The WAVEZ Summer Surf 2025
4th August 2025 - 28th August 2025
The WAVEZ Summer Surf 2025 is a free virtual event series for early-career mainframers, running weekly throughout August. With beginner and intermediate sessions delivered via Zoom, it’s the perfect opportunity to build skills, gain insights, and connect with the mainframe community.
UK Db2 User Group
Dear Members,
We are excited to announce that the UK Db2 User Group is hosting an in-person DB2 Day event. If you use Db2 on z/OS or Db2 LUW and are based in the UK, we’d love to have you there!
This will be a great opportunity for members of our community to reconnect face-to-face, share knowledge, explore innovations in DB2 across both platforms, and discuss developments across our ecosystem.
Key Details:
- Date: 29th July 2025
- Location: IBM Manchester, 1 New York Street Manchester M1 4HD
- Cost: Free of charge for all attendees from member companies and individual members
- Company benefit: Member organisations are welcome to send an unlimited number of attendees at no cost
- Agenda and Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-db2-user-group-tickets-1447357638659?aff=oddtdtcreator
We look forward to hearing from you and hope to see many of you in person this July!
Warm regards,
Marcus Davage and Colin Knight
UK DB2 User Group
Email: db2@gse.org.uk
GS UK 2025 Virtual Conference - 29th April to 1st May 2025
29th April 2025 - 1st May 2025
The GS UK 2025 Virtual Conference is being held from 29th April to 1st May 2025. All streams will be live streamed and recorded – and registration is now open!
The process for accessing any of the virtual sessions is the same as last year. All conference attendees must register otherwise they will not get access to any of the presentations. Therefore, please click here and enter your contact details. Once you have registered you will then have access to My GSE at https://conferences.gse.org.uk/my. My GSE is your conference home page. If this is the first time you’ve used this page or if you have forgotten your password, it can be reset using the panel on the right of the screen. Otherwise, just enter your email address you registered with as your userid and your password.
Build your own Agenda (BYOA):
You must use this MyGSE option to add the presentations you want to attend to your personal agenda. This is where the Zoom link will be published on the day of the presentation as a cinema reel icon. You can add the sessions you want to attend by …
- Editing your BYOA agenda and selecting the sessions you want to attend; or
- From the main agenda page right-clicking on the agenda cell and selecting the option to add to your personal agenda. For each time period you can select up to 3 different presentations.
Once you have built your agenda you can export it to your calendar as an ICS file to remind you when it is time to attend the presentations you have selected.
WAVEZ Spring 2025 Event
Join the WAVEZ Spring 2025 Event – a free, full-day event for early-career mainframe professionals (0-7 years of experience). Expand your technical knowledge through interactive workshops, hands-on IBM Z sessions, and career-focused networking. This is your opportunity to connect with peers, learn from industry experts, and take the next step in your mainframe career. Limited spaces available – register now to secure your spot!
GSE UK Security Working Group – Next Meeting - Thursday 27th February 2025
The next GSE UK Security Working Group meeting will take place on Thursday 27th February 2025 from 9am to 5pm (UK time) at the BMC’s offices in Winnersh, UK.
GSE UK In-Person Conference 2024
4th November 2024 - 7th November 2024
Last year’s Conference was the best one yet and this year’s will be even better. The 2024 Conference theme is ‘Mainframe@60: The Diamond Anniversary of Digital Dominance’.
For full details of this year’s conference and to register go to the Conference web site here.
GSE UK Virtual Conference 2024
23rd April 2024 - 25th April 2024
Join us for our GSE UK Virtual Conference 2024! You can find out more here!
There will be ten parallel streams during the three days with each session lasting for one hour. Registration will be free for GSE members but a small charge will be made for non-members to cover our expenses. Access to session videos will be free for GSE members and for two months after the conference for non-member delegates.
GSE Conference 2024 | Revitalizing the Core: Modernization Strategies for Enterprise IT
11th March 2024 - 15th March 2024
GSE Europe is launching this special conference in Dresden, Germany, with with a newly changed and updated concept – as parts of this event are elevated to a pan-European level!
GSE UK Security Working Group Meeting
Registration is open for our next meeting of the Security Working Group!
GSE UK 2023 Conference - 30th October to 2nd November 2023
30th October 2023 - 2nd November 2023
The 2023 In Person GSE UK Conference will take place between the 30th October and 2nd November 2023.