Conferences

JavaLand 2026 was finally back in the theme park after the last two year’s disaster at a car racing track. And this was good. Europa Park is different from Phantasialand, but has the same kitchy, German way of going all in being true to the theme. From the African and...

I can’t believe this was the ninth time I was a speaker at Devnexus. The last couple of years, we have sponsored and had a dedicated Jakarta EE track and the entire team present, so it was a bit different to be handling the booth as the only one from...

This was my fifth time speaking at ConFoo in Montreal. This year, there were around 800 attendees, which brings them close to the peak years before the pandemic. I am happy to see and experience the vibrant developer community in Montreal. The conference was originally a PHP conference, but now...

When I Code Java was cancelled with short notice,Phillip, Buhake and I scrambled and created a substitute event. With funds from the Eclipse Foundation concept of Open Community Meetup and the organisation of Jozi-JUG, we created JakartaOne by Jozi-JUG where Phillip and I presented. The event had 208 registered attendees...

This year’s Jfokus was probably the busiest I have had. My schedule filled up even though I didn’t have a talk at this year’s conference. This year, I joined the group of volunteer stage hosts, so I had the pleasure of introducing speakers in one of the rooms on Wednesday...

It is time to bid farewell to 2025 and welcome 2026. I was able to speak on five continents this year. We really should see if we can have a conference in Antarctica at some point. In addition to regular Java conferences and Java User Groups, I also attended and...

Since I already was in Paris to speak at the Paris JUG, I took the opportunity to attend Open Source Experience 2025 where Eclipse Foundation was a sponsor. It was great to be able to hang out with my colleagues and also help out a little at the booth. I...

On Tuesday last week, I presented The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java at the Paris JUG. The event started with a talk by Greg Wilkins about how Jetty is Staying relevant with Open Source driven innovation after 30 years. This was a special event celebrating the 30-year anniversary...

JakartaOne Livestream 2025 is a wrap! This was the seventh time we did the livestream, so we are getting used to it. This year we also had a professional production crew helping us out, and we also chose to switch platforms to stream on YouTube rather than what we have...

This was my eight visit to Morocco and second time to Marrakech. Devoxx Morocco is one of my absolute favorite conferences and the 2025 edition was no exception. The relaxed vibe of this conference is awesome, the food is excellent, not to mention the location. This year, Rustam and I...