# Foojay Podcast #49: JCON Report, Part 1 - JUGs, Communities, Generative AI, and more!

> On Tuesday, May 14th, the Foojay Podcast went live at the JCON conference in Cologne, Germany, to talk with speakers and visitors about all things Java.

- URL: https://foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-49/
- Published: 2024-05-21
- Authors: Frank Delporte, Geertjan Wielenga, Mary Grygleski, Richard Fichtner, Soham Dasgupta
- Categories: Conference, Java Core, JUGs, Machine Learning, Podcast


On Tuesday, May 14th, the Foojay Podcast went live at the JCON conference in Cologne, Germany, to talk with speakers and visitors about all things Java.

We had so many amazing talks that we will combine them into several podcast episodes in the next weeks.

This is part 1 about JUGs, Communities, Open Source, Generative AI, LangChain4j, Machine Learning!

## Video

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## Content

00:26 Geertjan Wielenga: Founding father of Foojay.io  
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/geertjanwielenga/>  

01:18 Markus Kett: Organizer JCON and JUG Oberpfalz  
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/markuskett/>  

04:47 Richard Fichtner: Organizer JCON and JUG Oberpfalz  
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardfichtner/>  

07:04 Jonathan Vila: Organizing Communities, JUGs, and events + Sonar, how can tools be both available for free and still make a profit as a company  
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanvila/>  

14:55 Soham Dasgupta: Community spirit, Talks about Generative AI  
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/dasguptasoham/>  

21:29 Mary Grygleski: Volunteer at JCON, Organizing Chicago JUG, Talks about Generative AI  
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-grygleski/>  

30:16 Mohammed Aboullaite: Java and Machine Learning and training models  
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/aboullaite/>   

37:16 Simon de Groot and Richelle Bussenius: Organizing NLJUG, conferences, communities, and Masters Of Java  
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-de-groot-ab832a169>  
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/richellebussenius>