So you should send them.

Top Ten Reasons To Send Your Developers to CppCon (or any C++ Conference)

by Jon Kalb

From the article:

Sending software engineers to conferences is both a time and money expense, but conferences exists because they provide value to attendees and companies that send them. Some of the value may be obvious, some may not. Here is a list of the top business reasons to send your developers to CppCon or any other C++ conference...