Poster Session

The poster session provides another way of presenting that encourages more one-on-one communication between the presenter and the audience. Poster sessions are particularly suited for topics of interest to a subset of the community, and we anticipate these sessions will provide an "incubator" for further discussions.

What is a poster?

A poster is a 4' x 4' graphical summary of the key points about your project which forms the starting point for a brief and interactive presentation to interested viewers. The presentation space is one side of a standalone poster board that you can tack posters or individual pages onto.

Important Dates

Call for Proposals opens: July 9th, 2012
Poster submissions will be reviewed and accepted as they are submitted
Poster submission deadline: January 16th, 2013 (if it is still that date somewhere in the world, it is still before the deadline.)
Poster session at PyCon in Santa Clara: March 17th, 2013

Call for Poster Proposals

Poster Proposal Submission Mechanics

Online proposal submission is open now! Use the PyCon Online Proposal Submission system to send us your poster proposals. You must create a speaker profile on the website (and be logged in) in order to submit a poster proposal. In your profile, be sure to include a one paragraph biography, written in the third person ("Presenter Name is..."); include where you live, your job, your projects, books you've written, volunteer activities, etc. We use this for the conference guide, and other promotional materials.

The primary author should submit the proposal, after which additional authors can be added (they must have accounts too).

The proposal submission system will walk you through all required fields.

For general advice on developing and submitting a proposal see So You Want To Present a Talk/Tutorial/Poster At PyCon and the poster FAQ .

If you have more questions check out the poster questions and answers. If your questions still aren't answered feel free to email Zac Miller or Chad Cooper.

2013 Posters

The list of Posters available at PyCon 2013 won't be ready until the submission deadline, but you take a look at last year's posters to get a sense of the breadth of topics.