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Schedule

Mighty mainframe: Innovative Talks, Interactive Workshops, Inspiring Panels

ZADAR CITY CENTRE

1:00 pm

Wings For Life World Run

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (120 min)
ZADAR CITY CENTRE
HOTEL IADERA, RECEPTION

3:00 pm

Conference Registration

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm (90 min)
HOTEL IADERA, RECEPTION
ZADAR SEA ORGAN

4:30 pm

Are We in Tune? – New 2 Z gathering powered by IBM zSkills team

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm (90 min)
ZADAR SEA ORGAN
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE

6:00 pm

6:15 pm

7:00 pm

8:30 pm

9:00 pm

Official QED & Mighty Mainframe Conference Opening

6:00 pm - 6:15 pm (15 min)
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE

Panel discussion: Beyond the Individual – AI as a Partner in the Human Collective

6:15 pm - 7:00 pm (45 min)
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE

Dinner

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (90 min)
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE

Dalmatian A Cappella

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm (30 min)
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE

Bus Transfer to the Hotel Iadera

9:00 pm - 9:30 pm (30 min)
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE
FORTIS CLUB,VENTUS HALL

9:00 am

9:30 am

11:00 am

11:30 am

12:15 pm

QED & MM 2026 – Let’s go!

9:00 am - 9:30 am (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB,VENTUS HALL

Keynote conversation with Nassim Nicholas Taleb

9:30 am - 11:00 am (90 min)
FORTIS CLUB,VENTUS HALL

Coffee break

11:00 am - 11:30 am (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB,VENTUS HALL

Panel discussion: Building Human–AI Collaboration Across Generations

11:30 am - 12:15 pm (45 min)
FORTIS CLUB,VENTUS HALL

Panel discussion: Digital EU Souvereignity

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm (45 min)
FORTIS CLUB,VENTUS HALL
HOTEL IADERA, RESTAURANT JADRAN

1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (90 min)
HOTEL IADERA, RESTAURANT JADRAN
FORTIS CLUB, BREAK POINT

2:30 pm

3:00 pm

3:30 pm

4:00 pm

4:30 pm

5:00 pm

5:30 pm

6:00 pm

Let’s go: 15 (+1) ways to reinvent mainframe modernization

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB, BREAK POINT

Mainframe Masonry: Chipping Away At the Monolith

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB, BREAK POINT

Road to Success: Handelsbanken zDevOps Modernization

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB, BREAK POINT

Project Polaris: The Next Generation z/OS User Experience

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB, BREAK POINT

Coffee break

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB, BREAK POINT

Hmmmm (How Much Mainframe Modernisation Matters)

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB, BREAK POINT

Modernise… But Secure First: The Reality of Mainframe Transformation

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB, BREAK POINT

Halftime Analysis: Why Modernization Must Be Re‑Invented!

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB, BREAK POINT
FORTIS CLUB, TERRACE

8:00 pm

Dinner

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm (90 min)
FORTIS CLUB, TERRACE
FORTIS CLUB, LOBBY

9:30 pm

Party program

9:30 pm - 11:55 pm (145 min)
FORTIS CLUB, LOBBY
HOTEL IADERA, RECEPTION

9:00 am

Mindful meditation: Relax, Realign, Refocus

9:00 am - 10:00 am (60 min)
HOTEL IADERA, RECEPTION
HOTEL IADERA, LA VERANDA

10:00 am

10:45 am

Future of zSkills – Are We On the Same Page?

10:00 am - 10:45 am (45 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LA VERANDA

COBOL, Coast and Copilots – An AI on Z Chat

10:45 am - 11:30 am (45 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LA VERANDA
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT

11:30 am

Coffee break

11:30 am - 12:00 pm (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT
HOTEL IADERA, LA VERANDA

12:00 pm

12:30 pm

1:15 pm

The Mainframe Is Dead. Long Live the Mainframe.

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LA VERANDA

Panel discussion: Defining Tomorrow’s Strategy, Today!

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm (45 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LA VERANDA

Mighty Mainframe 2026 Conference Closing

1:15 pm - 1:30 pm (15 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LA VERANDA
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT

1:30 pm

QED 2026 Conference Closing

1:30 pm - 1:45 pm (15 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT
HOTEL IADERA, RESTAURANT JADRAN

1:45 pm

Lunch

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm (75 min)
HOTEL IADERA, RESTAURANT JADRAN
Note
The official language of the conference is English. CROZ reserves the right to change the schedule.

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