[Inpycon] PyCon India 2018 | Suggestions for Keynote speakers

[Ramanathan Ramakrishnamoorthy]

>
> ​Having 4 keynote speakers instead of 3 will be great! ​​

We indeed plan to have 4 Keynotes.  We have Travis Oliphant confirmed and
we need to finalize three more Keynote speakers.


>
> I think we should decide on what we want out of a keynote speaker. For
> example, do we want a core CPython contributor to help attendees get
> motivated towards contributing to CPython, or we want someone from PyPy
> team to so that attendees can learn about PyPy etc. Just because we can
> call someone, or someone is a good speaker, we should not call them. I
> agree that we can't get everything we decide but that will be a good step.


I can definitely say that is the exact thought process the community is
working with - a fact quite evident with the suggestions so far. Based on
my past experience, the community (just not the speakers & organizing team)
will make sure that the attendees leave the conference motivated for a long
haul :)

We are reaching out to various suggestions in this list.  If you have
specific names in mind, please suggest.

Thanks,
Ramanathan.


On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Pulkit Goyal <7895pulkit at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Ramanathan Ramakrishnamoorthy <
> ramanathanhari at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As most of you would aware,  PyCon India is happening in Hyderabad on
>> October 5-9, 2018   We have one confirmed keynote speaker (Travis Oliphant)
>> who we had invited as part of planning for PyCon Hyderabad.  We reached out
>> to him about the change in plans, and he has confirmed his availability for
>> PyCon India 2018.
>>
>> On the other hand, Nick Coughlan has backed due to some personal
>> reasons.  As part of the event, we intend to have four Keynote speakers
>> which means we need to identify three more keynote speakers.
>>
>
> ​Having 4 keynote speakers instead of 3 will be great! ​​
>
>>
>> We request the community to provide suggestions for Keynote speakers.
>> Based on popular ask, we can reach out to the speakers requesting them to
>> Keynote.
>>
>
> ​I think we should decide on what we want out of a keynote speaker. For
> example, do we want a core CPython contributor to help attendees get
> motivated towards contributing to CPython, or we want someone from PyPy
> team to so that attendees can learn about PyPy etc. Just because we can
> call someone, or someone is a good speaker, we should not call them. I
> agree that we can't get everything we decide but that will be a good step.
>
> For example: PyCon Pune keynote speakers were CPython devs and that
> motivated and helped people to contribute to CPython.
>
> Moreover I have seen instances when big companies like Google, Fb,
> Instagram become a major sponsor for the event and they gets a keynote
> slot. I think this is also worth giving a thought.
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ramanathan.
>>
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> ​Regards
> Pulkit​
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Ramanathan Ramakrishnamoorthy <
> ramanathanhari at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As most of you would aware,  PyCon India is happening in Hyderabad on
>> October 5-9, 2018   We have one confirmed keynote speaker (Travis Oliphant)
>> who we had invited as part of planning for PyCon Hyderabad.  We reached out
>> to him about the change in plans, and he has confirmed his availability for
>> PyCon India 2018.
>>
>> On the other hand, Nick Coughlan has backed due to some personal
>> reasons.  As part of the event, we intend to have four Keynote speakers
>> which means we need to identify three more keynote speakers.
>>
>> We request the community to provide suggestions for Keynote speakers.
>> Based on popular ask, we can reach out to the speakers requesting them to
>> Keynote.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ramanathan.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Inpycon mailing list
>> Inpycon at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/inpycon
>>
>>
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