Dear friends, we are delighted to announce that Kiwi PyCon XIII will be held on the Wellington waterfront, Shed 6, from the 23rd to the 25th of August, 2024.
Earlybird ticket sales and the Kiwi PyCon call for proposals launch today.
Kiwi PyCon is New Zealand’s national Python conference. Its inaugural event was held in Christchurch in 2009. Since then it’s been hosted from the Bay of Islands down to Invercargill. For 15 years Kiwi PyCon has brought the New Zealand and international Python communities together to foster connections, learn from, and teach each other. This year, for the fourth time, Kiwi PyCon returns to Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.
What to expect
Kiwi PyCon is a three-day, two-track conference. On Friday we are hosting four long-form workshops, and an evening social event with a programming competition.
Saturday and Sunday are conference days with 30 minute and 45 minute presentations on all topics and skill levels. On Sunday there will be the traditional lightning talk sessions with a series of 5-minute rapid fire presentations (often a highlight). The schedule outline is available now, with further details to come in later updates.
Earlybird ticket sales start today
Ticket sales for Kiwi PyCon launch today at a steep discount. We are able to offer these earlybird prices from today until the end of March. There are options for attending the full conference, excluding the Friday workshops, and/or including/excluding the conference T-Shirt.
You can purchase a “contributor ticket”. A contributor ticket is both a ticket for the purchaser and a sponsorship contributing to the Kiwi PyCon Financial Aid programme. Every contributor ticket sold helps someone attend the conference who would otherwise be unable to do so. I bought my contributor ticket before drafting this announcement, and if you are in a position to be able to, I warmly invite you to purchase one too.
Purchase your tickets to Kiwi PyCon XIII here.
Attending with financial aid
Kiwi PyCon provides financial aid to those who otherwise would not be able to attend.
We strongly encourage people to apply for financial aid — some attendees, speakers, workshop tutors, etc. may have some, or in rare cases, all of their expenses such as travel, accommodation and conference ticket fee provided to them from the Kiwi PyCon budget.
Applications for financial aid are available from today, and close on the 23 May 2024.
Read more and apply for financial aid here.
We want you to take the stage
By speaking at Kiwi PyCon, you are helping shape the future of the community in New Zealand and beyond. Speaking at a conference is an amazingly rewarding experience, and Kiwi PyCon cannot be what it is without the contribution of new speakers, and experienced ones.
We are looking for submissions on topics of interest to the Python community in Aotearoa. Our conference is attended by people with a wide range of interests and experiences, including experienced professional programmers, people who use Python to support their work in other fields, students, and hobbyists.
Anyone can submit a proposal to be a speaker or poster presenter at Kiwi PyCon. Any topics of interest to the Python community are suitable for a talk or poster, Kiwi PyCon attendees include a broad range of interests, professions, and experience levels, but we all share our enthusiasm for Python.
Full details on the call for proposals can be found here. The call for proposals ends on 23 May for talks and 30 June for posters.
We wouldn’t be here without you
Kiwi PyCon cannot exist without the generous support of our community, our attendees, the speakers, the sponsors, and every individual human being who puts their time and passion into bringing us all together. We can’t wait to welcome you all here again, to Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.