Champion

Ivar Grimstad

Eclipse Foundation

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 on the JCP Executive Committee.
Ivar is also involved in various other open-source projects and communities. He is a frequent speaker at International developer conferences.

Badges 12

Talks 22

  1. Devoxx Morocco 2025

    Duke on CRaC with Jakarta EE

    November 2025Programming languages

  2. Devoxx Morocco 2024

    A Journey of Contribution and Collaboration in Open Source

    October 2024People & Culture

  3. Devoxx Belgium 2023

    From Spring Boot 2 to Spring Boot 3 with Java 21 and Jakarta EE

    October 2023Server Side Java▶ Watch

  4. Devoxx Belgium 2023

    Prepare for Jakarta EE 11!

    October 2023Server Side Java▶ Watch

  5. Devoxx Belgium 2023

    Jakarta EE Community BOF

    October 2023Server Side Java

  6. Devoxx UK 2023

    Modern and Lightweight Cloud Application Development with Jakarta EE 10

    May 2023java

  7. Devoxx Greece 2023

    Develop Modern and Lightweight Cloud Applications with Jakarta EE 10

    May 2023Server Side Java

  8. Devoxx Belgium 2022

    Jakarta EE 10 - Simplicity for Modern and Lighweight Cloud Applications

    October 2022Server Side Java▶ Watch

  9. Devoxx Belgium 2022

    The Jakarta EE BOF

    October 2022Server Side Java

  10. Devoxx Poland 2022

    Get Ready for Jakarta EE 10!

    June 2022java

  11. Devoxx UK 2021

    Jakarta EE Core Profile - A Slimmer Jakarta EE

    November 2021java

  12. Devoxx Belgium 2019

    Microservice patterns - implemented by eclipse microprofile

    November 2019Server Side Java▶ Watch

  13. Devoxx Belgium 2019

    Beyond jakarta ee 8, by and for the jakarta community

    November 2019Server Side Java▶ Watch

  14. Devoxx Belgium 2019

    Jakarta ee community bof

    November 2019Server Side Java

  15. Devoxx Ukraine 2019

    Jakarta ee: past, present and future

    November 2019Server Side Java▶ Watch

  16. Devoxx Belgium 2018

    The jakarta ee community bof - relocated

    November 2018Server Side Java

  17. Devoxx Belgium 2018

    Implementing microservices with jakarta ee and microprofile

    November 2018Server Side Java▶ Watch

  18. Devoxx Belgium 2018

    Jakartaee - the new home of cloud native java

    November 2018Server Side Java▶ Watch

  19. Devoxx UK 2018

    Java ee, ee4j and now jakarta ee?

    May 2018ssj

  20. Devoxx Belgium 2017

    Opening up java ee: panel discussion

    November 2017Server Side Java▶ Watch

  21. Devoxx Belgium 2015

    How to Break Your Daily Routine - 20 Ways of Commuting to Work

    November 2015Methodology & Culture

  22. Devoxx Belgium 2015

    MVC 1.0 - by Example

    November 2015ssj▶ Watch