Viktor Klang - Speaker at Devoxx Belgium 2026

Oracle

Viktor is a Software Architect in the Java Platform Group at Oracle.For more than two decades, he has focused on enabling developers to solve problems with maximal productivity and maintainability.Specializing in developer ergonomics in the realm of concurrent, parallel, and distributed programming; he has contributed to the standard libraries of several major programming languages, been involved in more than a dozen Open Source projects, and has spoken at numerous conferences and universities.

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Ask the Architects

Ask Oracle engineers any questions about your favorite programming language and runtime.

Java Language & Platform

Conference 50 min.

INTERMEDIATE

Viktor Klang

Oracle

Alan Bateman

Oracle

Everyday JSON

A new JEP proposes a simple, incubating built-in Java API for parsing, navigating, and generating JSON for lightweight use cases where external libraries are unnecessary. The talk explains how Data-Or...

Java Language & Platform

Conference 50 min.

INTERMEDIATE

Alan Bateman

Oracle

Viktor Klang

Oracle

Structured Concurrency Looms

Structured Concurrency in Project Loom builds on virtual threads to simplify concurrent programming by treating related tasks as one unit. It improves cancellation, error handling, and observability,...

Java Language & Platform

Conference 50 min.

INTERMEDIATE

Maurizio Cimadamore

Oracle

Viktor Klang

Oracle

Teaching an Old Handle New Tricks: From Core Reflection to FFM

The talk explains how Java reflection is inefficient, and how method handles and var handles create reusable, typed capabilities that better match JVM linkage. It also shows how this design supports n...

Java Language & Platform

Conference 50 min.

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