<div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">PyCon Australia 2014 is pleased to announce that its Call for</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Proposals is now open!</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">The conference this year will be held on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 August</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">2014 in Brisbane. We'll also be featuring a day of miniconfs</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">on Friday 1 August.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">The deadline for proposal submission is Friday April 25, 2014, and more</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">information can be found at <a href="http://pycon-au.org/cfp">http://pycon-au.org/cfp</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">PyCon Australia attracts professional developers from all walks of</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">life, including industry, government, and science, as well as</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">enthusiast and student developers. We’re looking for proposals for</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">presentations and tutorials on any aspect of Python programming, at</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">all skill levels from novice to advanced.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Presentation subjects may range from reports on open source, academic</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">or commercial projects; or even tutorials and case studies. If a</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">presentation is interesting and useful to the Python community, it</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">will be considered for inclusion in the program.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">We're especially interested in short presentations that will teach</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">conference-goers something new and useful. Can you show attendees how</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">to use a module? Explore a Python language feature? Package an</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">application?</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Proposals about the Django web framework are very strongly encouraged,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">and will also be considered for inclusion in DjangoCon AU, to be held</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">on Friday 1 August.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">We welcome first-time speakers; we are a community conference and we</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">are eager to hear about your experience. If you have friends or</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">colleagues who have something valuable to contribute, twist their arms</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">to tell us about it! Please also forward this Call for Proposals to</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">anyone that you feel may be interested.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">To find out more go to the official Call for Proposals page here:</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://pycon-au.org/cfp">http://pycon-au.org/cfp</a></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">See you in Brisbane in August!</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">== About PyCon Australia ==</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Community. The fifth PyCon Australia will be held on August 1--5, 2014</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">in Brisbane, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on.</font></div><div>
<font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">To find out more about PyCon Australia 2014, visit our website at</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://pycon-au.org">http://pycon-au.org</a> or e-mail us at <a href="mailto:contact@pycon-au.org">contact@pycon-au.org</a>.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (<a href="http://www.linux.org.au">www.linux.org.au</a>) and</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">acknowledges the support of our Platinum Sponsor, Red Hat, and our Gold</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">sponsors, Google Australia and Netbox Blue. For full details of our</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">sponsors, see our website.</font></div></div>
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