Name: Georges Saab & CJUG @ Windy City DevFest 2023
Start: 2023-10-24T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-10-24T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Convene

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The [Windy City DevFest ](https://windycity.devfest.io/)will take place next Tuesday, Oct 24, at [Convene (333 North Green Street](https://convene.com/locations/chicago/333-north-green-street/) in one of our city's hippest neighborhoods - Fulton Market). Several of the Chicago area technical communities will be participating in this wonderful event, including us - CJUG! We are very honored that [Georges Saab,](https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgessaab/) Senior Vice President, Software Development - Java Platform Group at Oracle, will be presenting a keynote talk (at 6pm).

We'd like to thank the [GOTO-Chicago organization](https://windycity.devfest.io/), the sponsoring companies: [Spantree](https://spantree.net/), [TAG](https://www.teamtag.com/), [Google](https://www.google.com/), as well as the support of the [Google Developers Group - Chicago Chapter](https://gdg.community.dev/gdg-chicago/), for making this event possible, and completely [FREE](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/windy-city-devfest-2023-tickets-729485088537).

The program consists of a number of speakers on several tracks, who will be speaking on a variety of topics. Food and beverages as well as dinner will be served, all free of charge!

***Agenda (US Central Time / Chicago):***
2:00pm Registration - Get your badge
2:45pm Kick-Off
3:00pm 1st set of talks (15-min break)
4:00pm 2nd set of talks (15-min break)
5:00pm - Dinner!
6:00pm 3rd set of talks (15-min break)
7:00pm 4th and last set of talks
7:45pm Wrap-up / Closing
8:15pm After-party and social mingling
9:00pm Lights off

***Keynote Presentation by George Saab (6pm):***

**The Java Renaissance**

Java 21 is here and with it exciting times for the Java ecosystem. Georges Saab, the SVP of Java development at Oracle and Chair of the OpenJDK Governing Board will reflect on the factors that have brought a new wave of enthusiasm for Java and why the future is bright for this perennial favorite platform. Learn more about how features are selected for Java and how they will help you solve your biggest development challenges.

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[Georges Saab](https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgessaab/) is Senior Vice President of Software Development for the Java Platform Group at [Oracle](https://www.oracle.com). His group is responsible for Java Standard Edition including the Java language, core libraries, and Java Virtual Machine.

Saab is a 25-year veteran of programming language and platform development. His work with the Java platform began as a developer of Java Standard Edition at JavaSoft and Sun Microsystems, where he was a founder of the Swing group and Java Webstart, and continued as he ran development of the JRockit JVM for many years at BEA Systems. Saab is the chairperson of the OpenJDK governing board. 

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