JavaZone 2011 - Moving Java Forward: Java SE 7 has been released, what about Java SE 8?

Java SE 7 was launched officially on 28th of July this year; the first new version of the Java platform in nearly five years. Now that various issues have been resolved, Oracle are keen to maintain the momentum of Java as a platform. In this session we'll talk briefly about Java SE 7 before discussing some the changes being made to the JCP to provide a more transparent development of new Java specifications. We'll then talk about the planned features for Java SE 8 discussing modularity and lamba expressions as well as other ideas that are being proposed for inclusion.
Simon Ritter

Simon Ritter

Simon Ritter is a Java Technology Evangelist at Oracle Corporation. Simon has been in the IT business since 1984 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Brunel University in the U.K.
Originally working in the area of UNIX development for AT&T UNIX System Labs and then Novell, Simon moved to Sun in 1996. At this time he started working with Java technology and has spent time working both in Java technology development and consultancy. Having moved to Oracle as part of the Sun acquisition he now specialises in looking at emerging technologies including cloud computing, wireless sensor networks, and gestural interfaces.