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 afternoon.
Whenever I am at Jfokus, I host the Jfokus 2026 Morning Run, and this year was no exception. 11 brave runners showed up at 7:15 on Wednesday morning for a refreshing run. Half of the group returned after a 5km loop, while the other half ran all around Kungsholmen, which is about 10km.
New at Jfokus this year was the Mentoring Hub, organized by Bruno Souza. On Tuesday afternoon, I hosted a session about how to Advance Your Career in Open Source.
In addition, while I was on the plane from Brussels to Stockholm, I received a text message from Sharat Chander and Heather VanCura inviting Bruno and me to join their session on Tuesday morning. The session was titled Java: To Infinity and beyond and my contribution to it was to speak a little about how individuals and community members can help influence Java and the ecosystem by contributing in different ways.
