{"id":36679,"date":"2026-07-13T20:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cppblog\/?p=36679"},"modified":"2026-07-13T20:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:36:53","slug":"pure-virtual-cpp-2026-meet-the-speakers-part-2-the-ai-native-c-developer-workflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cppblog\/pure-virtual-cpp-2026-meet-the-speakers-part-2-the-ai-native-c-developer-workflow\/","title":{"rendered":"Pure Virtual C++ 2026 [Meet the Speakers, Part 2]: The AI-Native C++ Developer Workflow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pure Virtual C++ 2026<\/strong>\u00a0streams\u00a0Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM PT<\/strong>, a free, one-day virtual conference for the whole C++ community, live on YouTube (Microsoft Reactor) and Twitch, with on-demand recordings on the Visual Studio YouTube channel afterward.\u00a0Register now \u2192<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to part two of our\u00a0Meet the Speakers<\/strong>\u00a0series. In\u00a0part one<\/a>\u00a0we looked at building and running faster. Today we turn to the theme shaping the future of development:\u00a0the AI-native C++ developer workflow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why this theme matters<\/h2>\n

C++ development is evolving into an AI-native, agent-driven experience and it’s happening everywhere you work, from the IDE to the terminal. The two featured sessions below show what that looks like in practice: AI tools that\u00a0understand<\/em>\u00a0your C++ code, whether you’re in the command line or in Visual Studio.\u00a0If you’re making wide-sweeping C++ changes and want AI that locates the right context instead of guessing and grepping through files, these talks show what real semantic understanding unlocks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sinem Akinci:\u00a0C++ semantic awareness in the CLI: From Project Load to Code Change<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"sinemakinci<\/a><\/td>\nSinem is a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft focused on C++ developer tooling and AI-assisted workflows across Visual Studio, VS Code, and the CLI. She studied Industrial Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan and has worked across engineering and consulting. And she’s also co-hosting this year’s conference alongside Mads Kristensen! Follow Sinem:\u00a0X @sinem__akinci<\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0GitHub @sinemakinci1<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What the session is about.<\/strong>\u00a0Imagine opening a large C++ project in your terminal and navigating symbols, tracing call graphs, and fixing bugs with the same accuracy as your IDE’s language services. Sinem shows how the\u00a0Microsoft C++ language server<\/strong>\u00a0brings that experience to\u00a0Copilot CLI<\/strong>. She walks through loading a real C++ project for the first time and automatically generating the build context needed for full semantic understanding. From there, Copilot resolves C++ symbols, follows references across translation units, and produces edits that\u00a0actually compile<\/strong>, all without opening an IDE.<\/p>\n

What you’ll learn<\/strong><\/p>\n