Java has had parallel and concurrent programming facilities from the start. In the recent years the business has needed as much, if not more, asynchronous capabilities, with webservices and microservices. In this session we will discuss the various options available, such as completable futures, reactive steams, and the newer virtual threads and discuss which options are better suited and why. VENKAT SUBRAMANIAM Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., and an instructional professor at the University of Houston. He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects. Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at https://www.agiledeveloper.com/. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.