IBM TechXchange, happening October 26-29 in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the largest gatherings of developers, technologists, and enterprise practitioners. It’s also one of the best opportunities to share real-world technical stories on a global stage.
Now is your chance to share your journey, insight and knowledge about mainframes, opens source or any of the initiatives under the Open Mainframe Project umbrella. IBM TechXchange is currently accepting speaking proposals!
Open source is already shaping this conversation
A major part of the TechXchange ecosystem is the Open Mainframe Project, which has spent the last decade building a collaborative, open source foundation for modern mainframe development.
At last year’s IBM TechXchange, the Open Mainframe Project participated in Community Day, which kicked off the conference on Day 1 to bring together contributors, users, and enterprise teams for a full day of technical sessions and collaboration.
Community Day highlighted just how active and diverse this ecosystem has become, with discussions spanning modernization, tooling, education, and hybrid cloud integration. In 2025, Open Mainframe Project’s track featured a full slate of open source and mainframe-focused sessions, including topics like:
- Zowe and modern mainframe tooling
- COBOL and enterprise application modernization
- Linux on Z contributions
- Mainframe education and mentorship programs
- Open source observability and automation tools
It also drew record-breaking attendance, underscoring how much demand there is for practitioner-led, open source–driven content in enterprise computing. Watch the videos on the Open Mainframe Project YouTube Channel here.
Community Day wasn’t just a side event—it set the tone for the entire conference. While IBM is working on finalizing what this year’s event looks like – that same Community Day spirit carries through the broader TechXchange Call for Sessions today.
If you’re working in any of these projects under the Open Mainframe umbrella – or adjacent to them – your real-world experience and technical knowledge is exactly what TechXchange wants to feature on the main stage.
Call for Sessions
Speaking at IBM TechXchange is all about contribution. It gives you the opportunity to:
- Share lessons others can apply immediately
- Elevate work happening inside your team or community
- Connect with developers solving similar problems globally
- Help shape how enterprise systems evolve
- Bring open source and enterprise perspectives closer together
And importantly: practitioner experience is exactly what the Call for Sessions is designed for.
- Call for Sessions: Open now
- Submission deadline: May 22, 2026
- Link to submit: https://reg.tools.ibm.com/flow/ibm/techxchange26/cfs/login
- Notifications: June 30, 2026
- Conference: October 26–29, 2026 (Atlanta)
The most valuable technical insights come from lived experience – what worked, what didn’t, and what you learned along the way.
The Open Mainframe Project ecosystem continues to show that open source and enterprise systems are strongest when real practitioners share their work openly.
We know you have a story to tell and project updates to share, consider submitting a proposal to IBM TechXchange 2026 and adding your voice to the conversation.
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