[C++ Academia] Conference Proposal

[Hartmut Kaiser]

Jon,

Thanks for spearheading this! I think an academic C++ conference would fill a 
gaping hole in the landscape of scientific conferences.

Two things come to mind right away:

We should coordinate/look at/distinguish ourselves from OOPSLA, a leading 
conference on language design and related topics.

A centerpiece for an academic conference is to provide a publication platform 
(at least conference proceedings, better yet and in addition to the 
proceedings - a special topics journals, possibly for a selected amount of 
(best) papers only. The easiest way to organize proceedings etc. would be by 
associating the conference with ACM or IEEE.

Regards Hartmut
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CppAc <cppac-bounces at lists.cpp.ac> On Behalf Of Jon Kalb
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 5:39 PM
> To: cppac at lists.cpp.ac
> Subject: [C++ Academia] Conference Proposal
>
>
> Thank you all for introducing yourselves.
>
> I chair the C++Now and CppCon conferences as well as the Silicon Valley
> Code Camp C++ Track. I also chair the Boost Steering Committee and am a
> founding board member of the C++ Alliance and I starting this mailing list
> and the website that hosts it.
>
> I'm also a freelance onsite trainer for C++. This is the job at which I
> support myself.
>
> I want to share with you why I started this mailing list. It might seem
> obvious that I want to facilitate discussion among academics interested in
> C++. That is true, but I have three-point agenda. I feel like the first
> point is a prerequisite to successfully achieving the second and third:
>
> 1. Create a forum for academics interested in C++ to engage with each
> other
> 2. Fund the development and distribution of a set of curriculum guides for
> use by instructors that are using C++ in colligate instruction
> 3. Create an academic conference on C++
>
> With the creation of https://cpp.ac and this list, I'm one down and the
> two most difficult ones to go.
>
> Right now, I'd like to kick off discussion of the creation of an academic
> conference with a document that I've created here:
>                 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1POhpABMQe_2Odg9lKUt-
> LFce4DfXmrDMcE6UBPTXj_Y/edit?usp=sharing
>
> I'm interested in hearing your questions and comment or if you'd be
> willing to participate or volunteer to help in this effort.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jon