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layout: default-2019
title: The joy, excitement, and surprise of computing - !!Con 2019
---

<p style="text-align: center;">
  **Quick Links:**
  &middot;
  [Venue](venue-accessibility.html)
  &middot;
  [Call for Talk Proposals](give-a-talk.html)
  &middot;
  [Conduct](conduct.html)
</p>

<p id="blurb">**!!Con** (pronounced "bang bang con") **2019** is **two days of
ten-minute talks** (with lots of breaks, of course!) to celebrate the
joyous, exciting, and surprising moments in computing.
</p>

## Who's speaking?

Maybe [you](give-a-talk.html)!  Our call for talk proposals is open!

<a name="where" id="where"></a>

## Where and when?

!!Con 2019 will be held at the [AppNexus](http://appnexus.com) headquarters
at 28 West 23rd Street, 4th floor, Manhattan, NYC, on the weekend of
May 10-11, 2019.  [Learn more about our venue!](venue-accessibility.html)

!!Con is a *pay-what-you-want* conference.  Stay tuned for information about registration.

<a name="testimonials" id="testimonials"></a>

## What's so great about !!Con?

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

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> "We aren't even at lunch yet and already this is **the coolest conference I've ever been to!**"
> -- [@mahtab_sabet](https://twitter.com/mahtab_sabet/status/860876124141780992)
>
> "@bangbangcon managed to pack **more useful info into one day than most other conferences do in 3**. And it was **10x more fun.**"
> -- [@johnwittrock](https://twitter.com/johnwittrock/status/861206986448404481)
>
> "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](https://twitter.com/pixelyunicorn/status/861690031370645504)
>
> "@bangbangcon is **the most exciting and important conference in NYC**"
> -- [@aaronmblevin](https://twitter.com/aaronmblevin/status/843949325906534402)<commit_msg>Correct small typo of 2019 dates<commit_after>---
layout: default-2019
title: The joy, excitement, and surprise of computing - !!Con 2019
---

<p style="text-align: center;">
  **Quick Links:**
  &middot;
  [Venue](venue-accessibility.html)
  &middot;
  [Call for Talk Proposals](give-a-talk.html)
  &middot;
  [Conduct](conduct.html)
</p>

<p id="blurb">**!!Con** (pronounced "bang bang con") **2019** is **two days of
ten-minute talks** (with lots of breaks, of course!) to celebrate the
joyous, exciting, and surprising moments in computing.
</p>

## Who's speaking?

Maybe [you](give-a-talk.html)!  Our call for talk proposals is open!

<a name="where" id="where"></a>

## Where and when?

!!Con 2019 will be held at the [AppNexus](http://appnexus.com) headquarters
at 28 West 23rd Street, 4th floor, Manhattan, NYC, on the weekend of
May 11-12, 2019.  [Learn more about our venue!](venue-accessibility.html)

!!Con is a *pay-what-you-want* conference.  Stay tuned for information about registration.

<a name="testimonials" id="testimonials"></a>

## What's so great about !!Con?

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

<!-- Need to update these for 2019 -->

> "We aren't even at lunch yet and already this is **the coolest conference I've ever been to!**"
> -- [@mahtab_sabet](https://twitter.com/mahtab_sabet/status/860876124141780992)
>
> "@bangbangcon managed to pack **more useful info into one day than most other conferences do in 3**. And it was **10x more fun.**"
> -- [@johnwittrock](https://twitter.com/johnwittrock/status/861206986448404481)
>
> "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](https://twitter.com/pixelyunicorn/status/861690031370645504)
>
> "@bangbangcon is **the most exciting and important conference in NYC**"
> -- [@aaronmblevin](https://twitter.com/aaronmblevin/status/843949325906534402)
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