Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-announce-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-announce-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.125 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.75; '*S*': 0.00; 'url:pycon': 0.08; 'sprints': 0.09; 'talks,': 0.09; 'tutorials,': 0.09; 'sfxlen:2': 0.10; 'english.': 0.15; 'talks.': 0.16; 'url:talks': 0.16; 'later': 0.16; 'sender:addr:gmail.com': 0.18; 'conference.': 0.18; 'accepting': 0.18; 'hack': 0.18; 'discussion': 0.20; 'gather': 0.22; 'sprint': 0.22; 'to:2**1': 0.22; '2015': 0.23; 'communities': 0.23; 'tutorials': 0.23; 'long,': 0.24; 'coding': 0.27; 'to:no real name:2**1': 0.27; 'cool': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'long.': 0.29; 'spaces': 0.29; 'to:addr:conferences': 0.29; 'tutorial': 0.29; 'allows': 0.30; 'attendees': 0.32; 'topic': 0.32; 'url:za': 0.32; 'common': 0.33; 'proposals': 0.33; 'open': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'possible.': 0.36; 'there': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'doing': 0.38; 'space': 0.38; 'shared': 0.38; 'things': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'submit': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'addition': 0.60; 'your': 0.60; 'hope': 0.61; 'more': 0.62; 'interest': 0.64; 'minutes': 0.64; 'forums': 0.66; '4th': 0.67; '1st': 0.79; 'africa.': 0.84; 'attendees.': 0.84; 'demos': 0.84; 'hub': 0.84; 'muller': 0.84; 'neil': 0.84; 'upfront,': 0.84; 'received:mail-wi0-x229.google.com': 0.91; 'october.': 0.93; 'proposal,': 0.95; 'advertise': 0.96 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=GFTZTImllj/FDEWYXwLmsiH0ZAe0UN5Ivws9VY12ByA=; b=eQT/sYCi00nJ/lCHZ/aX//svx//syy700JWDlnCTNZC2mSGvfWuSfcaWDScRMK/BKv KIYaHUqUDgVn5rmRDfnIjkcqPxoJI+p3Su6IUy6zf3oFokzkXkDtobyHezhKMHzVk3HO 2gTNsZvWhFfCjN6ixB+E1gUgFUl89M+ZGtRAXSfmU/zlSh72Az88MEAIJ1gGAz8mKfsv XupaS9wC0V7tAiBBnNGDPaYVlyydYFIWwoGudffkhxGXwgqf9PQ5r+1cOqzBFQzKLCDv qfF+sgtyJqXGCo8CFdnI12P6bej4mWk/uJG9hynhCjCFEcMc1x/j8grHQsrO0zDnS9Th R9TQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.73.10 with SMTP id h10mr1937085wiv.3.1435053644848; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:00:44 -0700 (PDT) Sender: drnlmuller@gmail.com Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:00:44 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: PEaSFrDWIfFei016byA-1sqXKUk Subject: PyConZA 2015 - Call for Speakers From: Neil Muller To: python-announce-list@python.org, conferences@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:38:04 +0200 X-BeenThere: python-announce-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: Announcement-only list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Approved: python-announce-list@python.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.python.announce Message-ID: Lines: 36 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1435055885 news.xs4all.nl 2947 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53987 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.stben.net!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python.announce:1750 PyConZA 2015 will take place 1st & 2nd October at the Wits University Professional Development Hub in Johannesburg, South Africa. There will be two days of talks, and we will hold sprints on the 3rd & 4th of October. We are currently accepting proposals for talks. If you would like to give a presentation, please register at https://za.pycon.org/ and submit your proposal, following the instructions at https://za.pycon.org/talks/submit-talk . We hope to notify accepted presenters by no later than the 11th of September. The presentation slots will be 30 minutes long, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion at the end. Shared sessions are also possible. The presentations will be in English. In addition to talks, we are also looking for proposals for tutorials, demos, sprints and open spaces. Tutorials are intended to be more in-depth introductions to a topic with a limited number of attendees. Tutorial sessions can be up to 90 minutes long. Demos are cool things for attendees to see and interact with. Open spaces are open discussion forums where communities with a common interest gather to present views, ask questions and meet people interested in the topic. Sprints are coding efforts and hack days that happen after the conference. There's no need to register a sprint or open space topic upfront, but doing so allows us to advertise them during the conference. -- Neil Muller On behalf of the PyConZA organising committee