We are in preparations of our venue RFP for the EuroPython 2019 edition and are asking for your help in finding the right locations for us to choose from.
If you know of a larger venue - hotel or conference center - that can accommodate at least 1400 attendees, please send the venue details to board@europython.eu. We will then make sure to include them in our RFP once we send it out.
The more venues we gather to reach out to, the better of a selection process we can guarantee, which in return, will ultimately result in a better conference experience for everybody involved.
When sending us venue suggestions, please make sure to provide us with the following: name and URL of the venue, country and city, as well as the contact details of the sales person in charge of inquiries (full name, email and phone).
We were planning to start the RFP process in the coming days, so please make sure you send us your recommendations as soon as possible.
In this batch, we have included all videos for Wednesday, July 25 2018, the first conference day.
In the coming two weeks we will publish videos for the next two conference days. In total, we will have more than 130 videos available for you to watch.
All EuroPython videos, including the ones from previous conferences, are available on our EuroPython YouTube Channel.
EuroPython 2018 is over now and so it’s time to ask around for what we can improve next year. If you attended EuroPython 2018, please take a few moments and fill in our feedback form:
We will leave the feedback form online for a few weeks and then use the information as basis for the work on EuroPython 2019 and also intend to post a summary of the multiple choice questions (not the comments to protect your privacy) on our website.
As with every larger conference, it is sometimes a bit intimidating to approach other fellow attendees to get to know them.
At EuroPython, we’re generally a very friendly bunch and open to helping people, start conversations and interact based on our common field of interest which is Python for starters and can easily extend to many other fields as well.
Let’s talk…
In order to facilitate this interaction, we are providing a number of tools attendees can use to communicate with each, organize ad-hoc meetups or plan activities:
EuroPython Pulse in the Conference App: This is a channel where attendees can post messages, pictures, and even send direct messages to other attendees registered in the app.
EuroPython Telegram Group: Telegram is a messenger application, which is becoming increasingly popular and has a low barrier to entry. We started a public group two years ago and it’s been working really well as platform for reaching out to other attendees.
Twitter: Using the hash tag #EuroPython you can easily reach out to other attendees.
Attendee Profiles: The website offers the possibility to setup a public profile in your account, where you can put your picture, interests, contact details and bio. The profiles are searchable on our “Who is coming” page.
and, of course, we have coffee breaks, open spaces and lunch at the conference as well, to provide you with plenty of possibiliities to get in touch in person.
Selfie / Group Photo Spot
We’d also like to draw some more attention to a selfie or group photo spot we have installed on the outside of the venue (if you exit the venue, walk left to next corner). It makes a great background for photos to post on social networks, to your friends or to take home as memory:
Socializing in Edinburgh
Since we did not find a venue for holding a social event this year, we would like to simply suggest a common place to use as hub for EuroPython attendees, with enough pubs and restaurants to accommodate everyone.
For this we’d like to propose the Edinburgh Grassmarket, which is located just south of the castle and within walking distance of the EICC.
We’d like to highlight a special offering by our sponsors
Greymatter / Intel and Smarkets: trainings which you are free to attend with a conference ticket.
The other training sessions on Monday and Tuesday can only be attended with a training pass - but those are sold out already, so the above sessions are a nice free extra for conference attendees.
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.
We will also send out job ad emails to attendees who have agreed 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:
Note that we will not give your email addresses to sponsors, but only send out these emails on behalf of them.
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 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.
