During last 12 months, I attended over 18 conferences, but one of them was truly unique – JCrete.

For those who have not heard about it – it’s a full-week unconference held in Kolymbari, Chania, Crete.

One of the interesting facts is that attendees consisted mostly of active community members(Java Champions, speakers, book authors, consultants, conference organizers, entrepreneurs) invited by unorganizers. One could always apply, but those applications were considered last if you were not in one of the groups mentioned above.

There were no tickets; no sponsor stands – everything was crowd-funded by attendees.

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