What's new? =========== Thanks to the generosity of our hosts and sponsors, the first five people to submit talks will receive a free book package when they attend the conference. The package will consist of: 1. Andy McKay's "The Definitive Guide to Plone" (1) 2. Charles F. Goldfarb and Paul Prescod's the "XML Handbook, Fifth Edition" 3. Mark Lutz and David Ascher's "Learning Python, 2nd Edition" They will also receive a free license for Komodo, ActiveState's IDE for open source languages. To submit a talk, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/registration/submissions.html For general conference information, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference The deadline for talk submission is June 15th. About the Vancouver Python Workshop =================================== The conference will begin on July 31st with keynote addresses by Guido van Rossum (the creator of Python) and Paul Everitt (co-founder of Zope Corp). Further talks (and tutorials for beginners) will take place on August 1st and 2nd. The conference will be roughly divided into three tracks: o Python language and applications o Content management with Python (esp. Zope and Plone) o Python for beginners More information see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/ or contact Brian Quinlan at: brian@sweetapp.com Vancouver ========= In addition to the opportunity to learn and socialize with fellow Pythonistas, the Vancouver Python Workshop also gives visitors the opportunity to visit one of the most extraordinary cities in the world (2). For more information about traveling to Vancouver, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/travel.html http://www.tourismvancouver.com Important dates =============== Talk submissions: until June 15th Attendee registration: June 4th to June 30th Late registration: from July 1st Keynotes, preconference sprints & tutorials: July 31st Conference and tutorial dates: August 1st and 2nd (1) If this book is not available at the time of the conference, it will be shipped to the recipient (2) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2299119.stm http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml?idContent=1128760 Cheers, Brian