Pycon in Portland, OR FTW On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Brian Curtin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Portland Python Users Group! > > The PyCon organizers are happy to announce that ticket sales for the March > 2013 conference have opened at https://us.pycon.org/2013/registration/ ! > Early bird rates are available for the first 1000 purchases, which is a > departure from previous time-based systems. With PyCon 2012 having been a > quick sell out, we're expecting this one to be the same. Keep in mind that > attendance is strictly limited to 2500. > > PyCon 2013 is going back to Santa Clara, CA before heading up north for > two years in Montreal, Quebec for 2014-15. The event starts with two days > of tutorials on March 13, followed by three days of talks starting March > 15, and ends with four days of sprints starting March 18. > > Individual and corporate ticket prices remain the same as they have been > for the last few years, with early bird rates of $300 and $450 > respectively. The regular rates of $350 and $600 for individual and > corporate are still an incredible deal. > > For 2013 we've reduced the cost to students by 50%, bringing the early > bird rate to $100 with a regular rate of $125. Providing a more affordable > conference experience for students is a priority for the organizers and the > Python Software Foundation, and we're hoping the decrease helps bring more > of them out. > > We've also increased our financial aid program, and hope to assist more > attendees for PyCon 2013! You can apply for financial aid through the new > consolidated form at > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dGt4Z0dsY052VERJem4xUUFVQW9uQVE6MQ > > We're still accepting proposals for talks and tutorials, with a deadline > of September 28. Poster proposals are accepted through January 15, 2013. > For more information, see https://us.pycon.org/2013/speaking/cfp/ > > If your company is interested in sponsorship, we need you. Sponsors are > what make PyCon a possibility, and sponsorship offers some great values to > the generous organizations who support the conference. Check out > https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/whysponsor/ to find out what you get > out of sponsorship, with a prospectus at > https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/prospectus/. Contact Jesse Noller at > [email protected] with any sponsorship inquiries. > > Keep an eye out for news on our blog at http://pycon.blogspot.com/ and > follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/pycon > > Jesse Noller, Chairman > [email protected] > > Brian Curtin, Publicity Coordinator > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Portland mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland > -- *Benjamin Kerensa* *http://benjaminkerensa.com* *"I am what I am because of who we all are" - Ubuntu* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/portland/attachments/20120920/0be3c570/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Portland mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland
