Announcing the Startup Row 2016 Companies
What in the world could be more exciting than fantastic startups using Python to help change the world? The answer simply put is NOTHING.Come out to see some of the best young companies pitch their...
View ArticleChildcare spots are still available for PyCon 2016!
A venue as exciting as the city of Montréal in 2014–15 and now Portland in 2016–17 often tempts attendees with children to want to go ahead and bring them along, turning what could have been simply a...
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How to get ready for the PyCon development sprints
[A guest post by Kushal Das, one of the 2016 Sprint Coordinators]So — you have already decided to join in the PyCon development sprints! The sprints run for four days, from Thursday to Sunday after the...
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PyCon JP 2016 Call for Proposals
PyCon JP is a conference where Python users, or people interested in Python, gather to learn from each other and meet other members of the community.We will hold PyCon Japan on September 20-24 this...
View ArticleThe PyCon 2017 site has launched — thank you to our Launch Day Sponsors
The new PyCon 2017 web site recently went live, and the conference volunteers have worked hard bring the new site up-to-date with all of the essential details about 2017’s schedule, venue, and hotels....
View ArticleRegistration is open for PyCon 2017!
This year our conference registrar is happy to offer a sleek and more modern interface for registering and getting your hotel room for PyCon 2017 in Portland, Oregon! There were a few technical kinks...
View ArticleTutorial proposals are due in three weeks
The PyCon 2017 call for proposals (CFP) first opened about a month ago, and the team who will be bringing the conference to Portland have been excited to watch the first wave of submissions roll in....
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The new, simpler Tutorial proposal form closes tomorrow!
This is the time of year when the upcoming PyCon really starts to feel closer, with the close of our earliest CFP (Call for Proposals) tomorrow on November 30. This is the first of several milestones...
View ArticleTalk, Poster, Education Summit proposals due January 3rd — but feel free to...
With the holidays nearly here, this is the moment to ask yourself: are you really— when you return groggily to work on Tuesday January 3rd following the “New Year’s (Observed)” holiday on Monday —...
View ArticlePython Education Summit — in its 5th year in 2017!
Teachers, educators, Pythonistas, come and share your projects, experiences, and tools of the trade as you teach coding and Python to your students. The “Call for Talks” to speak at the Annual Python...
View ArticlePyCon Startup Row 2017 Applications Are Now Open!
Starting at the 2011 conference in Atlanta, the PyCon Expo Hall has offered a special event for startups: “Startup Row,” a row of booths that features interesting startups built with Python. We’re...
View ArticlePrecognitive Selected as Chicago’s Startup Row Company; Application Deadline...
On Thursday, January 26th, the PyCon Startup Row hosted its first local pitch event of the 2017 season! Braintree hosted the Chicago event at their headquarters in Merchandise Mart. Lagunitas donated...
View ArticleFinancial Aid deadline is February 15! But what about international travel?
The deadline for applying to PyCon 2017 for Financial Aid is this coming Wednesday, February 15th! The link to the application is on our main Financial Aid...
View ArticlePyCon will be underway in just two months — and is nearly sold out!
It seems hard to believe, but two months from today PyCon 2017 will be underway in Portland! Attendees will be enjoying a full day of scheduled talks, self-organized Open Spaces, and visits to our many...
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Announcing the PyCon 2017 Keynote Speakers
Only one month from today, PyCon will be almost over! The conference will be on the third and final day of its program. The sponsor booths will all have been packed up the night before and the Expo...
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Python 1994: Recollections from the First Conference
We are happy to announce PyCon 2017’s Sunday morning plenary event — the final day of this year’s main conference will feature Guido van Rossum on a panel of Python programmers who attended the...
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The Return of the Testing BOF
It’s back.Thanks to generous sponsorship from Heroku, we are excited to announce that PyCon 2017 will feature the return of the legendary Testing BOF!If you want to attend, all that’s necessary is to...
View ArticleAnnouncing The Batch of Startup Row Companies At PyCon 2017
(A guest post from Jason D. Rowley, one of 2017’s Startup Row Coordinators!)What could be more exciting than startups who use Python and are poised to change industries and help build the future?We are...
View ArticleDon’t Overlook the Open Spaces at PyCon this Year
[A guest post by PyCon 2017’s Open Spaces Chair, Anna Ossowski!]Open Spaces are one of the most often overlooked activities at the PyCon conference.PyCon is not merely a 5-track conference — it’s true...
View ArticleIntroducing Our 2017 Keystone Sponsor: Intel!
It has been a trend over the past several years that our top sponsors — the companies who step forward to make the biggest investment in PyCon and its community — tend to be companies that not only use...
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