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7:30am EDT

Registration Sponsor Area

7:45am EDT

Breakfast Sponsor Area

8:15am EDT

Opening 1201Arty Ecock

9:30am EDT

Coffee Break Sponsor Area

9:45am EDT

User Experience Setting Up RedHat Openshift Container Platform Single-Node on z 1102Sam Cohen IBM z/VM Express System Install 2201Vic Cross • Paul Novak z/VM Platform Update 1201Frederik Hartmann 21CS VSEn Secured with MFA 2104Aleksa Medakovic

11:00am EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Lab - Choose your own Lab - Part 1 2107Richard Lewis Introduction to Virtualization with z/VM 1102Montana Lee Getting a lil' Rust on the Mainframe 2201Clayton Slaughter Customer Experiences Implementing Databases on IBM Z and LinuxONE 1201David Simpson What's new with 21CS VSEn? 2104Gonzalo Muelas Serrano

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Sponsor Area

1:00pm EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Lab - Choose your own Lab - Part 2 2107Richard Lewis Introduction to XEDIT 1102James Vincent Optimization and Simplification Tips for Deploying z/VM Products 2201Brian Jagos GDPS v4.9 Technical Update: New Capabilities for HA, DR, and Cyber Resilience 1201Megan Hampton • Steven Cook 21CS VSEn 6.4 New Installation, Upgrade and System License Key 2104Michael Ibikunle

2:15pm EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Lab - Choose your own Lab - Part 3 2107Richard Lewis Modernizing zLinux DASD storage 1102James Nelson VFILE coming to a Reader Near You 2201Rick Troth Modernizing the Mainframe with the Modern Muscle of z/Cobol 1201John Rankin Securing 21CS SMDMU (DITTO) ...the right way 2104Aleksa Medakovic

3:15pm EDT

Coffee Break Sponsor Area

3:30pm EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Lab - Choose your own Lab - Part 4 2107Richard Lewis z/VM I/O Update for 2026 1102Steven Horvath Enabling workloads under z/VM for AI 2201Vic Cross VCU Student Panel 1201Len Santalucia Monitoring VSE with zVPS 2104Rich Smrcina

4:45pm EDT

From Installation to Impact: Making IBM Operations Manager, Tape Manager, and Backup & Restore Manager for z/VM Work for You 1102Jim Porell Bit Talks with Friends 1201Bill Bitner Updates on CSI International Development 2201John Rankin 21CS VSEn SCRT: The process...And How to Review for Correctness 2104Jonah Hall

6:00pm EDT

VM Workshop BanquetArty Ecock