Common Europe Congress 2019 – 16.06.2019

The Common Europe Congress brings together hundreds of Power System experts, users, vendors and like-minded professionals under one roof to network, learn, and share best practices. Education is delivered by industry experts, IBM developers, and like-minded peers. The Congress is designed to welcome networking and conversations to seeking solutions to your IT issues by conversing one-on-one with vendors in the exhibit hall or learning new ideas from casual conversation with your peers.

New for 2019 – Congress will contain both English and German tracks including the pre-Congress workshops.

Education Delivered by Industry-Leading Speakers

2 1/2 Days of education delivered by industry leading speakers. Add a pre-congress workshop for even more in-depth learning! Over 75 sessions offered in the following topic areas:

• Application Development
• Change Management
• DB2 or SQL
• Emerging Technology
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery
• Executive level
• Open Source
• Personal development
• System Management
• RPG
• Security or compliance
• Storage
• Workshop or Deep Dive
• Other

Pre-Congress Workshops

Many hands-on and deep-dive pre-Congress workshops will also be offered on Sunday 16 June. Take up to 2 workshops before the Congress begins. Each workshop last 3 hours, offers a greater return for your education investment, and affords attendees a better, overall, congress experience. Workshop titles will be posted soon.

Certification (COMMON – A User Group)

As a benefit to Common Europe members, we are pleased to offer Congress attendees industry certifications developed and exclusive to COMMON – A User Group members – our sister group in North America. These certifications will be offered on only Sunday, 16 June, at 14:00-17:00 and are available to you at a deep discount. You must pre-register for the exam.

Certification exams offered include:

• • a) Business Computing Associate
  • b) Business Computing Professional
  • c) ILE RPG
  • d) Associate RPG developer

• For additional informational on the certification requirements, please visit

COMMON – A Users Group

Plan to Register Early and Save!

Members who register early will save by taking advantage of the early-bird registration rate discount.
Members include direct active members of Common Europe and active members of Common Europe-affiliated user groups.

Non-members of Common Germany, Common Europe, or a Common Europe-affiliated user group pay additional.