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IBM i 7.4 announcements 27 May

Start: 27/05/2019

@ IBM Client Center, Avenue du Bourget/Bourgetlaan 42, Evere

Registration: http://www.common.be/Announcements_27_May

Dear Power Systems and IBM i colleagues,

Innovation is driven by collaboration and sharing ideas with other people. Your beloved platform IBM i, with its continuous innovation through 7.4 has once again proven that it’s Forever Young!

Common Belgium celebrates its 35^th anniversary this year and stays Forever Young like your beloved platform. Come join us 27 May afternoon at IBM Client center Brussels for innovations discovery and celebrations. We will also hold our statutory General Assembly meeting the same day.

Looking forward to seeing you in great numbers.

Sincerely,
Common Belgium Board

Monday 27 May, IBM Client Center

Agenda (subject to change) Register here

11:30 – 11:50 Common Belgium General Assembly (Members only)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 13:10 Welcome - Philippe Vanden Bussche, President Common Belgium
13:10 – 14:20 Announcements Part 1– Fabien Michel
14:20 – 14:40 Coffee Break·
14:40 – 16:00 Announcements Part 2– Fabian Michel
16:00 – 16:10 Common Europe Congress update– Shrirang “Ranga” Deshpande, President Common Europe
16:10 – 16:30 Closing Session, Chief Guest – Jacques Platieau, Country general Manager, IBM BeLux
16:30 – Common Belgium 35^th Anniversary celebrations

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16-19 June, Radisson Blu, Berlin, Germany
Exceptional quality 7 workshops / deep dives, Certifications,
106 presentations, 20+ vendor Expo, Congress dinner at surprise venue
More information and registration: www.comeur.org

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Common Belgium does an IBM i Hackathon

Start: 01/04/2019

@ IBM Client Center, Avenue du Bourget/Bourgetlaan 42, Evere

Register at: http://www.common.be/Hackathon_1_April

Dear IBM i and Power Systems colleagues,

Common Belgium does an IBM i Hackathon

What is it all about?

Hacking is creative problem solving. A hackathon is an event where people come together to solve problems. Our goal is to do a one day event to learn how to tackle problems in daily IBM i programming and administration by integrating and using open source tools.

The application we will try to build is a “company visitor registration” application. We will try to integrate the following features:

- Visitor registration

- Car number plate registration with visual recognition of the number from a picture

- What about GDPR and security of the application?

- What about performance tuning?

- How to install the application?

- Linking to the visited person with automatic SMS "the visitor has arrived"

- Dashboard/overview of the visitors

- Printing of a visitor badge

- Printing of an evacuation list

- Everything needs to have a modern browser GUI interface

- Registration by using Belgian eid instead of typing

The participants will take out their laptops and dive into these problems. Training will be provided for all participants. Think of the hackathon as training session to prepare participants for solving problems by thinking outside the box. At the end of the event, will do a wrap-up session and hopefully we will be able to demonstrate some accomplishments.

Subject matter experts Mark Irish from Rochester IBM and Koen Decorte from Common Belgium will be present to assist and guide the event. They will work together with the participants.

A successful hackathon is a combination of both hacking and training. Our goal is to make it as interactive as possible and have some fun along the way.

Hope to see many of you at our event!

Best regards,

COMMON Belgium Board

The event is free for members of Common Be and Eu user group members or first timers dipping their toe in the water.

Register here.

Date - 1 April 2019

Location - IBM Client Center, Avenue du Bourget/Bourgetlaan 42, 1140 Brussels (Evere)

Agenda -

10:30 – 11:00 Welcome coffee

11:00 – 11:10 Welcome by Common Belgium, Philippe Vanden Bussche, President, Common Belgium

11:10 – 11:40 Hackathon challenge explanation and teams’ formation

11:30 – 12:30 Hackathon part 1

12:30 – 13:10 Networking lunch

13:10 – 14:30 Hackathon part 2

14:30 – 14:50 Networking Coffee

14:50 – 15:20 Hackathon part 3

15:20 – 16:20 Teams’ solution demos and Wrap-up

16:20 – 16:30 Common Europe Congress highlights, Ranga Deshpande, President, Common Europe

16:30 - … Relaxing networking drink

Registration: http://www.common.be/Hackathon_1_April

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16-19 June, Radisson Blu, Berlin, Germany
Exceptional quality 7 workshops / deep dives, Certifications,
93 presentations, 20+ vendor Expo, Congress dinner at surprise venue
More information and registration: www.comeur.org

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JORI & New Year Reception 2019

Start: 26/02/2019

JORI, the 3D configurator fully on IBM i and New year reception

Location - JORI (Hoogweg 52, 8940 Wervik)

Register at: http://www.common.be/JORI_and_NY_Reception_2019

JORI, the 3D configurator fully on IBM i and New year reception

Dear colleagues,

Have an exclusivebehind the scene look of JORI, a Belgian company that creates perfect seating comfort. JORI has designed contemporary sofas, lounge & reclining chairs, chairs, tables and interior accessories since 1963. JORI stands for 100% Belgian craftsmanship.

Find out howthis IBM Case study client and winner of the first Common Benelux Excellence Award has a full 3D configurator on IBM i. JORI fully relies on IBM i for all its operations. Did you know that JORI already had a website on IBM i in 1995?

Discover the useof open source logon clients to replace active directory, linking of production machines, 3D R&D programs, CRM application using a web interface, use of iPads / iPods in production... Learn how you can implement some of these features at your company.

This education richevent and New Year Reception is free for members or first event participants putting their toes to COMMON Belgium water.

Fill in theevaluation form before dinner to receive a prize and qualify to win a free registration*to COMMON Europe Congress, 16-19 June, Berlin, Germany.
* Free CEC registration prize (€ 625) only for COMMON Belgium paid members of 2018 or 2019 by 28^th February.

Looking forward to seeing you in great numbers,
COMMON Belgium Board

Agenda:

Tuesday 26 February 2019, 15:30 to 21:00 hours
Location - JORI (Hoogweg 52, 8940 Wervik)
Nearby hotel list in compilation

• 14:30: Welcome coffee

• 15.00: The year behind, the year ahead - Philippe Vanden Bussche,
President COMMON Belgium
• 15.10: Company presentation
• 15.40: Factory visit

• 16.40: Coffee break
• 17.00: Presentation on the IT infrastructure and IBM i use at JORI.
• 18.00: COMMON Europe Congress, Berlin 16-19 June 2018 - Ranga Deshpande, President COMMON Europe

• 18:10: Reception with a free Common Europe Congress 2019 registration prize drawin the end
• 19:00: Walking dinner

Registration: http://www.common.be/JORI_and_NY_Reception_2019