The Microsoft C++ team has an exciting lineup of sessions at CppCon 2021. Many of us will also be present at our team’s booth in the main hall for the first two days of the conference. Come say hi and let us know if you have any questions about our talks, products, or anything else! You can also join the #visual_studio channel on the CppCon Discord to talk to us.

We’re also running a survey on the C++ ecosystem. If you have a moment, please take our survey, it’s quick.

Here’s the lineup:

Monday, October 25^th

15:15 – 16:15 (MDT):

Implementing C++ Modules: Lessons Learned, Lessons Abandoned by Gabriel Dos Reis and Cameron DaCamara

Tuesday, October 26^th

10:30 – 11:30 (MDT):

Documentation in the Era of Concepts and Ranges by Sy Brand and Christopher Di Bella (Google)

Extending and Simplifying C++: Thoughts on Pattern Matching using is and as by Herb Sutter

15:15 – 16:15 (MDT):

Static Analysis and Program Safety in C++: Making it Real by Sunny Chatterjee

16:45 – 17:45 (MDT):

In-memory and Persistent Representations of C++ (on-site edition) by Gabriel Dos Reis

Wednesday, October 27^th

12:30 – 13:30 (MDT):

In-memory and Persistent Representations of C++ (online edition) by Gabriel Dos Reis

15:15 – 16:15 (MDT):

What’s New in Visual Studio: 64-bit IDE, C++20, WSL 2, and more by Sy Brand and Marian Luparu

Thursday, October 28^th

10:30 – 11:30 (MDT):

C++20’s <chrono> Calendars and Time Zones in MSVC by Miya Natsuhara

14:00 – 15:00 (MDT):

An Editor Can Do That? Debugging Assembly Language and GPU Kernels in Visual Studio Code by Julia Reid

15:15 – 16:15 (MDT):

Why does std::format do that? by Charlie Barto

16:45 – 17:45 (MDT):

Finding Bugs Using Path-Sensitive Static Analysis (in-person edition) by Gabor Horvath

Friday, October 29^th

12:00 – 13:00 (MDT):

Finding Bugs Using Path-Sensitive Static Analysis (online edition) by Gabor Horvath