15th CA 2E / CA Plex Conference: Full Schedule

Discover how InfoConnect platform bridges the gap between IBM i and today's AI ecosystem. In this session, you'll learn how real-time Change Data Capture (CDC) streams live DB2 data from IBM i to modern data platforms with little to no coding and without impacting production performance. We'll demonstrate how to make IBM i data available to AI agents and workflows, enabling intelligent automation,...
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Mike Pavlak

Tuesday September 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
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AI Technology Roundup

Company programmers.ai

9:00am CDT

InfoConnect: Surface IBM i Data in AI platforms

Tuesday September 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

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Carla Starling

Tuesday September 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
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AI Technology Roundup

Company Midrange Dynamics

9:00am CDT

Not Legacy — Ahead of Its Time: The Future of IBM i and how IBM Bob is Changing How We Work on It

Tuesday September 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

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Not Legacy — Ahead of Its Time: The Future of IBM i and how IBM Bob is Changing How We Work on It. IBM i was built for what the industry is only now catching up to — and in this session, we'll prove it. We'll cover the Power11 roadmap, hybrid cloud integration, IBM i's industry-leading security and reliability, and the real cost advantages that make it hard to beat. Then we'll show why IBM i...
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Tim Rowe

Tuesday September 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
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AI Technology Roundup

Company IBM

9:00am CDT

Tokenomics

Tuesday September 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

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AI coding agents promise faster modernization — but the bill arrives in tokens, and pure-LLM translations of RPG can compile cleanly while preserving 0% of business behavior. Through five real code examples, this session unpacks the economics of agentic development for CA 2E and CA Plex shops: deterministic analysis and transformation with CM evolveIT at the core, AI where judgment pays, and no...
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John Rhodes

Tuesday September 1, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
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AI Technology Roundup

Company CM First

11:00am CDT

Plex show & tell from customers

Tuesday September 1, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am CDT

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To assist in automated regressing testing we at United Heritage have developed a test framework with patterns to create test harnesses around non UI programs, and test harnesses to update and review database records. This test framework supports setting up database records, running tests, and automatically reviewing the return values and updated database records to check for test pass or...
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Andrew Leggett / Roger / Jeremy

Tuesday September 1, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am CDT
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2E/Plex

Company CM First Group/ Laufer

11:00am CDT

Analyzing and Modernizing 2E Applications using Static Analysis and AI

Tuesday September 1, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am CDT

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John Rhodes / Roger Hammer

Tuesday September 1, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am CDT
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Modernization

Company CM First Group

11:00am CDT

Working Together on IBM i: Git + Change Management for Innovative IBM i DevOps

Tuesday September 1, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am CDT

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Source versioning tools like Git have transformed modern development—but for IBM i teams, Git alone isn’t enough. When paired with structured change management, this powerful combination streamlines source control, strengthens compliance, and improves collaboration across IT teams. If you’re looking to modernize your IBM i development process without compromising stability or compliance,...
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Speakers

Carla Staling

Tuesday September 1, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am CDT
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Technology

Company Midrange Dynamics

1:30pm CDT

2E show & tell from customers

Tuesday September 1, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm CDT

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Use AI for Test Creation

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Mark Schroeder

Tuesday September 1, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm CDT
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2E/Plex

Company Cm First Group

1:30pm CDT

Analyzing and Modernizing Plex Applications using Static Analysis and AI

Tuesday September 1, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm CDT

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Speakers

John Rhodes / Roger Hammer

Tuesday September 1, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm CDT
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Modernization

Company CM First Group

2:30pm CDT

Plex tips and techniques

Tuesday September 1, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm CDT

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No matter how long we've been using CA Plex, there's always something new to find in its feature set that can help you in your day-to-day tasks. Several highly-experienced developers will share tips and techniques that they've picked up over the years.

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Andrew Leggett / Jeremy / Roger Griffith / Eric

Tuesday September 1, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm CDT
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2E/Plex

Company CM First Group/ Laufer

2:30pm CDT

2E Development with AI Claude Code

Tuesday September 1, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm CDT

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AI is everywhere — but how does it actually help with 2E work? In this hype-free live demo, we'll use Claude Code and a small MCP "bridge" to read your 2E model, generate a clean reference document for a 2E function in seconds, and get an impact analysis for a proposed change — all in plain English. No AI background required, and you don't need to be an expert to start.

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Lily Taharudin

Tuesday September 1, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm CDT
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Modernization

Company CM First Group

2:30pm CDT

DDS to DDL (Target database Agnostic).

Tuesday September 1, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm CDT

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I'll demonstrate how CM DDSToDDL turns legacy IBM i DDS source into ready-to-run SQL Server and IBM i DB2 DDL in minutes — with clean, business-readable names and correct keys generated automatically, never hand-inferred. A live demo shows a single source folder producing deployable, dependency-ordered scripts for both platforms in one pass.

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Mahadevappa Kanike

Tuesday September 1, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm CDT
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Technology

Company CM First Group

3:30pm CDT

2E tips and techniques

Tuesday September 1, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

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Join us as Eamonn leads the group through a rapid fire session of tips/tricks you can use.

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Eamonn Foley / Steve Cast / Mark Schroeder

Tuesday September 1, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
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2E/Plex

Company CM First Group/Fresche

3:30pm CDT

Automated testing of AS-IS and TO-BE systems

Tuesday September 1, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

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This presentation shows developers how to extend Synon 2E generated RPG IV applications using EXECUSRSRC, covering key built-in functions and the #I/#O/#B parameter conventions. It also demonstrates embedded SQL patterns, walking through the full cursor lifecycle from prepare and declare through fetch and close.

Speakers

Maya Najjar

Tuesday September 1, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
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Modernization

Company CM First Group

3:30pm CDT

Turn Any Synon Application into a REST API and MCP servers

Tuesday September 1, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

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Modernize your Synon (CA 2E) applications without rewriting proven business logic. In this session, you'll learn how to expose existing Synon programs as secure, scalable REST APIs and MCP servers, that can be consumed by AI agents, web applications, mobile apps, cloud platforms, and third-party systems. We'll demonstrate how to rapidly create APIs and MCP servers, apply authentication and...
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Speakers

Mike Pavlak

Tuesday September 1, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
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Technology

Company Programmer.AI

4:30pm CDT

Controlling CA Plex with AI

Tuesday September 1, 2026 4:30pm - 5:20pm CDT

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AI coding assistants have helped accelerate modern development, but don't feel left out if you're using older tools like CA Plex. Andrew Leggett will demonstrate how Plex developers can use tools like Claude Code to query and modify your Plex applications, automating common tasks and extracting information from your models, while Borys Vulgarin will introduce an AI-driven pipeline that turns...
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Speakers

Andrew Leggett / Borys Vulgarin

Tuesday September 1, 2026 4:30pm - 5:20pm CDT
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2E/Plex

Company CM First Group

4:30pm CDT

Modernizing Native Legacy Code Tips

Tuesday September 1, 2026 4:30pm - 5:20pm CDT

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We will showcase a modernization process by migrating IBMi native code to SpringBoot Java. In this session, we will walk through various code transformation scenarios, including COBOL, RPG with O spec report, and CLP to Java. We will also share the challenges we encountered and practical tips drawn from our modernization project experience.

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Kiyoshi Terasawa / Lily Taharudin

Tuesday September 1, 2026 4:30pm - 5:20pm CDT
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Modernization

Company CM First group

5:30pm CDT

Plex as a Foundation, Not a Ceiling: Practical Patterns for Modernizing Without Starting Over

Tuesday September 1, 2026 5:30pm - 6:20pm CDT

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After 20+ years building enterprise ERP software on CA Plex, SODISA faced a familiar challenge: evolving user expectations without abandoning the business logic that took decades to perfect. In this session, we share three real-world patterns we used to extend our Plex system outward. Including integrating facial biometric recognition directly within Plex, exposing Plex business logic through a...
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Speakers

Hugo Rodriguez

Tuesday September 1, 2026 5:30pm - 6:20pm CDT
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2E/Plex

Company Sodisa

5:30pm CDT

ModernizeIT: From Legacy Code to Modern Architecture: Accelerating Application Modernization with AI-Guided Discovery

Tuesday September 1, 2026 5:30pm - 6:20pm CDT

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Legacy modernization efforts are often slowed by limited visibility into complex applications, undocumented business logic, and unclear modernization pathways. In this product showcase, discover how ModernizeIT helps organizations accelerate modernization through AI-guided discovery, analysis, and planning. We'll demonstrate how teams can gain actionable insights into legacy applications,...
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Speakers

Tim Higgins

Tuesday September 1, 2026 5:30pm - 6:20pm CDT
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Modernization

Company A&I

5:30pm CDT

Performance Optimization using SQL Procedure (Caching / parallelism )

Tuesday September 1, 2026 5:30pm - 6:20pm CDT

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When modernizing CA 2E models to CA Plex, the same business logic can be preserved, but the execution cost can change dramatically when native RPG is replaced by Plex-generated Java. A row-by-row access pattern that was inexpensive with native IBM i I/O can become costly when every lookup becomes a JDBC round trip.

Speakers

Eric Giron / Borys Vulgarin

Tuesday September 1, 2026 5:30pm - 6:20pm CDT
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Technology

Company CM First Group

9:00am CDT

Creating a Modern UI for Synon Applications

Wednesday September 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT

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Give your Synon (CA 2E) applications a modern look and feel without replacing the proven business logic behind them. In this session, you'll learn practical approaches for transforming traditional green-screen interfaces into intuitive, browser-based user experiences that improve productivity and user satisfaction. We'll explore techniques for modernizing screens, simplifying workflows, supporting...
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Speakers

Mike Pavlak

Wednesday September 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT
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Hackathon

Company Programmer.AI

9:00am CDT

Hands-on workshop: modernizing Plex and 2E application to the cloud using static analysis and AI agentic frameworks. Automated Testing.

Wednesday September 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT

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You will experience a full-cycle of modernization process with a combination of demonstration and hands-on. We will start from model extraction, modernization project set up, code transformation, running the migrated application and deployment with QA process and finally touching up the UI side with AI. This will be an intense session to cover in 3 hours.

Speakers

Kiyoshi Terasawa / Lily Taharudin / Mahadevappa Kanike / Maya Najjar

Wednesday September 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT
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Hackathon

Company CM First group

9:00am CDT

Inside ModernizeIT: Live Legacy Code Analysis, Decomposition, and AI-Assisted Modernization

Wednesday September 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT

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Go beyond the overview and see ModernizeIT in action. In this hands-on technical workshop, our modernization consultant will take a real legacy application through the platform's end-to-end workflow, demonstrating how source code is analyzed, documented, decomposed, and transformed into modernization-ready outputs. Attendees will follow the modernization journey step by step and gain practical...
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Speakers

Tim Higgins

Wednesday September 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT
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Hackathon

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