeguarded Copy (SGC), snapshots, automation, and monitoring. This creates a cyber-resilient, policy-driven HA and DR architecture across multiple sites, without relying on expensive third-party products. We also show how fully automated VTL and tape backups are driven directly from snapshots, and how cleanroom recovery using Safeguarded Copy is integrated into the overall design.The focus is on real-world design decisions, automation, monitoring, and continuous validation to ensure recoverability.This is IBM i high availability and cyber resilience as it is actually run in production in 2026.

Speakers

Jesper Johansen

IBM Certified Systems Expert & IBM Champion, Molgaard Data A/S

Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:30 - 11:30 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

IBM Storage

11:40 CEST

Enhancing IBM i Operational Resilience with IBM FlashSystem Technology

Tuesday June 16, 2026 11:40 - 12:40 CEST

10 - ST CLAIR 4

"Enhancing IBM iOperational Resilience with IBM FlashSystem Technology This session details
the latest technical features in IBM FlashSystem storage technology that can be
used to enhance Operational Resilience for critical IBM I workloads. I'll cover the
following areas which focus on RPO and RTO for Cyber-attack and traditional DR
scenarios:New policy based
replication and how to improve RPONew policy based
snapshots and help size themImmutable backups as
part of a Cyber resilience strategyIBM I considerations
for snapshots and validation in a Clean Room as part of IBM Power Cyber VaultAnomaly detection
through IBM Storage Insights

I'll show how the
technology applies to small, medium and large enterprises."

Speakers

Ed Yeates

Professional Services Manager, Celerity

Tuesday June 16, 2026 11:40 - 12:40 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

IBM Storage

14:00 CEST

NextGen FlashSystem - Designed to Adapt, Engineered to Perform, Built to Protect - Technical Details

Tuesday June 16, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 CEST

10 - ST CLAIR 4

Speakers

Carlos Fuente

Distinguished Engineer, IBM

Tuesday June 16, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

IBM Storage

15:55 CEST

From Roadmap to Results : delivering customer value with AI driven Storage

Tuesday June 16, 2026 15:55 - 16:55 CEST

10 - ST CLAIR 4

In enterprise environments, innovation only matters if it delivers tangible value to customers. This session explores how modern storage products are designed with customer outcomes as the primary driver, and how the thoughtful integration of AI can help address the most critical challenges enterprises face today.Drawing from real product strategy experience, the session will walk through the journey from roadmap definition to real-world results, highlighting how customer feedback, operational pain points, and business priorities shape product decisions. Rather than focusing on AI as a buzzword, the discussion centers on how AI-driven capabilities in enterprise storage are applied to improve performance, resilience, predictability, and operational efficiency.Attendees will gain insight into how AI can be embedded into storage platforms to proactively tackle issues such as performance variability, capacity planning, and risk reduction—ultimately helping customers operate with greater confidence and stability.

Speakers

Gabriel Rodriguez

Tuesday June 16, 2026 15:55 - 16:55 CEST
10 - ST CLAIR 4

IBM Storage

17:05 CEST

IBM FlashSystem Updates and Roadmap

Tuesday June 16, 2026 17:05 - 18:05 CEST

10 - ST CLAIR 4

Come and find out what new features have been recently delivered on the IBM FlashSystem and SVC products, as well as finding out what's coming in the near future.

Speakers