Diverse Perspectives of Women in IT (Webinar)
2024-03-13 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
An upcoming webinar hosted by the Making our Strong Community Stronger (MSCS) collaborative will feature a panel of five women discussing what it means to be a woman in the IT industry today. MSCS is sponsored by Broadcom Mainframe Software, IBM, the Open Mainframe Project, Rocket Software, TechChannel and BMC Software.
The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Gloria Chance, president and CEO of The Mousai Group, and panelists include:

Becca Barrile, internal communications director, Rocket Software
Dr. Rebecca Gott, chief technology officer, Power platform, IBM
Donna Hudi, chief marketing officer, Phoenix Software
Arshind Kaur, product manager, IZOT division, BMC
Ruchi Saxena, research, design strategy, Broadcom
Allyson Cook, program lead, customer engagement, Broadcom

The webinar will take place on March 13 at 9 am PST/12 p.m. EST. Register today to claim your spot.

COBOL Programming Course Q1 Webinar
2024-03-19 08:00 - 09:00
Join us for the COBOL Programming Course Q1 webinar on March 19 at 8 am PST. Zowe Explorer Squad Lead Adam Wolfe, Open Mainframe Project Ambassador and Product Owner at Broadcom Mainframe Software, joins the COBOL Programming Course team to discuss all things Zowe.
Zowe and COBOL are two of the most popular projects of the Open Mainframe project! Tune in to listen to the team discussing about the upcoming Zowe v3 release, the impact to the COBOL course, and more!
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q9d5mzezSguu5FGOa1EBiw

Zowe Webinar: Squads, Training Programs & Badges
2024-03-28 07:00 - 08:00
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.
Jakub Balhar, Darren Surch
Additional Details:
The 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.
As 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.
With 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.
Register here.

Mainframe Open Education Student User Group
2024-04-03 08:30 - 09:30
Knowledge management involves consciously organizing, retaining, and sharing an organization’s knowledge and experience. The primary aim is to connect those seeking information with those who possess it, enhancing operational efficiency and expertise within the organization. This is exactly what Mainframe Open Education does.
Join the core team on Wednesday, April 3 at 8:30-9:30 am PDT for a webinar that introduces students to the Mainframe Open Education project. We’ll hear from contributors and students who have engaged with the project to learn about how to get involved, best practices, badges and more!
Speakers include:

Nanxi Meng, Instructional Designer at Broadcom and contributor to Mainframe Open Education
Eugene Ndlovu, Graduate of University of Johannesburg, Graduate

Register here.

Mainframe Open Education Student User Group
2024-05-01 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-06-05 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-07-03 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-08-07 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-09-04 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-10-02 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-11-06 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-12-04 09:00 - 10:00
Knowledge management involves consciously organizing, retaining, and sharing an organization’s knowledge and experience. The primary aim is to connect those seeking information with those who possess it, enhancing operational efficiency and expertise within the organization. This is exactly what Mainframe Open Education does. it is the wikipedia of mainframe knowledge and experience.

Join the core team every first Wednesday of the month for a live discussion about Mainframe Open Education. We’ll hear from contributors and students who have engaged with the project to learn about how to get involved, best practices, badges and more!
Speakers include:

Nanxi Meng, Instructional Designer at Broadcom and contributor to Mainframe Open Education
J.J. Lovett, Head of Education and Customer Engagement at Broadcom Mainframe Software
Tiiso Senosha, contributor to Mainframe Open Education and past Open Mainframe Project Mentor

Register here.

Happy Birthday Mainframe: 60 years old and 60 years young!
2024-05-23 09:00 - 10:00
Join the Open Mainframe community in this special webinar on Thursday, May 23 at 9 am PT/12 pm ET that aims to celebrate the mainframe birthday. We will take a look back at the fantastic innovations that have powered the IBM Z mainframe platform from its beginnings 60 years ago, which includes some of the folks who have shaped and witnessed the platform as well as those who are leading the charge into the next 60 years. Register here.
Speakers include:
– Cheryl Watson, CEO and Co-Founder at Watson & Walker
Cheryl Watson is the CEO and co-founder of Watson & Walker which offers practical mainframe performance and measurement advice. Cheryl is known around the world for her passion and enthusiasm for IBM mainframes and the software that runs on them. She is most well-known for her z/OS (formerly MVS) newsletter, Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter, published since 1991.
– Derek Britton, Mainframe and Modernization Advisor
With over 30 years in the enterprise and mainframe software industry, Derek is an accomplished technology leader, writer, and consultant. With software development, product and brand marketing, product management, and services experience, Derek regularly commentates across the IT press, and at events such as Gartner, Open Mainframe Summit, SHARE, and GSE. Derek holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from De Montfort University, and is the co-founder of the Open Mainframe Project COBOL Working Group.
– Donna Hudi, CMO at Phoenix Software International

Donna has more than 30 years of financial service, technology, marketing, and executive management experience spanning the asset management, software development, consulting, and non-profit industries. Prior to joining Phoenix Software as their Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Business Development, she served as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer for SHARE Association. Donna has been involved with the Open Mainframe Project since she was the Executive Director for SHARE Association and has continued during her tenure at Phoenix Software. She has been a member of the OMP Marketing Committee since 2019 and currently serves as the Marketing Committee Chair.
– Ed Jaffe, CTO at Phoenix Software International
Ed began his software development career by writing applications for government and research organizations in Washington, D.C. After moving to Los Angeles in 1982, he transitioned to the banking industry and eventually joined Phoenix Software International in 1987. He became Manager of Research & Development in the mid-1990s and was named Chief Technology Officer in 2009. Ed participated as a SHARE volunteer for nearly 30 years most recently as the SHARE Core Platform Focus Area Leader and is recognized throughout the mainframe community as a subject matter expert and strong advocate for the IBM Z platform.
– Jakub Balhar, Principal Product Owner at Broadcom
Jakub is a long-term enthusiast who is interested in building more secure solutions. He currently leads Zowe as the TSC chair, API Mediation Layer Squad lead, and the Product Owner for API Mediation Layer within Broadcom. He previously worked in the Space-related business, collaborating with NASA and ESA as Gisat’s Head of Application Development.

-Jessielaine Punongbayan, Support Engineer and Tech Evangelist at Dynatrace

Jessielaine is a Support Engineer at Dynatrace, an AI-powered monitoring tool. She has held various roles such as a Product Owner, Team Leader, Open Source contributor, Mainframe Modernization Ambassador, Writer, Conference Speaker, Software Engineer, and Hackathon Winner.
Register for the webinar here.

Zowe Quarterly Webinar
2024-05-29 08:30 - 09:30
Join the Zowe community on Wednesday, May 29 at 8:30-9:30 am PT/11:30-12:30 pm ET for the next quarterly update! Register here.
With Zowe v3 on the release horizon, Team Config for Zowe CLI and Zowe Explorer for VS Code becomes more relevant than ever. The Zowe Community introduced Team Config to take the burden of learning, understanding, and implementing connectivity away from every user – which is what v1 profiles required.
Join this session for a comprehensive review of Team Config, what it looks like, how best to leverage it, and (for those of you still using v1 profiles) best practices for converting Zowe CLI v1 profiles to Team Config to ensure you and your team are ready for Zowe v3!
Speaker: Adan Wolfe, Product Owner at Broadcom and Open Mainframe Project Ambassador
Register here.

COBOL Programming Course Q2 Webinar
2024-06-26 07:00 - 08:00
Join the Open Mainframe Project COBOL Programming Course team on Wednesday, June 26th 2024 at 7 am PT/10 a.m ET to learn more about the new and exciting zOS, registration platform, user experience and more! You don’t want to miss learning about this exciting new update to the much love COBOL course.
Speaker: Ross Cruickshank, Z Developer Advocate at IBM
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OtLExuXZRRqMxDxUc_jGag#/registration

COBOL Programming Course Q3 Webinar
2024-09-18 07:00 - 08:00
Open Mainframe Project’s summer mentees never disappoint! Join the COBOL Programming Course core team on Wednesday, September 18 at 7 am PT/10 am ET to learn more about all of the great work summer mentees, Rituraj Mahato and Ali Mohammed, did to bring the next generation of COBOL Programing Course to global community of learners. The team will be celebrating the end of the Summer Mentorship, the anniversary of COBOL and more. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from the next generation of COBOL programmers and celebrate all things COBOL!
Even if you can’t attend the meeting live, register here and you’ll receive a link to the recording after the meeting.
Watch the other COBOL Programming videos on the Open Mainframe Project COBOL Programming Course Playlist.

Mainframe Open Education Student User Group
2025-01-15 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-02-05 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-03-05 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-07 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-06-04 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-02 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-08-06 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-09-03 09:00 - 10:00 and 2 more dates
Knowledge management involves consciously organizing, retaining, and sharing an organization’s knowledge and experience. The primary aim is to connect those seeking information with those who possess it, enhancing operational efficiency and expertise within the organization. This is exactly what Mainframe Open Education does. it is the wikipedia of mainframe knowledge and experience.

Join the core team every first Wednesday of the month for a live discussion about Mainframe Open Education. We’ll hear from contributors and students who have engaged with the project to learn about how to get involved, best practices, badges and more!
Speakers include:

Devonte Hawkins, IBM zStack Technical Specialist at IBM
Taylor Hrupek, Mainframe Business Specialist at Broadcom
Nanxi Meng, Instructional Designer at Broadcom
J.J. Lovett, Head of Education and Customer Engagement at Broadcom Mainframe Software
Tiiso Senosha, contributor to Mainframe Open Education and past Open Mainframe Project Mentor

Register here.

Zowe Q1 2025 Webinar
2025-03-19 08:00 - 09:00
Join Open Mainframe Project’s Zowe community on Wednesday, March 19 at 8 am PT/11 am ET for our first quarterly webinar of the year! Whether you are a Zowe User, Contributor, Extender or simply interested in what’s happening with Zowe, we invite you to attend the webinar to learn more.
In this webinar, Jakub Balhar, Chair of the Zowe TSC and Open Mainframe Project Ambassador, will present an overview of the architectural changes coming to the API Mediation Layer and answer questions. Rose Sakach, Open Mainframe Project ambassador, will also present updates about Zowe.
Register here.

Mainframe Open Education Student User Group
2025-04-02 09:00 - 10:00
Knowledge management involves consciously organizing, retaining, and sharing an organization’s knowledge and experience. The primary aim is to connect those seeking information with those who possess it, enhancing operational efficiency and expertise within the organization. This is exactly what Mainframe Open Education does. it is the wikipedia of mainframe knowledge and experience.

Join the core team every first Wednesday of the month for a live discussion about Mainframe Open Education. We’ll hear from contributors and students who have engaged with the project to learn about how to get involved, best practices, badges and more!
In the April MOE SUG meeting, Devonte Hawkins, IBM zStack Technical Specialist at IBM, and Taylor Hrupek, Mainframe Business Specialist at Broadcom, will chat with Niall Ashley, Technical Consultant at Vertali, IBM Champion and GSE UK 101 Chair Person.
Register here.

Zowe Q2 Webinar: Understanding Zowe Docs and using AI for Effective Navigation
2025-07-01 08:00 - 09:00
Whether you are installing, configuring, trouble-shooting, or just learning about Zowe, Zowe Docs will be your go-to guide. In this webinar on Tuesday, July 1 at 8 am PT/11 am ET, the members of the Zowe community will share tips and best practices for optimal navigation and take you through a live tour with example use cases. A step-by-step demo on how to open an issue real-time will help improve the documentation for everyone while instantly making you a contributor to the Zowe Community. We will conclude with a demonstration on how best to partner with AI to answer Zowe questions and find Zowe specifics. Register here.
Speakers: Ana Ceron, Andrew Jandacek, Jakub Balhar, Rose Sakach
