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tl;dr:  PyCon Australia early bird registrations are now open! Find out more at  http://2013.pycon-au.org/register/prices , including details of our accommodation programme. PyCon Australia is excited to announce that  early bird conference registrations are now available  for our 2013 conference, to be held on Saturday 6 and Sunday 6 July in Hobart, Tasmania. Early bird registration will be extended to the first 80 confirmed conference registrations, or until Friday 3 May, whichever comes first. PyCon Australia is the national conference for students, enthusiasts and professionals working with the Python programming language; it represents a unique opportunity for Python developers to meet fellow developers, and gain knowledge from experts and core Python developers from around Australia and the world. Securing your registration during the early bird period ensures your place at all of the events that PyCon Australia has to offer. Early bird registration comes with a substantial di...

Talk selections for PyCon 2013 were intense. We had a ton of submissions to wade through, and our three levels of review were jam packed with some really great proposals. Our expansion from 95 talks to 114 allowed us to take a few more that past years, but it couldn't include everyone. Of the 458 proposals we received, the batch was so good that we could be running two or three PyCons in parallel if that was possible. The community put out their best work and made it really hard for us on the program committee. It was a great problem to have, and we hope to see all of these talks given in some way throughout the year. As the conference season kicks off, consider proposing some of those awesome submissions to conferences around the world. Two CFPs were recently announced for summer conferences: EuroPython is taking place in Florence, Italy from July 1st through the 7th, and their call was opened a few weeks ago. They'll be accepting proposals through March 5th at  https://...

PyCon Australia 2013 is pleased to announce that its Call for Proposals is now open! The conference this year will be held on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 July 2013 in Hobart, Tasmania. We'll also be featuring a day of miniconfs on Friday 5 July. The deadline for proposal submission is Friday April 5, 2013, and more information can be found at  http://pycon-au.org/cfp PyCon Australia attracts professional developers from all walks of life, including industry, government, and science, as well as enthusiast and student developers. We’re looking for proposals for presentations and tutorials on any aspect of Python programming, at all skill levels from novice to advanced. Presentation subjects may range from reports on open source, academic or commercial projects; or even tutorials and case studies. If a presentation is interesting and useful to the Python community, it will be considered for inclusion in the program. We're especially interested in short presentations that will ...

PyCon Australia is the national conference for users of the Python Programming Language. On  5–7  July 2013, we're returning to Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together students, enthusiasts, and professionals with a love of Python from around Australia, and from all over the World. Once again, we'll have a weekend packed full of amazing content on all aspects of the Python ecosystem, presented by experts and core developers of the tools and frameworks you use every day. We're excited about the return of Friday Night CodeWars, and of course, we've got the usual conference dinner, as well as two days of developer sprints following the conference proceedings. We can't wait to share more about the conference in the coming months. Until then, subscribe to our  announcement list ,  follow us on twitter , or  add yourself to our Lanyrd page . Now with three days of talks! In 2013, before the main event kicks off, we're welcoming two new mini-conferences on the Friday ...

(Hobart Tasmania, 15 June 2012) With both of our keynotes announced, PyCon Australia is very proud to be able to reveal the programme for the 2012 conference, to be held on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania. Following an impressive response to our Call for Proposals the conference will feature three full tracks of presentations and tutorials, across two days, covering all aspects of the Python ecosystem, presented by experts and core developers of key Python technology. Our keynote presenters,  Mark Ramm, Engineering Manager on Juju at Canonical , and  Kenneth Reitz, Python lead at Heroku  will be joined by a wide array of presenters covering a broad range of backgrounds, including industry, research, government and academia. As ever, PyCon Australia is a great place to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in Python web technology: From Heroku, Lincoln Stoll will be presenting on the  12 Factor Method for building software-as-a-service apps . Other web rela...

PyCon Australia and Google Australia are pleased to announce that they're joining forces to offer gender diversity delegate grants to women who wish to attend PyCon Australia in 2012. These grants will cover up to $AUD500 of travel, accommodation and registration costs for women living outside of the Southern Tasmania region to attend this year's conference. These grants aim to reduce the financial barriers to attending PyCon Australia 2012, by subsidizing the registration and travel costs of people from diverse groups, who contribute in important ways to the Python community. More information can be found at  http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants Eligibility In order to be eligible for one of the grants, you must be: A woman, aged 18 or older A professional, enthusiast or student interested in, or currently working in Python-related fields or projects Planning to attend both days of PyCon Australia 2012 In order to be eligible for the travel and accommodation gran...

tl;dr: PyCon Australia early bird registrations are now open! Find out more at http://2012.pycon-au.org/register/prices , including details of our accommodation programme. PyCon Australia is excited to announce that early bird conference registrations are now available for our 2012 conference, to be held on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August in Hobart, Tasmania. Early bird registration will be extended to the first 60 confirmed conference registrations, or until Friday 1 June, whichever comes first. PyCon Australia is the national conference for students, enthusiasts and professionals working with the Python programming language; it represents a unique opportunity for Python developers to meet fellow developers, and gain knowledge from experts and core Python developers from around Australia and the world. Securing your registration during the early bird period ensures your place at all of the events that PyCon Australia has to offer. Early bird registration comes with a substa...

PyCon Australia 2012 is pleased to announce that its Call for Proposals is now open! The conference this year will be held on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania. The deadline for proposal submission is Friday May 4, 2012, and more information can be found at http://pycon-au.org/cfp PyCon Australia attracts professional developers from all walks of life, including industry, government, and science, as well as enthusiast and student developers. We’re looking for proposals for presentations and tutorials on any aspect of Python programming, at all skill levels from novice to advanced. Presentation subjects may range from reports on open source, academic or commercial projects; or even tutorials and case studies. If a presentation is interesting and useful to the Python community, it will be considered for inclusion in the program. We're especially interested in short presentations that will teach conference-goers something new and useful. Can you show atten...

Registrations for PyCon Australia 2011 are closing soon! The conference is just over a week away, so we need final numbers in the next few days.  If you're planning to attend, please register now! PyCon Australia is Australia's only conference dedicated exclusively to the Python programming language, and will be held at the Sydney Masonic Center over the weekend of August 20 and 21. See below for more information and updates on:     1. Registration Closing Soon     2. Coffee     3. Hosting Panel     4. More Sponsors Announced Please pass this message on to those you feel may be interested. Registration Closing Soon Full Registrations for the conference will be closing on:     Monday 15th August:  Full Registrations close That's only five days away, so register now to be sure you don't miss out. By request, we will still allow latecomers to register until just before the confe...

After a brief hiatus, registrations for PyCon Australia 2011 are back online!  We have extended some registration deadlines to compensate for the outage. PyCon Australia is Australia's only conference dedicated exclusively to the Python programming language, and will be held at the Sydney Masonic Center over the weekend of August 20 and 21. See below for more information and updates on:     1. Registration Back Online     2. Call for Volunteers     3. Convore Group     4. Thanks to our Sponsors Please pass this post on to those you feel may be interested. Registration Back Online Registrations are back online after a brief PayPal outage:     http://pycon-au.org/reg Our apologies to those inconvenienced.  PayPal put a temporary lock on our account while they were reviewing our status as a non-profit.  Many thanks to the hard-working folks at Linux Australia for following ...

The official schedule for  PyCon  Australia 2011 has been announced! This year's conference will feature 3 fantastic keynotes, 7 introductory classroom sessions, and 26 presentations on topics as diverse as web programming, benchmarking, social issues and API design. PyCon  Australia is Australia's only conference dedicated exclusively to the Python programming language, and will be held at the Sydney Masonic Center over the weekend of August 20 and 21. See below for more information and updates on:     1. Conference Schedule Announced     2. More Sponsors Announced Please pass this message on to those you feel may be interested. Conference Schedule Announced The detailed conference schedule has been completed and can now be viewed at the following URL:     http:// pycon -au.org/2011/ conference/schedule/ There's even an iCal version for you to plug the schedule straight into your c...

We have confirmed arrangements for two days of Sprints following PyCon Au this year.  This will be a great opportunity to contribute to the Python ecosystem under the guidance of experienced developers, so bring your laptops! PyCon Australia is Australia's only conference dedicated exclusively to the Python programming language, and will be held at the Sydney Masonic Center over the weekend of August 20 and 21. See below for more information and updates on:     1. Post-Conference Sprints     2. Thanks to our Sponsors Please pass this message on to those you feel may be interested. Post-Conference Sprints We are taking up the global PyCon tradition of post-conference sprints this year at PyCon Au. A Sprint is an opportunity for people to get together and do focussed development on a project in a fun and welcoming atmosphere. Experienced developers will be on hand to help newcomers get started, so bring yo...

PyCon AU is pleased to announce that it will be offering two gender diversity delegate grants to women who wish to attend PyCon AU in 2011. These grants will both cover full registration costs; in addition, one of the grants will cover up to $AUD500 of travel and accommodation costs for a woman living outside of the Sydney region to attend. These grants aim to reduce the financial barriers to attending PyCon AU 2011, by subsidising the registration and travel costs of people from diverse groups, who contribute in important ways to the Python community. More information can be found at  http://pycon-au.org/2011/ grants/ Eligibility In order to be eligible for one of the grants, you must be: a woman, aged 18 or older professional, hobbyist or student interested in, or currently working in Python-related fields or projects planning to attend both days of PyCon AU 2011 In order to be eligible for the travel and accommodation gra...