From brianna.laugher at gmail.com Fri Jul 8 10:15:57 2016 From: brianna.laugher at gmail.com (Brianna Laugher) Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 10:15:57 +1000 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] Invited speaker announcement: Solange Cunin Message-ID: The PyCon Australia 2016 team is over the moon to announce that our invited dinner speaker will be Solange Cunin. A passionate advocate with a mission to drive student engagement with science and technology, Solange Cunin is the founder and CEO of Australian startup Quberider. Soon to graduate from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelors in Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering, Solange already boasts both space industry and startup experience and has designed satellite systems for major Australian universities. In a few months Quberider will be delivering experiments designed in Australian classrooms to the International Space Station, in an Australian first. ?Like Solange, we are passionate about engaging students with science and technology, and it?s hard to imagine a better way to exercise the grey matter than by exploring dark matter,? said Richard Jones, conference chair. ?The success of the Python in Education miniconf at PyCon Australia shows that there is a lot of gravity attracting developers and educators in joining forces, and Quberider is a rising star in the constellation of new space startups.? We can?t wait to hear Solange?s talk and find out how Quberider is using Python to inspire interest at the intersection of science and space. Will you join us at the launchpad? Registrations for PyCon Australia 2016 are already open and tickets are selling fast. Don?t let the conference eclipse you - book your ticket today! https://2016.pycon-au.org/register/prices === About PyCon Australia === 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. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2016, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org, follow us at @pyconau or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Platinum Sponsors, DevDemand.co and IRESS; and our Gold sponsors, Google Australia and Optiver. 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Dr Russell Keith-Magee is a 10 year veteran of the Django core team, and for 5 years, was President of the Django Software Foundation. He's also the founder of the BeeWare project, developing GUI tools to support the development of Python software. When he's not contributing to open source, he's the CTO of TradesCloud, a company providing integrated job management software for tradespeople. ?Python has long been available on ?all the platforms?, but it hasn't kept up with the massive increase in mobile devices,? said Richard Jones, conference chair. ?Russell has has been an exemplary community leader and his open source projects are doing the important work of addressing that lack of coverage.? We are excited to hear Russell?s keynote address and contemplate the multi-platform future of Python. Will you be there? Registrations for PyCon Australia 2016 are already open and tickets are selling fast. Book your conference ticket today! https://2016.pycon-au.org/register/prices === About PyCon Australia === 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. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2016, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org, follow us at @pyconau or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Platinum Sponsors, DevDemand.co and IRESS; and our Gold sponsors, Google Australia and Optiver. 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He has built a successful company based on MicroPython and the pyboard, brought it to makers, teachers and industry developers around the world, worked with the BBC on the micro:bit project, and embarked on projects with the European Space Agency to bring MicroPython into space. ?Damien?s work, and continuing community efforts, have been an important part of the Python ecosystem,? said Richard Jones, conference chair. ?I?m especially excited to hear Damien talk through the journey of dreaming up and implementing a whole new Python just for the smallest possible deployments, on microcontrollers, and where that journey has taken him.? We are fascinated to hear Damien?s keynote address and hear about MicroPython in our macro universe. Will you be there? Registrations for PyCon Australia 2016 are already open and tickets are almost sold out. Book your conference ticket today! https://2016.pycon-au.org/register/prices === About PyCon Australia === 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. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2016, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org, follow us at @pyconau or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Platinum Sponsors, DevDemand.co and IRESS; and our Gold sponsors, Google Australia and Optiver. 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