Title: The Future of Java & the JDK: Who is in Charge? Abstract: The Java platform has been declared dead on many occasions, yet it’s still one of the most popular programming platforms in the world. What’s the secret behind Java’s ongoing success? What does the future hold, and who gets to decide what that future will look like? Length: 25 minutes Recording: Okay under CC-BY-2.0; CC-BY-SA-2.0 preferred Brief bio: Chief Architect, Java Platform Group, Oracle Blog: https://mreinhold.org/blog Twitter: @mreinhold NOTE: This is an updated version of a similar talk that I presented at the OpenJDK Committers’ Workshop in August, 2018. I expect that it will be of interest here since there will be relatively little overlap between this audience and those who attended the August Workshop.