We have an exciting week ahead of us as we start announcing the CppCon 2016 program. The full program will be published next Sunday. Until then, we’ll broadcast a handful of talks each day. Make sure to check tomorrow’s preview – we’ll reveal one of the keynotes!

Let’s start off with some sessions about generic algorithms in the standard library:

• Regular Expressions in C++, Present and Future, Tim Shen
• STL Algorithms – Why You Should Use Them, and How to Write Your Own, Marshall Clow
• The C++17 Parallel Algorithms Library and Beyond, Bryce Adelstein Lelbach
• std::accumulate(): Exploring an Algorithmic Empire, Ben Deane

We also have a few talks about exceptions to share:

• Out of Memory? Business as Usual: Examining Applications That Do Not Terminate on std::bad_alloc, Sergey Zubkov
• The Exception Situation, Patrice Roy

The gaming community has always been a part of CppCon, and this year is no exception. Here’s some of the game development content that you’ll see at CppCon this year:

• Exploring Modern C++ Game Development with Unreal Engine 4, Marcus R. Brown
• The MAME (Multi-Arcade Machine Emulator) Story: From C to Modern C++, Miodrag Milanović
• Rainbow Six Siege: Quest for Performance, Nicolas Fleury

If you want to come join us for CppCon 2016, there’s still time to register!

— Bryce Adelstein Lelbach

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We have a program! We received over 175 submissions for CppCon this year, and we accepted about 100 of them. In a few days, we’ll post the full six-track schedule. Until then, here’s a preview of some excellent talks about data structures:

• High Performance Code 201: Hybrid Data Structures, Chandler Carruth
• Colonies, Performance and Why You Should Care, Matt Bentley
• The Details of std::string at Facebook, Nicholas Ormrod
• tuple<>: What’s New, and How it Works, Stephan T. Lavavej
• variant<>: Past, Present and Future, David Sankel

If you want to come join us for CppCon 2016, there’s still time to register!

— Bryce Adelstein Lelbach

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Registration is now open for CppCon 2016 to be held September 18-23, 2016 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington, USA.

CppCon is the annual, week-long face-to-face gathering for the entire C++ community. The conference is organized by the C++ community for the community. You will enjoy inspirational talks and a friendly atmosphere designed to help attendees learn from each other, meet interesting people, and generally have a stimulating experience. Taking place this year in the beautiful Seattle neighborhood and including multiple diverse tracks, the conference will appeal to anyone from C++ novices to experts.

What you can expect at CppCon:

• Pre-conference classes: Choose from six exciting classes:
  • The C++ Core Guidelines with Kate Gregory
  • Concurrent Thinking in C++ with Anthony Williams
  • Crafting Embedded Software in C++ with Dan Saks
  • Modernizing your C++ with Michael Caisse
  • Programming with Qt/Widgets with Giuseppe D’Angelo
  • Using C++ for Low-Latency Systems with Patrice Roy
• Field trip to Living Computer Museum: Join us Sunday afternoon before registration for a chance to meet other attendees and interact with historic hardware.
• Invited talks and panels: Expect a week full of insight from some of the world’s leading experts in C++. Still have questions? Ask them at one of CppCon’s panels featuring those at the cutting edge of the language.
• Presentations by the C++ community: What do embedded systems, game development, high frequency trading, and particle accelerators have in common? C++, of course! Expect talks from a broad range of domains experts focused on practical C++ techniques, libraries, and tools.
• Lightning talks: Get informed at a fast pace during special sessions of short, less formal talks. Never presented at a conference before? This is your chance to share your thoughts on a C++-related topic in an informal setting.
• Evening events and “unconference” time: Relax, socialize, or start an impromptu coding session.

CppCon’s goal is to encourage the best use of C++ while preserving the diversity of viewpoints and experiences. The conference is a project of the Standard C++ Foundation, a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to support the C++ software developer community and promote the understanding and use of modern, standard C++ on all compilers and platforms.