It's a great time to be a Java developer! Java turned 25 this year. If discovery marked the growing years, the post-teen years have witnessed a new pragmatic cadence that signals increased productivity, both to the language and the ecosystem.

is marching to a new beat. New releases are coming at a faster rate than ever, with a six-month release cadence. This pace is a significant change from Java’s previous cycle of one large release every few years. As a Java developer, you are certainly in for a treat with innovations presented to you twice a year — you get access to new APIs, functions, language additions, and JVM updates much faster than ever before.

This virtual panel with experts Sharat Chander, Mala Gupta, Stuart Marks, Dalia Abo Sheasha, and Dr. Venkat Subramaniam will walk you through the latest new features that can rev up your deployments, discuss issues that relate to migration, offer tips and guidelines to make the best of Java's new release cadence and how use them in applications you write.

Bring your questions, challenges, and thorniest concerns on the topic — and receive honest, objective answers and practical advice.