"OpenJDK, the JCP and JUGs: become a beyond senior expert" + "Schema Registries"

Agenda (preliminary)

18:00 doors Open
18:20 welcome, doors closing soon
18:30 Centralising and automating your API contracts using a schema registry
19:30 Networking
20:00 OpenJDK, the JCP and JUGs: contributing to Java to become a beyond senior expert
21:00 networking

Talk 1: Centralising and automating your API contracts using a schema registry
No matter if REST or message-based, your APIs need to change. Describing the API using OpenAPI or some other specification language is good. But how to make sure all affected parties have the same version of the API spec and that spec changes don't happen before all API users are ready? Let's discover how schema registries can bring order and automation in this. We'll take a look at how you can use them with Java and why the choice of the schema specification language matters.
Speaker bio: Marián Varga has worked with Java for more than 20 years. He wrote the book Mastering RESTful Web Services with Java and keeps helping software development projects get their integrations right.

About Marián Varga
Marián Varga is a freelance software engineer with over 20 years of professional experience. In his work he connects software systems as well as the people involved. He publishes his thoughts on his blog dastalvi.com/blog and is a co-author of an upcoming book about REST APIs with Java.

Talk 2: OpenJDK, the JCP and JUGs: contributing to Java to become a beyond senior expert

The Java technology evolves through 3 main pillars: open source, standards and community participation.
This interactive presentation will show what happens behind the scenes in those processes, how you can participate, and practical ways you can use Java's evolution to build technical expertise, and advance your career beyond the senior level.
In this session you will:
- Understand the secret Java Champions use to build technical expertise
- How to think like Java's main architect, and build impact in your project and beyond
- How to use Java's pillars to build a growth spiral for your own career

About Bruno Souza
Since 1995, Bruno Souza has been helping Java developers advance their careers and work on exciting projects. A recognized Java Evangelist and Java Champion, as well as a board member of the Java Community Process, Bruno founded and leads SouJava, the Brazilian Java Users Society. In his book, “Developer Career Masterplan,” Bruno shares insights on career development for senior developers, topics he further explores in his Code4.life project.