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What is PyConAr
Authors: Tomas Zulberti & Juan B Cabral
I was editing the articles for this special version of the magazine and I realized
something: except to those that attended, no one knows what is PyConAr, so this article
intends to give you an idea about it.
Links
• http://nqnwebs.com/blog/article/pyconar-2010-el-orgullo-de
• http://fisadev.blogspot.com/2010/10/pyconar-2010.html
• http://blog.elrincondemariano.com.ar/2010/10/pyconar-2010-fue-todo-un-exito/
PyConAr is an event in which several talks are given on topics related to the Python
programming language and its name comes from a homonymic conference that is held
regularly in the US named just “PyCon”. Despite the US event being a few years old, our
first PyConAr took place in September 2009 in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
Now… what was PyConAr 2010
Last year, the conference congregated us in Córdoba, at the Universidad Empresarial
Siglo XXI. It involved 4 kinds of events:
• Talks: 20 minutes of dissertation followed by 5 minutes for questions. During the
event 3 talks took place at the same time in 3 different rooms; and between each
group of talks there were 15-minutes breaks if one wanted to talk to the speaker.
There were a total of 43 talks in PyConAr 2010.
• Keynotes: the name is self explanatory (in English), all assistants were gathered in
a big auditorium to witness important guests’ expositions. There were 3 of these
talks in the event (1 on Friday and 2 on Saturday) by the end of each day.
• Lightning talks: organized during the same day of the conference. The two biggest
differences to normal talks were:
• 5 minutes long, no time for questions
• They didn’t have to be related to Python. You could talk about anything.
• Posters: This was the first PyConAr that had posters. They were the summary of a
project in form of a poster (sic) exposed in a area with a high volume of assistants
going by so they could be read during breaks.
But the conference was not just about Python. It was also about people; it is an
opportunity to see each other’s faces, those people that reply to you in the mailing lists
or in IRC chats.
PyConAr was an event also about work, fun, comradery, friendship and, who knows,
maybe even some couples here and there. But that is PyAr, a group of crazy people that
love what they do and create things while having fun. Thanks to everyone for making
PyConAr a reality and thanks to PyAr for existing and giving a lot of people a place to
share their passion.