BEYOND 2026 | Berlin, Germany
June 10–11, 2026
Together with HORIZONT, Beta Systems, and a growing community of customers, partners, and experts, we’re creating two days filled with discussion, new perspectives, and fresh ideas.
About this event
The biggest Beta Group event of the year
BEYOND 2026 brings together the Beta Systems Group—includingHORIZONT—as well as customers, partners, and experts from across Europe in a single event format.
The focus is on current developments, practical insights, and direct dialogue regarding automation, orchestration, and autonomous IT operations. From mainframes to distributed systems and the cloud, this event creates a platform for everyone who wants to make hybrid IT landscapes more efficient, secure, and future-proof. BEYOND 2026 is thus not only the Beta Group’s largest event of the year, but also a place where community, knowledge, and future perspectives converge. Join us and secure your spot now.
Benefits for participants
Benefits at a Glance
Look forward to two days packed with relevant insights, hands-on sessions, and opportunities to connect with customers, partners, experts, and the Beta Systems Group—includingHORIZONT. Whether it’s strategic topics for the future, technical perspectives, or concrete use cases from modern IT landscapes—here you’ll gain inspiration, make connections, and acquire knowledge that you can immediately apply to your daily work.
Practical presentations, panels, and roundtables
Take advantage of formats that not only provide information but also encourage discussion. In addition to presentations, the program includes panels, roundtables, customer presentations, and community sessions focused on real-world challenges, migration projects, product applications, and best practices.
Networking with an international community
BEYOND 2026 brings together customers, partners, and innovators from across Europe, creating opportunities for conversation, networking, and professional exchange across national and corporate boundaries. The program includes several networking sessions, lunches, coffee breaks, and an evening dinner.
Roadmaps, innovations, and future developments
Get a first-hand look at where platforms, solutions, and market demands are headed. The agenda includes dedicated sessions on product roadmaps, visions, and upcoming developments, as well as open discussions with product teams and community-driven formats that invite your input.
From mainframes to the cloud
The event takes a holistic approach to modern IT. Topics range from mainframe and mission-critical data center solutions to observability, orchestration, migration, and community exchange. This makes BEYOND 2026 particularly relevant for companies seeking to make their hybrid IT environments more efficient, secure, and future-proof.
Lectures and Workshops
Selected Agenda Highlights
Digital Sovereignty
Digital sovereignty is increasingly becoming a core strategic issue for companies. This session will address dependence on foreign IT systems, sovereign cloud approaches, and the question of how to reliably ensure and demonstrate control over business-critical IT services.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
XINFO : Hybrid Analysis System
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.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Autonomous IT Operations
How can organizations make the transition from reactive, manual operational processes to intelligent, self-healing IT? This session addresses precisely this question, focusing on the role of automation in modern IT organizations. The session highlights new approaches to systematically enhancing efficiency, stability, and future-readiness in IT operations.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
The Modern Mainframe
For many companies, the mainframe remains a central component of business-critical IT—but what role does it play in modern, hybrid environments? This session explores how existing systems can be strategically evolved and leveraged as a genuine competitive advantage. As such, it is particularly relevant for anyone looking to combine mainframe expertise with future-oriented topics such as modernization, integration, and long-term stability.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
9:30–11:00 a.m.
SmartJCL: The Mainframe in VS Code
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.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Lectures and Workshops
Keynote speaker
Mirko Minnich
Co-CEO & Chief Operating Officer
Uwe Hahm
Founder & CEO
Niels von der Hude
Vice President of Product Strategy & Development
Registration
Join us as we turn dialogue into concrete opportunities.
BEYOND 2026 brings together customers, partners, experts, and the Beta Systems Group—including HORIZONT a single event format.
Look forward to fresh insights, meaningful discussions, and practical topics that you can apply directly to your daily work.
Nearby Venues & Hotel Recommendations
Venue
Kulturbrauerei Berlin
Hotel Zarenhof Berlin – 5-minute walk
ibis Berlin Mitte | ALL – ALL – 19-minute walk or 17 minutes by train (U2)
Holiday Inn Berlin – 22 minutes on foot or by train (M2)
Linnen Berlin | Boutique Rooms & Apartments in Prenzlauer Berg & Mitte – 6-minute walk
B!RGIT Hotels Berlin & Le Havre | Design & Eco-Friendly Hotels – 9-minute walk
Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz | Leonardo Hotels – by tram (M4 and M10) or a 27-minute walk
