January 20, 2018

🎉 Welcome to PyCascades 2018!

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The first ever PyCascades is in 2 days!

To help you navigate the conference, we have prepared this guide for you:

Conference information
Venue: Granville Island Stage, 1585 Johnston Street
Date: Monday Jan 21 to Tuesday Jan 22. Doors open at 8:30am
Schedule: https://www.pycascades.com/schedule/
List of talks: https://www.pycascades.com/talks/

Make sure to join us on slack:  http://bit.ly/pycascades-slack

Welcome  Wagon
This is your goto guide for anything related to PyCascades and beyond.
https://pycascades-welcome-wagon.readthedocs.io/index.html

Code of Conduct
We have a wonderful community full of diverse and amazing people. Make sure you read and understand the code of conduct, we expect you to behave accordingly.

Code of Conduct Hotline: +1-206-202-1032 or conduct@pycascades.com

Lightning talks
Join the #lightningtalks channel on slack!
Talks are held during lunch each day from 1:45-2:30pm
We’ll have buckets for signups, either at the pre-conference social or at the registration desk.

Pre-conference social
Date & Time: Sunday Jan 21 between 6-8pm.
Venue: Mobify (420 - 725 Granville St)
There are no more tickets left but you can join the waitlist
You can pre-register & sign up for lighting talks here!

Sprint
Date & Time: Wednesday Jan 24 from 9:00am - 5:00pm
Venue: #400 - 455 Granville Street
Tickets are still available here!
You can submit a pull request to add your project!  More information can be found here

Getting around

• Transit: https://translink.ca
• Mobi Bikes: https://www.mobibikes.ca/
• Car2go: https://www.car2go.com/CA/en/vancouver/
• Evo: https://www.evo.ca/
• Parking at Granville island: http://granvilleisland.com/parking-information
• We will provide paper maps of Granville Island

Food

• Hot & cold drinks and snacks during breaks, but no breakfast/lunch are provided
• Dine Out Vancouver: https://www.dineoutvancouver.com/
• Granville Island options: http://granvilleisland.com/
• Note: the Public Market is closed on Monday :(

Follow us!

Instagram: @pycascades

Twitter: @pycascades

Make sure to use the hashtags #pycascades and #pycascades2018