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We had originally planned switching to On-Desk Rates yesterday, but because ticket sales are going well, we are extending the deadline for more than a week.
On-Desk Rates will be active starting on Monday, 2015-07-06, 00:00:00 CEST:
Student: 180€
Personal: 440€
Business: 690€ (all incl. 10% Spanish VAT)
This means that you can save up to 30% on ticket prices, if you buy your tickets before:
Sunday, 2015-07-05, 23:59:59 CEST
and still benefit from our Standard Rates:
Student: 120€
Personal: 340€
Business: 530€ (all incl. 10% Spanish VAT)
Social Event
Please also remember to book your Social Event Ticket. The price for this, EUR 40, won’t change, but we only have a limited number of tickets available.
For more details on the social event ticket, please see our announcement.
If you’re thinking of coming to the conference but you’re new to Python, this could be the session for you. Whether you’re totally new to programming or you already know another language, this day is to give you a crash-course in Python, and the ecosystem around it, to give you the context you need to get the most out of EuroPython.
Bring your laptop, as a large part of the day will be devoted to learning Python on your own PC. This session will take place on the first day of the conference, the Monday. It will be presented in English (although a few of the coaches do speak basic Spanish, French and Italian).
Sessions will include:
A high-level introduction to Python and programming in general. Where did Python come from, what is programming all about, and what do I need to know to understand all these in-jokes about cheese shops?
A self-directed learning session, with specific tutorials for total beginners and more experienced programmers, accompanied by coaches who will be there to answer your questions and help you when you get stuck. Learn at your own pace!
A session on the Python “ecosystem” – An introduction to the Python ecosystem: some topics and bits of jargon that are bound to come up this week: open source, free software, github, packages, pip, pypi, scientific computing, scipy, numpy, pandas, ipython notebook, web frameworks, django, flask, asyncio, the BDFL, the Zen of Python, etc etc. What are the tools, areas of interest, in-jokes, people of note.
“How to get the best out of the conference” - recommended talks, what to do at lunchtimes or in the evenings, tips on when and how to ask questions (hint: as often as possible!), what an “open space” is, and more.
We really need to get an idea of numbers for this session, so if you are interested in attending, please drop a quick email to Harry Percival <obeythetestinggoat@gmail.com> from the program work group.
Also, be sure to get your tickets in time, since ticket sales have picked up a lot since we announced the schedule.
PS: We’re also looking for volunteers to help with coaching students during this session. If you enjoy teaching Python to beginners, and you don’t mind sacrificing your EuroPython Monday to it, please do get in touch with Harry Percival <obeythetestinggoat@gmail.com> !
There is plenty to see in and around Bilbao. We have worked out a set of interesting tours, together with a local tour company to choose from, for partners and EuroPython attendees alike:
The financial aid work group has started to email everyone who applied for financial aid this year.
We are fortunate to have a budget of almost 20,000 EUR available for financial aid this year, thanks to well running ticket sales, speakers who donated their speaker discounts towards the finaid budget, and a generous grant from the Python Software Foundation (PSF) as our financial aid sponsor:
We received 52 request for financial aid from many countries all around the world: 12 countries from Europe, 2 from Latin America, 2 from Asia, 1 from Africa and 1 from North America.
This year we focused on students (40%) and unemployed people (30%), with the remaining funds going to attendees from startups, academia and research. We also have specific diversity grants for Django Girls, PyLadies and motivated women. 75% of the financial aid was given to speakers, poster presenters, volunteers and Python community contributors.
Waiting list
Financial aid applicants who were not selected for the first round of grants will be placed on a waiting list.
Looking for additional financial aid sponsors
Companies which want to help raise the financial aid budget to also support those people who are currently on the waiting list, please contact the sponsor work group at sponsoring@europython.eu.
We are happy to announce the schedule for EuroPython 2015 in Bilbao.
With over 200 sessions, over 180 speakers, 5 days of talks, trainings, keynotes, lightning talks and open spaces, followed by 2 days of sprints, EuroPython will be one of the most exciting and vibrant Python events this year:
The schedule is available in table and list format. Please note that we are still applying changes to the slots and will also add some more interesting special sessions to it in the coming days.
If you want to join the fun, be sure to get your tickets as soon as possible, since we are starting to sell out quickly.
We have sent out the first batch of emails to our speakers. The coupon codes have been created and added to your profiles.
In order to access them, please log in to the website, go to your profile page and click on “Orders, invoices & coupons”:
The coupon code can then be entered when ordering your conference ticket.
Already ordered your ticket ?
If you have already ordered your ticket, you can request a refund at the conference desk.
Donating your discount towards financial aid
As in past years, we also provide a way to donate your discount towards our financial aid budget. If you’d like to donate your discount, please write to our helpdesk@europython.eu.
If you let us know before June 14, we can then allocate the funds towards financial aid for 2015. Any donation after June 14th will be used for next year’s financial aid.
We will have Educational Summit focused talks, trainings, birds of a feather sessions to debate and also Educational Sprints for the building of education focused projects during the weekend.
Reduced ticket prices for teachers and kids
To to facilitate attendance, teacher can attend the conference at the reduced student rate. If you want to bring along kids, we also have special tickets for them.
Spanish track
For those who don’t feel comfortable with English, we also provide Spanish tracks to get you up to speed with Python.
Summary of the agenda
July 21 - Trainings in Spanish (including an introduction to Python)
July 22 - Talks in Spanish
July 23 - Educational Summit Talks (English, all day) + Trainings (English, afternoon)
July 24 - relax, discuss, attend other conference talks
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 or vegan, it is important to mark this in the preferences, so that we can order enough vegetarian/vegan food.
How to edit the fields of the ticket
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 in 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.
After assigning the ticket, each person to which the tickets are assigned 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 or Vegetarian/Vegan
Python experience: Whats your experience level with Python?
Dates: Which days do you estimate to come. You are not signing anything. You can put some days and come others. But this helps us to better prepare the conference.
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 the evening on Wednesday, July 22nd.
If you want to join the fun, please buy a social event ticket on the same registration form 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:
We have 600 tickets available for the conference dinner and party, so please book early. The ticket price includes food and drinks (until midnight) for one person.
From the over 340 proposals, 205 sessions were chosen for EuroPython 2015:
169 talks
11 posters
20 trainings
5 help desks
Many thanks to everyone who submitted proposals. EuroPython wouldn’t be possible without our speakers.
The program work group will now work on the schedule. Given the number of sessions, this may take a while, but we’ll try to get it done as quickly as possible.
