--- title: Join Fresche at the 2017 COMMON Annual Meeting and Exposition --- - ![Join Fresche at COMMON in Orlando](https://go.freschesolutions.com/hubfs/EVENTS/2017-05%20COMMON%20Orlando/2017-05%20COMMON%20Orlando%20landing%20page%20header_AfterApril13.jpg "Join Fresche at COMMON in Orlando") | **[SPEAKERS         ](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers?hsLang=en-us)\| [         SESSIONS        ](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions?hsLang=en-us) \|         [ REGISTRATION ](http://www.common.org/events/annual-meeting/#registration)             **                                                               | | --- |   **Join us at COMMON 2017** **Stop by booth #309 to learn about your options and latest developments** **in IBM i management and modernization!** **Fresche sessions** This year, our experts will be presenting seventeen educational sessions speaking on key subjects around UI, Code and Database Modernization as well as techniques and solutions to help developers do things better, smarter and faster. Register for COMMON and add our sessions to your schedule! CLICK TO VIEW THE SESSION ABSTRACT: - [Angular JS and RESTful RPG applications](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Angular) - [CSS for beginners](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#CSS) - [From RPG OA to Node.js: modernization and mobile](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#FromRPG) - [How to globalize your app](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Globalize) - [How to plan and scope your IBM i modernization so that it gets organizational buy-in](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Howto) - [HTML for beginners](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#HTML) - [IBM i application modernization revealed](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#IBMi) - [Lessons learned building IBM i mobile applications](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Lessons) - [Modern application architecture techniques](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Modern) - [Modernization case study: creating a database abstraction layer](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Modernization) - [OPEN LAB: Improving your application with X-Analysis](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Improving) - [OPEN LAB: Looksoftware - Rapidly replace green screens with new IBM i GUI & web apps](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Looksoftware) - [Preparing your application for modernization: cleaning your codebase](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Preparing) - [Promoting the future and value of IBM i to your business executives](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Promoting) - [Prototyping and wireframing for application success](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Prototyping) - [RPG Open Access, easier than Pi](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#RPG) - [The business case for IBM i green screen modernization](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-sessions#Thebusiness) --- ** ****Get to know our speakers**** ** Click on the photos to view the speakers' bios: | [![Emmanuel Tzinevrakis](https://go.freschesolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PROFILE_PICTURES_people/Emmanuel_Tzinevrakis_2.jpg?width=76&name=Emmanuel_Tzinevrakis_2.jpg "Emmanuel Tzinevrakis")](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Mani) | [![Greg Patterson](https://go.freschesolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PROFILE_PICTURES_people/Greg_Patterson.jpg?width=76&name=Greg_Patterson.jpg "Greg Patterson")](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Greg) | [![Marcel Sarrasin](https://go.freschesolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/Marcel_Sarrasin_2.jpg?width=76&name=Marcel_Sarrasin_2.jpg "Marcel Sarrasin")](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Marcel) | [![Pascal Polverini](https://go.freschesolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PROFILE_PICTURES_people/pascal_98X124.jpg?width=76&name=pascal_98X124.jpg "Pascal Polverini")](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Pascal) | [![Raymond Everhart](https://go.freschesolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PROFILE_PICTURES_people/Raymond_Everhart.png?width=76&name=Raymond_Everhart.png "Raymond Everhart")](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Ray) | [![Trevor Perry](https://go.freschesolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PROFILE_PICTURES_people/Trevor_Perry.jpg?width=76&name=Trevor_Perry.jpg "Trevor Perry")](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Trevor) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [**Emmanuel Tzinevrakis**](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Mani) | [**Greg Patterson**](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Greg) | [**Marcel Sarrasin**](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Marcel) | **[Pascal Polverini](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Pascal)** | **[Ray Everhart](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Ray)** | [**Trevor Perry**](https://go.freschesolutions.com/2017-common-annual-meeting-and-exposition-fresche-speakers#Trevor) | --- ** ****COMMON Cares 5K Run**** ** **Sunday, May 07 | 6:30 am | Registration: $35** ![COMMON Cares 5K 2015](https://go.freschesolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EVENTS/2016_COMMON_-_New_Orleans/group_photo_COMMON_5K_2015.jpg?width=555&name=group_photo_COMMON_5K_2015.jpg "COMMON Cares 5K 2015") This year, Fresche's partner Midrange Dynamics is sponsoring the COMMON Cares 5K. Net proceeds will benefit the [COMMON Education Foundation](http://www.imis100us1.com/cef/foundation), which focuses on expanding and enhancing midrange education in colleges and universities with the goal of fostering the development and growth of IT professionals. Run or walk the 5K course. 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