[Wylug-discuss] Python UK Conference

[Nigel Metheringham]

[Again from lugmaster - to show I'm not purely Perl biased]

Python UK is the first ever dedicated Python conference in the UK. It
is being held on the weekend of September 8/9th.

The initial list of tutorials and talks are as follows, we'll be
publishing a full talks schedule before the conference. The lists
below do not include lightning talks, keynotes or activities happening
in the 'open space'. The talks are listed in no particular order.

Tutorials
------------

These are the tutorials that will be held:

     * Getting Started with Python, for people new to Python
     * Getting Started with Django
     * Advanced Django
     * The Reportlab PDF Kit
     * Introduction to PyQt4 GUI Programming
     * Introduction Functional Programming in Python

Places on some of these tutorials will be limited, so soon there'll be
a booking form so you can reserve your place. There is no extra charge
for tutorials. The tutorials will be held within the main days
(September 8/9th 2007).

Talks
-------

     * Test Driven Development, Jonathan Hartley
     * Researching Quality Assessment for Free Software, Paul Adams
     * Python in Higher Education, Nick Efford
     * Jackfield, the Web, and Python, Stuart Langridge
     * Using and Developing with Python Eggs, Stephen Pascoe
     * Translate Java into Python, Johnny Stovall
     * IronPython in your Browser with Silverlight, Michael Foord
     * The PyPy Project, Michael Hudson
     * Python is the Future of Build Systems, Russel Winder
     * Python Modules in Bible Research, Michael and Leslie Morrell
     * Parsing Languages with mxTextTools, Marc-André Lemburg
     * Building Systems with Kamaelia, Michael Sparks
     * Kamaelia Core Internals, Michael Sparks
     * Dealing with Tabular Data, Alex Willmer
     * PayThyme - from Project to Product, John Pinner
     * The Great Python, Ruby, Groovy, Java, C, C++, C#, VB Debate,  
Russel Winder
     * Hacking Democracy, Julian Todd
     * The Bazaar Version Control Project, Michael Hudson
     * A Pythonista's Year at Kew, Julius Welby
     * An Introduction to Twisted, Richard Wall
     * Twisted Performance with Large Apps, Tim Parkin
     * Twisted Movies, Matthew Pontefract
     * Creating GUI Applications with PyQt and Qt Designer, David Boddie
     * Stackless Introduction, Christian Tismer
     * Stackless Internals, Christian Tismer
     * Designing Unicode-aware Applications in Python, Marc-André  
Lemburg
     * Managing Creativity, Michael Sparks
     * FluidInfo - towards the next everything, Terry Jones
     * The New Age of the Amateur: End-user Computing without Tears,  
Giles Thomas
     * MathTran - Typesetting TeX with Python, Jonathan Fine
     * Dynamic Web Apps with Ajax and Python, David Chan

For more info see http://pyconuk.org

To book please visit http://pyconuk.org/booking.html

Please note that the early-bird rate is closing imminently.

Best Wishes,
Zeth