Monday October 1st, 2007       Tuesday October 2nd, 2007
east and west hall general purpose room room 105 room 104 east and west hall room 104 PC lab [room 203]
8:30 am - 8:55 am registration + coffee     9:00 am - 9:30 am Keynote Speaker general session in presentation hall 10:00 am - 5:00 pm [last exam start time = 4:00 pm] 
9:00 AM welcome + kick off for the two days welcome + kick off for the two days 9:15 am - 3:15 pm Susan Lawson, YL&A 9:30 am - 9:45 am coffee break coffee break DB2 Certification Testing [LUW and z/OS]
9:15 am - 10:45 am Terry Purcell - "What's new from DB2 z/OS optimizer in V8" Matt Huras - "A Sneak Peak at the Next Release of DB2 Linux, Unix and Windows"   DB2 9 for z/OS DBA Administration Certification Crammer Course - Sponsored by BMC Software Inc. 9:45 am - 10:45 am Craig Mullins - “The Impact of Regulatory Compliance on Database Administration" general session in presentation hall
10:45 am - 11:00 am coffee break coffee break coffee break coffee break 10:45 am - 11:00 am coffee break coffee break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Terry Purcell - "More Ways to Challenge the DB2 z/OS Optimizer" Paul Turpin - "Taming a 1 Terabyte Table!" Jim Wankowski - "Crossing Over/ Breaking the DB2 platform barrier"   11:00 am - 12:00 pm Jim Wankowski - "Managing DB2 performance in a Multi-platform environment" general session in presentation hall
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm lunch lunch lunch lunch 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm lunch lunch
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Randy Ebersole - "What's New in DB2 9 for z/OS" - Part 1 Paul Bird - "DB2 Viper II: A look ahead in Workload Management" - Part 1 Hari Shanmugadhasan - "V8 Trigger Tales" [75 minutes]   1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Craig Mullins - “Managing Data for Long Retention Periods" Paul Turpin - "The Problem Detective Toolkit"
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm coffee break coffee break coffee break coffee break 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm coffee break coffee break
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Randy Ebersole - "What's New in DB2 9 for z/OS" - Part 2 Paul Bird - "DB2 Viper II: A look ahead in Workload Management" - Part 2  Michael Harper - "Error Handling using GET DIAGNOSTICS"   2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Suresh Sane - "V8 SQL for the Application Developer - My Favorite Features" Bill Minor - "Data Compression in DB2 9 for LUW"
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm coffee break coffee break coffee break coffee break 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm coffee break coffee break
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Bryan Paulsen - "DB2 9 for z/OS - John Deere's ESP Experience" Chris Eaton - "Top Tips from the DB2 Experts Blog" Serge Rielau - "... and VARCHAR2, too!" 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Suresh Sane - "Recursive SQL – Unleash the Power!" John Hornibrook - "DB2 9 adds Advanced statistics - Learn how to use them"
4:45:00 pm - 6:45 pm VENDOR EXHIBITION and reception 4:30 pm - 4:40 pm closing remarks - survey collection & gift raffle
 
 
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