Ivar Grimstad
Ivar Grimstad is the Jakarta EE Developer Advocate at Eclipse Foundation. He is a Java Champion and JUG Leader based in Sweden.
Besides advocating the Jakarta EE technologies, Ivar is contributing to the Jakarta EE specifications as well as being the PMC Lead for Eclipse Enterprise for Java (EE4J). He is also one of the specification leads for Jakarta MVC and represents Eclipse Foundation in the JCP Executive Committee.
Ivar is a frequent speaker at International developer conferences.
Proposals - Montreal 2025
Why Jakarta EE Matters to Spring - and Vice Versa
Spring incorporates and builds on a lot of the Jakarta EE APIs and technologies. This means that it is a great advantage for a Spring developer to be aware of what is going on with the Jakarta EE specifications. Jakarta EE benefits a lot from looking at what Spring does. Jakarta EE can pick up and standardize technologies and practices that have been made industry standard by Spring. This session will explore both sides of this equation.
Do I Have to Learn JavaScript to Be a Full Stack Developer?
Now that server-side rendering is having its renaissance, and the JavaScript frameworks are replicating what Java has been doing on the server side for decades, it is time to revisit these proven technologies. In this session, I will go through the benefits of server-side rendering and show how easy it is to do this with existing technologies in Java. I will also show how you can create compelling, modern web applications using only Java.
Jakarta EE Meets AI
Most of us do not write our own large language models (LLMs). We are consuming them, and integrating them into our enterprise applications. Ang guess what? Java is the perfect language for this! You don't have to learn Python or any other language for your AI integrations. This session will explore different options for Java developers and how to integrate them into your enterprise Java applications. There will be live demos!
