Is there a plan to host this thing in Melbourne at some point? On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Clinton Roy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Closes Friday 8th May > > PyCon Australia 2015 is pleased to announce that its Call for Proposals is > now open! > > The conference this year will be held on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd > August 2015 in Brisbane. We'll also be featuring a day of Miniconfs on > Friday 31st July. > > The deadline for proposal submission is *Friday 8th May, 2015*. > > 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 attendees how to > use a module? Explore a Python language feature? Package an application? > Miniconfs > > Four Miniconfs will be held on Friday 31st July, as a prelude to the main > conference. Miniconfs are run by community members and are separate to the > main conference. If you are a first time speaker, or your talk is targeted > to a particular field, the Miniconfs might be a better fit than the main > part of the conference. If your proposal is not selected for the main part > of the conference, it may be selected for one of our Miniconfs: > > *DjangoCon AU* is the annual conference of Django users in the Southern > Hemisphere. It covers all aspects of web software development, from design > to deployment - and, of course, the use of the Django framework itself. It > provides an excellent opportunity to discuss the state of the art of web > software development with other developers and designers. > > The *Python in Education Miniconf* aims to bring together community > workshop organisers, professional Python instructors and professional > educators across primary, secondary and tertiary levels to share their > experiences and requirements, and identify areas of potential collaboration > with each other and also with the broader Python community. > > The *Science and Data Miniconf* is a forum for people using Python to > tackle problems in science and data analysis. It aims to cover commercial > and research interests in applications of science, engineering, > mathematics, finance, and data analysis using Python, including AI and 'big > data' topics. > > The *OpenStack Miniconf* is dedicated to talks related to the OpenStack > project and we welcome proposals of all kinds: technical, community, > infrastructure or code talks/discussions; academic or commercial > applications; or even tutorials and case studies. If a presentation is > interesting and useful to the OpenStack community, it will be considered > for inclusion. We also welcome talks that have been given previously in > different events. > First Time Speakers > > We welcome first-time speakers; we are a community conference and we are > eager to hear about your experience. If you have friends or colleagues who > have something valuable to contribute, twist their arms to tell us about > it! Please also forward this Call for Proposals to anyone that you feel may > be interested. > > The most recent call for proposals information can always be found at: > http://pycon-au.org/cfp > > See you in Brisbane in July! > Important Dates > > 1. Call for Proposals opens > <http://2015.pycon-au.org/programme/submit_a_proposal>: Friday 27th > March, 2015 > 2. Proposal submission deadline: Friday 8th May, 2015 > 3. Proposal acceptance: Monday 25 May, 2015 > > > -- > Clinton Roy > Lead Organiser > PyCon Australia 2015 > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > -- Noon Silk, ن https://sites.google.com/site/noonsilk/ "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy of being this signature."
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