PyAstro 2018 schedule

	Monday
09:00am	Coffee
09:30am	Welcome talk (Kelle Cruz, LOC)
10:00am	Introductions (everyone)
10:30am	Introductions (everyone)
11:00am	Coffee
11:30am	Karl Gordon: How Python in Astronomy has Impacted My Professional Life
12:00pm	Pitches for unconference sessions
12:30pm	Lunch
1:00pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Unconferences/tutorials
2:00pm	Unconferences/tutorials
2:30pm	Unconferences/tutorials
3:00pm	Unconferences/tutorials
3:30pm	Coffee
4:00pm	Summary of unconferences
4:30pm	Lightning talks
5:00pm	Lightning talks
5:30pm
6:00pm	Wine and cheese

	Tuesday
09:00am	Coffee
09:30am	Adrian Price-Whelan: Astropy Overview
10:00am	Danny Ryan: SunPy Overview
10:30am	Coffee
11:00am	Will Barnes: A Complete fiasco - The Difficulties of Dealing with Atomic Data and a Possible Pythonic Solution Juan Luis Cano: Catch that asteroid with poliastro Nick Earl: [The Struggles of] Developing Python Packages for Spectroscopy
11:30am
12:00pm	Pitches for unconference sessions
12:30pm	Lunch
1:00pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Unconferences/tutorials
2:00pm	Unconferences/tutorials
2:30pm	Unconferences/tutorials
3:00pm	Unconferences/tutorials
3:30pm	Coffee
4:00pm	Summary of unconferences
4:30pm	Lightning talks
5:00pm	Lightning talks
5:30pm
6:00pm

	Wednesday
09:00am	Coffee
09:30am	Arfon Smith: How to get career credit for writing software Monica Bobra: Predicting Solar Flares Using Machine - Learning Methods Manodeep Sinha: More Usable Flops per Watt: A Story About a Highly-optimized Correlation Function Code
10:00am
10:30am	Coffee
11:00am	Pey Lian Lim: Data Analysis tools for JWST Bas Swinkels: The role of Python in the first detection of Gravitational Waves Stuart Mumford: Developing End User Tools for DKIST Data Analysis
11:30am
12:00pm	Pitches for unconference sessions
12:30pm	Lunch
1:00pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Unconference
2:00pm	Unconference
2:30pm	Coffee
3:00pm	Summary of unconferences
3:30pm	Hack day pre-pitches
4:00pm	Public talk reception - tea/snacks
4:30pm	Public talk reception - tea/snacks
5:00pm	Kelle Cruz: Collaborations in the Extreme: the rise of open code development in the scientific community
5:30pm
6:00pm

	Thursday
09:00am	Coffee
09:30am	Hack day introduction and pitches
10:00am	Hack shopping
10:30am	Coffee
11:00am	Hacking
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm	Lunch
1:00pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Hacking
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm	Coffee
3:30pm	Hacking
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm	Hack check-in
5:30pm	Hack check-in
6:00pm	Conference dinner

	Friday
09:00am	Coffee
09:30am	Unconferences
10:00am	Unconferences
10:30am	Coffee
11:00am	Hacking (finishing and tidying up hack day projects)
11:30am	Hacking (finishing and tidying up hack day projects)
12:00pm	Lunch
12:30pm	Lunch
1:00pm	Hack day project presentations
1:30pm	Hack day project presentations
2:00pm	Wrap-up, summary and survey
2:30pm	Coffee
3:00pm	Talk (Daniel Foreman-Mackey)
3:30pm	Talk (Daniel Foreman-Mackey)
4:00pm	Wine and cheese
4:30pm	Wine and cheese
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm

Below are some notes on some important aspects of the conference program:

Unconference sessions: Unconference and tutorial slots will include some planned sessions but attendees are encouraged to propose their own sessions during the pitches. These will run in parallel with the pre-organised sessions.
Lightning talks: These will provide an opportunity for attendees to make short (3-5 minutes) presentations on any topic.
Hack day: Thursday's schedule is deliberately free of talks and unconferences to allow attendees to spend the whole day hacking on a project of their choice. Rough ideas for projects can be presented for discussion on Wednesday afternoon, and there will be time to discuss ideas and choose a project on Thursday morning after more detailed pitches. Hacking traditionally continues into the evening after the conference dinner. There will also be time to tidy up any unfinished projects for presentation on Friday.