From ralf.gommers at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 20:37:06 2014 From: ralf.gommers at gmail.com (Ralf Gommers) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:37:06 +0100 Subject: [Conferences] EuroSciPy 2014 Call for Abstracts Message-ID: Dear all, EuroSciPy 2014, the Seventh Annual Conference on Python in Science, takes place in Cambridge, UK on 27 - 30 August 2013. The conference features two days of tutorials followed by two days of scientific talks. The day after the main conference, developer sprints will be organized on projects of interest to attendees. The topics presented at EuroSciPy are very diverse, with a focus on advanced software engineering and original uses of Python and its scientific libraries, either in theoretical or experimental research, from both academia and the industry. The program includes keynotes, contributed talks and posters. Submissions for talks and posters are welcome on our website (http://www. euroscipy.org/2014/). In your abstract, please provide details on what Python tools are being employed, and how. The deadline for submission is 14 April 2013. Also until 14 April 2014, you can apply for a sprint session on 31 August 2014. See https://www.euroscipy.org/2014/calls/sprints/ for details. Important dates: April 14th: Presentation abstracts, poster, tutorial submission deadline. Application for sponsorship deadline. May 17th: Speakers selected May 22nd: Sponsorship acceptance deadline June 1st: Speaker schedule announced June 6th, or 150 registrants: Early-bird registration ends August 27-31st: 2 days of tutorials, 2 days of conference, 1 day of sprints We look forward to an exciting conference and hope to see you in Cambridge in August! The EuroSciPy 2014 Team http://www.euroscipy.org/2014/ Conference Chairs -------------------------- Mark Hayes, Cambridge University, UK Didrik Pinte, Enthought Europe, UK Tutorial Chair ------------------- David Cournapeau, Enthought Europe, UK Program Chair -------------------- Ralf Gommers, ASML, The Netherlands Program Committee ----------------------------- Tiziano Zito, Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin, Germany Pierre de Buyl, Universit? libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Emmanuelle Gouillart, Joint Unit CNRS/Saint-Gobain, France Konrad Hinsen, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France Raphael Ritz, Garching Computing Centre of the Max Planck Society, Germany St?fan van der Walt, Applied Mathematics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Ga?l Varoquaux, INRIA Parietal, Saclay, France Nelle Varoquaux, Mines ParisTech, France Pauli Virtanen, Aalto University, Finland Evgeni Burovski, Lancaster University, UK Robert Cimrman, New Technologies Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic Almar Klein, Cybermind, The Netherlands Organizing Committee ------------------------------ Simon Jagoe, Enthought Europe, UK Pierre de Buyl, Universit? libre de Bruxelles, Belgium -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matteo at pycon.it Fri Mar 21 16:55:46 2014 From: matteo at pycon.it (Matteo Benci) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:55:46 +0100 Subject: [Conferences] PyConIT news for foreigners! Message-ID: <1395417346.2467.21.camel@geeno> PyCon Italia will extend its CFP for foreigners! After the big successes of EuroPython 2011, 2012 and 2013 we want to keep the international trait strong in our local conferences, that's why we are happy to annouce that the Call For Proposals for PyconIT5 will end on 6th April 23:59:59 CET for foreign people! This is the 5th edition of the PyCon Italia, the largest annual gathering for the Italian Python community. As usual the conference will be held in Florence, from May 23 till 25, 2014. The conference is addressed to organizations and companies, software developers, system administrator who use or want to use Python for automation, other IT-specialists and project managers interested in learning about python, and also hobby enthusiasts who find a great platform in Python. You will find the form to submit your proposal here: https://www.pycon.it/english/ Just at the end of the page! Who Should Submit a Proposal? ============================= You. Your friends. Your friends' friends. Anyone with any level of Python knowledge is a candidate for a good topic at this conference. As we get attendees of all kinds, we need speakers of all kinds. In all ways and manners, we try to assemble the most diverse conference we can, and we do that with your help. Whether you got started with Python last month or you've been around for 20 years, we think you've got something to share. The Python community is stronger than ever and we're still reaching new areas, new industries, and new users. Be a part of the growing Python community and help shape its future. You don't need to be a well traveled professional speaker to get on stage at PyCon Italia. What matters is the topics, the materials, and the drive to present things to this community. Even if you have never give a talk, do not worry, we will help you. Opportunities ============= PyCon Italia gives you opportunities to see a variety of presentations, panels, and impromptu discussions, learn about significant advances in the Python development community and meet fellow developers. Furthermore there is the possibility to organize recruiting sessions, in order to give to both companies and developers, the opportunity to start new collaborations. Events ====== PyCon Italia days don't finish with the last talk but keep on rocking during the night! We have organized some wonderful event that you may want to join! Dont Miss PyconIT5! the Pycon Italia Staff -- Matteo Benci Event Set Up and Coordination PyconIT 5 Develer tel: +39 055 3984627 ext. 234 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: