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2026 IBM Z Advocacy Office Hours Series

By Iskrenna Panayotova posted 25 days ago

  

Join us each month to talk all things IBM Z Advocacy! The series of events are an open forum about everything you need on your Advocacy Journey. 

We cover different topics each month and bring special guests to share how advocacy has helped them advance in their career, give us tips and tricks on what has helped them on their journey, challenges they have faced and how they overcome them, everything you need to know to become a true IBM Z Advocate!

We share updates about the platform, live demos of key functionalities, share feedback and foster open communication and questions from our advocates so we can make the platform and program better together.

Catch up on sessions you've missed by watching replays of past sessions and downloading PDFs of the presentation materials.

Join the Fans of IBM Z User Group to be among the first to know about upcoming events, watch the recordings as soon as they are uploaded, get updates about advocacy and engage with other participants. 

Month Session Title & Replay Link Speaker/s  Description  Event Link

August 13th, 2026

IBM Z Advocacy Office Hours - August - APAC and EMEA - with special guest Ruth Bonser

Ruth Bonser & Iskrenna Panayotova

Learn why advocacy matters and how the IBM Z Advocacy Program can help you build your voice, expand your network, and grow your personal brand. Explore the Advocacy Hub and available opportunities, and hear from special guest Ruth Bonser as she shares insights from her advocacy journey and her passion for helping others grow their influence and careers.

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IBM Z Advocacy Office Hours - August - US & Canada - with special guest Joseph Westman

Joseph Westman & Iskrenna Panayotova

Learn why advocacy matters and how the IBM Z Advocacy Program can help you build your voice, expand your network, and grow your personal brand. Explore the Advocacy Hub and available opportunities, then hear from Joseph about his advocacy journey, the challenges he faced early on, how he overcame them, and practical ways to grow your advocacy beyond your day-to-day role. Gain valuable insights from an experienced advocate and IBM Champion.

Event Details

September 10th, 2026

IBM Z Advocacy Office Hours - September - APAC & EMEA - special guest Gil Peleg

Gil Peleg & Iskrenna Panayotova

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IBM Z Advocacy Office Hours - September - special guest Jennifer Nelson

Jennifer Nelson & Iskrenna Panayotova

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21 days ago

Quite useful session, it resolved many ambiguities over Z Advocasy and I hope will improve the quality of advocacy reportings. Sharing it with my knowns and looking forward for the next session.

21 days ago

A very informative start for the Advocacy Office Hours program and very much looking forward to the September session. Thank you Iskrenna and the IBM team for taking the time to put this together!

Regards,

Glenn Havelock, Systems Engineer

UNICOM Systems, Inc.