JUG World Tour: JUG Switzerland (#46‪)‬ Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK!

In this podcast, once a month, we discuss the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. In this episode, I'm leaving the European Union and stepping over the border of Switzerland, the country where the Red Cross was started, and many international institutions have their headquarters. Let's find out if there is also a big Java community...


Speakers

Patrick Baumgartner


https://www.linkedin.com/in/patbaumgartner/
https://twitter.com/patbaumgartner


Simon Martinelli


https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonmartinelli/
https://twitter.com/simas_ch


Podcast Host: Frank Delporte


https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdelporte/


Links


https://ijug.social/@jugch
https://www.jug.ch/
https://www.youtube.com/c/JavaUserGroupSwitzerland/videos
https://jugch.slack.com/
https://twitter.com/jugch
https://twitter.com/VoxxedZurich
https://voxxeddays.com/zurich/


Content

00:00 Introduction of the guests and topic
01:40 What should we know about Switzerland?
02:57 Java community in Switzerland
05:47 Java experience of the guests
07:10 What programming languages are reached?
08:15 JUG locations
10:08 Swiss JUG has sponsors and a back-office
12:45 Simon about being a JUG speaker
14:02 Number of attendees
15:48 Impact of Corona
17:13 Other events like Voxxed
18:48 Motivation to be an organizer
21:32 Motivation to be a conference speaker
23:36 A JUG is where you learn to be a speaker
26:52 Remarkable sessions of the past
31:55 Format of the JUG sessions
32:27 Future plans
34:03 Questions for the listeners
36:42 Conclusion

Music


Barbershop John
Hermine Deurloo
Synapse by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com