The Czech Java User Group is here

After a lot of work on several fronts, the wheels are turning. The first Java User Group meeting will take place at the Czech Technical University on September 12, 2006, at 18:00. The main guest is Laurie Tolson, vice president for Java at Sun Microsystems, who’ll speak about releasing Java as open source.

The Java User Group will hold regular meetings where anyone interested can hear talks on Java technologies. In the Czech Republic this will also be an opportunity to meet employees of Sun Microsystems’ Prague development center and visiting experts from abroad.

Java.cz is the JUG’s media partner. The official press release is still in preparation. Here are a few things I think I can reveal in the meantime.

• There will be an official mailing list for discussing anything important, including the group’s direction and topics for talks.
• Several interesting guests from abroad are already lined up.
• The JUG will cover more than Sun and its technologies. Talks on agile development and Scrum, and on Spring Framework 2.0, are already promised.

The JUG information is updated regularly, so keep an eye on the JUG page on Java.cz. I hope to see a good crowd at the first meeting.