From Aug 26th to Aug 28th 2016, we held our third annual PyCon MY in the International University of Malaya-Wales (IUMW) City Campus on Jalan Tun Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. Aug 26th: Workshop Day. Aug 26th was Workshop Day. This year we had Boey Pak Cheong from Pytech Resources conduct the training, themed Building with Python. The workshop…
Meeting the volunteers for PyCon MY 2016
Today we met with the 15 volunteers that will help us as part of the staff for PyCon MY 2016. We spent 2 hours going through the Code Of Conduct, Issues Handling, and conference day Playbook documents before walking around campus making final checks for registration tables, lunch arrangements and other logistics issues. The students…
Announcing Acronis as the Partner Sponsor
The Organising Committee of PyCon MY 2016 is delighted to announce that Acronis will be the partner sponsor for PyCon MY 2016. Acronis sets the standard for hybrid cloud data protection through its backup, disaster recovery, and secure file sync and share solutions. Powered by the Acronis AnyData Engine and set apart by its image…
PyCon APAC 2017 in Kuala Lumpur
PyCon APAC started in Singapore in 2010 as a way for the regional python users and developers to get together at a place closer to home. By inviting keynote speakers and key python personalities from other parts of the world to the PyCon APAC, it has opened up opportunities for the regional python users and…
Another week to PyCon MY 2016
It’s the time of the year again, where the pythonistas (the people who use and develop programs using python) in Malaysia come together for a yearly conference, PyCon MY in Kuala Lumpur. If you are new to python and it’s conferences, here’s as short description of what a PyCon is: The Python Conference (PyCon) is…
PyCon MY 2016 Dinner
It has been a tradition for PyCons to have a conference dinner to celebrate the various people that come to our conferences from all around the world. PyCon MY 2016 will be no different, and we will be hosting a dinner for anyone who is interested in making connections and having a great time over…
[Late Comers] Additional tickets go on sale
We’ve closed our regular ticket sales on 7/18 but are happy to announce that we’ll be having additional tickets for those of you who were not able to purchase them on time. Our past experiences have shown that no matter what you do, there will be people emailing you complaining he or she can’t buy…
Global Internship Program by HDE
As our Platinum sponsor for PyCon MY 2016, HDE will be joining us during PyCon MY 2016 in Kuala Lumpur and will be interested in meeting potential candidates for their Global Internship Program or GIP. The GIP is a program that (from their website) Offers internship position providing opportunities for student to experience practical application…
PyCon MY 2016 program schedule released!
We’ve released our tentative program schedule for this year’s PyCon. I believe we have a good balance set of contents, ranging from how-tos to deep learning to community and experience sharing. If you have not yet purchased your tickets, you can do so here.
F & B Sponsor for PyCon MY 2016: OnApp
We are pleased to announce OnApp is once again has agreed to sponsor us this year. This time, as an F & B sponsor. OnApp is a company that develops cloud management, CDN and storage software for service providers and enterprises. OnApp has more than 150 staff in the U.S, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Their headquarters are in…
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