RPG & DB2 Summit 

The Session Grid for the upcoming RPG & DB2 Summit (October 20-22, Las Vegas) is now live!

Check out the most exciting collection of top quality sessions designed exclusively for RPG/DB2 developers and managers — taught by a "Who's Who" lineup of experts, including System i Developer gurus Susan Gantner, Jon Paris, Paul Tuohy, Skip Marchesani and their guests Scott Klement, Mike Cain, Kent Milligan, George Farr, Barbara Morris, Bruce Vining, Aaron Bartell and Alison Butterill.

You’ll leave this Summit armed with fresh ideas and loads of practical knowledge, eager to put it all into play back in the office. You’ll learn: RPG tips and techniques — little-known gems that save you lots of time

• Ways to improve modular code structure with ILE and subprocedures
• How to optimize your use of SQL
• When and how to use PHP with your RPG applications
• How to increase your productivity with WDSC/RSE/RDi
• What you need to do to prepare for V6R1
• Techniques to leverage RPG applications for the Web

The small class sizes, relaxed environment, top-notch speakers and focused agenda make the Summit an invigorating, effective learning experience for System i developers. Check out our Web site for a list of specific sessions and four in-depth pre-conference workshops. Be sure to register now to guarantee a low room rate and to get $100 off registration. At just $1295, which includes breakfast and lunch on conference days plus a welcome reception and dinner, the Summit is the top educational value of 2008! (Special rates apply for groups of three or more. Email us for details.) Find out just how good it feels to revitalize your skills and your enthusiasm for programming. See you in Vegas!  

The October conference and training seminar will include sessions on the latest enhancements to IBM i 6.1 and beyond.

Register by Sept 19 to ensure the special rate of $125/night at the Riviera. Save $100 on registration through October 3—now just $1295.  

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About System i Developer

Comprised of top experts in RPG, ILE, DB2, SQL, and WDSc/RDi technologies, System i Developer delivers high quality RPG and DB2-focused education. Its cornerstone conference, the RPG & DB2 Summit, provides an interactive, total immersion experience to RPG and DB2 developers who want to stay abreast of the latest advancements and learn how to apply specific RPG and DB2 techniques to keep their software applications vibrant and innovative. As independent educators with longstanding relationships with IBM, members of the consortium also work with individual organizations to provide well-informed, unbiased advice and training on any IBM i development topic, from basic best practices to the latest, most advanced techniques.

Sessions

We carefully select sessions for the RPG & DB2 Summit to offer attendees depth in a variety of RPG and DB2-related subject areas. The RPG & DB2 Summit features a nice mix of sessions on the following broad topics:

• i5/OS V6R1
• RPG IV
• ILE
• SQL
• DB2 UDB for System i
• WDSC and RSE
• Leveraging RPG for the Web

 View a list of specific sessions below. You may also view the Session Grid, view or print a PDF of the Session Grid, view sessions by speaker or , if you need some help in deciding which sessions to attend, have a look at the Session Roadmap.

Does it frustrate you when two of your must-see sessions are scheduled for the same time? At the  RPG & DB2 Summit, you can vote for sessions you would like repeated on the last day of the conference. The four most requested sessions will earn a place in the final time slot on Thursday. (check out the basic 3-day agenda.)

Don't forget to check out the special pre-conference HeadStart Workshops. These Workshops give attendees a very affordable way to gain in-depth training in a specific subject matter before the main conference begins.

Workshops

You can view all abstracts for the Workshops, or view them individually below.

• All You Need to Know About SQL in 4 Hours   Skip Marchesani

• DB2 for i - Best Practices for Performance and Scalability with SQL   Mike Cain

• PHP for RPG Developers   Jon Paris

• RSE /WDSC/RDi Jump Start Workshop   Susan Gantner

RPG Summit Sessions

You can view all abstracts for the RPG Summit Sessions, or view them individually below.

• /Free Your RPG!   Susan Gantner

• A Pattern for Reusable RPG Code   Scott Klement

• Accessing "Foreign" Databases From RPG   Scott Klement

• APIs at Work - An Introduction to System APIs   Bruce Vining

• Bye, Bye SEU: Time to Kick the Habit?   Susan Gantner

• Considerations for a Successful ILE Implementation   Paul Tuohy

• CL Enhancements - Past, Present and Future (V6 Content)   Alison Butterill

• D Spec Delights   Jon Paris

• Debugging Tools for RPGers   Susan Gantner

• Embedding SQL in RPG Programs   Paul Tuohy

• Exception/Error Handling   Barbara Morris

• Extending RPG Applications with PHP   Jon Paris

• Externalizing Database Processing   Paul Tuohy

• Integrated Application Server and Integrated Web Services   Alison Butterill

• Integrating RPG with the Web   Scott Klement

• Introduction to AJAX for RPG Programmers   Paul Tuohy

• ILE Essentials: Activation Groups   Susan Gantner

• ILE Essentials: Binder Language   Susan Gantner

• ILE Essentials: Static Binding Basics   Susan Gantner

• Keynote Session   George Farr

• Moving RPG to an SOA Framework: A Step by Step Approach   Alison Butterill

• Preparing for V6R1   Jon Paris

• Programming with PHP: An Intro for RPGers   Jon Paris

• RPG and the IFS   Scott Klement

• RPG IV Does XML - New Language Features in V5R4   Jon Paris

• RPG Skills for the New Millennium   Paul Tuohy

• RPG Stored Procedures: New Life for Old Code   Susan Gantner

• RPG Talks To The Desktop   Aaron Bartell

• RPG Tricks and Techniques   Paul Tuohy

• RPG Web Programming - The Easy Way with CGIDEV2   Jon Paris

• RSE Jump Start: First Steps   Susan Gantner

• Subprocedures Basics   Susan Gantner

• Subprocedures Beyond the Basics - (V6R1 Content)   Jon Paris

• The Basics of Prototypes   Jon Paris

• V6R1 RPG Enhancements   Barbara Morris

• What's New in System APIs for RPG Developers (V6R1 content)   Bruce Vining

• WDSC Tidbits of Goodies   Aaron Bartell

DB2 Summit Sessions

You can view all abstracts for the DB2 Summit Sessions, or view them individually below.

• Creating and Managing DB2 Database Objects Using SQL   Skip Marchesani

• DB2 for i5/OS V6R1 Overview   Kent Milligan

• DB2 Web Query Advanced Topics   Kent Milligan

• I Didn't Know You Could Do That Using SQL   Skip Marchesani

• Introduction to the Query Optimizer and Database Engine for DB2 UDB for iSeries   Mike Cain

• Introduction to DB2 Stored Procedures on the System i and iSeries   Skip Marchesani

• Introduction to DB2 Web Query for System i   Mike Cain

• Methods and Strategies for Monitoring DB2 for i Performance   Mike Cain

• Putting 'Run SQL Scripts' to Work for You   Skip Marchesani

• SQL Performance Basics for the iSeries   Kent Milligan

• The Science and Art of Indexes and Statistics for DB2 UDB for iSeries, Part 1 of 2   Mike Cain

• The Science and Art of Indexes and Statistics for DB2 UDB for iSeries, Part 2 of 2   Mike Cain

• Throwing Away DDS in Favor of SQL   Kent Milligan