Every year at PHILOSHOPIC we have a Kick-off event to reflect on last years performance, celebrate accomplishments and align the team around the objectives and targets for the year. This year, the company organised a 2-day trip to Kalopanayiotis on the 25-26 February, with various events planned, including seminars, brainstorm sessions, board game challenges, lovely food, nature walks, fun in the snowy Troodos mountains, and quality time together as a team including our partners in life. The process started with pre-kick off sessions in our office the week before and some post-event activities the following 2 weeks.

The 2023 Kick-Off event was a great opportunity to come together, reinforce the company’s culture and team spirit, and develop momentum to achieve the goals set for 2023. Every PHILOSHOPER had the opportunity to contribute to sessions around improving our processes as well as to learn on our solutions roadmaps, the key wins we had in the previous years and the main areas we shall focus in 2023. For the first time, we all had the opportunity to be accompanied by our partners in life and kids, realizing the vast diversity of our extended work-family in terms of nationalities!

After 2 days filled with work and fun related activities each PHILOSHOPER remains committed to serve our customers, expand our portfolio and be more productive and fun while at work. A post-event survey will provide guidance on what to keep and what to improve in future kick-off events where we expect to have new PHILOSHOPERS joining and more customer successes to share! The entire team is grateful for what we have achieved together in 2022 and excited for 2023 and what it can bring to our team, our customers and each PHILOSHOPER’s professional development!

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Devoxx, is a developer community event that takes place every year in Belgium. This year during Monday the 10^th until Friday the 14^th in October, the conference comprised of 5 full days of sessions where the developer community got together, networked, listened to inspiring talks from industry-leading experts, and explored the latest trends in technology. Java, Cloud, Big Data, Security, Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Programming Languages, Methodologies and Developer Culture made up the key topics discussed at the event.

PHILOSHOPERS once more could not be absent from such event. This year, our developers Kyriaki and Georgia had the opportunity to attend Devoxx. From conferences and deep dives, that talked about topics in detail, to tools-in-action and hands-on labs, that presented new technologies and were interactive, it was an excellent chance for them to develop professionally and grow their career by networking, learning new skills, and finding out what’s new in the developer world.

PHILOSHOPERS also never miss the chance to explore each place they go. Therefore, our developers made sure to enjoy the beautiful scenery and walk around the impressive streets of one of the largest cities in Belgium, Antwerp. The city, known as the diamond capital of the world, had a rich experience to offer.

There are a lot of interesting things about Belgium. French fries were invented there, as well as spas, cricket, and the theory of the big bang. Also, some of the world’s best painters originate from Belgium and it has the greatest number of castles per square mile in the world. Even the fact that Belgium’s national symbol is that of a urinating boy, makes it a truly unique country.

At PHILOSHOPIC we might be able to live without coffee, but we cannot imagine a world without chocolate. Our developers, as you might expect, adventured into Antwerp’s chocolate museum, and brought us back some of Belgium’s finest souvenirs – chocolate!

We look forward to next year’s Devoxx!

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Norway is known for its stunning Fjords, Northern Lights, Viking heritage, and even heart-shaped waffles! But something that people may not know about is Norway’s JavaZone conference, which has actual Vikings participating, well, sort of. The community event was held in Oslo during the 7^th and 8^th of September and organised for developers to learn new things, share knowledge, and socialise. Stella and Vasilis from our back-end software development team attended the two full days of inspiring presentations, engaging workshop sessions, networking, fun games, and parties.

“I attended the JavaZone event mainly to gain insight on new tools and technologies but also generally elevate my experience as a developer. There were many ideas and new technologies that we were introduced to that can be of use to our processes at PHILOSHOPIC. The conference was also lots of fun, filled with exciting challenges/games held by the conference partners, and a great party with DJs, bands, and lots of beer! The experience overall was incredible. It was the perfect combination of educational, enjoyable, and inspiring. It was also impressive to see the Norwegian technology ecosystem and the way they are self-sustained as a country in the field, and how beautiful the country is itself.” — Vasilis Verras

We strongly believe that to create something amazing we must do something amazing. That’s why we invest in getting our PHILOSHOPERS to attend conferences around the world, bring back updates about what’s new in their field of expertise, expand their knowledge and grow professionally, as well as get inspired and have great experiences.

JavaZone Website

Vikings in action at JavaZone Video