From mal at europython.eu Sun Jul 1 08:58:09 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 14:58:09 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2018: Inviting European Python Conference Organizers Message-ID: <687cb5a5-2648-bc50-7caa-b1c7b2c476e0@europython.eu> The EuroPython Society (EPS), who is organizing the EuroPython conference, last year extended it?s mission to also provide help for the Python community in Europe in general. As part of this, we would like to get to know, and help create closer ties between organizers of other European Python events. Organizers? Lunch ----------------- We would like to invite representatives of all European Python conference to EuroPython 2018 to join us for an organizers? lunch. We?re planing the lunch for Friday, July 27, in the organizer?s room (Soutra Suite). Our aim is to get to know each other, exchange experience in organizing events and to find out how we, as EPS, can most effectively help other conferences going forward. Free Tickets ------------ To support and facilitate this, we are giving out one free conference ticket per conference team, so that each team can send a representative to the organizers? lunch. If your team wants to send someone to join, please write to board at europython.eu, mentioning the conference you?re organizing and some background on your team. 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/175435613817/europython-2018-inviting-european-python Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1013403476112691201 Enjoy, -- EuroPython Society https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Sun Jul 1 08:58:27 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 14:58:27 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2018: Community Discounts Message-ID: <5ef78459-3f1b-3ad6-1f8d-f676ee6bc69a@europython.eu> The EuroPython Society (EPS) extended its mission last year to not only run the EuroPython conference, but also provide help for the Python community in Europe in general. Let?s all meet at EuroPython ---------------------------- In addition to the Python Organizers Lunch (see previous post), which focuses on conference organizers, we are also establishing a program to support attendees of Python user groups and conferences in Europe. We?d like to invite all of you to EuroPython 2018 this year. Of course, we cannot give out free tickets to everyone, but we can at least recognize your participation in the Python community by giving out discounts for the conference. Discounts for EuroPython Tickets -------------------------------- If you are running a Python event (conference or user group) in Europe, please reach out to board at europython.eu to request a coupon code for your group, which you can then pass on to your group members or attendees. If you are not running a user group or conference, but a regular attendee of one, please contact your organizers to have them submit a request. We can only distribute codes at the user group and conference organizer level. The coupon codes are valid for conference tickets bought starting today and will give you a 10% discount on the ticket price (both regular and late bird prices). The codes are setup for user group sizes of between 30-50 members, but we are also extending this to organizers and attendees of larger conferences. If you need a code valid for larger groups, please mention this in your email. 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/175435749712/europython-2018-community-discounts Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1013405285770252288 Enjoy, -- EuroPython Society https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Tue Jul 3 06:49:01 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:49:01 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2018: Schedule available Message-ID: Over the last few weeks, our program WG has been working hard on getting the schedule all lined up. Today, we?re releasing it to the Python world. Schedule for EuroPython 2018 * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/schedule/ * With 140 speakers and more than 150 sessions, we have a full packed program waiting for you. Please note that the schedule may still change in details, but the overall layout is fixed now. Book your EuroPython 2018 Ticket -------------------------------- Please make sure you book your ticket in the coming days. We will switch to late bird rates closer to the event. If you want to attend the training sessions, please buy a training pass. We only have very few left and will close sales for these later this week. Travel & accommodation tips --------------------------- Since we?re close the conference and The Fringe is starting a week later, Edinburgh is in high demand. If you?re having problems finding a hotel, please also consider searching for apartments on the well known booking sites. For traveling to Edinburgh, we suggest also considering a combination of plane and train or bus. London, Birmingham and Manchester all provide train and bus lines going to Edinburgh and by booking a combination, you can often save a lot, compared to a direct flight to Edinburgh. 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/175502948797/europython-2018-schedule-available Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1014097708536221696 Enjoy, -- EuroPython Society https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Mon Jul 9 12:49:12 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 18:49:12 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] =?utf-8?q?EuroPython_2018=3A_EuroPython_2018=3A_Wom?= =?utf-8?q?en=E2=80=99s_Django_Workshop?= Message-ID: We are pleased to host and sponsor a free Women?s Django Workshop on Monday 23rd July, from 9am-6pm. * EuroPython Women?s Django Workshop * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/womens-django-workshop/ What to expect -------------- Would you like to learn about how to build websites, but don?t know where to start? A group of volunteers will lead you through HTML, CSS, Python & Django to build a blog in a one day workshop. No prior programming knowledge is needed to participate! How to register --------------- If you would like to take part, apply for a spot by filling in our application form. Participation is free of charge, but does require registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQEWU5d4aqbpXkUvVYkdYaMO-iG5vQ1ujR08Cux1sktOzHMQ/viewform The EuroPython Society sponsors this event, providing space, catering and making available up to 30 discounted student rate conference tickets to the workshop attendees. Reminder: Book your EuroPython 2018 tickets soon ------------------------------------------------ Please make sure you book your ticket in the coming days. We will switch to late bird rates next week. https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/ If you want to attend the training sessions, please buy a training pass. We only have very few left and will close sales for these soon. 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/175710624987/europython-2018-womens-django-workshop Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1016329799864856577 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Thu Jul 12 10:02:32 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:02:32 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2018: Call for On-site Volunteers Message-ID: <8a8ad6ff-cf32-3be9-ea7f-9fbe4d28e881@europython.eu> Ever wanted to help out during Europython ? Do you want to *really* take part in EuroPython, meet new people and help them at the same time ? We have just the right thing for you: apply as EuroPython Volunteer and be part of the great team that is making EuroPython 2018 a reality this year. EuroPython Volunteers --------------------- Glad you want to help ! Please see our volunteers page for details on how to sign up: * EuroPython 2018 Volunteers * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/volunteers/ We are using a volunteer management app for the organization and a Telegram group for communication. https://ep2018.europython.eu/volunteer-app We have a few exciting tasks to offer such as helping out setting up and tearing down the conference space, giving out goodie bags and t-shirts, and being at the conference desk to answer all questions about EuroPython, session chairing or helping as room manager. We also have some perks for you, to give something back. Please check our volunteers page for details. Hope to see you there ! 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/175814086737/europython-2018-call-for-on-site-volunteers Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1017407947134066689 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Thu Jul 12 12:24:47 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:24:47 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2018: Conference App available Message-ID: <848d3fcf-f385-cf19-d0da-6efe68524c3d@europython.eu> We are pleased to announce the conference app for EuroPython 2018, again hosted on the Attendify platform: * EuroPython 2018 Conference App * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/conference-app/ Engage with the conference and its attendees -------------------------------------------- The mobile app gives you access to the conference schedule (even offline), helps you in planing your conference experience (create your personal schedule with reminders) and provides a rich social engagement platform for all attendees. You can create a profile within the app or link this to your existing social accounts, share messages and photos, and easily reach out to other fellow attendees - all from within the app. Vital for all EuroPython 2018 attendees --------------------------------------- We will again use the conference app to keep you updated by sending updates of the schedule and inform you of important announcements via push notifications, so please consider downloading it. Many useful features -------------------- Please see our EuroPython 2018 Conference App page for more details on features and guides on how to use them. https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/conference-app/ Don?t forget to get your EuroPython ticket ------------------------------------------ If you want to join the EuroPython fun, be sure to get your tickets as soon as possible, since ticket sales have picked up a lot this and we may have to close sales prior to the event. 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/175817504647/europython-2018-conference-app-available Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1017444062306193409 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Fri Jul 13 11:21:15 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:21:15 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2018: Conference App available Message-ID: <3f322ab4-8c3d-d15a-76a0-938d6245670b@europython.eu> We will be switching to the late bird rates for tickets on Monday next week (July 16), so this is your last chance to get tickets at the regular rate, which is about 30% less than the late bird rate. * EuroPython 2018 Tickets * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/ Late Bird Tickets ----------------- We will have the following categories of late bird ticket prices for the conference tickets: * Business conference ticket: EUR 750.00 excl. VAT, EUR 900.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for people using Python to make a living) * Personal conference ticket: EUR 500.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for people enjoying Python from home) Please note that we do not sell on-desk student tickets. Students who decide late will have to buy day passes or a personal ticket. Day Passes ---------- As in the past, we will also sell day passes for the conference. These allow attending the conference for a single day (Wednesday, Thursday or Friday; valid on the day you pick up the day pass): * Business conference day pass: EUR 375.00 excl. VAT, EUR 450.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for people using Python to make a living) * Personal conference day pass: EUR 250.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for people enjoying Python from home) * Student conference day pass: EUR 105.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (only available for pupils, students and postdoctoral researchers; please bring your student card or declaration from University, stating your affiliation, starting and end dates of your contract) Please see the registration page for full details of what is included in the ticket price. Also note that neither late bird tickets, nor day passes are refundable. 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/175849791367/europython-2018-late-bird-rates-and-day-passes Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1017788387561009152 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Sun Jul 15 07:13:18 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 13:13:18 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] Invitation to the EuroPython Society General Assembly 2018 Message-ID: <8368816c-ca7c-40c6-0898-b41e750dfb54@europython.eu> We would like to invite all EuroPython attendees and EuroPython Society (EPS) members to attend this year?s EPS General Assembly (GA), which we will run as in-person meeting at the upcoming EuroPython 2018, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK from July 23 - 29. We had already sent a invite to the members mailing on 2018-06-17, but would like to announce this more broadly as well and with complete agenda. Place of the General Assembly meeting ------------------------------------- We will meet on Friday, July 27, at 14:15 BST in room Kilsyth of the EICC, The Exchange, Edinburgh EH3 8EE. There will be a short talk to invite volunteers to participate in organizing EuroPython 2019 in preparation for next year?s event at 14:00 BST in the same room, right before the General Assembly. You may want to attend that talk as well. In this talk, we will present the EuroPython Workgroup Concept, we have been using successfully for the past years now. General Assembly Agenda ----------------------- The agenda contents for the assembly is defined by the EPS bylaws. We are planning to use the following structure: - Opening of the meeting - Selection of meeting chair, secretary and 2 checkers of the minutes - Motion establishing the timeliness of the call to the meeting - Presentation of the annual report and annual accounts by the board - Presentation of the report of the auditor - Discharge from liability for the board - Presentation of a budget by the outgoing board. - Acceptance of budget and decision on membership fees for the upcoming year - Election of members of the board - Election of chair of the board - Election of one auditor and one replacement. The auditor does not have to be certified in any way and is normally selected among the members of the society. - The optional election of a nomination committee for the next annual meeting of the General Assembly - Propositions from the board, if any - Motions from the members, if any - Closing of the meeting In an effort to reduce the time it takes to go through this long list, which is mandated by the bylaws, we will try to send as much information to the members mailing list before the GA, so that we can limit presentations to a minimum. Election of the members of the board ------------------------------------ The EPS bylaws limit the number of board members to one chair and 2 - 8 directors, at most 9 directors in total. Experience has shown that the board members are the most active organizers of the EuroPython conference, so we try to get as many board members as possible to spread the work load. All members of the EPS are free to nominate or self nominate board members. Please write to board at europython-society.org no later than Friday, July 20 2017, if you want to run for board. We will then include you in the list we?ll have in the final nomination announcement before the GA, which is scheduled for July 21. The following people from the current board have already shown interest in running for board in the next term as well (in alphabetical order): - Anders Hammarquist - Darya Chyzhyk - Marc-Andr? Lemburg We will post more detailed information about the candidates and any new nominations we receive in a separate blog post. Propositions from the board --------------------------- We would like to propose to grant CPython Core Developers a lifetime free entry to EuroPython conferences in recognition for their efforts to build the foundation on what our community is built. The details are to be defined by the EPS board. The bylaws allow for additional propositions to be announced up until 5 days before the GA, so the above list is not necessarily the final list. Motions from the members ------------------------ None at the moment. EPS members are entitled to suggest motions to be voted on at the GA. The bylaws require any such motions to be announced at least 5 days before the GA. If you would like to propose a motion, please send it to board at europython-society.org no later than Friday, July 20 2017, so we can announce the final list to everyone. 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://www.europython-society.org/post/175911344495/invitation-to-the-europython-society-general Tweet: https://twitter.com/europythons/status/1018446170933420033 Enjoy, -- EuroPython Society https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Sun Jul 15 07:30:56 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 13:30:56 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2018: Delaying switch to Late Bird Tickets by one day - please use your coupons today ! Message-ID: <4d78e960-a31f-a368-506b-4a1147b59fa0@europython.eu> Since we still have quite a few people with discount coupons who haven?t bought their tickets yet, we are extending the regular ticket sales by one day. * EuroPython 2018 Tickets * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/registration/buy-tickets/ Switch to Late Bird Tickets on July 17, 00:00 CEST -------------------------------------------------- We will now switch to late bird prices, which are about 30% higher than the regular ones on Tuesday, July 17. Issued coupons are not valid for Late Bird Tickets -------------------------------------------------- Please note that the coupons we have issued so far are not valid for the late bird tickets, so if you have a coupon for the conference, please order your tickets before we switch to late bird. This includes coupons for sponsors, speakers, trainers and also the EPS community discount coupons we have given to several user groups. Please make sure you use your coupon before the switch on Tuesday, 00:00 CEST. Late Bird Tickets ----------------- We will have the following categories of late bird ticket prices for the conference tickets (starting 2018-07-17): * Business conference ticket: EUR 750.00 excl. VAT, EUR 900.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for people using Python to make a living) * Personal conference ticket: EUR 500.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for people enjoying Python from home) Please note that we do not sell on-desk student tickets. Students who decide late will have to buy day passes or a personal ticket. Day Passes ---------- As in the past, we will also sell day passes for the conference (starting 2018-07-16). These allow attending the conference for a single day (Wednesday, Thursday or Friday; valid on the day you pick up the day pass): * Business conference day pass: EUR 375.00 excl. VAT, EUR 450.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for people using Python to make a living) * Personal conference day pass: EUR 250.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (for people enjoying Python from home) * Student conference day pass: EUR 105.00 incl. 20% UK VAT (only available for pupils, students and postdoctoral researchers; please bring your student card or declaration from University, stating your affiliation, starting and end dates of your contract) Please see the registration page for full details of what is included in the ticket price. Also note that neither late bird tickets, nor day passes are refundable. 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/175911806047/europython-2018-delaying-switch-to-late-bird Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1018456935950114816 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Wed Jul 18 09:07:22 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:07:22 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2018: Introducing Smarkets Message-ID: We are very pleased to have Smarkets as Keystone Sponsor for EuroPython 2018. You can visit them at the most central booth in our exhibit area, the Lennox Suite in the EICC, and take the opportunity to chat with their staff or enjoy their escape room. Please find below a hosted blog post from Smarkets. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Smarkets: where Python and financial trading meet ================================================= Smarkets operates one of the world?s most powerful and innovative event trading exchanges. We have engineered our technology in-house - without using white label products - and Python powers our platform. In fact, our codebase is fully Python3 and is deployed across multiple teams of engineers within our self-managed organisation. We combine financial technology with the startup culture of fast development and frequent releases; the perfect environment to make use of Python?s data science and rapid prototyping capabilities. Python language helps us to remain nimble as it allows us to move from idea to product extremely quickly. Python not only has a solid standard library but also an extensive community which means that packages exist for just about everything you could ever need. Join us at EuroPython where our workshop will show you how Smarkets is using Python to revolutionise sports trading. You will learn more about Python?s implementation on an exchange, how trading bots work and some strategies that can be employed to successfully trade sports. Put this theory in action with access to our API and a skeleton bot, which you will use as a base to create your very own trading bot. The workshop is free people with a conference ticket or training pass. Bring your laptops! Come and check out our booth #10 to learn more about life at Smarkets and what it?s like to work at the UK?s largest self-managed organisation where you get to be your own boss, define the projects you work on and even get to set your own salary. If that?s not tempting enough, we?ve got an actual escape room on our booth as one of the main attractions at EuroPython this year! If you?ve got 30 minutes to spare or simply fancy the challenge, come along and see if you can crack your way out! Successful teams will also automatically be entered into a prize draw that we?ll be running each day. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- 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/176018861357/europython-2018-introducing-smarkets Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1019552800785752064 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Wed Jul 18 12:35:34 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:35:34 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2018: Find a new job at the conference Message-ID: We?d like to draw your attention to our job board, with plenty of job ads from our sponsors: * EuroPython 2018 Job Board * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/sponsor/job-board/ We will also send out job ad emails to attendees who have opt?ed in to receiving these emails. If you are interested, please log in, go to your profile and enable the recruiting email option in the privacy section: https://ep2018.europython.eu/accounts/profile/ Note that we will not give your email addresses to sponsors, but only send out these emails on behalf of them. 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/176025102537/europython-2018-find-a-new-job-at-the-conference Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1019620582445416450 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Thu Jul 19 10:11:38 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:11:38 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] EuroPython 2018: Day passes now also valid for Sprints Weekend Message-ID: Due to popular demand, we are making it possible to attend the Sprints Weekend (July 28-29), even if you only have a day pass or are considering to buy one and not a regular conference tickets which includes the sprints as well. * EuroPython 2018 Sprints (Hackathons) * https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/sprints/ If you have never been to a sprint, you?ll be amazed at how much you can learn from others while working on simple or more complex projects. If you have already run sprints yourself, why not run one at EuroPython and get to know new people for your project ? Please head on to our EuroPython Sprints page for more details. Come and join the sprinters ! 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/176026105657/europython-2018-day-passes-now-also-valid-for Tweet: https://twitter.com/europython/status/1019630424883113985 Enjoy, -- EuroPython 2018 Team https://ep2018.europython.eu/ https://www.europython-society.org/ From mal at europython.eu Sat Jul 21 17:06:31 2018 From: mal at europython.eu (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 23:06:31 +0200 Subject: [EuroPython] List of EuroPython Society (EPS) Board Candidates for 2018/2019 Message-ID: <855051c9-2d73-f5d8-adbc-b98677780660@europython.eu> At this year?s General Assembly we will vote in a new board of the EuroPython Society for the term 2018/2019. List of Board Candidates ------------------------ The EPS bylaws require one chair and 2 - 8 board members. The following candidates have stated their willingness to work on the EPS board. We are presenting them here (in alphabetical order by surname). * Prof. Martin Christen Teaching Python / using Python for research projects Martin Christen is a professor of Geoinformatics and Computer Graphics at the Institute of Geomatics at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). His main research interests are geospatial Virtual- and Augmented Reality, 3D geoinformation, and interactive 3D maps. Martin is very active in the Python community. He teaches various Python-related courses and uses Python in most research projects. He organizes the PyBasel meetup - the local Python User Group Northwestern Switzerland. He also organizes the yearly GeoPython conference. He is a board member of the Python Software Verband e.V. I would be glad to help with EuroPython, to be part of a great team that makes the next edition of EuroPython even better, wherever it will hosted. * Dr. Darya Chyzhyk PhD / Python programming enthusiastic for research and science Currently, Darya is a Post-Doc at INRIA Saclay research center, France. She has a degree in applied mathematics and defended her thesis in computer science. Last 7 years Darya has been working on computer aided diagnostic computer systems for brain diseases at the University of the Basque Country, Spain the University of Florida, USA and she is a member of of the Computational Intelligence Group since 2009. Her aim is to develop computational methods for brain MRI processing and analysis, including open sours tools, that help to the medical people in their specific pathologies research studies. She has experience in International Conference organization and take part in the events for the teenagers and kids such as Week of science. Participant in more than 10 international science conference, trainings and summer courses. Board member of Python San Sebastian Society (ACPySS), on-site team of EuroPython 2015 and 2016, EPS board member since 2015. * Artur Czepiel Pythonista / Web Programmer Artur started writing in Python around 2008. Since then he used it for fun, profit, and automation. Mostly writing web backends and sysadmin scripts. In last few years slowly expanding that list of use cases with help of data analysis tools like pandas. At EuroPython 2017 he saw a talk about the EuroPython?s codebase and started contributing patches, later joining Web and Support Workgroups. His plan for next year is to write more patches, focusing on how website (and other related software, like helpdesk) can be modified to improve workflows of other WGs. * Anders Hammarquist Pythonista / Consultant / Software architect Anders brought Python to Open End (n?e Strakt), a Python software company focusing on data organization, when we founded it in 2001. He has used Python in various capacities since 1995. He helped organize EuroPython 2004 and 2005, and has attended and given talks at several EuroPythons since then. He has handled the Swedish financials of the EuroPython Society since 2016 and has served as board member since 2017. * Marc-Andr? Lemburg Pythonista / CEO / Consultant / Coach Marc-Andre is the CEO and founder of eGenix.com, a Python-focused project and consulting company based in Germany. He has a degree in mathematics from the University of D?sseldorf. His work with and for Python started in 1994. He became Python Core Developer in 1997, designed and implemented the Unicode support in Python and continued to maintain the Python Unicode implementation for more than a decade. Marc-Andre is a founding member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF) and has served on the PSF Board several times. In 2002, Marc-Andre was on the executive committee to run the first EuroPython conference in Charleroi, Belgium. He also co-organized the second EuroPython 2003 conference. Since then, he has attended every single EuroPython conference and continued being involved in the workings of the conference organization. He was elected as board member of the EuroPython Society (EPS) in 2012 and enjoyed the last few years working with the EPS board members on steering the EuroPython conference to the new successful EuroPython Workgroup structures to sustain the continued growth, while maintaining the EuroPython spirit and fun aspect of the conference. For the EuroPython 2017 and 2018 edition, Marc-Andre was chair of the EuroPython Society and ran lots of activities around the conference organization, e.g. managing the contracts and budget, helping with sponsors, the website, setting up the conference app, writing blog posts and many other things that were needed to make EuroPython happen. Going forward, he would like to intensify work on turning the EPS into an organization which aids the Python adoption in Europe not only by running the EuroPython conference, but also by help build organizer networks and provide financial help to other Python conferences in Europe. * Dr. Valeria Pettorino PhD in physics / Astrophysics / Data Science / Space Missions / Python user Valeria has more than 12 years experience in research, communication and project management, in Italy/US/Switzerland/Germany/France. Since December 2016 she is permanent research enginner at CEA (Commissariat de l??nergie atomique) in Paris-Saclay. She is part of the international collaborations for the ESA/NASA Planck and Euclid space missions; among other projects, she is leading the forecast Taskforce that predicts Euclid performance. She has been using python both in astrophysics (for plotting and data interpretation) and for applications to healthcare IOT. She is alumni of the Science to Data Science (S2DS) program and is passionate about transfer of knowledge between industry and academia. She took part to EuroPython 2016 as a speaker and since then helped co-organizing EuroPython 2017 and 2018 in different WGs. She is invited mentor for women in physics for the Supernova Foundation http://supernovafoundation.org/ remote worldwide program. * Mario Thiel Pythonista Mario has been helping a lot with EuroPython in recent years, mostly working on supporting attendees through the helpdesk, on-site to make sure setup and tear-down run smoothly and more recently also on the sponsors WG. Mario will unfortunately not be able to attend EuroPython this year, but would still feel honored to be voted in to the board. * Silvia Uberti Sysadmin / IT Consultant She is a Sysadmin with a degree in Network Security, really passionate about technology, traveling and her piano. She?s an advocate for women in STEM disciplines and supports inclusiveness of underrepresented people in tech communities. She fell in love with Python and its warm community during PyCon Italia in 2014 and became a member of EuroPython Sponsor Workgroup in 2017. She enjoys a lot working in it and wants to help more! What does the EPS Board do ? ---------------------------- The EPS board runs the day-to-day business of the EuroPython Society, including running the EuroPython conference events. It is allowed to enter contracts for the society and handle any issues that have not been otherwise regulated in the bylaws or by the General Assembly. Most business is handled by email on the board mailing list or the board?s Telegram group, board meetings are usually run as conference calls. It is important to note that the EPS board is an active board, i.e. the board members are expected to put in a significant amount of time and effort towards the goals of the EPS and for running the EuroPython conference. This usually means at least 100-200h work over a period of one year, with most of this being needed in the last six months before the conference. Many board members put in even more work to make sure that the EuroPython conferences become a success. Board members are generally expected to take on leadership roles within the EuroPython Workgroups. Help spread the word -------------------- Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social networks as widely as possible. Thank you ! 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