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Heather Vancura

Oracle/JCP

Heather VanCura is Chair and Director of the JCP Program at Oracle, and is a leader of the global community driven adoption through the user group programs. Heather drives the efforts to transform the JCP program and broaden participation and diversity in the community. She is passionate about Java, women in technology and developer communities, serving as an international speaker and community organizer of developer hack days around the world. Heather enjoys speaking at conferences, such as OSCON, Devoxx, JFokus, and the JavaOne Conferences. She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, California USA and enjoys trying new sports and fitness activities in her free time.

Badges 12

Talks 10

  1. Devoxx Belgium 2025

    What’s new with the JCP?

    October 2025Java

  2. Voxxed Days Trieste

    How to Participate in the Future of Java

    June 2022Java Language

  3. Devoxx Belgium 2019

    Java community participation and collaboration in 2020

    November 2019Java Language

  4. Devoxx Belgium 2018

    Diversity and inclusion - beyond women in tech

    November 2018Methodology & Culture▶ Watch

  5. Devoxx Belgium 2018

    Bringing java into the open

    November 2018Java Language▶ Watch

  6. Devoxx Belgium 2018

    Java community and developer careers bof

    November 2018Methodology & Culture

  7. Devoxx Belgium 2017

    Ally for women in technology

    November 2017Methodology & Culture▶ Watch

  8. Devoxx Belgium 2017

    Java community process (jcp) q&a/bof

    November 2017Java Language

  9. Voxxed Days Athens 2017

    The Java Community Process - Advance your career and help define Java?s future

    May 2017Methodology & Culture▶ Watch

  10. Devoxx US 2017

    The jcp & the future of java

    March 2017java