Conference

PyCon Asia Pacific 2010 is looking for proposals to fill the formal presentation tracks. The Conference Days will be June 10-11, 2010 in Singapore, preceded by a Tutorial Day (June 9).

This is the first Python conference of its kind in Singapore. PyCon conferences worldwide have had a broad range of presentations, ranging from reports on academic and commercial projects to tutorials and case studies. We hope to continue that tradition here in Singapore. As long as the presentation is interesting and potentially useful to the Python community, it will be considered for inclusion in the program. We're especially interested in short presentations that will teach conference-goers something new and useful.

PyCon Asia Pacific 2010 in Singapore cannot offer payment or free registration to all conference speakers. However, financial aid will be available were possible, and giving a talk is a great rationale. If you require financial aid in order to attend PyCon 2010 Singapore, please note it in your proposal. If you have any questions, contact conference@pugs.org.sg.

Important Dates

• Call for Papers: August 15, 2009
• Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: February 20, 2010 (extended)
• Notification of Manuscript Acceptance: April 15, 2010
• Conference Registration Open: March 15, 2010
• Submission of Camera-Ready Manuscripts: April 30, 2010
• Conference Days: June 10 - 11, 2010 (preceded by tutorials on the June 9, 2010)
  

PyCon Topics

Suitable topics for PyCon 2010 Singapore presentations include, but are not limited to:

• Core Python and other implementations: IronPython, Jython, PyPy and Stackless.

• Python in Education, Science and Math

• Python libraries and extensions

• Business Applications

• Databases

• Embedding and Extending Python

• Game Programming

• GUI Programming

• Network Programming

• Python in IT Security

• Open Source Python projects

• Packaging Issues

• Programming Tools

• Project Best Practices

• System Administration

• Web Programming (Django, Zope, TurboGears, WSGI)

Talk Format

The preferred length for talks is 30 minutes. Session lengths include time for audience questions. You should budget at least five minutes for questions; for example, a 30-minute talk will be 25 minutes of presentation and 5 minutes of questions. Open Space rooms will also be available for follow-up sessions.

Companion Paper and Extended Abstract Submission

All presenters should submit a paper by the deadline above with or without prior proposal submission.

This submission is to be your full paper (companion paper or extended abstract), not a draft. It should contain all of the usual aspects of a paper such as an abstract, introduction, body and conclusion. Please ensure that this submission has had its grammar and spelling corrected and that code snippets work.

Your paper will need to be examined by the programme committee before a notice of acceptance for conference will be sent. Approval  and a notice of paper acceptance with review comments will be sent to the author(s) on April 15, 2010. All papers accepted for conference will be published in The Python Papers Monograph series as an unrefereed proceeding. We suggest, but do not require, all authors to place their papers under the Creative Commons license. Please see this page for the preferred formats of submission. Please submit your papers here.

Quality papers will be invited for peer-review by the programme committee and papers accepted by the peer-review process will be published in The Python Papers after amendments by the author(s), taking into account of reviewers' comments.

Your paper allows attendees who attended your talk a chance to refresh their memories about your presentation, and gives attendees who missed your talk a chance to learn from you anyway. Make sure your paper includes - at the very least - a brief introduction to your subject material and a list of further resources.