Conferences

JCrete 2025

Thursday, August 21, 2025 - 07:57 by Ivar Grimstad
I tried to figure out how many editions of JCrete I have attended. Let’s just say that it’s been quite a few, and I enjoy is just as much every time I return. The community at JCrete is just incredible, the food is awesome. The only thing to wish for...

JJUG CCC 2025 Spring

Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 07:00 by Ivar Grimstad
I’m back in Tokyo again. This time for JJUG CCC 2025 Spring. This Cross Community Conference (CCC) is organised in twice a year and attracts around 1000 attendees every time. I was a speaker at the Fall edition last November, and now again on the Spring edition. Most of the...

Spring I/O 2025

Monday, May 26, 2025 - 07:49 by Ivar Grimstad
Spring I/O 2025 was a great experience! It is an extremely well-organized conference with an awesome community. It was my second time as a speaker, and I will definitely send talk abstracts to the upcoming editions as well. It does not hurt that it is organized in Barcelona in May...

JCON Europe 2025

Friday, May 16, 2025 - 03:20 by Ivar Grimstad
JCON Europe 2025 was great! Period! It is such a flawlessly organized conference with an ever present community spirit. This year was maybe even more special than usual because of the 30 Years of Java celebrations. Eclipse Foundation had a booth where we featured the Jakarta EE, Adoptium, and Eclipse...

GIDS 2025

Saturday, April 26, 2025 - 03:13 by Ivar Grimstad
This was my sixth time speaking at GIDS! My first time was in 2016, so I have only missed out on a few editions during the last 10 years. It is a great conference, with a very engaged audience, so I am happy to be a regular speaker there. The...

JavaLand 2025

Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 03:43 by Ivar Grimstad
JavaLand has always been one of my absolute favourite conferences. With one exception, I have been to every one of them. JavaLand 2025 was, as last year, located at Nürburgring. The location is good, but not perfect, which the attendee numbers show. Next year’s JavaLand will be back in a...

JavaOne 2025

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 04:45 by Ivar Grimstad
JavaOne 2025 returned to the Bay Area as a standalone event. It was held at the Oracle Conference Center at the Oracle Campus in Redwood Shores. While significantly smaller than it used to be, it was an excellent revival of the conference. The event team managed to create an extremely...