PyLadies @ PyCon - Join Us!

March 07, 2013 | Tag: » events, pycon

PyCon’s Opening Reception is less than a week away, are you excited?

PyLadies Booth

Come check out PyLadies at our booth in the Expo Hall! We’ll have information on starting your own local PyLadies group, stickers, and candy! We’ll also raffle off some PyLadies t-shirts!

Check out a previous blog post on the list of talks from PyLadies!

And be sure to check out the booths of our friends:

• Ada Initiative’s Feminist Hacker Lounge
• Women Who Code
• CodeChix
• LadyCoders

Where to find us

Here is a run-down of where you can find your PyLady friends and where to sign up:

Tutorials

The women of Python are ruling the tutorial schedule:

WEDNESDAY MORNING

• Digital signal processing through speech, hearing, and Python - Mel Chua
• Python for Programmers: A Project-Based Tutorial - Alexandra Strong, Katharine Jarmul, Christine Cheung
• A hands-on introduction to Python for beginning programmers - Jessica McKellar
• Going from web pages to web apps with Python - Karen Rustad and Asheesh Laroia
• SPECIAL The Young Coder - Barbara Shaurette, Katie Cunningham

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

• Analyzing Social Networks with Python - Maksim Tsvetovat, Alex Kouznetsov, Jacqueline Kazil

THURSDAY MORNING

• A Gentle Introduction to Computer Vision - Katherine Scott, Anthony Oliver
• SPECIAL The Young Coder - Barbara Shaurette, Katie Cunningham

THURSDAY MORNING

• Contribute with me! Getting started with open source development - Jessica McKellar
• Wiring up Django Packages - Daniel Greenfeld, Kenneth Love, Audrey M. Roy

Thursday, March 14th

• PyLadies Booth @ the Opening Reception @ 6pm - 8pm in the Expo Hall
• Women’s Open Tech Office Hours @ 6pm - 3am in the Hyatt in room 1332

Friday, March 15th

• PyLadies Lunch for Women of Python @ 12:30pm - 1:30pm in rooms 209/210 in the Convention center. Currently all sold out but we have a short wait list!
• Taste of Py: Afterparty @ 7pm - 10pm in the Hyatt Hotel with New Relic, Loggly, PyLadies, Rackspace, Raspberry Pi, and Solano Labs. Network with your Python community peers over drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Enjoy entertainment and win great prizes in our Python Trivia Contest. We’ll even have some tasty pie on hand for dessert!
• Women’s Open Tech Office Hours @ 6pm - 3am in the Hyatt in room 1332

Saturday, March 16th

• BoF Mani Party!! @ 5pm - 6pm in room 202 - What started as a cute joke snowballed into an actual thing, as many of the best things often do! Hosted by Katie Cunningham.
• Charity Auction for PyLadies @ 6:30pm - 8:30pm - come laugh at the PyLadies as we try our hands as auctioneers! Dinner included.
• Women’s Open Tech Office Hours @ 6pm - 3am in the Hyatt in room 1332

Sunday, March 17th

• Women’s Open Tech Office Hours @ 6pm - 3am in the Hyatt in room 1332