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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:
  1. 3 ½ days of latest education delivered by top IBM and industry leading speakers  punctuated by large breaks offering maximum networking,
  2. Three-hour in-depth workshops, 60 minutes’ education sessions and solution provider’s special slots,
  3. 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,
  4. 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.
Venue: 04 - F2 clear filter
Tuesday, June 3
 

10:40 CEST

The IBM Power Clean Room
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
04 - F2
This session describes how to plan for and create an IBM Power clean room, covering IBM i and AIX partitions. Using benefits and features of IBM FlashSystem Safeguarded Copy, I'll show you how to create a clean room that provides a quick and safe recovery in the event of a Cyber Attack that hits your production system. The IBM Power Clean Room massively reduces RPO and RTO for any form of data corruption. I'll show how to plan, size and implement Safeguarded Copy. I'll describe how to present data from an immutable snapshot into a 'clean room' partition, how to validate it's a viable recovery point and how the process can be automated. I'll cover the relevant HMC and VIOS, FlashSystem functionality as well as an overview of FlashSystem cyber resilience features like FCM4 and Storage Insights.
Speakers
avatar for Ed Yeates

Ed Yeates

Professional Services Manager, Celerity (Chilli IT)
Ed’s entire working career has been centred on the IBM i platform, beginning in IBM's AS400 Technical Support. Ed then moved into the ISV arena focusing on system optimization and high availability. For the last 16 years Ed has been in the IBM Business Partner world designing, deploying... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:40 - 11:40 CEST
04 - F2
  Power Hardware / Storage, Storage

11:50 CEST

What's new in IBM Power Virtual Server?
Tuesday June 3, 2025 11:50 - 12:50 CEST
04 - F2
Did you know you can consume IBM Power as a service in IBM Cloud or even in your own data center?!? Join us for this exciting session to learn about the latest advances and innovations in Power Virtual Server and how you can get started!
Speakers
avatar for Joe Cropper

Joe Cropper

Distinguished Engineer, Power Hybrid Cloud, IBM
Joe is an IBM Distinguished Engineer within the IBM Power software development organization. In his current role as Chief Architect, Power as-a-Service and Hybrid Cloud, he has worldwide technical responsibility to enable hybrid cloud solutions on IBM Power and drive application modernization... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 11:50 - 12:50 CEST
04 - F2
  Power Hardware / Storage, Strategy

14:00 CEST

Future Power Processor Roadmap
Tuesday June 3, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
04 - F2
In this session, we will describe the technologies and characteristics underpinning the future Power Processor/System roadmap, highlighting the positive impacts on the IBM Power platform.
Speakers
avatar for Bill Starke

Bill Starke

Power Processor Chief Architect, IBM
William Starke is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Power microprocessors. Since graduating from Michigan Tech University, Bill has been employed by IBM for over 30 years in several roles, spanning mainframe and Power systems performance analysis, logic design... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
04 - F2
  Power Hardware / Storage

15:15 CEST

Sponsor session: Apper
Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:15 - 15:40 CEST
04 - F2
Sponsors
avatar for Apper

Apper

Our vision is to be the top-of-mind player in business-critical IT in the Nordic region, where IBM is the largest and most strategically important partner.To achieve our goal, we offer services and solutions in the following business areas:IBM i / IBM PowerSupply Chain Management... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:15 - 15:40 CEST
04 - F2
  Solution provider

15:50 CEST

IBM Power Virtual Server for an IBM i Customer
Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:50 - 16:50 CEST
04 - F2
IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) provides a simple and straightforward solution for infrastructure modernization, while delivering the benefits of a hybrid cloud architecture.  It provides a seamless and fast cloud transition for IBM Power workloads since there is no need to change architectures.  A customer has access to additional application and data services as well as high availability and disaster recovery.  2024 saw many enhancements for IBM i customers such as better pricing, increased volume support, and Virtual Serial Numbers (VSN).  Leading businesses worldwide use IBM Power Virtual Server for their production, development and HA/DR operations, so attend this session to hear the latest and greatest about IBM PowerVS for an IBM i customer.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Sundt

Daniel Sundt

IBM i Product Manager, IBM
Dan Sundt is an IBM i product manager. He has the responsibility for the IBM i business, including defining and guiding future directions and strategies. He works with the IBM i sales, marketing, and development teams as well as customers and partners to ensure that the IBM i operating... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 15:50 - 16:50 CEST
04 - F2
  Power Hardware / Storage

17:00 CEST

IBM Power Virtual Server: What is new and how is that helping my business
Tuesday June 3, 2025 17:00 - 18:00 CEST
04 - F2
In this session we will discuss what new features and improvements have been implemented on IBM Power Virtual server and how these improvements will help your business.
We will also discuss by real examples how other business use IBM Power Virtual Server


Speakers
avatar for Tonny Bastiaans

Tonny Bastiaans

offering manager, IBM
Tonny Bastiaans is World Wide Product manager Power System at IBM. Started more than 20 years ago as an engineer on RS6000 systems (the predecessor of Power). He moved via several roles to his current role. With his technical background he is bridging the gap between technic and business... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 17:00 - 18:00 CEST
04 - F2
  Power Hardware / Storage
 
Wednesday, June 4
 

08:00 CEST

IBM in 7.5 and Power10 Performance Enhancements Highlights
Wednesday June 4, 2025 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
04 - F2
IBM i 7.5 offers an array of new performance metrics, updates to performance tooling, and access to previously chargeable performance features at no extra cost. Plus, Power10 brings significant capacity enhancements. Join us to discover these improvements and understand which ones are available to you even before upgrading to IBM i 7.5.
Speakers
avatar for Morten Buur Rasmussen

Morten Buur Rasmussen

Power Performance Specialist, IBM
Morten Buur Rasmussen is a performance Specialist at IBM Technology Expert Labs. Morten has 39 years of experience in the computing field. He started working with the S/38 and AS/400 in 1988 as programmer.Before joining the Lab Services and Expert Labs, he worked for IBM Denmark and... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 08:00 - 09:00 CEST
04 - F2
  Power Hardware / Storage

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
avatar for Sebastian Lehrig

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

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
avatar for Steve Finnes

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

PowerSC live demo for IBM i, AIX, Linux
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
04 - F2
A run through of some of the key features and capabilities of the PowerSC software to provide real time security monitoring and regulatory compliance for workloads running on Power servers. Examples will use IBM i, AIX, and Linux endpoints.

By Andrew Laidlaw
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
04 - F2
  Power Hardware / Storage, Systems management

12:40 CEST

TBD
Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:40 - 13:05 CEST
04 - F2
Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:40 - 13:05 CEST
04 - F2
  Solution provider

14:05 CEST

IBM Power's Differentiated Memory Roadmap
Wednesday June 4, 2025 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
04 - F2
This session explores the historical importance of Power's memory architecture, reviews recent developments in Power's memory roadmap, and highlights the strengths of Power's memory architecture going forward versus developments in industry memory architectures.
Speakers
avatar for Bill Starke

Bill Starke

Power Processor Chief Architect, IBM
William Starke is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Power microprocessors. Since graduating from Michigan Tech University, Bill has been employed by IBM for over 30 years in several roles, spanning mainframe and Power systems performance analysis, logic design... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 14:05 - 15:05 CEST
04 - F2
  Power Hardware / Storage

15:20 CEST

What? I Can Create a Private Cloud with IBM Power Servers?
Wednesday June 4, 2025 15:20 - 16:20 CEST
04 - F2
Back in 2019 IBM introduced Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 on the Power9 model E980, offering customers the flexibility to tailor system configurations with a mix of purchased and pay-for-use consumption of processors and software.  This was expanded in 2020 to scale-out systems which are frequently used by IBM i customers.  When the latest Power10 processor-based models were introduced, new consumption capabilities were added.  If you are interested in dynamic, flexible consumption or cloud-like economics with on-prem servers, attend this session.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Sundt

Daniel Sundt

IBM i Product Manager, IBM
Dan Sundt is an IBM i product manager. He has the responsibility for the IBM i business, including defining and guiding future directions and strategies. He works with the IBM i sales, marketing, and development teams as well as customers and partners to ensure that the IBM i operating... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 15:20 - 16:20 CEST
04 - F2
  Power Hardware / Storage

16:30 CEST

Power Platform Updates
Wednesday June 4, 2025 16:30 - 17:30 CEST
04 - F2
The objective of the session is to provide an update on the next generation of Power systems, highlight its new key capabilities and use cases, as well as reinforce the Power roadmap for upcoming years.

By Wennie Allen
Wednesday June 4, 2025 16:30 - 17:30 CEST
04 - F2
  Power Hardware / Storage, Strategy
 
Thursday, June 5
 

09:10 CEST

Beyond the Dashboard: An IBM i Monitoring Blueprint
Thursday June 5, 2025 09:10 - 10:10 CEST
04 - F2
Your IBM i system serves as the backbone of your operations, with each workload presenting unique demands. However, certain key elements must be consistently monitored to maintain a healthy and efficient environment. In this session, you’ll gain a comprehensive guide to monitoring IBM i, covering system performance, database health, security, storage, and user activity. Discover best practices, tools, and strategies to identify bottlenecks, address security vulnerabilities, and ensure optimal uptime. Leave equipped with actionable insights to keep your IBM i system running smoothly in today’s demanding IT landscape.
Speakers
avatar for Ash Giddings

Ash Giddings

Product Manager, Maxava
Ash Giddings is an IT professional with over 30 years of experience in and around IBM midrange servers. He is currently the Product Manager at Maxava, a leading provider of disaster recovery, high availability, and cloud-based monitoring solutions for IBM i and beyond. Ash is an IBM... Read More →
Thursday June 5, 2025 09:10 - 10:10 CEST
04 - F2
  IBM i, Systems management

10:20 CEST

IBM i Migration While Active
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 CEST
04 - F2
IBM i Migration While active announced by IBM in October 2024. It is a great tool in order to migrate the IBM i from one premise to another whether it is cloud or any other service provider. In this session will briefly cover this product and functionalities how to use it and what can be achieved with limited time when planning for migrations.

By Rohit Chauhan & Nicolae Chirea
Speakers
avatar for Rohit Chauhan

Rohit Chauhan

Senior Technical Specialist and IBM Champion, Tietoevry Tech Services Norway AS
Rohit Chauhan is an IBM Champion and a Senior Technical Specialist with expertise in IBM i platform and IBM Power Systems. He is also a IBM Redbooks author and works at Tietoevry Tech Services, Stavanger, Norway, which is an IBM Business Partner and one of the biggest IT service providers... Read More →
avatar for Nicolae Chirea

Nicolae Chirea

System Architect, Seidor Iberia
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:20 - 11:20 CEST
04 - F2
  IBM i, Systems management

11:30 CEST

Ask the Experts - AIX/Linux
Thursday June 5, 2025 11:30 - 12:18 CEST
04 - F2
AIX/ Linux Panel
Thursday June 5, 2025 11:30 - 12:18 CEST
04 - F2
  All hands
 
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