From brianna.laugher at gmail.com  Tue Aug  2 10:02:43 2016
From: brianna.laugher at gmail.com (Brianna Laugher)
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 10:02:43 +1000
Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] PyConAU 2016 sells out
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We are thrilled to announce that *PyCon Australia 2016 has SOLD OUT!*

Not in the bad way, of course -- we still have our principles, that
beautiful is better than ugly, and explicit is better than implicit, and the
rest <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/>. Just in the way that 500
of our best Pythonista mates will be joining us in Melbourne in a mere two
weeks for a huge PyConAU #7!

For would-be attendees who left it a little too late, you can email us
<contact at pycon-au.org> with the subject line *"waiting list"* and we will
put you in the queue in case there are cancellations. However, this is not
a promising queue. Another option is to purchase a miniconf-only ticket
<https://2016.pycon-au.org/register/prices> that lets you attend on Friday
<https://2016.pycon-au.org/programme/schedule/friday?_code=301> only. If
that interests you, email us <contact at pycon-au.org> with the subject
line *"miniconf-only
ticket"*. There is a limited number of these tickets available too so don't
hesitate any longer.
For attendees who did register and pay in time, if you forgot to buy a dinner
ticket <https://2016.pycon-au.org/media/news/47>, you can still purchase
one before 6 August. Or, if you want to upgrade your ticket to become a
Contributor? <https://2016.pycon-au.org/sponsors/contributor>, we would be
thrilled to hear from you. Email away! <contact at pycon-au.org>

Finally, if you are a company feeling a little left out of all this
Pythontastic fabulousness, never fear - it is not too late to become a
sponsor <https://2016.pycon-au.org/sponsors/sponsors> and we would love to hear
from you <contact at pycon-au.org>!
=== 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 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, 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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From brianna.laugher at gmail.com  Sun Aug  7 18:54:18 2016
From: brianna.laugher at gmail.com (Brianna Laugher)
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 18:54:18 +1000
Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] PyCon AU related events: Data Carpentry,
 MelbDjango, PyLadies, Running group
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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 <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.

PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (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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From brianna.laugher at gmail.com  Mon Aug  8 13:58:03 2016
From: brianna.laugher at gmail.com (Brianna Laugher)
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 13:58:03 +1000
Subject: [PyCon-AU-announce] Announcing miniconf keynotes
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We've already announced that the main conference keynotes are Damien George
<https://2016.pycon-au.org/media/news/50> and Dr Russell Keith-Magee
<https://2016.pycon-au.org/media/news/48>, with Solange Cunin
<https://2016.pycon-au.org/media/news/47> speaking at the dinner
<https://2016.pycon-au.org/dinner>. Now it's time to find out who will be
keynoting our Friday miniconfs!

First up at the *DjangoConAU* will be *Donna Benjamin*! An absolute legend
of the Australian open source scene, and sitting on the board for the
Drupal Association, Donna will take us through *Django & Drupal: A tale of
two cities*. This knowledgeable comparison between the two projects
(something of a tradition at DjangoCon AU) will explore the common
challenges and highlight where approaches diverge, providing an opportunity
to reflect on how each project can grow stronger separately, and maybe even
together. Donna is also speaking on Sunday on Turning user stories into
websites <https://2016.pycon-au.org/schedule/65/view_talk?day=sunday>.

Secondly at the *Internet of Things miniconf*, if you can't wait until
Saturday to hear *Damien George*, luckily you can get a sneak peek on
Friday! Damien will talk about high-level languages that have been adapted
for use in microcontrollers including Lua, JavaScript, Ruby, and of course,
Python. Lachlan Blackhall, organiser of the Internet of Things miniconf,
said, "The inaugural IoT miniconf at PyconAU will be an exciting
opportunity to learn about and discuss everything from Python on embedded
devices, to how Python is powering IoT enabling cloud services and
everything in between."

Thirdly, at the popular *Science and Data miniconf*, we will hear from *Juan
Nunez-Iglesias*, on *Python's bright future in science
<https://2016.pycon-au.org/schedule/200/view_talk?day=friday>*. Juan is a
core developer for the scikit-image library and a research scientist at the
Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, in the University of
Melbourne. He has taught scipy workshops around the world and co-authored
the "Elegant SciPy" book, putting him in a prime position to comment on
Python's status in the scientific programming community.

Finally, at the *Education Seminar*, we're excited to hear from *Roland
Gesthuizen*, from Digital Learning & Teaching Victoria, speaking on * Smart
City: Connecting the dots and digital kids*. Roland's current mission is to
challenge students to design, build a smart city consisting of intelligent
vehicles and infrastructure. To do this they need to program a navigation
algorithm to autonomously navigate vehicles through a series of traffic
challenges that test collision avoidance and road safety. Roland has an
active interest in the development of online learning communities, open
education and software freedom, and is a recipient of the 2010 ACCE
Educator of the year Award and 2012 ISTE Making IT Happen Award.

With four amazing options, the hardest part of Friday morning will be
choosing which one to attend! Conference check-in opens from 8am on Friday
our venue <https://2016.pycon-au.org/about/venue>, Level 1 of the Melbourne
Convention and Exhibition Centre. *You can also check in on Thursday
afternoon, from 4:30pm to 6:00pm*, so if you are around the CBD on
Thursday, we encourage you to beat the rush and collect your badge then.

=== 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.

PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (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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