Communication Badges

Communication Badges

Conferences are full of people worth talking to – and full of moments when
you’d rather focus, recharge, or stick to shop talk. This year, CppCon offers a simple,
completely optional way to signal how open you are to conversation: a sticker on your
name badge. You can change or remove it at any time.

What the colors mean

  • 🟢 Green circle – “Talk to me about anything”:
    You’re happy to chat: C++, careers, hobbies, interesting sponsor booths. Strangers welcome.
  • â–² Yellow triangle – “Talk to me about professional topics”:
    You’re open to conversation about professionally relevant subjects – your work,
    your company, or the tagline on your badge (yes, “Master of LLVM,” we mean you).
  • 🟥 Red square – “Please don’t approach me”:
    You’d rather not be approached for conversation right now. No explanation needed,
    no offense taken.
  • No sticker – no signal:
    A badge without a sticker simply means the attendee hasn’t opted in. It is not a
    “do not talk to me” sign. Normal conference courtesy applies, as it always has.

How it works

  • Stickers are available at the registration desk when you pick up your badge, and
    throughout the conference at CppCache (the conference store).
  • Place the sticker toward the right-hand side of your badge, where it’s easily visible.
  • Changed your mind? Just stick a new sticker on top of the old one.
    The topmost sticker is your current signal, even if an edge of an older
    one shows underneath. Feeling social in the morning and drained by 4 pm is normal
    – the system is designed for that.

A few important points

  • This is entirely voluntary. Wearing a sticker, not wearing one, or changing it
    hourly – all equally fine, no questions asked.
  • Each signal has a distinct shape (circle, triangle, square), so the system works
    even if the colors look similar to you.
  • Green and yellow stickers are an invitation, not an obligation. Someone with a green
    sticker can still end a conversation, be busy, or say “not right now.” And please respect
    the red square – it’s not personal. The CppCon Code of Conduct applies as always.