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 Conductor is an _orchestration_ engine that runs in the cloud.
 
 
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 [![Github release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/Netflix/conductor.svg)](https://GitHub.com/Netflix/conductor/releases)
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 * The indexing backend is [Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/) (6.x)
 
 ## Other Requirements
-* JDK 1.8+
+* JDK 11+
 
 ## Get Support
-Conductor is maintained by Media Workflow Infrastructure team at Netflix.  Use github issue tracking for any support request. 
+Conductor is maintained by Media Workflow Infrastructure team at Netflix.  Use github issue tracking for filing issues and [Discussion Forum](https://github.com/Netflix/conductor/discussions) for any other questions, ideas or support requests. 
 
 ## Contributions
-Whether it is a small doc correction, bug fix or adding new module to support some crazy feature, contributions are highly appreciated. We just ask to follow standard oss guidelines. To reiterate, please check with us before spending too much time, only to find later that someone else is already working on a similar feature. 
+Whether it is a small documentation correction, bug fix or new features, contributions are highly appreciated. We just ask to follow standard oss guidelines. [Discussion Forum](https://github.com/Netflix/conductor/discussions) is a good place to ask questions, discuss new features and explore ideas. Please check with us before spending too much time, only to find later that someone else is already working on a similar feature.
 
 `main` branch is the current working branch, while `2.31` branch is the latest stable 2.x branch. Please send your PR's to `main` branch, making sure that it builds on your local system successfully. Also, please make sure all the conflicts are resolved.
 
-Feel free to use the [discussion forum](https://github.com/Netflix/conductor/discussions) for asking questions.
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 ## License
 Copyright 2021 Netflix, Inc.