- Convenient and nice location: all sessions were in one building - there was enough time to walk between sessions, have a hallway conversation ...and get a coffee.
- Speaking of coffee, the standard coffee was good and much better than in the hotel. And great Italian speciality coffees were served by passionate San Francisco baristas. I had my first Cortado at JavaOne.
- Excellent presentations by core Java/Oracle engineers. They were well prepared with great content. Talking to (former) Oracle engineers / Java committers has always been my main motivation for attending JavaOne.
- Good (great?) food, (too) good local biscuits. Always plenty of drinks and coffee.
- Great attention to detail: useful gifts, nice stickers, JavaOne branded seat cushions, Java coasters, JavaOne signposts, badge flags and posters.
- Good party venues: the food was good, the venues were nice, and it was easy to make conversation.
- JavaOne was also better attended than expected.
- Perfect organisation: from the badge to the schedule to the conference app, everything worked perfectly.
I was surprised by the quality of the conference and started asking attendees about their experiences. The answers were all positive.
The most surprising fact was that the majority of people were attending JavaOne for the first time. I asked during my presentation - more than 70% had never been to JavaOne before.
It is hard to find anything that could be improved, other than the size of the rooms. The rooms were either too big or too small. There was a lack of medium sized rooms. I also missed the evening BoF sessions, but my schedule was already packed.
In the event that my proposal is accepted - see you again in the year 2026