10:00 AM-12:00 PM
16364: CICS Project Working Session
Speakers:
Andy Bates
,
Ian Mitchell, IBM
,
Martin Cocks
and
Glenn Schneck
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
3:15 PM-4:15 PM
4:30 PM-5:30 PM
16518: ADI Project Opening
Speaker:
Keefe Hayes
Project: Application Development & Integration
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16608: LE and Programming Languages Project Opening
Speaker:
M. Carl Gehr
Project: LE and Programming Languages
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
17116: Meet the MQ and MB Project Members
Speakers:
Dennis Pherigo
and
Ralph Bateman
Project: WebSphere MQ
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
16521: Application Modernization - Re-Modeling for Your Enterprise
Speaker:
Rosalind Radcliffe
Project: Application Development & Integration
Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16370: CICS Project Opening and Project Update
Speakers:
Glenn Schneck
,
Dave Jeffries
and
Andy Bates
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
17036: Introduction to MQ - Can MQ Really Make My Life Easier? [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
Chris Leonard
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16612: Language Environment (LE) for Dummies
Speaker:
Tom Petrolino
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
11:15 AM-12:15 PM
16371: CICS TS V5 Technical Overview
Speaker:
Steve Zemblowski
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16609: COBOL V5.2 Was Announced! What's New?
Speaker:
Tom M. Ross
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16405: Did DEVOPS Invent Information Management?
Speaker:
Darren Arcangel
Project: Application Development & Integration
Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17041: First Steps with IBM Integration Bus: Application Integration in the New World [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
David Coles
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
1:45 PM-2:45 PM
16564: 1 Billion Smartphones a Year and Counting – How is Your CICS Connected?
Speaker:
Ian Mitchell, IBM
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
17037: All About the New MQ V8 [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
Mark Taylor
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16618: What's in the Just Announced Releases of PL/I and C/C++
Speaker:
Peter Elderon
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
3:15 PM-4:15 PM
16562: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité – a Mini CICS and WebSphere Revolution
Speakers:
Andy Bates
and
Phil Wakelin
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16360: Mainframe and Mobile Perfect Together
Speakers:
Ron Piracci
and
Jason Fournier, Systems, Programmer
Project: Application Development & Integration
Willow B (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16406: What's New In the IBM Problem Determination Tools
Speakers:
Francisco Anaya
and
Kenneth P. Hume
Project: Application Development & Integration
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17042: What's New in IBM Integration Bus [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
Dave Gorman
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM
16519: Application Development Tools: RDz, RTCz and the RTCz ISPF Client Hands-on Lab
Speakers:
Rosalind Radcliffe
,
Liam Doherty
,
Venkat Balabhadrapatruni
and
Gary Mazo
Project: Application Development & Integration
Redwood (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
17059: IBM MQ: Are z/OS & Distributed Platforms like Oil & Water? [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
Lyn Elkins
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16968: Managing a Mainframe Technology Conversion Project
Speaker:
Peter Grieves, Managing, Director, of, TSG, Software, limited
Project: Application Development & Integration
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16568: The Future of CICS is Closer than You Might Think
Speaker:
Andy Bates
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16379: WebSphere Liberty Profile on Windows and z/OS (Among other Things) Hands-on Lab
Speakers:
David Follis
,
Michael Stephen
,
Kenneth Irwin
and
Gary Picher
Project: Application Development & Integration
Redwood (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
16565: CICS TS V5 Performance Improvements that You Definitely Don’t Know About
Speaker:
Martin Cocks
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16619: Make Your PL/I and C/C++ Code Fly With the Right Compiler Options
Speaker:
Peter Elderon
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17147: Operational Decision Manager User Experience
Speaker:
Brian Peterson
Project: Application Development & Integration
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
11:15 AM-12:30 PM
16517: A System z Developer's Journey Through the Application Lifecycle
Speakers:
Gary Mazo
and
Liam Doherty
Project: Application Development & Integration
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16548: CICS Performance and Tuning 101
Speaker:
Ezriel Gross
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16610: Look What I Found Under the Bar!
Speaker:
Tom Petrolino
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
1:45 PM-2:45 PM
16317: High Level Assembler Bootcamp, Part 1 of 2
Speaker:
Richard Cebula
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17034: MQ Security: New V8 Features Deep Dive [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
Morag A. Hughson
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16555: Taming the Beast - Best Practices of zFS with CICS
Speaker:
Phil Wakelin
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16380: z/OS Connect: Opening up z/OS Assets to the Cloud and Mobile Worlds
Speakers:
David Follis
and
Gary Picher
Project: Application Development & Integration
Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
3:15 PM-4:15 PM
16551: CICS Extreme Performance
Speaker:
Edward Addison
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16615: How to Take Advantage of the New COBOL V5 Compiler - Migration!
Speaker:
Tom M. Ross
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16377: Modernizing CICS - Hands-on Lab Part 1 of 2
Speakers:
Leigh Compton
and
Steve Zemblowski
Project: CICS
Redwood (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
17065: Under the hood of IBM Integration Bus on z/OS - WLM, SMF, AT-TLS, and more [z/OS]
Speaker:
David Coles
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16381: WebSphere Liberty Profile and Traditional WebSphere Application Server - What's New?
Speakers:
David Follis
,
Michael Stephen
and
Gary Picher
Project: Application Development & Integration
Leschi (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM
16404: Mainframe Manifesto for Agile Developers
Speaker:
Kevin Parker
Project: Application Development & Integration
Leschi (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
16376: Modernizing CICS - Hands on Lab - Part 2 of 2
Speakers:
Steve Zemblowski
and
Leigh Compton
Project: CICS
Redwood (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16559: Monitoring CICS TS Version 5 Applicaiton Performance
Speaker:
Billy Bigelow
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16616: RACF and REXX - A Marriage Made in Heaven!
Speaker:
Bruce Schaefer
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17055: What's the Cloud Going to Do to My MQ Network?
Speakers:
Chris Leonard
and
Mayur Raja
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
8:30 AM-9:30 AM
16520: Application Development for z/OS - Not your Father's Green Screen
Speaker:
Rosalind Radcliffe
Project: Application Development & Integration
Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16498: CICS Trace - A Trip Into the Unknown
Speaker:
Thomas Dunlap
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16611: Finding Debugging Clues in LE Dumps
Speaker:
Tom Petrolino
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17060: Introduction to the new MQ Appliance
Speaker:
Morag A. Hughson
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
16556: CICS and SOA - What You Don't Know Might Help You
Speaker:
Leigh Compton
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16710: COBOL V5 User Experience
Speaker:
Brian Peterson
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16721: Decision Management: Making the Right Change, at the Right Time
Speaker:
Richard Szulewski
Project: Application Development & Integration
Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17052: MQ Beyond the Basics - Advanced API and Internals Overview [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
Neil Johnston
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17035: MQ for z/OS, Using and Abusing New Hardware and the New V8 Features [z/OS]
Speaker:
Mayur Raja
Project: WebSphere MQ
Willow B (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
11:15 AM-12:15 PM
16613: Coding in COBOL for Optimum Performance
Speaker:
Tom M. Ross
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16732: MQ V8 Hands- on Labs! MQ V8 with CICS and COBOL! MQ SMF Labs!
Speaker:
Lyn Elkins
Project: WebSphere MQ
Redwood (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
11:15 AM-12:30 PM
16464: The ‘What,’ ‘Why’ and ‘How’ of Modernization
Speakers:
John Rhodes
and
Denise P. Kalm
Project: Application Development & Integration
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
1:45 PM-2:45 PM
16374: CICS Workload Management - a Best Practice Approach
Speaker:
Ian Mitchell, IBM
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16891: Invoking REXX during High Level Assembly via SETCF
Speaker:
Robert Schreiber
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17040: Using IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM MQ Together [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
Chris Leonard
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
3:15 PM-4:15 PM
16509: Debug 101-Using ISA Tools for Apps in WebSphere Application Server z/OS
Speaker:
Michael Stephen
Project: Application Development & Integration
Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16566: Raising Healthy Java apps in CICS using the Java Health Center
Speaker:
Phil Wakelin
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
17043: The Do’s and Don’ts of IBM Integration Bus Performance [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
Dave Gorman
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16722: Using REXX for IBM Mainframe Application Development
Speaker:
Liam Doherty
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM
17044: But Wait, There's More MQ SMF Data Now?!?! - Monitoring your Channels Using V8's New Chinit SMF Data [z/OS]
Speaker:
Mayur Raja
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16567: Five CICS Multi-versioning Scenarios that Reduce the Risk of Change
Speaker:
Steve Zemblowski
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16318: High Level Assembler Bootcamp, Part 2 of 2
Speaker:
Richard Cebula
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16702: MobileFirst Platform Enterprise Integration with z Systems: Smarter Banking Showcase
Speaker:
Barry Mosakowski
Project: Application Development & Integration
Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
16617: Dinner - LANG Project Rib Joint Expeditionary Force
Speaker:
M. Carl Gehr
Project: LE and Programming Languages
Meet in the Sheraton lobby (Sheraton Seattle)
8:30 AM-9:30 AM
17051: Application Programming with MQ Verbs [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
Mayur Raja
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16731: Getting the Most out of your VSAM Data Sets in CICS by Using RLS
Speakers:
Andre Clark
and
Neal Bohling
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16383: IBM Installation Manager for z/OS System Programmers: Web-based Installs, Fix Packs, and How iFixes Really Work
Speakers:
Gary Picher
,
Michael Stephen
,
Bryant Panyarachun
and
Don Bagwell
Project: Application Development & Integration
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
17148: Connecting CICS with TCP/IP
Speakers:
Ian Mitchell, IBM
and
Gus Kassimis
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16384: JSR 352 - The Future of Java Batch and WebSphere Compute Grid
Speaker:
David Follis
Project: Application Development & Integration
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17054: Nobody Uses Files Any More do They? New Technologies for Old Technology, File Processing in MQ MFT and IIB [z/OS & Distributed]
Speakers:
Chris Leonard
and
Dave Gorman
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
11:15 AM-12:15 PM
16365: CICS - Identity and Security
Speaker:
Leigh Compton
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16614: Practical Experiences about COBOL Programming. Make SOA Possible in z/OS batch COBOL
Speaker:
Tom M. Ross
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
11:15 AM-12:30 PM
17046: Paging Dr. MQ - Health Check Your Queue Managers to Ensure They Won't Be Calling in Sick! [z/OS]
Speaker:
Lyn Elkins
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
1:45 PM-2:45 PM
16563: CICS Cloud + CICS DevOps = Agility2
Speaker:
Phil Wakelin
Project: CICS
Willow B (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16569: Dynamic Business Rules and Other Things You Didn’t Think CICS could do
Speaker:
Chris Backhouse, IBM
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
17062: End to End Security of My Queue Manager on z/OS [z/OS]
Speaker:
Morag A. Hughson
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16889: Practical Examples of Invoking High Level Assembler Exits and Why They are Useful
Speaker:
Robert Schreiber
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17032: Where in the Cloud are You?
Speakers:
Junnie R. Sadler
and
Kevin Manweiler
Project: Application Development & Integration
Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
3:15 PM-4:15 PM
16571: CICS Policy Based Management – There’s a New Sheriff in Town
Speaker:
Steve Zemblowski
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
17039: Clustering Queue Managers - Making Life Easier by Automating Administration and Scaling for Performance [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
Neil Johnston
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16522: IBM DevOps Solution: Collaborative Development to Spark Innovation and Integration Among Teams
Speaker:
Rosalind Radcliffe
Project: Application Development & Integration
Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16691: REXX Language Coding Techniques
Speaker:
Tracy Dean
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM
17068: Beyond just monitoring MQ [z/OS & Distributed]
Speaker:
Morag A. Hughson
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16560: CICS Q-Box and Hursley Roundtable Discussion
Speakers:
Glenn Schneck
,
Gene Linefsky
,
Ian Mitchell, IBM
,
Andy Bates
and
Martin Cocks
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16382: Common Problems and Other Things You Should Know about WAS on z/OS
Speaker:
Michael Stephen
Project: Application Development & Integration
Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
4:30 PM-5:45 PM
16321: Structured Programming for Assembler
Speaker:
Richard Cebula
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
8:30 AM-9:30 AM
16581: Reduce Sequential File Processing Overhead in CICS by Better Than 99% !
Speaker:
Stephen P. Reid
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
16538: The ART and Practice of Mainframe Rehosting for CICS, IMS, and Batch Applications Leveraging Oracle Tuxedo ART
Speaker:
Mark Rakhmilevich
Project: Application Development & Integration
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16950: The next 50 years of value: Micro Focus COBOL and the IBM Mainframe
Speaker:
Ed Airey
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16544: Why Shouldn't I Be Able To Open This Queue? MQ and CICS Security Topics
Speaker:
Lyn Elkins
Project: CICS
Willow B (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
16385: Configuring Timeouts for WebSphere Application Server on z/OS
Speakers:
David Follis
,
Michael Stephen
and
Gary Picher
Project: Application Development & Integration
Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16622: Heap Damage, Get Into the Zone!
Speaker:
Tom Petrolino
Project: LE and Programming Languages
University (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
17057: Not Just Migrating, but Picking up New Enhancements as You Go - We've Given You the Shotgun, You Know Where Your Feet Are [z/OS & Distributed]
Speakers:
Neil Johnston
and
David Coles
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
16572: You Asked. We Delivered. Workload Management in the CICS Explorer.
Speaker:
Eric Higgins
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
11:15 AM-12:15 PM
16368: CICS Nuts, Bolts, and Gotchas
Speaker:
Edward Addison
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
17033: COBOL V5 Migration Strategies
Speaker:
Jim Liebert, NA
Project: LE and Programming Languages
Willow B (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
11:15 AM-12:30 PM
17053: MQ & DB2 – MQ Verbs in DB2 & InfoSphere Data Replication (Q Replication) Performance [z/OS]
Speaker:
Neil Johnston
Project: WebSphere MQ
Seneca (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
16369: CICS Project Closing
Speakers:
Glenn Schneck
,
Ian Mitchell, IBM
and
Andy Bates
Project: CICS
Willow A (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)