LJC Winter Unconference 2026
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The LJC is delighted to announce our 21st Unconference!
Join us for a full day of discussions, knowledge sharing, learning, and networking with other developers in the industry.
There will be an opening keynote session followed by breakout discussion groups on the topics which are important to you. Catering is of course included, with a steady stream of coffee as well as breakfast on arrival, lunch and even afternoon tea.
Keynote Speaker
Holly Cummins, Senior Technical Staff Member, Quarkus, IBM
Java and The Infinite Game
Does Java matter in the age of AI? What problem are we even trying to solve anymore? Are we still having fun? In this talk Holly will explain why Java very much matters, and why it's a great choice for modern development. She'll survey the current technology landscape to show how Java is delivering wins in sustainability, maintainability, and longevity. These translate into resource efficiency, time efficiency, and token efficiency. There will be numbers. There will be demos. There will be TUIs, and tools. There will be pictures, and possibly even explosions.
Speaker Bio
Holly Cummins is a Senior Technical Staff Member on the IBM Quarkus team and a Java Champion. Over her career, Holly has been a full-stack javascript developer, a build architect, a client-facing consultant, a JVM performance engineer, and an innovation leader. Holly has led projects to understand climate risks, count fish, help a blind athlete run ultra-marathons in the desert solo, and invent stories (although not at all the same time). She gets worked up about sustainability, technical empathy, extreme programming, the importance of proper testing, and automating all the things. You can find her at https://hollycummins.com, or follow her on socials at @holly_cummins.
What is an Unconference?
An unconference is a loosely structured, participant-driven meeting. You decide what you want to talk and hear about and which topics you want to discuss. It starts with an empty schedule - no topics are mandated and no separations are made between speakers and the audience. All participants work out a schedule by suggesting, planning, holding, and evaluating sessions, collaboratively. Above all else, it's great fun, whether you want to learn or share it's a supportive and safe space to do it in.
This is an in-person event, kindly hosted by IBM.
Thank you to our sponsors Hazelcast, Redis, Capital One, and Recworks.