Now Accepting PyCon Financial Aid Applications
Now that registration is open for PyCon 2013, we’ve opened our financial aid program!The financial aid program aims to make PyCon more affordable for attendees through a budget granted by the Python...
View ArticlePyCon 2013 Student Rate Reduced To $100
If you’re a student, we want you to come to PyCon. We’ve always thought the conference provides a great experience at a great price, but we’ve sweetened the deal for 2013: half price tickets for...
View ArticleAnnouncing the PyCon 2013 5K Charity Fun Run
The second annual PyCon 5K Charity Fun Run will be happening Saturday March 17th, 2013 at 7:00 AM. Last year was a lot of fun with a lot of people coming out (148!), and we raised nearly $6,000 for...
View ArticlePyCon Proposals Due in Two Days!
Time is running out for you to submit your PyCon 2013 talk and tutorial proposals! They’re due on Friday September 28, as long as it’s still the 28th somewhere in the world. Check out the Call for...
View ArticleTalk and Tutorial Proposals Due Tomorrow!
If you haven’t started writing your proposals yet, you still have time! The deadline for talk and tutorial proposals is Friday September 28. As long as it’s the 28th somewhere in the world, we’ll take...
View ArticleTalk and Tutorial Proposals Due TODAY!
As my college self would have said: there’s no better time to start a project than the day it’s due. That day is today, and what’s due is a talk or tutorial proposal for PyCon 2013. Proposals will be...
View ArticleEarly bird tickets halfway sold out. Get yours today!
We’re about halfway sold out of early bird tickets for PyCon 2013 with 463 signed up, so hurry up and register before the rates increase! With discounts up to 25%, purchasing early makes this already...
View ArticlePyCon US 2013: Announcing the Harassment incident handling guidelines.
With PyCon 2012 we happily adopted a Code of Conduct/Non Harassment Policy. We derived our version from personal experiences within the community and the ten year lifetime of the conference, and the...
View ArticlePyCon US 2013 Sponsorship - Why it matters, and why we need more.
PyCon is a lot of things. It’s the largest Python conference around in many aspects, with more talks, more tutorials, more days, and more people than any others. It’s one of the cheapest big...
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PyCon US 2013: How many talk tracks are there?
You're probably wondering where the program is for PyCon 2013 coming in March. The short version is that, well - the program committee is having meetings almost every day trying to go through 459...
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PyCon US 2013: Big data? How about PyData!
You know what's better than one huge conference? One huge conference, and another on huge data!(Sorry, I couldn't resist)Today, I am proud to publicly announce a new development for PyCon / PyCon 2013...
View ArticleSurvey: Subsidized Childcare at PyCon 2013
We’re tossing around a lot of ideas as we dive deeper into preparing PyCon 2013, and one that came up was the offering of childcare services. We’re planning some big things for the upcoming conference...
View ArticleYou should present a poster at PyCon 2013!
PyCon 2013 is shaping up to be the largest PyCon ever; not only in terms of attendees but also in terms of opportunities to hear new ideas and meet new people. The conference will have six talk tracks...
View ArticleAnnouncing the PyCon 2013 talks!
On behalf of the PyCon Program Committee, I'm thrilled to announce the list of talks for PyCon 2013! It's an amazing program that's a true testament to Python's reach: we'll have talks covering...
View ArticleEarly Bird Rates Ending Soon, Save up to 25% Today!
On the heels of the long awaited list of accepted talks for PyCon 2013 comes news that early bird registration is nearly sold out. For 2013 a new approach was taken, shifting from a time-based early...
View ArticlepyArkansas 2012 recap - bigger and better than ever
pyArkansas photos on FlickrThis fall marked the fifth year for pyArkansas. It's hard to believe that it was only a little over five years ago that Greg Lindstrom and I crossed paths on a email thread...
View ArticleAnnouncing Startup row: PyCon 2013 Edition!
For the past two years, one of our most successful and impressive experiments has been the creation of "Startup Row", where we let Python powered startups apply for free booth space, registrations and...
View ArticleEarly Bird Tickets Almost Sold Out: 15 left!
Right now is your last chance to get a discount on PyCon 2013 tickets! We've sold 985 tickets so far and have only 15 remaining at the discounted early bird prices. We had 100 left just over a day ago...
View ArticleTutorial Schedule Released, Registration Now Open!
The long awaited tutorial schedule has been released! This year’s accepted tutorials include several returning veterans and a great group of newcomers, so take a look - there’s a lot to learn.Now that...
View ArticleAnnouncing Women Who Code sponsorship (and Ada Lovelace’s birthday!)
As we happily join the celebration of Ada Lovelace’s 197th birthday, we’re also happy to announce that Women Who Code is joining our community sponsorship list!Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician...
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