If you're in the San Francisco Bay area, you might be interested in this from IBM:

Join our C/C++ compiler experts at the first annual #OpenPOWER summit next week

by Larry Lindsay

From the announcement:

Next week the First Annual OpenPOWER Summit takes place in San Jose, California from March 17-19... The XL C/C++ compiler team will be presenting two sessions on the latest compilation technology advancements...