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New Hudson River Trading CppCon Scholarship

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The generous support of HudsHudson River Tradingon River Trading has made it possible for CppCon to offer, for the first time, the Hudson River Trading CppCon Scholarship program.

This program will provide scholarships that cover lodging, travel, food, and conference registration for twenty to twenty-five students. Candidates can be graduate or undergraduate, but should be eager to grow as software engineers and quantitative researchers, and have a strong interest in C++.

Attending a technical conference with a world-wide reach like CppCon provides the kind of opportunities to learn from and network with industry-leaders that can change the course of one’s career.

Please feel free to distribute this flyer.

More details and a link to submit an application are available on the scholarship program page.

 

Announcing CppCon Academy 2026 Classes

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class attendeesRegistration is open for exciting CppCon Academy classes that will be held in the days before or after CppCon 2026.

Five classes are online and the rest will be offered to onsite attendees at the Gaylord Rockies in Aurora.

Read about all the offered classes on the CppCon Academy 2026 page. This year, in addition to bringing back some of the biggest names in C++ training, we are introducing several instructors that are new to us. Topics range from AI, best practices, debugging, design, language proficiency, security, and, of course, efficiency/performance/low latency.

class instructor with studentsOnline classes will be held either on the last three business days of the week before the conference, the first three business days of the week after the conference, or Sept. 26 & 27th.

Onsite classes are held on the weekend days immediately before and after the conference.

class instructorMost of the classes feature two days (onsite) or three days (online) of class instruction. All classes feature hands-on opportunities to improve your programming skills.

CppCon instructors are selected from the best C++ instructors in the world. They feature rare combinations of deep technical knowledge, extensive development experience, and the ability to explain things in an approachable manner.

Register now!

CppCon 2026 Registration is Open

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Registration is now open for CppCon 2026, an all-in-person conference being held at the Gaylord Rockies in Aurora, Colorado. (We’ll have some online classes, but conference sessions will be onsite-only, recorded, and posted to the CppCon YouTube channel.)

Maximize your conference experience with the comfort and convenience of staying onsite at the official CppCon hotel.

With your stay at the Gaylord Rockies, receive up to five days of lunch vouchers (one for eacRegistration Deskh night of your stay, up to $30 per lunch) and free high-speed WiFi throughout the conference site. The same high-speed WiFi available in your room is also available throughout the entire conference space.

These benefits are exclusively for attendees staying at the Gaylord Rockies.

Just register for the conference and book a room in your name at the Gaylord Rockies.  See the registration page for details.

Registration details are available on our registration page, but the high points are:

  • Substantial savings are available for Early Bird registrations through June 26th.
  • The conference is onsite, but CppCon Academy will offer both onsite and online classes.
  • We are also offering an Economy registration that doesn’t include the “Meet the Presenters” Banquet, annual tee shirt, CppCache credit, or souvenir that are included in Regular registration.
  • We have a reduced price option available for full-time students.
  • In order to comply with various government regulations requiring that all event registration costs be included in the up-front prices, we have raised our registration prices to cover the credit card and event registration fees. While we previously disclosed up front that those fees existed, they were not included in the listed prices and that caused some confusion.  The 2026 costs are roughly equivalent to the final costs with fees in 2025.
  • For one week only, we are offering Super Early Bird pricing, an extra $100 off the Early Bird rates, only through March 22nd!

Visa application support for non-US attendees is available.

As always, we offer support for academics and employees of non-profits and, child care.

CppCon 2025 Wrap-up and CppCon 2026 Dates!

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The above photo is from CppCon 2025 by CppCon’s photographer, Jonathan Phillips. Not only do I want to share this brilliant photo, I also want to announce CppCon 2026 dates, September 12-18, 2026, save the dates now!

CppCon 2025 just wrapped up and was an amazing conference. For an early preview of what happened, see Bjarne’s keynote, Daisy’s keynote, Herb’s keynote, Vittorio’s keynote, and Matt’s keynote.

Videos of all our other Main Program sessions will start to be published on our YouTube channel, one a business day, starting in November.

Trip Reports

I’ll update this post as trip reports are published. If you see a CppCon 2025 trip report published or you’d like your trip report to be included, please send us a note. You can see some short reports on LinkedIn and on X.

Thanks

A conference the size of CppCon doesn’t just happen. There are a lot of heroes that work hard to make this happen. You’ll find many of their names on our staff page which lists the organizers, program committee, volunteers, and vendors.

You’d find more names (and faces) on the presenters page for this year’s conference which lists presenters from the Main Program, panels, Poster Program, Open Content sessions, and lightning talks.

As much as all of these people work hard so that we are providing the best that we can in technical content, food, production values, live music, comfortable ambiance, and supportive environment, none of those is the most important part of CppCon.

Returning attendees know that the most important part of CppCon is the opportunity to engage with the attendees (including the presenters), who are tackling some of our most challenging problems, with creative and innovative techniques, using powerful tools provided by C++ and the C++ community.

CppCon 2025 Group Photo

Above, you’ll see the faces of the most important part of CppCon, the attendees. (I’ve not matched faces to the registration list to verify that no one is missing, but I think most of us are in the photo.)

This year, more than any other, you are all my heroes.

I look forward to seeing you all next year.

Jon Kalb
Conference Chair

2025 Keynote on More Speed & Simplicity: Practical Data-Oriented Design in C++: Vittorio Romeo, prerelease

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The keynotes at CppCon 2025 in Aurora, Colorado, have been fantastic, and on the final day of the conference we’re thrilled to share the keynote from C++ expert, Vittorio Romeo!

Vittorio’s talk, titled More Speed & Simplicity: Practical Data-Oriented Design in C++, explored how prioritizing data layout not only unlocks significant performance gains but can also lead to surprising simplicity in code. His talk is valuable for any developer seeking to improve code quality and performance. You can find more details about his keynote on the original announcement page.

This video is in “prerelease” and cannot be found directly on our YouTube channel. Instead, we are providing a direct link here only! Feel free to share this with colleagues and friends and impress them with your insider access. 😉

Also, remember to bookmark our Video Archive Portal (VAP) and check back each day for each new keynote as it becomes available. The VAP portal will provide exclusive access to all CppCon 2025 Keynotes/Plenaries, in addition to providing Early Access to the rest of the 2025 video releases (separate registration required). We’d also like to thank JetBrains for their continued Video sponsorship.

2025 Keynote on Reflection: C++’s Decade-Defining Rocket Engine: Herb Sutter, prerelease

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The keynotes at CppCon 2025 in Aurora, Colorado, have continued to inspire, and today we’re thrilled to share Wednesday’s keynote of the conference from C++ expert and President of the Standard C++ Foundation, Herb Sutter!

Herb’s talk, titled Reflection: C++’s Decade-Defining Rocket Engine, explored the transformative potential of compile-time reflection in C++26. He demonstrated how reflection could reshape how we write abstractions and simplify the language’s evolution. You can read more about his talk on the original keynote announcement page.

This video is in “prerelease” and cannot be found directly on our YouTube channel. Instead, we are providing a direct link here only! Feel free to share this with colleagues and friends and impress them with your insider access. 😉

Also, remember to bookmark our Video Archive Portal (VAP) and check back each day for each new keynote as it becomes available. The VAP portal will provide exclusive access to all CppCon 2025 Keynotes/Plenaries, in addition to providing Early Access to the rest of the 2025 video releases (separate registration required). We’d also like to thank JetBrains for their continued Video sponsorship.

2025 Keynote on Crafting the Code You Don’t Write: Sculpting Software in an AI World: Daisy Hollman, prerelease

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The keynotes at CppCon 2025 in Aurora, Colorado, have been nothing short of spectacular, and today we’re excited to highlight the keynote from distinguished software engineer and C++ standards committee member, Daisy Hollman!

Daisy’s talk, titled Crafting the Code You Don’t Write: Sculpting Software in an AI World, explores the rapidly changing landscape of developer productivity with the rise of AI. She shared her experiences from Anthropic and offered insights on how we, as software engineers, can leverage these tools and evolve our roles. You can find more details about her keynote on the original announcement page.

This video is in “prerelease” and cannot be found directly on our YouTube channel. Instead, we are providing a direct link here only! Feel free to share this with colleagues and friends and impress them with your insider access. 😉

Also, remember to bookmark our Video Archive Portal (VAP) and check back each day for each new keynote as it becomes available. The VAP portal will provide exclusive access to all CppCon 2025 Keynotes/Plenaries, in addition to providing Early Access to the rest of the 2025 video releases (separate registration required). We’d also like to thank JetBrains for their continued Video sponsorship.

Opening 2025 Keynote: Bjarne Stroustrup, prerelease

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We’re in the middle of a fantastic week at CppCon 2025 in Aurora, Colorado! The energy here is incredible. Along with great talks from C++ experts, we’ve had social events (special thanks to think-cell, HRT, and QRT) and panels, including our annual Committee Fireside Chat where attendees had the opportunity to hear directly from C++ standard committee members.

This year’s opening keynote was delivered by the creator of C++ himself, Bjarne Stroustrup. His talk was a deep dive into concept-based Generic Programming, a topic that’s central to the future of the language. For more details, you can visit the original keynote announcement.

For a limited time, we’re giving you exclusive access to the keynote video. This “prerelease” can’t be found directly on our YouTube channel, so we’re providing a direct link here only. Feel free to share this with colleagues and friends and impress them with your insider access! 😉

Get Early Access to More Keynotes

Don’t forget to bookmark our Video Archive Portal (VAP)! We’ll be adding each new keynote daily as it becomes available. The VAP will give you exclusive access to all CppCon 2025 Keynotes and Plenaries, plus Early Access to the rest of the 2025 video releases (separate registration required).

Register for CppCon now to avoid late fees! Also, don’t miss the field trip!

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Registration Deadline This week

The deadline to avoid late fees for CppCon 2025 Registration is this Friday, August 29th!

Avoid the $400 late fee on CppCon 2025 Registrations:

Join hundreds of C++ enthusiasts, enjoy the beautiful Rocky Mountain views, rub shoulders with industry experts and network with peers across the full 5 days of the event.

Register this week to avoid late fees.

Field Trip Registration

The field trip is filling up rapidly! If you want to join us at the Wings Over the Rockies Air Museum register soon.

Where to stay during the conference

The conference hotel, the Gaylord Rockies, has filled up.  We have opened up an overflow block at a second hotel for those still looking to make reservations.  See our lodging page for details.

Plan to attend this year’s Community Dinner!

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We are excited to announce the return of the CppCon Community Dinner, an evening dedicated to a discussion about what we all want from our conference, our community, and our field. At this event, everyone has a voice — last year’s Community Dinner resulted in ideas as varied and eclectic as our attendees.

This year, Bloomberg is sponsoring the CppCon Community Dinner, which has room for 120 people. In order to give everyone a chance to attend, attendance will be by lottery. Sign up for the lottery, at on-site registration, for the chance to share your ideas and opinions with colleagues, conference leaders, organizers, and track chairs. The drawing will take place on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, and the dinner will be held on Wednesday evening, September 17, 2025.

Conference registration is open so don’t miss out on CppCon 2025 this September 14-19. Register today!