Ready to go!

All systems are go for pyArkansas tomorrow. We currently have over 80 people registered. Wow. Looking forward to seeing everyone and if you want to come, it’s not too late to register still.

Schedule updated

The pyArkansas 2011 schedule is coming together and has been updated – check it out.

Swag is rolling in

Swag for pyArkansas 2011 is starting to trickle into my office. Yesterday I got this awesome box from WingWare full of pens, 50% off coupons for their great IDE (which we use here at work), and a few cool little keychain lights. Thanks, guys!

pyArkansas 2011 – Call for papers

Plans for pyArkansas 2011 are underway.  The 4th annual Python conference will be held October 22 on the campus of UCA (Computer Science Department) and this year we would like *you* to present a talk on what you are doing with Python.

Register for the conference here

Talks are 50 minutes (40 minutes of you talking and then 10-minutes for questions) and can be on anything Python.  Are you using a standard library module that’s really cool?  Perhaps a third party package that you think other people should know about?  What about that killer project where you did something interesting or fun using Python?  This is a chance for you to share your knowledge with an audience that wants to hear what you have to say!  Don’t think you have to be a “Python Heavyweight” to present; if you are doing something interesting, we want to hear from you (and we’re bringing in a couple of heavyweights to give tutorials and talks of their own).  We want a wide selection of topics and skill levels for the conference.

Do you have a paper you would like to present?  This year, we have a special track for students (High School and College/University) to present academic papers (25-minute slots).  How cool is that?

Without talks, there is no pyArkansas.  You don’t want that, do you?

If you are interested, please email the following information to pyar2-organizers@python.org.

• Talk Title
• A brief (a paragraph or two) description of your talk
• Intended audience (beginner, intermediate, advanced, web developer, gamer, astronomer, etc.)
• A brief blurb about you (that we can put on the website)
• Length (papers are 25-minutes, talks are 50-minutes.  There are a few longer talks slots available if you feel you need a little more time)

We’ll look them all over and make the selections by October 1 to give you time to prepare.

We’re looking forward to seeing you speak this year!