The ACCU Conference is the annual conference of the ACCU membership, but is open to any and all who wish to attend. The tagline for the ACCU is "Professionalism in Programming", which captures the whole spectrum of programming languages, tools, techniques and processes involved in advancing our craft. While there remains a core of C and C++ - with many members participating in respective ISO standards bodies - the conference, like the organisation, embraces other language ecosystems and you should expect to see sessions on C#, D, F#, Go, Javascript, Haskell, Java, Kotlin, Lisp, Python, Ruby, Rust, Swift and more. There are always sessions on TDD, BDD, and how to do programming right.

The ACCU Conference is a conference by programmers for programmers about programming.

At its core the ACCU Conference is about developers who want to share their experience through presentations and interactive workshops with other developers. To reach as many as possible we plan, again, to run a hybrid conference in 2024. All sessions will be onsite at our venue in Bristol. but most will be live streamed for remote attendees.

We are pleased to announce that our keynote speakers for 2024 are:

Laura Savino is a Photoshop engineer, globally recognized tech speaker, and expert in developer communications.

Herb Sutter is an author and speaker, chair of the ISO C++ standards committee, and a programming language architect at Microsoft.

Inbal Levi is chair of the Library Evolution Working Group and director at ISO C++ and Boost Foundations with an interest in code readability, compilers, language, and software design.

Björn Fahller is the creator of popular open source C++ libraries: Trompeloeil for mocking and strong_type for type safety.

News: Announcing the full ACCU 2024 schedule


3rd March 2024 at 16:59

A little later than expected, due to some logistical issues, but we can now finally announce the full schedule for the 2024 ACCU Conference - and it's going to be awesome!

Head on over to the schedule page for the high level schedule, and click through for the details.

As well as our two 2-day and three 1-day workshops, four keynotes and three lightning talk sessions we have 54 presentations for you!

And don't forgot the legendary conference dinner on Friday evening! With speakers our guests of honour this is a great chance to spend time with them - as well as other attendees - while being entertained and served delicious food.

Don't forget, ACCU members get cheaper rates - so if you're not already a member then sign up today.

Because of the delays in getting the schedule ready we have kept Early Bird rates open longer. But this will now finish on Wednesday 6th March - so hurry if you want to get the best prices!

Safety and Inclusion

Because we want our conference to be a safe space and as welcoming and inclusive as possible we have formed a dedicated team to help us with this, and created a page to go into more detail. If you have any questions or concerns please use the email address found on that page, or speak to any member of staff at the event.


Location

The ACCU Conference is, once again, hosted at the Delta Hotels by Bristol Marriott, City Centre in Bristol, UK. Located in the city centre, close to shopping centres, main attractions and key transportation hubs the Bristol Marriott is renowned as one of the largest conference centres in South-West England.

Accommodation

Accommodation can be reserved at a special rate from the conference block on registration, or can be booked directly with the venue hotel or other hotels in the area.

The ACCU conference is run by Shaved Yaks Events in partnership with the ACCU Conference Committee.