Tutorial proposals are due two weeks from today
There are only two weeks left before PyCon tutorial proposals are due! If you have ever dreamed about delivering a valuable 3-hour tutorial in front of dozens of fellow PyCon attendees, you can read...
View ArticleThe Tutorial deadline is here!
Tutorial proposals for PyCon 2016 are due today. The submission form will close once it has passed midnight in every time zone. If you have dreamed of giving an in-depth 3-hour class to your fellow...
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Your visit to Portland: Controlled substances
We know that many of you will want to see more of Portland than just a conference center and the inside of a hotel room. You will walk downtown and visit Powell’s. You will hike mountains and canyons....
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Become a PyCon 2016 volunteer!
A community conference like PyCon is run by volunteers. There are many ways to get involved if you are interested in serving the community as part of the team who makes the conference possible. Here is...
View ArticleTalk and Poster proposals are due Sunday — and, PyCon 2016 falls on Memorial...
Here are two crucial reminders as we head into the final weekend of our Call For Proposals: Talk and Poster proposals are due this Sunday, January 3rd!The first of PyCon’s three main conference days...
View ArticleNow accepting Financial Aid applications
If you compare the ticket prices that we charged at PyCon 2011 in Atlanta a half-decade ago to our prices today, you will notice something remarkable — that not only have we kept our Individual and...
View ArticleAnnouncing the PyCon 2016 Talks Schedule
The Talks committee has been hard at work since the Call For Proposals closed 5 weeks ago, and today we are thrilled to present the result — here are the talks that the committee has chosen for PyCon...
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Announcing the Keynote Speakers for PyCon 2016
We are excited to announce our keynote speakers for PyCon 2016!Each speaker will be featured at one of our plenary sessions, of which there are four — a plenary session that opens each of the three...
View ArticleStartups will soon be pitching to join 2016’s Startup Row!
PyCon’s Startup Row kicks off our 2016 season with a pitch event March 9th, hosted by SF Python at Yelp! HQ. This continues a tradition started for PyCon Montreal 2014, where Startup Row held pitch...
View ArticleFull schedule is up — and Financial Aid closes tomorrow!
Everything is ready!You can now register for tutorials.You can sign up for free sponsor workshops.The list of accepted posters is now available.With these final three releases, the PyCon 2016 schedule...
View Article2016 Python Education Summit
by Chalmer LoweWe are pleased to announce the speakers/talks for the 2016 Python Education Summit. Held during PyCon on Sunday May 29th, 2016, the summit is a gathering of teachers and educators...
View ArticleWhy not join the sprints this year at PyCon?
A guest post by Naomi Ceder, one of our 2016 Sprint Coordinators.Sprinting has always been one of the hidden gems of PyCon, a part of every PyCon from the beginning, back in 2003. Hundreds of...
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Call for PyCon Charity Auction Donations
By Jackie KazilOne of the privileges of becoming a PyCon sponsor is that you have the chance to contribute to one of the most creative events at the conference — the PyCon charity auction! Contributing...
View ArticleOnly a few sponsor booths are left
We are nearly out of booths! While PyCon does continue to accept new sponsors once we run out of Expo Hall booths, and those final sponsors enjoy almost every benefit of their sponsorship level, they...
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Startup Row: UtilityAPI won the SF Python pitch event
A post by Don Sheu, one of our Startup Row Coordinators PyCon 2016’s Startup Row got our campaign on the road on March 9th in San Francisco, meeting with the local SF Python user group at Yelp...
View ArticlePyCon’s Sponsor Workshops
Now that PyCon 2016 is sold out, we want to highlight the events that you can still sign up for — events that take place outside of the three main conference days, and which are not yet at...
View ArticleRegistration is open for our Young Coders tutorial!
PyCon is excited to once again offer a free full-day tutorial for kids! We invite children 12 and upto join us for a day of learning how to program using Python. The class is running twice, on each of...
View ArticleSign up now to volunteer at PyCon 2016!
While commercial programming languages often enjoy large and spectacular conferences from their beginning — think of the elaborate JavaOne conference, staged barely a year after Java’s first release —...
View ArticleOpen Spaces — plan a day ahead this year at PyCon 2016!
What’s so awesome about PyCon’s Open Spaces?Open Spaces are spontaneous, grassroots, and attendee focused. While most of the conference is scheduled months ahead of time, Open Spaces are created...
View ArticleIntroducing our 2016 Keystone Sponsor: Heroku!
We organizers of PyCon 2016 are grateful that, amidst a roiling stock market and uncertain economy, so many sponsors have stepped forwardto assert that their relationship with the Python community is...
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