https://mattbolitho.github.io/tags/events/Recent content in Events on Matt BolithoHugo -- gohugo.ioen-GBMatt BolithoSat, 27 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/trip-report-accu-on-sea-2026/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/trip-report-accu-on-sea-2026/Three years after my first live conference at C++ on Sea I returned to Folkestone for the new ACCU on Sea conference, which ran between the 16th and 20th of July. I am slightly late to posting this owing to a heat dome, which is wreaking havoc all over Europe right now. Luckily, the weather was lovely for the duration of the conference, save for a few showers. As the name implies, the two biggest UK systems programming conferences (C++ on Sea and ACCU) have merged.https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/virtual-trip-report-cpp-online-2026/Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/virtual-trip-report-cpp-online-2026/This week I virtually attended C++ Online 2026. The conference ran from the 11th to the 13th of March, with 14 workshops scheduled as far out as May. Front Matter I attended C++ Online 2025 last year and in terms of the format of the conference, not much has changed since last year. As such, I won’t rehash a full description of every aspect of the event here - please refer to the previously linked post for that!https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/scientific-computing-in-rust-2025/Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/scientific-computing-in-rust-2025/A few weeks ago, I listened to talks from the Scientific Computing in Rust 2025 workshop. Unfortunately, this post is a little late due to a fairly busy month. I was interested to attend the workshop to gain some insight into the current state of Rust in the science and HPC world. Whilst I am not really something of a scientist myself I am very interested in simulation software which is a domain that I think that Rust is a great fit for.https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/virtual-trip-report-cpp-online-2025/Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:30:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/virtual-trip-report-cpp-online-2025/I virtually attended C++ Online 2025, which was my first experience of the conference. The conference ran from the 26th to the 28th February, with workshops scheduled afterwards. I’ve had a lot of (very positive!) life happenings over the last few months which have taken me away from programming, so it was time to dust off the cobwebs with one of the first C++ conferences of the year. It’s also the reason this post is nearly two weeks late!https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/virtual-trip-report-meeting-cpp-2024/Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:30:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/virtual-trip-report-meeting-cpp-2024/I virtually attended Meeting C++ 2024, which was my first experience of Meeting C++ in any format. Much like with ACCU earlier this year it was awesome to see another conference with online access. Whilst, in my opinion, the experience from online conferences pales in comparison to in-person attendance, it is great for accessibility. This year I have had more going on than usual, so the cheaper and easier to access online conferences have been useful.https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/virtual-trip-report-accu-2024/Sat, 20 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/virtual-trip-report-accu-2024/This week, I virtually attended ACCU 2024. Notwithstanding the normal benefits of in-person conference attendance, being a Somerset native who grew up about 30 miles from Bristol, I was especially gutted to not be able to attend in person. Hopefully, I’ll have the opportunity to attend a conference in person soon! Because I didn’t actually go to the conference, this virtual trip report will mainly focus on the talks I went to, because that was basically the only part of the conference I experienced!https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/event-report-dotnet-8-launch-party-at-williams-f1/Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/event-report-dotnet-8-launch-party-at-williams-f1/Tonight I made my first visit to .NET Oxford for their .NET 8 launch party at the Williams F1 Experience Centre! It has been a while since I have done any serious C# programming, but there are are definitely a lot of interesting developments in that space. I am especially interested to see how AOT compilation and Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO) can be used to generate some lean, high performance C# programs.https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/trip-report-cpp-on-sea-2023/Thu, 06 Jul 2023 22:30:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/trip-report-cpp-on-sea-2023/Last week, I was lucky enough to attend my first programming conference - C++ on Sea 2023. In this post, I’ll share my experiences of the conference. We’ll look at what was on offer throughout the week and some interesting points from the talks. As an aside, recreating my personal site is something that I became motivated to do after attending C++ on Sea, so I think it is only fitting that this should be the first post!