2025 Schedule

All times are in BST (British Summer Time - UTC+1)
Sunday
22nd June 2025
Pre-conference registration
public
18:00
The HRT Early Registration Reception 🍸
Monday
23rd June 2025
Main conference day 1
main()
std::cout
east const
08:00
Arrival and registration ☕️
09:00
Welcome and news
09:15
KEYNOTE: Three Cool Things in C++
Herb Sutter
10:30
Refreshments break (30 mins)
11:00
12:15
12:30
What C++ Needs to be Safe
John Lakos
C++ Fundamentals
Namespaces 101
Sandor DARGO
Building Robust Inter-Process Queues in C++
Jody Hagins
12:30
Lunch break
13:15
SPONSORED: Building the Backbone for Market Data in Modern C++
Jody Hagins
Robert Leahy
Gianluca Delfino
14:00
The Pattern Matching We Already Have
Braden Ganetsky
C++ Fundamentals
C++ Value Categories in Action: The Foundation Behind Overloads, Moves, and the Broader System
Sandeep Mantrala
An introduction to reinforcement learning: Snake your way out of a paper bag
Frances Buontempo
15:00
Refreshments break (30 mins)
15:30
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: A Tale of Two Emulators
Matt Godbolt
C++ Fundamentals
CMake for the Impatient
Steve Love
Telling Your Technical Story
Sherry Sontag
16:30
Refreshments break (30 mins)
17:00
Software Engineering Completeness Pyramid: Knowing when you are Done and why it matters
Peter Muldoon
C++ Fundamentals
In Search of the Perfect Return: A C++ Programming Journey
Walter E Brown
Beyond Sequential Consistency
Christopher Fretz
19:00
⚡ Lightning Talks
20:30
The UNDO Quiz Night
Tuesday
24th June 2025
Main conference day 2
main()
std::cout
east const
08:00
Arrival and registration ☕️
09:00
Welcome and news
09:15
Welcome to v1.0 of the meta::[[verse]]!
Inbal Levi
C++ Fundamentals
Understanding large and unfamiliar codebases
Mike Shah
Chris Croft-White
To Err is Human: Robust Error Handling in C++26
Sebastian Theophil
10:15
Refreshments break (30 mins)
10:45
12:00
12:15
The 10 Essential Features for the Future of C++ Libraries
Mateusz Pusz
Safe and Readable Code: Monadic Operations in C++23
Robert Schimkowitsch
Missing (and future?) C++ range concepts
Jonathan Müller
12:15
Lunch break
13:00
SPONSORED: Mind the Gap (Between Your Code and Your Toolchain)
Yannic Staudt
13:45
What can C++ learn about thread safety from other languages?
David Rowland
C++ Fundamentals
Variadic Templates and Parameter Packs
Vladimir Vishnevskii
Balancing Efficiency and Flexibility: Cost of Abstractions in Embedded Systems
Marcell Juhasz
14:45
Refreshments break (30 mins)
15:15
KEYNOTE: Contracts, Safety, and the Art of Cat Herding
Timur Doumler
16:45
17:00
⚡ Lightning Talks
19:00
The Bloomberg Dinner-on-Sea
Wednesday
25th June 2025
Main conference day 3
main()
std::cout
east const
08:00
Arrival and registration ☕️
09:30
The Power and Pain of Hidden Symbols
Jason Turner
C++ Fundamentals
Smart Pointers, Dumb Mistakes
Khushboo Verma
C++ Contracts – a Meaningfully Viable Product
Andrei Zissu
10:30
Refreshments break (30 mins)
11:00
12:15
12:30
Rethink Polymorphism in C++
Nicolai Josuttis
C++ Fundamentals
Don’t get overloaded by overload sets
Roth Michaels
Green Programming
Tina Ulbrich
Hendrik Niemeyer
12:30
Lunch break
14:00
Extending std::execution Further: Higher-Order Senders and the Shape of Asynchronous Programs
Robert Leahy
C++ Performance Tips: Cutting Down on Unnecessary Objects
Prithvi Okade
Kathleen Baker
Faster, safer, better ranges
Tristan Brindle
15:00
Refreshments break (30 mins)
15:30
Will your program still be correct next year?
Björn Fahller
How to get the benefits of Rust Traits for runtime polymorphism in C++
Eduardo Madrid
Understanding, Using, and Improving std::generator
Johannes Kalmbach
16:30
17:00
KEYNOTE: Why Software Engineering Interviews are Broken and How to Actually Make them Better
Kristen Shaker
18:15
Closing address
Thursday
26th June 2025
Post-conference workshops
std::cout
east const
const west
unsigned
09:00
Arrival and registration ☕️
10:00
WORKSHOP: C++23 in Practice: A Complete Introduction
Nicolai Josuttis
WORKSHOP: C++ Best Practices
Jason Turner
WORKSHOP: Structured Concurrency in C++: A Hands-On Workshop
Mateusz Pusz
WORKSHOP: C++ Templates for Developers
Walter E Brown
18:00
End of workshops
Friday
27th June 2025
Post-conference workshops
std::cout
east const
const west
unsigned
08:00
Arrival and registration ☕️
09:00
10:00
17:00
WORKSHOP: C++23 in Practice: A Complete Introduction
Nicolai Josuttis
WORKSHOP: C++ Best Practices
Jason Turner
WORKSHOP: Structured Concurrency in C++: A Hands-On Workshop
Mateusz Pusz
WORKSHOP: C++ Templates for Developers
Walter E Brown
18:00
End of workshops