We are happy to announce that DjangoCon Europe 2021 will take place in Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹 and online between between June 2 and 6! The website is will be online soon at 2021.djangocon.eu and it will be kept up to date with the latest updates. Don't forget to follow @djangoconeurope on Twitter.
Last year's edition was supposed to be physical, but as we are all aware that was not viable. Therefore, we organized a completely online DjangoCon Europe for the first time. The conference was a huge success with more than 800 registrants from 5 different continents. With the support of everyone from grants and sponsors, we were able to offer the community 500 registrations for free! This allowed for a lot of an under-represented or marginalised groups to have access to the event that otherwise would be in very difficult position to attend. For example, there was a group of 18 students from the Cummins College of Engineering For Women in India.
Taking into account the success and impact of the last DjangoCon Europe edition, we have decided to organize a hybrid conference this year. The conference will be held from Porto to the world, allowing for everyone's participation despite border restrictions and health issues.
The dates are already here (but don't rush into buying everything so soon because we'll have discounts for DjangoCon attendees and the dates are subject to change as you might expect):
- Conference: June 2-4 (Wednesday-Friday)
- Sprints/Workshops: June 5 and 6 (Saturday and Sunday)
There is a lot to do, but it's very much worth it – DjangoCon Europe is an extremely friendly, open, inclusive, and informative (for beginners and advanced users alike) conference. Here are some themes and examples of activities and responsibilities that we seek help with:
- Communications: Press, community relations, announcements, social media, attendee tools, volunteer coordination
- Support and hospitality: Helpdesk, attendee support contact, visa help, travel management, chat support for attendees, on-site volunteer organization, speaker support
- Financial Aid: Setup, grant selection, aid organization
- Sponsors: Outreach to companies, organizing their logistics at the event and other types of visibility
- Program: Committee work, talk selection, scheduling, session chairs, sprint/open space/keynote/lightning talks session organization (we will open the CFP soon!)
- Code of Conduct: Drafting documents, handling of requests and issues
- Diversity advocate: Accessibility considerations, outreach on-site
Join us regardless of your prior experience: this is also an opportunity to learn! In other words, you don't have to be an expert to join. Apply through this form here.
Your location before and during the event is not significant, since it will be hosted in an hybrid format. We can do all things that need to be done in Porto ourselves. The only important thing is that you have the energy and free time to help organize a wonderful DjangoCon Europe. The official language of all these prior activities will be English, as well as the conference itself.
Don't be shy 😊. For any inquiries you can email us at 2021@djangocon.eu or chat with us on Slack at DjangoConEurope2021.
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