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Book Monday 9th of July to Wednesday 11th of July 2007 in your = EuroPython 2007: Call for Proposals =

Book Monday 9th July to Wednesday 11th July 2007 in your
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was a great success, featuring a variety of tracks, amazing lightning talks and inspiring keynotes. But with your participation, we can make EuroPython 2007, the fifth EuroPython, even more successful than the previous four. was a great success, featuring a variety of tracks, amazing lightning talks and inspiring keynotes. With your participation, we want to make EuroPython 2007, the sixth EuroPython, even more successful than the previous five.
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This year, we have the following tracks planned: == Talks, Papers and Themes ==
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 * Science/Refereed Papers This year we have decided to borrow a few good ideas from PyCon, one of which is to move away from the 'track' structure. Instead, speakers are invited to submit presentations about anything they have done that they think would be of interest to the Python community. We will then arrange them into related groups and schedule them in the space available. In the past, EuroPython participants have found the following themes to be of interest:

 * Science
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 * Web Frameworks
 * Education (and everything else)
 * Lightning Talks
 * Open Space		  * Web Related Technologies
 * Education
 * Games
 * Agile Methodologies and Testing
 * Social Skills
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After the conference (from Thursday 12th July to Saturday 14th July) we will, as in previous years, be holding sprints: sessions of collaborative development focused on creating or improving software projects, documentation, and other materials. In addition to talks, we will also accept full paper submissions about any of the above themes. The Call for Refereed Papers will be posted shortly.
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 * XXX click here for 'what is a sprint' and 'why should I sprint'?
 * [http://www.python.org/moin/EuroPython2007Sprints Propose a sprint!]
 * XXX for a list of sprints already proposed?		 '''The deadline for talk proposals is Friday 18th May at midnight (24:00 CEST, Central European Summer Time, UTC+2).'''
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Open Space is a new concept for EuroPython. We've imported the idea from PyCon and the Agile 2006 and XP 2006 conferences. An Open Space is an area reserved for informal presentations, talks, demonstrations and discussions. Pretty much anything is fair game. An important part of the concept is that things are not planned in advance. Instead, while at the conference, you reserve a time slot and write down a title. If you are familiar with Lightning Talks, then you can think of OpenSpace as non-plenary Lightning talks without the time limit. == Other ways to participate ==
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This provides a structured way to realise the main benefits of attending a conference: to break down barriers between special interest groups and encourage the sharing of experiences with other attendees. Apart from giving talks, there are plenty of other ways to participate in the conference. Just attending and talking to people you find here can be satisfying enough, but there are three other kinds of activity you may wish to plan for: Lightning Talks, Open Space and Sprints. Lightning Talks are very short talks that give you just enough time to introduce a topic or project, Open Space is an area reserved for informal discussions, and Sprints are focused gatherings for developers interested in particular projects. For more information please see the following pages:
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----  * Lightning Talks: http://www.europython.org/sections/events/lightning_talks
 * Open Space: http://www.europython.org/sections/events/open_space
 * Sprints: http://www.europython.org/sections/sprints_and_wiki
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(Discussion) == Your Contribution ==
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XXX sell this better - discussing/experience sharing is the main value not sure what to add. To propose a talk or a paper, go to...
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XXX There will be a refereed papers track as well this year, which will be announced separately. --- how to rewrite this science/refereed being joined..  * http://www.europython.org/submit
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This year, talks with a scientific theme will be presented alongside refereed papers. This merge reflects the common themes of both tracks in previous years, and it provides a focus for contributors with backgrounds in peer-reviewed fields of work and study. --- DB For more general information on the conference, please visit...
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XXX lac: Ah, why are we merging this? Cannot write what I do not know. say that we are chosing to have fewer tracks this year. To this end Science and Refereed have been merged. And Education is now a big umbrella that convers 'Social Skills' and 'Methodologies' for those people who want to schedule a talk in those subjects. Or are we doing away with such things? hope not, lac  * http://www.europython.org/
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---- Looking forward to seeing what you fine folk have been up to,
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To read a longer description of each track go here:

   http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceProgram.py?confId=44

XXX fix track descriptions, update and fix link

To submit a talk, go here:

   http://indico.cern.ch/abstractSubmission.py?confId=44

For more general information on the conference, please visit:

   http://www.europython.org/

XXX make sure all necessary info is updated		 ''The EuroPython Team''

EuroPython 2007: Call for Proposals

Book Monday 9th July to Wednesday 11th July 2007 in your calendar! EuroPython 2007, the European Python and Zope Conference, will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania. Last year's conference was a great success, featuring a variety of tracks, amazing lightning talks and inspiring keynotes. With your participation, we want to make EuroPython 2007, the sixth EuroPython, even more successful than the previous five.

Talks, Papers and Themes

This year we have decided to borrow a few good ideas from PyCon, one of which is to move away from the 'track' structure. Instead, speakers are invited to submit presentations about anything they have done that they think would be of interest to the Python community. We will then arrange them into related groups and schedule them in the space available. In the past, EuroPython participants have found the following themes to be of interest:

  • Science
  • Python Language and Libraries
  • Web Related Technologies
  • Education
  • Games
  • Agile Methodologies and Testing
  • Social Skills

In addition to talks, we will also accept full paper submissions about any of the above themes. The Call for Refereed Papers will be posted shortly.

The deadline for talk proposals is Friday 18th May at midnight (24:00 CEST, Central European Summer Time, UTC+2).

Other ways to participate

Apart from giving talks, there are plenty of other ways to participate in the conference. Just attending and talking to people you find here can be satisfying enough, but there are three other kinds of activity you may wish to plan for: Lightning Talks, Open Space and Sprints. Lightning Talks are very short talks that give you just enough time to introduce a topic or project, Open Space is an area reserved for informal discussions, and Sprints are focused gatherings for developers interested in particular projects. For more information please see the following pages:

Your Contribution

To propose a talk or a paper, go to...

For more general information on the conference, please visit...

Looking forward to seeing what you fine folk have been up to,

The EuroPython Team

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