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Pure Virtual C++ 2026 [Meet the Speakers, Part 1]: Build Faster, Run Faster

C++ Team ·C++ Team Blog ·Published 2026-07-09 ·5 min read

This article introduces the speakers for the Pure Virtual C++ 2026 conference, focusing on techniques to improve build times and efficiency in C++ development.

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Pure Virtual C++ 2026 is almost here: a free, one-day virtual conference for the whole C++ community, streaming Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM PT on YouTube (Microsoft Reactor) and Twitch, with on-demand recordings on the Visual Studio YouTube channel afterward. Register now →

This is the first post in our three-part Meet the Speakers series. Over the next week we’ll introduce you to the people behind this year’s featured sessions and the problems they’re helping you solve. The theme of today’s post is one that every C++ developer feels in their bones: building faster, running faster.

Slow builds and heavyweight binaries are a tax every C++ team pays, every single day. The two sessions below address that tax from different angles: one by modernizing how your code is compiled with…


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