i-UG i-Power Conference 2026

Adopting AI-based Assistants and Agentic AI tools in your organization? While these technologies are enticing and extremely powerful, the need to consider security during your AI projects is something one must not forget. During this session Scott Forstie and Carol Woodbury will demonstrate the power of using IBM Bob for IBM i security tasks. In addition, they’ll discuss the security safeguards and proper configurations you’ll want to consider when implementing AI. The afternoon session will be full of hidden gems. Come discover this trove of features that are sure to enhance your day and make your life easier.
Come to this workshop prepared to fully immerse yourself into the scary realities, and amazing capabilities that are awaiting your attention.

Almost everybody working with SQL knows the GROUP BY specification for accumulating identical information. Those queries are quite often combined with aggregate functions such as SUM() or AVG(). In composition with CASE clauses it is possible to accumulate information and return the data in different columns, for example monthly or quarterly sales per customer. Pivot tables can be easily created … as long as the number of output columns is fixed. Sometimes, however, we have to accumulate information that is located in multiple rows in a single row, for example all items in an order. Unfortunately, the number of output columns (i.e. Items) may differ. However, with the LISTAGG aggregate function a string containing the different information separated by a comma (or any individual separation string) can be built. As far as good … but how to split a string with multiple information separated by a comma or any other individual separation string? No problem with the SPLIT service! … in composition with other services even *.csv files located in the IFS can be decomposed

This presentation highlights how IBM Power systems can be modernised using Red Hat Ansible automation, using IBM Bob. We will show how organisations can build automation playbooks for both simple and complex tasks to improve modernisation across your hybrid environments.
Attendees will gain practical insights into integrating Ansible with IBM Power to modernise, enhance efficiency, scalability, and operational reliability through the adoption of IBM Bob.
 

Join us for an insightful and engaging evening with The National Museum of Computing.
Museum Director Jacqui Garrard will kick things off with an overview of the museum’s journey one year on, reflecting on recent milestones and sharing an exclusive look at exciting ideas for the future.
But it’s not all business! Of course, Jacqui and Operations Manager Nikki will also be bringing plenty of fun and entertainment to the evening, ensuring it’s as lively and enjoyable as it is informative.

If you have the option to go for a standard package or an advanced package at the same time costs, you will most likely go for the advanced.  And yet, the adoption rate of the Advanced Job Scheduler (AJS) does not reflect this for the obvious reason, a lack of time.

In this session you will learn how to migrate from the Standard Job Scheduler to the Advanced Job Scheduler. As you will see this can be done in a Jiffy. So this leaves plenty of time to learn more about all the advantages AJS has to offer. Even IBM allows to make the move with the Electronic Service Agent to AJS. Curious? I do hope so, because AJS deserves a bigger audience.

From Legacy to API-First: The Next Chapter
Following on from last year's Modernisation Case Study, this session continues the journey at Draper Tools. The data access layer and decoupled RPG service programs we built as our first step haven't been thrown away — they've become the foundation we're now building directly on top of, extending outward to HTTP/JSON API endpoints for use with a modern web front end. That initial code investment is already paying forward.

We'll walk through our vision for a common business API library that sits between our IBM i database and a JavaScript framework front end, delivering tailored system access to each business persona — from Customer Services through to our Category Managers — showing only the data and functions relevant to their role.

We'll also cover our agile delivery approach, targeting one persona at a time rather than a big-bang release, so the business sees tangible working functionality at the end of every sprint. And we'll share our early, honest experiences of experimenting with AI coding assistance tools — including Claude Code and IBM's Bob — where we are very much learners rather than experts, but already seeing real promise.

If you're taking your first steps on the IBM i modernisation path, this session aims to show that the groundwork you lay today will keep on giving — and give you a glimpse of where that path can lead next.