I have been to Bucharest several times speaking at various conferences. Devcon was a new experience, even if it is organized by the same team as some of the other ones I have spoken at. It is a two day conference with multiple tracks, or stages, that vary a little between the days. The Java Stage on Day 1 was in the big room, and gathered a pretty good crowd. I would estimate that the capacity was somewhere around 200, and the room was fairly full for all the talks during the day.

My talk Why Jakarta EE Matters to Spring – and Vice Versa was one of two Jakarta EE talks among the 7 talks on the Java Stage. Edwin Derks did the other one. Adding George Adams’ Adoptium talk, Eclipse Foundation projects were very well represented on the conference.

November is almost as busy as October conference-wise, so I was only able to attend the first day before heading to the next conference. DevCon is a well-organized conference, and I can see myself coming back to speak at it later as well.