The annual Python programming conference for professionals, entrepreneurs, scientists, academics and students.
Tuesday
19th February
General timings
08:00-09:00
Registration
11:00-11:30
Morning break
13:00-14:00
Lunch
15:30-16:00
Afternoon tea
17:15
Close
09:00 Jessica Upani, conference chair
Welcome
09:30 Godwin Nekongo
Introducing the PyNam Scholars
10:00 Enrica Pasqua
Python for data pipeline processing
10:30 Open space
Induction for new Python programmers
11:30 Juan Luis Cano and assistants
Workshop: From zero to Python and beyond
11:30 Jessica Upani and assistants
Workshop: Introduction to Python for educators
16:00 Workshop feedback and reports
16:15 Lightning talks
10:30 Open space
Namibia software professionals
11:00 Enrica Pasqua
Workshop: introduction to data pipelines orchestration with Apache Airflow
Django Girls
Introduction to web application programming for women and girls
Wednesday
20th February
General timings
08:00-09:00
Registration
11:00-11:30
Morning break
13:00-14:00
Lunch
15:30-16:00
Afternoon tea
17:15
Close
09:00 Welcome and introductions
09:15 Keynote: Dr Anicia Peters
An Inclusive Fourth Industrial Revolution?
10:30 José Simiao Machava
Introducing test-driven development
11:30 Francois Botha
Developing an Open Source Big Data Auditing Platform
12:15 Daniele Procida
Ultra-low-cost Python-powered robotics
14:00 Cheuk Ting Ho and Sandrine Pataut
Introducing Python-based data analysis
14:30 Juan Luis Cano
Jupyter Notebook for Python and science
16:00 Workshop feedback and reports
16:15 Lightning talks
11:30 José Simiao Machava
Hands on with Django test-driven development
14:00 Ngazetungue Muheue
Data Analysis and Visualization for beginners
11:30 Ngatatue Mate
Introduction to making music with Python: FoxDot for beginners
14:00 Berhane Wheeler
Controlling LEDs with the Raspberry Pi
Thursday
21st February
General timings
08:00-09:00
Registration
11:00-11:30
Morning break
13:00-14:00
Lunch
15:30-16:00
Afternoon tea
17:15
Close
09:00 Welcome and introductions
09:15 Keynote: Adam Johnson
Technologies that will be around in 21 years
10:00 Daniele Procida
How to make a successful conference talk proposal
10:30 Emanuil Tolev
Introducing search technologies for Python projects
11:30 Juan Luis Cano
Catch that asteroid with Python!
12:15 Petrus Janse van Rensburg
Machine Learning: building recommendation systems in Python using LightFM
14:00 Adeshola Afolabi
Experimentation platform (A/B testing in the AdTech space)
14:30 Jessica Upani
Building a PyCon
15:00 To be confirmed
16:00 Workshop feedback and reports
16:15 Lightning talks
14:00 Ngatatue Mate
Introduction to making music with Python: FoxDot for beginners
10:30 Daniele Procida
Robotics: Build a Python-powered graphics plotter
14:00 Emanuil Tolev
Introduction to Django application search integration
11:00 Cheuk Ting Ho and Sandrine Pataut
Listening to the data - start doing data analysis using Python