The annual Python programming conference for professionals, entrepreneurs, scientists, academics and students.
We are repeating the successful collaborations we held in 2024, bringing our PyCon speakers and coaches directly to university students at NUST and school pupils at Jakob Marengo Tutorial College in Katatura.
This is a draft programme, more sessions will be confirmed soon.
Monday
24th February
By invitation and registration only
NUST
Floor 6, High-Tech Transfer Plaza Select (HTTPS)
Corner of Brahms Street and Beethoven Street
Empowering future coders: a robotics teacher’s journey in the classroom
Nyambe Felix Matongo (Namibia)
Maybe you'd like to be a product manager
Andreea Munteanu (Romania)
Your career starts now
Daniele Procida (Italy)
The adoption and role of open source software in schools
Robson Kanhalelo (Namibia)
Physical computing with Python and BBC micro:bit
Job search and application workshop
Led by Daniele Procida
16:00 Students' presentations
Short talks by students from NUST
NUST students: we want to hear from you.
We have six ten-minute slots for students to give a short talk at the end of the day.
We would like a presentation, with slides. Examples could be:
Each one can be a maximum of ten minutes long. This is a strict limit.
There will be a prize for the best presentation.
Email the conference organisers (address below) if you would like to do a short presentation.
Tuesday
25th February
By invitation and registration only
JMTC
Mungunda Street
Introduction - software learning opportunities for you
Jessica Upani (Namibia)
Physical computing workshop with Python and BBC micro:bit
Physical computing workshop with Python and BBC micro:bit (continued)