Donald Smith
Donald Smith leads the Java Platform Group at Oracle and has been in the Java ecosystem since the beginning. He helped grow the Eclipse Foundation during its foundational years and is still an advisor. He brings global enterprise software experience, ranging from startups through Fortune 500 companies. Donald has decades of experience speaking about Java, AI, security, open source, community development, business models, and software development politics at conferences and events worldwide.
Sessions Montréal 2027
Everything you need to know about AI and the Java Platform
Session en Anglais - Débutant
As AI adoption grows, it increasingly encounters Java-based business logic and data. Java is everywhere AI needs to be. This session presents an end-to-end overview of AI and the Java Platform from source-code generation, tooling, inferencing, native GPU compute from Java, and everything in between. We will explore Java innovation projects like Panama, Babylon, and Valhalla, and how they benefit the Java ecosystem and AI workloads.
Keeping the Java Platform Secure
Session en Anglais - Débutant
Java is dominant in enterprises because of its trust, predictability, and security. This session overviews the latest Java security advancements and their impact on developers. It covers Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) readiness, transitioning Java to have more frequent security updates, and Java's alignment with industry standards, including FIPS 140-3 compliance.
