[Development] A call for more Qt content at next year's CppCon

[Frederik Gladhorn]

Hi Milian,

thanks a lot for representing us! It is very much appreciated and makes me 
happy to hear that the C++ world is less split then we sometimes like to think 
:-)

Cheers,
Frederik

On Sunday, September 27, 2015 08:21:53 PM Milian Wolff wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I want to relay the ton of good feedback I got on Qt at last weeks CppCon.
> There are many people who use it at work or privately. No wonder, there is
> no better tool for GUIs in C++ ;-)
> 
> In hindsight, I really misjudged the attendees of CppCon. I expected
> hardcore C++ template nerds (many are), who dislike Qt (virtually noone).
> There is certainly a demand for technical in-depth talks on Qt - my talk
> this year was more a "hey, we are alive and do awesome stuff" presentation,
> which lacked technical depth I think. I've also talked with Jon Kalb, the
> organizer of the event, about Qt. He asked me to get more Qt people
> interested for next year. And it's not just attended: There should be more
> Qt related presentations!
> 
> Thus this email: Please convince your employer that attending CppCon is
> important. Hand in a technical talk on anything Qt related, show how you use
> it to solves real world problems. There are also always multiple lightning
> talk sessions, which are again an ideal platform to make people interested
> in Qt. I really hope to see more Qt talks for CppCon 2016.
> 
> Cheers