Next BeCPP UG Meeting Planned For June 12th, 2013

May 7, 2013 Marc Gregoire Events

The next meeting of the Belgian C++ Users Group is planned for Wednesday June 12th, 2013 at 18:00 at Nikon Metrology HQ.

Nikon Metrology ( http://nikonmetrology.com/ ) is sponsoring this event by providing the location, drinks and catering.

There will be two international speakers:

• Joel Falcou is an assistant professor at the University Paris-Sud and researcher at the Laboratoire de Recherche d’Informatique in Orsay, France. His work focuses on investigating high-level programming models for parallel architectures (present and future) and providing efficient implementation of such models using high-performance language features. He’s an active member of the Boost community and CEO of MetaScale, a French start-up valorizing his research. He is also a member of the ISO C++ Standards Committee.
• Jens Weller is a self-employed C++ specialist, working with C++ for over 14 years. He is organizing the C++ conference “Meeting C++” in Düsseldorf, and also runs http://meetingcpp.com. Jens has some vast C++ experience gathered as a freelancer in the IT Industry.

The agenda is as follows:

• 18:00: Sandwiches.
• 18:30: Session 1: Qt5 – Multimedia Overview (Jens Weller)
  The talk will give a short introduction into Qt5, and focus on its Multimedia Framework, showing how to write an MP3 Player or a video recorder in Qt5.
• 19:30: Break
• 19:45: Session 2: Boost.Proto (Joel Falcou)
  C++ Embedded Domain Specific Languages Made Easy.
• 20:45: Guided tour of Nikon Metrology followed by a drink.

Every attendee will receive a discount code for 40% off on the cover-price of any Packt eBook courtesy of Packt Publishing.

The event is free for everyone, but you need to register for it.

There are 50 seats available for this event.

Note: The deadline for registrations is June 5th, 2013!