SHARE Orlando 2026

SHARE Orlando, happening on February 22-26 at the Rosen Centre Hotel, provides attendees with access to the latest enterprise IT news, key focus areas, prominent industry leaders and product highlights on emerging technologies all in one space.
Open Mainframe Project will be on-site at the conference again this year with several sessions including:
Monday, February 23 10:30 am – 11:30 am EST
From Journeys to Roadmaps: AI-Curated Learning for New Mainframers
Kelsey Colberg and Nanxi Meng, Broadcom
Monday, February 23 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm EST
Ask Me Anything: Open Source + Mainframes
Joe Winchester, IBM
Monday, February 23 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm EST
Automating Mainframe Operations and Powering Self-Service Portals with Zowe CLI & Python
Diego Rodriguez and Rose Sakach, Broadcom
Monday, February 23 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm EST
Making the Mainframe Great Again With the Zowe Command Line Interface (CLI)
Joe Winchester, IBM
Tuesday, February 24 9:15 am – 10:15 am EST
Zero-Cost, High-Impact: Modernizing RMF Reporting with ZOWE ZEBRA and Grafana
Joe Carlisle, Hitachi Vantara
Tuesday, February 24 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EST
BYOD Lab: Your IDE in a Container – Hands on Lab
Sandeep Sirivolu and Thomas McQuitty, Broadcom
Wednesday, February 25 10:30 am – 10:50am EST
Hello Mainframe, How Are You Today? Using Zowe in an AI World With MCP AI Agents
Joe Winchester, IBM, Andrew Toews, Gestell
Wednesday, February 25 3:45 pm – 4:45pm EST
Zowe API Mediation Layer Made Easier: Faster Install, Smarter Admin Training
Elliot Jalley and Dan Kelosky, Broadcom
Thursday, February 26 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm EST
CBT Tape: A Treasure Trove of Mainframe Utilities
Karla Houser, Caterpillar Inc., Joe Winchester, IBM, Reg Harbeck, Independent Consultant
Thursday, February 26 2:30pm – 3:30pm EST
Building Open Source and Proprietary Software on a Zowe Base
Joe Winchester, IBM