JavaOne goes virtual
JavaOne is underway in Redwood City and is offering virtual keynotes on YouTube, letting locals tap into the tech event without traveling noted. The hybrid setup makes it easy to follow key announcements from home while staying on family schedules.
Java 26 is scheduled for release on March 17, 2026, and the opening keynote — titled "Java for an AI World" — is set for 15:00 UTC hosted by Nicolai and Mikael Vidstedt. (youtube.com) March 18 is programmed as "Java Next," featuring core-JDK deep dives and speakers such as Brian Goetz, Per‑Åke Minborg and Aurelio García‑Ribeyro on topics like pattern matching, lazy constants and JVM diagnosis. (dev.java) The event framework lists about 50 speakers and plans for an onsite audience of roughly 700 attendees at the Oracle Conference Center, plus hands‑on labs, a sponsor pavilion and an attendee party. (jcp.org) Oracle’s featured-speakers roster names core architects and community leaders — including Brian Goetz, Paul Sandoz, Heather Stephens and Venkat Subramaniam — across technical and community tracks. (oracle.com) Major vendors are running sessions on Java + AI this year; Microsoft’s Java blog details talks like "Copilot in Your Java Tooling" and "Production‑Ready GenAI with Open Models for Java Teams." (devblogs.microsoft.com) Session registration and the full program remain available in the official session catalog, and promotional material tied to event videos references a $100 onsite-ticket discount code "J12026YTCT." (reg.rf.oracle.com)
