With Java advancing toward its 30th anniversary, Oracle will hold its annual JavaOne conference next week, centering around the Java language, the evolution of the Java platform, and the role of Java in areas such as generative AI and machine learning.
The March 18-20 event will be at the Oracle campus in Redwood City, Calif., just about two months ahead of Java’s 30th anniversary on May 23. The conference will have a three-pronged theme: the platform evolution toward a better, faster, and smaller Java; a look back on 30 years of Java; and a look ahead toward the future of Java and its use cases. Perhaps one of the highlights of the event, officially called JavaOne 2025, will be a keynote presentation by the former CEO of Java founder Sun Microsystems, Scott McNealy.
JavaOne 2025 also will host the introduction of Java Development Kit 24, the latest release of the JDK with 24 new features including garbage collection improvements, improved virtual threads, and quantum-resistant algorithms. Topics such as using Java for AI model training and deployment, and using AI assistants for Java development, also will feature in the program.
