About us
Formed in 2018, Mainframerz is a community of app devs, sys progs, and anyone else with an interest in IBM Z and the mainframe. We're probably the largest global mainframe/ Z group on Meetup. In 2022 we hit a milestone of 1000 members and are continuing to grow. It is an exciting time to be working on the mainframe!
We started as a London based group but since Covid we focused efforts running online events, typically once a quarter, where anyone can join from around the world. In November 2022 we will be running our first hybrid event, with opportunity to join in person at a London location, or alternatively join and participate online.
Join us for talks, networking, demos, panels, discussions and workshop events. Get to know like-minded people who are also passionate about the mainframe (and when we get to meet in person, there will be plenty of pizza!)
Take a look at this 30 second video on Linkedin to get a taster of what goes on at our events: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mat-comer-2b...
Many of our previous events have been recorded and can be found on our Mainframerz YouTube channel
We want to know the areas you would be interested in to make sure our events are useful and shaped to your needs. Please comment in the discussion area if there is something you want to suggest, or if you want a chat, or join us on Slack.
Spread the word amongst your friends and colleagues - the more the merrier!
Get in touch, let us know what you'd like to see at the next event
Slack: [https://join.slack.com/t/mainframerz-meetup/shared_invite/zt-6deljff5-EBveyA0Gbuab2ESEXNifGQ](http://bit.ly/slack-mainframerz)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8724985/ (bit.ly/Mainframerz-linkedin)
LinkedIn newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=6903005290644795392
Upcoming events
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Smarts at Scale: Adopting AI with the mainframe
·OnlineOnlineMainframerz is back on Thursday June 4th, with an AI themed event.
This event is open to anyone with an interest in the Mainframe and for this event we are wanting to explore the intersection between the Mainframe and AI.
Come and find out more about AI guardrails (and why they are useful), the importance of prompt engineering, learn about MCP servers and see Claude interacting with z/OS.We will have 4 * 15 minute lightening talks on the above topics from James Davies (IBM), Clare Connor (Geniez), Joseph Leong (Broadcom) and Andrew Toews (Gestell)/Joe Winchester (IBM).
As always the event will be fun, informal, engaging and interactive. Everyone is welcome whether your background is the Mainframe, or not and want to find out more.
Please help spread the word of this event by sharing through LinkedIn, Meetup and your work channels.
You can catch up on previous events by visiting our YouYube page: https://www.youtube.com/@mainframerzmeetup4293
The short link: https://ibm.biz/mainframerz will be updated to the Event url on the week of the event.
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