PyCon2006 will be held near Dallas, Texas. The conference program is still being planned.

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.

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

Activities

["/Talks"] -- Scheduled formal presentations.
["/Tutorials"] -- Half-day tutorials on various topics.
["/Sprints"] -- Focused development sessions after the conference.
["/BoF"] -- Birds-of-a-feather sessions

The keynotes have not yet been announced.

Registration

Registration	Fee	Student Rate	Time Period
Early bird registration (includes a T-Shirt)	$185	$125	until Dec. 31, 2005
via Internet (includes a T-Shirt)	$250	$150	until Feb. 18, 2006
On-Site Registration	$350	$250	...at the door of the conference.

Use [http://www.python.org/pycon/2006/register.html the registration form] to register and to select tutorials.

Suggestions, Ideas

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

["/Panels"]
["/Topics"]
["/Social"]
["/KeynoteIdeas"]
["/Sprints"]

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

Want to help? Take a look at ["PyCon2006/VolunteerTasks"] for ways you can help.

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"]
["PointsOfInterest2006"]
[http://wikitravel.org/en/Dallas Wikitravel page for Dallas]
[http://wikitravel.org/en/Addison Wikitravel page for Addison]

For Organizers

Planning-related pages belong to the CategoryPyConPlanning category.

CategoryPyCon2006

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