PyCon is always a great conference, and you all should consider giving a talk.
Begin forwarded message: > From: Jesse Noller <[email protected]> > Date: September 23, 2010 6:34:17 PM PDT > To: tip <[email protected]> > Subject: [TIP] Call for proposals -- PyCon 2011 > > [I better see some rocking testing talks again this year! - jesse] > > > Call for proposals -- PyCon 2011 -- <http://us.pycon.org/2011/> > =============================================================== > > Proposal Due date: November 1st, 2010 > > PyCon is back! With a rocking new website, a great location and > more Python hackers and luminaries under one roof than you could > possibly shake a stick at. We've also added an "Extreme" talk > track this year - no introduction, no fluff - only the pure > technical meat! > > PyCon 2011 will be held March 9th through the 17th, 2011 in Atlanta, > Georgia. (Home of some of the best southern food you can possibly > find on Earth!) The PyCon conference days will be March 11-13, > preceded by two tutorial days (March 9-10), and followed by four > days of development sprints (March 14-17). > > PyCon 2011 is looking for proposals for the formal presentation > tracks (this includes "extreme talks"). A request for proposals for > poster sessions and tutorials will come separately. > > 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. > > In the past, PyCon has 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 have been > speaking for years. Everyone is welcome, so bring your passion and your > code! We've had some incredible past PyCons, and we're looking to you to > help us top them! > > Online proposal submission is open now! Proposals will be accepted > through November 10th, with acceptance notifications coming out by > January 20th. To get started, please see: > > <http://us.pycon.org/2011/speaker/> > > For videos of talks from previous years - check out: > > <http://python.mirocommunity.org/category/conferences> > > For more information on "Extreme Talks" see: > > <http://us.pycon.org/2011/speaker/extreme/> > > We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta! > > Please also note - registration for PyCon 2011 will also be capped at a > maximum of 1,500 delegates, including speakers. When registration opens > (soon), you're going to want to make sure you register early! Speakers > with accepted talks will have a guaranteed slot. > > Important Dates: > * November 1st, 2010: Talk proposals due. > * December 15th, 2010: Acceptance emails sent. > * January 19th, 2010: Early bird registration closes. > * March 9-10th, 2011: Tutorial days at PyCon. > * March 11-13th, 2011: PyCon main conference. > * March 14-17th, 2011: PyCon sprints days. > > Contact Emails: > Van Lindberg (Conference Chair) - [email protected] > Jesse Noller (Co-Chair) - [email protected] > PyCon Organizers list: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > testing-in-python mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/testing-in-python _______________________________________________ Portland mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland
