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title: The joy, excitement, and surprise of computing - !!Con 2017
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<p id="blurb">**!!Con** (pronounced "bang bang con") is **two days of
ten-minute talks** (with lots of breaks, of course!) to celebrate the
joyous, exciting, and surprising moments in computing.  Join us for
our **fourth year** in 2017!</p>

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

## Who's speaking?

Maybe you!  Our [call for talk proposals](give-a-talk.html) will open
soon!  Plus, stay tuned for an announcement of our amazing keynote
speakers.

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

## Where and when?

!!Con will be in NYC on the weekend of May 6-7, 2017.  Stay tuned for
  our venue announcement!

## How much does it cost?  Where do I register?

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

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

## Why go to !!Con?

Here's what some of our 2016 speakers and attendees said about us:

> "**one of the most diverse and engaged tech communities** I've ever
> encountered" --
> [@enjenneer](https://twitter.com/enjenneer/status/729866321001844737)

> "What an **amazing, delightful, intellectually stimulating, and
> simply joyous** conference!" --
> [@techstepper](https://twitter.com/techstepper/status/729503996730347520)

> "**if you are not making plans to attend** next year's @bangbangcon,
> you are **making a huge mistake**" --
> [@tdenkinger](https://twitter.com/tdenkinger/status/729554572843323392)

> "**If I never went to another tech conference, this would be the one
> to have ended on**"
> -- [@aredridel](https://twitter.com/aredridel/status/729460621775867904)

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> "**a non-stop barrage of AWESOME talks!**" --
> [@AnjanaVakil](https://twitter.com/AnjanaVakil/status/729061608140509185)

> "#bangbangcon was **utterly amazing**, to the point that i have not
> tweeted about it because how do you fit that into a tweet" --<commit_msg>Typo fix.<commit_after>---
layout: default-2017
title: The joy, excitement, and surprise of computing - !!Con 2017
---

<p id="blurb">**!!Con** (pronounced "bang bang con") is **two days of
ten-minute talks** (with lots of breaks, of course!) to celebrate the
joyous, exciting, and surprising moments in computing.  Join us for
our **fourth year** in 2017!</p>

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

## Who's speaking?

Maybe you!  Our [call for talk proposals](give-a-talk.html) will open
soon!  Plus, stay tuned for an announcement of our amazing keynote
speakers.

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

## Where and when?

!!Con will be in NYC on the weekend of May 6-7, 2017.  Stay tuned for
  our venue announcement!

## How much does it cost?  Where do I register?

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

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

## Why go to !!Con?

Here's what some of our 2016 speakers and attendees said about us:

> "**one of the most diverse and engaged tech communities** I've ever
> encountered" --
> [@enjenneer](https://twitter.com/enjenneer/status/729866321001844737)

> "What an **amazing, delightful, intellectually stimulating, and
> simply joyous** conference!" --
> [@techstepper](https://twitter.com/techstepper/status/729503996730347520)

> "**if you are not making plans to attend** next year's @bangbangcon,
> you are **making a huge mistake**" --
> [@tdenkinger](https://twitter.com/tdenkinger/status/729554572843323392)

> "**If I never went to another tech conference, this would be the one
> to have ended on**"
> -- [@aredridel](https://twitter.com/aredridel/status/729460621775867904)

<!-- TODO: make sure it's OK to use these! -->

> "**a non-stop barrage of AWESOME talks!**" --
> [@AnjanaVakil](https://twitter.com/AnjanaVakil/status/729061608140509185)

> "#bangbangcon was **utterly amazing**, to the point that i have not
> tweeted about it because how do you fit that into a tweet" --
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