[PyCon-AU-announce] Announcing keynote speaker Katie McLaughlin

[Brianna Laugher]

The PyCon Australia team is happy to announce that our first keynote
speaker for 2017 is Katie McLaughlin!

Katie has been a part of the tech industry for over ten years and a
familiar face at local conferences for several years now. Attendees at last
year's conference may recall her illuminating tour of the world of emoji.

As well as being an accomplished speaker, Katie is a long time volunteer
and community builder in the world of open source. She has organised,
chaired, and committeed her way through many a group and is a Senior
Apiarist on the BeeWare project. She was a recipient of this year's
O’Reilly Open Source Awards and is also organising this year's DjangoCon AU
Specialist Track. Phew!

A programming polyglot, she has worked in over a dozen languages and
believes in choosing the right tool for the job. Which makes it extra lucky
for us that she chooses to spend so much time in the Python world!

"Katie has a considered perspective on both the technical and cultural
features of software projects. Much of the strength of the Python ecosystem
comes from its community, and Katie is perfectly placed to share her
experience on what works and what doesn't," said Richard Jones, conference
chair.

We are excited to hear Katie’s keynote address and contemplate (software)
failure and abandonment. Will you be there?

Registrations for PyCon Australia 2017 are still open and tickets are
two-thirds sold. Book your conference ticket today!
https://pycon-au.org/attend/


=== About PyCon Australia ===

PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python programming
community. The eighth PyCon Australia will be held on August 3-8 2017 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 2017, 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, WSP Digital and IRESS,
and other sponsors. For full details of our sponsors, see our website.
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