From richard at python.org  Tue Feb  8 09:32:47 2011
From: richard at python.org (Richard Jones)
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 19:32:47 +1100
Subject: [Conferences] PyCon Australia 2011: 20th & 21st August,
	Sydney Masonic Center
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The second PyCon Australia will be held in Sydney on the weekend of the 20th
and 21st of August at the Sydney Masonic Center.

The first PyCon Australia was held in June 2010 and attracted over 200 Python
programming enthusiasts. The second event is expected to
host over 250 attendees.

The weekend will see dozens of presentations introducing;

- Python programming and techniques,
- web programming,
- business applications,
- game development,
- education, science and mathematics,
- social issues,
- testing, databases, documentation and more!

We are hoping to organise sprints on the days following the conference proper.

International guests should note that Kiwi PyCon is to run on the
following weekend, making it a great opportunity to attend a couple of
awesome Down Under conferences and hopefully do some sprinting with
the locals.


    Richard Jones
    http://pycon-au.org/
    PyCon AU Committee

From richard at python.org  Mon Feb 21 03:28:15 2011
From: richard at python.org (Richard Jones)
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:28:15 +1100
Subject: [Conferences] PyCon Australia 2011 - Call for Participation
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The second PyCon AU will be held in Sydney on the weekend of the 20th
and 21st of August at the Sydney Masonic Center.

  http://pycon-au.org/

We are looking for proposals for Talks on all aspects of Python programming
from novice to advanced levels; applications and frameworks, or how you
have been involved in introducing Python into your organisation. We're
especially interested in short presentations that will teach conference-goers
something new and useful. Can you show attendees how to use a module?
Explore a Python language feature? Package an application?

We welcome first-time speakers; we are a community conference and we are
eager to hear about your experience. If you have friends or colleagues
who have something valuable to contribute, twist their arms to tell us
about it! Please also forward this Call for Proposals to anyone that you
feel may be interested.

To find out more go to the official Call for Proposals page here:

   http://pycon-au.org/2011/conference/proposals/

The deadline for proposal submission is the 2nd of May.


See you in Sydney in August!

     Richard Jones
     PyCon AU Program Chair