1. PyCon Asia Pacific

2. How It Started
• Building of a Python Community in SG
(2008)
Building of a ‘dream’ to extend
beyond

3. Back in 2008
Now
PyCon for the APAC Community

4. Steve Holden, 2010
Wesley Chun, 2010
Dr Prabhu, 2011
Alex Martelli, 2012
Richard Jones, 2012
Mark Hammond, 2010 Jacob Kaplan-Moss, 2011 Anna Ravenscroft, 2012
Rian Hunter, 2013
Georg Brandl, 2013

5. Reduce cost by
having a nearer
PyCon to attend

6. 1st
PyCon
APAC in
2009 in
Singapore

7. Challenges / How You Can
Help
“start-up” funding /
sponsor / know
contacts for either
“free” venue
or know
contacts for
venue
demographics
volunteerism at the
community level
stepping up to present
/ conduct tutorials