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IBM TechXchange 2026

IBM TechXchange 2026 is the hands-on conference where developers, engineers, scientists, and researchers build real-world skills across AI Applications, Data Management, Hybrid Cloud Management, Infrastructure, and Security & Governance. The event features hands-on labs, workshops, technical certifications, roadmap previews, and direct access to product expe…

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9Speakers
49Sponsors
5Sessions
51Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at IBM, in alphabetical order.

Adnan Topuz
CEO · Agent Locator
Albert Grankin
STSM, Principal Watsonx Architect, IBM Software · IBM Corporation
Chloe Macdonald
IBM Modernized Runtime Extension for Java (MoRE) - Product Manager (WW & all geos) · IBM
Chris Elder
Watsonx Development Solution Architecture Center of Excellence; Adobe-IBM Partnership · IBM
Emaad Paracha
IBM Cloud and Power (Hybrid Cloud) Technical Specialist · IBM
Emily Jiang
STSM, Liberty Cloud Native Architect and Advocate, Java Champion · IBM
Jared Killoran
Account Technical Leader - Federal, IBM Technology, Canada · IBM
Raghu Hulgundi
IT Automation -Technical Sales Leader (Americas ) · IBM
Salil Ahuja
Principal Automation Technical Sales Manager, US Federal Civilian Market · IBM

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

AccentureSelect
AdobeHeadline
AMDEngage
America AirlinesAirline
ArrowIBM Partner Plus Day
AWSPremier
BainSelect
BCGSelect
BI Worldwidewatsonx and AI Partner in Action
BoxSelect
BroadcomPremier
CockroachEngage
DeepgramSelect
DellValue
DeloitteSelect
Disruptive Rain Corpwatsonx and AI Partner in Action
Draupwatsonx and AI Partner in Action
EYSelect
Five9watsonx and AI Partner in Action
Google CloudEngage
HCL TechEngage
Ingram MicroIBM Partner Plus Day
Integrattowatsonx and AI Partner in Action
IntelEngage
Jaxon AIwatsonx and AI Partner in Action
KPMGValue
LogicMonitorwatsonx and AI Partner in Action
McKinsey & CompanyValue
MicrosoftSelect
MongoDBValue
Nativemsgwatsonx and AI Partner in Action
Netsmartzwatsonx and AI Partner in Action
OracleSelect
Palo AltoHeadline
Papyrus Softwarewatsonx and AI Partner in Action
PelleraSelect
SalesforceHeadline
Seismicwatsonx and AI Partner in Action
ServiceNowValue
Sirion Labswatsonx and AI Partner in Action

Agenda

Selected from 5 sessions.

  • 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 28

    80% Faster Infrastructure: Inside AgentLocator’s Journey to Cloud-Native on IBM Cloud [TLK-2279]

    How do you take a growing platform from manual deployments and infrastructure bottlenecks to a cloud-native architecture built for speed & scale? In this technical deep dive, Agent…

    Hybrid Cloud Management
  • Monday, Oct 26 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM EDT

    Accelerating AI-Ready Data Pipelines with Medallion Architecture Accelerator on watsonx.data [LAB-2658]

    This hands-on lab walks participants through building a Medallion Architecture data pipeline on IBM watsonx.data. Attendees will gain end-to-end experience ingesting data from clou…

    Data Management
  • Thursday, Oct 29 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

    Accelerate Java Modernization: Analyze with AMA, Code with IBM Bob, Deploy with MoRE [LAB-1648]

    Modernizing Java applications doesn't mean manual work or abandoning your operational model. This lab walks you through an end-to-end enterprise Java modernization workflow using I…

    AI Applications, Hybrid Cloud Management
  • Thursday, Oct 29 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

    Accelerating Incident Investigation with IBM Concert Operate: From Alert Correlation to Action [LAB-2678]

    Operations teams lose time repeating the same triage steps for every incident. In this hands‑on lab, attendees will use IBM Concert Operate to automate key parts of the incident li…

    AI Applications, Hybrid Cloud Management
  • Tuesday, Oct 27 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

    Accelerate Modernizing Workloads Across Hybrid Cloud Running on IBM Power [LAB-1288]

    This lab offers hands-on experience with IBM Cloud Deployable Architectures (DAs) on Power Virtual Server, facilitating easy onboarding of workloads to a secure and resilient IBM c…

    Hybrid Cloud Management, Infrastructure
Company intelligence

An audience of 51 companies, parsed from the program.

51 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
49Sponsoringsponsor only
2Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

11% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite111%
  • Manager / Lead222%
  • Product111%
  • Engineer · IC222%
  • Other roles333%

Of 9 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1IBM8
2AccentureSponsor · Select-
3AdobeSponsor · Headline-
4AMDSponsor · Engage-
5America AirlinesSponsor · Airline-
6ArrowSponsor · IBM Partner Plus Day-
7AWSSponsor · Premier-
8Bain & CompanySponsor · Select-
9BCGSponsor · Select-
10BI WORLDWIDESponsor · watsonx and AI Partner in Action-
11BoxSponsor · Select-
12BroadcomSponsor · Premier-
13CockroachSponsor · Engage-
14DeepgramSponsor · Select-
Sponsors by tier
airline1
2% of 49
engage5
10% of 49
headline3
6% of 49
ibm partner plus day3
6% of 49
premier2
4% of 49
select12
24% of 49
value8
16% of 49
watsonx and ai partner in action15
31% of 49
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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