Photo credit: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner
Kiwi PyCon XI
thanks all who took part
for being Kiwi PyCon
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We hope to see you at Kiwi PyCon XII !
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Kiwi PyCon XI thanks all who took part for being Kiwi PyCon < > We hope to see you at Kiwi PyCon XII ! < >
Kiwi PyCon is not an event.
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We are Kiwi PyCon.
Kiwi PyCon is the Python community gathered to meet and to mingle, to share experiences, to learn from each other, and to build lasting relationships. When we congregate we become Kiwi PyCon.
Kiwi PyCon moves around the country to give all community members the chance to attend the conference near their place of residence.
This year Kiwi PyCon went hybrid! It happened simultaneously in-person, from our central hub in The Arts Centre in Ōtautahi Christchurch, and online, using Venueless as our conference platform.
All attendees had access to Venueless and were able to interact like one big, happy, conference. All keynotes, tutorials, and talks were broadcast live and all joining from their homes were able to participate in real time in the proceedings
From our central hub in Ōtautahi Christchurch we reached across Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond to become, once again, Kiwi PyCon.
May these beautiful words of wisdom of our tangata whenua be with you until we meet at Kiwi PyCon XII
Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou
Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, nōna te ngahere, ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga, nōna te ao
Whaowhia te kete mātauranga
Mā te huruhuru te manu ka rere
Seek knowledge for the sake of your wellbeing
The bird that partakes of the miro berry owns the forest, the bird that partakes of education owns the world
Fill the basket of knowledge
Adorn this bird with feathers to fly
Thank you for being Kiwi PyCon!
Thanks to our wonderful Sponsors, Partners, and Suppliers!
Keynote Speakers
This year we have three wonderful keynote speakers – Laura Bell, Chris Neugebauer, and Dr. Héloïse Stevance – who hail from the worlds of security, software development, and science. Prepare to be blown away by their breath and their awesomeness.
Photo credit: Graeme Main
Laura Bell
CEO and Founder of
Safestack
With over twenty years of experience in software development and information security, Laura Bell specialises in bringing security into organisations of every shape and size.
She is the founder and CEO of SafeStack Academy, an online education platform offering flexible, high-quality, and people-focused secure development training for fast moving companies, with a focus on building security skills, practices, and culture across the entire engineering team.
Laura is an experienced conference speaker, trainer, and regular panel member, and has spoken at a range of events such as BlackHat USA, Velocity, and OSCON on the subjects of privacy, covert communications, agile security, and security mindset.
She is also the co-author of Agile Application Security and Security for Everyone.
Photo credit: Julian Cash
Chris Neugebauer
Developer, speaker, and serial community conference organiser
Christopher Neugebauer is an Australian developer, speaker, and serial community conference organiser, who presently lives in the United States.
He recently served as a Director and Vice-Chair of the Python Software Foundation, and when All This is not currently preventing it, is co-organiser of the acclaimed North Bay Python conference, a boutique one-track conference run in a live music venue in Petaluma, California.
By day, Christopher is an engineer at Toolchain, working on the open source Pants build system, helping make Python’s testing, correctness, and style tools accessible and fast for developers, no matter how big their codebase.
Photo credit: Elise Managan
Dr. Héloïse Stevance
Space junkie on wheels at the
University of Auckland
Originally born and raised in France, she moved to the UK to study Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield. After working as a support astronomer at the Isaac Newton Group in La Palma for a year, Héloïse obtained her Masters of Physics in 2015. She subsequently started a PhD studying the 3D shape of Core Collapse Supernovae, and earned her title in Spring 2019.
In July of that year, Dr. Stevance joined the University of Auckland as a Research Fellow to research the evolution of massive stars to better understand how they die and produce Supernovae and Kilonovae.
She also started her public outreach work during her doctorate studies, in early 2016, and has not stopped since.
Photo credit: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner
Schedule
The Arts Centre
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora is New Zealand’s largest collection of Category 1 listed heritage buildings – an entire city block. It is held in charitable trust for the people of Christchurch and its visitors. The Arts Centre is reopening in stages, relying on fundraising, grants, and donations from individuals to complete the project.
Once home to Canterbury College (now the University of Canterbury), today it is dedicated to fostering and celebrating arts, culture, education, and creativity.
We are delighted to have the opportunity to celebrate all things Python in this wonderful architectural jewel.
The keynotes, talks, and tutorials will be held in the Great Hall and in Rutherford’s Den Lecture Theatre. Our low sensory stimuli space will make use of the iconic Clock Tower Boardroom. The crèche will be located at the Maker Workshop. Food and beverage consumption in the Gymnasium.
Kiwi PyCon XI main auditorium: The Great Hall of the Arts Centre
Photo credit: The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora
A UNESCO award-winning heritage building with proven acoustics and modern heating, lighting and sound. Built as a hall for Canterbury College (now the University of Canterbury), the Great Hall has been strengthened and restored post-earthquake. The large, north-facing stained glass Memorial Window was originally installed in 1938 and is comprised of 4,000 individual pieces of glass. The window is dedicated to the memory of all staff and students who served in WWI.
It will be our main auditorium and the place where plenaries will happen (keynotes, awards, opening and closing ceremonies).
Kiwi PyCon XI second auditorium: Rutherford’s Den
Photo credit: The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora
The Rutherford’s Den Lecture Theatre in the Clock Tower (1877) was one of the actual classrooms in which Ernest Lord Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics, and his peers studied in. Built in the 1870s, the lecture theatre has been extensively strengthened and restored post-earthquake and enhanced with modern heating, lighting, audio-visual, and sound equipment.
Rutherford’s Den can host 70 people on its benches and will be our second auditorium.
Kiwi PyCon XI low sensory stimuli space (“sensory room”) will be built in the Clocktower Boardroom
Photo credit: The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora
A beautifully designed space in the iconic Clock Tower building (1877). The Clock Tower Boardroom provides a unique heritage setting showcasing native timber, large bay window overlooking the North Quad, and a stunning decorative fireplace.
It is the ideal place for creating a quiet and relaxing environment for attendees who wish to take a break and decompress.
We will build the low sensory stimuli space (“sensory room”) here.
Kiwi PyCon XI’s corner in The Arts Centre: The North Quad
Photo credit: The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora
Kiwi PyCon X (Wellington 2019)
Photo credit: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner
Do you want to sponsor Kiwi PyCon XII?
Please, register your interest using the form below and we will send you the sponsorship prospectus with all the information regarding our conference and the many opportunities for sponsorship we have created.