Beyond Java 17 (Joint meetup with VDCJ)

Excited to announce the first in-person event organized by our community after quite a while!
Let’s welcome 3 amazing speakers: Mircea Vacariuc (Technical Lead @ ENDAVA, Daniela Spilcă (Java Development Consultant @ ENDAVA) and Laurențiu Spilcă (Group Java Community Lead @ ENDAVA).
Our agenda:
18.00 → 18.30: Reception & Welcome by COERA
18.30 → 19.15: Part 1 - Beyond Java 17 - Mircea Vacariuc (Technical Lead @ ENDAVA and Laurențiu Spilcă (Group Java Community Lead @ ENDAVA)
19.15 → 19:30: Snacks break
19.30 → 20:15: Part 2 - Spring Native: For slim fit Spring apps - Daniela Spilcă (Java Development Consultant @ ENDAVA)
20:15 → ∞ Pizza & Beer & Networking
Talk 1 – Beyond Java 17
Abstract: Java continues to be an emergent language with plenty of new features in the backlog waiting to be implemented.
While the language changes and adapts to today’s requirements, we, the Java developers, need to continuously learn and make us aware of what is added in the language and what will follow to be added. In this discussion, we’ll point out the main features we expect in Java in the next few versions. You’ll learn about the progress of the four main projects which give the direction of the future in Java: Loom, Valhalla, Amber, and Panama.
Speakers:
Mircea Vacariuc is an extremely dedicated Java developer currently managing a team in the Finance/Credit business domain. He's always focused on helping others upskill and makes his best to deliver high-quality code.
Laurențiu Spilcă is a dedicated development lead and trainer at Endava, where I lead the development of various projects used in various places in the world, from Europe to the US, and Asia.
As a Java instructor, he delivered thousands of hours of training to 3000+ students in the past 10 years, recently being involved in courses at the Mathematics and Informatics Faculty of Bucharest University. During the previous couple of years, he delivered presentations, tutorials, and workshops at different important events around the world: in Bucharest, New York, San Francisco, Warsaw, Belgrad, Berlin, and many more. Outside of work, he's passionate about traveling, music, and scuba diving
Talk 2 - Spring Native: For slim-fit Spring apps
Abstract: In the mo