Track Overview
Modern Java
Java is a trusted friend which continues to grow, flex, and surprise us. But with new capabilities come new questions. Is Java cloud native? How do I make reactive work for me? How do I know if what we’re making actually, you know, works? Am I missing a trick? What capabilities am I not taking advantage of?
In this track we will explore the ways modern Java can make our life better … once we know where to look. We’ll see what’s new and what’s on the horizon in the Java language. We’ll also hear from practitioners about what’s giving them headaches and, most importantly, how they fixed it.
Hear from over 60+ innovative senior software engineers across multiple domains at QCon Plus (May 10-20) as they share their real-world implementation of emerging trends and practices to help you adopt the right patterns and practices.
Holly Cummins
Senior Technical Staff Member & Innovation Leader @IBMFrom this track
Deterministic, Reproducible, Unsurprising Releases in the Serverless Era
Wednesday May 11 / 09:00AM EDT
Serverless has many advantages, to reap the benefits from this recent paradigm your application must tackle new challenges. Testing and traceability introduce some new considerations that may take by surprise even the most seasoned Java developer.In this session we will explore...
Ix-chel Ruiz
DA, Senior Software Developer @jFrog
Project Loom: Revolution in Java Concurrency or Obscure Implementation Detail?
Wednesday May 11 / 10:10AM EDT
Loom’s promise: simplify concurrency the way garbage collection simplified memory management. It became transparent and almost forgettable. It's an effort to bring lightweight threads to the JVM. Such threads have low memory and scheduling footprint so that you can create millions of...
Tomasz Nurkiewicz
Java Champion and CTO @DevSkiller
Staying JDK: Current in Production
Wednesday May 11 / 11:20AM EDT
At the time of Qcon London, Java will have been on a fast release cadence for almost 5 years. This talk addresses the less often mentioned aspect: adopting JDK upgrades. I will discuss different perspectives towards Java upgrades and possible migration paths. How to plan and execute an...
Andrzej Grzesik
Platform @RevolutApp
Securing Java Applications in the Age of Log4Shell
Wednesday May 11 / 12:30PM EDT
Due to unforseen circumstances, the speaker is no longer available for a Q&A. Please post any questions you have in the Announcement Slack channel.On December 10th 2021, a new critical vulnerability, Log4Shell, was publicly disclosed and make global headlines. It impacted a wide number of...
Simon Maple
Field CTO @snyksec
Speakers from this track
Ix-chel Ruiz
DA, Senior Software Developer @jFrog
Ix-chel Ruiz has developed software application & tools since 2000. Her research interests include Java, dynamic languages, client-side technologies and testing. Java Champion, Ground breaker ambassador, hackergarten enthusiast, Open Source advocate, author, public speaker and mentor.
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Tomasz Nurkiewicz
Java Champion and CTO @DevSkiller
Spent half of his life on programming, for the last decade professionally in Java land. Loves back-end and data visualization. Passionate about alternative JVM languages. Disappointed with the quality of software written these days (so often by himself!), hates long methods and hidden side...
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Andrzej Grzesik
Platform @RevolutApp
Ags likes distributed systems in all shapes and form. Coding since the age of 8, loves simplicity and continuous delivery. While he has written in many languages, he favours the JVM. Since "most software problems are people problems", he stirs communities, organizes and speaks at...
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Simon Maple
Field CTO @snyksec
Simon Maple is the Field CTO at Snyk, a Java Champion since 2014, JavaOne Rockstar speaker in 2014 and 2017, Duke’s Choice award winner, Virtual JUG founder and organiser, and London Java Community co-leader. He is an experienced speaker, having presented at JavaOne, DevoxxBE, UK, & FR,...
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Track Host
Holly Cummins
Quarkus Senior Principal Software Engineer @RedHat
Holly Cummins is a Senior Principal Software Engineer on the Red Hat Quarkus team and a Java Champion. Before joining Red Hat, Holly was a long time IBMer. In her time at IBM, Holly has been a full-stack javascript developer, a WebSphere Liberty build architect, a client-facing consultant, a JVM...
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