PUG Challenge Is:

Technical: 50+ breakout sessions and workshops over 3 days!

Independent: Put on by Progress Users for Progress users!

Focused: A deep schedule that allows you to maximize your learning opportunities!

Varied: Sessions covering the 4GL, database, integration, complementary technologies and more!

Practical: Topics cover the technology that you actually have as well as The Next Big Thing!

Inexpensive: The most bang for your OE training buck on the planet!

Hey, how come there's no BS at PUG Challenge Americas?— Gus
Progress Software

This will be a top notch technically oriented event, organized by Progress users for Progress users. If you can only do one thing this year, attending PUG Challenge should be at the top of your list.— Michael Lonski
PUG Central (DC, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina

We are all excited about the upcoming PUG Challenge Americas conference. Everyone is looking forward to reconnecting in person with the outstanding Progress professional Community!— Paul Guggenheim
Chicago Area PUG

Where's the Beef? It's at PUG Challenge Americas!— Tim Kuehn
Ontario PUG President

The PUG Challenge conferences are invaluable to me for staying on top of Progress' latest ideas!— Tom Bascom
White Star Software

The great conferences are the ones with lots of technical talks, without any marketing fluff. PUG Challenge Americas is going to be great!— Gus
Progress Software

I've enjoyed the past PUG Challenge conferences in Europe a lot and it's about time we have one in America!— Gus
Progress Software

Oregon PUG supports PUG Challenge Americas!— Richard Uchytil
Oregon Progress Users Group

Le Groupe utilisateurs Progress du Québec sera présent au PUG Challenge Americas.— Paul Koufalis
Groupe des utilisateurs Progress du Québec

We're very excited about PUG Challenge Americas. Several of our members look forward to attending!— Joseph M. Towns III
Washington Progress Users Group President

Rich technical content, a blend of old, current and new, a wealth of networking opportunities, options to explore all Progress technologies, along with the support and backing of PSC? It's the 'Perfect Storm!'— Joseph M. Towns III
Washington Progress Users Group President

It's time to get the band back together... PUG Challenge-Americas!— Bob Brennan
NEPUG President

High on technical content, low on marketing fluff and a fine selection of great beers... PUG Challenge-Americas!— Bob Brennan
NEPUG President

There is nothing as sweet as sharing a great beer with good friends while tussling over some technical minutia after hours. Reserve your bar stool today.— Bob Brennan
NEPUG President

The networking that takes place in the bar and hallways after hours is as much a part of Exchange's legacy as the various keynotes and formal sessions.— Bob Brennan
NEPUG President

I am excited that this conference is being held in the Americas!— Bob Brennan
NEPUG President

I am anxious to see many of my old friends again and meet plenty of new ones!— Bob Brennan
NEPUG President

The time has come ... for a solid Progress technical conference, at an affordable price, and at an affordable hotel. I'll be there to learn, to teach, to network, to share — and not to spend big bucks for all the fancies.— Arthur Fink
Maine Progress Users Group

The Progress community has gone too long without a technical face to face conference. The welcome mat is out for PUG Challenge in New England.— Arthur Fink
Maine Progress Users Group

NY Metro PUG members are thrilled at having a low cost, in person PUG conference. No virtual conference can do what an in-person conference can do in terms of networking and peer education.— Ed Shellman
NY Metro Progress Users Group

The QAD and Epicor communities are excited about the upcoming PUG Challenge Americas conference. Members of Northern California PUG will definitely be at the conference!— Jag Somal
Northern California PUG

2019 Sunday Workshops and Workshop Registration

This year all workshops are being held at the Doubletree Hotel in Manchester NH.

Because of the classroom setting there is limited seating available and we need to be able to accurately predict head-count. So you must purchase a ticket and register below to attend the Sunday workshops.

For workshops you will need to bring a laptop. Workshops use a "remote desktop" to access a "cloud" image that has all necessary Progress software and licenses pre-installed. Every workshop attendee gets a distinct login that they can use. We will keep the images running for a few days after the conference so that you can copy any code that you worked on back to your work environment.

Remote desktop clients are standard on Windows and easily available for Macs or Linux. Detailed instructions are provided the week prior to the conference.

Please make sure that your laptop is fully charged at the start of the workshop. There is a limit to the number of extension cords that we can run and there may not be enough for everyone.

Please make sure that your laptop's firewall and security software is not blocking access to the cloud! If you have a "corporate laptop" make sure that you know how to get access to cloud resources in a public classroom setting outside of your usual corporate connections.

		Sunday, October 6th
Time	Room	Workshop
8:00	Foyer	Morning Workshop Check-in
8:00	Room 1	488: Workshop: Introduction to Docker Containers Thomas Hansen; nodeable limited Morning Outline: Introduction to Docker Getting setup up with server access and Docker (hands on) Docker basics - Images, volumes, networking, containers - Hands on exercises Introduction to Docker Compose Using Docker Compose recipes for fast container stacks
8:00	Room 2	507: Workshop: Getting Started With OpenEdge, DBA Basics Tom Bascom; White Star Software LLC People often ask what tasks a newly minted OpenEdge DBA should be performing? What should my daily, weekly, monthly etc checklist have on it? What's good? What's BAD? Where do I even look to find out? What do I need to pay attention to? What can I ignore? What should I lose sleep over? When should I update my resume? Who can help me? In this hands-on workshop we will show you the way through the challenges that lie in front of you and help bring peace to your weekends and evenings!
8:00	Room 3	523: Workshop: Tips & Tricks for Success with Progress Application Server for OpenEdge, Including 12.0! Roy Ellis, Peter Judge; Progress Progress Application Server for OpenEdge is an enterprise-class application server that connects your application business logic to a variety of client technologies in a highly-efficient and scalable way. In this workshop, we will introduce tips and tricks, with hands-on examples using the latest features in OpenEdge 12.0 to help you be successful with PASOE.
8:00	Room 4	501: Workshop: OOABL Patterns and Practises for OpenEdge Mike Fechner, Peter Judge; Consultingwerk
12:00		Afternoon Workshop Check-in and Lunch
13:00	Room 1	489: Workshop: Docker Containers for OpenEdge Thomas Hansen; nodeable Introduction to OpenEdge and Docker Databases and PASOE in containers getting started (hands on) Introduction to Kubernetes OpenEdge on Kubernetes anyone? (hands on) Wrapping up and next steps - Use cases - Tools - DevOps & CI/CD with Docker and OpenEdge - Docker and OpenEdge in the Cloud
13:00	Room 2	213: Workshop: Implementing and Securing OpenEdge REST Service Interfaces David Atkins, Dan Mitchell; Progress This hands-on workshop provides step-by-step guidance on how to create: - Low-code/no-code Data Object Services Exposing JSON catalogs files, exposing database data directly, and delegating to existing ABL logic for validation and data access - Flexible JSON-defined DataObjectHandler Service Interfaces Providing a high degree of control over the exposed REST API without deep ABL expertise needed - Maximum control ABL WebHandler Service Interfaces showing how to write ABL code to read/write the body, headers and parameters of inbound REST requests to map that data to/from ABL data types and to invoke appropriate existing ABL data access logic -Property-based Spring Security Configuring for authentication and authorization of users to access these REST APIs
13:00	Room 3
13:00	Room 4	379: Workshop: Index Maintenance Utilities Tips and Tricks Paul Koufalis; White Star Software Do your indexes need a little love and attention? If your answer is "Uhh...maybe?" then this hands-on DBA workshop is for you. We will explore the various index utilities (idxbuild, idxcompact, idxfix, idxactivate, etc...) and discuss when and how to use each utility to improve query performance or troubleshoot and correct index-related issues. We will also benchmark the various startup parameters to determine which optimal values should be used under various operating conditions. Overall, expect to walk out of this workshop knowing more than you ever thought possible about indexes and their maintenance.
13:00	Room 5
17:00		Break -- Welcome Reception Starts at 6pm

2019 Sunday Workshops and Workshop Registration

Registration will take you to the external "impactflow" website: