IDUG EMEA conferences of the past
IDUG, the International Db2 User Group, or better the community of customers, partners and consultants, and IBMers celebrated its 35th anniversary at the IDUG EMEA 2023 conference in Prague. The birthday cake also had logos for 40 years of Db2 for z/OS and 30 years for Db2 LUW (Linux, UNIX, and Windows).
But where have been those conferences held? Here is my attempt to document the EMEA conferences. It is based on this slide shown at the IDUG EMEA 2018 conference in St. Julians, Malta, and my own material since then.
| Year | Location |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2024 | Valencia, Spain |
| 2023 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2022 | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 2021 | Virtual |
| 2020 | Virtual |
| 2019 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2018 | St. Julians, Malta |
| 2017 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2016 | Brussels, Belgium |
| 2015 | Dublin, Ireland |
| 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2013 | Barcelona, Spain |
| 2012 | Berlin, Germany |
| 2011 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2010 | Vienna, Austria |
| 2009 | Rome, Italy |
| 2008 | Warsaw, Poland |
| 2007 | Athens, Greece |
| 2006 | Vienna, Austria |
| 2005 | Berlin, Germany |
| 2004 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2003 | Nice, France |
| 2002 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2001 | Florence, Italy |
| 2000 | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1999 | Nice, France |
| 1998 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1997 | Barcelona, Spain |
| 1996 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1995 | Berlin, Germany |
| 1994 | Nice, France |
| 1993 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1992 | Geneva, Switzerland |
My first IDUG actually was an IDUG North America conference. It was in Denver in 2005 where I presented the DB2 native XML feature. At that time, IBM Db2 still was “DB2”.
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