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SUMMARY:Zowe Webinar: Squads\, Training Programs & Badges
DESCRIPTION:Join the Open Mainframe Project Community on Thursday. March 28 at 7 am PDT/10 am EDT for a free webinar about Zowe. Jakub Balhar\, Principal Product Owner at Broadcom and Zowe TSC Chair\, will provide an overview of Zowe and its different squads\, and Darren Surch\, CEO of Interskill Learning and Open Mainframe Project Ambassador\, will provide details and a demo of Zowe training courses and badges. He’ll even share news about upcoming advanced training opportunities coming soon! Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u1H9h_v9QQWtzq4IOC_CJg. \n       Jakub Balhar\, Darren Surch \nAdditional Details: \nThe 2024 Arcati Mainframe Report\, surveys mainframe organizations each year to see what technologies are being used and which ones are going out of favor. This year\, 89% of respondents indicated that Zowe was either running now\, or soon will be by the end of the year.  \nAs more organizations leverage Zowe for their mainframe modernization\, we invite you to join the Open Mainframe Project community on Thursday\, March 28 at 7 am PDT for a webinar that will showcase how you can get involved in Zowe\, an open source software framework for the mainframe that strengthens integration with modern enterprise applications\, and training programs.  \nWith the help of the Zowe community\, Interskill provides a free online “Fundamentals for Zowe” course to build your Zowe skills and get you started on your Zowe journey! There’s even a brag-worthy Open Mainframe Project digital badge to show your Zowe skills to the world! If you are already somewhere along the route\, the best way to learn is from Zowe docs and the discussions in Zowe channels on Slack.  \nRegister here.
URL:https://openmainframeproject.org/event/zowe-webinar-squads-training-programs-badges/
CATEGORIES:All,Education & Training,Webinar,Zowe
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220727T090000
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SUMMARY:Diversity You Cannot See: A Special Event on Neurodiversity in the Mainframe Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Did you know today an estimated 40% of people deal with autistic\, attention deficit\, anxiety\, and/or dyslexic disorders? Combined\, these mental differences account for the bulk of what sociologists refer to as “neurodiversity\,” or natural variations in everyone’s brain\, particularly those who have outlying characteristics\, such as autism. \n \nJoin us on Wednesday\, July 27\, 2022 at 9 am PT/ 12 pm ET for a special web event hosted by 30-year veteran Cynthia Coupé. Cynthia will share her experience as a neurodiversity expert and mother of an autistic daughter\, as well as industry insights and perspectives from three other neurodivergent proponents: one working professional in the tech industry\, a grad student “on the spectrum\,” and one neurodiversity staffing executive. A Q&A “town hall” session will follow at the same time on July 28. Replays will be available after each live event. Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Yk-pogSRQSu17WJUZ1Khyg. \nTogether\, they’ll discuss how neurotypical people can better interact with this intelligent and unique population\, where communication breakdowns usually happen\, and what the future holds for this often misunderstood but increasingly important talent pool. They’ll also explore how societal awareness\, appreciation\, and participation with neurodivergent people can have a big impact on the way we work\, learn\, and commune with one another.  \n“Neurodiversity is the new normal\,” Coupé says. “Even though it’s less stigmatized today\, many people still don’t know how to navigate it\, even though we all interact with it regularly (whether we realize it or not). To build safe spaces where everyone can grow\, collaborate\, and work in the way that plays to our strengths\, this panel will lead the discussion on how we can better understand ourselves and each other.” \nAbout the moderator: Cynthia Coupé is a self-diagnosed neurodivergent and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) with over 30 years working in the field of neurodiversity. She is a TEDx speaker and the co-founder and CEO of Outreach Advocacy Resources and Services (OARS)\, Inc.\, a company dedicated to transforming the lives of neurodivergent clients by using their inherent strengths to better society. With her diverse background of serving individuals in the clinical\, hospital\, home\, and school settings (including her own autistic and ADHD daughter)\, Cynthia has developed a unique perspective and aspires to be a lasting ambassador for this vulnerable but brilliant demographic. \nAbout Making Our Strong Community Stronger: Making our Strong Community Stronger is the first-ever initiative on diversity\, equity\, and inclusion in the mainframe industry. Sponsored by BMC\, Broadcom Mainframe Software\, IBM\, Open Mainframe Project\, Rocket Software\, TechChannel\, and VirtualZ Computing.  \n 
URL:https://openmainframeproject.org/event/diversity-you-cannot-see-a-special-event-on-neurodiversity-in-the-mainframe-workplace/
CATEGORIES:All,Diversity & Inclusion,Education & Training,Making our Strong Community Stronger,Webinar
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SUMMARY:COBOL Programming Course Q1 Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Since the launch of Open Mainframe Project’s COBOL Programming Course two years ago\, we have held quarterly TSC calls to encourage our learners\, COBOL fans and the community at large to join us to learn more about our work we drive and provide inputs and thoughts about the course. \nFor our 1st quarter session webinar on Tuesday\, February 8 at 9 am PT/12 pm ET\, we are excited to have Rune Christensen from Bankdata as our guest speaker\, joining us to talk about COBOL and this specific COBOL course and how his team leverages it. Register here: https://bit.ly/3gm7PxO. \nSpeakers: \n\nRune Christensen\, Bankdata\nSudharsana Srinivasan\, IBM\nMichael Bauer\, Broadcom\nJoe Winchester\, IBM\nPaul Newton\, IBM\nHartanto Widjaya\, Singapore Management University
URL:https://openmainframeproject.org/event/cobol-programming-course-q1-webinar/
CATEGORIES:All,COBOL,Education & Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220112
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SUMMARY:LFX Mentorship Showcase
DESCRIPTION:The LFX Mentorship Showcase\, hosted online on January 12\, is an opportunity for graduating mentees of the LFX Mentorship program to showcase the work they completed during their session term. Learn more about the 29 graduated mentees of the Linux Kernel\, Cloud Native Computing Foundation\, Open Mainframe Project\, RISC-V\, Hyperledger\, and LF Networking mentorship programs as they share the specific projects they worked on during their mentorship\, highlighting the contributions they made. Visit the main event page to learn more or register: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/lfx-mentorship-showcase/. \nThis virtual event is free to attend and open to anyone who would like to learn more about the experiences of LF Mentorship Program mentees\, find out more about some of the programs our projects are working on\, recruit new talent\, and support new developer contributions. \n \nOpen Mainframe Project is excited to announce that two graduate mentees will be featured in this showcase – Hartanto Ario Widjaya\, a student at the Singapore Management University and mentee of the COBOL Programming Course\, and Sudhanshu Dubey\, an Application Development Associate at Accenture and mentee of the OBOL Working Group. Please see their presentation description and times below and add it to your schedule. \nCOBOL: Now and Tomorrow\, Hartanto Ario Widjaya \n10:05 – 10:15 pm EST \nhttps://sched.co/tRX6 \nDuring the Open Mainframe Project Mentorship Program\, Ahmed and Hartanto improved upon the materials of the COBOL Programming Course\, a project set to provide free and accessible COBOL training for everyone. Amidst the needs for COBOL programmers\, they help to enable the next generation of learners to add COBOL to their tech toolkit. The project community has been amazing\, everyone is welcoming of us\, and we get to work with various people who are happy to help us even though we are new to the field. Unlike most projects\, our project is courseware-based. So we get to explore COBOL in great detail to add to the course. Furthermore\, we also learned how to communicate better with each other and got exposed to mainframes\, where millions of lines of COBOL code are still in operation today. \nCOBOL Modernization: Renovating Core IT Applications\, Sudhanshu Dubey \n10:29-10:39 EST \nhttps://sched.co/tRXF \nBillions of lines of COBOL are still running the core IT of thousands of companies but those applications have largely been left out of modern advances in IT. In partnership with the Open Mainframe Project\, we asked student intern Sudhanshu Dubey to demonstrate the options for modernizing an existing COBOL application to address the business needs and prove the future possibilities. \nDuring the project Sudhanshu did the following: \n\nRan analysis tools on a monolithic banking core application\nIdentified key services that could be externalized\nModernized the user experience\n\nIf a university student can do it\, certainly you can too. It was a wonderful experience working with my mentors and the project community. The mentors were very welcoming and supportive. They understood that I am new to this and helped me at each step without putting too much pressure on me. Similarly\, the project community helped me with everything I needed and it was fun interacting with other mentees. While working on the project I learned COBOL\, CICS and the MicroFocus tools I used. Also I learned modernization techniques. We presented at a lot of places which improved my speaking and presentation skills. Add it to your schedule here: https://sched.co/tRXF \nThe Linux Foundation’s Mentorship Program helps developers – many of whom are first-time open source contributors – gain the skills and experience necessary to contribute effectively to open source communities. Learn more about the program here: https://lfx.linuxfoundation.org/tools/mentorship/.
URL:https://openmainframeproject.org/event/lfx-mentorship-showcase/
CATEGORIES:All,COBOL,Education & Training,Mentorship
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SUMMARY:Open Source Summit + Automotive Linux Summit Japan (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Open Source Summit + Automotive Linux Summit Japan 2021 is a Virtual Experience\, happening December 14-15 on the Japan Standard Time Zone (UTC+09:00).  Open Mainframe Project will be represented by a few Zowe community members and ambssadors. The session has been changed to Pacific Standard Time.  \nAs with past virtual experiences\, know that we are taking thoughtful actions to create an immersive digital experience that provides you with interactive content and collaboration experiences. You will have the ability to network with other attendees\, attend presentations with live Q&A\, interact with sponsors real-time\, and much more – all virtually\, from anywhere. To register for the event\, visit the main conference page: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-japan/register/. \nTuesday\, December 14 at 10:30- 11:20 pm PST: Women Explorers: What Does the Future of Mainframe Development Look Like?  \nSpeakers: Richelle Anne Craw\, Katelyn Nienaber & Jessielaine Punongbayan\, Broadcom; Lauren Li & Billie Jean Simmons\, IBM \nMeet the women of the Zowe Explorer Squad. In this session\, the panelists will share valuable insights on navigating the challenges of modernizing the mainframe developer experience. The session will cover topics such as collaborating in the Zowe Explorer project\, building a positive culture across different companies\, managing open source commitments with internal priorities\, overcoming time zone barriers\, embracing the team diversity\, and feeling confident in making decisions about the future of the project. Add this to your schedule here. \nRegister for the event\, here.
URL:https://openmainframeproject.org/event/open-source-summit-automotive-linux-summit-japan-virtual/
CATEGORIES:All,Diversity & Inclusion,Education & Training,LF Event,Open Mainframe Project Ambassador,Zowe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211025
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SUMMARY:IBM TechU
DESCRIPTION:Join Open Mainframe Project at IBM’s Tech U\, a virtual training event happening on October 25-28. TechU is the The premier virtual training event for deep technical content on IBM IT Infrastructure products and solutions. \nOpen Mainframe Project will have two sessions on-demand: \nBack to the Future with COBOL – John Mertic\, the Linux Foundation\, and Misty Decker\, Micro Focus \nCOBOL is the lifeblood of mainframe applications that power the global econony. It is reliable\, proven and the foundation of most mission critical financial services at the world’s biggest banks. Yet few people realize or acknowledge the profound impact the COBOL language has had over its 60-year history. \nIn this discussion\, we’ll take a look at the COBOL’s history\, the sudden demand for it\, the academic landscape and the efforts of Open Mainframe Project and other organizations to create resources for COBOL and showcase its value to a broader audience. \nHow we used Zowe to create VIVA\, an Alexa and Siri rival – Alex Kim and Len Santalucia\, Vicom Infinity \nI used Open Mainframe Project’s Zowe framework to create VIVA (Vicom Infinity Voice Assistant). We used API connectio to integrate many other system API’s the mainframe\, but we wanted to use open source. This session will discuss moving from monolithic applications toward an API economy. That means leveraging microservices and DevOps practices\, with a fully integrated and automated pipeline enabled by a hybrid cloud architecture plus best-of-breed\, open source tooling and communities such as Zowe. I will offer a live demonstration of how VIVA works as an enterprise application use case. \nLearn more about the conference or register here: https://www.ibm.com/training/events/vtechu2021. \n  \n 
URL:https://openmainframeproject.org/event/ibm-techu/
CATEGORIES:All,COBOL,Education & Training,Member Event,Zowe
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