Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Neil Muller Newsgroups: comp.lang.python.announce Subject: PyConZA 2016 - Call for Speakers Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:43:07 +0200 Lines: 40 Sender: drnlmuller@gmail.com Approved: python-announce-list@python.org Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de aqx22bHr4qtlmea4wm3ozg3eHSIuCEGryavWQBMiwt7A== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-announce-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-announce-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.076 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.85; '*S*': 0.00; 'url:pycon': 0.08; 'mentorship': 0.09; 'sprints': 0.09; 'talks,': 0.09; 'tutorials,': 0.09; 'english.': 0.13; '2016': 0.16; '6th': 0.16; 'preparing': 0.16; 'received:74.125.82.46': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'rough': 0.16; '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; 'gather': 0.22; 'speakers.': 0.22; 'sprint': 0.22; 'communities': 0.23; 'tutorials': 0.23; 'long,': 0.24; 'discussion': 0.24; 'coding': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'cool': 0.27; 'long.': 0.29; 'spaces': 0.29; 'to:addr:conferences': 0.29; 'attendees': 0.29; 'tutorial': 0.29; 'allows': 0.30; 'topic': 0.32; 'url:za': 0.32; 'common': 0.33; 'proposals': 0.33; 'open': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'draft': 0.35; 'interact': 0.35; 'received:74.125.82': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'there': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'possible.': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'things': 0.38; 'doing': 0.38; 'shared': 0.38; 'submit': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'where': 0.40; 'space': 0.40; 'questions': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'suitable': 0.61; 'hope': 0.61; 'more': 0.63; 'interest': 0.64; 'minutes': 0.64; 'to:no real name:2**2': 0.65; 'forums': 0.66; 'act': 0.67; '9th': 0.84; 'africa.': 0.84; 'demos': 0.84; 'muller': 0.84; 'neil': 0.84; 'upfront,': 0.84; 'cape': 0.91; 'town,': 0.91; 'club,': 0.93; 'october.': 0.93; 'river': 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; bh=ks7fDEKxiyYBB1PBNHjnPEYyK6xggGrSa4xyWNdTEAg=; b=iR8lxIJC8GRuf2LvP08J76TaPCErP9MZjbYVWxrl5bgHQQ7+YZYCvml7Dgqp8AZsBk 9LOReLkbYLI5BL1fWDK9zxCuW2KDu3UrNv6gV3zt6AsM3SJCReZDOkmjMSkMAnD8m1un GVUkgSKs+tKAt+vq9kdlRRSU6ZD1vML8k6tzdtGkbAqGL3gBDxv9rw1CD/iFIZKltP9b gHKORTkuJTRX3gbZCaPbbiGsiRqT/HaOMrPwWdymhdadv/4rrt9jGrFVqCtGOxPV1TX4 hDhLHQ3EjpfzXpKP2QmF0nCg8qfB87eqtBS/GZzRroQ6HrjEY+7SZg7oVjLzGOjIZ31p RaAA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:date:message-id:subject:from :to; bh=ks7fDEKxiyYBB1PBNHjnPEYyK6xggGrSa4xyWNdTEAg=; b=m/gIA3w+AVpwe8jeWsWrSNufGYs5C2rWhM1Dbrvs1m3qqAEmYul+tfXrq/lcIZLO5k 10eIXd4deMX1AKQyQV5QvjWj/eVLa8793MghCY5AZ16BHZ5tgSfUBnFyZKGZwsqPfdZ9 LGtoGsUi/iEelu6xEf+H3wwS2bsxTRazsI/FkCcLO0w90Ux9VWF8yFPgPEPyZiOA8WgB WIfW/cxSTHNFhM1YIWjC9B3Bgsy7a2QRNiSSiCgTIE/pDoA8PuPBSo+dzd5nzx+CovuL h/T4cetwnNNQnyHrvK0aUTiARNNmPlntHauRmWSR4oKg3Jy/nadMXGsQOTPKJCynLu9m aOBA== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJLbk5rvfP9H8np5SpuQaGXaccLKEzMZhkjdtRx7iAv+KDL2iT73KRFdLMcmVLJFCETSZdwtMteN4E6tHA== X-Received: by 10.28.210.141 with SMTP id j135mr23300253wmg.0.1459330987074; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 02:43:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Sender-Auth: w7GK9lUrjPxnJ9dgjQHnwchSp_8 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 05:43:48 -0400 X-BeenThere: python-announce-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Announcement-only list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python.announce:2088 PyConZA 2016 will take place 6th & 7th October at The River Club, in Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. There will be two days of talks, and we will hold sprints on the 8th & 9th 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 9th of September 2016. 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. PyConZA offers a mentorship program for inexperienced speakers. If you would like assistance preparing your submission, email team@za.pycon.org with a rough draft of your talk proposal and we'll find a suitable experienced speaker to act as a mentor. 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