11:15 AM-12:15 PM
		
	
		
			
				
		17094: Hints, Tips, and Best Practices for Implementing FICON Fabrics (As Well as how to Avoid Common Traps/Landmines)
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
			
	
	
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Mike Blair
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: SAN/Disk/Tape
 
		
		
		Leschi (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
		
			
				
		16725: What's New with OMEGAMON V5 Family
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
			
	
		
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Kevin Hosozawa
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Data Center Management
 
		
		
		Issaquah A (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	11:15 AM-12:30 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17134: MVSS Project Opening
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Russell Witt
						
							, 
							Barbara W. McDonald
						
							, 
							Michael E. Friske
						
							 and 
							Claus Mikkelsen
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	12:30 PM-1:30 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17111: IBM Responses to SHARE Requirements
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Barbara W. McDonald
						
							 and 
							Ed Petka
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	1:45 PM-2:45 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17109: Need Space?  A How-to on EAV Planning and Best Practices
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Cecilia C. Lewis
						
							 and 
							Barbara W. McDonald
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
		
			
				
		16726: OMEGAMON V5 Enhanced 3270 Hands-on Lab
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
			
	
		
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Lih M. Wang
						
							 and 
							Wayne Bucek
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Data Center Management
 
		
		
		Redwood (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	3:15 PM-4:15 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17108: DFSMS Exploitation of z/OS zEnterprise Data Compression (Revised from Pittsburgh!)
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Barbara W. McDonald
						
							 and 
							Glenn Wilcock
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	4:30 PM-5:30 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		16468: Backing Up and Restoring z/VM and Linux Guests
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Tracy Dean
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: VM
 
		
		
		Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		17106: The ICETOOL Cometh
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Samuel Smith
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Leschi (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	10:00 AM-11:00 AM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17061: An Introduction to z/OS DASD Backup and Archiving
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Steve Pryor
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Leschi (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		17107: DFSMS Latest and Greatest
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Barbara W. McDonald
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		16536: Integrated, Synergistic Replication Networks: Better Performance, Simplified Management, Fewer Unplanned Outages
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Stephen R. Guendert Sr., Ph., D
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Network Management and Security
 
		
		
		Issaquah A (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	11:15 AM-12:15 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17101: DFSMShsm CDS Deep Dive
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Glenn Wilcock
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	11:15 AM-12:30 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17011: OMEGAMON XE for Storage News and Tips
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Deborah Reynolds
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Leschi (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	1:45 PM-2:45 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		16690: Oracle StorageTek SL8500: Partitioning to Meet User Needs
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Jamie L. Giovanetto
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	3:15 PM-4:15 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17144: Disk Tiering Solutions from IBM, EMC and HDS
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Roselinda Schulman
						
							, 
							Tony Negro
						
							 and 
							Nick Clayton
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: SAN/Disk/Tape
 
		
		
		Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		16786: Employing External Retention Management Techniques in a DFSMSrmm Environment
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Max Kawano
						
							 and 
							Chris Taylor
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	4:30 PM-5:30 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		16975: High Availability and Clustering File Systems on Linux on z
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Neale Ferguson
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Linux
 
		
		
		Greenwood (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		17091: IBM EasyTier for z/OS Deep Dive
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Nick Clayton
						
							 and 
							Lisa Gundy
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: SAN/Disk/Tape
 
		
		
		Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
		
			
				
		16925: Simplify Your Life with New Native Mainframe Management Tools
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
		
		
	
			
	
		
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Roselinda Schulman
						
							 and 
							John Varendorff
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		16767: 3590 Tape Drive End of Support - Transitioning from 3590 Physical Tape to Virtual Tape
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Scott James
						
							 and 
							David Tolsma
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: SAN/Disk/Tape
 
		
		
		Cedar (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		17105: What's New with DFSORT? (V2R1 and V2R2 Features)
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Samuel Smith
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	10:00 AM-11:00 AM
		
	
		
			
				
		16338: Big Data, Hadoop and NoSQL 101 for System Programmers
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
			
	
	
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Peter Linnell, Apache, Bigtop, Founder, and, PMC
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Linux
 
		
		
		Metropolitan A (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		16957: PDSE Version 2 Member Generations: Practical User Applications
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Thomas C. Reed
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	11:15 AM-12:30 PM
		
	
		
			
				
		16920: Introduction to ICF Catalog Tuning Techniques
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
			
	
		
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Janet Sun
						
							 and 
							Michael E. Friske
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	1:45 PM-2:45 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		16723: Effective Backups: Selecting the Right Backup Mechanism to Match the Business Requirement
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Chris Taylor
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		16926: Improve your IT Analytics capabilities through Mainframe consolidation and simplification
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Roselinda Schulman
						
							 and 
							John Harker
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: SAN/Disk/Tape
 
		
		
		Cedar (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
		
			
				
		16446: Understanding the Benefits of SCSI in Linux on System z Environments
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
			
	
		
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Justin F. Bastin
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Linux
 
		
		
		Greenwood (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	3:15 PM-4:15 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		16796: DB2 for z/OS and Advanced Copy Services
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Tom Moulder
						
							 and 
							Brett A. Quinn
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: SAN/Disk/Tape
 
		
		
		Cedar (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		17102: Transitioning to Transitions
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Glenn Wilcock
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	4:30 PM-5:30 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		16472: Managing a z/VM and Linux on z Systems Environment Using IBM Solutions - Hands-on Lab
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Tracy Dean
						
							, 
							Michael Sine
						
							 and 
							Eduardo C. Oliveira, IBM, Wave, for, z/VM, Tiger, Team, Lead
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: VM
 
		
		
		Redwood (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		17012: The Benefits of using FATSCOPY for DLm tape migration
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Deb McCarty
						
							, 
							Gloria Kelber
						
							 and 
							Tom Meehan
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: SAN/Disk/Tape
 
		
		
		Cedar (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		17104: What's New with DFSMS ICF Catalog and IDCAMS
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Stephen Branch
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	5:45 PM-6:45 PM
		
	
		
			
				
		17135: DFSMS Free for All
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
		
		
	
			
	
		
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Barbara W. McDonald
						
							, 
							Glenn Wilcock
						
							, 
							Max Kawano
						
							, 
							Chris Taylor
						
							, 
							Lisa Gundy
						
							, 
							Neal Bohling
						
							, 
							Thomas C. Reed
						
							, 
							Stephen Branch
						
							, 
							Cecilia C. Lewis
						
							 and 
							Samuel Smith
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17112: Multi-Target Replication with IBM DS8870
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Lisa Gundy
						
							 and 
							Nick Clayton
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		16956: PDSE Nuts and Bolts
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Thomas C. Reed
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Willow B (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	10:00 AM-11:00 AM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17113: IBM DS8000® Replication Performance Considerations
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Lisa Gundy
						
							 and 
							Nick Clayton
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		16770: Linux on z Systems Distribution Validation for z13
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Eberhard Pasch
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Linux
 
		
		
		Metropolitan A (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		16955: PDSE Best Practices
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Thomas C. Reed
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Willow B (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		17017: Significant Advancements in System z Resiliency Provided by GDPS
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							John Thompson
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Data Center Management
 
		
		
		Issaquah B (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	11:15 AM-12:15 PM
		
	
		
			
				
		16892: Assuring CDP (Continuous Data Protection) – Game Changing Possibilities
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
			
	
	
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Rebecca Levesque
						
							 and 
							Tony Negro
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Data Center Management
 
		
		
		Virginia (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		17045: NaviQuest: Testing ACS and Streamlining SMS Work
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Neal Bohling
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	12:30 PM-1:30 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17048: NaviQuest: Testing ACS and Streamlining SMS Work (Lab)
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Neal Bohling
						
							 and 
							Thomas C. Reed
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Redwood (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	1:45 PM-2:45 PM
		
	
		
			
				
		17072: Intelligent Data Placement and Transitioning through Analytics
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
			
	
	
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Jim Stout
						
							 and 
							Paul Eckert
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		16574: Migrating live Linux and z/VM systems to new DASD
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Michael D. MacIsaac
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Virtualization
 
		
		
		Greenwood (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
		
			
				
		16923: The Reality of Storage Virtualization
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
			
	
		
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							William Smith
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: SAN/Disk/Tape
 
		
		
		Leschi (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	3:15 PM-4:15 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17022: Extending z/OS Mainframe Workload Availability with GDPS/Active-Active
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							John Thompson
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Data Center Management
 
		
		
		Issaquah B (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		17063: Implementing and Using Extended Addressing Volumes (EAV)
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Steve Pryor
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		16709: Tape is dead! REALLY??
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Jamie L. Giovanetto
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: SAN/Disk/Tape
 
		
		
		Leschi (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	4:30 PM-5:30 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		16757: Agile, Available, and Recoverable - Demystifying Time to Data
		
			
		
			
				
					Speakers: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Roselinda Schulman
						
							 and 
							Rebecca Levesque
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: Data Center Management
 
		
		
		Issaquah B (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		17092: IBM DS8870 Enterprise Storage News and Review
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Nick Clayton
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: SAN/Disk/Tape
 
		
		
		Leschi (Level 3) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
		
			
				
		17024: Why Archive? Drive Down Costs and Improve Efficiencies
		
			
		
			
	
	
			
	
		
		
	
			
	
		
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Steve Aaker
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17103: What's New With the Catalog Search Interface
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Stephen Branch
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	10:00 AM-11:00 AM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		16958: PDSE Advanced Diagnostics and Recovery
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Thomas C. Reed
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	
			
			
				
		16452: z/VM Paging with SSD and Flash-type Disks
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Bill Bitner
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: VM
 
		
		
		Willow B (Level 2) (Sheraton Seattle)
						
	11:15 AM-12:15 PM
		
	
	
			
			
				
		17137: VSAM New Functions in z/OS 2.1 and 2.2
		
			
		
			
				
					Speaker: 
					
					
					
						
							
							Neal Bohling
						
					 
				
			
											
		
		
		
		
			Project: MVS Storage Management
 
		
		
		Boren (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle)