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PyCon UK 2008 Timetable
Here is the timetable for PyCon UK 2008. Friday 12th September is Tutorials Day. Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th are normal Conference days. This timetable may be subject to revisions before the start of the Conference.
Thursday 11th September
| . | Zagora |
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| Talk Panel Plenary Event Meeting etc Tutorial Break | |
| 19:30 onwards |
Social - Zagora, Fletchers Walk, Paradise Place More Info |
Friday 12th September
| . | New Lecture Theatre | Recital Hall | Lecture Room One | Arena Foyer |
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| Talk Panel Plenary Event Meeting etc Tutorial Break | ||||
| 09:00 | Tutorial Registration and Coffee | |||
| 09:15 | An Introduction to Python John Pinner, Nick Booker |
Developing with IronPython Michael Foord, Menno Smits, Christian Muirhead |
Building publishing solutions with ReportLab Andy Robinson |
Google App Engine Codelab Mano Marks |
| 10:45 | Break | |||
| 11:00 | An Introduction to Python | Developing with IronPython | Building publishing solutions with ReportLab | Google App Engine Codelab |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |||
| 14:00 | Practical Python GUI Programming with PyQt4 Mark Summerfield |
An Introduction to Django Jacob Kaplan-Moss |
Generator Tricks for Systems Programmers David Beazley |
Code Clinic David Jones, Raymond D. Hettinger |
| 15:30 | Break | |||
| 15:45 | Practical Python GUI Programming with PyQt4 | An Introduction to Django | Generator Tricks for Systems Programmers | Code Clinic |
| 17:15 | Bag Stuffing and Preparation for Registration by Volunteers | |||
| 19:30 onwards |
Social - Athens, 31 Paradise Circus More Info |
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Saturday 13th September
| . | Adrian Boult Hall | Recital Hall | New Lecture Theatre | Arena Foyer | BoF Point |
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| Talk Panel Plenary Event Meeting etc Tutorial Break | |||||
| 08:00 | Registration and Coffee | ||||
| 08:50 | Welcome, Adrian Boult Hall | ||||
| 09:05 | The Savoury Flavors of Python 2.6 and 3.0 Raymond D. Hettinger |
What's new in Django 1.0 Jacob Kaplan-Moss |
Embedded Programming with Python David Jones |
DataFinder: Organizing the Data Chaos of Scientists Andreas Schreiber |
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| 09:50 | Prepay Python: language of choice for an internet kiosk system Oisin Mulvihill |
Python in Higher Education: One Year On Tony Jenkins, Nick Efford |
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| 10:35 | Break | ||||
| 11:00 | PyPy's Python Interpreter - Status and Plans Holger Krekel, Maciej Fijalkowski |
Using And Customising The Django Admin Interface Simon Willison |
Testing with Mock Objects Simon Brunning |
Writing Parsers and Compilers with PLY David Beazley |
Open Space |
| 11:45 | In Search of Speed and Flexibility Antonio Cuni, Maciej Fijalkowski |
Functionally Testing GUI Applications Michael Foord |
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| 12:00 | XML Document Publishing with Django Zeth, Andrew West |
The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Python In Commercial Applications Anil Asokan |
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| 12:30 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00 | Introduction to Sprinting, Adrian Boult Hall, followed by Individual Sprint Briefings | ||||
| 14:30 | PyGTK, Glade and Kiwi - RIdiculously easy UI Ali Afshar |
Web App Development with Pylons: What, Why and How Graham Higgins |
py.test - Rapid Testing with Minimal Effort Holger Krekel |
Core Python Containers -- Under the Hood Raymond D. Hettinger |
Open Street Map |
| 15:30 | Break | ||||
| 16:00 | Introduction to GUI Programming with PyQt Mark Summerfield |
Pylons, WSGI and the Web James Gardner |
Open Source Testing Tools In Practice Mark Fink |
Stretching Pyglet's Wings Jonathan Hartley |
Python Bloggers BoF |
| 16:30 | Python at Home John Pinner |
Key Signing BoF Ciarán Mooney |
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| 17:00 | Lightning Talks, Adrian Boult Hall | ||||
| 17:30 | Break | ||||
| 18:00 | Keynote: Mark Shuttleworth, Adrian Boult Hall | ||||
| 19:00 | Finish | ||||
| 19:30 for 20:00 |
Conference Dinner, Holiday Inn, Smallbrook Queensway Menu |
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| 10:30 | Entertainment | ||||
| 11:30 | Carriages, or late bar | ||||
