Heather VanCura
Director and Chairperson
Biography
Heather VanCura is the Director and Chairperson of the JCP Program. She leads the JCP Executive Committee and the Program Office. In her role she is responsible for the day-to-day nurturing, support, and leadership of the community. She also is an international speaker, mentor and leader or hack days. Heather oversees the JCP.org web site, JSR management, community building, events, marketing, communications, and growth of the membership. She is also a contributor and leader of the community driven Adoption programs. Heather is the Spec Lead of the JCP.Next efforts to evolve the JCP Program, including JSR 387, Streamline the JCP Program, and JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership. Heather is passionate about Java and developer communities. She enjoys trying new sports and fitness activities in her free time.
Sessions
The Future of Java and You
This session will explore how Java development has been brought into the open over the past decade. Several Java developer efforts have brought open source development processes and new levels of transparency and participation into their communities.
The Java Community Process (JCP) program celebrates twenty years of Java standards development in 2019.
Learn about the latest Java innovations to the Java SE Platform - Java SE 10, 11, 12 and beyond.
Since the initiation of efforts to expand the developer participation in the Java community, Java standards development is more open that it ever has been.
Learn how to take part in the Java developer community and the upcoming changes to Java - you can participate as an individual, corporation, or nonprofit such as a Java user group (JUG).
This session answers questions about why and how to participate in the evolution of the Java platform. You will also learn about the global Adoption programs and how you can participate in contributing to the future of Java.
Language:English
Audience Level:All
Talk Format:Talk (~30-45 minutes)
