Italian C++ Conference 2020
The Italian C++ Conference 2020 was the very first C++ international conference going online during the COVID-19 emergency. Our experience was useful to other organizers to find a better setup for future events.
Our setup consisted of YouTube for live and recorded sessions and Discord for networking.
Online Conference Setup
- 1×90-min live keynote session (YouTube + live chat)
- 7×50-min live sessions (YouTube + live chat)
- 2×50-min and 1×30-min pre-recorded sessions (YouTube)
- talk follow-ups and text/video/voice moderated and sized virtual rooms for networking (Discord)
Statistics
- 502 registrants
- 415 virtual check-in
- 250 keynote live viewers
- 180 people entered the virtual networking server
The Italian C++ Conference abides the Italian C++ Code of Conduct.
Agenda
| Orario | Track 1 | Track 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Welcome Message Marco Arena |
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| 09.30 – 11.00 | (Keynote) Let’s Move – The Hidden Features and Traps of C++ Move Semantics Nicolai Josuttis |
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| 11.00 – 11.20 | Break | |
| 11:20 – 12.00 | C++20 Text Formatting Alberto Barbati |
The C++20 firehose talk Fabio Fracassi |
| 12:10 – 13:00 | Move-only types can save the API Ivan Čukić |
Lightning Talks |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Break | |
| 14.00 – 14.50 | Current trends in the C++ Community Jens Weller |
The Silicon Valley coding interview Nicolò Valigi |
| 15.00 – 15.50 | My Least Favorite Anti-Pattern Conor Hoekstra |
Lightning Strikes! Walter E Brown |
| 16.00 – 16.10 | Closing Message (including no starch press raffle) Marco Arena |
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| from 16:10 | The discord server stays up for following up conversations! |
*Pre-recorded sessions:
- Writing performant C++ by Laurence Bank
- Macchina a Stati Finiti con il Functor Pattern by Franco Diaspro
- C++ Development with Visual Studio Code by Julia Reid
- A Practical Approach to Error Handling by Arno Schödl