PyCon Vs. Europython

[Simon Burton]

My employer has given me the choice to go to either Pycon or Europython
this year,
and I need some help deciding which would be more useful (for me, my
company, and python itself).

I am mainly interested in scientific/engineering applications of
python; and am
keen to work on/learn about some of the more esoteric python projects,
such as the AST integration,
and PyPy. Participating in a sprint would be brilliant.

The line-up of talks at this year's PyCon looks more interesting to me,
compared to Europython 2005.

thanks,

Simon Burton.

 

[Magnus Lycka]

My employer has given me the choice to go to either Pycon or Europython
this year,
and I need some help deciding which would be more useful (for me, my
company, and python itself).

I am mainly interested in scientific/engineering applications of
python;

As far as I understand, the content of this years
EuroPython is far from decided. I haven't seen any
call for papers yet. You are obviously taking a risk
if you opt for EPC even if you like the PyCon program.

On the other hand, EPC 2006 will take place at CERN,
which might be interesting for someone with an
interest in science, so I suspect that it will attract
more scientists than previous conferences.