Title: JCP State of the Union & Progress Report Abstract: The Java Community Process (JCP) program has made significant changes over the last several years in order to increase community participation in the development of Java Specification Requests (JSR) and to enable greater transparency for the community into the JSR expert groups. Reforms to the JCP through JCP.Next as well as through the Adopt-a-JSR programs have enabled this involvement from the community that is vital to the success of Java. The free and open source community now have greater opportunities for contributions and feedback . We will discuss the current state of the nation on these programs and ask for feedback and suggestions for greater participation moving forward through the ongoing JCP.Next effort, specifically JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership and JSR 358, A major revision to the Java Community Process. How can people help out with the project, what feedback are you looking for? Comment on JCP.Next, Java EE, Java SE JSRs in development, join the JCP. Recording me on audio and/or video is acceptable under a CC-BY-2.0 license Brief Bio: Heather VanCura manages the JCP Community and Program Office. In her role she is responsible for the day-to-day nurturing, support, and leadership of the community. 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 Adopt-a-JSR programs. In 2014, Heather became Spec Lead for JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership, as part of the ongoing JCP.Next effort. Heather is passionate about Java and developer communities. She enjoys trying new sports and fitness activities in her free time and speaking at conferences, such as FOSDEM, Devoxx, GeeCon, JFokus, Java Zone, OSCON and the JavaOne Conferences. Microblog URL: https://twitter.com/jcp_org https://twitter.com/heathervc Blog URL https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp -- pgp key: http://subkeys.pgp.net/ PGP Key ID: 80F240CF Fingerprint: BA39 9666 94EC 8B73 27FA FC7C 4086 63E3 80F2 40CF Java Champion - Blog: http://neugens.wordpress.com - Twitter: @neugens Proud GNU Classpath developer: http://www.classpath.org/ OpenJDK: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/caciocavallo/ Please, support open standards: http://endsoftpatents.org/