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2017 Python in Astronomy conference will be held on 8th - 12th
May 2017 at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. For
more information see </span><a
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Python
in Astronomy 2017 aims to bring a wide variety of people who
currently use, develop or teach people about Python packages in
the context of all forms of Astronomy. The conference will
include presentations, tutorials, unconference sessions, and
sprints. As well as building the community around astronomical
uses of Python, the conference aims to improve collaboration and
interoperability between Python packages and share knowledge on
Python packages and techniques. It will also provide training
and educational materials for users and developers of Python
packages.Participant selection will be made with the goal of </span><span
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the Python in Astronomy community and we particularly encourage
requests to attend from junior astronomers and people who are
new to contributing to open source software.</span></p>
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If you are interested in attending and/or have any questions
about the conference, please use this form: </span><a
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Further,
please nominate people who you think should might benefit from
attending and contributing to Python in Astronomy 2017 using
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from interested participants will open Sept 12th.</span></p>
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Stuart
Mumford,</span></p>
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behalf of the 2017 SOC</span>
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