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# Supercharge your JVM performance with Project Leyden


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 16:50–17:20 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 7
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100161-supercharge-your-jvm-performance-with-project-leyden)

## Description

Many modern applications and tools rely on Java. Yet, their startup time and time-to-peak performance remain challenging, especially for microservices and Kubernetes workloads that require fast scaling and responsiveness. Project Leyden, an ambitious OpenJDK initiative, aims to overcome these performance bottlenecks.

In this session, Ana will show how you can take advantage of Leyden’s optimizations using Java 26 to transform the scalability and responsiveness  of your application. Empower yourself with practical techniques you can apply today, along with a peek into the ongoing work inside Leyden and what that means for the performance of your Java application.

## Speaker

### [Ana Maria Mihalceanu](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@ana-maria-mihalceanu)

Senior Developer Advocate at Oracle


## Related talks at this congress

- [Code Once, Use Everywhere: Building Shared Libraries for Multiple Projects](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1395-code-once-use) — Vadzim Prudnikau
- [Building the Future of Java: AI Agents, MCP, and Next-Gen App Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1267-building-the-future) — Daniel Oh
- [Native Speed, Java Comfort: Calling Rust from the JVM with Project Panama](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1379-native-speed-java) — Gonzalo Ortiz Jaureguizar
- [Swapping Code, Losing Memory: A JVM Deep Dive](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1365-swapping-code-losing) — Marco Sussitz