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IDUG 2008– North America
May 18-22, 2008
Hyatt Regency Dallas
Dallas, Texas, USA

Attendees connected with DB2 and IMS users sharing the same areas of interest to discuss the topics most important to them. Special Interest Groups allow the opportunity to sit down and share stories, ideas, and best practices in order to learn more about each other’s experience and build relationships with professionals in the industry.

Monday 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
  • DB2 for z/OS Performance
    • Moderator: Tink Tysor, Bayard Lee Tysor, Inc.
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Phil Grainger, CA
      • Kevin Baker, BMC
      • Akira Shibamiya, IBM
      • Randy Ebersole, IBM
      • Norbert Jenniger, IBM

  • DB2 for LUW Optimizer
    • Moderator: Vijay Sitaram, McKensson Inc.
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • John Hornibrook, IBM
      • Calisto Zuzarte, IBM

  • DB2 Application Development: Mainframe, Cobol, SOA
    •  Moderator: Robert Caterall, Catterall Consulting
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Aason Kokkat, IBM
        Roger Miller, IBM
        Maryela Weihrauch, IBM

  • NEW: IMS V10 Migration
    • Moderator: Mark Hammond,  Ateras
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Nick Griffin, BMC
      • Diane Goff, IBM
      • Angelique Greenhaw, IBM
      • Rich Lewis, IBM
      • Suzie Wendler, IBM

  • NEW: Women in Technology (Cross Platform)
    • Moderator: Jeanette Tremblay, Vangard Group
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Bonnie Baker, Bonnie Baker Corp.
      • Jessica Escott, IBM
      • Deb Jenson, IBM
      • Janet Leblanc, IBM
      • Judy Ruby-Brown, IBM
      • Melanie Stopher, IBM
      • Peggy Zagelow, IBM
Tuesday 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
  • DB2 for z/OS High Availability and Recovery
    • Moderator: Thomas Baumann, Swiss Mobiliar
    • Subject Matter Experts
      • Steen Rasmussen, CA
      • Rick Weaver, BMC
      • Robert Goodman, Florida Hospital
      • John Campbell, IBM
      • Willie Favero, IBM
      • Judy Ruby-Brown, IBM

  • DB2 for LUW Performance
    • Moderator: Fred Sobotka, FRS Consulting
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Phil Gunning, Gunning Technology
        Scott Hayes, DBI
        Paul Bird, IBM
        Steve Rees, IBM
        Bernie Schiefer, IBM

  • NEW: DB2 and XML
    • Moderator: Philip Nelson, ScotDB Ltd.
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Phil Grainger, CA
      • Jim Dee, BMC
      • Rav Ahuja, IBM
      • Mengchu Cai, IBM
      • Jason Cu, IBM
      • Matthias Nicola, IBM
      • Guogen Zhang, IBM

  • NEW: IMS HALDB and Recovery
    • Moderator: Jack Baily, BlueCross BlueShield
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Nick Griffin, BMC
      • Glenn Galler, IBM
      • Janet Leblanc, IBM
      • Rich Lewis, IBM

  • NEW: Data Privacy, Security, and Audit Compliance (Cross Platform)
    • Moderator: Alex Kopac, Database-Brothers,Inc
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Deb Jenson, IBM
      • Roger Miller, IBM
      • Paul bird, IBM

  • NEW: IMS HALDB and Recovery
    • Moderator: Jack Baily, BlueCross BlueShield
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Nick Griffin, BMC
      • Glenn Galler, IBM
      • Janet Leblanc, IBM
      • Rich Lewis, IBM
Wednesday 5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
  • DB2 Monster SQL
    • Moderator: Dan Luksetich, YL&A
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Sheryl Larsen, SMLI
      • John Hornibrook, IBM 
      • Calisto Zuzarte, IBM

  • DB2 for z/OS Optimizer
    • Moderator: Suresh Sane, DST Systems
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Steen Rasmussen, CA
      • Kevin Baker, BMC
      • Patrick Bossman, IBM
      • Terry Purcell, IBM

  • DB2 Application Development: .Net, Java, PHP, and Ruby on Rails
    • Moderator: Philip Nelson, ScotDB Ltd
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Leon Katsnelson, IBM
      • Anson Kokkat, IBM
      • Bilung Lee, IBM
      • Maryela Weihrauch, IBM
      • Peter Shum, IBM

  • NEW: Social Computing
    • Moderator: Paul Turpin, Wachovia
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Chris Eaton, IBM
      • Peggy Zagelow, IBM
      • Willie Favero, IBM
Thursday 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
  • Data Warehouse Development
    • Moderator: Frank Fillmore, The Fillmore Group
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Dave Beulke, Pragmatic Solutions, Inc.
      • John Poelman, IBM
      • Paul Zikopoulos, IBM

  • DB2 for LUW High Availability and Recovery
    • Moderator: Penny Jaskulke, Wells Fargo
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Dale McInnis, IBM
        Dwaine Snow, IBM
        Melanie Stopfer, IBM

  • NEW: The Changing Role of the DBA
    • Moderator: Mark Miller, Florida Dept. of Transportation
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • Craig Mullins, NEON Enterprise Software
      • Chris Eaton, IBM
      • Leon Katsnelson, IBM
      • Peggy Zagelow, IBM

  • DB2 Application Development: General (Trigger, SP, UDF, etc.)
    • Moderator: David Simpson, Themis Inc.
    • Subject Matter Experts:
      • George Baklarz, IBM
      • Steve Chen, IBM
      • Maryela Weihrauch, IBM  
 
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