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Simon Ritter

Azul

Simon Ritter is the Deputy CTO of Azul. Simon joined Sun Microsystems in 1996 and spent time working in both Java development and consultancy. He has been presenting Java technologies to developers since 1999 focusing on the core Java platform as well as client and embedded applications. At Azul, he continues to help people understand Java and Azul’s JVM products.

Simon is a Java Champion and two time recipient of the JavaOne Rockstar award. In addition, he represents Azul on the JCP Executive Committee, the OpenJDK Vulnerability Group as well as the JSR Expert Group since Java SE 9.

Badges 13

Talks 31

  1. Devoxx Poland 2026

    Keeping Your Java Hot by Solving the JVM Startup and Warmup Problem

    June 2026Java & JVM

  2. Devoxx Poland 2026

    Modern Java Puzzlers

    June 2026Java & JVM

  3. Devoxx UK 2026

    Modern Java Puzzlers

    May 2026Java

  4. Voxxed Days Amsterdam 2026

    The Art of Java Type Patterns

    April 2026Java

  5. Devoxx Belgium 2025

    Modern Java Puzzlers

    October 2025Java

  6. Devoxx Belgium 2025

    30 Years of Java - How Did We Get Here?

    October 2025Java

  7. Devoxx Belgium 2024

    Java Language Pattern Matching Puzzlers

    October 2024java

  8. Devoxx UK 2024

    Enter The Parallel Universe of the Vector API

    May 2024Java▶ Watch

  9. Devoxx France 2024

    Keeping Your Java Hot by Solving the JVM Warmup Problem

    April 2024Java

  10. Devoxx Belgium 2023

    Keeping Your Java Hot by Solving the JVM Warmup Problem

    October 2023java▶ Watch

  11. Devoxx Ukraine 2023

    The Art of Java Language Pattern Matching

    September 2023java

  12. Devoxx UK 2023

    Hidden security features of the JVM - everything you didn’t know and more

    May 2023Security

  13. Devoxx Greece 2023

    The Art of Java Language Pattern Matching

    May 2023java

  14. Devoxx Belgium 2022

    Java on CRaC: Superfast JVM Application Startup

    October 2022java▶ Watch

  15. Devoxx Belgium 2022

    The Art of Java Language Pattern Matching

    October 2022java▶ Watch

  16. Devoxx UK 2022

    Java on CRaC: Superfast JVM Application Startup

    May 2022java

  17. Devoxx UK 2022

    Cloud Native Compiler: JIT-as-a-Service

    May 2022java

  18. Devoxx Ukraine 2021

    Get Ready for the Next LTS Java

    November 2021Java & JVM

  19. Devoxx Ukraine 2021

    AOT or JIT: Faster Startup or Faster Code?

    November 2021Java & JVM

  20. Devoxx UK 2021

    Faster Java Without Changing Any Code

    November 2021java

  21. Devoxx Belgium 2019

    Choosing a jdk: ask the distributors

    November 2019Java Language

  22. Devoxx UK 2019

    Jdk 12: pitfalls for the unwary

    May 2019Java Language▶ Watch

  23. Devoxx Belgium 2018

    Local variable type inference: threat or menace

    November 2018Java Language

  24. Devoxx France 2018

    Jdk 9 mission accomplished: what next for java

    April 2018java

  25. Devoxx France 2018

    Jdk 9: pitfalls for the unwary

    April 2018java

  26. Devoxx Belgium 2017

    A raspberry pi and deeplearning4j brain that plays minecraft

    November 2017Mind the Geek▶ Watch

  27. Devoxx UK 2017

    Streams in JDK 8: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

    May 2017java

  28. Devoxx US 2017

    Streams in jdk 8: the good, the bad and the ugly

    March 2017java

  29. Devoxx US 2017

    55 new features in jdk 9

    March 2017java▶ Watch

  30. Voxxed Days Bristol 2017

    Is an agile standard possible for JAVA?

    February 2017Java Language▶ Watch

  31. Voxxed Days Bristol 2017

    Panel Discussion Future of cloud tech

    February 2017Cloud, Containers & Infrastructure▶ Watch