Many analysts predict bright future to reactive programming, namely in moblie and big data fields. Typesafe, the developers of Scala, created a promising reactive Java-friendly framework called Akka. How can it be useful to Java developers? Will Akka+Java be able to compete with Akka+Scala? How will it be advanced by Java 8's new features? These questions are addressed in a presentation by Dmytro Mantula, Lead Software Engineer, GlobalLogic, Kyiv, delivered at Java Frameworks Day, Kyiv, March 7, 2015. Find more details at http://globallogic.com.ua/JFD_2015