I just noticed this dev room when following up on the geospatial dev room extended deadline. This group would be AMAZING to share some exciting work I have been doing on my own time (after failing to attract funding for years...) So yeah, because this is a perfect fit for this group, and because I really want to see this rescue effort succeed please consider the following talk for any waitlist. -- Jody Garnett *Title:* ImageN and the quest to free Java Advanced Imaging *Abstract: * The Java Advanced Imaging is a powerful Java image processing engine powering a wide range of applications including the mapping applications (GeoServer, GeoTools, GeoNetwork) I work with day to day. This talk explores: - Core capabilities that make JAI attractive - Success of JAI architecture for geospatial work - Working with the Eclipse Foundation and Oracle to “Free” the JAI project - The Eclipse ImageN library One of the reasons our community has been so addicted to this library is its power. It explored concepts like parallel processing, and distributed parallel processing in 1999, well ahead of the curve. It is an excellent example of engineering and software design. Tragically there has been one problem with this ... the JAI library is not open source! The library originated at Sun Microsystem as a core component of the Java Runtime Environment, but was not included as part of OpenJDK collaboration. We will cover the search for an open source alternative, and the exciting progress made thus far. Come see how this foundational library is being propelled into an open source future by our community. I really hope to attract passionate Java developers who understand the importance of making this neglected part of the JRE free for our developer community. *Recording me on audio and/or video* CC-BY-2.0 license is fine (Prefer CC BY ATTRIBUTION if available). *Brief Bio: *Open source geospatial contributor with Open Source Geospatial Foundation and Eclipse Foundation LocationTech working group. Projects include GeoTools, GeoServer, JTS Topology Suite, ImageN and uDig. *Microblog URL: *http://twitter.com/jodygarnett *Blog URL: *https://www.how2map.com