PyCon 2009 takes Python to new places

CHICAGO, USA: PyCon 2009, the seventh annual conference of the worldwide Python programming community, has opened registration and announced its list of accepted talks. 

From hackathons in Africa to a neutrino detector at the South Pole; from massive multicore machines to tiny embedded wireless devices; and from mobile phones to distributed heterogeneous networks, talks at Pycon 2009 demonstrate how Python is being used in places and in ways that will startle even longtime Python users. 

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Python continues to branch out across software platforms as well, with several talks covering the growing use of IronPython and Jython on the .NET and Java platforms.

Meanwhile, traditional Python strongholds such as science, education, databases, and web programming are not neglected, and several talks flesh out attendees' understanding of fundamental Python topics.  Software craftsmanship is another prominent topic, with many talks describing techniques for testing and deploying high-quality code.

The 10 invited talks and 65 accepted talks are only a part of PyCon's schedule.  The three-day main conference will be preceded by two days of intensive tutorials with 32 sessions on a broad range of topics.  Lightning Talks, Open Space sessions, and keynotes will provide even more learning opportunities throughout the conference. 

Finally, attendees are invited to stay after the conference for four days of development sprints, where they can work alongside some of Python's greatest programmers to advance prominent Python projects like Django, One Laptop Per Child, and the Python language itself.