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Abstracts for presentations are listed on the [[PyConDC2005/Presentations]] page.  See also [[http://www.python.org/pycon/2005/papers/|list of subset of papers and presentations]]

= Wednesday, March 23 =

|| 9:00 |||||||| PyCon DC 2005: Welcome and Orientation ||
||  |||||||| Steve Holden, PyCon Chair   ||
|| 9:30 |||||||| Python on the .NET Platform  ||
||  |||||||| Jim Hugunin, Microsoft Corporation  ||
|| 10:30 |||||||| Break  ||
|| 11:00 || State of Zope || Extreme Programming with Python in the Classroom || Scripting the Mac with Python || Open Space ||
||  || Jim Fulton || Michael Weigend || Jacob Kaplan-Moss ||  ||
||  || SchoolBell: a Zope 3 Calendar Server || py.test and the py lib || Introduction to PyObjC ||  ||
||  || Tom Hoffman || Holger Krekel || Bob Ippolito ||  ||
||  || [[PythonInfo:PyConDC2005/SprintFeedback|Sprint Reports and Feedback]] || [[http://www.python.org/moin/PyConDC2005/Presentations#10|Agile Testing with Python Test Frameworks]] || PyObjC Hacking ||  ||
||  ||  Steve Holden  || Grig Gheorghiu || Bob Ippolito ||  ||
|| 12:30 |||||||| Lunch ||
|| 1:30 || PyWebOff: Mapping the Python Web Application Frameworks || matplotlib - from Brain Surgery to Rocket Science || Decimal Module for Beginners || Open Space ||
||  || Michelle Levesque || John Hunter and Perry Greenfield || Michael Chermside ||  ||
||  || [[http://python.org/moin/PyConDC2005/Presentations#72|WSGIKit: Utilizing WSGI as a platform for inter-framework cooperation]] || A Python Preprocessing Framework for Hydrologic Modeling || Decimal Data Type ||  ||
||  || Ian Bicking || Dr Vic Kelson || Facundo Batista ||  ||
||  || Developing Responsive GUI Applications Using HTML and HTTP || MultiDrizzle: Astronomical Image Analysis Software for Python ||  ||  ||
||  || Donovan Preston || Warren J. Hack ||  ||  ||
|| 3:00 |||||||| Break ||
|| 3:30 || Design Patterns and Python OOP: Objects by Design || MissionEngine: Multi-system Integration - Python in the Tactical Language Project || Open Space || Open Space ||
||  || Alex Martelli || Prasan D. Samtani ||  ||  ||
||  || Object-Oriented Design with Python || Intuition and Python Programming - the Python Visual Sandbox ||  ||  ||
||  || Bruce Eckel || Michael Weigend ||  ||  ||
||  || Traits - The Next Generation || Open Space ||  ||  ||
||  || David Morrill ||  ||  ||  ||
|| 5:00 |||||||| Break   ||
|| 5:30 || PyPy and Type Inference || Python in the IT Field || PyCon 2006 Kickoff Meeting || Open Space ||
||  || Armin Rigo || Greg Lindstrom ||  PyCon 2006 organizers ||  ||
||  || Localized Type-Inference in Python || OpenLaszlo: A Python Success Story ||  ||  ||
||  || Brett Cannon || Oliver Steele ||  ||  ||
||  || A Layered Event System to Provide Method Extensibility ||  ||  ||  ||
||  || Jim Fulton || ||  ||  ||


= Thursday, March 24 =

|| 9:00 |||||||| The State of Python ||
||  |||||||| Guido van Rossum, Elemental Security ||
|| 10:00 |||||||| What is the PSF? ||
||  |||||||| The PSF Board and Officers ||
|| 10:30 |||||||| Break ||
|| 11:00 || An Introduction to Building Chandler Parcels || [[http://python.org/moin/PyConDC2005/Presentations#19|Studying African Lions in the Serengeti Ecosystem with Python]] || Open Space || Open Space ||
||  || Ted Leung / Katie Capps Parlante || Michael Urban ||  ||  ||
||  || Cross Platform Desktop Applications with Python || Profiling and Visualizing Python Program Behavior ||  ||  ||
||  || Nathan R Yergler || Clinton Jeffery ||  ||  ||
||  || Keep it Simple with PythonCard || The Roundup Issue Tracker ||  ||  ||
||  || Kevin Altis || Richard Jones ||  ||  ||
|| 12:30 |||||||| Lunch ||
|| 1:30 ||  [[http://schevo.org/documentation/presentation/pycon2005/|Developing Database Applications with Schevo]] || Breaking the Rules of Commercial Software Development || Open Space || Lightning Talks ||
||  || [[mailto:pobrien@orbtech.com|Patrick K. O'Brien]], [[http://orbtech.com/|Orbtech]] || John Pinner ||  ||  ||
||  || [[http://www.python.org/pycon/2005/papers/9/pyconDabo.html|Dabo, the 3-tier Database Application Framework]] || The Complete File System: File System Virtualization Using Python ||  ||  ||
||  || [[http://www.python.org/moin/EdLeafe|Ed Leafe]] [[http://dabodev.com|The Dabo Project]] || Christopher Gillett ||  ||  ||
||  || Durus: A Persistence System || Scratching an Itch - How to Insure your Book Collection with PyAmazon et al || ||  ||
||  || David Binger || Michael Bernstein ||  ||  ||
|| 3:00 |||||||| Break ||
|| 3:30 || Descriptors, Decorators, Metaclasses: Python's "Black Magic" || Pychinko: A Native Python Rule Engine || Query-directed Data Mining using Python and Parallel Processing ||  Open Space ||
||  || Alex Martelli || Yarden Katz || Christopher Gillett ||   ||
||  || [[http://www.vrplumber.com/programming/descriptors-pycon2005.pdf|Descriptors: from Functional Wart to Decorator Madness via Properties]] || Writing Efficient Rule-Driven Software in Python || Stupidity and Laser Cat Toys: Indexing the US Patent Database with Xapian, Twisted, and Nevow ||  ||
||  || Mike C Fletcher || Philip J Eby || Michael Salib ||  ||
||  || Iterators and Generators: It Ain't Your Gramp's Loop Any More! ||  Integrating RDF in Python Applications || The Time of Day ||  ||
||  || Alex Martelli ||  Nathan R Yergler || Anna Ravenscroft || ||
|| 5:00 |||||||| Break ||
|| 5.15 |||||||| PSF Member Meeting ||


= Friday, March 25 =

|| 9:00 |||||||| Python at Google ||
||  |||||||| Greg Stein, Google ||
|| 10:00 |||||||| Break ||
|| 10:30 || Sequential Code in an Event-Driven World || How to Build an Air Traffic Control System || Acceptance of XML in the Python Community || Open Space ||
||  || Nat Goodspeed || Neal Norwitz || Fred L Drake, Jr. ||  ||
||  || Python for Series 60  || Pulling Java Lucene into Python: [[http://www.python.org/pycon/2005/papers/27/paper.txt|PyLucene]] || Yarn: Working with Messages in Diverse Formats and Protocols ||  ||
||  || Erik Smartt || Andi Vajda || Abe Fettig ||  ||
||  || Improving Python's Memory Allocator || Advanced Server Side Programming in Jython || Documentation Costs Avoided Using Python and other Open Standards ||  ||
||  || Evan Jones || S Prasanna || Andrew Fine ||  ||
|| 12:00 |||||||| Lunch ||
|| 1:00 || [[http://www.python.org/pycon/2005/papers/7/pyconHooking.html|Happy Hooking: Designing Software for Extensibility and Customization]] || Fast Networking with Python || Lightning Talks || Open Space ||
||  || [[http://www.python.org/moin/EdLeafe|Ed Leafe]]  [[http://dabodev.com|The Dabo Project]] || Itamar Shtull-Trauring ||  ||  ||
||  || Envisage - An Extensible Application Framework || Streaming Python ||  ||  ||
||  || Martin Chilvers || Thomas Vander Stichele ||  ||  ||
|| 2:00 |||||||| Break ||
|| 2:30 || pyblosxom: A Microkernel Approach to Blogging || The Personal Internet Endpoint:  Using Python and Twisted to Write Reliable Peer-To-Peer Programs ||  || Convention Feedback ||
||  || Ted Leung || Glyph Lefkowitz ||  ||  ||
|| 3:00 |||||||| Conference Closes ||

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