EuroPython Blog

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.

Enjoy,
–
EuroPython 2018 Team
https://ep2018.europython.eu/
https://www.europython-society.org/ 

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.

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.

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.

Enjoy,
–
EuroPython 2018 Team
https://ep2018.europython.eu/
https://www.europython-society.org/

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

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.

Enjoy,
–
EuroPython 2018 Team
https://ep2018.europython.eu/
https://www.europython-society.org/

We are pleased to announce the conference app for EuroPython 2018, again hosted on the Attendify platform:

EuroPython 2018 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.

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.

Enjoy,
–
EuroPython 2018 Team
https://ep2018.europython.eu/
https://www.europython-society.org/

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

We are using a volunteer management app for the organization and a Telegram group for communication.

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 !

Enjoy,
–
EuroPython 2018 Team
https://ep2018.europython.eu/
https://www.europython-society.org/

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

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.

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.

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.

Enjoy,
–
EuroPython 2018 Team
https://ep2018.europython.eu/  
https://www.europython-society.org/

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

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.

Enjoy,
–
EuroPython 2018 Team
https://ep2018.europython.eu/  
https://www.europython-society.org/

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@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.

Enjoy,
–
EuroPython Society
https://ep2018.europython.eu/  
https://www.europython-society.org/

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@europython.eu, mentioning the conference you’re organizing and some background on your team.

Enjoy,
–
EuroPython Society
https://ep2018.europython.eu/  
https://www.europython-society.org/

Maybe you’ve come to EuroPython as a programmer from another language.

Or perhaps you have other tech skills or you really want to understand what it’s like to program in Python.

Then come to our Beginners’ Day at EuroPython.

What is Beginners’ Day ?

Beginners’ Day is a session we are running, just for newcomers to the Python programming language, on Tuesday, July 24th from 09:30 - 16:45, at the Edinburgh International Conference Center (EICC), the EuroPython 2018 venue, and just in time to get you ready for all the talks which follow on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

You will need a conference pass to attend, but otherwise, it’s free, so if you’re thinking of coming to the conference, but you’re new to Python or programming, this could be the session for you.

The workshop will be run by:

• Vincent D. Warmerdam (PyData Amsterdam) 
• Christian Barra (EuroPython board member)
  

Sign up for Beginners’ Day

Whether you’re totally new to programming or you already know another language - this full day session will give you a crash-course in Python, and the ecosystem around it. You’ll get the context you need to get the most out of the rest of the EuroPython conference.

Bring your laptop, because this will be a hands-on session!

This session will be presented in English (although a few of the coaches do speak basic Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese).

Please see the Beginners’ Day page for the full program:

https://ep2018.europython.eu/en/events/beginners-day/

If you’d like to come, please do register in advance for this session, so that we know how to plan to make it the best yet. We need to know the numbers for planing the workshop.

Sign up for Beginners’ Day

Call for Mentors

Already know Python ? Want to be a mentor ? Fantastic !

Especially if you can add an extra language to help non-English speakers feel comfortable asking questions, or if you’ve never mentored before and want to try to share your knowledge for the first time.

Please sign up as a mentor on our mentor registration form.

Enjoy,
–
EuroPython 2018 Team
https://ep2018.europython.eu/  
https://www.europython-society.org/