About us
The Canberra Python User Group is a regular gathering bringing together anyone around Canberra related to anything around the Python Programming Language, be it professionals, students, educators, enthusiasts, scientists, statisticians, and many others with a love or interest around the community.
The group also crosses over with the PyLadies community, and we welcome any PyLadies (or potential Pyladies) to come connect!
We aim to meet monthly and watch a talk from a presenter, then network over food and drinks.
Join the group to get updates about upcoming events!
Chat with our community on slack!
https://join.slack.com/t/canberrapug/shared_invite/zt-2ttz72xpj-T0zKkQgo4BR4sg_DXVmnUg
If you do any kind of Python development, or have done, join the group! We'll keep you posted about our regular meetups.
You can find our Code of Conduct here:
https://github.com/canberra-python/README/tree/main/conduct
We care about new people and quiet people, so we want to have some bare minimum standards that we expect.
Interested in presenting at one of our meetups, please fill out this form!
https://forms.gle/ZmDfejWPbnMts6TdA
Or ping Jonah, Elena, Alex, Andrew, Caleb or Evan on slack:
https://join.slack.com/t/canberrapug/shared_invite/zt-2ttz72xpj-T0zKkQgo4BR4sg_DXVmnUg
Sponsorship ensures we can continue to bring together the community through engaging events with food and drinks!
Sponsors:
- Linux Australia - https://linux.org.au/
- OSGeo Oceania - https://osgeo-oceania.org/
- Python Charmers - https://pythoncharmers.com/
- ANU - https://www.anu.edu.au/
Thanks to Hugh, we even have a logo.
Upcoming events
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🐍 How to build a conversational voice AI assistant, and why you'd want to
Hanna Neumann Building (#145), ANU, Science Rd, Acton, ACT, AU-
🌐 Network over 🍕 pizza and drinks 🍺🥤 with fellow Python users 🐍
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👀 Watch and discuss a presentation
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👥 and maybe hit the local pub!
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How to build a conversational voice AI assistant, and why you'd want to by Michelle "MishManners" Duke
We learn to talk before we can read, write, or type, making voice humanity's most natural form of communication. Yet for decades, we have forced ourselves to interact with machines through rigid code and text queries. Today, technology is finally catching up. By combining speech-to-text, large language models, and text-to-speech, we can now build seamless conversational interfaces that solve real-world problems. To prove it, I built an AI voice assistant to help me navigate the incredibly complex rules, mechanics, and card interactions of Magic: The Gathering. Plus, I'll walk you through a bunch of other use cases, and how you can apply this to your applications.
Mish is a multi-talented personality in the tech and gaming communities. Mish has worked in the technology space for the last decade and has a tonne of experience in developer advocacy, community management, marketing, and content creation. Mish has spoken at over 400 events on topics like AI, the future of work, communication, teamwork, and has given technical demos. She's a respected leader in the hackathon community, having won, organised, and mentored over 120 hackathons.
Mish is a successful entrepreneur and founder, having co-founded several companies – including an artificial intelligence company, and as a result, sits at the forefront of Melbourne’s science, tech, esports, and startup scenes. In her 'spare' time she’s a streamer, journalist, loves playing sports, and is always working on something exciting.
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📢 Interested in presenting? We'd love to have you, submit here!
💬 Want to chat? Get in touch via slack!---
Thanks to our sponsors: Linux Australia and ANU!
Want to sponsor our costs for pizza and drinks, and meet our enthusiastic members? Get in touch!---
You can find our Code of Conduct here: https://github.com/canberra-python/README/tree/main/conduct
We care about new people and quiet people, so we want to have some bare minimum standards that we expect.6 attendees-
🐍 Git Blame: AI Edition - Jonah Sullivan
Hanna Neumann Building, Seminar Room 1.33, 145 Science Road, Canberra, AU- 🌐 Network over 🍕 pizza and drinks 🍺🥤 with fellow Python users 🐍
- 👀 Watch a presentation
- 🗣️ Discuss the presentation
- 👥 and maybe hit the local pub!
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Git Blame: AI Edition by Jonah SullivanAI is really helpful to assist in writing code…but who taught AI to write code?
Turns out it was trained on millions of open source software repositories that have applied a multitude of software licenses.
And how do you copyright your AI-assisted code? Is it even your intellectual property?
Jonah Sullivan is an Experienced Geospatial Professional with a strong background in environmental science, geospatial data engineering, and international partnership leadership. Proven track record managing significant technical programs, building data pipelines and open-source Python tooling, and contributing to global geospatial standards initiatives, with particular expertise in data quality and governance, including governance maturity assessments, cross-agency data stewardship, and automation.
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📢 Interested in presenting? We'd love to have you, submit here!
💬 Want to chat? Get in touch via slack!---
Thanks to our sponsors: Linux Australia and ANU!
Want to sponsor our costs for pizza and drinks, and meet our enthusiastic members? Get in touch!---
You can find our Code of Conduct here: https://github.com/canberra-python/README/tree/main/conduct
We care about new people and quiet people, so we want to have some bare minimum standards that we expect.5 attendees🐍 Canberra Python Meetup
Hanna Neumann Building, Seminar Room 1.33, 145 Science Road, Canberra, AU- 🌐 Network over 🍕 pizza and drinks 🍺🥤 with fellow Python users 🐍
- 👀 Watch a presentation
- 🗣️ Discuss the presentation
- 👥 and maybe hit the local pub!
---
📢 Interested in presenting? We'd love to have you, submit here!
💬 Want to chat? Get in touch via slack!---
Thanks to our sponsors: Linux Australia and ANU!
Want to sponsor our costs for pizza and drinks, and meet our enthusiastic members? Get in touch!---
You can find our Code of Conduct here: https://github.com/canberra-python/README/tree/main/conduct
We care about new people and quiet people, so we want to have some bare minimum standards that we expect.5 attendees
Past events
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