In addition to his talk with Shane O’Rourke (IBM), Richard Fichtner will take the stage a second time at IBM TechXchange 2025 in Orlando, Florida – this time together with Bruno Souza, also a Java Champion and known as “The Brazilian Java Man.”
Their joint session: “Stronger Together: Contribute to Communities to Grow your Career and Impact the Software Industry”
(Session No. 4458)
🗓 Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 4:00–4:20 PM EDT
📍 Location: User Group Pavilion, Sandbox, OCCC (Orange County Convention Center)
In this session, Richard (XDEV) and Bruno (SouJava) will share valuable insights on how developer communities, user groups, and mentoring shape the software industry. They will demonstrate how community engagement advances careers, creates learning opportunities, and strengthens developer networks—both globally and across Europe.
More about Richard’s other talk – “Empowering Humanity: How AI is Shaping a Brighter Future, in Java” (Session No. 2886) – can be found here:
