[ANN] EuroPython 2003

[Michael Hudson]

CHARLEROI, MAY 12th 2003 - Second Annual European Python 
and Zope Conference to be held in Charleroi, Belgium on 
June 25-27, 2003.

Announcing: European Python and Zope Conference 2003
Annual event for growing developer community in Europe.
Open source leaders to give keynotes

European Python and Zope Conference 2003
(EuroPython 2003)

June 25-27, 2003
Charleroi, Belgium

http://www.europython.org

Only once a year do European software developers have the
opportunity to learn about Python, the fastest growing,
sophisticated open source application development platform.
The second annual Europython conference, being held this
year in Charleroi, Belgium on June 25-27, 2003, is also an
opportunity to meet with fellow developers and exchange
ideas and experiences. With keynote speeches 
that include the creator of Python; a renowned trainer and 
mentor in the C++ world; as well as major 
developer activities, the conference promises to be a 
breakthrough event for open software in Europe.

The EuroPython conference is the premiere venue for meeting 
Python and Zope developers from Europe and beyond. As one 
of the first community-organized Python and Zope 
conferences, the EuroPython Conference delivers the 
atmosphere and information developers want. 

Hundreds of new and experienced developers attending the 
conference will see a full program, including:

Keynote by Guido van Rossum, creator of Python. He created 
Python in the early 1990s at CWI in Amsterdam (the National
Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science in
the Netherlands). He is still actively involved in the
development of the language. In 1995 he moved to the US
where he now works for Zope Corporation as Director of
PythonLabs, the core Python development group hosted by the
same company.

Keynote by Francis Glassborow, a renowned trainer and mentor
in the C++ world. Over 8 years as Chairman of the 
Association of C & C++ Users, he built up a flourishing 
organisation which hosts a successful conference and 
associated standards committee meetings, publishes several 
journals, and has a strong community embracing the authors 
and leading lights of C++, Java and now Python.


The conference program has over 50 presentations and 
tutorials in 5 tracks, including Python In Business, Python 
Frameworks, Python Language, Python In Science and 
Industry, and Zope. The program contains tutorials, 
presentations, lightning talks, and "birds of a feather" 
gatherings. Additional events include a PyPy and Zope3 
sprint.

EuroPython 2003 will be held in Charleroi, Belgium, a city 
close to Brussels. Space is filling quickly, so early 
registration at the EuroPython website 
(http://www.europython.org) is encouraged. Student 
discounts are available.

The EuroPython 2003 conference continues this year's series 
of open source developer events in Europe, including FOSDEM 
and Python-UK, which each attracted thousands of attendees. 
Like these conferences, EuroPython 2003 is organized by a 
volunteer group of open source developers.

About Python

Python is a leading object-oriented open source programming 
language that runs on all modern platforms. By integrating 
ease-of-use, clarity in coding, enterprise application 
connectivity and rapid application design, Python is an 
ideal programming platform for todays IT challenges.

More information, including the Python source code and 
binaries for Linux and Windows, are available at 
http://www.python.org.

About Zope

Zope is a leading open source application server, 
specializing in content management, portals, and custom 
applications. Since Zope Corporation introduced Zope as an 
open source product in 1998, it has become the platform of 
choice for content publishers, managers and application 
developers. Zope comes with complete source code, most of 
which is written in Python.

More information, including the Zope source code and 
binaries for Linux and Windows, are available at 
http://www.zope.org.

Python and Zope are maintained and enhanced in open source 
fashion by an international community of programmers and 
companies.

Contacts
Conference Organization
EuroPython Conference Team
P3B c/o Aragne
Boulevard Giniral Michel 1E
B-6000 Charleroi.
tel:+32(0)71/270.389

mailto:europython@p3b.org 
International Contacts
Belgium

Denis Frhre, mailto:denis@aragne.com, tel: +32(0)479.651.442

Tom Deprez, mailto:tom@aragne.com, tel: +32(0)2.479.63.88

France

Nicolas Chauvat, mailto:nicolas.chauvat@logilab.fr, tel: +33
(0)1.45.32.03.12

Germany

Marc-Andri Lemburg, mailto:mal@egenix.com, tel: +49(0)
211.9304112

Netherlands

Martijn Faassen, mailto:faassen@vet.uu.nl, tel: +31(0)
10.243.7051

United Kingdom

ReportLab Europe Ltd, tel: +44-20-8540-9926

Tim Couper, mailto:tim@2wave.net, tel: +44 (0)1582 463120