The Open Mainframe Project will again be featured as part of IBM TechXchange’s Community Day, which will be held on October 6, the first day of the event.  Last year, Open Mainframe had record-breaking attendance and a packed agenda highlighting open source and projects including Zowe, Galassa, Mentorship, Mainframe Open Education, COBOL Programming Course, Feilong, Software Discovery Tool, zopen Community and more.

Community Day (Monday, October 6) Schedule

Transforming z/OS Software Management with an Open-First Approach Using Ansible and Zowe

1:30-2:15pm | Room 1 | Jan Prihoda and Rose Sakach (Broadcom)

How to Contribute to Linux on the Mainframe

1:30-2:15pm | Room 2 | Sarah Julia Kriesch (Kyndryl) and Elizabeth Joseph (IBM)

CBT Tape – The Treasure Trove of Mainframe Utilities

2:15-3:00pm | Room 1 | Joe Winchester (IBM) and Reg Harbeck (Mainframe Analytics)

Galasa – Scaling Integration Testing for the Enterprise

2:15-2:35pm | Room 2 | Louisa Denly (IBM)

Skill Up! Mainframe Learning for All

2:40-3:00pm | Room 2 | Kathleen Nordstrom (Broadcom)

Unlock the Full Potential of Zowe Explorer – Essential Tips and Tricks AND What Mainframe Connection Protocols (FTP, SSH, or z/OSMF) Can I use for Zowe Clients?

3:30-4:00pm | Room 1 | Dan Kelosky (Broadcom)

Mastering Mainframe Architectures – Transaction Processing on z/OS AND OpenTelemetry on Mainframe SIG: Progress Updates

3:30-4:00pm | Room 2 | Rudiger Schulze (IBM)

Take your mainframe career to a new level by contributing to Zowe

4:15-5:00pm | Room 1 | Dan Kelosky (Broadcom) and Rose Sakach (Broadcom)

Zelma – z/VM and Linux Modern Administration

4:15-5:00pm | Room 2 | Mike MacIsaac (Sine Nomine Associates)

From Punch Cards to VS Code

4:15-5:00pm | Room 1 | Wolfram Greis (European Mainframe Academy)

A not-to-technical deep dive into Feilong

5:15-6:00pm | Room 2 | Aazam Thakur (Open Mainframe Project Ambassador) and Mike Friessenger (SUSE)

Additional Details

To learn more about these presentations or to add these to your schedule in the Session Catalog – click here.

There will be other Open Mainframe Project sessions and activities at TechXchange. For more details, click here.

Register for Community Day for free using the Open Mainframe code here. (This only registers you for Community Day on Monday, October 6. It does not give you access to the rest of the IBM TechXchange conference.)

Register with the Open Mainframe Project code and link for a 30% discount on the TechXchange conference here. 

Open Mainframe Project is planning the content for October 6 as it pertains to the Community Day or Pre-Conference Day. The Linux Foundation and Open Mainframe Project are not managing TechXchange. The main TechXchange event is planned and managed by IBM. Learn more about TechXchange here. If you have questions, please email techxchange@openmainframeproject.org.