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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

36 Schönhauser Allee
10435Berlin
Germany

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