Become a Speaker

Become a speaker at JCON EUROPE 2025 and submit your talk: 

CFP on Sessionize

CFP Process

2024-10-15Call for Papers opens
2024-11-15Call for Papers closes
Early DecemberFeatured speakers are announced 
2025-01-10Accepted speakers are announced and the session plan goes public
2025-01-31Declined speakers notification per mail (we need this buffer time to coordinate with speakers and check for availability)

 

 

Selection process

We consider submissions according to the following guidelines:

Relevance

You are going to discuss things that participants of the conference find useful not only yesterday but also today and in the future. Does this subject matter have wide appeal and application?
 

Practical applicability

The content is important from a practical point of view and you not only cover the existing problems / solutions, but also share your experience.
 

Topics

JCON traditionally focuses on Core Java, Serverside Java, APIs and Frameworks because that's what we as Java developers work with every day. However, the main topic will be Java-Cloud-Native and Microservices because this is the future of Java and a must-have for Java developers.

JCON Content Board

Sandra Ahlgrimm

Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

Sven Ruppert

Developer Advocate at JFrog

Matthias Gutheil

Software Architect at itemis

Sascha Hesse

Enterprise Architect Cloud at Danfoss

Werner Keil

Director, Creative Arts & Technologies

Reza Rahman

Principal Program Manager, Java on Azure at Microsoft

Markus Kett

JAVAPRO Magazin Editor in Chief
CEO at MicroStream

Brian Demers

Developer Advocate at Gradle

Emily Jiang

IBM, Lead development architect for MicroProfile and CDI

Kito Mann

Principal Consultant, Virtua, Inc.

Marcus Hellberg

VP of Developer Relations at Vaadin

Richard Fichtner

Founder JUG Oberpfalz, CEO of XDEV Software

Mary Grygleski

Streaming Developer Advocate at DataStax, Java Champion, President of Chicago-JUG

Grace Jansen

IBM, Developer Advocate

Nicolas Fränkel

Developer Advocate for Apache APISIX

Ana Maria Mihalceanu

Java Champion Alumni, Certified Architect

Gerrit Grunwald

Senior Developer Advocate at Azul Systems

Steve Poole

Director Developer Advocacy, Sonatype

Sharat Chander

Senior Director, Oracle

Motivation

We love Java. That’s why we want to bring together Java developers from all over the world. To learn, to connect, to have fun. The feedback we receive proves us right and motivates us to keep going.

Team

JCON is a team effort and a conference by developers for developers. The JUG Oberpfalz does the heavy lifting in organizing everything. But the heart of the conference are our speakers with their sessions.

Community

We often work in completely different branches, but Java is our common denominator and connects us all. Over the years, not only acquaintances but friendships have formed on account of JCON!