Python Conferences and Workshops

Coming up

June 25-27, 2003: EuroPython 2003 Charleroi (Belgium)

July 7-11, 2003: Python11 at OSCON 2003 (Portland, Oregon)

The Python11 Conference will be part of O'Reilly's Open Source Convention. Save up to $400 by May 23, 2003 with early registration.

How should the Python Conference in 2003 be organized?

Help discuss the future of the International Python Conference. See also the archives.

Past conferences

Starting in November 1994, the Python community has been organizing workshops, and more recently conferences, devoted to Python. Below are links to past workshops and conferences, from most recent to least; the numbering does not distinguish workshops and conferences. We will include announcements and logistics for upcoming conferences at the top, as they develop. We also list the O'Reilly Open Source Conferences, which carry a separate Python track.

April 2-3, 2003: Python UK Conference 2003 (Oxford, UK)

March 26-28: PyCon DC 2003 (Washington, DC)

The first Python community conference was a tremendous success. It included a coding sprint the two days before the conference, and was held at George Washington University.

July 22-26, 2002: O'Reilly Open Source Convention (San Diego, CA)

See the Python/Zope Track announcenent

June 26-28, 2002: EuroPython (Charleroi, Belgium)

The European Python and Zope event.

April 4-5, 2002: Python UK Conference (Gaydon, UK)

As part of the Association of C & C++ Users (ACCU) Spring Conference 2002.

February 4-7, 2002: 10th International Python Conference (Alexandria, VA)

The conference was a great success: see our list of memorabilia.

OSCON 2001 was held July 23-27, 2001: Archived reports for O'Reilly Open Source Convention 2001 (San Diego, CA)

See the Python Track Program.

Post-conference notes: Laura Lewin.

March 2001: 9th International Python Conference (Long Beach, CA)

(Mirror site)
Post-conference recollections by: Andrew Kuchling, Jeremy Hylton, Laura Lewin (for O'Reilly), Mike Orr (for Linux Journal). (Write webmaster to add your link here!)

July 17-20, 2000: O'Reilly Open Source Conference

Held in Monterey, CA

January 2000: 8th International Python Conference (Arlington, VA)

on-line proceedings

August 1999: Python Open Source Conference (Monterey, CA)

Organized by O'Reilly. on-line proceedings.

November 1998: 7th International Python Conference (Houston, TX)

Proceedings
Developer's Day minutes
Cameron Laird's collection of post-conference links

October 1997: 6th International Python Conference (San Jose, CA)

Proceedings
Bibliography

November 1996 Workshop (with FedUnix '96; Washington, DC)

The session notes and links to the papers are mixed in with the main document.

International Python Conference IV, June 1996 (LLNL; Livermore, CA)

Proceedings
Minutes

December 1995 workshop (USGS; Reston, VA)

Proceedings
Session Notes

May 1995 workshop (USGS; Menlo Park, CA)

See the workshop index for links to workshop papers and notes.

November 1994 workshop (NIST; Gaithersburg, MD)

See the workshop index for links to workshop papers and notes.