Sorry, but summer is over, it’s officially September! It’s even raining in the UK again :-(. But on the bright side, we’re now little more than a month away from the TechXchange conference in Orlando, starting October 6th!

We have plenty of content dedicated to IBM MQ and many of us from the MQ product team will be making the trip. So, if you’re still undecided, or are looking for the information that you need to justify the trip, how about:

• MQ-centric labs where you’ll be able to get your hands on the latest MQ capabilities under the help of us (2722:Native HA and CRR, 2724:MQ networking and 2905:The value of queues)
• In depth technology sessions from us (3274:Expanding your enterprise and 3275:Messaging networks and Agentic AI)
• And even more sessions on your own experiences with MQ (1185: MQ in Banking, 1229: Migrating from RDQM to Native HA and 2178: Resilient MQ on Azure)
• Multiple live demos (3076: MQ SaaS in the Cloud and 3077: What’s new in MQ)
• Plenty of opportunity for Q&A (3236: Let’s talk about MQ, 3239: MQ Resilience and 3075: Panel, Integration trends)

And that’s just the scheduled content in the core of the conference that majors on MQ, I'm sure that there are many more interesting talks that will relate directly to your interests and needs, whether on Messaging and Integration or wider still.

And in addition to this, some of the true value of attending in person is that:

• You can go even deeper by booking 1-to-1 discussions, I’ll be there with the MQ team, so please make the most of us
• Drop by the Integration area at any time to see what’s going on and have a chat

And last, but definitely not least:

• We're excited to be running a whole user group day dedicated to MQ on Monday 6^th. For this we’re building out the content, so expect further insights from the MQ team, lots of interactive Q&A and, if you’re up for it, maybe even your own topics to share (please contact @MATTHEW LEMING)

With all of this planned you can see that it's going to be a great event. So, if you're yet to register, please do. And once you're got that sorted, start to build your agenda!

Hopefully, I'll get to see many of you in Orlando.