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There are a lot of interesting tech conferences in 2016. If you want to stay up-to-date with the technology you are developing with (and you have available time and budget), there is some conference out there for you. Just do a simple google search to explore the possibilities. If you are quick enough in making up your mind and registering for a particular conference, you will most probably be able to get an early bird discounts. Last year I’ve visited Devoxx Poland in Krakow. Devoxx is an annual European Java, agile, mobile and web conference. It was originally created by Belgian Java User Group. Last year the conference took place in Belgium, UK, France, Poland and Morocco. Many top industry speakers were talking about interesting topics. More than 10.000 developers visit those conferences annually.

Although it’s usually possible to watch all the presentations online (even for free), visiting a conference gives you some additional perspectives. One example: every day we got used to work in a team with some 5-10 other good Java developers. Just imagine how you would feel when you are at the same place with e.g. 2000+ other Java guys. And many smart people who present out there at the stage. It’s something you need to experience.

Devoxx Poland is my top choice for 2016 as well. For many reasons. Very well organized conference, great topics, great speakers, affordable price, to mention a few. Visiting Krakow in June is a nice experience, too.

In this post I will write a short review of the conference last year (2015).

Read about my summary of Devoxx Poland 2015

Visiting a conference is a very interesting experience. Plus you can meet some interesting people, hear what’s in hype, learn some new stuff and ask questions. On the other side, due to a budget and/or (what’s missing the most) available time, sometimes it’s not easy to participate to a conference. Nevertheless, this does not have to mean that you should not be able to watch online recordings of some of the interesting talks and presentations. If you search the internet and particularly Youtube, you will be surprised how much interesting stuff is available there. And all for free. Of course, what’s not free – is your free time. 🙂 You’ll have to find some and invest it in widening your horizons.

Since recently it somehow became a practice that many conferences (even big ones) publish recordings of the talks. In the Java world as well. So, if you have some time, you can enjoy recordings of major Java conferences and top industry speakers presentations. In this post I’ll share some links to Youtube playlists with recordings of Java conferences from 2015.

Get recordings of Java conference talks from 2015