When Ko offered Jakarta EE a spot in the JUG Square at Voxxed Days Amsterdam 2026 as an Ambassador of the conference, I immediately accepted. With 950 registered attendees and expansion from a one-day to a two-day conference, Voxxed Days Amsterdam is sailing up as one of the biggest and most important conferences in the area. Jakarta EE is proud to support the conference.

I did not have a talk this year, but ended up on the big screen during the Day 2 opening. A photo of Arjan and me talking in the JUG square was used to exemplify the Hallway Track. For those not familiar with the term, the Hallway Track is the informal meetings and discussions that occur in the hallway between the conference rooms. This is an element that you miss out on if you only attend online conferences. In the Hallway Track is where the magic happens. When attendees, speakers, sponsors. volunteers, staff, and organizers meet informally.

I will definitely be back next year, either as a speaker, sponsor, ambassador, or attendee. I’ll even volunteer or join the catering staff if necessary. If Jakarta EE has a booth next year as well, I will make sure that the rollup banner arrives in time for both days. This year, it arrived a day late, so I was only able to use it on Day 2. Not that it mattered much, I had brought all my leftover swag, and none of it came home with me.