Oracle Java Developer Day

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9:00 AM~~8:00 PM~~(GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria~~April 12, 2014~~April 12, 2014

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April 12, 2014
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM

The Forum
1st floor, Wanderers Building The Campus Office Park,
Cnr Sloane Street & Main Road Bryanston
Johannesburg
South Africa

Highlights

Oracle Java Developer Day: Make the Future Java

You are invited to attend this year’s Oracle Java Developer Day, a FREE whole day event of hands on labs and sessions, where you will get a chance to hear about the new features of Java SE 8 from Oracle’s Java experts as well as to find out more about Java from Java User Group Community leaders.

Join us to network with peers and Oracle experts while learning about the new features of Java SE 8, and more.

Agenda

09:30 - 10:15

Keynote: Make the Future Java - Simon Ritter, Head of Java Technology Evangelism, Oracle UK

10:15 - 11:15

Java EE 7 – David Delabassee, Java EE Evangelist Oracle Belgium

11:15 - 12:00

55 New Features in Java SE 8 - Simon Ritter, Head of Java Technology Evangelism

12:00 - 12:45

Lunch Pizza and drinks

12:45 - 13:30

Speaker: Richard Kolb - Jozi Java User Group Community Leader
Topic: Modernizing your approach to Java development in South Africa by developing more simply and smartly.

13:30 - 14:30

Coffee with Dessert: Java and Raspberry Pie - Simon Ritter, Head of Java Technology Evangelism Oracle UK

14:30 - 15:15

Speaker: Justin Wyer - Software Developer, ThoughtWorks South Africa
Topic: Indie Enterprise Development. Creating your custom 'enterprise' stack in a Java SE application.

15:15 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 16:15

Speaker: Mark Clarke Jozi Java User Group Community Leader
Topic: Java game programming with libgdx - A overview of the features and capabilities of the libgdx api for games programming.

16:15 - 17:15

Lambdas and Functions in Java SE 8 - Simon Ritter, Head of Java Technology Evangelism Oracle UK

17:15 - 20:00

Lambda programming Hands on Lab/Raspberry Pi Hackathon

Speakers

	Richard Kolb Richard is a regular speaker and community leader at the Jozi JUG. He is also a test driven development evangelist, XML programming and boilerplate code hatter. His new passion is developing the next generation of Java developers in South Africa.
	Simon Ritter Simon Ritter manages the Java Technology Evangelist team 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 development and consultancy. Having moved to Oracle as part of the Sun acquisition he now focuses on the core Java platform, Java for client applications and embedded Java. He also continues to develop demonstrations that push the boundaries of Java for applications like gestural interfaces, embedded robot controllers and in-car systems. Follow him on Twitter, @speakjava, and his blog at blogs.oracle.com/speakjava.
	David Delabassee David is a Java EE Evangelist working for Oracle. Prior to Oracle, David spent a decade at Sun Microsystems focusing on Java end-to-end (from the smart card to the high end server), related technologies and the developer tools. In his various roles, David has been involved in numerous Java projects since the early days of this technology. David lives in Belgium and in his spare time, he enjoy tinkering and playing with technologies such as Java, Arduino, Linux, Home Automation, etc. You can follow David on Twitter under @delabassee

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