From _ at chrisjrn.com Mon Jun 1 08:28:35 2015 From: _ at chrisjrn.com (Christopher Neugebauer) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 22:28:35 +0000 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] Financial assistance for PyCon Australia 2015 now available! Message-ID: PyCon Australia 2015's financial assistance programme has opened! Financial assistance is the cornerstone of the conference's outreach programme -- the programme helps us to fund registration, travel, and accommodation expenses for deserving applicants. In doing so, we're helping to put PyCon Australia within reach of everyone who wants to attend. If you'd enjoy PyCon Australia, or the Australian Python community would benefit from you coming to the conference, we'd love you to come along. You can find out more about the specifics of the programme on our site at http://2015.pycon-au.org/grants PyCon Australia strongly encourages people to apply for financial assistance -- even if we can?t cover all of your expenses, we will give you free admission based on need. The application process is simple, and straight?for?ward. It?s also very liberal -- the only caveat is that speakers at the conference "get bumped to the top" of the applications so that we don?t lose a good talk because of financial need. We also don?t ban anyone from applying. Anyone interested in attending PyCon Australia is eligible to apply for financial assistance. Grants are allocated on the basis of need, and applications will be assessed by our financial assistance panel. In short, anyone whose attendance at PyCon Australia will help improve the Python community in Australia, or around the world, is invited to apply. To apply for financial assistance, fill out our application form, which you can find at http://2015.pycon-au.org/grants. The first round of applications will be considered after Friday 12 June 2015; the second round of applications will be considered after Friday 26 June, 2015. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Jabber: chrisjrn at gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chrisjrn.com -- Twitter: @chrisjrn From chrisjrn at gmail.com Mon Jun 1 08:32:23 2015 From: chrisjrn at gmail.com (Christopher Neugebauer) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 08:32:23 +1000 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] Financial assistance for PyCon Australia 2015 now available! Message-ID: PyCon Australia 2015's financial assistance programme has opened! Financial assistance is the cornerstone of the conference's outreach programme -- the programme helps us to fund registration, travel, and accommodation expenses for deserving applicants. In doing so, we're helping to put PyCon Australia within reach of everyone who wants to attend. If you'd enjoy PyCon Australia, or the Australian Python community would benefit from you coming to the conference, we'd love you to come along. You can find out more about the specifics of the programme on our site at http://2015.pycon-au.org/grants PyCon Australia strongly encourages people to apply for financial assistance -- even if we can?t cover all of your expenses, we will give you free admission based on need. The application process is simple, and straight?for?ward. It?s also very liberal -- the only caveat is that speakers at the conference "get bumped to the top" of the applications so that we don?t lose a good talk because of financial need. We also don?t ban anyone from applying. Anyone interested in attending PyCon Australia is eligible to apply for financial assistance. Grants are allocated on the basis of need, and applications will be assessed by our financial assistance panel. In short, anyone whose attendance at PyCon Australia will help improve the Python community in Australia, or around the world, is invited to apply. To apply for financial assistance, fill out our application form, which you can find at http://2015.pycon-au.org/grants. The first round of applications will be considered after Friday 12 June 2015; the second round of applications will be considered after Friday 26 June, 2015. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Jabber: chrisjrn at gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chrisjrn.com -- Twitter: @chrisjrn From clinton.roy at gmail.com Thu Jun 11 12:56:11 2015 From: clinton.roy at gmail.com (Clinton Roy) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:56:11 +1000 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] PyCon Australia 2015 Early Bird Registrations are Open! Message-ID: We are delighted to announce that online registration is now open for PyCon Australia 2015. The sixth PyCon Australia is being held in Brisbane, Queensland from July 31st ? 4th August at the Pullman Brisbane and is expected to draw hundreds of Python developers, enthusiasts and students from Australasia and afar. Starting today, early bird offers are up for grabs. To take advantage of these discounted ticket rates, be among the first 100 to register. Early bird registration starts from $50 for full-time students, $180 for enthusiasts and $460 for professionals. Offers this good won?t last long, so head straight to http://2015.pycon-au.org and register right away. PyCon Australia has endeavoured to keep tickets as affordable as possible. We are able to do so, thanks to our Sponsors and Contributors. We have also worked out favourable deals with accommodation providers for PyCon delegates. Find out more about the options at http://2015.pycon-au.org/register/accommodation To begin the registration process, and find out more about each level of ticket, visit http://2015.pycon-au.org/register/prices Important Dates to Help You Plan - June 8: Early Bird Registration Opens -- open to the first 100 tickets - June 29: Financial Assistance program closes. - July 8: Last day to Order PyCon Australia 2015 T-shirts - July 19: Last day to Advise Special Dietary Requirements - July 31 : PyCon Australia 2015 Begins About PyCon Australia PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The sixth PyCon Australia will be held on July 31 through August 4th, 2015 in Brisbane, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country?s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions 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 2015, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org. Sponsors PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Platinum Sponsors, Red Hat Asia-Pacific, and Netbox Blue; and our Gold sponsors, The Australian Signals Directorate and Google Australia. For full details of our sponsors, see our website. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marek at kuziel.info Tue Jun 16 09:12:26 2015 From: marek at kuziel.info (Marek Kuziel) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:12:26 +1200 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] Kiwi PyCon 2015 - Call for Proposals! Message-ID: Dear Pythonistas et al, Kiwi PyCon is an independent, community-run and not-for-profit conference dedicated to the Python programming language. Kiwi PyCon 2015 will be held on the 4th, 5th and 6th of September. The venue for this year are the Central Lecture Theatres of The University of Canterbury in Riccarton, just 30 minutes walk from what is left of the Christchurch CBD. The submission deadline for proposals is Monday the 22th of June, 2015. More on the conference can be found at: http://kiwi.pycon.org and the details for the Call for Proposals can be perused at: http://kiwi.pycon.org/call-for-proposals/ We're looking for talks, tutorials and posters on all aspects of Python. We especially welcome first-time speakers; we are a community conference and are eager to hear about your experience. If you have friends or colleagues who have something to contribute, please twist their arm (gently!) to talk about it! 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If you've been putting off your registration, now is an excellent time to act: there's fewer than 30 Early Bird tickets left for the conference, and these WILL sell out before the end of the week. Early Bird registration rates are available from $180 for "Enthusiast"-level tickets, or $460 for our all-inclusive "Professional"-level tickets; each of these represents a saving of more than 10% on our regular prices. Professional tickets include access to our Miniconfs on Science & Data, OpenStack, Python in Education, or DjangoCon AU; admission to a Miniconf is available to Enthusiast ticket holders for $50. For full details of what comes with each of our tickets, and for more information about the conference itself, visit http://2015.pycon-au.org/register/prices. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marek at kuziel.info Tue Jun 23 14:26:29 2015 From: marek at kuziel.info (Marek Kuziel) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:26:29 +1200 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] ANNOUNCING: Kiwi PyCon 2015 - Call for Proposals extended to June 30! Message-ID: Since the opening of the Kiwi PyCon 2015 Call for Proposals we have had some marvelous proposals sent in. To those who have already submitted proposals: thank you! There are some truly great submissions, and ones that I personally can't wait to see. To those who are still planning their submissions, or pondering what they would want to speak on: have no fear! The Kiwi PyCon 2015 team is pleased to announce that we are extending the deadline for proposals to the 30th of June. That gives you one more week to get your proposals in! Because explicit is better than implicit, the extended deadline is 2015-06-30 23:59:59 All the details are available to you at: https://nzpug.org/call-for-proposals/ You can submit your poster, talk or tutorial proposals here: https://nzpug.org/proposals/submit/ Keep the submissions rolling in! We can't wait to read them all! Marek, on behalf of the New Zealand Python User Group and Kiwi PyCon 2015. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From clinton.roy at gmail.com Wed Jun 24 13:39:49 2015 From: clinton.roy at gmail.com (Clinton Roy) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:39:49 +1000 Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] PyCon Australia 2015 Programme Released! Message-ID: PyCon Australia is proud to release our programme for 2015, spread over the weekend of August 1st and 2nd, following our Miniconfs on Friday 31 July. Following our largest ever response to our Call for Proposals, we are able to present two keynotes, forty eight talks and two tutorials. The conference will feature four full tracks of presentations, covering all aspects of the Python ecosystem, presented by experts and core developers of key Python technology. Our presenters cover a broad range of backgrounds, including industry, research, government and academia. We are still finalising our Miniconf timetable, but we expect another thirty talks for Friday. We'd like to highlight the inaugural running of the Education Miniconf whose primary aim is to bring educators and the Python community closer together. The full schedule for PyCon Australia 2015 can be found at http://2015.pycon-au.org/programme/about PyCon Australia has endeavoured to keep tickets as affordable as possible. We are able to do so, thanks to our Sponsors and Contributors. Registrations for PyCon Australia 2015 are now open, with prices starting at AU$50 for students, and tickets for the general public starting at AU$240. All prices include GST, and more information can be found at http://2015.pycon-au.org/register/prices We have also worked out favourable deals with accommodation providers for PyCon delegates. Find out more about the options at http://2015.pycon-au.org/register/accommodation To begin the registration process, and find out more about each level of ticket, visit http://2015.pycon-au.org/register/prices Important Dates to Help You Plan - June 29: Financial Assistance program closes. - July 8: Last day to Order PyCon Australia 2015 T-shirts - July 19: Last day to Advise Special Dietary Requirements - July 31 : PyCon Australia 2015 Begins About PyCon Australia PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The sixth PyCon Australia will be held on July 31 through August 4th, 2015 in Brisbane, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country?s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions 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 2015, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org 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, Red Hat Asia-Pacific, and Netbox Blue; and our Gold sponsors, The Australian Signals Directorate and Google Australia. For full details of our sponsors, see our website. -- Clinton Roy Head PyCon Australia 2014/15 Organiser -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: