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holds a special place in many people’s hearts, as they return year
after year. We'd love to welcome your company on board too - any
enquiries or questions, please chat to us via <a href="mailto:sponsorship@pycon-au.org">sponsorship@pycon-au.org</a>.</p><p>Last
year our post-conference survey had around 180 responses. Over 80% of
survey responses agreed or strongly agreed that the conference was good
value for money, the program was satisfying and informative, and would
recommend attending to a friend or workmate. We had a broad mix of
attendees identifying as hobbyists, web developers, general software
developers, as well as scientists, science software developers,
sysadmins, teachers and students.</p><p>Over 60% of respondents
travelled from outside Melbourne to attend. Over 60% had never attended a
local Python meetup and nearly 90% did not attend any other
Python-centric conference. The numbers are pretty clear: if you want to
meet local Pythonistas, PyCon Australia is the place to do it.</p><p>Your
company may not think of itself as a “Python shop”, but if you care
about machine learning, data science, DevOps, web development,
education, scientific programming, chances are pretty high there is some
Python somewhere in your stack.</p><p>We have several elite
sponsorship opportunities available and we are excited to offer them to
companies who want to reach skilled Python developers from across the
country and beyond! Both our Platinum and Gold sponsors can make use of
desks in the Community/Industry room. Additionally, Platinum sponsors
have an opportunity to address the conference for five minutes.</p><p>Both
elite and standard sponsorships offer on-stage, on-video and hallway
banners as well as complimentary professional-level tickets. This is
just a sample - all the sponsor perks are listed in detail in our <a href="https://pycon-au.org/sponsorship.pdf">sponsorship prospectus</a> (pdf).</p><p>Sponsors
also have additional opportunities to get their name in some very
coveted spaces - we have add-on packages for sponsoring attendee
lanyards, coffee and catering, among other options.</p>We're also happy to consider an in-kind or custom sponsorship request. For any enquiries or questions, we're at <a href="mailto:sponsorship@pycon-au.org">sponsorship@pycon-org.au</a>.</div></div>
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</div><br clear="all">=== About PyCon Australia ===<br> <br>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.<br> <br>To find out more about PyCon Australia 2017, visit our website at <a href="http://pycon-au.org">http://pycon-au.org</a>, follow us at @pyconau or e-mail us at <a href="mailto:contact@pycon-au.org">contact@pycon-au.org</a>.<br> <br>PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (<a href="http://www.linux.org.au">www.linux.org.au</a>) and acknowledges the support of our sponsors. For full details, see our website.<br></div>