From clinton.roy at gmail.com Mon Jul 13 21:15:40 2015 From: clinton.roy at gmail.com (Clinton Roy) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:15:40 +1000 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] PyCon Australia 2015 Keynote Announcement: Carrie Anne Philbin Message-ID: Following on from 2014's inspirational keynote advocating Python for Every Child in Australia as part of the rollout of the Australian Digital Curriculum, this year sees PyCon Australia playing host to its first ever Python in Education Miniconf. As part of that event, we are thrilled to announce our second PyCon Australia 2015 keynote speaker: Carrie Anne Philbin, Education Pioneer at the Raspberry Pi Foundation , chair of the UK's Computing at School's #include initiative, author of "Adventures in Raspberry Pi" , and a member of the Board of Directors for the Python Software Foundation . As an award winning secondary Computing & ICT teacher, Carrie Anne is a vocal advocate for the merits of Python as an educational tool, and brings to PyCon Australia a wealth of experience with the UK's search for a suitable text based programming language to serve as a follow on from self-contained visual programming environments like Scratch. However, while Python is already a good tool for educational use, it's far from perfect. During the main conference, Carrie Anne will discuss existing barriers to Python becoming the premier language of choice for teaching computer science, and some of the possible ways those barriers could be lowered through improved tooling and further support from the Python developer community. In addition to her keynote presentation, as part of the Python in Education Miniconf, Carrie Anne will be reviewing the Raspberry Pi Foundation's experiences in creating and delivering the Picademy continuing professional development workshops for teachers in the UK, as well as facilitating small group ?birds of a feather? sessions where teachers and interested developers can explore ways to collaborate more effectively on both formal and informal educational efforts. Carrie Anne has a blended and open approach to teaching as can be seen by her website ICT with Miss P that students use to access their weekly lessons. She uses innovative web tools to help support and extend the learning in her 21st century classroom which resulted in becoming a Skype Moment Maker and ambassador for technology in 2014. Carrie Anne often speaks at conferences like BETT , Raspberry Jamboree , YRS and PyconUK , and is the creator of a YouTube video series for teenage girls called The Geek Gurl Diaries , which has won a Talk Talk Digital Hero Award. The episodes include interviews with women working in technology and hands on computer science based tutorials. It's genuinely exciting to offer such a practical follow-up to 2014's Python for Every Child in Australia as we help forge stronger connections between Australia's open source and educational communities. PyCon Australia has endeavoured to keep tickets as affordable as possible. We are able to do so, thanks to our Sponsors and Contributors. Registrations for PyCon Australia 2015 are now open, with prices starting at AU$50 for students, and tickets for the general public starting at AU$240 for the entire conference, or $100 specifically to attend the Friday Miniconfs. All prices include GST, and more information can be found at http://2015.pycon-au.org/register/prices Thanks to the generous contributions of the Python Software Foundation and Code Club Australia, targeted financial assistance is available for qualified teachers wishing to attend PyCon Australia for either the entire conference or specifically for the Python in Education Miniconf. Teachers wishing to take advantage of this offer should apply through the conference's financial assistance program and mention in their application that they're a qualified teacher. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marek at kuziel.info Thu Jul 23 11:05:56 2015 From: marek at kuziel.info (Marek Kuziel) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:05:56 +1200 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] ANNOUNCING: Kiwi PyCon 2015 - Open for Registration! Message-ID: Tickets for the conference are now on sale[1]. Kiwi PyCon 2015 is bigger and better than ever before. This year the conference is a three day event with Friday featuring a keynote speaker, tutorials and a poster session and Saturday and Sunday featuring two more keynote speakers and talks. Also included are morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea during the whole conference. Here's a breakdown of all the ticket prices and what they get you: Regular ticket $150 will get you a ticket to the full 3 day conference and a Kiwi PyCon 2015 t-shirt. Tickets to individual days can be purchased for $50 each. Buy a regular ticket now at https://register.nzpug.org/page-1765945#idUpcomingEvent_1712963 Unwaged / Student ticket For students and those of you not in employment, these tickets give you the full Kiwi PyCon experience at a more affordable price. $90 will get you a ticket to the full 3 day conference and a Kiwi PyCon 2015 t-shirt. As with the standard ticket, you can purchase tickets to individual days of the conference for $30 each. Buy an unwaged/student ticket now at https://register.nzpug.org/page-1765945#idUpcomingEvent_1712963 Contributor ticket $450. For those of you who can afford it -- perhaps your company is sending you? Contributor tickets help to fund Kiwi PyCon for everyone, they make it possible for us to offer more unwaged tickets to support students and others who need help to be able to attend. As a sign of our appreciation we will add your company name to your name tag (if you have one), and we will also put your name or your company logo on a special thank you page on [ nzpug.org](https://nzpug.org/). Buy a contributor ticket now at https://register.nzpug.org/page-1765945#idUpcomingEvent_1712963 Marek, on behalf of the New Zealand Python User Group and Kiwi PyCon 2015 team. 1) https://nzpug.org/registration/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From clinton.roy at gmail.com Sun Jul 26 21:29:55 2015 From: clinton.roy at gmail.com (Clinton Roy) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 21:29:55 +1000 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] Special events at PyCon Australia 2015 Message-ID: Hello everyone, we're into the home stretch of organising the conference for you, here are some important updates. I'm cross posting this to chat in case anyone has follow up questions. *Dinner on Saturday night:* Tonight is your last night to purchase dinner tickets! You'll still be able to register for the conference after tonight, but you won't be able to purchase dinner tickets. *PyLadies Breakfast on Saturday morning: * We?re cordially inviting anyone who identifies as a woman and has an interest in Python to the PyLadies Breakfast on Saturday, August 1st, from 7am. This will be a free event, made possible by our wonderful sponsor New Relic . The breakfast will be on-site at the conference venue. There will be a cold breakfast buffet, as well as a selection of fruit juices, tea, and coffee. Spaces are limited, so *RSVP today!* Check out the PyLadies Australia website to join the mailing list. Attendees agree to abide by the PyLadies Code of Conduct and the PyconAU Code of Conduct . *Call for Workshops Mentors:* In order to reach out to the wider community, we're running two workshops this year at The Edge (part of the State Library, just across the river from the conference venue): DjangoGirls and Electronics. The workshops run on the morning of Monday 3rd August, the first morning of the Sprints. We'll be providing coffee and nibblies, finishing in time to head back to the conference venue for lunch. Sign up form for Mentors. So get form-filling :) -- Clinton Roy Software Developer Netboxblue.com Total Internet Management Control Internet usage within and outside your organisation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: