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.
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).
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:
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.
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.
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
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.
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.”
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.
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.”
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.”
We are pleased to introduce our second keynote speaker for EuroPython 2016: Jameson Rollins.
About Jameson Rollins
Jameson is a staff scientist in the LIGO project, based at the California Institute of Technology:
“I have worked on many aspects of gravitational wave detection over the years, from laser light sources, to algorithms for low-latency data analysis. I’m currently interested in problems of detector control, and am the developer of the LIGO automation system. I have a B.S. in physics from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University in the City of New York.”
The Keynote: LIGO - The Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Scientists have been searching for the elusive gravitational wave for more than half a century.
This detection marks the dawn of a new age of gravitational wave astronomy, where we routinely hear the sounds emanating from deep within the most energetic events in the Universe.
This talk will cover the events leading up to one of the most important discoveries of the last century, and the myriad of ways in which Python enabled the effort.
