COMMON POWERUp 2026: Full Schedule

Unlock the Power of IBM i at POWERUp 2026!

Join us in New Orleans, Louisiana for POWERUp 2026, the premier conference for IBM i professionals. Whether you’re an experienced expert or just starting your IBM i journey, this event offers unparalleled education, hands-on workshops, and valuable networking opportunities. Stay ahead of the curve with insights from industry leaders, explore the latest innovations, and connect with a thriving community that shares your passion for IBM i. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your knowledge, grow your skills, and power up your career!

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8:00am CDT

IBM FlashSystem Deep Dive

Thursday April 30, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am CDT

Galerie 5

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This session will cover the latest announcements on IBM Storage FlashSystem products including advancements in Storage Insights, FlashSystems Grid, Ransomware Threat Detection, and Power Cyber Vault.

Speakers

Yves Santos

STSM IBM Storage Development, IBM

Thursday April 30, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Galerie 5

Systems Management

9:15am CDT

i Test, Therefore i Build

Thursday April 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am CDT

Galerie 5

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With IBM's release of the IBM i Testing VS Code extension, Unit Testing is (finally) hot and happening on the i, everything at the engineer’s finger tips, including code coverage. In this session we will show you how to take these unit tests to the next level, how to embed them in your DevOps cycle, in your pipeline – making them not only crucial to the engineer’s code quality, but also running them as automated security policy every time your product is built.

Learning Objectives:

Mastering unit test basics Showing how their value grows exponentially when run as part of your CICD pipelines. Learn how IBM i unit tests and tests from other platforms can be seamlessly combined to have a 360 view Learn how Unit tests and automated regression tests can come together for a holistic view on code and product quality See how AI can help predict future failures

Speakers

Andrew Clark

Andrew Clark is the Senior Principal Software Engineer for IBM i at Rocket Software. Andrew has over 35 years of experience on IBM i beginning with the "secret Mankato Project" on a pre-release version of OS/400, and an internship at IBM Rochester working on the Query team. He... Read More →

Herman Rensink

Thursday April 30, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am CDT
Galerie 5

Program Testing, DevOps, Program Testing

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10:45am CDT

Options for Consuming REST APIs from RPG

Thursday April 30, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am CDT

Galerie 5

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REST APIs have become a major part of business programming. We live in a world where virtually everything is connected to the Internet, and REST APIs are how they communicate with each other. In this session, you will learn how to call (or "consume") REST APIs from good ol' RPG. In addition to showing you the basics of how APIs work, this session explains how to use several free tools to consume them. The tools will be compared so that you can determine which one would work best for you.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the free tools available to consume APIs. 2. Understand how to process JSON documents in RPG. 3. Compare the free methods for consuming APIs

Speakers

Scott Klement

Managing Partner, ORC LLC

Thursday April 30, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
Galerie 5

RPG, Programming: Frameworks, Programming: RPG, Technologies Integrated with IBM i

1:00pm CDT

Why and How to read a Job Log

Thursday April 30, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT

Galerie 5

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When a job runs on IBM i it generates various status messages. When things go 'bump' the job issues additional messages. Where do those messages appear? Most of them appear in the job log, making the job log the 'go to' for identifying issues or determining status of the job. In this session we will review how to control the job log detail and disposition. We'll show you ways to read the job log. We'll also discuss the differences between active and completed jobs and give some thinking about dealing with a large number of job logs.

Learning Objectives:
Learn how to control joblogs, when they are produced and how much detail is provided. Learn how to read the joblog and get the most detail. Learn how to identify who or what answered an error message and when that was done.

Speakers

Larry Bolhuis

Principal IBM Power Systems Architect, Service Express

Larry has grown up with computers since his father became a CE in 1967. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Calvin College in 1982.After 2 years working with early PCs and servers her began working on IBM midrange equipment with the S/34 and S/36 He moved to AS/400 at its introduction In 1988. Early in his career he was a developer, then migrated to networking, system design, upgrades and general systems... Read More →

Thursday April 30, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Galerie 5

Systems Management

Track Student

3:00pm CDT

Using SQL to Overcome Challenges when Consuming XML (Case Study)

Thursday April 30, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT

Galerie 5

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In the new world of mobile data collection by field specialists, we ran head-on into special characters as well as emojis. This case study tells the tale of overcoming the hurdles we were stumbling over to deal with them.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn what issues can be raised when using mobile devices to collect information from the field 2. Learn how XML support in Db2 for i was used to resolve these issues

Speakers

Vern Hamberg

Senior iSeries Developer, OneMain Financial

Vern has worked on IBM midrange systems for over 35 years, beginning with the System/38 and AS/400. At present he is a Senior iSeries Developer at OneMain Financial. He serves on the Strategic Education Team (SET) of COMMON and is one of the SMEs for Db2. He is also honored to have... Read More →

Thursday April 30, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Galerie 5

Database, Programming: RPG

4:15pm CDT

Debugging IBM i from VS Code

Thursday April 30, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm CDT

Galerie 5

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Are you troubled when debugging from VS Code? Do you experience feelings of dread when starting the Debug Service? Have you or your coworkers actually been struggling to debug ILE from VS Code? If the answer is yes, then don't wait another minute. Just register for this webinar and get in touch with the professionals - Debuggerbusters !

Woops, wrong movie! But right topic!

It is time to learn how to properly debug ILE from VS Code - and believe it, it's not that hard once everything is set up correctly! So...who you gonna call? Seb Julliand! Seb has a long history (as in "love and hate relationship") of interfacing the IBM i Debug Service with Code for IBM i and knows quite a bit about it. From the architecture of the debugger to an actual live debugging session, Seb will take you on grand debugging tour:

- Prerequisites
- How it works
- Configure and start the debug service from iNavigator
- Common pitfalls
- How to debug a program call
- How to work with Service Entry Points
- Variables, Breakpoints, Confitions, Watch

Join this session to finally be comfortable when it comes to debbugging from your favorite IDE.

Ain't afraid of no questions!

Speakers

Sébastien Julliand

Tech Lead R&D, I AND ME - IT TRAINING

Hi, I'm Seb! I am the R&D Tech Lead for i and me - IT Training and Solutions GmbH and an active contributors to IBM i open source projects.

Let's talk about anything related to software development, on IBM i or not, it doesn't mater to me. RPGLE, Java, TypeScript...I love them all... Read More →

Thursday April 30, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm CDT
Galerie 5

Programmer Tools

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