This week, I visited Lisbon where I spoke at the Lisbon JUG. The JUG if very active with monthly meetings, and even some in between. The June Java Meetup had two sessions on the agenda where mine was the second one. Check out the slides for my talk titled What Spring Developers Should Know About Jakarta EE.
Pizza and drinks were served before the sessions with good opportunities for connecting with the peers in the community. This is probably the most value part of any Java User Group, and the reason why we keep organizing them. The Portuguese Java Community is a very friendly bunch, so if you ever are in the Lisbon area when a Lisbon JUG event is organized, I strongly encourage you to go there, make connections, meet friends, and listen to technical presentations in an informal environment.