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WMCPA Spring Conference 2023

8:00am CDT

A Walk into the World of IT - WIT Seminar TBANilofur Khan • Debbie Saugen • Steven Wolk • Marina Schwenk • Rochelle Petty

9:00am CDT

IBM i Security with a Modern Twist TBACarol Woodbury

12:00pm CDT

LUNCH BUFFET TBA

1:00pm CDT

WIT Keynote Speaker | Turning an IT Job Into a Passion - Debbie Saugen's StoryDebbie Saugen IBM i Security: Tactical Risk Reduction TBASteve Pitcher

6:00pm CDT

Experts Roundtable | Topic: The Importance of Modernization on Power TBABrian May • Larry Bolhuis • Tim Rowe • Mike Pavlak • Steven Wolk • Justin Loeber

7:30am CDT

BREAKFAST BUFFET TBA

8:30am CDT

Modernize Your ERP with IDF for IBM i Courtyard Hall 2 | Lower LevelPhil Joseph Unlock the Full Potential of Your IBM i Applications: A Guide to Modernization and Automation Courtyard 1 | Lower LevelFrédéric Marceau VS Code and IBM i Workshop Courtyard Hall 3 | Lower LevelLiam Allan Give Me An Hour, and I'll Give You A Week! Chicago Hall | Lower LevelSteven Wolk Handling JSON with DATA-INTO and DATA-GEN in ILE RPG Geneva Hall 3Scott Klement Anatomy of a Password Madison HallRobert Andrews Boolean - The New Data Type in SQL Geneva Hall 1Birgitta Hauser Case Studies of Common Performance Failures Milwaukee HallDawn May Tips for Administering IBM Navigator for i Geneva Hall 2Tim Rowe

10:15am CDT

How Does RDi Compare with VS Code’s IBM i Extention? Geneva Hall 2Charles Guarino IBM i Business Resiliency Courtyard Hall 3 | Lower LevelRichie Palma Managing IBM i PTFs Chicago Hall | Lower LevelLarry Bolhuis Modernization and 21st Century Skills Courtyard Hall 2 | Lower LevelJim Buck Streaming/Replicating Db2i Data into "The Cloud" Geneva Hall 3John Westcott Strategic IT – Partnering with the Business and Communicating for Success Milwaukee HallSteven Wolk Programming Standards and Guidelines Courtyard 1 | Lower LevelMarina Schwenk Expand and Simplify RPG Using C-C++ Run-Time Functions Madison HallVERNON M HAMBERG Tricks with Spool Files using SQL Geneva Hall 1Simon Hutchinson

11:30am CDT

LUNCH BUFFET TBA

12:45pm CDT

Keynote Speaker | Tim Rowe TBATim Rowe

2:15pm CDT

Building a Web Based System Management Dashboard Milwaukee HallLarry Amond Data-Centric Thinking: Moving Business Logic into the Database Chicago Hall | Lower LevelBirgitta Hauser Dimensional Modeling: The Star of the Show? Geneva Hall 1John Westcott Intro to IBM i Services (SQL) for Admins Courtyard Hall 3 | Lower LevelSteve Riedmueller Introduction to Merlin and IBM i Developer Madison HallLiam Allan Why API? Courtyard Hall 2 | Lower LevelBrian May Options for Consuming REST APIs from RPG Geneva Hall 3Scott Klement One Order of Refactoring with a Side of RDI Geneva Hall 2Charles Guarino WMCPA Student Competition Courtyard 1 | Lower LevelMarina Schwenk • Rochelle Petty • Caracal Keithrafferty

3:45pm CDT

Advanced IBM I Services (SQL) for Admins Courtyard Hall 3 | Lower LevelSteve Riedmueller API Enabled in Minutes with Profound API Courtyard Hall 2 | Lower LevelBrian May Look At Your Data From A Different View-Point Geneva Hall 1Simon Hutchinson Worst Practices in System Management Chicago Hall | Lower LevelLarry Bolhuis Everything They Never Taught You! Madison HallSteven Wolk How to Remain Relevant in a changing IT Environment Milwaukee HallJim Buck 30 PHP tips on IBM i in 60 Minutes Geneva Hall 3Mike Pavlak The Magic of Rest APIs and IBM i Geneva Hall 2Tim Rowe

5:00pm CDT

Dinner and Sponsor Showcase TBA

7:00pm CDT

Evening Entertainment TBA

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Buffet TBA

8:30am CDT

Application Development and The Future Geneva Hall 1Tim Rowe Building Dashboards and Reports Over IBM i Services Milwaukee HallJohn Westcott Maximizing and Modernizing your IBM i Solution Geneva Hall 2Jay Allison Real time integrations – APIs, Event Streams and Process Automation Courtyard Hall 3 | Lower LevelDmitriy Kuznetsov IBM and Db2 Services for the Programmer Geneva Hall 3Birgitta Hauser Simon's Top 10 SQL Favorites Chicago Hall | Lower LevelSimon Hutchinson Manage Your IBM i the Navigator Way Madison HallDawn May Managing Startup and Shutdown of your IBM i (Part 1) Courtyard Hall 2 | Lower LevelLarry Bolhuis • Larry Amond

10:15am CDT

Business Continuity and Planning for the Unplanned Chicago Hall | Lower LevelRichie Palma Free Open-Source IBM i System Dashboards with Grafana Madison HallSteve Riedmueller Python APIs aka Web Services Geneva Hall 3Mike Pavlak IBM i True Disaster Recovery Stories Geneva Hall 1Debbie Saugen Expand and Simplify RPG Using MI Functions Milwaukee HallVERNON M HAMBERG Writing the Cleanest RPGLE Geneva Hall 2Liam Allan Securing SSH for IBM i Courtyard Hall 3 | Lower LevelRobert Andrews Managing Startup and Shutdown of your IBM i (Part 2) Courtyard Hall 2 | Lower LevelLarry Bolhuis • Larry Amond

11:30am CDT

LUNCH BUFFET TBA

12:45pm CDT

Keynote Speaker | Charles Guarino TBACharles Guarino

2:15pm CDT

A Day in the Life of a System Admin Chicago Hall | Lower LevelSarah Jacob Bringing legacy to the web based Award-winning modernization with WordPress and PHP on IBM i Courtyard Hall 2 | Lower LevelLarry Amond IBM i security "inside the firewall" Courtyard Hall 3 | Lower LevelJustin Loeber IBMi a modern world Madison HallRichie Palma What is Open AI and Why Should You Care? Geneva Hall 3Mike Pavlak Overloading Sub Procedures in RPG Geneva Hall 1Scott Klement Using SQL Services in Everyday Life Geneva Hall 2Tim Rowe Everything You Need to Know About the IBM i Administration Runtime Expert Milwaukee HallDawn May

3:45pm CDT

Git and RPGLE the right way Geneva Hall 2Liam Allan Strive for Excellence Madison HallMarina Schwenk What's Going On With My Code (Debugging with RDI) Geneva Hall 1Charles Guarino Advanced Authentication for IBM i Geneva Hall 3Robert Andrews Make RUNSQLSTM Even Better Using CL Commands Milwaukee HallVERNON M HAMBERG