<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif">Each year at PyCon AU, we dedicate a day to our Specialist Tracks. These are single-day “mini-conferences”, where each room’s talks have a specific theme, curated by members of the community.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif">In the past we have had tracks for Science and Data, Education, Internet of Things, Django, OpenStack, and more. If you are a fan of any of the previous topics and would like to run the Track in 2018, we want to hear from you! If you have something new you want to try out, we want to hear from you!</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41)">We’re currently calling for submissions for these Specialist Tracks from now until Friday December 15 2017,</span><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold">AoE</a></font><font color="#212529">.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif">What we need from you:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">The specialisation you want to run</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">The name and contact information for you and a co-organiser[1]</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">A short description on the sort of talks you’d want in your Specialist Track</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif">What you’ll get:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">A ticket to PyCon AU for yourself and a your co-organiser</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">“First Dibs” in the Call For Proposals[2]</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">The chance to run your own conference within a conference</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Please send your submissions to <a href="mailto:contact@pycon-au.org">contact@pycon-au.org</a> by Friday December 15 2017,</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><b><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent">AoE</a></font></b><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41);font-weight:bolder">.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif">PyCon AU 2018 will be held on 24-28 August 2018. More details at <a href="http://2018.pycon-au.org/">http://2018.pycon-au.org/</a></p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:0;vertical-align:baseline">1:</span> Organising can be a time-intensive task in bursts, and we want to make sure we all have a backup in case we get overwhelmed, or we have other commitments. This is why we’re getting you to submit your idea with a co-organiser. We want to make sure there’s a backup if you’re ill, and you have someone to help organise your Track, bounce ideas off, or just help out.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:0;vertical-align:baseline">2:</span> We run the Call For Proposals for Specialist Tracks with the General Call For Proposals. All talk submissions come from the same pool, with specialised talks about topics being up for grabs by Specialist Track organisers.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem"><font color="#212529" face="Droid Sans, sans-serif"><a href="http://2018.pycon-au.org/news/cfst-open/">http://2018.pycon-au.org/news/cfst-open/</a></font><br></p></div>