Special Event: Java 12 Launch @ Oracle HQ Redwood Shores

Special event with the Java team at Oracle HQ and the San Francisco JUG
https://www.meetup.com/sfjava/

5:30-7:00: Socializing & Food
7:00 - 8:30: Presentation and Q&A

(20 Min) Georges Saab (VP, Java Platform Development)
JDK: State of the Union

In the past two years, Java have changed in three ways that we never have before: The platform has been modularized, some components have been removed, and the pace of new releases has been accelerated. These changes aim to keep Java vibrant in an ever-changing world of competing platforms and new styles of application deployment, whether to the cloud or to app stores. Evolution can be disruptive, but evolution is not as scary as you may think, and many developers have already adjusted to them. Learn how Oracle is advancing Java to meet the productivity needs of developers in the fast changing world of technology we live in.

-- (20 Min) Bernard Traversat (VP, Java Platform Development)
Celebrating the Java 12 Launch - Shaping the Future of Java, faster!

Come celebrate the release of Java 12 and get an overview of what's new, and see a deeper dive on some of the new features such as switch expressions and the new GC enhancements. We’ll also take a peek at some of the features under development at OpenJDK for future releases and discuss when we might see them in production.

-- (40 Min) Georges Saab, Bernard Traversat, Mikael Vidstedt, Stuart Marks, Alex Buckley, and Sharat Chander
Ask the Java Experts Panel

Got a question about why Java is the way it is, or where it is going? Bring your favorite questions about the Java Platform and the Java Development Kit — past, present, or future —to this open Q&A session with key experts from Oracle's Java team.