PyCon 2006 will be held near Dallas, Texas.
The main conference web site is http://us.pycon.org.
The venue will be the Dallas-Addison Marriott Quorum ([http://www.stayatmarriott.com/Pycon2006/ reserve a room] / [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
The master version of the schedule is recorded in a machine-parseable form on the ["/FinalSchedule"] page.
Activities
- ["/Talks"] -- Scheduled formal presentations.
- ["/Keynotes"] -- Keynote speakers
- ["/Tutorials"] -- Half-day tutorials on various topics.
- ["/Sprints"] -- Focused development sessions after the conference.
- ["/BoF"] -- Birds-of-a-feather sessions
Registration
Registration |
Fee |
Student Rate |
Time Period |
Early bird registration (includes a T-Shirt) |
$185 |
$125 |
until January 15, 2006 |
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.
Accommodations
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.
To obtain the room rate, you must register using the hotel's PyCon event page at http://www.stayatmarriott.com/Pycon2006/ .
Local Information
[http://wikitravel.org/en/Dallas Wikitravel page for Dallas]
[http://wikitravel.org/en/Addison Wikitravel page for Addison]
Suggestions, Ideas
What would you like to see at PyCon 2006? Please edit these wiki pages, adding your suggestions and ideas.
- ["/Panels"]
- ["/Topics"]
- ["/Social"]
- ["/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.
For Organizers
Planning-related pages belong to the CategoryPyConPlanning category.
["/KeynoteIdeas"]
["/ScheduleDraft"]
["VolunteerTasks"]
- ["/Staff"]