Agenda - BEYOND 2026

Kick off BEYOND 2026 in a relaxed atmosphere and use the evening before the conference to get a personal and enjoyable start to the event. At the get-together sponsored by HORIZONT, you’ll have the chance to meet other attendees, speakers, and the teams fromHORIZONTand Beta Systems even before the official start of the conference. This will spark initial conversations, foster new connections, and set the stage for two inspiring days of events.

An exclusive evening for invited executives. In an intimate setting, the CXO Dinner provides a space for open discussions on IT strategy, digital sovereignty, and the future of business automation. A format designed for personal dialogue among decision-makers.

Start the first day of BEYOND 2026 on a relaxed note. Upon registration, you’ll receive your materials and have the opportunity to meet other attendees over coffee and initial conversations. You can also use this time to get a first look at current solutions and new product features at the demo stations.

To kick things off, the Executive Board of Beta Systems Software AG will provide insight into the group’s strategic direction and the future of enterprise automation. The focus will be on how orchestration, observability, and artificial intelligence can be combined into a powerful, integrated platform. The keynote will thus set the stage for the key themes and insights of the entire event.

Digital sovereignty has long since become more than just a political buzzword—it is increasingly becoming a core strategic and operational issue for businesses. This session will address dependence on foreign IT systems, control over business-critical backend services, and the requirements that companies must meet today in regulated and security-critical environments. Presentations and panel discussions will explore how independence, governance, and future-proofing can be effectively integrated in modern IT landscapes.

Take advantage of the lunch break to chat with others in a relaxed atmosphere. During lunch, you’ll have the opportunity to continue the conversations from the morning, make new connections, and network with participants, speakers, and experts from the community.

This session focuses on real-world customer requirements, specific business cases, and successful solutions related to ANOW!. The session highlights practical experiences, insights into evaluation and decision-making processes, and examples of how companies successfully tackle business challenges using modern automation and orchestration solutions. The session is complemented by exchanges, discussions, and new perspectives from real-world user experiences.

This session focuses on business-critical requirements in the data center environment and concrete solutions for modern operating models. Topics covered include system replacements and migrations, strategies for reducing vendor lock-in, and solutions for log and output management. The session offers practical insights into current challenges and demonstrates how stability, flexibility, and future-proofing can be combined in complex IT environments.

In this presentation, we will demonstrate how XINFO positions itself as a central analytics and information system in modern, hybrid IT landscapes. From traditional mainframes to distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, XINFO enables end-to-end visibility across complex workload processes. Learn how data from different systems can be consolidated, analyzed, and presented in a way tailored to specific audiences.

The coffee break provides an opportunity for new conversations, spontaneous encounters, and further professional exchange. Take this chance to delve deeper into the session topics, expand your network, and gain fresh insights from the community.

How can we make the transition from reactive, manual operational processes to intelligent and increasingly autonomous IT? This session explores how automation can help make operational workflows more efficient, stable, and resilient. The focus is on new perspectives on self-healing infrastructures, the shift from firefighting mode to proactive operational models, and the question of what role autonomous processes will play in IT operations in the future.

Let’s wrap up the first day of the event together in a relaxed atmosphere. The networking dinner provides the perfect setting to continue the discussions from the sessions, strengthen professional connections, and enjoy a relaxed conclusion to the day alongside participants, speakers, and experts.

Start the second day of the event in a relaxed atmosphere with a group breakfast. Take this opportunity to strike up initial conversations, strengthen your connections, and start the day off right.

For many companies, the mainframe remains a central component of business-critical IT—but what role does it play in modern, hybrid IT landscapes? This session explores how existing systems can not only be maintained but also strategically evolved and leveraged as a genuine competitive advantage. The focus is on new perspectives on modernization, integration, and the full potential of a mainframe that combines stability with future-proofing.

This session provides an overview of ANOW!’s future development and highlights the innovations, features, and strategic priorities that will shape the platform in the coming years. The focus will be on the product roadmap, the long-term vision, and an open dialogue with the product team. Participants will have the opportunity to gain an early understanding of these developments and engage directly with the team members responsible.

This session focuses on the future direction of modern data centers, key market trends, and the ongoing development of business-critical IT environments. In addition to insights into product vision and roadmaps, the session will also address relevant developments in the mainframe and data center sectors. Interactive discussions will provide an opportunity to explore strategic questions, current requirements, and future prospects together.

How can JCL quality assurance be efficiently integrated into today’s development workflows? In this presentation, we’ll show how SmartJCL sustainably improves JCL SmartJCL while bringing SmartJCL closer to modern development processes. In addition to proven features for analyzing and testing JCL, the focus is particularly on integration into current development environments. A highlight is the new extension for Visual Studio Code, which enables JCL to be tested and optimized directly within the development process.

Use your lunch break to continue the conversations you started this morning and make new connections within the community. The Networking Lunch provides an opportunity for personal interaction with participants, speakers, and experts in a relaxed atmosphere.

This session marks the launch of new community initiatives centered around ANOW!. We will present programs and approaches designed to specifically promote learning, networking, and knowledge sharing within the community. In the subsequent co-creation session, participants are invited to share their ideas and actively help shape the future community roadmap.

This session focuses on open discussion of technical and product-specific topics. Through interactive roundtables and in-depth discussions, participants will have the opportunity to share experiences, explore issues together, and learn from one another. This creates a practical format that specifically promotes knowledge transfer, professional dialogue, and new perspectives.

To wrap up the event, the coffee break will provide another opportunity for one-on-one conversations, open discussion, and further interaction with the community. Take this chance to strengthen new connections, share your thoughts, and bring BEYOND 2026 to a close in a relaxed atmosphere.