DevNexus 2015 will be held on March 10-12 in Atlanta. If you are a US based developer and do not know about DevNexus, you are definitely missing out. DevNexus was started a few years ago as an initiative by the Atlanta Java User Group (now one of the largest Java user groups in the world) and Burr Sutter (one of the earliest Java champions). Since then DevNexus has grown to become one of the largest Java leaning conferences in the US, perhaps second only to JavaOne. I've spoken at the conference a few times over the years. This year's roster is unsurprisingly impressive both in terms of speakers and content. Java EE has a strong showing including a few talks from me.

Below are the talks that might interest you if you are a Java EE fan (the schedule is not quite final yet so do stay tuned to the conference agenda for changes):

Down and Dirty with Java EE 7: This is essentially our flagship lab/workshop at the moment covering Java EE 7. It has always proven popular so far and it is a great way to get some hands-on experience with Java EE 7. The materials for the lab is always available here. The lab is largely intended to be self-guided so you should be able to take advantage of the material even if you can't attend the lab in person. This will be my first talk at the conference.

JMS.Next(): JMS 2.0 and Beyond: This is essentially an overview of JMS 2 (already in Java EE 7), with a bit of an early preview of JMS 2.1 (to be included in Java EE 8). The slides for the talk are available here. This will be my second talk at the conference.

Java Persistence API: This session is a good mix of the basics, best practices and real world adoption stories for JPA. It's a talk by Jason Porter. Jason is a good speaker, a long time Java EE advocate and a Red Hat engineer.

HTTP 2.0 comes to Java. What Servlet 4.0 means to you: This session will discuss what's in HTTP 2 and what that means for the next major revision of the foundational Servlet specification. I would say this is a must-attend for all server-side Java developers. My friend, colleague and Servlet specification lead Ed Burns is giving this talk. Ed is a brilliant speaker that's always a pleasure to listen to.

Java EE 8: A Community Update: This is essentially a high level overview of what's coming in Java EE 8. This should be my last talk at the conference. Besides covering the current state of Java EE 8 I will also talk about how you can get involved in the process including through highly inclusive programs like Adopt-a-JSR. The slides for the talk are here.

Hope to see you at the conference? Besides giving my talks I will be attending a few talks myself as time allows. As always never hesitate to stop me if there is something I can help with. I'll also bring along some Java/Java EE goodies you are welcome to.