The joy, excitement, and surprise of computing

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!!Con (pronounced “bang bang con”) 2021 was a week of ten-minute talks (with lots of breaks, of course!) to celebrate the joyous, exciting, and surprising moments in computing.

How do I get updates?

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Who’s speaking?

Our call for talk proposals is closed. Thanks for all your wonderful talk proposal submissions! Learn more about our amazing speakers!

Where and when?

!!Con 2021 was held online, the week of May 15-22, 2021!!

!!Con was a pay-what-you-want conference. Our registration was open April 24th (first batch) and April 26th (second batch).

What’s so great about !!Con?

Here’s what some of our past speakers and attendees said about us:

“@bangbangcon managed to pack more useful info into one day than most other conferences do in 3. And it was 10x more fun.” – @johnwittrock

“Virtual @bangbangcon’s reminding me how much fun it is to hear people talk about what they’re passionate about” – @trudake

“It’s refreshing to learn 30+ new things about programming in a single weekend at @bangbangcon, even though I’ve been programming for so long” – @pixelyunicorn

“@bangbangcon was awesome! Learned a lot, met very friendly people, and left inspired.” – @bxmani

“It’s only halfway over, but @bangbangcon is setting the bar for virtual events for me. […]” – @lazerwalker