Register now The wait is over, an in-person event after 18 months  Wednesday 29 September, 12:00 noon - 17:00 hours Wetenschapspark, Galileilaan 15, 2845 Niel Rudi van Helvoirt (bio below) van Helvoirt Automatisering Liliane Van Winckel (bio below) EASI Meet the New Navigator for IBM i What developers should know about 'ACS' in general and about the 'Run SQL Scripts' explicitly

Wednesday 29 September, Wetenschapspark, Niel Agenda (subject to change) • 12:00 – 13:00 Networking Lunch • 13:00 – 13:10 Welcome from Common Belgium - Philippe Vanden Bussche, Common Belgium • 13:10 – 14:25 Meet the New Navigator for IBM i - Rudi van Helvoirt, van Helvoirt Automatisering • 14:25 – 14:45 Networking Coffee break • 14:45 – 16:00 What developers should know about 'ACS' in general and about the 'Run SQL Scripts' explicitly - Liliane Van Winckel, EASI • 16:00 – 16:10 Common Europe Congress 31 Oct - 03 Nov 2021, Copenhagen, Denmark - Shrirang "Ranga" Deshpande, Common Europe • 16:10 – 17:00 Closing and Networking drink, Tombola for a free registration to Copenhagen Common Europe Congress, 31/10-03/11 Copenhagen, Denmark Register now Rudi van Helvoirt, van Helvoirt Automatisering Meet the New Navigator for IBM i Abstract: See the New Navigator for i in action and learn what it is all about. It is the perfect combination between DB2 for i Services and an HTTP server. This new GUI will change the way developers and system administrators will use IBM i. Do not be surprised if in the near future you will move away from 5250 emulation. Is it that good, yes it is.  Speaker bio:  After having started as a System/38 programmer in 1986. In 1989 the switch was made to system programming and systems management. Being passionate about systems management he founded van Helvoirt Automatisering in 1993. Rudi enjoys helping IBM i customers ever since for running their business applications. He is an early adopter of the IBM i GUI’s, System Object Access that later evolved into System i Navigator and recently Navigator for i. He has been involved in IBM i BRMS for the past 15 years, helping to improve the backup strategy of IBM i data. Rudi is member of the COMMON Europe Advisory Council, an IBM and End User Experts strategy think tank for the IBM i. On top of that IBM made him an IBM Champion in 2020. Also in 2020 van Helvoirt Automatisering was acquired by EASI in the Netherlands. Liliane Van Winckel, EASI What developers should know about 'ACS' in general and about the 'Run SQL Scripts' explicitly Abstract: - Discover the user-friendly features of Access Client Solutions for Database Development - Learn to use some very useful functions/shortcuts in Run SQL Scripts - Preferences, options, connection settings and other tips for Run SQL Scripts For everyone using SQL Scripts, including System Engineers Speaker bio: EASI supports their customers in a variety of ways. They provide Power IBM i solutions such as cloud or on premise infrastructure as well as managed services and software development. They ensure the best service thanks to their experts who excel in all of the aforementioned fields. One of the experts of the Power IBM i Applications Development team is Liliane. She has been analyzing, developing software applications and coaching software projects on IBM Midrange Systems for many years. Today most of her time goes to coaching IBM i modernization projects and training : Workshops IBM i basics,  (SQL)RPGLE for new developers, RPGLE free form and SQLRPGLE for experienced developers, DB2 for i SQL, Rational Developer for i, Consume and Provide Webservices on IBM i, … . After years of encouragement and support towardscustomers and colleagues writing modern applications and using modern tools, IBM i Application Modernization became her passion.

COMMON Europe Congress, 31 Oct - 03 Nov An in-person event More info @ https://comeur.org/cec2021/   Plan the budget, plan the projects, free the dates, attend worry-free REGISTER NOW

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FREE WEBINAR FOR ALL

Dear Common Belgium members and all IBM i and Power enthusiasts,

COVID pandemic still challenges us but doesn't stop us. Common Belgium continues its mission of educating the IBM i community, and now through virtual sessions.

Attend to discover the gems from some Application Development and System Management experts. The 2 sessions will include, and not only, the following topics:
* How IBM i still fits in IBM's cloud and AI approach of Application Development - DevOps, Microservices, SQL ... and the list continues.
* What happened in Infrastructure and System Management after 7.4 was released - NVMe (the new internal disk proposition), Encryption (TLS 1.3 and DCM), Content assist and formatting of the SQL scripting (ACS), Query supervisor, Virtual tape, Scott’s favorite SQL services, to name a few.
 
For Common Belgium members, and where non-members are highly welcome - we will start with a small General Assembly, a short presentation on past and future, the financial results and board elections.

Just join us and continue learning.
The COMMON Belgium Board.

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Agenda:
• 13:20: Event opening and General Assembly COMMON Belgium - Philippe Vanden Bussche, President
• 13.40: Gems of Application Development - Devops, Microservices, SQL ... Koen Decorte and Thomas Decorte
• 14.30: Break
• 14.40: Common Europe Power Summer Camp 14-17 June, Shrirang "Ranga" Deshpande
• 14.50: Gems of Infrastructure and System Management: NVMe, Encryption, SQL scripting in ACS ... Marc Verbruggen and Philippe Vanden Bussche
• 15.40: End of the day

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FREE WEBINAR FOR ALL

- 14:30-14:40 – Welcome, Philippe Vanden Bussche, President, Common Belgium

- 14:40-15:30 – State of RPG on IBM i in 2021
Susan Gantner, Jon Paris and Paul Tuohy, the world renowned trio of RPG and Db2 Summit will be pushed to share their in-depth knowledge by Peter Boesman, the Application Development Manager of a major Belgium supermarket chain.

- 15:40-16:30 – State of Db2 on i in 2021
None other than the IBM Business Architect for Db2 for i, Scott Forstie, will be joined by his Db2 Ping-Pong match archrival Birgitta Hauser and another Db2 expert, Juan Manuel Alcudia, to sharpen their strokes. The referee, ugh, the moderator will be Koen Decorte, the developer of one of the best IBM i stories, JORI, and CEO of an ISV having offices in Belgium and Spain.

- 16:40-16:50 – Common Europe Congress 2021 – on-line and in-person editions, Ranga Deshpande, Common Europe

- 16:50--17:05 – Message from IBM Belgium-Luxembourg Country General Manager
Bart Windal, the new Country General Manager of IBM Belgium-Luxembourg, will welcome Common Belgium members and the IBM i community.

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- 17:15-17:55 – Why you should not believe wine experts
A Common Belgium year opening event always involves gastronomical expertise. Fabrizio Bucella, Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) & the wine expert and Director at Inter Wine & Dine (IWD) will reveal you the secrets of ine experets.

- 17:55-18:15- Real life wine tasting
Fabrizio will taste two wines of his choice for you.
We will ship the same two wines to “first 50” Common Belgium 2021 paid member registrants (exceptionally 2 from the same member company) so that they can share Fabrizio’s expertise at their homes. And not only that, the wines will be accompanied by the special wine tasting glass.

So, pay your Common Belgium 2021 membership, or become member while registering and reserve your seat to acquire latest Application Development and Wine expert knowledge.

Do not miss this unbeatable incentive for the first event of the year!
The COMMON Belgium Board

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