Python talk night at the Microsoft Reactor

Join us for an exciting talk night at the Microsoft Reactor in Redmond!

Agenda:

5:30-6pm: Doors open/networking
6-6:10pm: Opening remarks
6:10-6:35pm: Talk #1
6:35-6:50pm: Intermission
6:50-7:05pm: Lightning talk
7:05-7:40pm: Talk #2
7:40pm-8pm: Networking
After party to follow at Aloft (15220 NE Shen St, Redmond, WA 98052)

What we'll do:

This event will feature the following presentations:

Talk #1: How to calculate sample size in your head
Speaker: Michael Palmer
Description: For binary proportion metrics, and standard alpha, beta, much of the calculations simplify. Under most practical conditions you can use this formula. I can get into some of the math, and some exploration plotting the surfaces in plotly. And demonstrating the best fitting function is extremely close to the easy to remember formula.

Lightning talk: Helping people get 3D prints of their own brain with python
Speaker: Daniel Peterson
Description: I work with medical images, and I became obsessed with the idea of getting a 3d print of by brain from an MRI scan. Once I did that, I helped some of my friends a colleagues to get a 3d print of their own brains. Along the way I wrote some tools in python to help automate the process. Sometime later I set up a webservice using flask to help people get 3d prints of their own brain. This talk will describe a little more of the process.

Talk #2: When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency
Speaker: Anna Zivarts
Description: One third of people living in the United States do not have a driver license. The majority of involuntary nondrivers are disabled, lower income, unhoused, formerly incarcerated, undocumented immigrants, kids, young people, and the elderly. They are also largely invisible due to a mobility system designed almost exclusively for drivers. When Driving is Not an Option shines a light on the reality for non-drivers and explains how improving our transportation system with nondrivers in mind will create a better quality of life for everyone. This book is written by a low-vision mom, disability advocate, and fellow non-driver Anna Letitia Zivarts. During this event, Zivarts will explain that when the needs of involuntary nondrivers are viewed as essential to how we design our transportation systems and our communities, not only will we be able to more easily get where we need to go, but the changes will lead to healthier, climate-friendly communities for everyone.

What to bring:

Since this is a talk format meetup, you don't need a computer.

All attendees are required to abide by the PuPPy Code of Conduct, you can read the Code of Conduct here: https://www.pspython.com/code-of-conduct/

Interested in staying in touch after the event? Join our slack community: http://slack.pspython.com

Building access:

The Microsoft reactor is in building 20 on Microsoft's campus.

Building 20 has ample free parking. Since the event is after-hours, you will not need to register your vehicle to park.