See you next week at EuroPython in Birmingham!

I'm one of the keynoters at next week's EuroPython convention in Birmingham, England -- looks like a hell of a show, with further keynotes by Bruce Eckel and Professor Sir Tony Hoare and a whack of great talks and tutorials.

Being a Community Conference means that EuroPython is run entirely by volunteers, that means us the participants. Many of the things that have to be done to run a successful conference can be carried out remotely, and every year Pythonistas from all over Europe help...

EuroPython aims to provide inspirational talks and a friendly atmosphere, designed to help people build contacts and learn from each other's experiences. EuroPython 2009 offers a talks programme oriented around the following themes:

* Python Language (featuring Python 3, Python implementations (IronPython/Jython/PyPy) and Python packaging)
* Python in Action (Python projects and deployments in government, industry and beyond)
* Mobile Computing (Python in mobile and embedded devices)
* Large Scale Python (Python in research, distributed computing, scientific computing)
* Web Programming (Python on the Web: Zope 3, Django and everything else)
* Database Programming (object-relational mappers and data management techniques)
* User Interfaces (across or beyond the Web, the desktop and the device)
* Games (featuring pygame, pyglet and other game-making technologies)

EuroPython : a Python Conference

[#1 posted by Anonymous, June 23, 2009 2:27 AM]

Reading this - My immediate thought was 'what a MONTY python convention?' - So I guess I'm not a geek - but maybe I'm a nerd. . .

[#2 posted by Anonymous, June 23, 2009 3:42 AM]

I saw EuroPython and immediately thought Monty Python convention. I cry misleading title.

[#3 posted by robbwindow, June 23, 2009 4:18 AM]

Thanks Cory this sounds important what is Python language and secondly on what day is the Birmingham conference being held and thirdly where is it located?

[#4 posted by Anonymous, June 23, 2009 4:44 AM]

@ROBBWINDOW: Python is an interpreted, object-oriented programming language (see http://www.python.org/).
The answer to your other questions is at http://europython.eu/

[#5 posted by AceJohnny, June 23, 2009 5:15 AM]

Cory, I don't see you as a stereotypical coder. What will you be talking about related to Python?

For those who don't know, Python is a popular programming language.

[#6 posted by Anonymous, June 23, 2009 7:10 AM]

@Acejohhny

To me, it will always be a comedy-troupe.

[#7 posted by Anonymous, June 23, 2009 7:44 AM]

Perhaps Cory could do a talk on "Not Being Seen"?

[#8 posted by jonathan_v, June 23, 2009 9:10 AM]

just to extend #2, python is popular both for rapid prototyping and 'startup environments' where lots of changes can happen.

it runs relatively as fast as other scripting languages, but is much quicker to code. it was positioned to be the next trendy language, until Rails came out and Ruby stole its thunder. which is pretty good though, because most people with python on their resume are easy to interview / hire, while you really need to weed out the ruby folk.

[#9 posted by mirrormonkey, June 23, 2009 10:31 AM]

Not sure what qualifies cory to speak at a python conference, I'm just glad he isn't qualified to speak at YAPC::NA (this week) or YAPC::EU (in August), much better conferences with much more appropriate keynote speakers.