Mainframe Day 2026

Location: Maison du Cygne
Grand Place 9, 1000 Bruxelles
Date(s): 26 Nov 2026
Language: EN

Mainframe Day 2026 will take place on Thursday 26 November, in Brussels. The event, which is conducted in English, will be held at the Maison du Cygne, in the heart of the Grand-Place. Once again, it will highlight all of the latest developments in mainframe technology.

Stand-out items on the program include: the security of the platform, using artificial intelligence to boost performance, storage and the latest advances in technology. The full agenda will be sent out to you in the coming weeks.

These presentations will be accompanied by a testimonial from one of our clients and an inspiring keynote talk given by a well-known figure from the mainframe world.

Mainframe Day is already shaping up to be the must-attend event for updating your knowledge of the platform. Plus you’ll have the opportunity to meet our experts and discuss your mainframe-related challenges and issues with them.

The programme

12:30 PM Walking lunch

2:00 PM Introduction

2:15 PM-2:45 PM  IBM Keynote

2:45 PM-3:00 PM  Preserving Business Knowledge to Enable Mainframe Evolution and modernisation with KRIS

Critical business knowledge is embedded in decades of application logic, yet the expertise required to use it is gradually disappearing. This session shows how an AI-powered knowledge base can capture and structure that knowledge into a reusable foundation. Participants will learn how it supports maintenance, business evolution, modernization, and replatforming with greater confidence.

3:00 PM-3:15 PM  Artificial Intelligence: The Right Colleague in the Right Place!

Organizations want to increase mainframe developer productivity while keeping AI adoption relevant, integrated, and secure. This session examines how purpose-built AI tools can be embedded into existing development workflows under effective governance. Participants will learn how to use AI as a reliable colleague that accelerates everyday work while supporting quality and control.

3:15 PM-3:30 PM  Customer testimonial

3:30 PM-4:00 PM  Coffee break

4:00 PM-4:15 PM  Observability and Automation for Mainframe Application Failures

Application failures generate valuable information, but collecting and correlating it often requires substantial manual effort. This session presents an automated approach that centralizes observability, streamlines incident management, and delivers actionable insights to the right teams. Participants will learn how automation can shorten resolution times, strengthen collaboration, and modernize the management of mainframe application failures.

4:15 PM-4:45 PM  Modernizing IMS with Java — without leaving the mainframe behind

IMS applications must evolve toward modern architectures without disrupting proven PL/I assets and business logic. Through a practical demonstration, this session shows how Java on IMS, OSGi, Apache Camel, bi-directional Java–PL/I interoperability, and end-to-end observability enable progressive modernization. Participants will discover a pragmatic path that combines mainframe reliability with the modularity, integration capabilities, scalability, and visibility of modern Java architectures.

4:45 PM-5:05 PM  Sovereign Mainframe Cloud — Always On, Always in Control

Digital sovereignty is becoming essential for organizations operating critical services. This session presents a Sovereign Mainframe Cloud that combines mainframe-grade resilience and security with highly automated data-center infrastructure under trusted operational control. Participants will learn how this model supports continuous availability while preserving control over data, technology, and operations.

5:05 PM-5:25 PM  Extending SOC Vigilance to the Mainframe: Continuous Detection Strategies

Mainframe environments must be integrated into continuous security monitoring so that critical threats are not overlooked. This session explains how KEYES extends its distributed SOC to the mainframe through proactive monitoring and continuous refinement of detection rules. Participants will learn how these strategies strengthen threat detection and help maintain the secure, reliable operation of the IT environment.

5:25 PM-5:35 PM  Wrap-up

5:35 PM-6:30 PM  Drink