Community EuroPython EuroPython Society (EPS)
See in scheduleWe need help with organizing and running EuroPython 2020.
In this session, we will explain how the EuroPython workgroup model works and where you could help.
Type: Talk (30 mins); Python level: Beginner; Domain level: Beginner
Marc-Andre is the CEO and founder of eGenix.com, a Python-focused project and consulting company based in Germany. He has a degree in mathematics from the University of Düsseldorf.
His work with and for Python started in 1994. In 1997, he became a Python Core Developer. He designed and implemented the Unicode support in Python and continued to maintain the Python Unicode implementation for more than a decade, after it first appeared in Python 2.0. He also authored the well-known mx Extensions, e.g. mxTextTools, mxDateTime and mxODBC, which are now distributed and maintained through eGenix.com.
Marc-Andre currently is Chair of the EuroPython Society (EPS) which organizes the EuroPython conference series and support the Python community in Europe.
He is also a founding member and Fellow of the Python Software Foundation (PSF) and has served on the PSF Board several times.
Today, Marc-Andre spends most of his time consulting and managing large-scale customer projects heavily relying on Python and databases. More details are available on http://www.malemburg.com/.
