[PyConAPAC] Proposal to host PyCon-APAC 2018 in Singapore

[Kwon-Han Bae]

Hi.

I'm sending instead of Ivan Z <vanzaj at gmail.com> converted from pdf

He cced some other guys.
"Liew Beng Keat (RP)" <liew_beng_keat at rp.edu.sg>,
Soong Chee Gi <gi.soongchee at dhs.sg>,
Martin Brochhaus <mbrochh at googlemail.com>

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"""Hi Kwon-Han,



Please forward this email to pyconapac at python.org as I'm still not sure why
I can't send emails to that mailing list.

Attached is our proposal to host next year PyCon-APAC in Singapore.


Best regards,
Ivan


PS: Let me introduce Martin Brochhaus (cc'ed) to you. He has been one of
the key contributors to PUGS for the past 5 years."""




Proposal to host PyCon-APAC 2018 in Singapore

The snake must come home.

1. A proposal introduction which describes the motivation for the proposal.

PyCon APAC originated in Singapore (2010 - 2012). After doing its run in
Japan (2013), Taiwan (2014 - 2015), Korea (2016) and Malaysia (2017),
pending the readiness of other APAC Python communities, Singapore is ready
to host PyCon APAC again in 2018.

Pycon-APAC will be a 3-day conference: 2 days of regular presentations
organized in 2 tracks, and 1 day of tutorials and workshops. We expect 50%
of data science related presentations. Due to the increased popularity of
Python in primary and secondary schools in Singapore, there will be 2
satellite events:

● Education Summit : A one-day pre-conference event called BuildingBloCS
for O-Level and A-Level Computing students and teachers (by invitation
only) and interested educators (not vendors). The event is supported by
Ministry of Education, Singapore and Google SG/APAC.

● Young Kids coding workshop: For primary school and lower secondary school
students or equivalent by secondary school / junior college students.

2. A description of the on-site team, its members and history in the
context of their

local Python community.

Python User Group Singapore (PUGS) was originally established as a legal
entity for the purpose of running PyCon Asia-Pacific. PUGS was registered
on 9 June 2009, with the Registry of Societies, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Republic of Singapore; and gazette on 10 June 2009 vide Notification Number
1733. To date, PUGS had organized 3 PyCon-APAC (2010 - 2012) and 4 PyCon SG
(2013 - 2016) conferences.

http://pugs.org.sg/pages/about.html

3. Short biography of the key members and their previous experience in
conference

and events organizations.

Ivan Zimine (Dr) President, Python User Group Singapore Technology Research
Analyst at Overseas Family School; PyCon SG 2015 Edu Summit, PyLadies SG

Liew Beng Kiat (Dr) PUGS co-founder and BDFL for PyCon-APAC Asst Director,
School of Infocomm, Republic Polytechnic

Michael Li (Mr) Treasurer, Python User Group Singapore CTO, Red Dot Robotics

Martin Alexander Brochhaus (Mr) Ordinary Committee Member, Python User
Group Singapore CTO, The Artling; Founder / Managing Director, Bitlab
Studio; PyLadies SG; founder of Singapore Djangonauts meetup

Gi Soong Chee (Mr) Ordinary Committee Member, Python User Group Singapore
Dunman High School Computing teacher Organized PyCon SG 2015 Edu Summit,
BuildingBloCS High School Computing Conference 2017 Presented in PyCon SG
2013, PyCon MY 2016 Volunteered in PyCon SG 2014 - 2016 Attended PyCon SG
2013 - 2016, PyCon APAC 2013 - 2015, 2017, PyCon MY 2015 - 2016, PyCon HK
2015 - 2016

Max, Ong Zong Bao (Mr) Ordinary Committee Member, Python User Group
Singapore Full Stack Developer - Intern at Microsec Founder of Python Asia
Learning Circle Volunteered in Edge Startups events from 2016 - present

Zac, Kwan Wei Hao (Mr) Member, Python User Group Singapore Technical Lead,
TamTech

Joshua Ringer (Mr) Member, Python User Group Singapore Software Engineer,
Argomi IT Director, Ultimate Players Association (Singapore)

Grace Tang (Dr) Member, Python User Group Singapore Data Scientist, Uber
Presented at PyCon SG 2016

Maximilian Jackson (Mr) Ordinary Committee Member, Python User Group
Singapore Director, Data Science - Nufin Data; Organizing Committee -
PyConSG 2013, 2016

4. Previous conference history of the on-site team (if any). Describe which

conferences were run and provide some figures on their size (registrations,
tracks, total income)

PyCon SG 2013 (207 participants, 2 tracks, total income: 30K SGD) PyCon SG
2014 (200 participants, 2 tracks, total income: 31K SGD) PyCon SG 2015 (220
participants, 2 tracks, total income: 35K SGD) PyCon SG 2016 (226
participants, 2 tracks, total income: 38K SGD)

5. Assignment of key positions to on-site team members. Positions to be
assigned

(one member can be responsible for more than one of the following roles):

Chairperson: Martin Alexander Brochhaus Sponsor manager: Michael Li Venue
manager: Ong Zong Bao Logistics manager: Gi Soong Chee Conference desk
manager: Kwan Wei Hao

6. List of all team members that will be present during the conference
itself as

volunteers (but not necessarily help before the conference begins), and/or
sources from which people can be or will be acquired if needed (e.g.,
universities, other local associations, etc.). This list is indicative, as
most of the volunteers helping during the conference are usually enrolled
during the last months/weeks before the conference.

Ivan Zimine Liew Beng Kiat Michael Li Martin Alexander Brochhaus Gi Soong
Chee Ong Zong Bao Kwan Wei Hao Joshua Ringer Grace Tang Maximilian Jackson

At least 10 student volunteers from Dunman High School

7. List of potential international and local sponsors. Note : Local
sponsors help a lot in

funding the conference. These are often smaller companies which will not
move to

new locations with the conference, so a local contact is highly beneficial
in attracting these sponsors.

○ The PAC can assist with contacts with international sponsors where
possible

International

● Python Software Foundation

● Anaconda (ex Continuum Analytics)

● Facebook

● Red Hat

● Heroku

● Oracle

● Criteo

Local

● Google SG

● Garena

● Carousell

● Microsoft SG

● Pivotal

● Zendesk

8. Proposed dates for PyCon APAC 2017.

● Early to mid June

○ 1 - 3 Jun 2018

○ 8 - 10 Jun 2018

○ 15 - 17 Jun 2018

9. Keynote speakers proposed.

Fernando Pérez Creator of IPython

Philip Guo Creator of pythontutor.com

Lee Tsung-Hsien Senior software engineer, Uber; Co-author Elements of
Programming Interviews in Python

Damien George Creator of MicroPython

10. Conference events. Describe which kind of (social) events you can
propose for the

conference and are able to provide support for.

● Tutorial workshops

● Education summit (pre-conference event)

● Young kids coding workshop

● Social dinner

11. Expected differences from previous PyCon APAC conferences.

We expect higher number of participants (300) due to rapid growth of Python
Data Science community. We will consider a professional conference venue.
Education summit and Young kids coding workshop is likely to be organized
in an academic institution.

12. Venue proposal.

● Republic Polytechnic

● Singapore Polytechnic

● National University of Singapore

● Google SG / APAC

● Hotel Fort Canning

13. Accommodation.

Singapore has many accommodation options in all price ranges. The
information will be provided on https://pycon.sg after we secure the venue.

14. City tourist information.

http://www.visitsingapore.com/en.html http://yoursingapore.com/
http://www.publictransport.sg/publish/ptp/en.html

15. Visa. If attendees may require a visa to enter the country/city, please
provide

detailed information.

https://www.ica.gov.sg/#/visitor/visitor_entryvisa

16. Proposed local budget.

For 300 participants, 50’000 SGD (with free/sponsored venue). 75’000 SGD
(with professional venue).