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New to Z Happenings - September

By Shari Chiara posted Tue September 03, 2024 05:35 PM

  

I am excited to kick start September with an update on all the exciting happenings for our New to Z community. Make sure to stay tuned for lots more that will be coming soon.

This is your community and you will continue to see updates taking place as a result of feedback we’ve received directly from you. Have any questions, or have topics you’d like to see covered, let me know in the discussions.

Shari Chiara

Announcements 

There are some exciting opportunities coming up to help you build your mainframe skills, grow your career, and build your network - all with content designed with you in mind.

IBM Z Day - October 1 (Virtual) IBM Z Day’s signature experience will showcase how you can unleash the scale of AI with the power of IBM Z, providing you with deep technical content, demos, the latest industry trends, use cases, best practices and networking opportunities all at no cost. Register today and learn how to earn up to 3 knowledge certificates.

IBM TechXchange - October 21-24 (Las Vegas, NV) - Learn more about the z/OS Academy as part of the SHARE track. Learn More

GSE UK - November 4-7 - (Whittlebury, Towcester, Northamptonshire) Learn more about this exciting conference and check out the agenda. Make sure to check out Monday’s keynote: Weird and Wonderful Journeys to the mainframe from our own group member Elitsa Popova.

Upcoming New to Z Events

Virtual

September 5 - Career Conversation: Building your brand. Getting the most out of social media Register now

September 17 - Tech Talk: Demystifying how z/OS works for early career IBM Z professionals Register now

October 15 - Tech Talk: Intro to Crypto. Register now

In Person

September 12 - Lima, Peru. Learn more and register.

September 18 - Australia / New Zealand - Simultaneous events happening in: Adelaide, Australia; Ballarat, Australia; Perth, Australia; Sydney Australia and Wellington, New Zealand. Learn more and register.

Featured Event replays:

Thanks to your feedback, we’ve created playlists that have replays of our recent events for both our technical talks and career conversations. Catch up with anything you’ve missed .

Meet up Groups

Our new to z local chapter program is growing, and we are starting to set up meetup groups for these chapters. If you are located in or around any of the following locations, please join the meet up group. Local events are being planned and will be added in the meet up group and New to Z user group shortly.

United States

Dallas, TX

New York NY

Minneapolis, MN

Canada

Toronto, Canada

Vancouver, Canada

Australia / New Zealand

Interested in creating a New to Z chapter near you? Find out more here.

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Back to School with IBM Z: Educating the Next Generation of IBM Z Experts - Focusing on IBM's role in Mainframe education and training. - Jade Walker

Advocacy

IBM Z Day is coming on October 1 - share the news. Use the social kit in the IBM Z Advocacy Hub to spread the word.

Don’t forget to report your 2024 IBM Z and LinuxONE acts of advocacy and claim your badge.

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