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Whew. Where did the time go. I swear, it was only a few weeks ago when we were stand­ing in Atlanta together at PyCon 2010 laugh­ing it up and hav­ing a blast (albeit me with a busted ankle). Time flies. It really, really flies.

That said — as I stated on the PyCon 2011 blog, we’ve offi­cially announced all the talks and tuto­ri­als for the con­fer­ence this year:

• List of accepted tutorials
• List of accepted talks and panels

This year was par­tic­u­larly dif­fi­cult for the pro­gram com­mit­tee (the group in “charge” of select­ing talks) — some of which I go into in the announce­ment. We had so many awe­some talks, and an abbre­vi­ated time­line, a new site, the hol­i­days and a lot more to con­tend with. Look­ing at the pro­gram though, things look amaz­ing. Addi­tion­ally, we’ve already lined up one amaz­ing keynote speaker, and are work­ing on at least one other.

Not to men­tion — we’re lin­ing up an impres­sive array of spon­sors (yes, Nasuni is one as well) — if you know of a com­pany using python who might be inter­ested in being a PyCon spon­sor (yes, it’s totally worth it) — send them our way. If you have ques­tions — please reach out to us at pycon-sponsors@python.org — spon­sors get a lot of ben­e­fits, and they help out the con­fer­ence and com­mu­nity immensely. Remem­ber, any funds which count as “profit” for the con­fer­ence go straight to the Python Soft­ware Foun­da­tion.

PyCon 2011 looks like it’s shap­ing up incred­i­bly well — but it’s not going to be much of any­thing with­out you. Yes, you. PyCon isn’t PyCon with­out all of you in the com­mu­nity show­ing up and mak­ing it sim­ply the best pro­gram­ming con­fer­ence out there in terms of wel­come­ness, intel­li­gence and fun. But not only have we had to cap total reg­is­tra­tion to 1500 peo­ple — the early bird dead­line for reg­is­tra­tion is approach­ing a lot more quickly then you’d think! (Jan­u­ary 17th) — so you’ve got to get reg­is­tered!

Finally — get the word out, and vol­un­teer! We always need help spread­ing word about PyCon, and this year is no dif­fer­ent. We are also always look­ing for on-the ground staff and other vol­un­teers to help us when the con­fer­ence rolls around! Check out:

• The Pub­lic­ity page
• The Vol­un­teer page

Whew. Where did the time go. I swear, it was only a few weeks ago when we were standing in Atlanta together at PyCon 2010 laughing it up and having a blast (albeit me with a busted ankle). Time flies. It really, really flies. That said - as I stated on the PyCon 2011 blog, we've officially announced all the talks and tutorials for the conference this year: List of accepted tutorials List of accepted talks and panels This year was particularly difficult for the program committee (the group in "charge" of selecting talks) - some of which I go into in the announcement. We had so many awesome talks, and an abbreviated timeline, a new site, the holidays and a lot more to contend with. Looking at the program though, things look amazing. Additionally, we've already lined up one amazing keynote speaker, and are working on at least one other. Not to mention - we're lining up an impressive array of sponsors (yes, Nasuni is one as well) - if you know of a company using python who might be interested in being a PyCon sponsor (yes, it's totally worth it) - send them our way. If you have questions - please reach out to us at pycon-sponsors@python.org - sponsors get a lot of benefits, and they help out the conference and community immensely. Remember, any funds which count as "profit" for the conference go straight to the Python Software Foundation. PyCon 2011 looks like it's shaping up incredibly well - but it's not going to be much of anything without you. Yes, you. PyCon isn't PyCon without all of you in the community showing up and making it simply the best programming conference out there in terms of welcomeness, intelligence and fun. But not only have we had to cap total registration to 1500 people - the early bird deadline for registration is approaching a lot more quickly then you'd think! (January 17th) - so you've got to get registered! Finally - get the word out, and volunteer! We always need help spreading word about PyCon, and this year is no different. We are also always looking for on-the ground staff and other volunteers to help us when the conference rolls around! Check out: The Publicity page The Volunteer page