If you want/need to pay one-day passes, partner programme tickets etc. at the conference registration desk when you have to pay in cash. We do not accept cards (neither Maestro cards nor credit cards).
Registration desk opening hours
The registration desk is today (Sunday) open from 17 to 20 h and we start the registration on Monday morning at 8:30 h.
Special deal: become an angel for one day and get a free day pass
We have a special deal for you: become an angel for one day (8 hour shift) and receive a free day pass for that same day. If you work a complete day as video angel (supporting the video team) you will be able to attend and listen to the keynotes and talks of this day and even better: you can get in touch with the Python community.
If you are still hesitant or undecided about supporting us as a volunteer or if you could not find the time for registering with the volunteer system, just come to the kick off meeting on Sunday July 20th at 2pm or 5pm or Monday July 21st at 11am at the conference venue.
Everybody is welcome!
Helping hands for Sunday wanted!
You are already in Berlin on Sunday and you want to do something good?
Then please join us on Sunday for preparing the venue location (Berlin Congress Center bcc). We will start around 10:00h in the morning. We will have free pizza and something to drink for all helpers!
Thank you in advance!
Duckling - Meet with others, arrange your outings!
We would like to introduce you to Duckling - a social service for arranging or finding outings with fellow attendees. Duckling is a new service and has been used successfully during the last PyCON 2014 in Montreal. Duckling is a service provided for free to the Python community by Caktus Group (@DucklingQuacks).
Say you want to go for Sushi one night and want to find other attendees with the same interest then you login into Duckling using your Twitter account and see a list of upcoming outings planned by other people of the event.
Just search for a Sushi location using the search functionality of Duckling.
After finding the right place, you set up the date and time for the outing, give some additional information and that’s it.
Other attendees can check the EuroPython Ducklings site and see what will be going on and join your event. Your outing will show a map of the location and perhaps some additional information pulled in through Yelp.
You can not only arrange outings for eating and drinking but you can also use Duckling for arranging visits to interesting places in Berlin, finding others for a morning run at the Volkspark Friedrichain or whatever you want.
Update for EuroPython Angels/Volunteers
EuroPython 2014 is in less than five days and we still need more volunteers for various tasks during the conference. Please see check our former blog post [1] and see the Angels FAQ [3].
If you have not registered yet then please proceed with the registration [2] as soon as possible.
For angels registered with the volunteer management system: please add yourself to the shifts that fit your interest, please fill the remaining slots.Do not be afraid that you will miss imporant talks. There are also options to work as “video angel" where you can both listen to a talk and help the video team. You will receive an introduction to the tasks during the initial briefings - we will not leave you alone.
Your benefits as EuroPython Angel:
- Best option for getting in touch with new people
- Get an awesome lemon green EuroPython Staff TShirt
- Show everyone your support to the Python community (by wearing your special lemon green TShirt)
- With a minimum of 20 hours spent as an angel you will receive a REFUND of 50% on your ticket price
EuroPython Social Event aka Conference Dinner
On Wednesday evening it will be time to dress up. We would like to invite you to the BCC for our Conference Dinner from 19:00-22:00. You will be served a buffet, soft drinks, wine, beer and cocktails.
The dinner will be accompanied by a Jazz Trio led by pianist Valentin Stahl . Afterwards you can enjoy chansons from the 1920’s performed by the Duo Scheeselong.
At 22:00 we will turn the BCC into the EuroPython Club with music by the Black Coffee Lounge Band . Afterwards you can dance off with TimeCoderz .
The social event/dinner is included and free for
- all EuroPython ticket holders (early bird, standard, on-desk)
- conference attendee partners with a partner programme ticket
- ticket holders with tickets purchased with vouchers (speakers, trainers, @djangogirls, sponsors)
Persons without a EuroPython ticket or ticket holders with day passes can buy a supplementary social event ticket for 50 € at the conference registration desk (no online sale).
The EuroPython Dinner is sponsored by RhodeCode.
Become an Angel - Help us at EuroPython 2014
EuroPython will be a big conference and a big conference needs lots of volunteers for making this conference a real success.
You want to become an Angel?
Angels are our volunteers that help us handling various tasks during the conference.
Why be a volunteer?
- Get an awesome lemon green EuroPython Staff TShirt
- Show everyone your support to the Python community (by wearing your special lemon green TShirt)
- With a minimum of 20 hours spent as a volunteer you will receive a REFUND of 50% on your ticket price
Last but not least: you become an angel 😃
Please check out the full Volunteer aka Angel FAQ and then register as Angel and hopefully welcome to EuroPython heaven!
Help us to make EuroPython 2014 the best EuroPython conference ever and a memorable experience for all attending Pythonistas.
Conference badge not arrived? No problem!
We received some inquires about badges not arrived so far.
All badges for early bird and standard tickets shipped with postal mail. So if you have not received your badge until today then it is possibly on its way, or lost or in some cases people just told us improper delivery addresses.
But no problem and no panic: come to the conference registration desk and ask for a replacement badge.
Supplementary events at EuroPython 2014
TaeKwonDo-Coder-Dojo: unleashing High-Performance-Teams
On three days of EuroPython, martial arts master Thomas Fabula is going to conduct exercises outside the conference building. The workshop combines practical and mental exercises to relax your body and activate your brain capabilities at the same time. We focus on coders and managers, who are most of their time physically inactive. Therefore we will use “easy-to-learn” Taekwondo techniques to become more sportive.
Tae-Kwon-Do is an ancient martial art system from Korea and has a long history up to now. Today Taekwondo is a modern Olympic competitive contact sport and is practiced worldwide in a “Dojang”. A recent scientific study from 2013 by van Dijk et al. (1) “… suggests, that training improves various aspects of cognitive function in people, including reaction and motor time, information processing speed, working and executive semantic memory. Age-adapted Taekwondo training improves various aspects of cognitive function also for Taekwondo Novices over 40. The practice does not require exhaustive training intensity to achieve results.”
We practice basic techniques and also some advanced coordinative combinations. Alone and with various partners we learn to control our body and mind in self-defense and free-form sparring. Furthermore, you will learn, how to increase your performance by dynamic moves and motivate you to unleash your individual potential to become an active member of a “High-Performance-Team”.
The exercise will take place on Tuesday, Wednsday & Thurday twice daily at 12:30-13:00 and 15:30-16:00 in the outside area of the BCC. Bring casual wear, sports or no shoes. Take note that only a limited number of people fits into the outside area.
Speed Networking on the Spree River
After four days of EuroPython you may find that you haven’t talked even close to everyone yet. The speed networking on board the boat MS Stralau is your opportunity to make many new contacts. You will embark near the BCC and take a two-hour cruise towards the Rummelsburg Bay. During the trip, Wolfgang Schnerring & Kristian Rother will moderate a speed networking session. Pitch your project, start good conversations, make new friends! Drinks will be available for purchase on board.
The networking tour will start on Thursday, July 24th, 14:30 and last until 17:00. We will depart from the Infodesk at the BCC. Seats are limited to 50. Please register at the info desk early on for the trip.
Hackers on a Boat
On Thursday 24th, we invite you onboard the ship MS Stralau for our hackathon “Random Hacks of Kindness”. Hundreds of Python projects haven’t been ported from 2.x to 3.x yet. Interesting projects are not advancing because of tiny missing features, that no one has tackled. We will cruise with you for three hours around Berlin and supply you with enough electricity, drinks, snacks and of course mobile Internet. We’d love you to pick a small project you can complete and commit onboard.
In case you want to inspire yourself to which project to devote your “Random Hack of Kindness”, we will provide inspirational cards. You can decide on the content of those cards - please submit suggestions to Heiko Weinen (riot@hackerfleet.org). Make sure your submissions are suitable, i.e. Python projects that are easy to fix in two to three hours. The more people benefit from your submission, the better!
The inspirational cards will be split up in four categories:
* 2to3-fixing
* bugfixing
* feature requests for popular software
* HFOS, the open source Hackerfleet system for ships. It manages various kinds of data, sensors, interfaces and APIs on and around ships and yachts.
The networking tour will start on Thursday, July 24th, 16:30 and last until 21:00. We will depart from the Infodesk at the BCC. Seats are limited to 50. Please register at the info desk early on for the trip.
Street Art Festival on Alexanderplatz
EuroPython is going to have its own circus! Outside the EuroPython building on Alexanderplatz, a International Street Theater Festival is going to take place. On ‘Berlin Lacht’ (Berlin is Laughing, http://berlin-lacht.de/) you will see acrobatics, clowns, miracles, fire and magic.
The festival will start on Thursday, 24th and last each day from 11 a.m. until midnight. Enjoy!