COMMON POWERUp 2025: Full Schedule

Unlock the Power of IBM i at POWERUp 2025!

Join us in Disneyland, California, for POWERUp 2025, the premier conference for IBM i professionals. Whether you’re an experienced expert or just starting your IBM i journey, this event offers unparalleled education, hands-on workshops, and valuable networking opportunities. Stay ahead of the curve with insights from industry leaders, explore the latest innovations, and connect with a thriving community that shares your passion for IBM i. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your knowledge, grow your skills, and power up your career!

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8:00am PDT

Beyond the Code: How AI and RPG Code-Assistant Deliver Smarter Development

Tuesday May 20, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am PDT

Room 3

Gain insights into code and data by effectively using information from AI tooling and RPG Code Assistant to accelerate application development. This session will explore AI's inner workings and workflows through real-world test cases and live demonstrations. We will offer a clear and engaging look at AI’s practical applications and how you can apply these learnings to your development journey.

Speakers

Lief Morin

Ray Everhart

Tuesday May 20, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

9:15am PDT

Control all your IBM i applications and systems from your current monitoring solution, extremely easily!

Tuesday May 20, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am PDT

Room 3

Not happy with the IBM i monitoring level of your existing tool such as Nagios, PRTG, SolarWinds, Zabbix, etc ?
Discover how “Control for i” adds instantly 180 ‘Plug & Play’ IBM i checks and how your tool is enhanced without any development required.
You will also acquire knowledge on how it is easy to automate answers to well-known messages.
Learn how you will become more proactive: with high accuracy probes you are alerted of problems before they become critical; this improves the service continuity and reduces emergency response costs).
Note: “Control for i” is compatible with 90% of most commonly used monitoring tools.

Learning Objectives:
How to enhance easily your enterprise monitoring solution integrating IBM i controls without any development.

Speakers

Pascal Ruckebusch

CTO and CEO, M81

Pascal Ruckebusch adopted IBM i at the exact beginning of AS/400, three decades ago, and never left it … Pascal's experience on IBM i covers system and application development, training and operations. Twice CTO of 2 major IBM business partners in France, his technical skills and... Read More →

Tuesday May 20, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Systems Management

10:45am PDT

ACS and Db2 for i Explained

Tuesday May 20, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am PDT

Room 3

In this session, you’ll hear the inside scoop about IBM i ACS Db2 tooling from from Ryan (Db2 on i Developer) & Wayne (IBM i ACS Support)

We will explore IBM i ACS Db2 tools in a fun and interactive live demo environment where along the way you will hopefully have a better understanding of all ACS has to offer in the Db2 tooling space.

Speakers

Wayne Bowers

Software Engineer, IBM

Wayne Bowers has been with IBM since 1997, where he works with the IBM i Global Support Center in Rochester MN. He is an Advisory Software Engineer specializing in the support of the IBM i Access (aka Client Access) products, Console, the TCP Telnet communications server, and the... Read More →

Tuesday May 20, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Database

3:15pm PDT

Analyzing Geospatial Data Using Db2 for i

Tuesday May 20, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT

Room 3

In everyday life when we asks questions like “Where is the nearest coffee shop” or “How far away is the airport” we are asking questions about geospatial data. Geospatial data is used to represent objects and events that occur on the surface of the earth. Geospatial analytics allows you to not only store geospatial data representing real location in your database, but to also compare and analyze geographic relationships and trends.

Speakers

John Westcott

Db2 for i Consultant and Team Lead, IBM

John Westcott is the Db2 for i Team Lead in IBM Technology Expert Labs. John is highyly skilled in SQL, RPG, Data Analytics, Rest API, and both database and application modernization. John has over 35 years of experience on IBM i and it's past family of names. John has a storied career... Read More →

Tuesday May 20, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Database

4:30pm PDT

SQL Merge: One-Statement for Data Modifications

Tuesday May 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:50pm PDT

Room 3

Have you ever needed to handle multiple cases when inserting, updating, or deleting records from a table? Don't you wish you could handle all of these cases in one single statement? Well, you can! In this session we will cover how and when to use the SQL Merge statement to make our code more concise and more efficient for data modifications

Speakers

Mike Zaringhalam

Developer, PC Richard & Son

Have you ever wanted to meet someone who started Hawaiian Shirt Fridays at their work place? If the answer is 'Yes!', then feel free to reach out with any questions you have regarding Hawaiian shirts... Or IBM i related topics. My main focuses are RDi, DB2, Modernization, and D... Read More →

Tuesday May 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:50pm PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Database

5:05pm PDT

SQL Final Table - Retrieving Data Changes

Tuesday May 20, 2025 5:05pm - 5:25pm PDT

Room 3

There are some SQL functionalities that go unnoticed regardless of skill level. One of these possible unknown functionalities is the Final Table statement. In this session we will cover how we can leverage the final table statement and when it may be best to do so.

Speakers

Mike Zaringhalam

Developer, PC Richard & Son

Tuesday May 20, 2025 5:05pm - 5:25pm PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Database