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CppCon 2026 – Call for Volunteers

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Volunteer at CppCon 2026!

Are you passionate about C++ and looking to dive deeper into the community? Whether you’re a seasoned developer, a student, or just passionate about technology, we welcome you to join us in bringing this dynamic C++ conference to life. This is your chance to experience the conference without the cost of registration.

What Does Volunteering Involve?
Volunteers play a crucial role in a variety of tasks. Some examples:

  • Assembling registration packets and badges
  • Assisting with speaker and attendee registration
  • Helping with audio/visual needs
  • Making session announcements
  • Managing information desks
  • Helping attendees with questions
  • And more!

Why Volunteer?
Volunteering at CppCon is a unique opportunity to:

  • Attend talks and sessions with no registration cost
  • Meet and interact with speakers and attendees
  • Gain a new perspective on how tech conferences operate
  • Contribute meaningfully to the C++ community

Whether you are attending a conference for the first time or are a seasoned attendee, volunteering offers a fresh and rewarding experience. You’ll have ample time to attend sessions, with at least half your volunteering time spent in them.

Availability:
While most of our volunteers stick around for at least 5 days, the only mandatory commitment is Sunday afternoon. Volunteers available on the weekend prior to the conference can also assist with important preparatory tasks.

International Volunteers:
For those coming from outside the US, be sure to check our Visa Application Support page to ensure you have all the necessary information.

Volunteer Grants:
This year, we have a limited number of grants available to cover a portion of the traveling and/or lodging expenses for individuals who would otherwise not be able to attend. Apply for financial assistance by filling out the relevant sections of the application form.

Ready to be part of something big? Complete the Volunteer Registration Form by August 1st.

Visit CppCon Volunteers to learn more or contact us directly at volunteer.chair@cppcon.org.

We look forward to having you join our volunteer team and contribute to an amazing CppCon 2026! 🌟

2026 Field Trip: Dinosaur Center & Morrison, CO

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The Cppcon 2026 Field Trip will be a visit to Morrison, Colorado – a town on the edge of the Rockies, famous for Red Rocks, the world renown music venue!
No concerts are being held on September 13th, but that is a perfect opportunity to enjoy the scenery, town, and museums that Morrison has to offer, such as the Dinosaur Ridge Museum!

Four Things I Wish I Did at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, Colorado

April 15 is Family Day at the CU Museum of Natural History | Staff Council | University of Colorado Boulder

 

North Denver Metro C++ MeetupThis year’s field trip is sponsored by the North Denver Metro C++ Meetup. Jason Turner, one of the meetup’s organizers, recommends:

 

 

 

If you are arriving for CppCon 2026 by Sunday morning, this is your opportunity to get to know some of your fellow attendees while touring some of the inspiring wonders Colorado has to offer.

See the CppCon 2026 Field Trip page for details.

Register here!

C++: The Documentary

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Sponsored by HRT and produced by CultRepo, C++: The Documentary is about to be released worldwide on YouTube on Thursday at 20:00 UTC. Click Notify me on the YouTube Premiere page to get a reminder when it goes live.

Last week, the film’s world premiere event in New York was followed by a live panel discussion with Matt Godbolt (moderator), Bjarne Stroustrup, Gabriel Dos Reis, Nina Ranns, Eric Lubin, and Herb Sutter. That panel was recorded and will be also released in the next few days on the CppCon YouTube channel.

C++: The Documentary trailer

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Sponsored by HRT and produced by CultRepo, we’re pleased to share the official trailer for C++: The Documentary.

The trailer premieres today at 19:00 UTC. Click Notify me on the YouTube Premiere page to get a reminder when it goes live.

The film will have its world premiere on May 28 at a special live event in New York City’s Financial District, followed by a panel discussion that will be recorded for later release. C++: The Documentary will be released worldwide on YouTube on June 4, with the panel recording following a few days later.

CppCon 2026 Attendance Support Ticket program

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CppCon is running an Attendance Support Ticket program. These free tickets are for people who would not be able to attend otherwise. This program is limited to conference tickets and doesn’t include support for transportation or lodging. This is an open program, but reasons to apply may include financial assistance, that you are part of an underrepresented group in tech, and others.

In order to apply for this program, please fill in the application form here. The application deadline is July 10, 2026. Decisions will be sent by July 12.

We look forward to seeing many of you again this year at CppCon 2026!

CppCon 2026 – Call for Authors

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CppCon represents an unparalleled opportunity for C++ book authors to engage with potential reviewers and readers.

For authors that are able to attend in person, the conference will schedule signing opportunities and panels with other authors. Authors can submit session proposals for the Main Program and/or Open Content sessions.

Even for authors that cannot attend in person, the conference is an opportunity for exposure by working with authors to have their hard copy books available for sale at the conference and/or having special attendee discounts for e-book editions.

To register your interest in learning more about author opportunities at CppCon, please fill out the CppCon 2026 Call for Authors form. Deadline for Call for Authors submissions is July 31, 2026.

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.

Holiday Post: Celebrating 2025 and looking forward to 2026

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As we head into the holidays, the C++ community gets a nice surprise: Matt Godbolt, long-time CppCon speaker and creator of Compiler Explorer, has announced “Advent of Compiler Optimisations 2025.” From December 1 to 25, he’ll post a new example each day showing how modern C and C++ compilers transform code.

This series is useful because it makes compiler behavior easier to see. Matt shows real code and the resulting assembly, which helps you understand what the compiler improves and when those improvements don’t apply. It’s also a good follow-up to his 2025 keynote “C++: Some Assembly Required”. And, honestly, it’s just fun to have a daily technical treat during December.

As we wrap up 2025, it’s easy to lose sight of the “invisible helpers” that make our code fast, safe, and efficient. Matt’s Advent calendar is a lovely reminder — and a gift — that compilers are not magic, but they are powerful tools when we understand them. We hope you’ll join us each day in December, pull back the curtain, and learn something new about what’s really happening under the hood.

Happy holidays, and happy optimizing!