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8:00am BST

Integrating IBM i Applications with REST APIs Using Open Source Packages, Room 1Richard Moulton ListAgg and Split – Grouping, Aggregating and Splitting again Room 2 Newcomers Welcome to the i-UG - Breakfast Briefing Room 3Steve Cast

8:30am BST

Registration - Pick up your Lanyard & Conference bag Conference FoyerSERVICE EXPRESS

8:31am BST

Tea/Coffee & Pastries will be served in the Conference Expo Hall Expo Hall

9:00am BST

Welcome and Introduction by Mike Ryan, Chairman of i-UG ♫ Conference Auditorium

9:35am BST

Speed Dating the Sponsors Conference AuditoriumRowtonIT.com • Celerity • Proximity • FALCONSTOR • (Quadra) ARCAD • Saroj Bains • M K T Computers • SERVICE EXPRESS • Dynamic Solutions International • Meridian IT • Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd.

9:45am BST

Keynote Presentation - IBM Bob: Your AI-Powered Development Partner for IBM i Conference AuditoriumAndrew Laidlaw • Scott Forstie

10:45am BST

Mid Morning Break Expo Hall

11:15am BST

Ask The Experts Panel Conference AuditoriumCarol Woodbury • Rudi van Helvoirt • Steve Bradshaw • Steve Cast • Andy Youens • Scott Forstie

12:05pm BST

A Vendor Solution Session Presented by Falconstor Room 3Guy BERLO • FALCONSTOR A Vendor Solution Session Presented by Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd Room 4Chris Hird • Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd. AI-based Code Understanding and Modernisation. A Vendor Solution presented by Fresche Solutions. Room 5Steve Cast How IBM Bob with Red Hat Ansible help drives IBM Power modernisation - A Vendor Solution Session Presented by Meridian IT Room 2James Cole • Meridian IT Your Server, Your AI: Agentic Workloads on IBM Power With or Without Spyre. A Vendor Solution Session Presented by Celerity Room 1Ed Yeates • Celerity

12:35pm BST

i-UG Group Photo - Everybody Welcome Conference Auditorium

12:45pm BST

LUNCH - Break for a Buffet Lunch & Networking in the Expo Hall Expo Hall

1:35pm BST

Developing with an AI Code Assistant Room 1Richard Moulton Generative AI effects on the Data Centre Room 5Stephen Bowes Phipps IBM i Observability Reimagined: Prometheus, Manzan, Grafana & Loki in Action Room 4Nicolae Chirea IBM i Security Cocktail with an SQL Chaser Room 3Carol Woodbury • Scott Forstie TNMoC - The National Museum of Computing Room 2Jacqui Garrad

2:25pm BST

From Noise to Clarity - Communication in Complex Environments Room 5Saroj Bains Get your RPG up to date! Room 1Andy Youens How to move from the standard job scheduler to the Advanced Job Scheduler Room 2Rudi van Helvoirt MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) on IBM i Room 4Katharina Karner Ransomware: Best Practices for Prevention, Detection and Recovery Room 3Stephan Leisse

3:10pm BST

Break for Refreshments & Networking in the Expo Hall Expo Hall

3:25pm BST

Another IBM i lost to WINTEL... or maybe not! Room 3Chris Hird Draper Development User Case Study - Legacy to API First: The Next Chapter Room 2Debbie Stiles If you use VS Code you need to see this demo! Room 1Andy Youens Using "Let's Encrypt and ACME" for automated certificate renewal on IBM i Room 4Terry Barlett • Stefan Dufaye

4:15pm BST

Prize Giving & Conference Close Conference Auditorium