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brainwane ([personal profile] brainwane) wrote in [site community profile] dw_dev2020-01-21 04:20 pm
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PyCon and Perl & Raku conferences this year in North America

Perl: The Perl and Raku Conference 2020 will be in Houston, Texas, USA, June 23-27. (Call for talk proposals open till January 27.) I don't know much about this conference but figured I should mention it!

Python: PyCon North America, mid-April in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (I will be at this) goes April 15-23:

  • Tutorials (for which you pay extra) and some specialized Python summits: April 15 & 16.
  • Main talks: Friday, April 17-Sunday, April 19.
  • Open source sprints (you don't have to pay a PyCon registration fee to attend): Monday, April 20, 2020 – Thursday, April 23, 2020. Example sprints in 2019.

PyCon offers financial assistance to people who would like to attend (deadline for requesting financial assistance is 31 January). I have successfully requested financial aid in the past. It's a good process.

Registration starts at the student/academic rate: $125 per person.

Conference hotel rates: $164-$180/night, plus taxes/fees (about ~14% taxes/fees, so, $187-$205/night). There is a hotel room sharing page on the PyCon site.

PyCon loves to cross-pollinate with other free and open source movements, and I know there are many Python developers in Dreamwidth tech. If Dreamwidth folks want to use the April 20-23 in-person sprints to work on Dreamwidth-related Python tools together, that would be cool!
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[personal profile] kareila 2020-01-22 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
The Perl and Raku Conference is the conference formerly known as YAPC.