The PyCon US Blog

For Python language enthusiasts across India, all roads led to the Lecture Hall Complex at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 26th and 27th Sep. The reason - to attend and be part of the first PyCon India which was held during the week-end. The event saw tremendous enthusiasm and participation from all over the country. Over 350 delegates and 30+ speakers attended the event. The event generated a lot of interest in the academia, with a large number of college students and fresh graduates attending it. A notable instance is the participation of 75 students from the Rajalakshmi Engg. College in the neighboring city of Chennai, who just hopped on a train to Bangalore en-masse. This is a worthy example of how Python has caught the imagination of young programmers in the sub-continent and that the language is poised for steady growth and adoption in India. The opening keynote talk by Dr. Prabhu Ramachandran was well attended and appreciated by the crowd. Dr. Ramachandran talked ...

October 1, the deadline for submitting PyCon talk proposals, is now just under a week away. If you're planning to present, you should submit your outline now! See the proposal instructions for guidance.

The first ever PyCon India, scheduled to start at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 26th and 27th Sep, 2009 aims to bring together Python aficionados, developers and companies using the Python programming language, under a common umbrella for the first time. The event is unique in many respects. It is the first ever formal Python meet of its kind and scale ever to be organized in India. The event is fully community organized, with the Bangalore Python Users Group as the forum for coordinating activities. There are a range of talks on a variety of aspects of the Python programming language, from introductory tutorials for beginners to Python for mobile computing and Python for the Semantic web. There will also be informal sessions where individual Python developers can share their experiences on Python and how they benefited from it. Around 400 delegates are expected to take part in the event from across the country. The event is sponsored by reputed organizations such as T...

What do Google, YouTube, Weta Digital and the New Zealand Government share in common? They all rely on the 2009 Programming Language of the Year - Python, for their daily operations. To promote Python's use in New Zealand the NZ Python User Group ( NZPUG ) is holding the first Kiwi PyCon conference in Christchurch at the Canterbury Innovation Incubator on November 7th and 8th. The event will include talks highlighting how Python has been used in web and desktop applications, in the field of science and maths, in gaming and animation, and in various other fields. The programme will also include interactive sessions with the audience and opportunities for delegates to give short presentations regarding ways they have benefited from Python. Python is used in New Zealand by reputable companies such as Weta Digital, the company behind Lord of the Rings and King Kong, and is also used extensively by the New Zealand Government, by academic institutions throughout the country and many ot...

October 1, the deadline for submitting PyCon talk proposals, is now just under a month away. Start thinking about your outline now, and see the proposal instructions for guidance.

Pythonistas in the garden city of India, Bangalore are organizing the very first PyCon India in Bangalore, India on Sep 26-27, 2009 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The effort is undertaken by a group of Python enthusiasts in the BangPypers (Bangalore Python Users Group) forum. Go to PyCon India site for the most recent information and updates. For a list of talks planned at PyCon India visit here . Please spread the word and participate to make the first PyCon India a grand success!

October 1, the deadline for submitting PyCon talk proposals, is now just under a month away. Start thinking about your outline now, and see the proposal instructions for guidance.

If you blog, or maintain a website, please let your readers know about PyCon 2010 by adding a PyCon graphic to your page or sidebar. Here's what it looks like: Copy the HTML below to get a fully-functional badge. <a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://python.org/images/pycon-2010-banner.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

This year's EuroPython was a roaring success, and was the biggest one ever. During the event Dan Lynch of Linux Outlaws recorded several interviews and the result is episode 106; The EuroPython Special. Linux Outlaws: Episode 106 Direct link to download the mp3 The interviews are about ten to fifteen minutes each. The interviewees are: Steve Holden, chairman of the Python Software Foundation Laura Creighton, one of the founders and organizers of EuroPython and core team member of the PyPy project Bruce Eckel, author and keynote speaker at EuroPython Michael Foord, IronPython developer and author

Call for proposals — PyCon 2010 — http://us.pycon.org/2010/ Due date: October 1st, 2009 Want to showcase your skills as a Python Hacker? Want to have hundreds of people see your talk on the subject of your choice? Have some hot button issue you think the community needs to address, or have some package, code or project you simply love talking about? Want to launch your master plan to take over the world with python? PyCon is your platform for getting the word out and teaching something new to hundreds of people, face to face. Previous PyCon conferences have had a broad range of presentations, from reports on academic and commercial projects, tutorials on a broad range of subjects and case studies. All conference speakers are volunteers and come from a myriad of backgrounds. Some are new speakers, some are old speakers. Everyone is welcome so bring your passion and your code! We’re looking to you to help us top the previous years of success PyCon has had. PyCon 2010 is looking for propo...

Planning for PyCon US 2010 is in full swing but we are woefully short on officially filling staff positions! If you're interested, please sign up at http://us.pycon.org/2010/about/staff/ and be sure to join the PyCon US organizers mailing list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-organizers In particular, we need to fill the Registration Manager role very soon as we're planning to open registration earlier this year than ever before. (More on that in a future posting!) If you have any questions about any of the staff roles, feel free to ask on the organizers list or email any of the organizers individually!

RuPy is a conference on the Python and Ruby programming languages, held in Poznan Poland. RuPy 2009 will be on the 7-8th November and they have just announced their call for speakers: RuPy 2009 Call for Speakers RuPy 2009 committee is looking for speakers willing to present a Python, Ruby, Groovy or any other related subject. If you have an interesting talk in mind go ahead and submit a talk proposal. The talk proposal should include a talk title, brief introduction and your short resume/biography. To our invited speakers we offer free accommodation, full board and possibility to interact with a very lively IT community. You are also free to participate in all the extra events - ‘Geek party’ always turns out great! You can also support us by linking to our site and informing all your friends about the event and the possibility to submit a talk proposal. Potential speakers should submit an abstract using the following form: RuPy ‘09 :: Speaker Submission Form by September...

SciPy 2009, the 8th annual Python for Scientific Computing Conference is open for registration. The conference is in Pasadena, CA, August 18-23. The early bird rate ends July 22nd. SciPy 2009 Registration SciPy 2009 Schedule This conference provides a unique opportunity to learn and affect what is happening in the realm of scientific computing with Python. Attendees have the opportunity to review the available tools and how they apply to specific problems. By providing a forum for developers to share their Python expertise with the wider commercial, academic, and research communities, this conference fosters collaboration and facilitates the sharing of software components, techniques and a vision for high level language use in scientific computing. The conference is hosted by the CACR (Center for Advanced Computing Research), on the Caltech Campus, Passadena, CA.

PyCon India 2009 , first Python Conference in India, is being organized by the Python user and developer community in India. The conference will consist of a number of full length presentations, lightning talks, sprints and BoFs. Venue: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Dates: 26th and 27th September 2009 How to register: Register online at http://in.pycon.org/2009/ register before 1st August and get an early-bird discount or register directly at the conference. Call for Proposals: PyCon India is looking for proposals on all aspects of Python programming. We will accept a broad range of presentations, from reports on academic and commercial projects to tutorials and case studies. As long as the presentation is interesting and potentially useful to the Python community, it will be considered for inclusion in the conference. All the talks will be within 45-60 minutes. There will also be a dedicated Lightning Talk session for talks no longer than five minutes. More information abo...

The preliminary schedule of talks for PyOhio has been posted, with twenty-five talks and tutorials planned on a variety of Python programming topics. PyOhio 2009 takes place July 25-26 in Columbus, OH, and is free of charge. See pyohio.org for more information and to register (registration opening soon).

EuroPython 2009 starts next week, on Tuesday 30th June in Birmingham, and is preceded by two days of Python tutorials. If you have not already booked your place there is still time to get in if you register although hotel rooms are disappearing fast. With over 400 delegates registered already and more than 100 talks and other events this is the biggest European Python event ever and is not to be missed by anyone interested in Python. There are keynotes by Professor Sir Tony Hoare, Cory Doctorow and Bruce Eckel, and a talk on Bletchley Park from Dr Sue Black, not to mention prizes including an Xbox and a Dell Studio laptop. The social side has not been forgotten, with a Conference Dinner on Wednesday 1st and other evening socials, and... a Partners' Programme so you can bring your nearest and dearest and be sure that s(he) will be happy while you are immersed in things Pythonic. Win Brownie points for a change: bring your partner! Early Bird registration is over, although there ...

EuroPython 2009 is fast approaching. EuroPython is the official community conference for Python Programmers across Europe. This year it is being held in the Birmingham Conservatoire, United Kingdom, where previous UK Python events have been held. We are expecting 300-400 delegates from across Europe. The first two days, Sunday 28th June 2009 and Monday 29th June 2009, are tutorial days, including an introductory tutorial for those who have never programmed in Python before. The main conference, from the 30th June to 2nd July, has talks from the leading Python programmers from across Europe. Speakers include Professor Sir Tony Hoare, Cory Doctorow, Jim Hugunin, Bruce Eckel, Simon Willison, Christian Tismer, Emily Bache, Stani Michiels and Michael Foord. Tutorial and talk abstracts are available on the website . The full talk schedule has also now been posted: EuroPython 2009 Timetable The final two days, the 3rd and 4th of July, are 'sprint' days, where delegates splint into gro...

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The French Speaking Python user group (Afpy) is organizing Pycon FR again this year on May 30/31. Come to Paris, at the "Cyberbase de la Villette" and meet the French Speaking Python community! A lot of talks, tutorials and lightning talks will be given during this week-end, on all kind of topics. And the great news is that the whole conference is free, thanks to our sponsors. Schedule : http://pycon.fr/sessions Cyberbase location : http://pycon.fr/acces.html The French Python user group : http://afpy.org Follow the event on Twitter : #pycon-fr Sponsors : http://pycon.fr/partenaires.html

Talks from PyCon 2009 are now appearing on the PyCon podcast feed, at the rate of roughly 15 talks per day. I'm trying to select the talks for each day in a balanced fashion: one keynote per day, at least one three-part tutorial per day, a certain number of talks with audio problems (so that we don't have an entire day of hard-to-listen-to talks at the end). The feed URL for subscribing to the podcast is http://advocacy.python.org/podcasts/pycon.rss . Video and audio material from PyCon 2009 is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA license. This means you can incorporate excerpts or entire recordings in your own non-commercial projects, as long as you credit the speaker and you CC-license the finished project. For example, the 5/2 episode of Ron Stephen's Python 411 podcast [MP3 link] contains Collin Winter's explanation of the Unladen Swallow project from the Python Virtual Machines panel discussion.