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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!

Tuesday April 28, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am CDT
According to Fortra Survey 2026, IBM i Skills & Modernizing Applications figure in “Top 3” concerns of IBM i shops. In this session, we explore a framework to help customers modernize their core IBM i applications in-place leveraging their existing IBM i infrastructure & engineers. 
Start with an IBM i monolithic application written in fixed RPG with display files for menus and Db2 as the datastore. Explore how to transform it into a modern & future-ready IBM i application with techniques such as Code Transformation, AI-powered Unit Test generation, DevOps Integration, UX & UI Modernization and Integration with modern applications.

Learning Objectives:
Understand the challenges associated with IBM i monolithic applications while appreciating the robustness and decades of proven performance of the IBM i platform itself. Explore techniques to modernize the applications in-place on the IBM i platform.
Speakers
avatar for Kuldip Vikram

Kuldip Vikram

Senior Technical Staff Member, Architecture & Technology, Rocket Software
Kuldip is a Senior Technical Staff Member at Rocket Software responsible for modernizing IBMi applications/workloads and their development through a combination of Generative AI and pure/hybrid cloud deployments. He has a rich and diverse experience architecting, designing, developing... Read More →
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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 →
Tuesday April 28, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am CDT
Studio 9-10

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