From: johndoc@shore.net (John Dockery)
Subject: O'Reilly Python Conference - Call for Submissions
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 99 12:47:47 GMT

Python Conference 
Sponsored by O'Reilly & Associates 
August 21-24, 1999 
Monterey, California 

Overview:  The O'Reilly Python Conference will be 
held August 21-24, 1999 at the Monterey Conference 
Center in Monterey, California. There will be two 
days of tutorials followed by a two-day conference 
including sessions for submitted talks (see "Practical 
Presentations" below), how-to talks, panel sessions 
and evening breakaway sessions for birds-of-a-feather 
sessions.

Note: this conference is part of the O'Reilly Open Source 
conferences, and does not replace the series of International 
Python Conferences organized by the Python Software 
Association and Foretec, Seminars Inc.

The conference will be attended by Python experts and novices, 
as well as by progammers, webmasters and others who are looking 
to learn more about Python.   

Important Due Dates

Submissions: February 15, 1999 
Acceptances: February 22, 1999 
Camera-ready handouts: June 30, 1999 

Program Committee

David Ascher, Chair, Python author and trainer 
Guido van Rossum, Python creator 
Paul Everitt, Digital Creations LLC 
Mark Lutz, Python author and trainer 
Uche Ogbuji, FourThought LLC 
Andrew Robinson, Python developer

Practical Presentations

As this Python conference is part of a larger set of 
conferences reaching many new to Python, we encourage 
the submission of talks which present case studies of 
how Python (and JPython) helped solve real tasks, 
including discussions of what aspects of Python were 
especially useful, and how others can profit from your 
experience. Other possible topics include discussing how 
Python is used in specific fields ("Python in Finance", 
"Using JPython to test Java libraries"), using Python with 
specific audiences ("Teaching Python to 10-year olds"), and 
epiphanies ("Hi, I'm Tom, and I'm a Python addict.").

In short, we encourage submissions that highlight Python's 
features and benefits.  The program committee will select 
those talks which together show the breadth and depth of Python. 

What, How, and Where to Submit

Speakers should submit an abstract (250 words) and a 
short bio. The abstract should describe what your talk 
will be about, and be specific about problems, solutions, 
and conclusions.  The abstract will be used to evaluate 
talks. All submissions will be held in confidence. 

Each submission must include: 

An initial page with the: 

Complete title of the presentation 

Name and affiliation of the speaker

Speaker's complete contact information including 
phone, fax, email, postal address  

An abstract as detailed above 

A biographical sketch of the speaker

Abstracts and email inquiries should be sent 
to mail to pythonabstracts@oreilly.com 


Registration Information

Complete conference and registration information 
will be available in mid-April. Send email to 
conferences@oreilly.com to get on our conference 
mailing list.


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