Some people asked for more time to prepare their abstracts. Therefore, we extended the deadline for the submission of abstracts for EuroSciPy 2009 to May 8, 2009. Please send your abstract to mmueller at python-academy dot de. More details below. EuroSciPy 2009 ============== We're pleased to announce the EuroSciPy 2009 Conference to be held in Leipzig, Germany on July 25-26, 2009. http://www.euroscipy.org This is the second conference after the successful conference last year. Again, EuroSciPy will be a venue for the European community of users of the Python programming language in science. Call for Participation ---------------------- If you are a scientist using Python for your computational work, we'd love to have you formally present your results, methods or experiences. To apply to present a talk at this year's EuroSciPy, please submit an abstract of your talk as a PDF, MS Word or plain text file to mmueller at python-academy dot de. The deadline for abstract submission is May 8, 2009. Papers and/or presentation slides are acceptable and are due by June 15, 2009. Presentations will be allotted 30 minutes. Registration ------------ Registration is open. The registration fee is 100.00 € for early registrants and will increase to 150.00 € for late registration after June 15, 2009. Registration will include breakfast, snacks and lunch for Saturday and Sunday. Please register here: http://www.euroscipy.org/registration.html Important Dates --------------- March 21 Registration opens May 8 Abstract submission deadline May 15 Acceptance of presentations May 30 Announcement of conference program June 15 Early bird registration deadline June 15 Paper/slides submission deadline July 20 - 24 Pre-Conference courses July 25/26 Conference Venue ----- mediencampus Poetenweg 28 04155 Leipzig Germany See http://www.euroscipy.org/venue.html for details. Help Welcome ------------ You like to help make the EuroSciPy 2009 a success? Here are some ways you can get involved: * attend the conference * submit an abstract for a presentation * give a lightning talk * make EuroSciPy known: - write about it on your website - in your blog - talk to friends about it - post to local e-mail lists - post to related forums - spread flyers and posters in your institution - make entries in relevant event calendars - anything you can think of * inform potential sponsors about the event * become a sponsor If you're interested in volunteering to help organize things or have some other idea that can help the conference, please email us at mmueller at python-academy dot de. Sponsorship ----------- Do you like to sponsor the conference? There are several options available: http://www.euroscipy.org/sponsors/become_a_sponsor.html Pre-Conference Courses ---------------------- Would you like to learn Python or about some of the most used scientific libraries in Python? Then the "Python Summer Course" [1] might be for you. There are two parts to this course: * a two-day course "Introduction to Python" [2] for people with programming experience in other languages and * a three-day course "Python for Scientists and Engineers" [3] that introduces some of the most used Python tools for scientists and engineers such as NumPy, PyTables, and matplotlib Both courses can be booked individually [4]. Of course, you can attend the courses without registering for EuroSciPy. [1] http://www.python-academy.com/courses/python_summer_course.html [2] http://www.python-academy.com/courses/python_course_programmers.html [3] http://www.python-academy.com/courses/python_course_scientists.html [4] http://www.python-academy.com/courses/dates.html