In the last two weeks, we have discussed and investigated concepts
around running this year’s EuroPython conference as an online
conference. We have looked at conference tools, your feedback, drafted
up ideas on what we can do to make the event interesting and what we
can accomplish given our limited resources.
Today, we are happy to announce that we will be running
* EuroPython 2020 *
from July 23 - 26 2020
as an online conference
We are planning the following structure:
- 2 conference days with keynotes, talks, lightning talks, poster
session (Thursday and Friday)
- 2 sprint days with multiple sprint teams (Saturday and Sunday)
Attending the conference days will require a ticket, participating in
the sprint days will be free.
We will publish additional information on the new format as it becomes
available. A few updates for today (more details will follow in
separate blog posts):
Call for Papers (CFP)
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With the new plan in place, we will extend and retarget the CFP we had
been running in the last three weeks to the online setup.
Please note that we will not have training sessions at EuroPython
2020. We will have keynotes, 30 and 45-minute talks, panels,
interactive sessions, as well as try to come up with a format for
doing posters and lightning talks.
Unlike for our in-person event, speakers will get free tickets to the
event, since we don’t have to cover catering costs.
We need your help
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Given that we had already put a lot of work into the in-person event
organization, a lot of which we’ll now have to adapt or redo for the
online set up in the few months ahead of us, we will need more help
from the community to make this happen.
If you would like to help, please write to board(a)europython.eu. We are
specifically looking for people with experience using online
conference tools to help host tracks during the conference days.
Sponsoring
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As for the in-person event, we will have sponsorship packages
available for the online event as well. Because the format is
different, we’ll have to adjust the packages we had intended for the
in-person to an online setup.
If you are interested in sponsoring EuroPython 2020, please write to
sponsoring(a)europython.eu. We will then send you more details, as they
become available.
Help spread the word
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Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !
Link to the blog post:
https://blog.europython.eu/post/614102095419850752/europython-2020-online-c…
Tweet:
https://twitter.com/europython/status/1244947459006173184
Thanks,
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EuroPython 2020 Team
https://ep2020.europython.eu/https://www.europython-society.org/
Hello there,
COSCUP(Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters) is an annual
conference held by the Taiwanese Open Source community since 2006. It will
behold in August this year, and we are calling for participation. You can
participate in the following ways: 1. Community Track 2. Community Booth.
Community Track: Community tracks are assigned to self-organizing groups to
work, share, and discuss issues around an open-source-related topic. You
can decide the content and format in your Track. You can decide the
duration of each section and the whole schedule in your Track.
Community Booth: It's a great opportunity to introduce yourself, display
your work, and connect with thousands of open source contributors and
hobbyists all around Taiwan.
Plz ref
https://blog.coscup.org/2020/03/coscup-2020-call-for-participation-now.html
for more information.
Cheers,
petertc
In our blog post on the COVID-19 last week, we were still hopeful that
the situation would improve in time for the event in July. The last
few days have shown us that we need to have a more realistic view on
how things will develop in the coming months:
https://blog.europython.eu/post/612393987829039104/europython-2020-and-covi…
Right now, we are at a point in the conference organization where we
have invested a lot of time into the preparation of the conference,
but have not started ticket sales, entered sponsorship agreements or
ordered conference and marketing material.
We also had discussions with the venue and caterer on possible options
to address the risk of not being able to hold the event in July due to
government regulations preventing indoor gatherings.
EuroPython 2021
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In our EuroPython Society Board call last night, we discussed the
situation, looked at the options and decided to take the offer of the
venue to postpone the in-person conference to next year.
* EuroPython 2021 will be held in Dublin, Ireland, *
* from July 26 - August 1 2021 *
How about a virtual EuroPython 2020 ?
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Since we all love EuroPython, the community and good vibes coming from
such gatherings, we are now considering turning this year’s EuroPython
2020 conference into a virtual event.
For this, we’d like to gather some feedback and have created a form
for you to let us know what your thoughts are on such a virtual setup:
* EuroPython 2020 going virtual feedback form *
https://forms.gle/dwMYXVR4RFAqvthP6
If we go for the virtual setup for EuroPython 2020, the dates will
likely change a bit, so ticket sales will start a little later. For
now, we will leave the EuroPython 2020 Call for Proposals (CfP)
open. Please note that those talks will then have to be held from your
notebook/desktop without face-to-face audience contact. On the other
hand, many more people could join in, since there’s no travel
involved. We will aim to make the virtual event as interactive as
possible.
Code name: EuroPython Winter Edition
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While we’re at it, we’d also like to use the form to gather some
feedback on the idea to have a winter EuroPython event, one where we
run a BarCamp/Sprint/Hackathon style setup in a smaller setting.
Help spread the word
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Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !
Link to the blog post:
https://blog.europython.eu/post/612826526375919616/europython-2020-going-vi…
Tweet:
https://twitter.com/europython/status/1239845360694067201
Thanks,
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EuroPython 2020 Team
https://ep2020.europython.eu/https://www.europython-society.org/
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Hello all,
In about a month the local community, Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community (MSCC) (mscc.mu) will be organizing the biggest tech conference on the island on the 2nd - 4th April. I extend my invitation to all those who are interested.
I would also know how I can get official goodies or their designs so that I can distribute those at the conference (https://conference.mscc.mu/session/179409 (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/9C9DCC36-E811-4825-8FCE-4477A6BDE7B8@ge….
Cheers from Mauritius,
Aditya Bholah
We have opened the Call for Proposals today. It will be left open for
three weeks and then close on:
Sunday, March 29 23:59:59 CEST
In order to submit a proposal, please log in to the site (or create an
account first) and then proceed to the CFP page:
* https://ep2020.europython.eu/call-for-proposals/ *
We’re looking for proposals on every aspect of Python: all levels of
programming from novice to advanced, applications, frameworks, data
science, Python projects, internals or topics which you’re excited
about, your experiences with Python and its ecosystem, creative or
artistic things you’ve done with Python, to name a few.
EuroPython is a community conference and we are eager to hear about
your use of Python.
Since feedback shows that our audience is very interested in advanced
topics, we’d appreciate more entries in this category for EuroPython
2020.
Please help spread word about Call for Proposals to anyone who might
be interested. Thanks.
Help spread the word
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Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !
Link to the blog post:
https://blog.europython.eu/post/612113768932098048/europython-2020-call-for…
Tweet:
https://twitter.com/europython/status/1236995749273092102
Enjoy,
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EuroPython 2020 Team
https://ep2020.europython.eu/https://www.europython-society.org/
We are very excited to announce the launch of our website for
EuroPython 2020:
* EuroPython 2020 Website *
https://ep2020.europython.eu/
Our web WG worked hard on putting the finishing touches on the website
and many other team members helped update the content.
We have ported the accounts from last year to the new website, so you
should be able to login with last year’s details. That said, we’d
recommend changing your password as best practice.
Please note that we have also updated the profile page, so after login
you will be redirected to the profile page to make any necessary
adjustments.
More updates:
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- The CFP will launch as planned on Monday, March 9th.
- We are also considering to open early bird sales on Wednesday, March
11 at 12:00 CET. However, since we’re still waiting for the VAT ID
registration, we won’t be able to produce invoices yet. Those will
get delivered later when we have the VAT ID - much like in
Edinburgh, where we had similar delays.
- Ticket prices are already available on the registration page. Unlike
in previous years, we are publishing all prices at once, so that you
can get a better overview.
- As you probably know, the Corona virus has hit Europe and we are
closely monitoring the situation. We will publish separate blog
posts on this topic. So far, we are hopeful that the situation will
have calmed down by July.
- We have prepared the sponsorship packages and will announce these in
separate blog post. Early bird sponsors will again receive a 10%
discount on the package price. If you’re interested in becoming a
sponsor, please contact our sponsor team at
sponsoring(a)europython.eu.
Help spread the word
--------------------
Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social
networks as widely as possible. Thank you !
Link to the blog post:
https://blog.europython.eu/post/611955238740557824/europython-2020-launchin…
Tweet:
https://twitter.com/europython/status/1236620559443800066
Enjoy,
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EuroPython 2020 Team
https://ep2020.europython.eu/https://www.europython-society.org/