Talk Timetable for PyCon UK 2008 : the UK Python Conference

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PyCon UK 2008 Timetable

Here is the timetable for PyCon UK 2008. Friday 12th September is Tutorials Day. Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th are normal Conference days. This timetable may be subject to revisions before the start of the Conference.

Thursday 11th September

.	Zagora
Talk Panel Plenary Event Meeting etc Social Event Tutorial Break
19:30 onwards	Social - Zagora, Fletchers Walk, Paradise Place More Info

Friday 12th September

.	New Lecture Theatre	Recital Hall	Lecture Room One	Arena Foyer
Talk Panel Plenary Event Meeting etc Social Event Tutorial Break
09:00	Tutorial Registration and Coffee
09:15	An Introduction to Python John Pinner	Developing with IronPython Michael Foord	Building publishing solutions with ReportLab Andy Robinson	Google App Engine Codelab Mano Marks
10:45	Break
11:00	An Introduction to Python	Developing with IronPython	Building publishing solutions with ReportLab	Google App Engine Codelab
12:30	Lunch
14:00	Practical Python GUI Programming with PyQt4 Mark Summerfield	An Introduction to Django Jacob Kaplan-Moss	Generator Tricks for Systems Programmers David Beazley	Code Clinic David Jones, Raymond D. Hettinger
15:30	Break
15:45	Practical Python GUI Programming with PyQt4	An Introduction to Django	Generator Tricks for Systems Programmers	Code Clinic
17:15	Bag Stuffing and Preparation for Registration by Volunteers
19:30 onwards	Social - Athens, 31 Paradise Circus More Info

Saturday 13th September

.	Adrian Boult Hall	Recital Hall	New Lecture Theatre	Arena Foyer	BoF Point
Talk Panel Plenary Event Meeting etc Social Event Tutorial Break
08:00	Registration and Coffee
08:50	Welcome, Adrian Boult Hall
09:05	The Savoury Flavors of Python 2.6 and 3.0 Raymond D. Hettinger	What's new in Django 1.0 Jacob Kaplan-Moss	Embedded Programming with Python David Jones	DataFinder: Organizing the Data Chaos of Scientists Andreas Schreiber	.
09:50		What's new in Django 1.0 Jacob Kaplan-Moss	Prepay Python: language of choice for an internet kiosk system Oisin Mulvihill	Python in Higher Education: One Year On Tony Jenkins, Nick Efford	.
10:35	Break
11:00	PyPy's Python Interpreter - Status and Plans Holger Krekel, Maciej Fijalkowski	Using And Customising The Django Admin Interface Simon Willison	Testing with Mock Objects Simon Brunning	Is Python Relevant? Russel Winder	Open Space
11:45	In Search of Speed and Flexibility Antonio Cuni		Testing with Mock Objects Simon Brunning	Is Python Relevant? Russel Winder
12:00	In Search of Speed and Flexibility Antonio Cuni	XML Document Publishing with Django Zeth, Andrew West	Functionally Testing GUI Applications Michael Foord	The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Python In Commercial Applications Anil Asokan
12:30	Lunch
14:00	Introduction to Sprinting, Adrian Boult Hall, followed by Individual Sprint Briefings
14:30	PyGTK, Glade and Kiwi - RIdiculously easy UI Ali Afshar	Web App Development with Pylons: What, Why and How Graham Higgins	py.test - Rapid Testing with Minimal Effort Holger Krekel	Core Python Containers -- Under the Hood Raymond D. Hettinger	OpenStreetMap
15:30	Break
16:00	Introduction to GUI Programming with PyQt Mark Summerfield	Pylons, WSGI and the Web James Gardner	Open Source Testing Tools In Practice Mark Fink	Class Decorators: Radically Simple Jack Diederich	Python Bloggers BoF
16:30	Introduction to GUI Programming with PyQt Mark Summerfield	Pylons, WSGI and the Web James Gardner	Open Source Testing Tools In Practice Mark Fink	Security Study Of Web Servers With A Case Study Maqsood Mahmud	Key Signing BoF Ciarán Mooney
17:00	Lightning Talks, Adrian Boult Hall
17:30	Break
18:00	Keynote: Mark Shuttleworth, Adrian Boult Hall
19:00	Finish
19:30 for 20:00	Conference Dinner, Holiday Inn, Smallbrook Queensway Menu
10:30	Entertainment
11:30	Carriages, or late bar

Sunday 14th September

.	Adrian Boult Hall	Recital Hall	New Lecture Theatre	Arena Foyer	BoF Point
Talk Panel Plenary Event Meeting etc Social Event Tutorial Break
08:00	Breakfast and Coffee
09:00	Facebook Apps in Python Kevin Noonan	Epiphany Browser Extensions Tim Retout	Descriptor Tutorial Raymond D. Hettinger	SCons, the Build Framework Russel Winder	Local_Groups - East Anglia and North West
09:45	Python on the OpenMoko Freerunner Menno J Smits	JavaScript for Python programmers Jonathan Fine	Distributed Serpents: Python, Peloton and highly available Services Matthew Pontefract	Python Package Management Sucks Chris Withers	Local_Groups - South East and North East
10:30	Break
11:00	Practical concurrent systems made simple using Kamaelia Michael Sparks	Cloud Computing and Amazon Web Services Simone Brunozzi	Enso Launcher - A Python Application for Everyone Stuart Langridge	Stop Complexity Breaking your Systems Rob Collins	.
11:45	Sharing Data and Services Safely in Concurrent Systems using Kamaelia Michael Sparks	Google's AppEngine for Beginners Michael Brunton-Spall	Getting Warmer with Python Nick Barnes	Python and WMI Tim Golden	.
12:30	Lunch
13:45	PyCon UK Society Annual General Meeting
14:00	Keynote: Ted Leung, Adrian Boult Hall
15:00	Stretching Pyglet's Wings Jonathan Hartley	LAX - Logilab Appengine eXtension Nicolas Chauvat	Norman - Back to the Future of Psyco? Christian Tismer	Resolver One: Python Inside and Outside the Spreadsheet Grid Giles Thomas	.
15:30	Break
16:00	Lightning Talks, Adrian Boult Hall
17:30	Prize Draw and Close, Adrian Boult Hall
18:00	Finish: That's All, Folks

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