The EuroPython website supports buying tickets for other people (friends, colleagues, etc.). As a result, it is necessary to assign the tickets you buy to either yourself or someone else. The assignment process is explained below.

Please tell us your preferences

The reason we’re interested in you applying this configuration as soon as possible, is that the tickets include a number of preferences which we need to know about in order to properly prepare the conference.

When assigning tickets you will fill some fields, telling us your t-shirt size and cut (women or men style) and your diet preferences. If you don’t provide this information, we cannot assure we’ll have the right t-shirt available for you. Likewise, if you are vegetarian, it is important to mark this in the preferences, so that we can order enough vegetarian food.

How to assign tickets to attendees

First you need to log in and go to your profile and, if you already bought your tickets, you will see something similar to this. Click on View your tickets.

After you have navigated to the tickets, we need you to assign the ticket: simply hover over the ticket and you will see two options. Please select, if the ticket is for you or for someone else.

Remember: Before assigning the ticket the other persons, these must be registered on the website. Otherwise, the assignment won’t work.

If you have assigned the tickets to someone else, please let them know. The system will send out automatic emails, but it’s safer to send a separate email so that the information doesn’t get lost in a spam filter.

How to edit the fields of the tickets

After assigning the ticket, each attendee will need to fill out the ticket preferences using his/her profile page (don’t forget to click save to store the settings):

Some additional help for the preference form:

Tagline: This line will appear after you name. Be original!

Diet: Omnivorous, Vegetarian or Other (we’ll try to provide food for other diets as well)

Python experience: Whats your experience level with Python? You can also enter “no comment”, if you prefer not to make this information public.

Dates: Which days do you plan to attend. This is not binding in any way, it just helps us to better prepare for the conference.

With gravitational regards,
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EuroPython 2016 Team

It’s getting really close to the conference now and we will be switching to the on-desk rates for tickets on July 8.

The prices will increase by about 30%, so if you want to still get tickets at the normal rate, please register for EuroPython 2016 as soon as possible:

Full Conference Tickets

These are the on-desk rates for full conference tickets (all 8 days):

• Student full ticket: EUR 180.00
• Personal full ticket: EUR 470.00
• Business full ticket: EUR 750.00

Day Passes

As in the past, we will sell day passes at the conference venue.

To make things more affordable especially for students and other people who want to attend the Beginners’ Day or the sprints, we have decided to split the day pass prices into ones valid from Monday-Friday for the main conference days and the weekend days.

Day passes for the main conference (valid for the day when they are purchased):

• Student conference day pass: EUR 50.00
• Personal conference day pass: EUR 140.00
• Business conference day pass: EUR 225.00

Day passes for the first Sunday (Beginners’ Day) and the sprints weekend (valid for the day when they are purchased):

• Student weekend day pass: EUR 25.00
• Personal weekend day pass: EUR 70.00
• Business weekend day pass: EUR 110.00

All prices include 10% Spanish VAT. Please see the registration page for full details of what is included in the ticket price.

With gravitational regards,
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EuroPython 2016 Team

We are proud to announce our very own mobile app for the EuroPython 2016 conference:

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 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.

Vital for all EuroPython attendees

We’d like to make use of the app to keep you updated by sending regular updates of the schedule and inform you of important announcements via push notifications, so please consider downloading it. Thanks.

With gravitational regards,
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EuroPython 2016 Team

We all know that good food, drinks and music are essential for a perfect EuroPython conference and so we’ve arranged a nice dinner with local food and a party for Tuesday evening (July 19th).

EuroPython Conference Dinner and Party

If you want to join the fun, please go to the social event page:

Then proceed to the registration form (the same you use to buy conference tickets):

There’s a new entry available now called “Pyntxos Social Event” which you can order using the form. Leave the conference tickets fields blank if you only want to purchase social event tickets:

Buy Social Event Tickets

We have 550 tickets available for the conference dinner and party, so please book early. The tickets are valid for one person. Please see the social events page for details of what is included in the ticket price.

With gravitational regards,
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EuroPython 2016 Team

We are pleased to announce our keynote schedule for EuroPython 2016:

• Monday: Rachel Willmer & Nicholas Tollervey
• Tuesday: Paul Hildebrandt
• Wednesday: Jameson Rollins
• Thursday: Naomi Ceder
• Friday: Gaël Varoquaux

More information about our keynoters is available on the keynote schedule page and the blog posts for each keynote.

We have also updated the schedule accordingly:

EuroPython 2016 Schedule

With gravitational regards,
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EuroPython 2016 Team

We are happy to announce that we’ve opened our second Call for Proposals. This call is limited to hot topics and most recent developments in software and technology and will run until June 12.

Proposal Submission Page

Why is there a second call ?

Planning a big conference is a challenge: On one hand people like to know what will be on our talk schedule to make up their mind and make travel arrangements early. On the other hand technology is progressing at enormous speed these days.

So we have given this some thought and decided to split the Call for Proposals in two phases, with the second just weeks before the conference.

Submit your hot topic talk

This CFP is reserved for:

• hot topics
• emerging technologies* brand new developments in software & hardware
• recent results in research and science

Some suggestions for topics:

• Exciting new hardware & Internet of Things
• Robotics
• Virtual Reality
• AI & Deep Learning

Proposal Submission Page

The second call will be open for nine days only:

Saturday June 4th 0:00 to Sunday June 12th 24:00 CEST.

The program work group will then select the most exciting and intriguing submissions and will notify the winners on short notice.

Submit your poster or run a help desk

Since we still have a few slots left, we are also looking for more posters and help desks - these are not limited to hot topics.

Proposal Submission Page

Get a ticket discount

For talks, posters, help desks we will give out a 25% discount coupon valid for one conference ticket.

(Photo reference: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/22911992493/)

With gravitational regards,
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EuroPython 2016 Team

We are pleased to announce our final keynote speaker for EuroPython 2016: Gaël Varoquaux.

About Gaël Varoquaux

Gaël Varoquaux is an INRIA faculty researcher working on data science for brain imaging in the Neurospin brain research institute (Paris, France).

His research focuses on modeling and mining brain activity in relation to cognition. Years before the NSA, he was hoping to make bleeding-edge data processing available across new fields, and he has been working on a mastermind plan building easy-to-use open-source software in Python.

He is a core developer of scikit-learn, joblib, Mayavi and nilearn, a nominated member of the PSF, and often teaches scientific computing with Python using the scipy lecture notes.

The Keynote: Scientist meets web dev: how Python became the language of data

Python started as a scripting language, but now it is the new trend everywhere and in particular for data science, the latest rage of computing. It didn’t get there by chance: tools and concepts built by nerdy scientists and geek sysadmins provide foundations for what is said to be the sexiest job: data scientist.

“In my talk I’ll give a personal perspective, historical and technical, on the progress of the scientific Python ecosystem, from numerical physics to data mining.

I will discuss low-level technical aspects, such as how the Python world makes it easy to move large chunks of number across code, touch upon current exciting developments in scikit-learn and joblib, but also talk about softer topics, such as project dynamics or documentation, as software’s success is determined by people.”

With gravitational regards,
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EuroPython 2016 Team

We are pleased to announce our next keynote speaker for EuroPython 2016: Paul Hildebrandt.

About Paul Hildebrandt

Paul Hildebrandt has been a Senior Engineer with Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) since 1996, and has worked in both Systems and Software engineering. His current title is Senior Software Engineer and Product Owner for the Playback tools among his primary duties is spending time working with the artists, understanding their needs, and designing tools to assist them. If he is lucky, he gets to write code.

Hildebrandt was born and raised in Anaheim, California. He received his BSEE with a focus on Computing from California Polytechnic University Pomona. He resides outside of Los Angeles with his wife and three boys.

The Keynote: Inside the Hat: Python @ Walt Disney Animation Studios

The Walt Disney Animation Studios has a long history of creating acclaimed animated films and continues to be an industry leader with regards to artistic achievements, storytelling excellence, and cutting-edge innovations. Since the 1923 release of “Snow White” they’ve been pushing forward technology in the art of movie making. This push continues in the modern day with classics such as Oscar winning box office hits “Big Hero 6” and “Frozen” and Oscar nominated hits “Wreck-It Ralph”, “Tangled”, “Bolt”, “Treasure Planet”, and “Dinosaur”.

One of the most common questions I get when attending Python conferences is “Why are you here?”  People seem confused that technology, especially Python is used in the making of animated films.

Paul will give you some background on the Walt Disney Animation Studios and talk about where specifically Python comes into play.

With gravitational regards,
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EuroPython 2016 Team

We are pleased to announce our fourth keynote speaker for EuroPython 2016: Naomi Ceder.

About Naomi Ceder

Naomi Ceder has been learning, teaching, using, and talking about Python since 2001. She is the author of the Quick Python Book, 2nd edition and has served the Python community in various ways, including as an organizer for PyCon US and a member of the PSF Board of Directors. Naomi is also the co-founder of Trans*Code, a UK based hack day focusing on trans issues.

She speaks about her own experiences of marginalization with the hope of making the communities she loves more diverse and welcoming for everyone. In her spare time she enjoys knitting and deep philosophical conversations with her dogs.

The Keynote: Come for the Language, Stay for the Community

While Python the language is wonderful, the Python community and the personal, social, and professional benefits that flow from involvement in a community like ours are often more compelling.

“Learn about the goals of the Python Software Foundation and how everyone can take part to help build even better Python communities locally, regionally, and globally.  I will also discuss some of our strengths as a community, and also look at some of the challenges we face going forward.”

With gravitational regards,
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EuroPython 2016 Team

We are pleased to announce our third keynote speaker for EuroPython 2016: Rachel Willmer.

About Rachel Willmer

Rachel has been working at the “bleeding edge” of technology for 30 years, as programmer, network engineer, manager, startup founder:

“I remain insatiably curious about how today’s new technology gives birth to tomorrow’s new business opportunity. I am CEO/Founder of Luzme, the ebook search site, and a Google Developer Expert (Firebase).”

The Keynote: 30 years of Fun & Profit Through Technology

Have you ever wondered how you could be your own boss? or how you could make money from your side project? or build the next Facebook or Uber.

To be a coder in today’s world of work is to have amazing opportunities to design the business life you want.

“I’ve enjoyed the last 20 years without a ‘real job’, as company founder, freelancer and side-project-hacker.

Now I am bootstrapping my current company to profitability. Listen to my stories and learn from my mistakes and successes.”

With gravitational regards,
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EuroPython 2016 Team