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GS UK In-Person Conference 2026

By | June 16, 2026June 25th, 2026

The GS UK In-Person Conference is a much-anticipated annual event that continues to serve as a cornerstone for collaboration, learning, and advancing the future of enterprise computing. This year, the event will take place Monday, November 2 to Thursday, November 5, 2026, at Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire.

In addition to face-to-face networking and deep technical discussions, this event will also highlight the growing partnership with GS UK as Open Mainframe Project will have a track for the third year in a row. 

Open Mainframe Project is seeking presentations that highlight innovation, collaboration, and real-world adoption across the open source mainframe ecosystem. We encourage submissions related to Open Mainframe Project initiatives such as Zowe, COBOL Programming Course, Mainframe Open Education, Galasa, zopen Community, Feilong, Software Discovery Tool, and the Mentorship Program, as well as broader topics including modernization, automation, AI, workforce development, and enterprise open source. Whether you’re sharing a technical deep dive, implementation case study, community success story, or lessons learned, this is an opportunity to showcase your work and connect with one of the largest gatherings of mainframe professionals in the UK. Submit your proposal here.

Details:

Call for papers opens: June 1, 2026

Submission deadline: July 31, 2026

Decisions announced: August 17, 2026

Speaker confirmation deadline: September 4, 2026

Session length: 45 minutes, presented in person

Last year, Open Mainframe Project had several talks and panels that explored how open source is helping to bridge the skills gap, accelerate innovation, and provide new tools and frameworks that bring mainframe into the modern developer workflow. Projects such as Galasa, Mainframe Open Education, zopen community, Zorse, Zowe and more were met with strong interest from attendees. These initiatives not only demonstrate how open collaboration can unlock value but also how they serve as a rallying point for the next generation of mainframe talent.

Videos of these sessions can be found on the GS UK playlist on the Open Mainframe Youtube channel.

The conference provides over 200 hours of technical training from IBM, other vendors and most importantly from GSE members. At the in-person conference, plenty of time is set aside to allow for networking with speakers, vendors and delegates during breaks and the evening receptions and dinners.

Stay tuned here for more details in the next few months.

Open Mainframe Project is planning the content for the November event as it pertains to the GS UK In-Person Annual Conference. The Linux Foundation and Open Mainframe Project are not managing the event. The GS UK event is planned and managed by the GS UK program committee. Learn more about GS UK here.

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