[EuroPython] Talks

[Michael Hudson]

"M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com> writes:

> Michael Hudson wrote:
>> "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com> writes:
>> 
>>>Is this just my impression or is there really so little interest
>>>in giving talks at EPC 2003 ?
>> I've heard very little.  I don't know about others.
>
> Hmm, I wonder why...

There are a lot of conferences "competing" for papers this year.
PyCon, python-uk, OSCON, EuroPython are all happening in fairly rapid
succession.

> Tim and I have only had a single request for the Business Track so
> far. That's the reason I was pushing the announcement of the CFP the
> past few weeks.

Also, the CFP only got properly spammed around a couple of days ago.

>>>BTW, has anything been decided on the schedule yet ?
>> No.  Why would you think it has?
>
> The silence on the mailing list and occasional mentions
> of IRC chats made me wonder whether there's a whole lot
> going on behind the scenes...

That'd be nice, but I don't think it's happening.

> Anyway, the track chairmen will have to tell speakers how
> to plan for their talks, so perhaps we should kick off
> a discussion on this topic ?!

I'm not sure there's a lot we can decide until we have some talks to
play with.

> If Wednesday becomes mostly a tutorial day, then I'd
> suggest to have the business track on Thursday with as
> many slots as needed (depends on how many speakers we
> can find).

Sounds reasonable.

Cheers,
M.

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