Announcing our keynote speakers for 2026

We are delighted to announce our full line-up or keynote speakers to set the tone for our 2026 conference.

Sophia Turner

Sophia has been involved in language design for over 20 years and was instrumental in the creation of TypeScript and the evolution of Rust. More recently she created Nushell and June. She's worked at Microsoft, Apple, Mozilla and Cray. So she knows a thing or two about language design, evolution, success and failure.

Andrei Alexandrescu

Andrei shot to fame in the C++ world with his book, Modern C++ Design. the "Modern C++", then, was C++98 - but his ideas were way ahead of their time and set the blueprint for C++ for the next decade and beyond. But he didn't stop there. He has introduced or championed concepts that have made it into C++17, 20, 23 and beyond - even though for much of that time he was working on the D Programming Language. Now fully focused back on C++ we look forward to what he has for us next.

Yvonne Rogers

Yvonne is, or has been, a Professor of Interaction Design, CTO of LetsThink.com, chair of excellence at Bremen University, member of the US National Academy of Engineering and Fellow of the Royal Society, ACM, BCS and the ACM's CHI Academy.

She has won many distinguished awards for her contributions to the fields of maths, science, AI and computer science.

Walter Brown

Walter is an institution! With over 60 years of experience in industry, academia, consulting and research, Walter has seen it all - and has a particular way of sharing his deep experience with us that makes the complex seem simple, while also making you realise you never fully understood what you thought you understood to begin with.