Plans for pyArkansas 2011 are underway. The 4th annual Python conference will be held October 22 on the campus of UCA (Computer Science Department) and this year we would like *you* to present a talk on what you are doing with Python.

Register for the conference here

Talks are 50 minutes (40 minutes of you talking and then 10-minutes for questions) and can be on anything Python. Are you using a standard library module that’s really cool? Perhaps a third party package that you think other people should know about? What about that killer project where you did something interesting or fun using Python? This is a chance for you to share your knowledge with an audience that wants to hear what you have to say! Don’t think you have to be a “Python Heavyweight” to present; if you are doing something interesting, we want to hear from you (and we’re bringing in a couple of heavyweights to give tutorials and talks of their own). We want a wide selection of topics and skill levels for the conference.

Do you have a paper you would like to present? This year, we have a special track for students (High School and College/University) to present academic papers (25-minute slots). How cool is that?

Without talks, there is no pyArkansas. You don’t want that, do you?

If you are interested, please email the following information to pyar2-organizers@python.org.

Talk Title

A brief (a paragraph or two) description of your talk

Intended audience (beginner, intermediate, advanced, web developer, gamer, astronomer, etc.)

A brief blurb about you (that we can put on the website)

Length (papers are 25-minutes, talks are 50-minutes. There are a few longer talks slots available if you feel you need a little more time)

We’ll look them all over and make the selections by October 1 to give you time to prepare.

We’re looking forward to seeing you speak this year!