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…
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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…
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…
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.
Call for talk proposals extended to June 10th
We’re extending the deadline for call for talk proposal originally posted here to June 10th, as we had requests from would be speakers for more time. If you have anything interesting to share (It doesn’t have to be a totally technical talk at all), we would be happy to have you! You can submit your…
Friday Workshop: Building with Python
Good news! To kickoff PyCon MY 2016, we’ll be having a paid workshop for anyone who is interested in jump starting their next project with Python. Boey Pak Cheong of Pytech Resources will be your trainer and will guide you on using python 3. You can purchase tickets for the workshop here. This workshop is suitable…
Platinum Sponsor Announcement: HDE
We’re thrilled to announce our Platinum Sponsor for PyCon MY: HDE based in Tokyo! HDE has been very supportive of PyCon in the Asia Pacific region, and this year marks their entrance as sponsors for PyCon MY. About HDE: The last goal of a business is making a profit and contributing to the society through…
Python Software Foundation is a Special Sponsor
The PyCon MY 2016 organizing team is proud and excited to announce that we have received confirmation the Python Software Foundation (PSF) has agreed to send us a grant equivalent to a Gold Sponsor amount. The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support…
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