Presentations

From time to time I get the chance to speak about my passions (#Java, #JavaOnRaspberryPi, #Pi4J, #STEM and #STEAM,…).

The presentations which are available at this moment are listed on Sessionize. I’m available for most online events, and JUGs and conferences in and around Belgium.

This is an overview of the past and upcoming events:

Date Event Title/Link Link
2025
29/01/2025 JChampions Conference online Looking at Music, an experiment with Kotlin, JavaFX, MIDI, and Virtual Threads YouTube, Event website
14/01/2025 Miami JVM Group (MJUG) Introduction to Pi4J (Java on Raspberry Pi), Online Talk Meetup page
2024
05/12/2024 TVH, Waregem IT Talks 2024: Following the evolutions in Java with a look into the OpenJDK project Event website, All links from the presentation
07/11/2024 J-Fall, The Netherlands Looking at Music, an experiment with Kotlin, JavaFX, MIDI, and Virtual Threads YouTube, All links from the presentation
09/10/2024 Devoxx, Belgium Looking at Music, an experiment with Kotlin, JavaFX, MIDI, and Virtual Threads YouTube, All links from the presentation
07/10/2024 Devoxx, Belgium With Ronald Dehuysser: Batch Processing at Scale: a hands-on JobRunr workshop with experiments on Raspberry Pi Talk details
24/06/2024 BeJUG at TVH, Waregem Lessons learned from #JavaOnRaspberryPi MeetUp Event, All links from the presentation
11/06/2024 Live Stream with DaShaun Carter Pi4J Spring Boot Starter YouTube
14/05/2024 JCON Europe 2024, Cologne, Germay Live Foojay Podcast interviews Event website
06/03/2024  JFX Adopters Meeting Remote session together with Almas Baim: “Lets play together” (FXGL, Pi4J) Event website
03/02/2024 Fosdem, Brussels, Belgium Tool the docs devroom: Experimenting with AI and LLM to make docs searchable through a chat application Fosdem schedule, All links from the presentation
29/01/2024 jChampions Conference 2024, Online What I Learned About OpenJDK as a Docs Writer YouTube, All links from the presentation
2023
12/12/2023 BeJUG, Mons, Belgium Lightning Talk: Experimenting with AI and LLM to make docs searchable through a chat application Meetup
12/12/2023 BruJUG, Brussels, Belgium Things I learned On OpenJDK While Experimenting With CRaC for Fast Java Startup YouTube
08/12/2023 Ya!vaConf, Online Unlocking the Potential of Bits and Bytes: Reducing Data Footprint for Cost and Eco-Efficiency YouTube
22/11/2023 Jcon World, Online Join the Friends Of OpenJDK, together with Geertjan Wielenga YouTube
21/11/2023 Jcon World, Online Optimizing Java Startup and Warmup: Exploring the Power of CRaC on Embedded YouTube
14/11/2023 Howest, Brugge, Belgium Evolutions in Java, Java in IoT, and things I learned from being a software developer  
09/11/2023 J-Fall, The Netherlands Optimizing Java Startup and Warmup: Exploring the Power of CRaC on Embedded YouTube
09/11/2023 J-Fall, The Netherlands Quickie: Join the Friends Of OpenJDK, together with Geertjan Wielenga YouTube
09/11/2023 J-Fall, The Netherlands Foojay Broadcast Room
06/11/2023 University of Brighton, UK Being a software developer in modern times
25/10/2023 Softcon Online Controlling Electronics With Java and Pi4J Through a Web Interface on the Raspberry Pi Speaker Profile
 04/10/2023 Devoxx, Belgium Unlocking the Potential of Bits and Bytes: Reducing Data Footprint for Cost and Eco-Efficiency YouTube, Talk Details, All links from the presentation
12/09/2023 Utrecht JUG, The Netherlands Controlling Electronics with Bits, Bytes, Java, and Pi4J through a web interface on the Raspberry Pi Meetup
21/06/2023 J-Spring, The Netherlands Controlling Electronics with Java and Pi4J through a Vaadin web interface on the Raspberry Pi - Top 2 rated session of the conference YouTube
09/06/2023 Live Stream with Bruno Souza (aka JavaMan) Preparing for our simultaneous talks at J-Spring in the Netherlands YouTube
23/05/2023 VoxxedDays, Brussels Blinking a LED with JBang and Pi4J on a Raspberry Pi in 15 minutes YouTube
20/03/2023 BeJUG, Kortrijk Having fun with Pi4J and JBang on the Raspberry Pi (Quickie) Event page
22/02/2023 Geekle Java Devs 23, Online Building Smart Devices using Java on the Raspberry Pi - An intro to Pi4J
05/02/2023 Fosdem 2023 - Foojay Room, Belgium Update on #JavaOnRaspberryPi and Pi4J. Tam Hanna wrote an article based on this presentation: Ein Update zu Java am Raspberry Pi und Pi4J Fosdem video
2022
10/11/2022 University of Brighton, UK Being a software developer in modern times
03/11/2022 J-Fall, The Netherlands Building Smart Devices using Java on the Raspberry Pi - An intro to Pi4J - Top 5 rated session of the conference YouTube
13/10/2022 Devoxx, Belgium Building Smart Devices using Java on the Raspberry Pi - An intro to Pi4J YouTube
12/10/2022 Devoxx, Belgium Blinking a LED with JBang and Pi4J on a Raspberry Pi in 15 minutes YouTube
20/04/2022 JetBrains Webinar with Mala Gupta, Online Experimenting with Java and Electronics on the Raspberry Pi YouTube
23/03/2022 Twitch with Mary Grygleski, Online Developer’s Lab - IoT special #JavaOnRaspberryPi Twitch
14/03/2022 Oracle Pi Day, Online Having fun with Java and electronics on the Raspberry Pi YouTube
06/02/2022 Fosdem 2022, Belgium Update on Java on the Raspberry Pi YouTube
2021
25/10/2021 AntwerpJUG, Belgium Having fun with Java and electronics
27/09/2021 Foojay Virtual OpenJDK 17+ JUG Tour - Jozi JUG, Online Java 17 on the Raspberry Pi YouTube
26/08/2021 Foojay Virtual OpenJDK 17+ JUG Tour - Manchester JUG, Online Java 17 on the Raspberry Pi YouTube
25/05/2021 Jfokus Brown Bag Lunch, Online Combining Java, JavaFX and electronics on the Raspberry Pi
17/03/2021 Foojay Virtual JUG Tour - VJUG, Online The Future of Java on Raspberry Pi: Java, JavaFX, Raspberry Pi and Electronics YouTube
11/02/2021 Polish JUGs United #1, Online Java, JavaFX and electronics programming on the Raspberry Pi YouTube
07/02/2021 Fosdem “Friends of OpenJDK devroom”, Online The Future of Java on Raspberry Pi: Java, JavaFX, Raspberry Pi and Electronics
Summary (in German) written by David Wolski on heise.de
Fosdem video
2020
05/12/2020 JLove, Online Having fun with Java and JavaFX on the Raspberry Pi YouTube
28/11/2020 DojoCon CoderDojo, Belgium Getting started with Java on the Raspberry Pi CoderDojo Belgium Drive
25/11/2020 JFX Days, Online Having fun with Java and JavaFX on the Raspberry Pi YouTube
07/11/2020 Devoxx Ukrain, Online Having fun with Java and JavaFX on the Raspberry Pi YouTube
21/10/2020 Oracle Groundbreakers APAC Virtual Tour 2020, Online Java and JavaFX on the Raspberry Pi YouTube
2016
05/2016 STEM-studiedag, Belgium STEM - Kostenloos leren programmeren
2015
02/2015 BizCamp Roeselare, Belgium BizCamp #TechnologyIsFun
2014
10/2014 iMinds The Conference, Belgium Become a CoderDojo coach!
01/2014 Bibdag W-VL, Belgium Technologie, Onderwijs en CoderDojo