If you follow this blog, you know I spend most of my time deep inside IBM Rhapsody and Model-Based Systems Engineering. But there is a whole world of IBM technology and community around that — and this autumn a big part of it is coming together in Amsterdam.
On Friday, 2 October 2026, the very first DCUG Day takes place at the IBM Innovation Center in Amsterdam. DCUG stands for the Dutch Champions User Group — the Netherlands-based community of IBM Champions who share knowledge and enthusiasm across the whole IBM portfolio.
What to expect
A full day of content-driven, non-commercial sessions by and for the community, spread across four tracks:
- Data & AI
- Automation
- Hardware & Storage
- Cloud
Covering IBM priority areas from watsonx and hybrid cloud to IBM Z, IBM i, Storage and Power. It is the kind of day where you learn something new in every slot and bump into exactly the people you needed to talk to.
📣 Call for Papers — extended to 14 August 2026
Here is where you come in. The Call for Papers has been extended to Friday, 14 August 2026. If you are an IBM Champion with something to share — a real-world story, a technical deep-dive, a lesson learned — consider this your invitation to the stage.
Sessions are short and punchy: 25 minutes plus 5 minutes of Q&A, preferably in English. Send your title, a short abstract, your preferred track, session language and speaker information to the organisers (all the details are on the DCUG site below).
And yes — if your world is systems engineering and modeling, there is absolutely a place for that conversation here. The IBM ecosystem is broad, and cross-pollination is exactly what these days are for.
Join us in Amsterdam
Whether you want to speak or simply come along and connect, mark 2 October in your calendar. All the details, the full Call for Papers and submission instructions are on the DCUG website:
👉 DCUG Day 2026 & Call for Papers on dcug.nl
See you there!