IDUG eBulletin | July 2024

July 23, 2024

Issue IV | JULY 2024

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LATAM 2024 is scheduled for August 20-21, 2024

IDUG is excited present the IDUG 2024 Latin America Db2 Tech Conference, hosted in São Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday, August 20 and Wednesday, August 21, 2024.

This year's event will host thought leadership from around the world, coming together to present both dynamic main stage sessions as well technical sessions in concurrent breakouts. Choose from several workshop options as well, in both Portuguese and English.

A full schedule is coming – please save the date and make plans to join us in Brazil! Click here to learn more and register, or reach out to our team with questions. We're happy to help!

The IDUG 2024 EMEA Db2 Tech Conference will be here before you know it. Our EMEA Conference Planning Committee has released a preliminary view of the schedule - aka The Grid - and will provide links to the agenda and interactive scheduling tool soon.

We've also planned a full day of pre-conference workshops on 27 October, and an additional opportunity for post-conference workshops on 31 October. You'll find a full list of the available Workshop Topics, times & descriptions here.

Register now to take advantage of the best ticket rate available for IDUG EMEA 2024 - Early Bird registration rates are available through 31 August. We look forward to seeing you in Valencia this October!

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JULY 2024 | Found: Experienced Db2 Game Show Hosts with Victoria Felt and Keziah Knopp

This dynamic duo already has a cult following for their joint presentations, and they've breathed fresh air into our typically dusty, gray-haired podcast this month. Victoria Felt and Keziah Knopp are new enough in their careers that nothing really embarrassing has happened yet, but we do delve into some other interesting areas including broken bones and GenAI (using air quotes).

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IDUG is looking for volunteers in India and Australia to join our team and play one of various roles in the planning and producing of our in-person events there in future years. If you are interested in hearing more about it, simply complete this quick form!