IDUG Brazil 2026: Full Schedule

8:15am ADT

Registration

Monday August 17, 2026 8:15am - 4:30pm ADT

Registration

Monday August 17, 2026 8:15am - 4:30pm ADT
Registration

Registration

9:15am ADT

IDUG Welcome

Monday August 17, 2026 9:15am - 9:25am ADT

Auditorium

Monday August 17, 2026 9:15am - 9:25am ADT
Auditorium

IDUG Event, English

9:30am ADT

K01 | How Db2 Leverages AI to Transform the Industry Standard

Monday August 17, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT

Auditorium

For over 40 years, Db2 for z/OS has continuously evolved as the world’s pre-eminent hybrid cloud data server, powering the most mission-critical enterprise workloads. While headlines focus on trendy buzzwords, Db2 remains fiercely dedicated to its foundational strengths—availability, scalability, security, and modernization—while aggressively exploiting AI where it delivers real-world...
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Speakers

Sueli Almeida

IBM Certified Thought Leader, IBM Silicon Valley Lab

Sueli Almeida is an IBM Certified Thought Leader and member of Db2 for z/OS development located at the IBM Silicon Valley Lab in San Jose, California. She has extensive experience with DB2, including database administration and systems programming. She has worked on DB2 for z/OS advanced... Read More →

Monday August 17, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT
Auditorium

Keynote, Portuguese

10:30am ADT

Morning Coffee

Monday August 17, 2026 10:30am - 10:50am ADT

Café Watson

Monday August 17, 2026 10:30am - 10:50am ADT
Café Watson

Meal or Break

10:50am ADT

A02 | Db2 for z/OS Trends & Directions

Monday August 17, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT

Auditorium

This session from Db2 for z/OS development leadership provides essential insight into Db2 strategy and technical direction. It will provide an overview of recent enhancements and the value that they provide. Just as importantly, it will place them in the broader context of where Db2 is headed. This will enable you to make important decisions now to position your business for the future of IBM's...
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Speakers

Sueli Almeida

IBM Certified Thought Leader, IBM Silicon Valley Lab

Monday August 17, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, Portuguese/English

10:50am ADT

B02 | What’s New – Db2 LUW Product Strategy Roadmap

Monday August 17, 2026 10:50am - 1:00pm ADT

Americas

This session provides an inside look at the Db2 LUW product strategy and roadmap, highlighting recent investments across AI enablement, automation, performance optimization, security, and hybrid cloud deployment flexibility. Attendees will gain insight into how Db2 LUW is adapting to support modern data architectures while preserving the reliability, scalability, and transactional strength...
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Speakers

Satya Krishnaswamy

Director, Hybrid Data Management Development, IBM

Satya Krishnaswamy is Director, Hybrid Data Management Development at IBM, responsible for the strategy, engineering and roadmap of IBM's hybrid Db2 portfolio: Db2, Db2 Warehouse, Db2 on Cloud and Db2 SaaS on IBM Cloud, AWS and Azure, plus IBM Db2 Bridge and the agentic, autonomous... Read More →

Monday August 17, 2026 10:50am - 1:00pm ADT
Americas

B | LUW, English

11:50am ADT

Break

Monday August 17, 2026 11:50am - 12:00pm ADT

TBA

Monday August 17, 2026 11:50am - 12:00pm ADT
TBA

Meal or Break

12:00pm ADT

A03 | Db2 for z/OS Development: New 2026 Swat Tales

Monday August 17, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT

Auditorium

The session will concentrate on new SWAT team experiences. Various unexpected outcomes and behaviors will be discussed along with technical items customers are exploiting and technologies that have been challenging for customers. The complete session will be focused on customer experiences and sharing real life outcomes. Topics include, but are not limited to, Universal Tablespaces exciting...
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Speakers

Anthony Ciabattoni

Executive IT Specialist - Db2 for z/OS SWAT Team Leader, IBM

Anthony Ciabattoni is an IBM Certified Executive IT Specialist and the current leader of the Db2 for z/OS SWAT Team, based out of the IBM Silicon Valley Lab. With over 32 years of hands-on experience working with Db2 for z/OS, Anthony brings deep technical expertise and a strong customer-focused... Read More →

Monday August 17, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, English

12:00pm ADT

B03 | From 500TB to 60TB: How Sicoob Reduced Its Analytical Core by 88%

Monday August 17, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT

Americas

Reducing a 500TB database to 60TB introduced a series of significant challenges. This case study details the technical journey to stabilize an environment that struggled with prohibitive recovery windows and the impossibility of performing traditional backups due to its massive volume. The presentation focuses on the end to end reduction effort, including the in-house development of an...
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Speakers

Pedro Carvalho

Infraestructure DB2 DBA, Sicoob

Db2 LUW DBA since 2007 working with IBM managing many customers throughout my career.Moved to Sicoob in 2021 and been working with the infraestruture team with all challenges a complex banking system hás.

Rafael Souza Faria

Customer Success Engineer, IBM

Rafael Souza Faria é Customer Success Engineer na IBM, onde atua na aceleração da jornada de modernização de dados e IA para grandes clientes corporativos. Com mais de 15 anos de experiência no setor de tecnologia, possui um histórico sólido na arquitetura, implantação e... Read More →

Monday August 17, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT
Americas

B | LUW, Portuguese

12:00pm ADT

C03 | Mastering Access Path Management in Db2 for z/OS: Simplify, Optimize, Succeed

Monday August 17, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT

Asia

The access path chosen by Db2 has a major impact on SQL performance and overall application efficiency. This session offers a quick refresher on access path fundamentals and focuses on best practices for managing access paths across the application lifecycle to ensure stable workload performance. Discover key strategies to keep your applications...
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Speakers

Michal Bialecki

Principal Software Engineer, Broadcom

Michal Bialecki is a Db2 Technical Consultant at Broadcom, bringing over 20 years of experience to the role. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2025, he spent two decades working remotely for IBM Silicon Valley Lab, where he served as a member of Db2 z/OS Development SWAT team with John... Read More →

Monday August 17, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT
Asia

C | Cross Platform/App Dev, English

1:00pm ADT

Lunch

Monday August 17, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm ADT

Cafeteria

Monday August 17, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm ADT
Cafeteria

Meal or Break

2:00pm ADT

A04 | Supercharging Db2 with Generative AI: From Natural Language Queries to Autonomous Performance Optimization

Monday August 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT

Auditorium

Enterprises are under pressure to deliver faster insights and streamline operations - the ultimate Boss Fight of managing large Db2 for z/OS environments. Generative AI is your new power-up for development and administration and your secret weapon against complexity. This session will show how to flip on the Auto-Pilot to tune SQL with expert-level precision, master complex schema management, and...
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Speakers

Chris Crone

Distinguished Engineer, Broadcom

Chris is a Distinguished Engineer for Database Technology and a lead architectfor the Data Management portfolio within the Mainframe Division of BroadcomSoftware Group. He oversees strategy and architecture decisions for theBroadcom database products IDMS and Datacom, as well as for... Read More →

Monday August 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, English

2:00pm ADT

B04 | Cloud Update: The Latest on Db2 Fully Managed Services

Monday August 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT

Americas

Join us for a deep dive into the latest innovations shaping the continued evolution of Db2 Cloud Services across leading cloud platforms. This session explores recent advancements in Db2 SaaS, AWS Amazon RDS for Db2, and Db2 as a Service on Microsoft Azure as well as Google Cloud. You’ll learn how these offerings enable flexible deployment choices while meeting demanding enterprise...
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Speakers

Andrew Hilden

Chief Architect Db2 SaaS, IBM

Andrew Hilden is the Chief Architect of Db2 SaaS. He is involved extensively in the development and architecture of several data-oriented cloud services in IBM. In the past 25 years he has worked in development, architectural and leadership roles in Db2 from SaaS to areas like appliances... Read More →

Monday August 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT
Americas

B | LUW, English

2:00pm ADT

C04 | From SQL Data Insights to SQL Data Insights Pro: A Deep Dive into New Capabilities

Monday August 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT

Asia

Introducing SQL Data Insights Pro, generally available since March 2026. This session begins with an introduction to SQL Data Insights, first delivered with Db2 for z/OS 13, followed by an overview of subsequent enhancements that have expanded its capabilities. The session then explores the latest advancements in SQL Data Insights Pro, including support for unstructured data stored in character...
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Speakers

Sueli Almeida

IBM Certified Thought Leader, IBM Silicon Valley Lab

Monday August 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT
Asia

C | Cross Platform/App Dev, Portuguese/English

3:00pm ADT

Break

Monday August 17, 2026 3:00pm - 3:10pm ADT

TBA

Monday August 17, 2026 3:00pm - 3:10pm ADT
TBA

Meal or Break

3:10pm ADT

A05 | IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS – Installation & Operations Overview

Monday August 17, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT

Auditorium

This training provides an end‑to‑end overview of IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS, covering architecture, deployment options, installation, configuration, and connectivity with Db2. It also explains data loading, incremental updates, query acceleration, monitoring, and troubleshooting for effective day‑to‑day operations.

Speakers

Vivekanandan Kannan Ilangovan

Expert Mainframe System Programmer, Ensono Technologies LLP

I am a seasoned DB2 System Programmer for z/OS with close to 20 years of experience supporting mission‑critical mainframe environments. I began my career working with DB2 Version 7 and have evolved alongside the platform, currently supporting multiple clients running DB2 Version... Read More →

Monday August 17, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, English

3:10pm ADT

B05 | Your AI Toolbox in Db2: Picking the Right Model When Everyone's Telling You to Use an LLM

Monday August 17, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT

Americas

The AI problems landing on the desks of DBAs and application developers this year don't all need the same model. Some call for a Large Language Model. Others need a forecasting model, a clustering algorithm, or an embedding model. Plenty can be solved by predictive techniques that have been working quietly for years. One drawer of the toolbox has been getting all the attention. The skill that...
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Speakers

Shaikh Quader

AI Architect, IBM Db2, IBM

Shaikh Quader has spent over two decades at IBM in software development, with the last ten years focused on AI. Now serving as AI Architect and Master Inventor on IBM Db2, he works on building intelligent, high-performance data platforms — including capabilities such as vector search... Read More →

Monday August 17, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT
Americas

B | LUW, English

3:10pm ADT

C05 | Optimized Db2 Business Applications... What's WLM Got to Do With It?

Monday August 17, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT

Asia

Overall system performance, efficiency, and capacity are foundational for large customers striving for the highest levels of availability and efficiency. WLM is one of the most critical components in a highly available, efficient system and application environment, including Db2 for z/OS.This session provides a clear, consumable view of WLM through the lens of Db2: what a Db2 system programmer and...
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Speakers

Anthony Ciabattoni

Executive IT Specialist - Db2 for z/OS SWAT Team Leader, IBM

Monday August 17, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT
Asia

C | Cross Platform/App Dev

4:10pm ADT

Afternoon Coffee

Monday August 17, 2026 4:10pm - 4:30pm ADT

Café Watson

Monday August 17, 2026 4:10pm - 4:30pm ADT
Café Watson

Meal or Break

4:30pm ADT

A06 | Db2 for z/OS - Ask the Experts

Monday August 17, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT

Auditorium

Join this expert panel for an open Q&A with leading Db2 for z/OS specialists. Panelists will take on as many attendee questions as time allows, offering practical insights drawn from real customer scenarios and current product capabilities. This interactive session is a chance to deepen your technical understanding, hear expert perspectives, and connect with peers across the Db2 community. Bring...
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Speakers

Sueli Almeida

IBM Certified Thought Leader, IBM Silicon Valley Lab

John Campbell

Customer Success Engineer - Data Strategic, Broadcom

John is an IBM Alumni, a retired IBM Distinguished Engineer, and now works as a Distinguished Technical Consultant for Broadcom Inc. He has worked with Db2 for z/OS for over 40 years and has extensive experience with Db2 in terms of systems, database and application design. He specialises... Read More →

Anthony Ciabattoni

Executive IT Specialist - Db2 for z/OS SWAT Team Leader, IBM

Chris Crone

Distinguished Engineer, Broadcom

Cüneyt Göksu

Executive IT Specialist, IBM

Cüneyt Göksu is an Executive IT Specialist for IBM® Z solutions in the context of Data and AI in IBM Germany Development Lab as a member of Center of Excellence team. He holds MBA, Bachelor’s degree and PhD in Computer Science. He has been working with Db2 for z/OS and IBM Z... Read More →

Monday August 17, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, English

4:30pm ADT

B06 | Db2 for LUW - Ask the Experts

Monday August 17, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT

Americas

Join this expert panel for an open Q&A with leading Db2 LUW specialists. Panelists will take on as many attendee questions as time allows, offering practical insights drawn from real customer scenarios and current product capabilities. This interactive session is a chance to deepen your technical understanding, hear expert perspectives, and connect with peers across the Db2 community. Bring your...
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Speakers

Andrew Hilden

Chief Architect Db2 SaaS, IBM

Satya Krishnaswamy

Director, Hybrid Data Management Development, IBM

Dale McInnis

STSM, Db2 Client Adoption Engineering, IBM

Dale McInnis is an STSM in Db2 development from the IBM Toronto Canada Lab. He has a B.Sc.(CS) from the University of New Brunswick and a Masters ofEngineering(M.Eng) from the University of Toronto and is currently pursuing his PhD in computer science. Dale joined IBM in 1988 and... Read More →

Shaikh Quader

AI Architect, IBM Db2, IBM

Bryan Tang

Program Director for IBM Databases, IBM

Bryan Tang leads the product management team for the IBM Db2 LUW portfolio, with responsibility across OLTP, OLAP, tooling, and fully managed cloud services.

Monday August 17, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT
Americas

B | LUW, English

5:45pm ADT

IDUG Networking Reception

Monday August 17, 2026 5:45pm - 7:00pm ADT

Café Watson

Monday August 17, 2026 5:45pm - 7:00pm ADT
Café Watson

IDUG Event

8:30am ADT

Registration

Tuesday August 18, 2026 8:30am - 4:30pm ADT

Registration

Tuesday August 18, 2026 8:30am - 4:30pm ADT
Registration

Registration

9:30am ADT

A07 | Z Data Strategy & Integration Update

Tuesday August 18, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT

Auditorium

This session is about deep dive technical details of how Z data is integrated with other platforms and solutions. This is an architectural, use case and product level technical session. There will be latest news from zSW Development and Product Management in the context of Data Management, focused on Db2 for z/OS. The goal of this session is • What are data modernization challenges –...
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Speakers

Cüneyt Göksu

Executive IT Specialist, IBM

Tuesday August 18, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, English

9:30am ADT

B07 | Db2 HADR Performance Tuning – What Does it Require?

Tuesday August 18, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT

Americas

This presentation will examine several key methods to configure Db2 HADR for optimal performance. We will look at the most important configuration / registry settings and discuss how they impact performance. We will also examine how to determine where the performance bottlenecks exists.

Speakers

Dale McInnis

STSM, Db2 Client Adoption Engineering, IBM

Tuesday August 18, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT
Americas

B | LUW, English

9:30am ADT

C07 | Hard Lessons Learned Using High Performance DBATs with Db2 for z/OS

Tuesday August 18, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT

Asia

High Performance DBATs (HP DBATS) is a very important performance feature of Db2 10 for DDF workloads. If applied and used intelligently this feature can generate significant savings in CPU resource consumption. This session will cover the following topics: what is a connection?; What is a DBAT (THREAD)?; thread (DBAT) pooling and DRDA inactive connections; what are High Performance DBATs; good...
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Speakers

John Campbell

Customer Success Engineer - Data Strategic, Broadcom

Tuesday August 18, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT
Asia

C | Cross Platform/App Dev, English

10:30am ADT

Morning Coffee

Tuesday August 18, 2026 10:30am - 10:50am ADT

Café Watson

Tuesday August 18, 2026 10:30am - 10:50am ADT
Café Watson

Meal or Break

10:50am ADT

A08 | Db2 for z/OS – Know your Limits!

Tuesday August 18, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT

Auditorium

This session will show and explain how to reliably monitor and manage critical limits within Db2 on z/OS along with real world examples from Banco Itaú. Starting with relatively basic simple things like DSSIZE or PIECESIZE. Moving on to Linear Dataset limits (32 for segmented spaces, 254 for LOB). We then will have a quick look at how the COPYPOOL is looking before diving off to the world of...
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Speakers

Daniel Eli Abreu Torres

Senior IT Platform Engineer, Itaú Unibanco

Daniel Eli Abreu Torres is a Senior IT Platform Engineer at Itaú Unibanco, specializing in Db2 z/OS environments that support large‑scale, mission‑critical workloads. He serves as a technical focal point for production stability, incident management, monitoring, and complex Db2... Read More →

Ulf Heinrich

Director, Solution Delivery, SE

Ulf Heinrich specializes in Db2 recovery and operations, managing cost reduction, and 24×7 operations. As a consultant at large customer sites, he has implemented database maintenance procedures and recovery strategies, and also experienced the pitfalls of recovery scenarios under... Read More →

Tuesday August 18, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, Portuguese/English

10:50am ADT

B08 | Introducing Db2 Serverless - Databases for the AI Era

Tuesday August 18, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT

Americas

In this session we will show you how application and database building with IBM Project Alpha gives you superpowers! Built for the AI Era, IBM Project Alpha will help you develop and run workloads of the future and push you beyond 10X Engineering. We will show you how to develop database applications from prompt to production and demonstrate how to tackle AI and Machine driven...
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Speakers

Andrew Hilden

Chief Architect Db2 SaaS, IBM

Tuesday August 18, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT
Americas

B | LUW, English

10:50am ADT

C08 | Debugging SQL PL - Without a Debugger

Tuesday August 18, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT

Asia

Db2 enables developers to write Procedures, Functions, and Triggers using SQL PL (SQL Procedure Language). While IBM does provide a debugger that can be used to debug SQL PL, users may not want to run a debugger in production. This session will explore alternatives to using the Unified Debugger. At the end of this session, you should be able to use the techniques discussed in this presentation to...
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Speakers

Chris Crone

Distinguished Engineer, Broadcom

Tuesday August 18, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT
Asia

C | Cross Platform/App Dev, English

11:50am ADT

Break

Tuesday August 18, 2026 11:50am - 12:00pm ADT

TBA

Tuesday August 18, 2026 11:50am - 12:00pm ADT
TBA

Meal or Break

12:00pm ADT

A09 | Performance, Availability, and Resilience Enhancements in Db2 13

Tuesday August 18, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT

Auditorium

There are significant performance, availability and resilience enhancements in Db2 13 for z/OS. This session will introduce and discuss the major enhancements, and provide insight on the use case and design point for each enhancement. This session will cover the following topics:• Online removal of active log dataset• Online migration from PBG UTS to PBR UTS table spaces ...
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Speakers

John Campbell

Customer Success Engineer - Data Strategic, Broadcom

Tuesday August 18, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, English

12:00pm ADT

B09 | Db2 Resiliency – What Can I Really Do?

Tuesday August 18, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT

Americas

In this presentation we will discuss how to design a Db2 LUW environment that runs continuously. We will discuss the current HA and DR features of Db2 LUW as well as how technologies can be combined to provide even higher resiliency. Several customer deployments will be examined to see how and why they made the choices they made.

Speakers

Dale McInnis

STSM, Db2 Client Adoption Engineering, IBM

Tuesday August 18, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT
Americas

B | LUW, English

12:00pm ADT

C09 | LinuxONE Data Infrastructure

Tuesday August 18, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT

Asia

Discover how LinuxONE redefines the modern data platform. We explore how its architecture consolidates massive databases with minimal latency, extreme security, and high availability. Learn about vertical scalability, drastic software licensing savings, and how LinuxONE’s sustainability drives ROI, transforming your data center into an agile, resilient innovation engine designed for...
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Speakers

Hulk

IBM LinuxONE Specialist, IBM

IBM LinuxONE Specialist

Tuesday August 18, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT
Asia

C | Cross Platform/App Dev, Portuguese

1:00pm ADT

Lunch

Tuesday August 18, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm ADT

Cafeteria

Tuesday August 18, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm ADT
Cafeteria

Meal or Break

2:00pm ADT

A10 | Challenges for the Successful Db2 13 Lock Structure Async Duplex Implementation at Itaú Unibanco

Tuesday August 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT

Auditorium

Ensuring high availability and resilience is a core requirement for modern enterprise data platforms. In Db2 Data Sharing environments, lock structures are a fundamental component for maintaining system stability and consistent performance under continuous, mission-critical workloads. At Itaú Unibanco S.A., Db2 for z/OS supports essential banking applications operating 24x7, across...
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Speakers

Paulo Rogério Petrachini

Db2 z/OS Systems Programmer & IT Platform Engineering Specialist, Banco Itaú Unibanco S.A.

Paulo Rogerio Petrachini has worked with Db2 z/OS for over 30 years, acting both as a Systems Programmer and DBA in large private banks in Brazil, which have complex and heavy Db2 mission-critical workloads processing in data-sharing groups.

José Eduardo Pol

IBM Certified Expert Technical Specialist & IBM Premium Support, IBM Brasil

José Eduardo Pol, is a consulting IT specialist certificated, with over 30 years of experience working at IBM Brazil supporting clients in a variety of subject in Db2 for z/OS area. Currently works as Db2 for z/OS IBM Premium Support for a large Bank in Brazil acting as focal point... Read More →

Tuesday August 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, Portuguese

2:00pm ADT

B10 | Db2 Genius Hub: Introducing the New Agentic AI Powered Database Experience

Tuesday August 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT

Americas

This session highlights new Db2 Genius Hub capabilities that improve performance insight, diagnostics, security, and overall usability. You’ll see how the platform identifies performance impacts before you apply query recommendations, giving you clearer expectations for workload behavior. You’ll also learn how automated anomaly detection surfaces issues across key Db2 metrics and how enhanced...
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Speakers

Bryan Tang

Program Director for IBM Databases, IBM

Bryan Tang leads the product management team for the IBM Db2 LUW portfolio, with responsibility across OLTP, OLAP, tooling, and fully managed cloud services.

Tuesday August 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT
Americas

B | LUW, English

2:00pm ADT

C10 | Applying AI/ML to Proactively Minimize Business Impact on Db2 Applications

Tuesday August 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT

Asia

The AI-driven economy requires quicker responses to market changes, especially for high-demand mainframe Db2 applications, which are seeing increased usage to meet key business needs. To ensure smooth operations of critical workloads, businesses are turning to AI/ML to tackle Db2 performance issues. This enables System Db2 DBAs to predict bottlenecks and minimize business impact.

Speakers

Antonio Couto

Sr. Technical Consultant, Broadcom

Over more than 27 years as an IBM Mainframe Solutions Expert, I have assessed, designed, presented, and delivered technical proposals and solution implementations for DB2, CICS/Batch, AIOps, AI/ML, and DevOps on z/OS. My experience spans both systems programming and application development.Complementing... Read More →

Tuesday August 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT
Asia

C | Cross Platform/App Dev, Portuguese

3:00pm ADT

Break

Tuesday August 18, 2026 3:00pm - 3:10pm ADT

TBA

Tuesday August 18, 2026 3:00pm - 3:10pm ADT
TBA

Meal or Break

3:10pm ADT

A11 | Db2 Analytics Accelerator: V8, Migration Experiences, Future, and Customer Updates

Tuesday August 18, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT

Auditorium

This session is deep dive technical details about Db2 Analytics Accelerator on IBM Z with latest V8 product updates, new capabilities, with migration details. There will be z17 and LinuxONE 5 Migration Experiences with V7 and V8, platform specific details, migration planning and deployment details. Session will contain IBM Z platform specific details z17 and LinuxONE 5, in the context of...
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Speakers

Cüneyt Göksu

Executive IT Specialist, IBM

Tuesday August 18, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, English

3:10pm ADT

B11 | Db2 is Your AI Platform: Proven AI Use Cases to Build Right Now

Tuesday August 18, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT

Americas

Db2 now has a complete AI application stack: Vector Storage, Vector Similarity Search, Vector Index, and LLM Integration. Once you know what this stack can do, the natural next question is: what can you build with it? That is exactly what this session addresses. Drawing on industry research and global enterprise adoption data, we examine AI use cases that organizations have already deployed at...
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Speakers

Shaikh Quader

AI Architect, IBM Db2, IBM

Tuesday August 18, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT
Americas

B | LUW, English

3:10pm ADT

C11 | Improve Db2 for z/OS Observability and Operations with Modern Dashboards

Tuesday August 18, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT

Asia

The mainframe, it’s just different…scalable, reliable, securable. But many in IT leadership roles think that “difference” is a barrier to success. It doesn’t have to be. The mainframe software has been evolving for years to be more and more manageable via user interfaces and commands that are similar or familiar to people using non-mainframe systems. The barrier to entry has been greatly...
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Speakers

Wiliam T Kanegae

Principal Solutions Advisor, Rocket Software

Wiliam Kanegae is a seasoned mainframe expert with over four decades of experience in enterprise technology. Since 2018, he has served as a Solutions Advisor at Rocket Software, specializing in Db2 for z/OS Tools and supporting Latin American customers with the OMEGAMON suite. His... Read More →

Tuesday August 18, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT
Asia

C | Cross Platform/App Dev, Portuguese/English

4:10pm ADT

Afternoon Coffee

Tuesday August 18, 2026 4:10pm - 4:30pm ADT

Café Watson

Tuesday August 18, 2026 4:10pm - 4:30pm ADT
Café Watson

Meal or Break

4:30pm ADT

A12 | From Business Requirements to Db2 Function Levels: Banco do Brasil’s Experience with Db2 13 FL506 through FL509 in a Mission-Critical Banking Environment

Tuesday August 18, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT

Auditorium

In this session we will share our experiences with the latest features introduced with Function Levels M506, M507, M508, and M509. Many of their functionalities were requested and awaited by Banco do Brasil.

Speakers

Eduardo Pingarilho Mendizabal

Eduardo Pingarilho Mendizabal is a Database Manager at Banco do Brasil, specializing in IBM Db2 for z/OS in large-scale, mission-critical environments. With extensive experience in data sharing architectures, performance tuning, and high-availability systems, he has been actively... Read More →

Tuesday August 18, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, Portuguese/English

4:30pm ADT

B12 | Db2 Backup and Recovery – Back to the Basics

Tuesday August 18, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT

Americas

In this presentation we will examine in detail the backup and recovery options available to DBAs for their Db2 environments. How to tune these utilities will be discussed and results will be reviewed from numerous tests. We will see what is the “art of the possible” from using local files, COS, Storage based copies, etc. We will take a close look at the new version enhancements and how they...
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Speakers

Dale McInnis

STSM, Db2 Client Adoption Engineering, IBM

Tuesday August 18, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT
Americas

B | LUW, English

4:30pm ADT

C12 | Uncovering the Unknowns of DDF Workload

Tuesday August 18, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT

Asia

The main objective of the session is go to show all the available technical items and metrics that are being captured by relatively newer SMF 102 IFCID 365 records. The supplies a great deal of information and that can be drivers for monitoring, exceptions, alerts, trend analysis and much more. The IFCID 365 records are statistics records, and the session will show how you can join the data with...
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Speakers

Anthony Ciabattoni

Executive IT Specialist - Db2 for z/OS SWAT Team Leader, IBM

Tuesday August 18, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT
Asia

C | Cross Platform/App Dev, English

8:30am ADT

Registration

Wednesday August 19, 2026 8:30am - 4:30pm ADT

Registration

Wednesday August 19, 2026 8:30am - 4:30pm ADT
Registration

Registration

9:30am ADT

A13 | Empowering Db2 for z/OS Applications with OpenTelemetry

Wednesday August 19, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT

Asia

IBM System Z and Db2 for z/OS applications are essential to the successful operations and business workflows for major companies. Join our discussion on OpenTelemetry and its powerful impact on observability across your entire business environment. Whether you're a System Reliability Engineer or an Application Developer, this session is for you! Here's what you'll learn:An overview of the...
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Speakers

Sueli Almeida

IBM Certified Thought Leader, IBM Silicon Valley Lab

Wednesday August 19, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT
Asia

A | z/OS, Portuguese/English

9:30am ADT

B13 | Db2: What Used to Take You Days, I Do in Minutes (and I’ll Show You How)

Wednesday August 19, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT

Oceania

In many scenarios, we need to recreate tables containing large volumes of data, multiple indexes, foreign keys, and other constraints. This process requires carefully crafted scripts to meet all requirements while preserving high availability in the environment. This session proposes to showcase a set of SQL mechanisms I’ve developed over more than 10 years working with Db2. These scripts...
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Speakers

Fabio Costa

DBA, Sicoob

I have 40 years of experience in Information Technology, having worked across a wide range of disciplines including software development, technical support, systems analysis, database administration, and network management, among others.

My first passion in IT was programming. O... Read More →

Wednesday August 19, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT
Oceania

B | LUW, Portuguese

9:30am ADT

WK01 | Workshop: Part 1 - Db2 z/OS Housekeeping Best Practices

Wednesday August 19, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT

Auditorium

In the world of Db2 for z/OS, "set it and forget it" is a recipe for performance degradation and wasted storage. As data volumes explode and batch windows shrink, traditional housekeeping—REORG, RUNSTATS, and IMAGE COPY—must evolve from manual chores into a streamlined, automated strategy. This deep-dive workshop (not a hands-on lab) provides a comprehensive blueprint for modern Db2...
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Speakers

Chris Crone

Distinguished Engineer, Broadcom

John Campbell

Customer Success Engineer - Data Strategic, Broadcom

Michal Bialecki

Principal Software Engineer, Broadcom

Antonio Couto

Sr. Technical Consultant, Broadcom

Wednesday August 19, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT
Auditorium

D | Workshop/Hands-on Lab | z/OS, English

9:30am ADT

WK02 | Hands-On Lab (BYOD): Part 1 - Building Production-Ready AI Applications with IBM Db2

Wednesday August 19, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT

Americas

Production-ready AI applications don't happen by accident. They require well-architected, scalable, and maintainable data and AI pipelines. In this hands-on workshop, participants will build the two pipelines that most production AI applications depend on, using IBM Db2's modern AI stack, covering native vector storage, approximate vector indexing, and built-in integration with external AI...
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Speakers

Shaikh Quader

AI Architect, IBM Db2, IBM

Dale McInnis

STSM, Db2 Client Adoption Engineering, IBM

Wednesday August 19, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am ADT
Americas

E | Workshop/Hands-on Lab | LUW, English

10:30am ADT

Morning Coffee

Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:30am - 10:50am ADT

Café Watson

Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:30am - 10:50am ADT
Café Watson

Meal or Break

10:50am ADT

A14 | Common and Advanced Use Cases for Db2 Analytics Accelerator on z/OS

Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT

Asia

This presentation explains how Db2 profile tables are used to route queries to the Analytics Accelerator. It includes student labs to demonstrate query acceleration, discusses the impact of relevant zPARMs, and covers tracing techniques, catalog queries, and Db2 commands used to monitor and troubleshoot accelerated workloads.

Speakers

Vivekanandan Kannan Ilangovan

Expert Mainframe System Programmer, Ensono Technologies LLP

Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT
Asia

A | z/OS, English

10:50am ADT

B14 | Getting the Most Out of Amazon RDS for Db2

Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT

Oceania

Amazon RDS for Db2 provides a powerful, fully managed way to run Db2 workloads on AWS integrated directly into the Amazon RDS ecosystem. This session will show you how to move beyond simple deployments and truly take advantage of everything it offers. This will be a fast-paced, practical tour focused specifically on Amazon RDS for Db2, showing you how to get started quickly and use it effectively...
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Speakers

Andrew Hilden

Chief Architect Db2 SaaS, IBM

Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT
Oceania

B | LUW, English

10:50am ADT

WK01 | Workshop: Part 2 - Db2 z/OS Housekeeping Best Practices

Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT

Auditorium

Speakers

Chris Crone

Distinguished Engineer, Broadcom

John Campbell

Customer Success Engineer - Data Strategic, Broadcom

Michal Bialecki

Principal Software Engineer, Broadcom

Antonio Couto

Sr. Technical Consultant, Broadcom

Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT
Auditorium

D | Workshop/Hands-on Lab | z/OS, English

10:50am ADT

WK02 | Hands-On Lab (BYOD): Part 2 - Building Production-Ready AI Applications with IBM Db2

Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT

Americas

Speakers

Shaikh Quader

AI Architect, IBM Db2, IBM

Dale McInnis

STSM, Db2 Client Adoption Engineering, IBM

Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:50am - 11:50am ADT
Americas

E | Workshop/Hands-on Lab | LUW, English

11:50am ADT

Break

Wednesday August 19, 2026 11:50am - 12:00pm ADT

TBA

Wednesday August 19, 2026 11:50am - 12:00pm ADT
TBA

Meal or Break

12:00pm ADT

A15 | Improved Availability Through the Evolution of Universal Table Spaces (UTS)

Wednesday August 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT

Asia

Customers are constantly striving to perform essential DBA related tasks being drivin by application improvements and evolutions. Non-Disruptive schema changes have been a major objective for the Db2 for z/OS ecosystem. This session will go through the evolution of Universal Table Space from the beginning up to current Db2 for z/OS Function Levels, showing the innovative functionality that can be...
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Speakers

Anthony Ciabattoni

Executive IT Specialist - Db2 for z/OS SWAT Team Leader, IBM

Wednesday August 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT
Asia

A | z/OS, English

12:00pm ADT

B15 | Keeping Current with Db2 LUW: Recent Enhancements and Tooling Innovations

Wednesday August 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT

Oceania

In this session, we will provide an overview of the Db2 Bridge offering, discuss common customer adoption scenarios, and highlight the latest enhancements and recent updates to the platform. We will also cover how Db2 Bridge helps reduce migration complexity, accelerate modernization initiatives, and lower operational risk through automation and compatibility features. Attendees will gain insight...
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Speakers

Bryan Tang

Program Director for IBM Databases, IBM

Bryan Tang leads the product management team for the IBM Db2 LUW portfolio, with responsibility across OLTP, OLAP, tooling, and fully managed cloud services.

Wednesday August 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT
Oceania

B | LUW, English

12:00pm ADT

WK01 | Workshop: Part 3 - Db2 z/OS Housekeeping Best Practices

Wednesday August 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT

Auditorium

Speakers

Chris Crone

Distinguished Engineer, Broadcom

John Campbell

Customer Success Engineer - Data Strategic, Broadcom

Michal Bialecki

Principal Software Engineer, Broadcom

Antonio Couto

Sr. Technical Consultant, Broadcom

Wednesday August 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT
Auditorium

D | Workshop/Hands-on Lab | z/OS, English

12:00pm ADT

WK02 | Hands-On Lab (BYOD): Part 3 - Building Production-Ready AI Applications with IBM Db2

Wednesday August 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT

Americas

Speakers

Shaikh Quader

AI Architect, IBM Db2, IBM

Dale McInnis

STSM, Db2 Client Adoption Engineering, IBM

Wednesday August 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ADT
Americas

E | Workshop/Hands-on Lab | LUW, English

1:00pm ADT

Lunch

Wednesday August 19, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm ADT

Cafeteria

Wednesday August 19, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm ADT
Cafeteria

Meal or Break

2:00pm ADT

A16 | Strengthen Your Cyber IBM Z and Db2 for z/OS Resilience

Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT

Auditorium

In today’s digital landscape, cyber resilience isn’t optional — it’s essential. This session will concentrate on a consistent repeatable Cyber Recovery process that significantly improves Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO).The IBM Z Cyber Vault solution creates immutable, point-in-time copies of your production data, stored in a secure, isolated environment...
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Speakers

Anthony Ciabattoni

Executive IT Specialist - Db2 for z/OS SWAT Team Leader, IBM

Cüneyt Göksu

Executive IT Specialist, IBM

Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, English

2:00pm ADT

B16 | Building Retrieval-Augmented Generation Workflow with IBM Db2 and Haystack

Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT

Oceania

An LLM cannot answer questions about your data. Its knowledge stops at the end of its training corpus, it never saw your policy documents or anything else sitting in your company's private knowledge base, and even when a fact is in there it cannot reliably find it on demand. Retrieval-augmented generation, or RAG, fixes all three. Find the right passages first, then let the model answer from...
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Speakers

Shaikh Quader

AI Architect, IBM Db2, IBM

Dale McInnis

STSM, Db2 Client Adoption Engineering, IBM

Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT
Oceania

B | LUW, English

2:00pm ADT

WK03 | Hands-on Lab (BYOD): Part 1 - Performing AI Queries with SQL Data Insights Pro

Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT

Asia

Experience the new features of SQL Data Insights Pro, including unstructured text support, model training offloading to IDAA, and incremental retraining. SQL Data Insights Pro combines unsupervised deep learning with traditional SQL queries, allowing you to run similarity, dissimilarity, clustering, analogy, and commonality AI queries on your Db2 for z/OS data.In this hands-on lab, learn how to...
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Speakers

Sueli Almeida

IBM Certified Thought Leader, IBM Silicon Valley Lab

Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT
Asia

D | Workshop/Hands-on Lab | z/OS, Portuguese/English

2:00pm ADT

WK04 | Hands-on Lab (BYOD): Part 1 - Db2 Genius Hub

Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT

Americas

Unlock the Power of Autonomous Database Management with Db2 Genius Hub. In this hands-on lab, we’ll explore how Db2 Genius Editions revolutionize database operations by embedding AI-native intelligence directly into the database control plane. Discover how the Db2 Genius Hub transforms database management, enabling DBAs to supervise AI-driven operations, and focus on optimization, governance,...
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Speakers

Andrew Hilden

Chief Architect Db2 SaaS, IBM

Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ADT
Americas

E | Workshop/Hands-on Lab | LUW, English

3:00pm ADT

Break

Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:00pm - 3:10pm ADT

TBA

Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:00pm - 3:10pm ADT
TBA

Meal or Break

3:10pm ADT

A17 | Fear No Threads: Secure and Monitor Db2 Connections with Profile Tables

Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT

Auditorium

Managing distributed connections to Db2 and preventing wayward threads from spiraling have surfaced as a key challenge for DBAs. Join this session to use profile tables to effectively monitor distributed threads and take appropriate action to minimize impact from potential bad actors. We will then look at an innovative customer application of profiles to control JDBC connections and redirects...
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Speakers

Michal Bialecki

Principal Software Engineer, Broadcom

Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, English

3:10pm ADT

B17 | Db2 pureScale – Enterprise Class HA Architecture

Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT

Oceania

This presentation will look at what is required to run Db2 pureScale on a z/Linux (LinuxONE) platform. We will review the H/W and S/W requirements and describe a real deployment. Running Db2 pureScale on the most reliable hardware on the planet provides you with the highest level of availability possible for an open systems deployment.

Speakers

Dale McInnis

STSM, Db2 Client Adoption Engineering, IBM

Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT
Oceania

B | LUW, English

3:10pm ADT

WK03 | Hands-on Lab (BYOD): Part 2 - Performing AI Queries with SQL Data Insights Pro

Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT

Asia

Speakers

Sueli Almeida

IBM Certified Thought Leader, IBM Silicon Valley Lab

Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT
Asia

D | Workshop/Hands-on Lab | z/OS, Portuguese/English

3:10pm ADT

WK04 | Hands-on Lab (BYOD): Part 2 - Db2 Genius Hub

Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT

Americas

Speakers

Andrew Hilden

Chief Architect Db2 SaaS, IBM

Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:10pm ADT
Americas

E | Workshop/Hands-on Lab | LUW, English

4:10pm ADT

Afternoon Coffee

Wednesday August 19, 2026 4:10pm - 4:30pm ADT

Café Watson

Wednesday August 19, 2026 4:10pm - 4:30pm ADT
Café Watson

Meal or Break

4:30pm ADT

A18 | Db2 Tools Integration: Latest News

Wednesday August 19, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT

Auditorium

IBM strengthens the AI‑ready value of the IBM Z platform -- bringing game-changing integration and intelligence to powerhouse Db2 solutions: Db2 Query Monitor, SQL Performance Analyzer, Log Analysis Tool, Db2 Admin Tool and OMEGAMON AI for Db2. This session dives into the latest enhancements that unify these solutions into a seamless experience—eliminating the need to jump between interfaces...
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Speakers

Wiliam T Kanegae

Principal Solutions Advisor, Rocket Software

Wednesday August 19, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT
Auditorium

A | z/OS, Portuguese/English

4:30pm ADT

B18 | Warehouses in the Lakehouse Era

Wednesday August 19, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT

Oceania

This session will do a deep dive on how Warehouses are still a play in the era of Lakehouses. Warehouse environments are required to meet the Gold Medallion SLAs and at the same time, provide TCO as close to Lakehouses as possible without compromising performance. Learn how Db2 Warehouse has bucked the trend and how this is offered in several different deployment patterns. Learn how can one deploy...
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Speakers

Venkatesh Gopal

STSM, Warehouse SaaS Offerings, IBM

Venkatesh is an STSM at IBM focused on the Cloud offerings and HDM strategy for their offerings in these Hypersclaer platforms. He designs and architects how Db2 will be delivered on Cloud platforms as a first class SaaS offering and how they integrate with the Hyperscaler ecosys... Read More →

Wednesday August 19, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT
Oceania

B | LUW, English