It’s a wrap! We’ve ended our annual PyCon APAC 2017 which was hosted in Nexus, Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur

Special thanks to

All our sponsors and community partners that helped made PyCon APAC 2017 affordable and a success!

A big special thanks to Women Who Code Kuala Lumpur, who helped us to get connected with the women tech community and ramping up interest for the conference.

PyCon APAC 2017 by the numbers

• 4th PyCon in Malaysia and the 8th PyCon APAC
• 67 CfP submissions
• 29 sessions
• 27 speakers
• 2 keynote speakers
• MYR12,700 given back to the community via
  • 15 financial aid recipients
  • 40 subsidized tickets
• 201 tickets sold
• 188 attended
• 12 sponsors
• 75% of attendees are here for APAC for the first time
• 80% of attendees are working people, while 9% are students. The rest are unknown
• 45% of attendees are from overseas
• 15% of participants are female
• 60% of participants are python users for less than 2 years

PyCon APAC 2017 slides and photos

We’re adding links to the speaker’s slide decks to our PyCon APAC 2017 Program Schedule page as we receive them. Speakers, please email us a link to your slides or send them over and we’ll add them to the slides page.

Our photographer is editing the photos and once they are ready, we’ll have them uploaded to our Flickr account. We’ll let you know on Twitter when they are ready!

What’s next for 2018?

The PyCon APAC community is deciding where PyCon APAC 2018 will be held. If you are interested in hosting the next PyCon APAC in your city, please contact the APAC community.

Again, thank you so much for participating in PyCon APAC 2017. See you next year!