JUG World Tour: BeJUG, BruJUG and how Devoxx was born as JavaPolis (#24)

The Foojay Java User Group World Tour has already brought us to a lot of different countries all over the world. But for this episode, the host decided to stay at home. The Belgium JUG (BeJUG) started in 1997 and was the birthplace of Devoxx, Devoxx4Kids, and VoxxedDays. And in our capital Brussels, we can join Brussels JUG (BruJUG), since 2010. So there’s a lot we can talk about to learn more about communities and conferences!GuestsOlivier Hubaut, BruJUGhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/olivierhubaut/ https://mastodon.top/@ohubautStephan Janssen, founder BeJUG, Devoxx, Devoxx4Kids, Voxxedhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanjanssen/https://twitter.com/Stephan007Tom Cools, AntwerpJUG, BeJUGhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-cools-17547548/https://twitter.com/TCoolsIThttps://mastodon.social/@TCoolsITPodcast hostFrank Delporte https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdelporte/https://foojay.social/@frankdelportehttps://twitter.com/FrankDelporteLinkshttps://www.meetup.com/belgian-java-user-group/https://www.meetup.com/BruJUG/https://devoxx.be/https://events.voxxeddays.com/Content00:00 Introduction of the topic and guests02:19 History of BeJUG and the start of JavaPolis (Devoxx)06:00 How BruJUG (Brussels) started and evolvedhttps://www.hanselman.com/blog/dark-matter-developers-the-unseen-9908:35 Tom as the winner of the bad timing award with AntwerpJUG10:35 Impact of Covid on Devoxx and BruJUG18:09 How BeJUG got restarted in 2022https://github.com/BeJUG/bejug.github.io Video: "Transitioning into Tech: The Journey of a Senior Junior Developer by Ibrahim Dogrusoz"27:05 How BruJUG attracted new speakers + tips for new speakers or new talks31:32 How Devoxx4Kids grew to a worldwide event36:03 The tools developed and used to manage Devoxx41:13 About the name change from JavaPolis to Devoxx and the franchising46:14 Future plans for Devoxx, BruJUG and BeJUG51:14 CFP for Devoxx and how reviewers can find sessions for their JUG54:16 Outro