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TUG Buzz! for Wednesday October 29th, 2025


IN THIS ISSUE:

  1. November MoM with Steve Pitcher (Service Express)
  2. SUMMIT - FREE online Lunch & Learn sessions
  3. Future TUG MoM Calendar - Upcoming Events
  4. Stay Connected - Confirm your subscription to TUG Buzz

📣 Mark your calendar.  Next up:

Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
5:00 PM Eastern Time

           

* Note: An MP4 recording of this meeting will be available to download for TUG members in good standing, by email request to admin@tug.ca.


logo: DoubleTree by Hilton

This is an in-person (hybrid) dinner meeting at:
DOUBLETREE BY HILTON TORONTO AIRPORT WEST
5444 DIXIE RD, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO L4W2L2
with live-streaming on Zoom!


SPEAKER:

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spitcher@serviceexpress.com

Steve Pitcher
(Service Express)

Steve is a world renowned security subject matter expert and public speaker. As an Account Executive and Security Engineer at Service Express, Steve strives to find elegant, cost effective and practical solutions to problems. He is a perennial IBM Champion since 2011 and a long time volunteer and past board member with the COMMON Americas User Group. He has spent his entire 23-year professional career on the IBM i platform.


AGENDA TIMELINE for November 19th MoM

ADMISSION: Free for TUG members (Non-members $60)

   • 4:30 PM In-person Check-in

   • 5:00 PM Session 1

   6:00 PM Intermission (dinner)

        

BUFFET

   • 7:00 PM Session 2

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NOTE: Once your registration is confirmed, you will receive an email with the meeting link, meeting ID, and password.

TUG
Sponsors

PLATINUM LEVEL

Service Express 
LANSA 

GOLD LEVEL

RVI 
Midrange Dynamics 
R2i 

FOUNDING MEMBER IBM 


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SUMMIT: ***COMING THIS WEEK***

Get ready for your most productive lunches in 2025!

Please join us — Susan Gantner, Jon Paris, Simon Hutchinson, Patrick Behr, Mike Pavlak, and our guests — for a NEW series of FREE online Lunch & Learn sessions, all focused on practical IBM i development tips and tools.

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Each 75-minute technical discussion gives you detailed how-to tips from Susan, Jon, Simon, Patrick, or Mike; a demo of an IBM i development tool or concept; and a live Q & A.

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 1:00-2:15 PM ET

Recursion, Recursion, Recursion with Patrick Behr &
Three Ways AI Can Transform Your IBM i Development Today
with Daniel Magid and Aaron Magid, Eradani

Get ready to replace clunky iteration with clean, powerful recursion. In this session Patrick will show you practical examples of recursion in RPG and SQL — perfect for cracking hierarchical data problems. Then Daniel and Aaron will demonstrate three AI techniques for IBM i development teams: AI-assisted RPG code generation, natural language processing applications, and intelligent code analysis tools. View full abstract & register.

Check out the remaining Lunch & Learn sessions and register for as many as you like. Then sit back and enjoy your most inspiring lunches of 2025! See you there!

Sincerely,
Susan, Jon, Simon, Patrick and Mikey
The System i Developer team

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Future TUG MoM Calendar:

DATE / VENUE TIME / TOPICS SPEAKERS / SPONSOR

Wednesday
NOV 19
(In-Person)

5:00 PM (EDT) Session 1
  Topic: TBA
6:00 PM  (EDT) Buffet Dinner
7:00 PM  (EDT) Session 2
  Topic: TBA

Steve Pitcher
(Service Express)

Wednesday
DEC 17 (Zoom)

12:00 PM  (EDT) Noon Zoom TUG MoM
  Topic: TBA

Denise Walstead
(Midrange Dynamics)


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