ANN: Vancouver Python Workshop - Speaker incentives

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Brian Quinlan

What's new?
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Thanks to the generosity of our hosts and sponsors, the first five
people to submit talks will receive a free book package when they
attend the conference. The package will consist of:

1. Andy McKay's "The Definitive Guide to Plone" (1)
2. Charles F. Goldfarb and Paul Prescod's the "XML Handbook, Fifth
Edition"
3. Mark Lutz and David Ascher's "Learning Python, 2nd Edition"

They will also receive a free license for Komodo, ActiveState's IDE for
open source languages.

To submit a talk, see:
http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/registration/submissions.html

For general conference information, see:
http://www.vanpyz.org/conference

The deadline for talk submission is June 15th.

About the Vancouver Python Workshop
===================================

The conference will begin on July 31st with keynote addresses by Guido
van Rossum (the creator of Python) and Paul Everitt (co-founder of Zope
Corp). Further talks (and tutorials for beginners) will take place on
August 1st and 2nd. The conference will be roughly divided into three
tracks:

o Python language and applications
o Content management with Python (esp. Zope and Plone)
o Python for beginners

More information see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/
or contact Brian Quinlan at: (e-mail address removed)

Vancouver
=========

In addition to the opportunity to learn and socialize with fellow
Pythonistas, the Vancouver Python Workshop also gives visitors the
opportunity to visit one of the most extraordinary cities in the world
(2). For more information about traveling to Vancouver, see:

http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/travel.html
http://www.tourismvancouver.com

Important dates
===============

Talk submissions: until June 15th
Attendee registration: June 4th to June 30th
Late registration: from July 1st
Keynotes, preconference sprints & tutorials: July 31st
Conference and tutorial dates: August 1st and 2nd

(1) If this book is not available at the time of the conference, it
will be shipped to the recipient
(2) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2299119.stm
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml?idContent=1128760

Cheers,
Brian
 

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