Tools & IDEs

Innovations, updates, or exciting applications of frameworks for building IDEs, tools, and modeling environments.

Example topics:

• Eclipse Theia and its ecosystem
• Eclipse Platform, JDT, CDT, LSP4E, etc.
• Cloud tools and containerized IDEs
• Exciting applications, custom tools, and domain-specific IDEs
• Eclipse Modeling Framework and related modeling technologies
• Language engineering: LSP, Eclipse Xtext, Langium, and more
• Graphical modeling tools and frameworks, such as Sprotty, GLSP, Sirius, EMF.cloud, Papyrus, Capella, and more

IoT & Edge

Taking data from the real world up until the cloud and back, with open source software.

Example topics:

• Embedded/microcontroller firmware
• Gateways
• Edge computing
• Connectivity
• Device management
• Digital twins
• Processing & storage
• Visualization

Programming Languages & Runtimes

Platforms and technologies on which we build our applications – in the cloud or elsewhere.

Example topics:

• Java language evolution
• Adoptium, OpenJ9, OSGi, etc.
• Jakarta EE, MicroProfile, Vert.x, etc.
• Go, Rust and other modern languages
• Containers, microservices, and orchestration
• JVM, Wasm, and other virtual machines

Automotive & Mobility

Innovation, OSS and collaboration are essential to face the challenges in the rapidly changing automotive world.

Example topics:

• Software Defined Vehicle programming models, middleware
• In-Vehicle software orchestration & resource scheduling, control plane
• Cloud platforms, vehicle digital twins and mobility services
• Testing & validation
• Simulation and data management
• Open data ecosystems, secure data infrastructure
• Supply chain management (Catena-X)

Open Source Best Practices

Best practices in all aspects of open source projects, from security and quality to governance and leadership.

Example topics:

• Security in general, and in specific projects
• DevOps and DevSecOps
• Quality and testing
• Code reviews, code coverage and static code analysis
• Project organization
• Open Source Program Office (OSPO)
• Governance
• Community building
• Leadership
• Diversity

Other Cool Stuff

This topic highlights novel ideas, cross-domain teamwork, and pioneering projects in software development & the Eclipse ecosystem.

If your talk is hard to categorize but fun or cool for technically minded folks, submit it here!