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COMMON POWERUp 2023

The largest IBM i-related conference event in the world, bringing together the community of users, IBM, industry experts and solution providers.

Libby Ingrassia

IBM
Program Director, IBM Champions
USA

ibm.com/champion

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How does advocacy help you achieve technical eminence? Why are both advocacy and eminence vital to your career? From content creation to community engagement, I can help you build relationships, strengthen communities, increase eminence, tell and amplify your stories effectively, create engaging content, make better decisions around technology, and catalyze advocacy.

Specialties: strategic planning; content creation; program and project management; technology; training and education; magazines; writing/editing; media relations; community management; customer engagement; advocate marketing

8:30am MDT

427: COMMON POWERUp Opening Session Grand BallroomDawn May

10:15am MDT

161: RCAC – Row and Column Access Control – Secure your Data! Governors Square 10Birgitta Hauser 243: IBM i Explained Plaza Court 4Torbjörn Appehl 131: What's New and Exciting in RPG Governors Square 15Scott Klement 133: IBM i Security from the Ground Up Governors Square 17Carol Woodbury 125: Managing IBM i PTFs Plaza Court 6Larry Bolhuis

11:30am MDT

359: An RPGer's Take on VS Code for IBM i Governors Square 14Susan Gantner 184: Understand your IBM i Performance Signature Plaza Court 7Dawn May

2:45pm MDT

199: SQL and IFS - Reading/Writing IFS Files with SQL Governors Square 15Birgitta Hauser 130: Providing Web Services on IBM i Governors Square 11Scott Klement 360: The New World of RPG Arrays Governors Square 14Susan Gantner 126: Daily Care and Feeding of IBM i Plaza Court 5Larry Bolhuis 193: Everything You Need to Know About the IBM i Administration Runtime Expert Plaza Court 7Dawn May

4:00pm MDT

232: Strategic IT - The Art of Advancing your Career Beyond the Technical Plaza Court 4Steven Wolk • Gregory Simmons 383: The N2i Advantage Plaza Court 2Marina Schwenk • Anna Marrah 198: Why it's High Time for Rdi: The Basics of RDi Governors Square 14Charles Guarino 366: Web and API Language Shootout Governors Square 16Alan Seiden 181: Clean Up Your IBM i Disk Plaza Court 5Larry Bolhuis

5:15pm MDT

141: How to Become a Speaker at COMMON Plaza Court 7Kim Greene 238: Automation and My Vision For the Future Governors Square 16Scott Klement 244: IBM Power Explained Governors Square 12Torbjörn Appehl 208: Test Driven Development using Python Plaza Court 2Mike Pavlak

5:50pm MDT

265: Technologies unique to IBM i and Power (and competitors really want) Governors Square 12Torbjörn Appehl 261: UNIXCMD: Integrating RPG with Open Source Governors Square 16Scott Klement 262: Quick Spreadsheets through PHP and Python Plaza Court 2Mike Pavlak

6:00pm MDT

429: Welcome Reception in Expo Plaza Ballroom

8:00am MDT

175: How Does RDi Compare with VS Code’s IBM i Extension? Governors Square 14Charles Guarino 259: Introduction to Open Source on IBM i Governors Square 11Mike Pavlak

9:15am MDT

196: What's Going on with My Code: Debugging 101 with Rdi Governors Square 14Charles Guarino 357: ILE: Procedures, Modules & SRVPGMs by Example Governors Square 15Susan Gantner 152: Take Control of Your IBM i Prestart Server Jobs Governors Square 17Dawn May 127: Selecting your POWER Systems hosting environment Plaza Court 6Larry Bolhuis

10:30am MDT

430: Expo Open Plaza Ballroom 368: Alan’s Favorite tips for Open Source on IBM i (That Will Impress Your Boss) Governors Square 16Alan Seiden 276: Recent additions to modern RPG language Governors Square 14Simon Hutchinson 213: Getting the Most out of the Audit Journal Plaza Court 2Carol Woodbury 121: Mission: Possible! Journaling Forensics 101 (with Free Tools) Plaza Court 7Steven Wolk

12:00pm MDT

431: Lunch in Expo Plaza Ballroom

1:30pm MDT

440: What is Open AI and Why Should You Care? Governors Square 17Mike Pavlak

2:45pm MDT

101: Create or Replace … DDS Files with DDL Objects Governors Square 15Birgitta Hauser 122: Accelerate Your Excel! Plaza Court 7Steven Wolk 305: Why Do We Continue to have Discussions about IBM i Security? Plaza Court 2Carol Woodbury 194: Service programs and Unit Testing – The Perfect Pair Governors Square 10Marina Schwenk 277: Recent additions to modern CL language Governors Square 14Simon Hutchinson 369: What’s new and exciting in PHP for 2023 Governors Square 16Alan Seiden 188: Python Productivity: Python Fundamentals Governors Square 17Mike Pavlak

4:00pm MDT

142: Group By, Having and multi-dimensional Grouping Governors Square 15Birgitta Hauser 372: RPG and CL Speak Open Source Plaza Court 7Richard Schoen 183: What You Need to Know to Successfully Upgrade to IBM i 7.5 or 7.4 Plaza Court 6Pete Massiello

5:15pm MDT

392: How to Achieve and Maintain High Quality Work Plaza Court 2Kim Greene

5:50pm MDT

393: Fostering Positive Relationships Plaza Court 2Kim Greene 384: Lets Learn The Acronyms Plaza Court 4Marina Schwenk 163: Quick Look: Overloading in RPG Governors Square 14Scott Klement 233: 20 Tips in 20 Minutes Plaza Court 6Dawn May

6:00pm MDT

432: All-Attendee Reception in Expo Plaza Ballroom

8:00am MDT

150: OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) Functions – much more than running numbers! Governors Square 15Birgitta Hauser 278: Tricks with Spool Files using SQL Governors Square 14Simon Hutchinson 153: What's new in PowerHA Plaza Court 6Brian Nordland 332: Upgrade your TODAY! Plaza Court 2Steven Wolk 379: 30 Python Tips in 60 Minutes Governors Square 17Mike Pavlak 129: Managing Startup and Shutdown of your IBM i Governors Square 16Larry Bolhuis

9:15am MDT

306: Modernize without Vendor tools Governors Square 12Jack Woehr 330: Beginner’s Guide to the Latest Technology Governors Square 14Charles Guarino 209: Python APIs aka: REST with Flask Governors Square 17Mike Pavlak 197: Handling JSON With DATA-INTO and DATA-GEN in ILE RPG Governors Square 15Scott Klement

10:30am MDT

433: Expo Open Plaza Ballroom 123: Command Jeopardy Plaza Court 7Steven Wolk 363: API examples using RPG, Node.js, PHP, and Python Governors Square 15Alan Seiden 236: IBM i Security cocktail, with an SQL chaser Governors Square 11Scott Forstie • Carol Woodbury

12:00pm MDT

434: Lunch in Expo Plaza Ballroom

1:30pm MDT

249: Back Up to the Cloud with IBM Cloud Storage Solutions for i Governors Square 15Hrithik Govardhan 149: Everything they never taught you! Plaza Court 7Steven Wolk 394: Refactoring Your CL programs Governors Square 14Simon Hutchinson 269: Breaches, Ransomware and Recovery, Oh My! Governors Square 16Richard Dolewski • Carol Woodbury

2:45pm MDT

329: Chat With Us: Why Software is Everyone’s Business Plaza Court 2Charles Guarino • Alan Seiden 113: Choosing the right HA/DR solution Plaza Court 6Brian Nordland 237: IoT: Open My Garage Door with RPG Governors Square 15Scott Klement

4:00pm MDT

110: 30 PHP Tips in 60 Minutes Governors Square 12Mike Pavlak 373: RPG and External Database Integration Governors Square 17Richard Schoen 423: What You Need to Know About IBM i Security Governors Square 11Pauline Brazil Ayala • Carol Woodbury 134: HMC, IBM I, FSP, & Firmware: Putting All the Pieces Together Governors Square 14Pete Massiello

5:15pm MDT

230: The Secrets to Making the Most of Online Meetings Governors Square 17Steven Wolk 358: Hidden Gems in RDi Governors Square 14Susan Gantner 132: Tales from the Datacenter: Worst Practices in Systems Management Plaza Court 6Larry Bolhuis 303: Manage your jobs with Service Commander for IBM i Governors Square 16Jack Woehr

5:50pm MDT

231: The Secrets to Negotiating and Resolving Workplace Conflict Governors Square 17Steven Wolk

8:00am MDT

192: Integrate anything with anything using Apache Camel Governors Square 16Jack Woehr 217: Automated Compliance, Integrity Monitoring, and Multi-Factor Authentication for IBM i Plaza Court 6Tim Hill

9:15am MDT

114: Live Demo: Managing PowerHA Solutions Plaza Court 6Brian Nordland 260: Get out of Your Comfort Zone! Plaza Court 2Marina Schwenk 223: Installing and Configuring NVMe Governors Square 14Pete Massiello

10:30am MDT

200: Data-Centric Thinking: Moving Business Logic into the Database Governors Square 15Birgitta Hauser 274: Sharing Data Between Partitions with the SQL Three-Part Name Governors Square 14Simon Hutchinson 367: ODBC speed and security Plaza Court 4Jack Woehr 154: Turn up the Power: External Disk and Hardware Replication on i... A Case Study! Plaza Court 7Steven Wolk 309: How Do I Improve Software Quality? Governors Square 11Scott Klement • Yvonne Enselman

1:30pm MDT

228: String Manipulation and Regular Expressions with SQL Governors Square 16Birgitta Hauser 275: Temporal Tables – Looking Back Into Your Data’s Past Governors Square 14Simon Hutchinson 174: Want them to want you? Be the ideal employee by unleashing your inner child! Plaza Court 7Steven Wolk 310: How Refactoring Helps Bulletproof Your Application Governors Square 11Scott Klement • Yvonne Enselman 370: Yum and RPM tricks to keep your open source software humming Plaza Court 4Jack Woehr

2:45pm MDT

167: Success as an 'I' Plaza Court 6Dawn May 182: Give me an Hour and I'll Give you a Week Plaza Court 7Steven Wolk 446: What Can RPG Prototypes Do for You Governors Square 12Susan Gantner

4:00pm MDT

397: Strive for Excellence Plaza Court 7Marina Schwenk 140: Cool things in Navigator to be a RockStar System Administrator Governors Square 14Pete Massiello