PyCon Australia is the national conference for users of the Python Programming Language

Initial Video releases

In partnership with out video sponsor New Relic, PyCon Australia 2014 is proud to release our first two videos, our keynote presentations:

• Python For Every Child In Australia by Dr James R. Curran
• Accessibility: Myths and Delusions by Katie Cunningham

Over the coming days we'll release the rest of our videos at www.youtube.com/PyConAU.

Important Information for Delegates

We're very, very close to the conference now, and we have some important announcements to make:

• If you're coming by car, the Grey street car entrance is closed to cars, it is still open to pedestrian access however.
• If you're coming by plane, we've got a letter from AirTrain that will give you a discount on return travel from either the Domestic or International train station to the city, please read the details carefully.
• Registrations for our Friday night Icebreaker dinners are now open on our wiki, add your name to the food venue you'd like to go to.
• We've added a lot more information to our About Brisbane page for those of you arriving early.
• The PyLadies Breakfast is still taking registrations, anyone who identifies as a women is welcome, men are welcome as the guest of a women attendee.
• We're still looking for participants and mentors for our three workshops.

I know it's a lot, but a lot is happening!

Workshops, call for Mentors

This year we're trying something new, introductory workshops designed for beginners not attending the conference. It's an attempt by the Python community to reach out to the wider community. All of these workshops are being held at our venue partner, The Edge, part of the State Library of Queensland at South Brisbane.

• DjangoGirls workshop (Monday 4th August, 9am-12pm)
• Introduction to Programming in Python (Friday 1st August, 10am-4pm)
• Introduction to Electronics in Python (Friday 1st August, 10am-4pm)

The full details of the workshops can be found at http://2014.pycon-au.org/programme/workshops

Final weekend for Dinner tickets

We're passing along numbers to our venue for catering on Monday, so this is your last weekend to grab tickets for our conference dinner! As well as fine food and company, we have an important speaker lined up, Paul Gampe.

Get along to the registration page and be sure to select dinner as one of the options.

We'd also like to know if you're coming along to the sprints so we can cater for them appropriately, please head along to our handy-dandy form and let us know!