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hi everyone uh welcome to the first time
of session I am glad to see you all here
um my name is Peter I'm the conference
director my pronouns are he and him um
yeah this this session is here to help
you like people who are here for the
first time just to know what to expect
give you the basic information uh so
first
off uh welcome to Pyon Au it is my
pleasure to welcome you here uh this is
my seventh Pyon Au in person plus two
more for I've been to nine total it's uh
it's that's spread over like 10 years um
so I've been around there are definitely
people attending today who have been to
more than me um yeah I'm glad you came
here um some of the information in here
is a little light on detail we go into
more of it in the conference opening
some of this information actually all of
it just about will also be repeated in
the conference opening so you know this
is just sort of a taste of what to
expect so you to help you set
expectations uh Safety First
um you agree to a code of conduct when
you purchase the ticket to Pyon Au so
did all the other attendees and speakers
and organizers like everyone has agreed
to that um that is to make sure that
this is a physically and emotionally
safe space for everybody um I hope
you've already read the code of conduct
if you haven't uh 2024 p.org
safety um if you haven't read it now's a
great time like just quick on your phone
um if at any time during the conference
you feel unsafe or want to report
anything you contact the safety team
this is their phone number it's also
written on the back of your badge if you
like pick it up turn it around it's
there um if you don't feel comfortable
with a phone call or an email you can
approach them in person or anybody with
a brightly colored badge like the
attendee badges white everyone who is
red green uh blurple those are all the
like organizers volunteers and safety
team they would all be happy to talk to
you in person as well um yeah red badges
that's the safety
team and the safety team is not just for
big things right you don't have to be
like wait until there's a fight
happening before you contact the safety
team this is also for little things it's
like you someone made a comment that
made me feel a little uncomfortable like
yeah talk with the safety team they're
very happy to chat about small things
and in fact they would much rather hear
about small things than big things but
mostly because they hope no big things
happen um yeah we want to make sure
you're safe and
comfortable so uh some notes about the
culture of the conference there are
things that we just don't do that here
uh we don't Trash Talk other communities
um like we're at a python conference we
love python there's other programming
languages and just because we love
python doesn't make them bad so so just
like accept that sure they're not python
but they do have their good points right
they're they all have they're all tools
they all have uses um don't assume that
anyone is not a programmer um if someone
doesn't look like a programmer they did
come to a python conference like you're
pretty safe just saying hey what kind of
tech do you work on like don't don't be
like why did you come to a Tech
conference what tech do you work on is
much better um
yeah and uh try not to make jokes at the
expense of others
um because people don't like being made
the B of
jokes uh yeah this is all part of making
the python community and accepting open
and friendly space for anyone who wants
to participate regardless of background
training experience or anything
else um some little things we provide
here include bathroom baskets
the uh toilets in the Expo space and
outside the goldfields theater uh have
been stocked with emergency supplies so
if you need Sanitary products tissues a
toothbrush they're there um take what
you need leave some for others um you
know they're they're there for
everyone uh and if you notice the
baskets are empty or missing something
um let someone with a colored badge know
and we will get it restocked
um and speaking of bathrooms if you see
someone in the wrong bathroom um or
someone who doesn't look like they're in
the right bathroom not the kind of
person you expected to see in the
bathroom you went into um don't worry
about it um we've marked all the
bathrooms like the nearby bathrooms as
gender neutral um everyone is welcome to
use whichever bathroom they feel
comfortable in um please don't raise an
issue about that like that will make
them feel uncomfortable and then it's a
safety team
problem um
so here's a map of the venue this map is
also on the back of your badge where you
uh where I imagine you everybody turned
around to look at the safety T number
turn it around again look at the map uh
that big orange one that is goldfields
theater that is where we are uh this is
the biggest room for the biggest
audience it has the biggest stage um
biggest screen as well it's just big uh
Lots of big things happen here right
outside that way is uh the big red eace
that's the exhibition Hall the pon Au
exhibition uh there's coffee there all
day until like 400 p.m. lunch will be
served there um at
lunchtime um there's our sponsors have
booths there you can chat to
them um yeah that's sort of that's just
sort of space to hang out in uh there's
also rooms 2 and three those are the two
Eureka rooms Eureka 2 and Eureka 3 in
green and blurple um there you would
have walked past them on your way in
they the other rooms that have talks
happening in
them um and you see the yellow spot
marked a that's where our wonderful AV
team have set up if you are speaking and
you want to test that your laptop is
going to work with their equipment there
is a test station there uh immediately
next to it is also a speakers Lounge
where if you want to somewhere quiet to
work on your slides uh that's where you
can do
that um bathrooms I've discussed a
little bit so all gender bathrooms in
the Expo space and outside goldfields
theater um the bathrooms are gendered in
the public parts of um MC so if you
would prefer a gendered bathroom the one
next to AV or behind the goldfields
theater are a place you can go for that
and there's a big part of the conference
that is not on the map at all and that
is something we call Hallway track uh if
you've been to other Tech conferences
you might have seen similar ideas
already but this is our name for the
things that happen at a conference that
aren't a part of the scheduled talks uh
so hallway track is the conversations
that happen in the hallway the people
you meet like like each other um it is
the best part of the conference like
like the talks are wonderful like I love
the talks but the people you made are
why I keep coming back um um one other
room that's not on the map is the
organizer's office if you need an
organizer you probably won't but anyone
with a colored badge will be able to
direct you it's kind of hard to
find uh
cool let's talk about the Pac-Man rule
so this is just one of the little things
we encourage at the conference to try
and you know help everyone to meet more
people and make the hallway um track
successful so what is the Pac-Man rule
the Pac-Man rule is if you're having an
open conversation with a group of people
you people tend to form a circle right
you Circle looks looks like this you've
seen circles right leave a space now
instead of a circle it's a
Pac-Man and that space is so that a new
person can come in and join if this is
this is a way to be welcoming and
opening and say hey join our
conversation we have left a space for
you to join if you're just looking for
someone to chat to um and when that new
person
joins make a new Pac-Man open up a new
space well always be welcoming like yeah
if you if you want to have a
conversation that's you know quiet and
you don't want new comes to join close
your circle but most of the time you
would be be welcoming you leave that
space invite people in talk to them and
use that space walk up to groups of
people say hello say hi what's up you
you work on interesting Tech that's what
I'm here for python hey it's
great so um think
about what does your Pyon Au look like
like why have you come to Pon Au like
this is this is your first time and you
came here for a reason right you you had
something in mind and what is that um
are you looking
for to learn about a particular topic
from a
speaker um are you here to speak
yourself um maybe you're a speaker on
the schedule and you're here to share
your information with everyone there is
also uh the lightning talk sessions
there'll be more information about those
but if you're not a speaker there is
still a chance to get on stage and it
can be a lot of fun I have given
lightning talks and people still come up
to me to tell me how much they love my
lightning talks um that could be
you um are you looking for a job are you
trying to hire people or get hired uh we
have a jobs board near the regist ation
desk where you can write down your
details um there's a Discord where you
can post about hiring and being hired uh
some of our sponsors are here because
they're recruiting um talk to them uh
yeah so think about it
um what is your Pon experience what does
your Pon Au experience look like it's
going to be different for everyone we
all do different things you can't go to
Every Single Talk there's there's too
many and they're on at the same time um
um you
know maybe you're just here for talks
and talks and talks and talks that's
fine maybe you're here to meet people
and meet people people and meet people
also fine um yeah different for
everyone so here's a few uh tips from
me you can't do it all you know there's
three tracks going on at the same time
you can't be in three rooms at the same
time you can't even be in two rooms at
the same time I've tried it didn't
work um much as I wanted to but
fortunately the talks are recorded So if
you have to choose between talks well
you can just choose one to watch now and
one to watch
later and uh also like yeah they're
going to be online but go to the talks
anyway the live experience is more fun
you get a chance to ask questions and be
part of the audience and you know laugh
and clap and and all the other ways that
audiences help make talks great cuz you
know being on stage is hard for a
speaker right you look out you like oh
no no one wants to see my talk where are
all the people you can be the people to
help those speakers know that their talk
is like valued and appreciated and and
they will be grateful to see you here
um so yeah
um like that's the talks but don't
forget the people as
well the talks are recorded to be online
the People You Meet are only going to be
met here meet the people the people are
wonderful
um other things to keep in mind are that
uh everyone's a volunteer there's a lot
of people helping out like even the
people who aren't officially volunteers
are generally pretty happy to chat we're
a very welcoming
crowd
um but maybe you'd like to be one of
those volunteers we will be recruiting
for volunteers next year there'll be
more information in the uh closing at
the end of um
tomorrow and
uh you join join your local community um
birds of a feather sessions can be
organized on Discord if you have
traveled to be here and you want to meet
other people from your city so that you
can catch up when you go home uh great
place to do it if you're from Melbourne
you're going to meet a lot more people
from Melbourne you know exchange details
like like find out which meups people go
to so that you can keep in touch with
them and see them
again um
yeah that's all I have for now I'm going
to have more to say during the opening
that starts at uh 9:00 9 9:05 check the
schedule it's one of those if you're
here at 9 you won't be late for it um so
yeah we're going to spend a bit of time
setting up for the full welcome um
you're welcome to just stay here in the
room if you want and we'll be back on
soon thank you very much
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