From Legacy to Cloud-Native: Effective and Scalable Java Modernization with Automation
Modernizing legacy Java doesn’t have to mean risky rewrites or endless manual effort. In our March vJUG session, we’ll explore how automation-driven modernization helps teams move from legacy monoliths to cloud-native Java 21 faster, safer, and with real performance and cost wins.
Join Emily Jiang for a practical, real-world look at transforming enterprise Java for the future, and yes, AI might make a guest appearance too 😉
Date: 11 March 2026
Timing:
6:00 PM (UTC): Live stream kicks off
6:10 PM (UTC): From Legacy to Cloud-Native: Effective and Scalable Java Modernization with Automation by Emily Jiang
7:00 PM (UTC): That’s a wrap, live stream ends
Unlock the performance and cost savings of modern Java without the massive manual effort. Many companies are hindered by the overwhelming complexity of modernization due to the variety of legacy enterprise Java applications they still need to maintain. Discover how modern approaches provide powerful automated solutions. In this talk, we’ll deconstruct a real-life success story: modernizing a legacy monolith to a modern runtime and Java 21. Learn how to automatically transform your codebase, mitigate the risks of manual error, and accelerate your path to the cloud. See practical steps you can use to breathe new life into your applications and free your teams to build for the future. If time permits, AI may make an appearance too!
Emily Jiang, Cloud Native Architect and Advocate at IBM
Emily Jiang is a Java Champion. She is Liberty Cloud Native Architect and Chief Advocate, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) in IBM, based at Hursley Lab in the UK. Emily is a MicroProfile guru and has been working on MicroProfile since 2016 and leads a number of specifications including MicroProfile Config and Fault Tolerance. She interacts with most of the other MicroProfile specifications. She is also active in Jakarta EE specifications. She is a co-lead in Jakarta Config and also a Jakarta Context and Dependency Injection (CDI) committer. At IBM, she leads the effort of implementing all of MicroProfile specifications on Open Liberty.
She is passionate about MicroProfile and Jakarta EE. She regularly speaks at conferences, such as QCon, Code One, DevNexus, JAX London, Voxxed, Devoxx, EclipseCon, GeeCon, JFokus, etc.
Connect with Emily on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Elias is a Java Champion, Oracle ACE Pro, and Lead Principal Software Engineer. He shares content related to Java, OSS, and Quality Engineering at conferences, meetups, articles, and open-source conferences.
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