PyCon2006 will be held near Dallas, Texas. The conference is currently in the early planning stages.

The venue will be the Dallas-Addison Marriott Quorum ([http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/DALQC Hotel's Website]) ([http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=14901+Dallas+Parkway&csz=Dallas%2C+Texas+75254&country=us Map to Hotel])

The Marriott Quorum hotel is located on the north side of Dallas, in the suburban http://www.addisontexas.net/ Town of Addison.

Activities

To be decided.

Registration

Registration costs have not yet been set.

Dates and times

The conference schedule is:

     Thu, Feb 23: Tutorials
     Fri, Feb 24: PyCon day 1
     Sat, Feb 25: PyCon day 2
     Sun, Feb 26: PyCon day 3
     Mon, Feb 27: Sprints 1
     Tue, Feb 28: Sprints 2
     Wed, Mar  1: Sprints 3
     Thu, Mar  2: Sprints 4 / teardown

Call for Proposals

The [http://www.python.org/pycon/2006/cfp Call for Proposals] has been posted; the submission deadline is October 31 2005.

There is a page of ["PyCon2006/SpeakerNotes" suggestions for speakers], with tips on writing your slides and presenting your talk.

Suggestions, Ideas

What would you like to see at PyCon 2006? Please edit these wiki pages, adding your suggestions and ideas?

• ["/Panels"]
• ["/Topics"]
• ["/BoF"] -- Birds-of-a-feather sessions
• ["/Social"]

• ["/KeynoteIdeas"]

• ["/Tutorials"]

Accommodations

• A limited number of rooms will be available at the Marriott Quorum at conference rates of $79/night for single and double rooms, $89/night for triple and quadruple rooms. Local taxes of 13% will be added onto this nightly rate.

Local Information

• ["/NearbyRestaurants"]

• [http://wikitravel.org/en/Dallas Wikitravel page for Dallas]

• [http://wikitravel.org/en/Addison Wikitravel page for Addison]

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