JUG World Tour: JUG Switzerland (#46)

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