> > The last Europython editions the conference days were something like: > tutorials ( usualy saturday and sunday ) - main conference - sprints. > Attendance numbers during tutorials days were about 1/8 compared to the main > conference. Same for sprints. Probably because of those activies being held > during weekends or at the end of a long conference run ( wich can be hard ). >
FWIW we can't be sure that this is necessarily the reason (although it could be!).. it could be because attendees did not want to participate in the tutorials and sprints (rather than the choice of days). Without good data, it's difficult to come to a conclusion. One approach might be to use this conference (and maybe ask the PyCon guys too) to have an appropriately worded questionnaire to find out the reasons why people do/do not choose the tutorials/sprints .. and perhaps also about the preferred duration of the conference. Making big changes to timings at *this* conference unfortunately coincides with the change of location from sunny B'ham to sunnier Florence, so it will be similarly difficult to draw conclusions if both the timings and location are changed :-) Tim > > > >
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