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SUMMARY:Join Us for Open Mainframe Project Pre-Conference Day 2026!
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce Open Mainframe Project Pre-Conference Day 2026\, taking place on Monday\, October 26\, 2026 onsite at IBM TechXchange 2026! Join us for a full day dedicated to technical deep dives\, community collaboration\, and open source mainframe innovation. \n  \nWhether you want to explore OpenTelemetry on z/OS\, dive into DevOps with GitLab CI\, master z/OS UNIX\, or discover strategies for recruiting next-gen mainframe talent\, this year’s agenda features a stellar lineup of industry experts. Don’t miss these great Meetups! \nSchedule: Monday\, October 26\, 2026\n  \nOpen Mainframe Project Keynote\n10:00 am – 11:00 am | Len Santalucia (Pellera) + Project Leads:\nElizabeth Joseph (ZTrust + Software Discovery Tool)\nSarah Julia Kriesch (Linux Distributions WG + Modernization WG)\nIgor Todorvski (zopen)\nRüdiger Schulze (Otel on the Mainframe + OPLEANO)\nFernando Rijo Cedeno (Zowe) \nOpenTelemetry on the Mainframe: Zero-Code Instrumentation\, Semantic Conventions\, and the Collector\n11:00 am – 11:45 am | Rüdiger Schulze (IBM) \nEmpowering AI Experiences with Zowe Foundations: The Zowe MCP Server\n11:00 am – 11:45 am | Dan Kelosky (Broadcom) \nGroup Photo\n11:50 AM – 12:00 PM\nWhat’s New in Modernizing Open Source on z/OS\n1:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Igor Todorovski (IBM) \nTwo Developers Walk Into a Mainframe: A Generational Love Story \n1:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Armin Kramer (CROZ DACH GmbH) and Philipp Kremling (CROZ DACH GmbH) \nScaling Open Source Engineering on z/OS with AI-Assisted Workflows\n2:00 pm – 2:45 pm | Igor Todorovski (IBM)\nDevOps with GitLab CI for Mainframe Applications based on Python and ZOWE \n2:00 pm – 2:45 pm | Sarah Julia Kriesch (Kyndryl) and Uwe Graf (EasiRun Europa GmbH) \nZTRUST Key Signing\n2:50 – 3:00 PM\nHidden Power of CBT Tape for DB2 Sysprogs on Modern z/OS \n3:30 pm – 4:20 pm |  Klaudiusz Konieczka\, Ensono\nMaking Certificate Setup Easier for Zowe and REST API Deployments\n3:30 pm – 4:15 pm | Jan Prihoda (Broadcom) and Dan Kelosky (Broadcom) \nHow to captain your USS Environment (z/OS UNIX) – sudo\, shells\, ssh and beyond bourne\n4:30 pm – 5:15 pm | Steven Perva (Ensono) and Pradipta Bhattacharya (Ensono) \nBringing IBM Z to Generation Z\n4:30 pm – 5:15 pm | Scott Piersall (ospreys.biz) \n  \nAdditional Details\nTo learn more about these presentations or to add these to your schedule in the Session Catalog – click here. \n 
URL:https://openmainframeproject.org/event/join-us-for-open-mainframe-project-pre-conference-day-2026/
CATEGORIES:IBM TechXchange,Open Mainframe Project Ambassador
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