TPF Users Group 2025 Conference Agenda

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Monday - May 5th, 2025

7:30am - 6:00pm Registration Open

9:00am - 10:15am General Session - Opening

10:15am - 10:30am Break

10:30am - 12:05pm Subcommittee Meeting - Database / TPFDF

Addresses all issues related to TPF Database/TPFDF, Business Events, Recoup, Pools, and the file systems in TPF. This includes DASD file systems.

12:05pm - 1:00pm Lunch provided by TPFUG

1:00pm - 1:50pm Continuation of Subcommittee Meeting - Database / TPFDF

1:50pm - 3:05pm Subcommittee Meeting - System Control Program

Addresses CPU, DASD, and tape components as well as the general issues of TPF shipments, packaging, support standards, documentation, and procedures.

3:05pm - 3:20pm Break

3:20pm - 4:55pm Subcommittee Meeting - Operations and Coverage

Addresses the issues with operating and managing the TPF systems, including Console support (TOS), Virtual Tape, DASD subsystems, performance, load and incident management in the TPF environment.

4:55pm - 5:10pm Requirements Subcommittee - Reqirements and Ideas - Kate Fisher (Visa)

5:10pm – 6:00pm Monday's Hot Topics

6:30pm - 9:30pm Vendor Hospitality and Exhibition programs

Tuesday - May 6th, 2025


7:30am - 6:00pm Registration Open

9:00am - 10:45am Subcommittee Meeting - Development Tools

Addresses TPF Toolkit and other source development tools. This includes test tools, zTPFGI, VPARs, VTAPE, and other third-party products.

10:45am - 11:00am Break

11:00am - 11:45am Continuation of Subcommittee Meeting - Development Tools

11:45am - 12:45pm Lunch provided by TPFUG

12:45pm - 2:50pm Subcommittee Meeting - Application Development

Addresses issues related to development of applications for the zTPF environment, including the application program interface presented by zTPF, programming language compilers, development, and test tools, and development methodologies.

2:50pm - 3:05pm Break

3:05pm - 4:05pm Subcommittee Meeting - Communications

Addresses TCP/IP, MQSeries and inter-processor communications, including MPIF, OSA, etc.

4:05pm - 4:55pm Subcommittee Meeting - Web Services Subcommittee

Addresses distributed technologies. including MongoDB, REST, DFDL, MQSeries, SOAP, and XML. Includes Web and Mail Servers on TPF.

5:00pm - 6:00pm Tuesday's Hot Topics

6:30pm - 9:30pm TPF Users Group Reception and Special Program


Wednesday - May 7th, 2025

7:30am - 9:00am Registration Open

9:00am - 10:30am Ongoing TPF Education

10:30am - 10:45am Break

10:45am - 11:30am General Session