[AstroPy] Lorentz Center Workshop on "Python in Astronomy"

[Thomas Robitaille]

Hi everyone,

Back in December last year I forwarded a call for proposals for 
workshops at the Lorentz center to this list, and a few of us 
subsequently put in an application to hold a Python Astronomy workshop.

We are now very happy to report that a "Python in Astronomy" workshop 
has been accepted and will take place at the Lorentz center in Leiden on 
20-24 April 2015. This workshop aims to bring together researchers, 
Python developers, users, and educators, and will include presentations, 
tutorials, unconference sessions, and coding sprints.

In addition to sharing information about the state-of-the art of Python 
Astronomy packages, the workshop will also focus on improving 
interoperability between astronomical Python packages, providing 
training for new contributors, and developing a common set of 
educational materials for Python in Astronomy. The meeting is therefore 
not only aimed at current developers, but also users and educators.

A formal website and announcement will come later this year, but we 
wanted to share this with you now so that you can keep the dates free if 
you are interested in participating. In the mean time, you can already 
sign up to receive future announcements about the workshop at the 
following page:

  http://python-in-astronomy.github.io

Please feel free to spread the word to others that this is happening and 
get them to sign up to the announcement list.

We are very excited about the opportunity to hold this workshop, and we 
hope to see many of you there!

The organizing committee:

Thomas Robitaille
Pauline Barmby
Eric Jeschke
Stuart Mumford
Magnus Persson