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The start of the conference, at first scheduled on June 19th Sunday, has been<strong>delayed to the following day, June 20th, Monday</strong> in order to optimize the use of the available areas at Mediterraneo Conference Centre. <em>The end-of-works date remains unchanged</em>.</p>
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The shifting of the opening day to 20th June allows to hold the 5 Talk Sessions and the 2 Hands-On Training Sessions in the same days, June 20th-24th, while keeping the following weekend (June 25th and 26th) allocated for the sprints. Notice also that the <a href="http://ep2011.europython.eu/partner-program%22" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(15, 36, 36); text-decoration: none; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(15, 36, 36); ">partner program</a> will start on June 18th, Saturday, the weekend <em>before</em> the conference, to let our delegates join their familiies in the tours without conflicts with the schedules.</p>
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Thanks to this change, this year delegates will be able not only to attend one of the 5 talks in 5 different tracks, but also join one of the very detailed 4-hours hands-on trainings, to gain a much better understanding on topics. Hands-on trainings will focus on actual source code examples (bringing your laptop is strongly suggested!) and are a better fit for people that prefer to get their hands dirty deep into the code!</p>
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The new EuroPython Agenda will be as below:</p><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: circle; list-style-image: url(http://ep2011.europython.eu/static/c13034fa0ddf/p5/i/bullet-aside.png); color: rgb(48, 29, 29); ">
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<strong>June 20th</strong>: Opening day of the conference. In the morning the keynote session will be held, with special guests soon to be announced.</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 12px/20px 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(99, 84, 67); ">
<strong>June 20th to 24th</strong>: Regular conference, with up to 5 parallel tracks from morning to evening, and 2 parallel tracks for hands-on trainings.</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 12px/20px 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(99, 84, 67); ">
<strong>June 25/26th</strong>: Coding Sprint. Two full days of quick hacking on Python core and libraries, with the guide of experienced developers.</li></ul><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#635443"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">more info available at: </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://ep2011.europython.eu/blog/2011/02/16/europython-slight-date-change">http://ep2011.europython.eu/blog/2011/02/16/europython-slight-date-change</a></span></div>
</span><br>-- <br><div>Fabio Pliger<br></div><br>