About BaselOne
Long before the first conference in 2017, the Java User Group Switzerland and representatives of the former Canoo Engineering AG organized annual evening events with talks straight from JavaOne. But there was a bigger picture in the protagonists’ minds: a picture of a software development conference in and for the tri-border region.
JavaBasel – the predecessor of today’s BaselOne – was thus created within three months. However, the organizers decided to establish an association and build a solid foundation for future events.
In the meantime, the association members have changed slightly. The one-day conference has become a two-day event with a separate workshop day. Plus, the name of the conference also changed. However, the spirit, the intention of the organizers and many faces are still the same. BaselOne – a success story that is still far from ending.
The association
The association BaselOne was established in 2017. Its purpose is to foster the know-how and network of computer scientists, in particular software developers, in the Basel area (BS, BL, AG) and the tri-border region.
Thus, the association organizes and runs specialist events and promotes knowledge transfer and networking between computer scientists. The association does not pursue any commercial purposes and does not aim to make a profit.
Association members
Karakun AG
Karakun AG is a software engineering company headquartered in Basle. Karakun offers comprehensive services from supporting organizations in optimizing software and process landscapes up to end-to-end development of high-quality software solutions based on Java and web technologies. Furthermore, Karakun offers comprehensive expertise in language analytics based on linguistic-, statistic- and AI-based algorithms.
Helvetia
Schweizerische Versicherungsgesellschaft AG
Helvetia is more than just a traditional insurance company. Through our smart finance and insurance solutions, we offer a complete service package. Dependable support, reliable cooperation and trust-based relationships are key aspects of our stakeholder interaction.
Kanton Basel-Stadt
Shaping Basel-Stadt as an attractive place to live and work is a demanding task and requires the collaboration of specialists with a wide range of qualifications. That is why we employ people from over 100 different professions and around 50 fields of study. They all work together for our joint success.
ERNI Schweiz AG
ERNI is a Swiss software engineering company with more than 800 employees and offices in 8 countries. ERNI develops complex technological solutions for projects in various industries such as automotive, medtech, telecommunications and many more.
Innofuse GmbH
Innofuse, the interdisciplinary network for innovation, connects industry and academic stakeholders through AI-supported matchmaking algorithms, fostering collaboration in a legally secure environment.
Organisers
The heads of the organising committee
Dominik Berger
Kanton Basel-Stadt
Dominik Berger is a passionate software enthusiast, coach and trainer at IT BS, and he’s all in! He founded the software architecture group ArchiB@le in 2011 and has been actively involved since the founding of JUG Basel in 2012. He is also one of the founders and president of BaselOne.
With over 25 years of experience in software projects, Dominik is an expert in agile coaching, team empowerment, business solutions, software architecture, content management systems and project management. His knowledge and passion make him an extremely valuable part of our team.
Dirk Kress
Karakun AG
Dirk is Marketing Manager at Karakun AG in Basel and a founding member of BaselOne. In addition to his marketing expertise and organizing skills, Dirk is also involved in the association as treasurer.
Dirk is a strong advocate of the open source idea. He also believes in the power of the community – making him a perfect match for BaselOne.
Klaus Gekeler
Helvetia
Schweizerische Versicherungsgesellschaft AG
Klaus is a software developer and solution architect at Helvetia.
He is interested in different types of knowledge transfer. For him the manyfold interactions inside a team and collaboration across domains are main motivational factors.
Klaus is a passionate cyclist, nature lover and fan of sustainablity.
Michela Schorta
Innofuse GmbH
Michela is an experienced Java developer with over 10 years in the field. She is currently one of the co-founders and the CTO of Innofuse, having previously spent 3 years at ERNI as a developer and team lead. She strongly believes that collaborative efforts lead to greater success. Michela views conferences not only as platforms for knowledge sharing but also as essential venues for building valuable connections and discovering innovative ideas and approaches in the ever-evolving landscape of software development.
Florian Stampe
As an enthusiastic team player and conference fan, he is convinced that joint efforts and further training are not only a key to further education but also bring joy.
Florian has been working for over 15 years in developer and team leader roles with various technologies in the Java world. This includes Java SE, Java EE and Android since version 1.6 in both industrial and open source contexts.
Program Committee
The heads of the organising committee
Ix-chel Ruiz
Ix-chel Ruiz has developed software application & tools since 2000. Her research interests include Java, dynamic languages, client-side technologies and testing. Java Champion, Oracle Developer Champion, hackergarten enthusiast, Open Source advocate, public speaker and mentor.
Marcus Fihlon
Marcus Fihlon has been developing software for more than three decades and has worked with Java since the late 90s. Marcus is the founding member and organizer of the monthly Hackergarten in Lucerne and is involved in several open source projects. Since 2017, he is a member of the board of the Java User Group Switzerland and Kotlin Swiss User Group and responsible for organizing events and workshops in central Switzerland. Marcus publishes articles in professional journals and as a compensation, he travels a lot with his bike, on which a “Duke” gives him the direction reliably.
Urs Joss
Urs Joss has been working professionally as a software developer for more than 20 years, mostly using Java. Urs joined Optravis LLC in 2018 as a Kotlin developer and has loved to code in Kotlin ever since. Urs is involved in a couple of open-source projects, loves to participate in JUG events, hackergarten meetings, or the Basel kotlin user group. He joined the BaselOne program committee to be able to return a bit of time and effort to the Basel developer community.
Frank Baier
Frank is a Domain Architect Non-Life at Helvetia Switzerland, following the merger of Baloise and Helvetia. He is holding a degree in computer science from HTWG Konstanz and joined Baloise in 2003. As architect he led core platform projects based on JavaEE and played a key role in shaping Baloise’s SOA strategy and integration architecture, driving its evolution into REST and event-driven architecture based on Apache Kafka. Over the past four years he has been working on a next-generation insurance claims platform built on Guidewire, SpringBoot, REST, and Kafka. In recent months, he introduced agentic engineering based on ClaudeCode into the project.
Matthias Cullmann
Matthias Cullmann is a Senior AI Consultant at the Helvetia Baloise Group. Over the past 20 years, he has worked as a developer, architect, release engineer, Scrum Master, project manager, technical lead and director.
His values are openness, knowledge-sharing, teamwork and sustainability.
Christian Kleinbölting
Christian Kleinbölting is a senior software developer at DaSCH – Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities (University of Basel) and has been writing software for more than a decade. He has worked on various fields such as software architecture, distributed systems, as well as functional and reactive system engineering with both Java and Scala. Ask him about functional style java, test driven development or event driven architecture.
Michela Schorta
Michela is an experienced Java developer with over 10 years in the field. She is currently one of the co-founders and the CTO of Innofuse, having previously spent 3 years at ERNI as a developer and team lead. She strongly believes that collaborative efforts lead to greater success. Michela views conferences not only as platforms for knowledge sharing but also as essential venues for building valuable connections and discovering innovative ideas and approaches in the ever-evolving landscape of software development.
François Martin
François Martin is a Senior Software Engineer at Karakun AG in Basel and is passionate about developing high-quality applications. He is a co-author of the open-source JavaFX frameworks WorkbenchFX and PreferencesFX, and organises the Basel-based ‘Hackergarten’ to help developers get started with open-source projects.
François is an Oracle ACE Associate and co-author of the ISTQB syllabus for test analysts (version 4.0).
Iryna Dohndorf
Iryna is a software developer at Karakun. She completed her PhD in Computer Science at Dortmund Technical University in 2017 and has been working as a postdoctoral researcher since 2018. Her research focuses on formal methods in computer science, stochastic modelling, simulation and optimisation.
Iryna is a passionate interdisciplinary researcher and software developer and actively collaborates with researchers from various disciplines, computer scientists and engineers. Following her postdoctoral research, she worked as a software developer, researcher and scientific consultant at the University Library of Ruhr University Bochum, where her work included developing software using Java technologies.
Peter Palaga
Peter Palaga is Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat Integration. His work focuses primarily on porting Apache Camel components to Quarkus. He enjoys tinkering with build tools, particularly mvnd – the Maven daemon. In the past, he worked on Red Hat Fuse, JBoss EAP and other Red Hat middleware products. Further information can be found at https://peter.palaga.org/.
Patrick Baumgartner
Patrick Baumgartner is a Java Champion, passionate software crafter, and technical agile coach at 42talents. He helps teams build elegant, simple, and robust solutions, specializing in cloud software with Java, the Spring ecosystem, and other open-source technologies.
Patrick is an active member of the Software Craft, Java, and Agile communities in Switzerland. As a trainer and coach, he focuses on making a real impact by sharing knowledge, experimenting, and fostering continuous improvement. He enjoys learning with and from others.
Patrick Pfeifer
Patrick Pfeifer is an experienced IT expert and Senior Software Engineering Consultant at ERNI Schweiz AG. As a specialist in software development and consultancy, he supports companies in implementing modern digital solutions.
Code of conduct
All visitors, speakers, sponsors and volunteers of BaselOne must comply with the following code of conduct. It will be enforced by staff throughout the entire event. We request the cooperation of all attendees to make this conference a safe and enjoyable place for all.
We want to provide a harassment-free conference experience for our attendees. “Harassment” includes, but is not limited to, offensive statements about gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance such as stature, ethnicity or religious affiliation (or lack thereof), sexually explicit depictions in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, unwanted photography or recording, repeated disruption of presentations and other events, unwanted physical contact, and unwanted sexual attraction.
Participants who were warned about such behaviour must stop it immediately.
This code of conduct also applies to sponsors. In particular, sponsors should ensure they do not use sexualizing images, activities or other advertising material. Stand personnel (including volunteers) should ensure that they do not wear sexualised clothing or otherwise create a sexualized environment.
Should participants show offensive behaviour, the conference staff are free to take the measures they consider appropriate. That includes warnings and even expulsion from the conference. In the event of a ban, there is no entitlement to a refund of the ticket price.
If you feel harassed or notice that someone else is being harassed or other problems arise, contact a member of the event staff immediately. You recognize them by their correspondingly marked t-shirts.
We expect all participants to comply with these rules throughout the conference, the workshops and on all other occasions in connection with this conference.