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It's PyCon Australia week! We trust you are as excited as we are! 😁
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There are a few events happening this week in close association with PyCon AU. Check out the details below:
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On Wednesday and Thursday, there will be a <b><a href="https://alistairwalsh.github.io/2016-08-10-Pre-Pycon_Data_Carpentry_Workshop/">Data Carpentry Workshop</a></b>
at VLSCI (University of Melbourne). This is a hands-on workshop
teaching basic concepts, skills and tools for working more effectively
with data. It's well suited to researchers and scientists, but open to
anyone (including people not attending the conference). Topics covered
will include OpenRefine, SQL, and Pandas. It's free to attend but see
the web page to register.
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Data Carpentry is a sibling organization of Software Carpentry. Where
Software Carpentry teaches best practices in software development, the
Data Carpentry focus is on the introductory computational skills needed
for data management and analysis in all domains of research.
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We are big fans of Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry at PyCon
Australia; last year a Software Carpentry workshop was held alongside
PyCon AU in Brisbane, so we are happy to see this tradition continue.
Let's pythonify ALL the scientists!
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On Thursday evening, there will be the <b><a href="https://www.meetup.com/MelbDjango/events/232774067/">MelbDjango birthday party</a></b>
to celebrate MelbDjango turning three! That's a huge achievement for
any meetup to sustain, let alone the other things they have also done -
organising MelbDjango Camp, and MelbDjango Schools to share their
knowledge and love for Django to new audiences. Congratulations to
Brenton and the Common Code crew -- here's to another three years. 🎂
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Finally, on Saturday morning, the <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pyladies-breakfast-with-pycon-australia-tickets-26914129887">PyLadies breakfast</a></b>
will be happening at Left Bank Melbourne, just up the road on
Southbank. This is also a free event, but please register by Friday for
catering.
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The <a href="http://melbourne.pyladies.com/">PyLadies Melbourne</a>
chapter just formed this year, and it's an exciting and rare chance for
women and genderqueer/non-binary Pythonistas from around the country to
meet in person and make connections. <b>We are looking for a sponsor for this event.</b>
As the conference is sold out we unfortunately can't offer any free
tickets, but we would be heartened to see financial support forthcoming
for diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. <b>If you or your company is interested, please <a href="mailto:contact@pycon-au.org">contact us</a>.</b></font>
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</font><p><font size="2">On the days of the conference, there will be a <b><a href="https://2016.pycon-au.org/wiki/Running">Running group</a></b>.
There are some great runs planned and it's the best way to prepare for a
day of sitting down watching presentations, so pack your sneakers! </font><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-85cdd8b8-6434-82e4-53f1-46b7a87db504"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">=== About PyCon Australia ===</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">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.</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">To find out more about PyCon Australia 2016, visit our website at </span><a href="http://pycon-au.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://pycon-au.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">, follow us at </span><a href="https://twitter.com/pyconau" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">@pyconau</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> or e-mail us at <a href="mailto:contact@pycon-au.org">contact@pycon-au.org</a>.</span></font></p><font size="2"><br><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (</span><a href="http://www.linux.org.au" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">www.linux.org.au</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">) and acknowledges the support of our Platinum Sponsors, DevDemand.co and IRESS; and our Gold sponsors, Google Australia, Optiver and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. For full details of our sponsors, see our website.</span></font></div>