stockholm-event

Presented by LOAD in collaboration with IBM, Canonical, and MariaDB 

📍 Location:  Stockholm, Hammarbybacken 27

📅 Date: 17 Juni 2025

🕘 Time: 09:00 – 14:00 

Observera att detta är en preliminär agenda och ändringar kan förekomma.

This is a preliminary agenda and is subject to change prior to the event.

08:30 – 09:00 | Registration & Coffee 

Welcome breakfast, networking, and badge collection

09:00 – 09:30 | Welcome & Opening Remarks 

Speaker: Torbjörn Appehl, CEO, Load 

Introduction to LOAD and the purpose of the event

Overview of the modernization journey from x86 to IBM LinuxONE

09:30 – 10:30 | Keynote: Why IBM LinuxONE Is the Future of Secure, Scalable Open Source 

Speaker: Florian Noell, WW LinuxONE Sales Leader, IBM

This session focuses on enterprise strategies for IT modernization using open technologies. We’ll explore real-world examples, strategic insights.

Agenda:
• Why modernization matters
• A future-ready platform with Ubuntu
• Customer use cases and technical highlights

10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break & Networking 

11:00 – 11:45 | MariaDB on IBM LinuxONE: Open Source Database at Enterprise Scale 

Speaker: Anders Karlsson, Principal Sales Engineer, MariaDB

MariaDB background and history

MariaDB Architecture

MariaDB Ecosystem and MariaDB Enterprise

MariaDB High Availability with MariaDB MaxScale

Case study

11:45 – 12:30 | Panel: Open Source without Compromise – Experts from IBM, Canonical, MariaDB, and LOAD 

Moderator: Jan Christensen

Open discussion around TCO, licensing freedom, performance, and platform neutrality

Audience Q&A

12:30 – 13:00 | Lunch & Networking
 

13:00 – 13:45 | Tech Lounge: Whiteboard Sessions & Expert Talks
Join us for informal whiteboard sessions and interactive discussions with experts from IBM, Canonical and MariaDB.
Bring your questions — we’ll cover practical topics, architecture tips, and common modernization challenges.
Coffee will be served during this session.   

13:45 – 14:00 | Wrap-Up & What’s Next 

Speaker: Torbjörn Appehl, CEO, Load

Summary of key takeaways

Next steps, contact points, PoC invitations

Feedback collection

Florian Noell

Worldwide Director, LinuxONE Sales Leader – IBM

Florian Nöll, a seasoned technology executive, leads IBM’s global LinuxONE and Linux on IBM Z sales organization as Worldwide Director. His experience includes data management and cloud-native architectures from MongoDB. Previously, as CEO of a leading cloud provider in Switzerland, he drove growth and expansion. Now at IBM, Florian collaborates with enterprises and partners globally, helping them modernize IT infrastructure with open technologies and leverage Linux on IBM’s most secure and performant platform for efficient operations and digital transformation. He is passionate about innovation.

Anders Karlsson

Principal Sales Engineer

Anders Karlsson has been in the database industry for more than 40 years, working for many small and large database companies, as well as with clients. Anders began his career as a Unix system administrator though, but soon databases became his main interest. He has had many different roles over the years, but has spent most of the time with Sales Engineering, allowing him not only to work with the core database technologies but also seeing and assisting with it being used in real world applications. Anders joined MariaDB in 2012 and has worked with Open Source database technologies since 2004.

Mauro Papini

Principal Sales Engineer – Canonical / Ubuntu

Mauro Papini brings extensive experience in enterprise IT, specializing in open-source infrastructure and Linux-based solutions. As a Principal Sales Engineer at Canonical, he helps organizations across industries modernize and scale with Ubuntu, cloud-native technologies, and secure automation. Mauro is passionate about solving real-world challenges through open innovation and has a strong background in customer engineering, system integration, and digital transformation.