JAOO 2008: Java conference in Denmark

A group of us guys from JTeam traveled up to Denmark to attend the JAOO conference. The drive is about 9 hours from Amsterdam, and is motorway all the way. And yes, we did go on the Autobahn...



Thank you Allard and Rob for driving me. Here is the team when we stopped at a rest-stop somewhere in Germany.



Eventually, we arrived in Aarhus. It took a few U-turns and questionable driving moves in Aarhus, but we eventually found our hotel and got ourselves settled.



We headed into town to find a nice meal and maybe a quiet drink...



Yes, we enjoyed our meal. Some of the speakers that the guys knew arrived at the restaurant and encouraged us to keep drinking. Ug..



The next 3 days were spent in this building.



The venue is very scenic.



There were keynote speeches in the morning for everyone, then elective sessions on a multitue of subjects. My professional blogl has a writeup on the technical content.



The first night included a scheduled party, compete with complementary drinks!



The JTeam lads enjoying the atmosphere.



Erik and I dissected ideas picked up from the first day - it may not make sense in the cold light of day.


Aarhus is a beautiful city, and JAOO was really enjoyable. I have come back with inspiration and so many new areas of potential learning/investigation.