Javapolis 2007 roundup

I'm back from the Javapolis 2007 conference. I had a great time over there in Antwerp. I have attended many interesting talks about Java, JSRs, GWT, Scala, methodology, testing and many more Java related topics. The Java Puzzlers by Neal Gafter and Joshua Bloch was the best (fun, interactive and informative) talk in my opinion. During and between the talks there were many discussions about different JSRs and the future of Java in general. To listen and talk to some of the greatest minds in the Java world was really enlightening. Another highlight was the Java Posse Live session, if you don't yet now the Javaposse podcast you have to check it out!

I have also met some people from the GWT community. Maarten Volders (Thanx for lunch!), Luc Claes and the two speaker of the Google Web Toolkit talk Didier Girard and Dick Wall.

I really hope I can be there in 2008!

Javapolis 2007

To the Java developers out there, I am going to attend the Javapolis in Antwerp, Belgium this December. I'll be visiting the main conference from Tuesday 11th December till Friday 14th December 2007. In case somebody wants to meet there, leave a comment or drop me an email.

Javapolis is a large independent Java conference held in Antwerp and organized by members of the Belgium Java User Group. They expect around 3000 delegates attending from over 50 countries. The conference is located in a Business Centre/Multiplex cinema called Metropolis. Many well known speakers from Sun Microsystems, IBM, JBoss, Google etc. will be holding key notes about bleeding edge Java topics.