<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><b><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">PyCon Australia 2016 is pleased to announce that its Call for Proposals is now open! See</span></b><a href="https://2016.pycon-au.org/cfp" target="_blank"><b><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> https://2016.pycon-au.org/cfp</span></b></a><b><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> for all the details, or read on.</span></b><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><br>
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Proposals are being accepted for the main conference weekend, and for
the preceding specialist tracks: DjangoCon AU; the Python in Education
seminar; the Science & Data miniconf; and the Internet-of-Things
miniconf.</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">The conference this year will be held from Friday 12th
August to Tuesday 16th August. Miniconfs and special events are on
Friday followed by the main conference on Saturday and Sunday. The final
two days are developer sprints.<span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Important Dates<span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Proposal submission deadline: Sunday, 8th May<span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Proposal acceptance: Sunday, 29th May<span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">PyCon Australia attracts professional developers from all
walks of life, including industry, government, and science, as well as
enthusiast and student developers. We’re looking for proposals for
presentations and tutorials on any aspect of Python programming, at all
skill levels from novice to advanced.<span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Presentation subjects may range from reports on open
source, academic or commercial projects; or even tutorials and case
studies. If a presentation is interesting and useful to the Python
community, it will be considered for inclusion in the program. We're
especially interested in short presentations that will teach
conference-goers something new and useful. Can you show attendees how to
use a module? Explore a Python language feature? Package an
application?<span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">For more information, please visit<a href="https://2016.pycon-au.org/cfp" target="_blank"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> https://2016.pycon-au.org/cfp</span></a><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">.</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks very much to all prospective speakers from the program committee -- we really appreciate it!</p>
<p dir="ltr">=== About PyCon Australia ===<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python
programming community. The seventh PyCon Australia will be held on
August 12-16 2016 in Melbourne, bringing together professional, student
and enthusiast developers with a love for programming in Python. PyCon
Australia informs the country’s developers with presentations by experts
and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks
that they rely on.<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">To find out more about PyCon Australia 2016, visit our website at<a href="http://pycon-au.org" target="_blank"> http://pycon-au.org</a>, follow us at<a href="https://twitter.com/pyconau" target="_blank"> @pyconau</a> or e-mail us at<a href="mailto:contact@pycon-au.org" target="_blank"> contact@pycon-au.org</a>.<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (<a href="http://www.linux.org.au" target="_blank">www.linux.org.au</a>)
and acknowledges the support of our Platinum Sponsors, DevDemand.co and
IRESS; and our Gold sponsors, Google Australia and Optiver. For full
details of our sponsors, see our website.</p></div>