PyCon Namibia 2019
The annual Python programming conference for professionals, entrepreneurs, scientists, academics and students.
PyCon Namibia 2019
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