Our program work group (WG) has been working hard over the weekend to select the sessions for EuroPython 2019. * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/sessions/ * We’re now happy to announce the first batch with: - 112 talks, - 12 trainings, - 6 posters, - 1 interactive session and - 5 helpdesks brought to you by 129 speakers: * https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/speakers/ * More advanced talks than in previous EuroPython editions -------------------------------------------------------- We are glad that the Python community has heard our call to submit more advanced talks this year. This will make EuroPython 2019 even more interesting than our previous editions. Waiting List ------------ Some talks are still in the waiting list. We will inform all speakers who have submitted talks about the selection status by email. PyData EuroPython 2019 ---------------------- As in previous years, we will have lots of PyData talks and trainings: - 4 trainings on Monday and Tuesday (July 8-9) - 34 talks on Wednesday and Thursday (July 10-11) - no PyData talks on Friday (July 12) Full Schedule ------------- The full schedule will be available early in June. Training Tickets & Combined Tickets ----------------------------------- If you want to attend the trainings offered on the training days (July 8-9), please head over to the registration page in the next couple of days. Sales are going strong and we only have 300 tickets available. Combined tickets are new this year and allow attending both training and conference days with a single ticket. Dates and Venues ---------------- EuroPython will be held from July 8-14 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, at the Congress Center Basel (BCC) for the main conference days (Wed-Fri) and the FHNW Muttenz for the workshops/trainings/sprints days (Mon-Tue, Sat-Sun). Tickets can be purchased on our registration page: https://ep2019.europython.eu/registration/buy-tickets/ For more details, please have a look at our website and the FAQ: https://ep2019.europython.eu/faq 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/185058369732/europython-2019-first-batch-of-... Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1131140414910750720 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2019 Team https://ep2019.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/