EuroPython 2007 Proposed Timeline
The actual proposed timeline has been decided upon as follows:
9th March |
Track chairs and conference organization (roles) decided upon |
16th March |
Call for proposals out, Website updated and "up and running" |
16th April |
Keynotes announced |
1st May |
Registration opens |
18th May |
Call for proposals closed |
25th May |
Launch of schedule (talk abstracts accepted and notified) |
31st May |
Early bird registration closes |
25th June |
Normal registration closes |
2nd July |
Online registration closes |
9th-11th July |
Conference |
12th-14th July |
Post-conference sprints |
Previous Observations and Speculation
What follows is just some notes about previous/other conferences and timelines.
From the conference Web site for 2006 (before it gets overwritten), plus observed administrative milestones:
17th March |
Web site goes live (first sign of interest for registering/booking) |
3rd April |
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27th April |
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15th May |
Paper acceptance notifications |
17th May |
Registration opens |
26th May |
Early bird registration closes |
31st May |
Deadline for talk summaries (proposals) |
4th June |
Talk schedule announced |
11th June |
Normal bird registration closes |
24th June |
Paper submission deadline |
26th June |
Online registration closes |
30th June-2nd July |
Pre-conference sprints |
3rd July-5th July |
EuroPython conference |
4th July |
Conference dinner |
6th July |
CERN visit |
6th July-9th July |
Post-conference sprints |
This is a big contrast to the original IRC meeting-agreed timeline which was optimistically decided upon well in advance of the 2006 conference:
15th February |
Call for Proposals |
March |
Opening online Registration (Payment issue pending!) |
31st March |
Deadline for proposal submissions |
30th April |
Prelininary Program with accepted talks |
19th May |
Closing Early Bird registration |
3rd July-5th July |
EuroPython conference |
Given the panic in May 2006 about the conference status, it might be best to not let the timeline slip much later than that of 2006.
Comparisons
It's always fun to compare things! Comparing the above with PyCon 2007:
|
EuroPython 2006 |
PyCon 2007 |
Registration period prior to conference (duration) |
47 days (40 days) |
70 days (63 days) |
Talk submission start, deadline and acceptance prior to conference (duration of submission period) |
91 days, 33 days, 29 days (58 days) |
161 days, 115 days, 100 days (46 days) |