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We're glad to announce that Community Voting Process has started for  PyCon Argentina 2012 .  You can select your preferences among more than 82 talks proposed and 11 tutorials/workshops .   This year, we're opening the Scientific and Extreme tracks, with more  than 12 proposals each! Please help us voting your prefered talks for the conference following  the next link (registration required):  http://ar.pycon.org/2012/ activity/vote Admittance is free of charge (gratis), to register, please complete  the following form:  http://ar.pycon.org/2012/user/ register PyCon Argentina 2012 Keynotes This year, the pre-confirmed keynote presenters are: Massimo Di Pierro (US) - De Paul University: web2py / FermiQCD Andrea Gavana (DK) - Maersk Oil: wx.lib.agw & 2D/3D visualization Brett Cannon (CA) - Google: python core developer: importlib py3k pypy Christophe Pettus (US) - PostgreSQL Experts: Django & ORMs Craig Kerstiens (US...

The Python Software Foundation has allocated some funds to help people attend PyCon 2008. If you would like to come to PyCon but can't afford it, the PSF may be able to help you. The financial aid can cover some or all of the following: • Your registration for PyCon • Your hotel room at the conference hotel • Your flight or other transportation Please see http://us.pycon.org/2008/registration/financial-aid/ for details & instructions. The deadline for applications is February 11th.

I am pleased to announce that PyCon 2008 registration is now open! Early-bird registration is open until February 20, so there's one month to register at the low rates. Regular on-line registration will be available from February 21 through March 7. PyCon 2008 will be held from March 13 through 20 in Chicago: Tutorials: Thursday, March 13 Conference: Friday, March 14, through Sunday, March 16 Sprints: Monday, March 17 through Thursday, March 20 Register early, especially if you'd like to attend a tutorial or three, as tutorials fill up early. And yes, you heard that correctly -- this year, we have three tutorial sessions: morning, afternoon, and evening. There are 29 great tutorials to choose from. More about the tutorials soon, but for now, you can check out the descriptions yourself The talk schedule is also up (in a preliminary form), although some changes are expected. Hotel reservations are also open. The rate is $99/night plus tax ($112/night net), also until Febr...