PyCon Asia Pacific

How It Started

• Building of a Python Community in SG (2008)

Building of a ‘dream’ to extend beyond

Back in 2008

Now

A PyCon for the APAC Community

Steve Holden, 2010

Wesley Chun, 2010

Dr Prabhu, 2011

Alex Martelli, 2012

Richard Jones, 2012

Mark Hammond, 2010 Jacob Kaplan-Moss, 2011 Anna Ravenscroft, 2012

Rian Hunter, 2013

Georg Brandl, 2013

Reduce cost by having a nearer PyCon to attend

1 st PyCon APAC in 2009 in

Singapore

Challenges / How You Can Help

“start-up” funding / sponsor / know contacts for either

“free” venue or know contacts for venue

demographics

volunteerism at the community level

stepping up to present / conduct tutorials