Schedule Released

The schedule has been released. If you have any questions please contact us at conference at pytexas dot net.

Hotel blocks are now available

Great news! If you were having trouble finding a hotel we now have blocks allocated for PyTexas attendees. Just call the hotels listed on the PyTexas hotels block page and mention that you are with the group "PyTexas".

PyTexas 2013 Updates and Information

PyTexas 2013 is under way and begins in less than 2 weeks. Our chairs are doing a wonderful job making this a memorable event! We have a fantastic event in store with meaty talks, t-shirts, stickers, prizes and wonderful sponsors including Rackspace, MapMyFitness, HBK, Stormpulse, ZeOmega, Tendenci and more.

We are looking forward to our talk submissions and the schedule being posted. Don’t forget, the deadline to submit a talk is TODAY Sunday, August 4, 2013. We had some great speakers submit talks and we would love to hear from you!

Here is a little event information in case you missed it:

Schedule

• The conference is Friday August 16th – Sunday August 17th
• The deadline to submit talks is TODAY, Sunday August 4th 2013. Submit your talk now!
• Friday - Tutorial day. If you need help with anything Python then Friday is a good day to some out. Come and get all the Python lore you can stuff in your cranium!
• Saturday - Standard talk schedule (to be released after this weekend) with drinks after. We currently do not have a sponsor for drinks so bring some cash. Most likely we will be hangout out at a bar in College Station. Announcements will be made at the conference about the location.
• Sunday – More talks until we run out.

Registration

Registration is still open and is currently $50 USD.

If you have not registered please register and pay on the PyTexas site. Some people may have received a cancellation email after registering; this was due to payment not being made. We recommend you register again and pay through our site. If online payment is not an option, just show up at PyTexas and we will register you at the door (Cash or Charge welcome).

Food

•    Friday – We will serve only coffee for breakfast so eat something before you come out. Lunch will be served
•    Saturday – Both breakfast and lunch will be served
•    Sunday – Both breakfast and lunch will be served

Lodging

Hotels are starting to fill up so get your lodging now! We do not have hotel block pre-allocated. Stay tuned for announcements on PyTexas.org and our twitter account. We recommend that you go ahead and book your hotel!

A quick Google Search will give you a list of hotels in the area.

Some hotels around the area on Google Maps:

 

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hotels+near+275+Joe+Routt+Boulevard+,+77844+College+Station,+TX&ie=UTF-8&ei=Epr-UafhCYrUqAG1w4GYCg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg

 

This includes:

 

Super 8 College Station

La Quinta Inn College Station

Vineyard Court Designer Suites

Comfort Suites

Hampton Inn College Station

 

More information about the venue on the PyTexas site.

If you book your hotel on Hotels.com mobile site or app you get $25 off $200 or more with the coupon code MOB25OFFUS.

PyTexas 2013 is going to be a great event and we hope to see you there!

An Overview of the PyTexas 2013 Schedule

Some people have been asking for the schedule for PyTexas 2013, since it is not finalized and on the main website here is a quick overview of the plans for the conference.  Please note that breakfast will be served on Saturday and Sunday; and lunch will be served on Friday and Saturday.

Friday August 16

On Friday we will have two large rooms for the tutorial tracks and a smaller "break-out" room.

No breakfast will be served on Friday

9:00 A.M. - Two tutorial tracks start
Noon - Break for lunch.  Lunch will be provided.
1:00 P.M. - Second tutorial starts in each track
4:00 P.M. (or 5:00 P.M) - Break for the evening

Saturday August 17

On Saturday we will have the two large rooms for the talks and four smaller rooms for things like BoF, smaller talks etc...

9:00 - Breakfast will be provided
9:00 - 12:00 talks
Noon - Break for lunch.  Lunch will be provided.
1:00 - 5:00 talks

Sunday August 18

On Sunday we will have two large rooms for the tutorial tracks and one of the smaller "break-out" room.

9:00 - Breakfast will be provided
9:00 - ?:?? talks


All of this information is subject to change as the plans are finalized.  We will update this post with new information as it becomes available.

Today (7/15) is the last day for early registration, so if you are coming, now is the time to register.  Information about registering can be found here.

More Announcements

A New Logo for PyTexas

The planning committee for PyTexas commissioned a new logo for PyTexas.  After considering quite a few submissions the following logo was selected.  Let us know what you think about it in the comments below.

We hope everyone likes it!

Sponsorship Goals

We are progressing nicely towards our base goal for sponsorship funds, but we are not quite there yet.  If anyone wants to be a sponsor, or if they know someone who may want to sponsor PyTexas 2013 please go to the website here or contact the Sponsor Chair Jeremy Boyd at the email address sponsorship AT pytexas DOT net.

A Quick Announcement

Since we announced the deadline for talk proposals later than we had intended, we are extending the deadline for talk submissions.  

More announcements to come later today!

PyTexas 2013 early registration ends soon

Hey Pythoneers, early registration for PyTexas 2013 ends on July 15th so, if you want to save some money, go to the website and register!

While you are there, why don't you submit a talk proposal.

And, if you can, try to spread the word about PyTexas 2013.

Thank you!