Oct. 8 2020

PyCon Estonia 2020 will be a virtual conference

Code of conduct

All attendees, speakers, sponsors, organizers and volunteers at our conference are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organisers will enforce this code throughout the event. We expect cooperation from all participants to help ensure a safe environment for everybody.

The Quick Version

Our conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organisers.

The Less Quick Version

Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion, technology choices, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.

Sponsors are also subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, sponsors should not use sexualised images, activities, or other material. Booth staff (including volunteers) should not use sexualised clothing/uniforms/costumes, or otherwise create a sexualised environment.

If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the conference organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference with no refund.

If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of conference staff immediately. Conference staff can be identified as they'll be wearing branded clothing and/or badges.

Conference staff will be happy to help participants contact hotel/venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. We value your attendance.

We expect participants to follow these rules at conference and workshop venues and conference-related social events.

Licence

Our code of conduct is inspired by confcodeofconduct.com which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License

PyCon Estonia Recording Release

By participating in PyCon Estonia 2020, you understand that portions of the event will be photographed and/or audio/video-recorded for use by PyCon Estonia, Python Estonia, or news media. You agree that PyCon Estonia, Python Estonia, and news media, have the right and permission to use and publish such media for any purpose in any format, online and/or offline, now and hereafter without further compensation, permission, or notification. You agree that all official recordings from the event are the exclusive property of Python Estonia and you do not ask for nor expect compensation or notification of the use of official recordings or photographs in which you appear or speak.

The power of Python

Google, Instagram, Facebook, Spotify, Quora, Netflix, Dropbox, and Reddit are some popular products that use Python in production, but they’re not the only ones. From web-development to machine learning and data science, Python’s real-world applications are unlimited. This year at PyCon Estonia 2020 we will talk about building real life projects and the true power of one of the most popular programming languages: Python.

Speakers

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Raymond Hettinger
Keynote: Object Oriented Programming from scratch (four times)
Raymond is a person who thinks that programming enriches the mind. It is a never ending journey of learning, creation, and reflection. For the last 18 years, he has been one of the more prolific Python core developers. People know him for the collections module, itertools module, set objects and many other parts of Python, the lru_cache() for example. The Python Software Foundation honored his achievements with their highest award, the Distinguished Service Award. He is the chief trainer at a company that offers expert training, consulting, code reviews, architectural help, and support. He is also a certified public accountant, aspiring piano player, and former pilot. Previously, he has traveled to Helsinki, Vilnius, and Saint Petersburg, but says he missed something wonderful. Someday soon, he hopes to visit Estonia and meet the local Python community in person.
Mengyi Yuan
Keynote: Get ready to scale with Python
Mengyi is a Solutions Engineer for WhatsApp at Facebook. She strongly believes in the power of building great products to improve people's lives. Python is a powerful language that can be used to solve a wide variety of problems, which aligns really well with her belief in solving real life problems with technology. It's the same belief that motivated her to become a self-taught developer many years ago, to always seek opportunities to improve her coding skills and to never stop being curious about new technologies. When she is not working, she likes to share her learnings via giving talks and tweeting at @mengyi_yuan.
Anna-Lena Popkes
Keynote: Finding Magic in Python
Anna-Lena Popkes stumbled across programming and machine learning in her graduate studies. Since then she hasn't looked back and is using Python everyday - either at work or in her personal projects. She blogs at http://alpopkes.com/ and is the author of a popular machine learning repository for beginners (https://github.com/zotroneneis/machine_learning_basics) which she started before joining the AI residence program at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK. Anna-Lena is passionate about learning and how to best share knowledge with her peers. She is currently working as a machine learning engineer in Germany.
Christian Barra
Production-ready applications with Python
Christian Barra is a Software Engineer, Tech Lead and international speaker living in Berlin. He’s the founder of PyBootcamp, a consulting company that provides training and consulting on Python and Cloud infrastructure. He is an active member of the tech community in Berlin, conference organiser and a Python Software Foundation Fellow. You can follow him on twitter @christianbarra
Miroslav Šedivý
A Day Has Only 24+/-1 Hours
Born in Czechoslovakia, studied in France, and living in Germany, Miro describes himself as a greedy polyglot, data & open source rhymer, Python charmer, sustainable urbanist, unicode collector, wandering openstreetmapper, and hjkl juggler. Miro is using Python in his job to get you the lowest prices online. Connect with him on twitter @eumiro
Ankit Mahato
Supercharging Python with Numba
Ankit is a die hard Pythonista, an open source contributor and a former GSoC scholar under Python Software Foundation. With more than 8 years of industrial and research experience in scientific computing, machine learning and data visualization, Ankit has developed an expertise in handling the entire data analytics pipeline comprising – ingestion, exploration, transformation, modeling and deployment.
Ram Rachum
PySnooper - Never use print for debugging again
Ram Rachum is a software developer specializing in Python. When he's not writing his biography in the third person, he's doing consulting work for clients big and small, giving Python training to teams that would like to deepen their Python skills, and organizing the bi-monthly PyWeb-IL conference. See his Python trainings on http://pythonworkshops.co/
Anton Alekseev
Security Practices for Building Django Applications
Originally from the city of Vladivostok (far east part of Russia near Japan), Anton graduated as a Philosophy major. He worked as a content-manager, 3D-artist, SEO specialist, web developer and then finally found his calling as a Python Developer, a role he has enjoyed for 3+ years. He is currently a tech lead and full-stack developer at Thorgate, in Estonia. In his free time he enjoys photography, hiking and playing his ukulele.
Felipe "Bidu" Rodrigues
Humans & Code
Bidu has been passionate about using software to solve problems both big and small for over ten years. Throughout this time, he has been involved in several different areas and, more recently, has been deeply interested in the human and ethical aspects of software development and the intricate relationships between our work and the world 'out there'. A regular member of Brazil’s programming communities, Bidu strongly believes that knowledge is made to be shared and enjoys writing, speaking, and sharing ideas with his peers. He currently works as a senior software engineer in Campinas, Brazil, and enjoys cooking almost as much as he enjoys computers. Tweet him (@fevir0) a recipe from your country, he’ll be glad.
Jörgen Ader
The async mindset
Jörgen is a talented Python developer and firm believer in open-source software. He has mainly worked with Python since 2015 and dabbled many other web technologies ranging from React to Spring or ASP.NET. He enjoys solving difficult problems, building efficient system, both small and big. He is a Senior Full-Stack Developer at Thorgate who enjoys football, orienteering and alpine skiing in his free time.
Dogus Karabulut
Data Science at Veriff: a Python-powered workflow
Doğuş is a Data Scientist at Veriff. He is using Python every day at work where he helps to build an AI-driven identity verification platform. He is a firm believer in Python for data science. Before joining Veriff, he was performing research on computer vision and machine learning. He is constantly trying to master keeping up with the state-of-the-art. Doğuş enjoys a good Netflix binge but can also be found lost in a museum. One thing he doesn't enjoy: writing his own bio in the third person.
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Frequently asked questions

How can I access the conference if I have bought the ticket?

Please access the conference through our web app here: https://whova.com/portal/webapp/pycon_202008/

I used the 'PyCon fortune wheel', how can I redeem my prize?

Please email your prize code to info@pycon.ee and we will send you further details

I can't afford the ticket, is there another way I could attend?

Fortunately, yes! Just email us at info@pycon.ee and we can definitely work something out. We have last minute discounts, group discounts, discounts for faculty & students, discounts for sponsors, discounts for friends of Thorgate, discounts for PyLadies, Django Girls & Women in Tech AND more...

I bought a ticket, but didn't get a confirmation. What should I do?

Try accessing the conference platform using the email you used to buy your ticket here: https://whova.com/portal/webapp/pycon_202008/ If after signing up with that email you are restricted from viewing the conference email us at info@pycon.ee

When will I get my PyCon merchandise?

If you have ordered merchandise via email, you will receive it after the conference

Will the talks be available for viewing later?

Unfortunately, not unless you've bought a ticket.

I don't understand the PyCon Web/mobile app, what do I do?

Please view our attendee guide here: https://whova.com/pages/whova-app-user-guide/?source=ems If something still doesn't make sense, email us!

I bought a ticket via the 2019 deal, is it still valid?

Yes, definitely. Email us if you still haven't heard from us!

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