EuroPython 2007 Proposed Timeline
The actual proposed timeline has been decided upon as follows:
9th March
Track chairs and conference organization (roles) decided upon
16th March
Call for proposals out, Website updated and "up and running"
16th April
Keynotes announced
1st May
Registration opens
18th May
Call for proposals closed
25th May
Launch of schedule (talk abstracts accepted and notified)
31st May
Early bird registration closes
25th June
Normal registration closes
2nd July
Online registration closes
9th-11th July
Conference
12th-14th July
Post-conference sprints
Previous Observations and Speculation
What follows is just some notes about previous/other conferences and timelines.
From the conference Web site for 2006 (before it gets overwritten), plus observed administrative milestones:
3rd April
27th April
15th May
Paper acceptance notifications
17th May
Registration opens
26th May
Early bird registration closes
31st May
Deadline for talk summaries (proposals)
4th June
Talk schedule announced
11th June
Normal bird registration closes
24th June
Paper submission deadline
26th June
Online registration closes
30th June-2nd July
Pre-conference sprints
3rd July-5th July
EuroPython conference
4th July
Conference dinner
6th July
CERN visit
6th July-9th July
Post-conference sprints
This is a big contrast to the original IRC meeting-agreed timeline which was optimistically decided upon well in advance of the 2006 conference:
15th February
Call for Proposals
March
Opening online Registration (Payment issue pending!)
31st March
Deadline for proposal submissions
30th April
Prelininary Program with accepted talks
19th May
Closing Early Bird registration
3rd July-5th July
EuroPython conference
Given the panic in May 2006 about the conference status, it might be best to not let the timeline slip much later than that of 2006.
Comparisons
It's always fun to compare things! Comparing the above with PyCon 2007:
Registration period prior to conference (duration)
47 days (40 days)
70 days (63 days)
Talk submission start, deadline and acceptance prior to conference (duration of submission period)
91 days, 33 days, 29 days (58 days)
161 days, 115 days, 100 days (46 days)