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.
I started the evening by presenting The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java. Phillip took over after me and presented AI with (and in) Quarkus. We were hosted by Investec, who also provided food and drinks for us. After the talks prices and swag were raffled out to the attendees. This is always very appreciated.
This was the first JakartaOne by [JUG] we have done, but it certainly won’t be the last. We even discussed turning it into a half-day or full-day conference and brand it as JakartaOne South Africa or JakartaOne Johannesburg next year.
