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 spoke at a couple of non-Java-related events. I hope to continue diversifying my presence in the upcoming year.

The complete list of all the events as well as links to the associated blog posts, can be found in the table below. All this, and similar for previous and upcoming years, can be found on my Developer Advocate page on the Jakarta EE website.

Name	Location	Date	Blog Post
Open Source Experience	Paris	Dec 10-11	Open Source Experience 2025
Paris JUG	Paris	Dec 9	Paris JUG 2025
JakartaOne Livestream	online	Dec 2	JakartaOne Livestream 2025
Devoxx Morocco	Marrakech	Nov 12-14	Devoxx Morocco 2025
Aveiro Open Source Connect	Aveiro	Nov 12	Aveiro Open Source Connect 2025
ChurConf	Auckland	Nov 2	ChurConf 2025
{code and compliance}	Brussels	Oct 22-23	{code and compliance} 2025
JDD	Kraków	Oct 21-22	JDD 2025
JavaCro	Rovinj	Oct 12-15	JavaCro 2025
JCON @ IBM TechXChange	Orlando, FL	Oct 6-9	JCON @ IBM TechXChange 2025
dev2next	Colorado Springs, CO	Sep 29-Oct 2	dev2next 2025
Come To Code	Pignola	Sep 27-28	Come To Code 2025
Open Source Community Day	Madrid	Sep 23-24	Open Source Community Day 2025
Jalapeño	Cancún	Sep 13-14	Jalapeño 2025
Community Over Code	Minneapolis, MN	Sep 11-14	Community Over Code 2025
JavaZone	Lillestrøm	Sep 3-4	JavaZone 2025
LAOUC Community Tour	São Paulo	Aug 23	LAOUC Community Tour 2025
LAOUC Community Tour	Buenos Aires	Aug 20	LAOUC Community Tour 2025
JCrete	Kolymvari	Aug 4-8	JCrete 2025
JConfDominica	Santo Domingo	Jul 18-19	JConfDominica 2025
WeAreDevelopers World Congress	Berlin	Jul 9-11	WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2025
Lisbon JUG	Lisbon	Jun 25	Lisbon JUG 2025
JJUG CCC Spring	Tokyo	Jun 7	JJUG CCC Spring 2025
Spring I/O	Barcelona	May 21-23	Spring I/O 2025
JCON EUROPE	Köln	May 12-15	JCON EUROPE 2025
Javaforum Malmø	Malmö	May 5	Javaforum Malmø 2025
GIDS	Bangalore	Apr 22-25	GIDS 2025
JavaLand	Nürburgring	Apr 1-3	JavaLand 2025
JavaOne	Redwood Shores, CA	Mar 18-20	JavaOne 2025
Devnexus	Atlanta, GA	Mar 4-6	Devnexus 2025
Boston Java Users	Boston, MA	Feb 27	Boston Java Users 2025
Connecticut JUG	Hartford, CT	Feb 26	Connecticut JUG 2025
New York Java SIG	New York, NY	Feb 25	New York Java SIG 2025
Madrid JUG	Madrid	Feb 18	Madrid JUG 2025
Javaforum Malmø	Malmö	Jan 20	Javaforum Malmø 2025

Happy New Year!
See You all in 2026!