Data Tech Summit 2025 - Executive Track Agenda
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Hilton Orlando 6001 Destination Pkwy
Welcome and overview - Tom Ramey Worldwide Director, Data & AI on IBM Z and Rudy Benvenuto Principal, Americas Data & AI
What’s new in IBM Z data integration - Dr. Daniel Martin, Lead Architect, IBM Z Data Platform for GenAI
IBM enterprise clients are utilizing a variety of modern techniques to analyze, access, and optimize their IBM Z data and applications. Hear about the latest enhancements to our powerful IDAA and Data Gate technologies, including future Salesforce integration, the IBM AI Optimizer that empowers IBM Z clients to adopt Gen AI workloads and the Db2 agent for Z.
AI exploitation in Db2 and roadmap - Akiko Hoshikawa, Distinguished Engineer, Data and AI on IBM Z
Db2 for z/OS harnesses the transformative capabilities of AI to unlock value in two critical areas: driving actionable business insights with AI-enhanced SQL queries (SQL Data Insights) and fine-tuning operational efficiency with Db2 AI for z/OS. In this session, discover the latest advancements in AI technology within Db2 for z/OS – helping you to uncover deeper insights from your data while boosting system performance and reliability.
z17 and beyond - Ray Newsom, Principal Product Manager IBM Z HW, and Akiko Hoshikawa, Distinguished Engineer, Data and AI on IBM Z
The z17 is a new platform built on the new IBM Telum II Processor and IBM Spyre Accelerator, which unlock capabilities for enterprise-scale AI, including large language models and generative AI. This session will provide an update on how IBM is investing in IBM Z for today’s most important workloads. Covered also will be Db2 exploitation of the new HW and general Db2 on z17 performance observations.
Wednesday October 8, 2025
Hilton Orlando 6001 Destination Pkwy
Leveraging data to revolutionize Db2 for z/OS data management – Kevin Poole Data and AI for IBM Z Principal Worldwide Sales Leader and Tim Willging
The Db2 for z/OS environments we manage are continually evolving and becoming more sophisticated. We gather ever increasing amounts of data about the system and its operation in an effort to better manage it, but how can we harness all that data to make better decisions, optimize efficiency and automate operations where possible? This session will delve into the latest technologies being used to accomplish this in Db2 for z/OS and how they manifest in our IBM Db2 Tools offerings.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Lunch
Db2 for z/OS: Current state and future direction – Haakon Roberts, Director and CTO Db2
Haakon Roberts, Director and CTO of Db2 for z/OS development, will examine the current position of Db2 for z/OS, the trends affecting this position and the future direction to address the challenges of tomorrow.
Inspire, connect, train, and grow IBM Z skills – Shelly Meierarend, IBM Z Global Skills Leader
Addressing mainframe skills extends beyond education and training. IBM has introduced many new technologies to reduce the number of specialized skills required. These technologies are grouped into simplification, standardization, and AI and automation. We will share more in detail for each of these areas. We look forward to this session around Z Skills to share all the programs and offerings available to clients and partners.
Mainframe data integration with hyperscalers - Dr. Daniel Martin, Lead Architect, IBM Z Data Platform for GenAI
All hyperscalers have mainframe integration technology today. In this session we will survey and compare those to what IBM has to offer.