The Python 11 Conference is being held July 7-11 in Portland, Oregon as part of OSCON 2003. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2003/ The deadline for proposals is February 15th! You only need to have your proposal in this week, you don't need to worry about trying to put together the complete presentation or tutorial materials at this time. Proposal submissions page: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/e_sess Few proposals have been submitted so far, we need many more to have a successful Python 11 conference. If you have submitted a proposal for one of the other Python conferences this year such as PyCon, I encourage you to go ahead and submit the proposal to Python 11 as well. If you are presenting at the Python UK Conference or EuroPython, but are unable to attend Python 11, you should consider having another team member do the presentation. The theme of OSCON 2003 is "Embracing and Extending Proprietary Software". Papers and presentations on how to successfully transition away from proprietary software would also be good, but it is not necessary for your proposal to cover the theme, proposals just need to be related to Python. COMPENSATION: Free registration for speakers (except lightning talks). Tutorial speakers also get a honorarium, and some of their hotel and travel costs are covered. O'REILLY ANNOUNCEMENT: 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Call For Participation Embracing and Extending Proprietary Software http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ O'Reilly & Associates invites programmers, developers, strategists, and technical staff to submit proposals to lead tutorial and conference sessions at the 2003 Open Source Software Convention, slated for July 7-11 in Portland, OR. Proposals are due February 15, 2003. For more information please visit our OSCON website http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ The theme this year is "Embracing and Extending Proprietary Software." Few companies use only one vendor's software on desktops, back office, and servers. Variety in operating systems and applications is becoming the norm, for sound financial and technical reasons. With variety comes the need for open unencumbered standards for data exchange and service interoperability. You can address the theme from any angle you like--for example, you might talk about migrating away from commercial software such as Microsoft Windows, or instead place your emphasis on coexistence. Convention Conferences Perl Conference 7 The Python 11 Conference PHP Conference 3 Convention Tracks Apache XML Applications MySQL and PostgreSQL Ruby --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)