# PyCon HK 2021 idea by sammy

Date: 8-9 October 2021, Friday - Saturday.
Alternative: 25-26 June 2021, Friday - Saturday.

## Registrations

1. Student - FREE for Full-time Students and Academics
* Requirement: Post a pre-event sharing on social network (a photo) with hashtag and link to pycon.hk to apply for a student access.
1. Regular - HKD 100 to access live conference on Zoom.
1. Patron - HKD 500 with regular benefit and financial support to PyCon HK (50%) and PSF (50%).

## Merchandise
Tee: HKD 300 (Internal Ref: approx. 1+1 tee + design & admin cost) (Expect to deliver before the conference)

## Agenda

Friday and Saturday:
10:15am 10-min Welcome Speech
10:30am 45-min Keynote
11:30am 30-min Talk
12:15pm Lunch
2:00pm 30-min Talk
2:45pm 30-min Talk
3:15pm Break
3:45pm 30-min Talk
4:30pm 30-min Talk
5:15pm Lightning Talks
5:45pm Announcement or Remarks.
6:00pm End

* Ask 'PyCon HK' to create breakout rooms.
* Multiple Tracks
* Tracks
1. Main Track in English
2. Canton Track in Cantonese
3. Education Track
4. CFP Speakers: HKACE, Marketing, HackSchool?, HoC.
5. Target: Secondary School Teachers & Students.
6. HKDSE: Python or C++
* Using 3 Zoom accounts.
* add Larger Meeting addon for 1 month if needed.

## Milestones

|Date|Milestone|
|-|-|
|2021.05.10 Mon|Call For Proposals|
|2021.05.03 Mon|Call For Sponsors|
|2021.05.31 Mon|End of CFP|
|2021.05.31 Mon|Proposal Vetting|
|2021.06.25 Fri|Soft End of CFS|
|2021.07.05 Mon|Announcement of Schedule|
|2021.07.05 Mon|Start of Registration|
|2021.07.05 Mon|Start of Merchandise sales|
|2021.08.15 Sun|Soft End of Merchandise sales|
|2021.09.16 Thu|Delivery of Merchandise|
|2021.10.08-09 Fri-Sat|PyCon HK 2021 |

## Sponsorship Package

HKD 5000

Sponsor Benefits:
* Sponsor logo on website.
* Mentions at Opening and Closing.
* 30-min session.
* Access to all PyCon sessions.
* 6 sponsor slots in total.
* Friday: 3 slots
* Saturday: 3 slots (on Eng/Chin/Edu track)