Open Mainframe Project

GS UK In-Person Conference 2025 (Whittlebury, Northamptonshire)
2025-11-03 - 2025-11-06
The GSE UK Region Conference, an annual event which takes place on November 3-6, in Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, hosts more than 200 hours of technical training from vendors and GSE members. There are several keynote and plenary sessions and a large number of subject streams, each of which covers a specific area of interest, with serves as a cornerstone for collaboration, learning and advancing the future of enterprise computing. For the second year in a row, Open Mainframe Project will have a stream at the conference.
Monday, November 3

11:00 – 11:45: The Power of the Mainframe Open Education for New Mainframers – Yetunde Obakeye, Linux Foundation/OMP

12:00 – 12:45: Harmonizing Mainframe Ecosystems with a Collaboration Among Linux Distributions – Sarah Julia Kriesch, Kyndryl

13:30 – 14:15: Zowe DevOps as a Curriculum – Richelle Anne Craw, Beta Systems Software AG

14:30 – 15:15: Productive mainframe delivery using open source – a practical demonstration – Bronwyn Davies and Stephen Morgan, PopUp Mainframe Ltd.

15:45 – 16:30: Our Galasa rollout – Joe Sexton, Macro 4 Limited

Tuesday, November 4

10:15 – 11:00: Effective strategies for Git and source control on z/OS – Igor Todorovski and Harithamma D, IBM

11:30 – 12:15: Testing Across Boundaries: z/OS to Cloud with Galasa – Louisa Denly, IBM

12:30 – 13:15: Installing and Configuring Zowe – from Zowe to Enterprise deployment – Jakub Balhar, Broadcom Mainframe Software and Joe Winchester, IBM

14:30 – 15:15: Zowe CLI in Action: Enabling Mainframe Automation and Self-Service Portals – Diego Rodriguez, Broadcom Mainframe Software

15:30 – 16:15: Hidden treasures, advanced features, and administrative tips for Zowe API Mediation Layer – Elliot Jalley, Broadcom Mainframe Software

16:45 – 17:30: Automating Mainframe Operations with REST APIs & Zowe CLI Plug-ins – Joshua Powell and Miroslav Strnad, Broadcom Mainframe Software

Wednesday, November 5

10:00 – 10:45: Build Your First REST API App to Manage Started Tasks – we’ll show you how! – Jan Prihoda and Sergei Krunevich, Broadcom Mainframe Software

11:15 – 12:00: Driving Operational Visibility for Mainframe Infrastructure APIs with Open Telemetry and the Zowe AP – Elliot Jalley, Broadcom Mainframe Software

12:15 – 13:00: From complainer to committer: How I got involved in open source and you can too – Joshua Waters, Next Retail Ltd. and Dave Nice, IBM

14:15 – 15:00: CBT Tape, a treasure trove of powerups no mainframer should be without – Marcus Davage at BMC Software Ltd and Joe Winchester, IBM

15:15 – 16:00: Updating Legacy Code the Open Source Way: Stories from a Maintainer – Oleksandr Hubanov and Germanas Samrickis, Rocket Software UK Ltd

16:30 – 17:15: Instrumenting the Mainframe: An introduction to Modern Observability and OpenTelemetry – Ruediger Schulze and Chris Walker, IBM

Thursday, November 6

10:00 – 10:45: Feilong: Empowering z/VM Adoption – Rajat Sharma, IBM

11:15 – 12:00: The Power Trio: Visualizing Db2 for z/OS with REST, OpenTelemetry, and Grafana – Sujit Neb, BMC Software Ltd

12:15 – 13:00: Zopen: ‘Apt’ly bringing package management to the Mainframe – Russell Wilson, IBM UK LTD.

The full schedule can be found here.
Register for the event here.

Mainframe Open Education Student User Group
2025-11-05 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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.

IBM Z Day
2025-11-12 08:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | https://ibmzday2025-vconf.bemyapp.com/#/register
IBM Z Day is a free 1-day enterprise computing virtual conference for anyone and everyone! Hear the latest about IBM Z and LinuxONE, and join our lineup of global thought leaders who will highlight industry trends and innovation spanning AI, Hybrid Cloud, Quantum-Safe Security, and more!

CLI Meets AI: Introducing ZCrafter (Webinar)
2025-12-05 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ZCrafter is a CLI tool that helps you work with COBOL, JCL, and mainframe systems using AI. You ask questions, analyze code for bugs, troubleshoot errors and get instant answers about mainframe development. Based on Open Mainframe Project’s Zowe, ZCrafter was created by NIU students in the IBM Z Student Ambassador Program.
Join us on Friday, December 5 at 9 am PT/12 pm ET for a presentation that will include an overview and live demo of ZCrafter. The creators will also be sharing their journey into mainframes, their experience with open source, trends in AI and technology and the future of mainframe. Register for the event here.
Speakers: NIU Students Victor Taiwo, Sang Pham, Oyewale Adeoye, and Paris Richards
