Python Conference

The closing panel of the 2010 PyCon Asia Pacific held at the Singapore Management University

The Python Conference (PyCon) is an annual convention for the discussion and promotion of the Python programming language.^[1] It originated in the United States but is also held in many other countries that have active Python developer communities.^[2][3]

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Locations
  


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  3 Keynote Speakers
  
  
  
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    3.1 SciPy Conferences
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

History

Reference^[4][5]

Year	Location	Number of Attendees
2003	Washington, D.C.	200
2004	Washington, D.C.	300
2005	Washington, D.C.	400
2006	Dallas, TX	400
2007	Dallas, TX	500
2008	Chicago, IL	1,000
2009	Chicago, IL	900
2010	Atlanta, GA	1,000
2011	Atlanta, GA	1,400
2012	Santa Clara, CA	2,300
2013	Santa Clara, CA	2,500
2014	Montreal, QC (Canada)	2,500
2015	Montreal, QC (Canada)	3,100
2016	Portland, OR	3,294 (badges issued)[6]
2017	Portland, OR	3,391 (badges received)[7]
2018	Cleveland, OH
2019	Cleveland, OH

Locations

Morgan Heijdemann giving an introduction to using OpenCV with Python at the 2010 PyCon Asia Pacific held at the Singapore Management University

• United States of America - Started in 2003 in Washington, D.C


• Europe (EuroPython) - Started in 2002 in Charleroi, Belgium


• New Zealand (Kiwi PyCon)


• Singapore (PyCon Asia Pacific 2010, 11, and 12; PyCon Singapore)


• Argentina (PyCon Ar)


• Australia (Pycon AU) - Started in 2010 in Sydney, Australia


• Bangladesh (PyCon Dhaka)


• Belarus (PyCon Belarus) - Started in 2015 in Minsk, Belarus


• Brazil (PythonBrasil)


• Canada (PyCon Canada)


• China (Pycon China)


• Colombia (Pycon Colombia)


• Czech Republic (PyCon CZ)


• Germany (PyCon DE)


• Finland (PyCon Finland)


• France (PyCon FR)


• Hong Kong (PyCon HK)


• India (PyCon India)


• Indonesia (PyCon ID)


• Iran (PyIran)


• Ireland (PyCon Ireland)


• Israel (PyCon Israel)


• Italy (PyCon Italia)


• Japan (PyCon Japan, PyCon Asia Pacific 2013)


• Malaysia (PyCon MY, Asia Pacific 2017^[8])


• Namibia (PyCon Namibia)


• Russia (PyCon Russia, PiterPy)


• Pakistan (PyCon Pakistan ) - started in 2017


• Philippines (PyCon Philippines)


• Poland (PyCon PL)


• Slovakia (Pycon SK) - started in March 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia


• South Africa (PyCon ZA)


• South Korea (PyCon KR)


• Sweden (PyCon Sweden)


• Taiwan (PyCon Taiwan, PyCon Asia Pacific 2014 and 15)


• United Kingdom (PyCon UK)


• Ukraine (PyCon Ukraine)


• Venezuela (PyConVe)

Keynote Speakers

Name	Profession	Current Employer	Function	Former Employer	Edition
Kelsey Hightower	Engineer	Google	Systems Administrator		PyCon 2017[9]
Katy Huff, PhD	Professor	University of Illinois			PyCon 2017
Jake Vandeplass	Astronomer	Google	Researcher	University of Washington	PyCon 2017
Lisa Guo	Engineer	Instagram	Software Developer	Juniper Networks	PyCon 2017
Hui Ding, PhD	Engineer	Instagram	Head of Infrastructure		PyCon 2017
Emily Bache	Engineer	Independent Consultant			PyCon Sweden 2017[10]
Maxime Beauchemin	Engineer	AirBnB			PyCon Sweden 2017
Lynn Root	Engineer	Spotify			PyCon New Zealand 2017[11]
Parisa Tabriz	Engineer	Google			PyCon 2016
Jessica McKellar	Engineer	Dropbox	Software Developer	Oracle Corporation	PyCon APAC 2017[12]
Luis M. Sanchez	Engineer, MBA - Finance	SGX Analytics	Data Scientist, Financial Quantitative Analyst	Ttwick Inc, Barclays, Lehman Brothers	PyCon APAC 2017
K Lars Lohn	Engineer	Mozilla Corporation	Software Developer		PyCon 2016[13]
Lorena Barba, PhD	Engineer	George Washington University	Professor	Boston University	PyCon 2016
Guido Van Rossum	Engineer, Creator of Python Programming Language	Dropbox	Developer	Google	PyCon 2016
Van Lindenberg	Engineer, JD Law	Dykema Cox Smith	Head of Intellectual Property	RackSpace, General Counsel and Director of the Python Software Foundation	PyCon 2016

SciPy Conferences

Some conferences are dedicated to scientists and promote in particular the SciPy library.

• United States (SciPy)


• Europe SciPy convention (EuroSciPy)


• India (SciPy.in)

References

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2. 
   ^ "PyCon 2010: "Scrape the Web," and a poster session :: Asheeshworld". Asheesh.org. 2009-12-22. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
   


3. 
   ^ tummy.com, ltd. (2010-02-24). "PyCon 2010 Wireless Network – tummy.com, ltd". Tummy.com. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
   


4. 
   ^ "Connecting the Python Community". PyCon. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
   


5. 
   ^ "PyCon/Attendance - Python Wiki". Wiki.python.org. 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
   


6. 
   ^ "PyCon-staff mailing list archive". Retrieved Jun 6, 2016.
   


7. 
   ^ "Final remarks and conference close - Pycon 2017". Retrieved May 24, 2017.
   


8. 
   ^ Sandhu, Jeff. "Changing the World with Python - Part 1". BFM Media Sdn Bhd. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
   


9. 
   ^ "PyCon 2017".
   


10. 
    ^ "PyCon Sweden".
    


11. 
    ^ "PyCon Kiwi".
    


12. 
    ^ "PyCon APAC 2017".
    


13. 
    ^ "PyCon 2016".
    

External links

• 
  Pycon: Connecting the Python Community – official website


• 
  Pycon blog – the official blog


• PyCon – description on the official Python website


• Python.org - Conferences and Workshops list


• Keynote speaker Hui Ding


• Keynote speaker Lynn Root


• Keynote speaker Luis M Sanchez


• Keynote speaker K Lars Lohn


• Keynote speaker Lorena Barba


• Keynote speaker Parisa Tabris

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