Hi ChiPy, In March, we have an exciting meeting planned! Speakers from businesses around Chicago will present to us about how they use Python within their companies. It's sure to be an exciting meeting. Hope to see you there! And also, happy Pi Day! Thank you to Price Waterhouse Coopers for sponsoring the venue and food! Please be sure to RSVP by noon the day of the event. *When:*March 14, 2019, 6 p.m. 6:00pm Doors open 6:30pm: Meeting starts *How:*You can RSVP at chipy.org <http://www.chipy.org/> by noon the day of the event. *Where:* Price Waterhouse Coopers 1 North Wacker *What:* - *Python @ Ascent* By: Spencer Allee Experience Level: Intermediate Ascent uses Python for most of its data science, data engineering, and machine learning / NLP - I'll give an overview of some of our key apps and use cases. - *Python at ActiveCampaign* By: Ben Levin Experience Level: Novice ActiveCampaign is using Python to transition from a PHP monolith to scalable microservices that can keep pace with the demands of our rapidly-growing customer base, as well as to train and deploy customer-facing ML models. - *Python at Imaginary Landscape* By: Noel Taylor Noel from Imaginary Landscape will discuss, and demonstrate, 'Iscape Search', a homegrown web scraper and search engine designed to replace the discontinued Google Site Search - *Python at Nielsen* By: Jordan Bettis Jordan will discuss how Nielsen uses Python to connect and process massive amounts of data in a next-generation environment. - *Python@Panopta* By: Jason Abate Experience Level: Intermediate Python has been one of the fundamental technologies for Panopta's global monitoring infrastructure. I'll cover some of the more interesting ways we've used Python over the years, and our plans going forward. - *Python Powered Business - Quicket Solutions* By: Bryan Chance Experience Level: Novice Python powered platform at Quicket Solutions. - *Python at Blick Art Materials* By: Naomi Ceder Experience Level: Novice Blick uses a wide range of technologies across over 70 stores nationwide and on 2 e-commerce sties, and Python (and Flask & Django) powers the systems we use to price our almost 90,000 items competitively. - *Doctors, Devices, Drugs, and Django - Python at a Healthcare Startup* By: Scott Sexton Experience Level: Novice At Lumere, we make software to help hospitals get the clinical data they need to make decisions leading to better outcomes and lower costs. We use python to power our web application, data science tools, and research platform. Why did we decide on python, and how has it enabled us to grow? - *Omega Grid's Python Blockchain* By: Killian Tobin Experience Level: Intermediate Omega Grid created a python blockchain to help utilities manage all the new solar panels, electric vehicles, and batteries on the grid. We are also running a python backend for our public facing rewards platform. We launched the rewards platform on Jan 1 in Burlington, VT as part of a peak shaving program. - *Python at Impossible Objects* By: Len Wanger Experience Level: Intermediate Impossible Objects is an award winning manufacturer of 3D printers for the industrial market. We use Python extensively throughout the organization from MIS systems, data analysis to preparing models and running our printers. This talk is an overview of how Python is used throughout the organization. *Thank you always to all our sponsors, including our Diamond sponsors: Metis and TelnyxAlso thank you to our Platinum sponsors: Braintree, Imaginary Landscape, Lumere, and Signature Consultants. Also, thank you to our Silver sponsor: Markit.Please be aware of our code of conduct http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/ <http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/>* -- Joe J. Jasinski www.joejasinski.com