Java Magazine, Mar/Apr 2018

12 events Strange Loop SEPTEMBER 26 28 ST LOUIS MISSOURI Strange Loop is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together the developers and thinkers building tomorrows technology in fields such as emerging languages alternative databases concurrency distributed systems and security Talks are generally codeheavy and not process oriented JavaOne OCTOBER 22 25 SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA Whether you are a seasoned coder or a new Java programmer JavaOne is the ultimate source of technical information and learning about Java For five days the worlds largest collection of Java developers gather to talk about all aspects of Java and JVM languages development tools and trends in programming Tutorials on numerous related Java and JVM topics are offered Devoxx Belgium 2018 NOVEMBER 12 16 ANTWERP BELGIUM The largest Java developer conference in Europe takes place again in Antwerp Belgium with multiple tracks covering everything from Java to the mechanics of the JVM to JVM language The event is held in a multiplex theater with code and slides shown on giant movie screens Topconf Tallinn NOVEMBER 20 22 TALLINN ESTONIA Topconf Tallinn is an international software conference covering Java open source agile development architecture and new languages Are you hosting an upcoming Java conference that you would like to see included in this calendar Please send us a link and a description of your event at least 90 days in advance at javamag_ us@ oracle com Other ways to reach us appear on the last page of this issue ORACLE COM JAVAMAGAZINE MARCH APRIL 2018 user groups THE POLISH JUG The Polish Java User Group founded in December 1999 is Polands first JUG It was started by Adrian Nowak and hosted Polands first Java conference in November 2000 which set the tone for the huge popularity of the platform and language in the country Currently PJUG is associated primarily with Kraków Polands second largest city many other Polish cities have since started their own JUGs often via the direct involvement of prominent PJUG members PJUG has also grown over the years and through its activities and events with more than 2300 developers now part of its meetup Since its inception PJUG has been constantly active in the Java community organizing meetups hackathons and the annual GeeCON conference in friendly collaboration with the Poznań JUG GeeCON is celebrating its 10th anniversary edition this year so if youre not a GeeCON geek already check out the conference site PJUG also organizes GeeCON 4 Kids with Krakóws Hackerspace and hosts developer events with JUGs from other cities It cofounded the local Google Developers Group and regularly collaborates with the Kraków Ruby User Group Software Craftsmanship Kraków and Kraków Scala PJUG experiments with meeting formats and for some time it has been running a small conference every month working with Krakóws universities and local companies To learn more about PJUG visit its website or oficial meetup page where youll also find photos and coverage of past events