Call for Presentations CEC 2025

 

 

CEC 2025 will be held at Gothia Towers Gothenburg, Sweden from 2-5 June 2025 and will bring together hundreds of Storage, Power System, IBM i, AIX and Linux experts, users, solution providers and like-minded professionals under one roof to network, learn, and share best practices.
 
Please consider sharing your knowledge and expertise with your peers by offering a session at the Congress. We are looking for education through 60-minute presentations and 3-hour pre-Congress workshops or Deep-Dives.

Latest topics never presented elsewhere, customer testimonials or case studies, innovative approaches, or proven solutions will receive better consideration.

 

Last date for submitting presentations is 31 January 2025         

There are four different session types:

• Presentation (60 minutes)
• Workshop (180 minutes)
• Deep Dive
• Vendor session (Sponsors only)

There are six “domains”:

• IBM Power (infrastructure)
• IBM i
• AIX
• Linux on Power
• Storage
• Personal Development

 
Within the domains you can choose subject matter:

• Hardware related
• Systems management
• Application development
• Strategy
• Other

Secondary subject matter: 

• AI
• Application development
• DevOps
• Open Source
• HA / Resilience
• Virtualisation
• Tips and tricks
• Performance
• Security
• SQL/Db2 on I
• RPG
• Tools and frameworks
• Strategy
• Systems management
• Automation
• Other

Things to consider when submitting a session:

• Sessions are to be delivered in English 
• Presentations should be maximum 60 minutes long
• Workshops and deep dives should be maximum 3 hours
• Newer topics or content not previously offered is preferred
• Congress registration is free for all speakers of non-vendor sessions presenting alone or for the primary speaker if there is more than one speaker
• Presentations are made on a voluntary basis only. Speakers must support own expenses for travel and lodging unless prior agreement is agreed with Common Europe.