GSE AI WG 2025

GSE European

AI Working Group

17 - 19 September 2025

Stuttgart Marriott Hotel Sindelfingen, Germany

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Agenda

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

08:30 - 10:45
08:30 - 10:45
Conference Registration
09:30 - 10:45
09:30 - 10:45
Welcome Snack
This session is dedicated to new interests and enthusiasts of the IBM Z and LinuxONE technology, covering capabilities like AI, scalability and flexibility, as well as Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Architecture solutions, existing industry environments and their implementations and all the questions that participants might have in this area. The details depend on the questions and interest. We can also highlight the Confidential Computing and Hyper Protect capabilities to host servers and applications on the most secure and scalable platform, IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE.
10:00 - 10:45
10:00 - 10:45
For Newbies: Introduction and Fundamentals of IBM Z & LinuxONE infrastructure and workloads

This session is dedicated to new interests and enthusiasts of the IBM Z and LinuxONE technology, covering capabilities like AI, scalability and flexibility, as well as Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Architecture solutions, existing industry environments and their implementations and all the questions that participants might have in this area. The details depend on the questions and interest.

We can also highlight the Confidential Computing and Hyper Protect capabilities to host servers and applications on the most secure and scalable platform, IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE.

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Wilhelm Mild
IBM R & D
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Gonzalo Muelas Serrano
21CS
10:45 - 11:00
10:45 - 11:00
Welcome
Peter Groth
Peter Goth
President, GSE
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Wilhelm Mild
IBM R & D
This session provides an up-to-date overview of the latest hardware advancements in IBM z17 and LinuxONE 5, with a special focus on AI integration, security innovations, and key technologies such as the Telum II processor and the new IBM Spyre Accelerator. We will explore how these platforms are being optimized for AI-driven workloads, the latest developments in cyber resilience, and the role of these new hardware components in modern hybrid IT architectures.
11:00 - 11:45
11:00 - 11:45
IBM Z & LinuxONE Hardware News

This session provides an up-to-date overview of the latest hardware advancements in IBM z17 and LinuxONE 5, with a special focus on AI integration, security innovations, and key technologies such as the Telum II processor and the new IBM Spyre Accelerator. We will explore how these platforms are being optimized for AI-driven workloads, the latest developments in cyber resilience, and the role of these new hardware components in modern hybrid IT architectures.

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Patrick Hempeler
IBM
11:45 - 12:15
11:45 - 12:15
Vendor Presentation: CSI International
In this session we want to highlight new solution capabilities with Linux on IBM Z and HYbrid Cloud on IBM LinuxONE and the areas of value of the Vendor solutions and how you can take advantage of them or find discussion points regarding these solutions.
12:15 - 12:45
12:15 - 12:45
New Solution Capabilities and Vendor News

In this session we want to highlight new solution capabilities with Linux on IBM Z and HYbrid Cloud on IBM LinuxONE and the areas of value of the Vendor solutions and how you can take advantage of them or find discussion points regarding these solutions.

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Wilhelm Mild
IBM R & D
12:45 - 13:45
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch
Come and hear about new announcements from IBM, 21CS and its partners. This presentation provides an overview of everything that is new and relevant to z/VM, VSE, KVM and Linux on IBM Z.  
13:45 - 14:30
13:45 - 14:30
Overview of z/VM, VSE, KVM and Linux on IBM Z & LinuxONE

Come and hear about new announcements from IBM, 21CS and its partners. This presentation provides an overview of everything that is new and relevant to z/VM, VSE, KVM and Linux on IBM Z.

 

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Stefan Raspl
IBM R & D
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Gonzalo Muelas Serrano
21CS
14:30 - 15:00
14:30 - 15:00
Vendor Presentation: 21CS
15:00 - 15:30
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:15
15:30 - 16:15
Customer Experience
16:15 - 16:45
16:15 - 16:45
Vendor Presentation
16:45 - 17:00
16:45 - 17:00
Short Break
17:00 - 18:00
17:00 - 18:00
Birds of a Feather (BoF): The Value of the Mainframe in the IT Landscape
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Berthold Gunreben
DATEV eG
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Markus Klein
PHOENIX
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Wilhelm Mild
IBM R & D
Michael Tores 1
Michael Tores
SDK - Süddeutsche Krankenversicherung
19:00 - 21:30
19:00 - 21:30
Exchange of Experiences and Dinner in the Exhibition Area

Thursday, 18 September 2025

This session will start with a brief overview of all available Linux distributions on the IBM Z and LinuxONE platforms, before existing and upcoming features that are currently under development by IBM and the open source community are covered in depth, illustration how to apply effectively, and what aspects to pay attention to for maximum benefit. The presentation will address both, IBM Z and LinuxONE-specific features, as well as platform-independent developments, and will end with the latest news on KVM on the platform.
09:00 - 09:45
09:00 - 09:45
Linux and KVM on IBM Z & LinuxONE News

This session will start with a brief overview of all available Linux distributions on the IBM Z and LinuxONE platforms, before existing and upcoming features that are currently under development by IBM and the open source community are covered in depth, illustration how to apply effectively, and what aspects to pay attention to for maximum benefit. The presentation will address both, IBM Z and LinuxONE-specific features, as well as platform-independent developments, and will end with the latest news on KVM on the platform.

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Stefan Raspl
IBM R & D
09:45 - 10:15
09:45 - 10:15
Vendor Presentation
10:15 - 10:45
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:30
10:45 - 11:30
News, Hints & Tips to VSEn
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21CS Team
11:30 - 12:15
11:30 - 12:15
Customer Experience
David Wakser
US Army Europe
12:15 - 13:00
12:15 - 13:00
TBC
13:00 - 14:00
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:45
14:00 - 14:45
OpenSSL Security in Practice: FTPS, SMTPS, HTTPS & Connectors on VSEn
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21CS Team
14:45 - 15:30
14:45 - 15:30
Multi-Factor Authentification with VSEn
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21CS Team
15:30 - 16:00
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45
16:00 - 16:45
Customer Experience
This session serves for discussion and a casual exchange of experiences between the participants. The contributions are translated into German and English.
16:45 - 17:30
16:45 - 17:30
Discussion, Requirements and Customer Experiences

This session serves for discussion and a casual exchange of experiences between the participants. The contributions are translated into German and English.

Michael Tores 1
Michael Tores
SDK - Süddeutsche Krankenversicherung
Markus_Klein_500
Markus Klein
PHOENIX
Gonzalo-2021-300x300
Gonzalo Muelas Serrano
21CS
An overview changes introduced with z/VM 7.4, the most recent release of z/VM as well as an overview of recent functional enhancements of z/VM 7.3 and published statement of directions for the next z/VM releases. In addition, an update and discussion on the current z/VM focus and strategy, planned enhancements and upcoming changes.
10:45 - 11:30
10:45 - 11:30
z/VM Platform Update & Outlook

An overview changes introduced with z/VM 7.4, the most recent release of z/VM as well as an overview of recent functional enhancements of z/VM 7.3 and published statement of directions for the next z/VM releases. In addition, an update and discussion on the current z/VM focus and strategy, planned enhancements and upcoming changes.

Thomas Immel
Thomas Immel
IBM R & D
Frederik Hartmann
Frederik Hartmann
IBM R & D
Ansible is a popular Open Source system management framework that can be used to manage a huge array of different types of equipment, from network switches to storage subsystems to operating systems. Terraform is also popular in system administration circles for providing "infrastructure-as-code", often as part of a development team's CI-CD environment. This session will cover some of the "good, bad, and ugly" of using Ansible and Terraform to manage z/VM systems, the guests that run on them, and the partitions and machines on which they run.  It is based on the presenter’s experience with customer installations, as well as his own work in developing an automated z/VM installation platform.
11:30 - 12:15
11:30 - 12:15
Practical z/VM Automation using Terraform & Friends

Ansible is a popular Open Source system management framework that can be used to manage a huge array of different types of equipment, from network switches to storage subsystems to operating systems. Terraform is also popular in system administration circles for providing „infrastructure-as-code“, often as part of a development team’s CI-CD environment. This session will cover some of the „good, bad, and ugly“ of using Ansible and Terraform to manage z/VM systems, the guests that run on them, and the partitions and machines on which they run.  It is based on the presenter’s experience with customer installations, as well as his own work in developing an automated z/VM installation platform.

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Vic Cross
IBM, Australia
As the Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE environments continue to grow, the need for software and solutions to manage these environments also grows. This session focuses on operational monitoring and automated operations across multiple z/VM LPARs, with or without SSI. It includes live demos of one or more of the following: (1) taking actions on other LPARs based on events on one LPAR, (2) automatically take action based on messages on z/VM service machines, on Linux guest consoles, and/or in Linux syslog data (3) view and interact with live consoles, for both monitoring and debugging purposes (4) monitor and manage spool space (5) send alerts to a central alerting system, such as IBM Netcool/OMNIbus or other systems that accept SNMP traps (6) send e-mails based on console messages, spool usage, etc. (7) automatically archive logging data when a disk approaches full.
12:15 - 13:00
12:15 - 13:00
Operational Monitoring and Automation of Multiple z/VM LPARs with Linux Guests

As the Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE environments continue to grow, the need for software and solutions to manage these environments also grows. This session focuses on operational monitoring and automated operations across multiple z/VM LPARs, with or without SSI. It includes live demos of one or more of the following: (1) taking actions on other LPARs based on events on one LPAR, (2) automatically take action based on messages on z/VM service machines, on Linux guest consoles, and/or in Linux syslog data (3) view and interact with live consoles, for both monitoring and debugging purposes (4) monitor and manage spool space (5) send alerts to a central alerting system, such as IBM Netcool/OMNIbus or other systems that accept SNMP traps (6) send e-mails based on console messages, spool usage, etc. (7) automatically archive logging data when a disk approaches full.

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Tracy Dean
IBM, USA
13:00 - 14:00
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:45
14:00 - 14:45
Multiarchitecture Container Solutions
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Wilhelm Mild
IBM R & D
14:45 - 15:30
14:45 - 15:30
Customer Experience
15:30 - 16:00
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
This lab lets you choose from several monitoring, automation and backup/recovery scenarios for z/VM and Linux guests. You can choose from separate hands-on labs using IBM Operations Manager for z/VM or IBM Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM. Lab exercises include viewing and interacting with service machine and Linux guest consoles, taking an action based on a console message, monitoring user IDs for logoff, monitoring spool and page space, and backing up and recovering z/VM data.
16:00 - 16:45
16:00 - 16:45
Hands-on Lab: Managing z/VM and Linux on IBM Z or LinuxONE (Bring Your Own Device)

This lab lets you choose from several monitoring, automation and backup/recovery scenarios for z/VM and Linux guests. You can choose from separate hands-on labs using IBM Operations Manager for z/VM or IBM Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM. Lab exercises include viewing and interacting with service machine and Linux guest consoles, taking an action based on a console message, monitoring user IDs for logoff, monitoring spool and page space, and backing up and recovering z/VM data.

Karishma Deole
Karishma Deole
IBM, India
This session serves for discussion and a casual exchange of experiences between the participants. The contributions are translated into German and English.
16:45 - 17:30
16:45 - 17:30
Discussion, Requirements and Customer Experiences

This session serves for discussion and a casual exchange of experiences between the participants. The contributions are translated into German and English.

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Berthold Gunreben
DATEV eG
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Oliver Röthinger
SVA
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Stefan Raspl
IBM R & D
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Wilhelm Mild
IBM R & D
18:00 - 21:45
18:00 - 21:45
Get Together, Exchange of Experiences

Friday, 19 September 2025

Open Source is a huge topic on Mainframes, and IBM is heavily investing in the area. With RedHat, IBM also invested substantially and has a major partner with Redhat for the support of the Mainframe Platform. Still, many of today’s publicly available projects focus on x86_64 and ARM64 architectures and exclude any other architecture. This talk will give an overview of our efforts to utilize existing Open Source technologies in a controlled way on our existing Mainframe environment to provide an Open Source Kubernetes operating platform on top of KVM.
08:30 - 09:15
08:30 - 09:15
Customer Experience:KVM and Open Source in the Enterprise

Open Source is a huge topic on Mainframes, and IBM is heavily investing in the area. With RedHat, IBM also invested substantially and has a major partner with Redhat for the support of the Mainframe Platform. Still, many of today’s publicly available projects focus on x86_64 and ARM64 architectures and exclude any other architecture. This talk will give an overview of our efforts to utilize existing Open Source technologies in a controlled way on our existing Mainframe environment to provide an Open Source Kubernetes operating platform on top of KVM.

Berthold_Gunreben
Berthold Gunreben
DATEV eG
Discover why the mainframe is the workhorse of the enterprise computing from an IT economics perspective. IBM Z handles 70% of transaction workloads accounting for only 8% of total IT spend. With exceptional processing power, security, reliability and availability, IBM Z is a cost-effective option to consolidate workloads and optimize IT budgets. For the current AI-driven digital transformation, the new generation of IBM Z will play a critical role in extending the value of data with cost effective inferences with the on-chip or PCI-e attached accelerators.
09:15 - 10:00
09:15 - 10:00
The Value of the Mainframe in the IT Landscape

Discover why the mainframe is the workhorse of the enterprise computing from an IT economics perspective.

IBM Z handles 70% of transaction workloads accounting for only 8% of total IT spend.
With exceptional processing power, security, reliability and availability, IBM Z is a cost-effective option to consolidate workloads and optimize IT budgets.
For the current AI-driven digital transformation, the new generation of IBM Z will play a critical role in extending the value of data with cost effective inferences with the on-chip or PCI-e attached accelerators.

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David Roung
IBM, France
10:00 - 10:30
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
Mainframes are the backbone of enterprise computing. However, integrating these mission-critical systems with modern observability tools has long been a challenge. A year ago, the Open Mainframe Project (OMP) and OpenTelemetry teamed up to bridge this gap, enabling advanced observability capabilities for the mainframe ecosystem. In this session, we will explore the work to enable OpenTelemetry for mainframes, empowering users with an enhanced experience to observe and innovate on these platforms. We will discuss key topics including contributions to OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions tailored for mainframes, the progress in porting core OpenTelemetry components to z/OS and Linux on IBM Z, and the valuable insights we obtained from collaborating with the mainframe community to address unique user needs. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of OpenTelemetry as a leading observability framework and discover how these advancements unlock new opportunities for observing and optimizing mainframe systems. Join us to discover how OpenTelemetry brings modern observability to the heart of enterprise computing.
10:30 - 11:15
10:30 - 11:15
Unveiling Mainframe Insights with OpenTelemetry

Mainframes are the backbone of enterprise computing. However, integrating these mission-critical systems with modern observability tools has long been a challenge. A year ago, the Open Mainframe Project (OMP) and OpenTelemetry teamed up to bridge this gap, enabling advanced observability capabilities for the mainframe ecosystem.

In this session, we will explore the work to enable OpenTelemetry for mainframes, empowering users with an enhanced experience to observe and innovate on these platforms. We will discuss key topics including contributions to OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions tailored for mainframes, the progress in porting core OpenTelemetry components to z/OS and Linux on IBM Z, and the valuable insights we obtained from collaborating with the mainframe community to address unique user needs.

Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of OpenTelemetry as a leading observability framework and discover how these advancements unlock new opportunities for observing and optimizing mainframe systems. Join us to discover how OpenTelemetry brings modern observability to the heart of enterprise computing.

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Rüdiger Schulze
IBM R & D
There is an exciting new technology that has begun to emerge from the crypto world.  Like the decentralization of currency, decentralization of data is now a reality with the use of blockchains, distributed apps (DAPPs) and Web3 infrastructure.  This presentation will explore how this new technology functions, and how it can be harnessed to provide a wilder range of solutions for mainframe customers.  While Web3 is a completely new method of managing websites, tablets, and other mobile devices, the concept of moving data ownership into the hands of the end user is an extremely powerful one.  DAPPs represent a revolution in software that is provided, and distributed, over the blockchain, and can be executed within servers, browsers, and many other hand held devices.  When these programs are combined with access to a complete range of data sources, these modern solutions are dynamic.
11:15 - 12:00
11:15 - 12:00
Decentralized Data with Blockchains and Web3

There is an exciting new technology that has begun to emerge from the crypto world.  Like the decentralization of currency, decentralization of data is now a reality with the use of blockchains, distributed apps (DAPPs) and Web3 infrastructure.  This presentation will explore how this new technology functions, and how it can be harnessed to provide a wilder range of solutions for mainframe customers.  While Web3 is a completely new method of managing websites, tablets, and other mobile devices, the concept of moving data ownership into the hands of the end user is an extremely powerful one.  DAPPs represent a revolution in software that is provided, and distributed, over the blockchain, and can be executed within servers, browsers, and many other hand held devices.  When these programs are combined with access to a complete range of data sources, these modern solutions are dynamic.

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John Rankin
CSI International
This session will give an technical overview on IBM Self Managed Vault on IBM Z  and LinuxONE, followed by various use-cases where Vault can be used as the Identity based Secrets management and Certificate management solution. Following the technical deep dive, the session will cover a live demo on Vault with Databases credential management and certificate management use-cases.
12:00 - 12:30
12:00 - 12:30
Identity based digital Secrets management on IBM Z and LinuxONE with HashiCorp Vault

This session will give an technical overview on IBM Self Managed Vault on IBM Z  and LinuxONE, followed by various use-cases where Vault can be used as the Identity based Secrets management and Certificate management solution. Following the technical deep dive, the session will cover a live demo on Vault with Databases credential management and certificate management use-cases.

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Pradeep Parameshwaran
IBM R & D
12:30 - 13:15
12:30 - 13:15
Lunch
13:15 - 14:00
13:15 - 14:00
Storage for the Data Center and Hybrid Cloud
14:00 - 14:45
14:00 - 14:45
Final Presentation: Agentic AI (tbc)
14:45 - 15:00
14:45 - 15:00
Closing Session
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