Anders started programming in Turbo Pascal in 1995 and has worked as a software developer in various languages since 2001. He's currently a Senior Software Engineer at Zivid, where he's working on machine vision in C++. He's the author of [CppQuiz.org](

). He also gives terrible C++ advice as [AffectiveCpp](

Erik Engheim has a passion for the interaction between humans and technology, and writes regularly about user interface design, technology behind crypto currencies or programming languages as well as creating educational material such as videos and books.

He loves trying out new programming language and likes both the very abstract like Haskell or LISP as well as low-level programming with C or e.g. programming assembly language on a micro-controller.

Erik has worked many years in the oil industry developing 3D modeling and simulation software for the oil industry and worked as a consultant developing software for tablets and smart phones.



Hana is working as a senior researcher at Avast Software. Her responsibility is exploring new ideas and optimizing existing ones. She also propagates modern C++ techniques and libraries in internal tech talks and gives talks at local C++ meetups. She studied computer science at Mendel University and subsequently taught several courses there, including Data Structures, Computability and Complexity, and Formal Languages and Automata.

Polyglot Coding Architect in London, founder of #ldnug, speaker, tabletop gamer, geek. Tattooed, pierced, and bearded. The 'guv' on @BrighterCommand

Jørgen is a programmer and free software enthusiast, with a passion for programming languages, high-quality software, and beautiful programs. He mostly works with developing libraries for scientific computing and peculiar legacy industry files in the energy industry. He has an MSc in Computer Science from NTU and develops free software at Equinor in Bergen.

Kevlin is an independent consultant and trainer. His development interests are in patterns, programming, practice and process. He has been a columnist for various magazines and web sites, including Better Software, The Register, Application Development Advisor, Java Report and the C/C++ Users Journal. Kevlin is co–author of A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing and On Patterns and Pattern Languages, two volumes in the Pattern–Oriented Software Architecture series. He is also editor of the 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know site and book.

Martin Ertsås is a software developer working for Cisco Systems in Norway on their Telepresence Hardware Endpoints. His main interests are C++, Linux, Security, Embedded Systems, and Developer Happiness. Martin enjoys digging through new code to unravel how it works or spending time improving a tool or process to increase the happiness and productivity of those around him.

A software architect, principal engineer, and security champion with more than 15 years of experience in designing, writing, and maintaining C++ code for fun and living. A trainer with 10 years of C++ teaching experience, consultant, conference speaker, and evangelist. His main areas of interest and expertise are Modern C++, code performance, low latency, safety, and maintainability.

Mateusz worked at Intel for 13 years, and now he is a Principal Software Engineer and the head of the C++ Competency Center at EPAM Systems. He is also a founder of Train IT that provides dedicated C++ trainings and consultant services to corporations around the world.

Mateusz is a contributor and an active voting member of the ISO C++ Committee (WG21) where, together with the best C++ experts in the world, he shapes the future of the C++ language. He is also a co-chair of WG21 Study Group 14 (SG14) responsible for driving performance and low latency subjects in the Committee. Recently also joined MISRA to help make self-driving cars safer.

Michael Kerrisk is a programmer, writer, and trainer who has a passion for investigating and explaining software systems. He is the author of "The Linux Programming Interface", a widely acclaimed book on Linux (and UNIX) system programming. He has been actively involved in the Linux development community since 2000, operating mainly in the area of testing, design review, and documentation of kernel-user-space interfaces. Since 2004, he has maintained the Linux "man-pages" project, which provides the primary documentation for Linux system calls and C library functions. Michael is a New Zealander, living in Munich, Germany, from where he operates a training business (man7.org) providing low-level Linux programming courses in Europe, North America, and occasionally further afield.

Patricia Aas is an international speaker and has spoken at CppCon, ACCU, C++OnSea, NDC Security, NDC Oslo and many other conferences on subjects ranging from Sandboxing in Chromium to Vulnerabilities in C++. She has taught a range of subjects in Computer Science at the University of Oslo.

Patricia has a masters degree in Computer Science and 13 years professional experience as a programmer, most of that time programming in C++. During that time she has worked in codebases with a high focus on security: two browsers (Opera and Vivaldi) and embedded Cisco telepresence systems.

NDC { TechTown }

Speakers

Anders Schau Knatten

Erik Engheim

Hana Dusíková

Ian Cooper

Jørgen Kvalsvik

Kevlin Henney

Martin Ertsås

Mateusz Pusz

Michael Kerrisk

Patricia Aas