Panel Discussion: So You Wanna Run a Tech Conference.
summary
Conference runs as a free, volunteer-powered regional event that grew from ~40–50 people to its seventh year, funded by sponsors and split across 108 submissions, 38 slots; organizers use Eventbrite and reviewers to rank proposals, pick talks like an introduction to pandas and a pdb demo, run sprints and Raspberry Pi workshops, enforce a posted code of conduct, and seed community projects such as a scraping meetup project; practical advice: cap venue size early, use session chairs/video assistants, and require registration to limit no-shows.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Conference origins
- 4:38Sponsors and committee
- 16:17PyOhio talk selection
- 23:12PyLadies and community
- 32:40Running tech conferences
- 47:16Volunteering and logistics
- 57:11Growth and venue tips
