"Decade of PyCon JP: How we spread the Python community in Japan EuroPython 2020 - Talk - 2020-07-24 - Brian Online By Takanori Suzuki Overview The history of PyCon JP has been 10 years since 2010 The conference itself has started up → expanded in scale → stabilized At the same time, we are working on spreading Python throughout Japan. And what to do in the future History of PyCon JP The origin of PyCon JP was PyCon APAC 2010 in Singapore We have been holding PyCon JP every year since 2011 Our first PyCon was PyCon mini JP in 2011 We invited PyCon APAC from Singapore in 2013 Participants are increasing steadily There is English tracks and Japanese talks 2013: Association Purpose: We have established a legal entity to make it easier to manage money and contracts for PyCon JP event I have been a director since 2013 2014-1016: Chair od PyCon JP event I was the chair of PyCon JP event from 2014 to 2016 Purpose: Open management I opened every staff meeting to make it easier for new staff to join We created an operation manual and made it reusable We regularly publish our activities on the blog to get interested in event management 2015-: PyCon mini Small PyCons in the region were held in Sapporo and Hiroshima in 2015 It has been held in various places such as Kumamoto and Osaka PyCon Kyushu is held all over Kyushu(Fukuoka - Okinawa - Kumamoto) We have been sharing operating know-how and supporting money and people We have also provided a subdomain of pycon.jp 2016-: Python Boot Camp Objective: We visit all over Japan to teach Python → We connect with local people → We hope local communities to start up We teach an introduction to Python programming in half a day We hold 40 times in 3.5 years with 950 local participants We hold in cooperation with local staff and local teachig assistants Result: Some local communities have been created PyCon JP has more people coming from local area 2019: Python Boot Camp Caravan, Regional Meetup Purpose: To strengthen the connection between local communities A regional meetup was held at PyCon JP 2019 with local community members About 30 people gathered from all over Japan for this event We had various discussions and shared ideas and worries We hold local meetups online We hold the first online meeting using Zoom, with 15 participants from all over Japan Future We want to hold PyCon JP outside of Tokyo We want to conquer all prefectures at Python Boot Camp We want PyCon mini to be held all over Japan Summary We have spread Python throughout Japan with various activities I think it's important to meet First we go to meet local people Reunion strengthens relationship License: This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Please see our speaker release agreement for details: https://ep2020.europython.eu/events/speaker-release-agreement/