IDUG Brazil 2026

IDUG Brazil 2026

10:50am ADT

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

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

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 customers depend on today. The session will cover:

•Strategic investments in AI-powered capabilities and operational intelligence
•Hybrid cloud deployment patterns and platform modernization initiatives
•Enhancements focused on developer productivity, automation, and observability
•Performance and resiliency innovations for enterprise workloads
•The long-term product direction and priorities shaping future Db2 LUW releases

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

12:00pm ADT

B03 | From 500TB to 60TB: How Sicoob Reduced Its Analytical Core by 12%

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

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 orchestrator designed to manage large scale workloads while maintaining full control and historical tracking of all operations within the Db2 ecosystem. Participants will see how this transformation of a critical, high volume environment was achieved and how the team sustained an agile, well-governed operation through intelligent automation.

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

2:00pm ADT

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

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

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 requirements. Whether your focus is efficient application development, optimization, regulatory compliance, cloud strategy, availability, or feature adoption, this session will demonstrate how Db2 Cloud Services are designed to adapt to your needs—providing enterprise-grade reliability, scalability, and flexibility.

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 including Db2 SaaS on IBM Cloud, AWS RDS for Db2 and more. He has also worked in development, architectural and leadership... Read More →

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

B | LUW, 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

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 matters most, knowing which tool fits the problem, has gone quiet. If your data lives in Db2, much of the toolbox is already there.

This session lays the toolbox out on the table. Two axes, what data you have and whether you have labels, organize the AI landscape into a 2×2 you can hold in your head: predictive and unsupervised models for structured data, the same for unstructured data, plus embeddings and generative AI.

Then we map every drawer to a Db2 capability you can use today. In-database machine learning for classification, regression, and clustering. Native vector storage and similarity search. Built-in integration with external embedding and language models. Python frameworks for retrieval-augmented applications and AI agents. We close with production patterns we've seen ship, across the full range of model types and use cases.

Whether you live in SQL or Python, you'll leave knowing which tool to reach for, and where to start.

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

4:30pm ADT

B06 | Db2 for LUW - Ask the Experts

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

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 questions and be ready for a lively, knowledge rich-discussion.

Speakers

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 →

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.

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 including Db2 SaaS on IBM Cloud, AWS RDS for Db2 and more. He has also worked in development, architectural and leadership... Read More →

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 4:30pm - 5:30pm ADT
Americas

B | LUW, English

9:30am ADT

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

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

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

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 →

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

B | LUW, English

10:50am ADT

B08 | Introducing Db2 Serverless - Databases for the AI Era

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

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 workloads all while reducing cost and effort. Join us for this groundbreaking session and experience the future!

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 including Db2 SaaS on IBM Cloud, AWS RDS for Db2 and more. He has also worked in development, architectural and leadership... Read More →

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

B | LUW, English

12:00pm ADT

B09 | Db2 Resiliency – What Can I Really Do?

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

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

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 →

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

B | LUW, English

2:00pm ADT

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

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

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 monitoring now provides direct visibility into the health of the repository database so you can take timely action.

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

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

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 scale and validated in production. For each, we explain the business problem it solves, how Db2's AI stack maps to the solution, and what implementation looks like, using data most Db2 customers already have. Business leaders will leave with a clear, evidence-backed starting point for AI investment. Developers and architects will leave with a concrete path from proven use case to working implementation. The stack is ready. The use cases are proven. Come find out which ones to build next.

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 →

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

B | LUW, English

4:30pm ADT

B12 | Db2 Backup and Recovery – Back to the Basics

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

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 can improve your backup and recovery experience.

Speakers

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 →

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

B | LUW, English

9:30am ADT

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

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

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 maintenance. We will move past the basics to explore how to balance object availability with optimal performance. Attendees will learn how to leverage the latest utility enhancements to reduce CPU consumption, manage multi-terabyte objects, and ensure that the optimizer always has the "ground truth" through intelligent statistics collection.

Speakers

Chris Crone

Distinguished Engineer - Database Technologies, 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 →

John Campbell

Distinguished Technical Consultant, 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 →

Michal Bialecki

Db2 technical consultant, 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 →

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 →

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

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

10:50am ADT

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

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

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 maintenance. We will move past the basics to explore how to balance object availability with optimal performance. Attendees will learn how to leverage the latest utility enhancements to reduce CPU consumption, manage multi-terabyte objects, and ensure that the optimizer always has the "ground truth" through intelligent statistics collection.

Speakers

Chris Crone

Distinguished Engineer - Database Technologies, 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 →

John Campbell

Distinguished Technical Consultant, 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 →

Michal Bialecki

Db2 technical consultant, 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 →

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 →

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

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

12:00pm ADT

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

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

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 maintenance. We will move past the basics to explore how to balance object availability with optimal performance. Attendees will learn how to leverage the latest utility enhancements to reduce CPU consumption, manage multi-terabyte objects, and ensure that the optimizer always has the "ground truth" through intelligent statistics collection.

Speakers

Chris Crone

Distinguished Engineer - Database Technologies, 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 →

John Campbell

Distinguished Technical Consultant, 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 →

Michal Bialecki

Db2 technical consultant, 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 →

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 →

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

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

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 train models using both structured and unstructured data to gain deeper insights from your enterprise data. With the new option to run model training on IDAA, you gain greater flexibility while saving valuable system resources. You will also learn how incremental retraining can save time and resources when updating models with new data.

With these capabilities, you can uncover hidden relationships across tables and views in your Db2 data, quickly gain actionable insights to address business problems as they arise, and confidently make better business decisions. In this lab, you will see how AI SQL queries can be applied to industry-specific domains to identify similarities, segment customers, and detect outliers within relational data.

Please bring your laptop and have your IBM ID ready to access the hands-on lab.

Speakers

Sueli Almeida

IBM Certified Thought Leader & Product Manager, IBM Silicon Valley Lab

Based at IBM’s Silicon Valley Lab, Sueli Almeida leads the modernization of Db2 for z/OS as a Product Manager and Certified Thought Leader. She specializes in integrating high-impact technologies like AI, OpenTelemetry, and DevOps, transforming complex database environments into... Read More →

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

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

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 train models using both structured and unstructured data to gain deeper insights from your enterprise data. With the new option to run model training on IDAA, you gain greater flexibility while saving valuable system resources. You will also learn how incremental retraining can save time and resources when updating models with new data.

With these capabilities, you can uncover hidden relationships across tables and views in your Db2 data, quickly gain actionable insights to address business problems as they arise, and confidently make better business decisions. In this lab, you will see how AI SQL queries can be applied to industry-specific domains to identify similarities, segment customers, and detect outliers within relational data.

Please bring your laptop and have your IBM ID ready to access the hands-on lab.

Speakers

Sueli Almeida

IBM Certified Thought Leader & Product Manager, IBM Silicon Valley Lab

Based at IBM’s Silicon Valley Lab, Sueli Almeida leads the modernization of Db2 for z/OS as a Product Manager and Certified Thought Leader. She specializes in integrating high-impact technologies like AI, OpenTelemetry, and DevOps, transforming complex database environments into... Read More →

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

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

4:30pm ADT

WK03 | Hands-on Lab (BYOD): Part 3 - Performing AI Queries with SQL Data Insights Pro

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

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 train models using both structured and unstructured data to gain deeper insights from your enterprise data. With the new option to run model training on IDAA, you gain greater flexibility while saving valuable system resources. You will also learn how incremental retraining can save time and resources when updating models with new data.

With these capabilities, you can uncover hidden relationships across tables and views in your Db2 data, quickly gain actionable insights to address business problems as they arise, and confidently make better business decisions. In this lab, you will see how AI SQL queries can be applied to industry-specific domains to identify similarities, segment customers, and detect outliers within relational data.

Please bring your laptop and have your IBM ID ready to access the hands-on lab.

Speakers

Sueli Almeida

IBM Certified Thought Leader & Product Manager, IBM Silicon Valley Lab

Based at IBM’s Silicon Valley Lab, Sueli Almeida leads the modernization of Db2 for z/OS as a Product Manager and Certified Thought Leader. She specializes in integrating high-impact technologies like AI, OpenTelemetry, and DevOps, transforming complex database environments into... Read More →

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

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