As preparations for EuroPython 2008 gather momentum, we [*] would like to find out what kinds of talks and themes would be most interesting to the EuroPython community: that is, the people planning to attend the conference, along with those people following the conference from further afield. In other words: what do you think are the most exciting areas of Python activity right now, and what aspects of them would you most like to hear about at EuroPython 2008?
Last year, the conference focused on agile development, but also promoted many of the familiar categories: business, education, games, language and libraries, science, social skills and Web development. Of course, topics such as Web development remain as popular as ever, but we also saw strong contributions in other areas such as robotics and database systems. So, we would like your opinions on the hot topics you would like to see covered at EuroPython - perhaps a topic you might even consider delivering a talk about yourself. We have set up a page on the EuroPython site to collect ideas, and the community is very welcome to add their thoughts and suggestions to it. Discussion on this mailing list is, of course, also encouraged! See here for the page of talk and theme suggestions: http://www.europython.org/community/Talk_Suggestions And see here for some help on contributing to the site: http://www.europython.org/community/Participants Of course, EuroPython welcomes talks about anything Python-related - they don't have to fit the eventual themes of the conference exactly. Unlike some conferences, EuroPython isn't about fitting talks into some rigid structure and filtering out things which don't belong. Instead, we welcome new ideas, even on the very nature of the conference programme itself. For example, would tutorials - a regular feature of other Python conferences - be interesting to EuroPython attendees? Would you like to see influential developers discuss issues in panel sessions? Are there any other activities which could be brought into the EuroPython schedule from other conferences? Let the discussion begin! [*] As EuroPython is a community conference, there isn't really an "us" (meaning the organisers) and a "them" (meaning everyone else). Everyone is welcome to help shape the conference into something meaningful to them. See the EuroPython site at europython.org for more information! _______________________________________________ EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
