PyCon HK 2021 idea by sammy

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

Registrations

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.
Regular - HKD 100 to access live conference on Zoom.
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)