WMCPA Spring Conference 2023

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WMCPA Spring Conference 2023

8:00am CDT

A Walk into the World of IT - WIT Seminar TBANilofur Khan • Debbie Saugen • Steve 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

Security with Steve Pitcher TBASteve Pitcher

6:00pm CDT

Experts Roundtable | Topic: The Importance of Modernization on Power TBAJustin Loeber • Larry Bolhuis • Tim Rowe • Mike Pavlak • Steve Wolk

7:30am CDT

BREAKFAST BUFFET TBA

8:30am CDT

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 LevelSteve 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

IBM i Business Resiliency Courtyard Hall 3 | Lower LevelRichie Palma Managing IBM i PTFs Chicago Hall | Lower LevelLarry Bolhuis Streaming/Replicating Db2i Data into "The Cloud" Geneva Hall 3John Westcott Strategic IT – Partnering with the Business and Communicating for Success Milwaukee HallSteve Wolk One Order of Refactoring with a Side of RDI Geneva Hall 2Charles Guarino Expand and Simplify RPG Using C-C++ Run-Time Functions Madison HallVern 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 Options for Consuming REST APIs from RPG Geneva Hall 3Scott Klement Configuring RDI for RPG Development Geneva Hall 2Charles Guarino

3:45pm CDT

Advanced IBM I Services (SQL) for Admins Courtyard Hall 3 | Lower LevelSteve Riedmueller 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 HallSteve Wolk 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 Programming Standards and Guidelines Milwaukee HallMarina Schwenk

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 IBM and Db2 Services for the Programmer Geneva Hall 3Birgitta Hauser Service Programs & Unit Testing – The Perfect Pair Geneva Hall 2Marina Schwenk 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 IBM i True Disaster Recovery Stories Geneva Hall 1Debbie Saugen Python APIs aka Web Services Geneva Hall 3Mike Pavlak Expand and Simplify RPG Using MI Functions Milwaukee HallVern 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 Courtyard Hall 2 | Lower LevelSarah Jacob IBM i security "inside the firewall" Courtyard Hall 3 | Lower LevelJustin Loeber IBMi a modern world Madison HallRichie Palma Modernization and 21st Century Skills Chicago Hall | Lower LevelJim Buck 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

Bringing legacy to the web based Award-winning modernization with WordPress and PHP on IBM i Courtyard Hall 3 | Lower LevelLarry Amond Git and RPGLE the right way Geneva Hall 2Liam Allan How to Remain Relevant in a changing IT Environment Chicago Hall | Lower LevelJim Buck 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 HallVern Hamberg