[YLUG] Python UK Conference

[Alex Smith]

Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> [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.
Thanks Nigel. :) Anyone else going? I think I'll try and head over...