Time	DB2 for z/OS Track Room: 6612	DB2 LUW  Track Room: 6611	IMS Track Room: O'Hare
8:30 – 9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast	Continental Breakfast	Continential Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 AM	IBM DB2 Update	IBM Topics – Jim Strand	Extending the Business Value of IMS Systems, Nancy Stein, IBM
9:15 – 10:30 AM	Gopal Krishnans, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Silicon Valley Lab This presentation will provide an overview of DB2 for z/OS Stored Procedures and discuss the ease of development, portability, and performance of the most commonly used Stored Procedures application programming interfaces (APIs) such as COBOL, SQLJ, and DB2 9 support for native SQL procedure language. Other advantages of Java and SQL procedure language will be discussed including their richer application development tools as well as their ability to leverage zIIP and zAAP specialty engines. The pros and cons of each API regarding the ease of development, portability and performance will be discussed.	Mladen Kovacev, DB2 LUW Contuning Engineering, IBM Abstract:  DB2 9.5 is the next generation hybrid XML/relational data server, boasting several new enhancements such as integrated workload manager (WLM), a threaded engine, simplified tuning, integrated audit and security, identity assertion and much more. All this at your finger tips, but how to get there? The DB2 9.5 Upgrade presentation will show how easy it is to upgrade existing databases to this new release, and will provide numerous hints and tips to ensure the upgrade process goes as smoothly as possible.	This session will provide a quick IMS history and current statistics, a look at today’s Business & IT challenges, followed by a perspective on the innovative technologies that can help extend the business value of your existing IMS systems and applications.
10:30 – 10:45  AM	Break	Break	Break
10:45 – 12:00 NOON	Leveraging zIIP and zAAP Specialty Engines with DB2 for z/OS Gopal Krishnans, IBM An overview of zIIP and zAAP and how some DB2 for z/OS V8 and DB2 9 for z/OS workloads may leverage zIIP to provide a cost effective System z platform solutions will be presented. Details on how DB2 for z/OS distributed TCP/IP DRDA applications, XML processing, complex parallel queries and DB2 Utilities can benefit from zIIP  will be discussed . How DB2 XML processing can benefit from zIIP and zAAP will also be presented. The process of monitoring zIIP and zAAP usage projections and actual usage will be presented using sample RMF workload activity reports and Omegamon DB2 Performance Expert reports.	Green IT with DB2 LUW: Five Essential Steps for Maximum Success   Scott Hayes, President 7 CEO, DBI Abstract: Rising energy costs are causing every organization to search for ways to cut energy costs while delivering greater value and business performance to stake holders.  DB2 is the centerpiece for your green success if you take the right steps.  This presentation will explore DB2 LUW in a consolidated virtual server world and cover storage considerations along with compression.  Five essential steps to success will be revealed, along with tips and best practices for maximum success.  Saving the planet, lowering cooling and energy costs, and improving business performance - financial and productivity - is easy with DB2 if you follow the right roadmap	IMS Update, John Harper, IBM    An update on IMS features and functions
12:00 – 1:00 PM	Lunch - on site, free!	Lunch  - on site, free!	Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 PM	Introduction to IBM Data Web Services    Paul C. Zikopoulos, BA, MBA, Program Director for the DB2 Evangelist team at IBM In this session we're going to give you the 101 on Web Services. Many application development shops are trending towards the loosely coupled architecture of SOA and with the advent of Web 2.0 technologies everyone could use a level-set scoop on how XSLT, XML, SOAP, AJAX, REST, SOA, WS*, JSON and any other service oriented acronym ties together. Furthermore, it's good that we all have a common understanding on what SOA is. If you thought it was a technology or a product - that's the point. SOA is a methodology, a thought process if you will. After a base understanding, this session will show you how the IBM data server family accelerates and simplifies the journey to SOA through the all new cross platform IBM Data Web Services framework and IBM Data Studio. Getting your architecture to SOA is but a few clicks away and one lucky attendee will get the showcase their new found SOA skills in a live demo. Did I mention I don't really care what back-end data store you using: z/OS, i, or LUW we need them all.	Empowing DBAs with Data Studio   Deb Jensen, Product Manager, IBM Abstract:  If you thought Data Studio was just for developers, you thought wrong.  Data Studio v2.1 is unveiling new technology aimed at the database administrator (DBA).  Learn how you can now use the latest IBM technology to manage complex database changes within your organization.  Not only will Data Studio help with database administration, but it can help you quickly diagnose availability and performance issues using an intuitive drill-down approach for immediate root-cause analysis.  Best of all, Data Studio allows you to work more closely with your data architects and developers.	IMS and SOA Performance Considerations, Janet LaBlanc, IBM An overview of IMS and SOA performance considerations.
2:15 – 2:30 PM	Break	Break	Break
2:30 – 3:45 PM	Introducing pureXML, IBM’s XML solution for DB2 B.L.”Tink” Tysor of Bayard Lee Tysor, Inc. Extendable Markup Language (XML) has become a standard for exchanging data in most all industries. It’s flexible and self describing syntax make it a popular mechanism for passing data between diverse applications and systems. With Version 9, DB2 now stores XML natively (pureXML) in both the z/OS and LUW platforms. If pureXML is going to be used in your shop, it is imperative that Application Developers and Database Administrators learn how to efficiently process XML data. This presentation will introduce you to not only the basics of XML, but to efficiently considerations of using pureXML to define, store and retrieve XML data. This presentations is for both Application Developers and Database Administrators.  pureXML is available on both the DB2 z/OS and LUW platforms, and the differences will be covered.	Securing Data with DB2 Features Deb Jensen, Product Manager, IBM Regulatory compliance and risk management require sensitive data be secured.  With application performance and business processes paramount, application owners, database administrators and security teams are struggling to secure and protect their business data without disrupting the business.  This presentation provides an overview of common challenges when securing applications and databases and presents real-world solutions using IBM DB2 features.	IMS and Web 2.0, David Tran, IBM This presentation will cover the IMS Web 2.0 solution including a demo of transforming an IMS transaction into a feed and building a Web Mashup.
3:45 PM	Meeting Close	End or Break or Q & A Forum	Meeting Close

Scott Hayes is President & CEO of DBI, an Austin Texas based company providing automated database auditing and performance management solutions to over 2,000 IBM DB2 LUW and Oracle customers worldwide. Scott is a frequent speaker at global IDUG events, ISACA and ISSA chapter meetings, author of several published articles on database performance, security, and auditing, and a featured blogger on IBMDatabaseMag.COM on DB2 LUW Performance. A Google search on Scott returns over 3,000 hits.

Deb Jenson, IBM, is a Product Manager for the newly introduced IBM Data Studio portfolio, spearheading the portfolio and growth strategy. She joined IBM in 2004 to drive strategic marketing for the DB2 data server. As Product Manager for DB2, she was responsible for market strategies that drive incremental growth and increase market awareness for the DB2 data server. Deb has over 12 years experience in the commercial software industry, with extensive experience developing database products and driving market execution strategies that drive growth. Deb joined IBM from Quest Software, and prior to Quest, she held various positions at Platinum Technology focused on the database management product family. Deb can be reached at: dejenson@us.ibm.com.

Mladen Kovacevic, IBM, is the team lead of the catalog services and database configuration continuing engineering team. He has provided development support in this area for over 3 years, developing fixes for the DB2 UDB v8, DB2 v9.1 and DB2 v9.5 releases, specifically involving database migration, DB2 catalog table maintenance, and the database/database manager configuration parameters.

Gopal Krishnan is a Senior Software Engineer at the IBM Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, USA. He is the team leader for the DB2 for z/OS Distributed Solutions performance team. He also has expertise in the area of DB2 Data Sharing and transaction performance monitoring and tuning. He has IMS and DB2 background, and has presented in IMS, SHARE, GUIDE, IDUG, DB2 and IOD technical conferences. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from India.

BL "Tink" Tysor is an experienced Consultant and Educator for DB2 Database Administration, SQL development, Relational Data Modeling, Stored Procedures, SQL Performance Tuning, User Defined Functions and Triggers with over 38 years of computer experience. Tink is on the Editorial Review board for the IDUG Systems Journal, was on the IDUG NA Conference Planning Committee and is past president of the Southeastern Inter-Relational Database User Group (SIRDUG). He has spoken often at the North American and European IDUG Conferences, as well as the India Forum, the Asian Pacific conference and various Regional User Groups. He has authored articles in the IDUG Solutions Journal and coauthored the first edition of the IBM Red Book "DB2 for z/OS DM Tools for Database Administration and Change Management."

Paul C. Zikopoulos, BA, MBA is the Program Director for the DB2 Evangelist team at IBM. He is an award-winning writer and speaker with more than 13 years of experience with DB2. Paul has written more than 150 magazine articles and 11 books on DB2 including, Information on Demand: Introduction to DB2 9.5 New Features, DB2 9 Database Administration Certification Guide and Reference (6th Edition), DB2 9: New Features, Information on Demand: Introduction to DB2 9 New Features, Off to the Races with Apache Derby, DB2 Version 8: The Official Guide, DB2: The Complete Reference, DB2 Fundamentals Certification for Dummies, DB2 for Dummies, and A DBA's Guide to Databases on Linux. Paul is a DB2 Certified Advanced Technical Expert (DRDA and Clusters) and a DB2 Certified Solutions Expert (BI and DBA). In his spare time, he enjoys all sorts of sporting activities, including running with his dog Chachi, avoiding punches in his MMA training, and trying to figure out the world according to Chloë – his daughter. You can reach him at: paulz_ibm@msn.com.