[PyCon-AU-chat] [melbourne-pug] PyCon AU related events: Data Carpentry, MelbDjango, PyLadies, Running group

[Mike Dewhirst]

Hi Paul

We should be able to arrange at least 15 celcius. And beer!

Cheers

Mike


On 8/08/2016 5:20 AM, paul sorenson wrote:
> Sounds like a great program.  A couple of my colleagues, Cooper Lees
> and Jason Fried will be in town so put on some warmish weather and check
> out stuff we use Python for at Facebook, from network management to data
> pipelines and machine learning.
>
> cheers
>
> On 08/07/2016 01:54 AM, Brianna Laugher wrote:
>>
>> It's PyCon Australia week! We trust you are as excited as we are! 😁
>>
>> There are a few events happening this week in close association with
>> PyCon AU. Check out the details below:
>>
>> On Wednesday and Thursday, there will be a *Data Carpentry Workshop
>> <https://alistairwalsh.github.io/2016-08-10-Pre-Pycon_Data_Carpentry_Workshop/>*
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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!
>>
>> On Thursday evening, there will be the *MelbDjango birthday party
>> <https://www.meetup.com/MelbDjango/events/232774067/>* 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. 🎂
>>
>> Finally, on Saturday morning, the *PyLadies breakfast
>> <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pyladies-breakfast-with-pycon-australia-tickets-26914129887>*
>> 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.
>>
>> The PyLadies Melbourne <http://melbourne.pyladies.com/> 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. *We are looking for a sponsor for this
>> event.* 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. *If you
>> or your company is interested, please contact us
>> <mailto:contact at pycon-au.org>.*
>>
>> On the days of the conference, there will be a *Running group
>> <https://2016.pycon-au.org/wiki/Running>*. 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!
>>
>> === 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
>> <https://twitter.com/pyconau>or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org
>> <mailto:contact at pycon-au.org>.
>>
>>
>> PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia
>> (<http://www.linux.org.au>www.linux.org.au) 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.
>>
>>
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