Devoxx

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Devoxx (formerly named JavaPolis) is a developers community conference series created in 2001 by Stephan Janssen, organized by the Belgian Java User Group (BeJUG). The conference takes place every year in Belgium around October or November. With over 2,800 attendees in 2006, JavaPolis became the biggest vendor-independent Java conference in the world. In 2008, the conference was renamed Devoxx. With over 3,300 attendees, Devoxx 2011 was sold out 6 weeks before the event. In 2012, the conference was once again sold out 4 October 6 weeks before the event, reaching 3400 attendees from 40 countries. In 2017, Devoxx Belgium combi and conference tickets were already sold out the end of August. In 2019, the Devoxx Belgium conference-only tickets were sold out after 10 days , in 2023 in a few seconds. In 2012, the first edition of Devoxx France, organized by the Paris Java User Group took place from 18/4 until 20/4 in Paris. With more than 1200 attendees and 149 speakers Devoxx France was sold out 1 week before the event. The first edition of Devoxx 4 Kids 2012 was organized in Ghent (13 Oct) and Brussels (20 Oct) attracting 65 teenagers between 10 and 14 years. The teenagers played with Scratch, programmed Lego Mindstorms and discovered the wonderful world of Mars Rovers and the NAO robot. Devoxx UK 2013 was announced during the opening keynote of Devoxx 2012 (14 November, Antwerp).…

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