Earlier this summer a workshop to gather the Jupyter community in South America was held in Córdoba, Argentina, from Jun 22nd to Jun 23rd, 2019. We enjoyed the participation of contributors from different regions of Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela.
The workshop consisted of several hands-on discussions, hacking sessions, and some quick presentations showing off the work done during the hacking time.
Attendees were able to contribute to several areas of the Jupyter ecosystem. There was particular interest in JupyterLab, Jupyter in Education (at different stages with its own particularities), discussions about some core Jupyter building blocks and some remarkable work on beginning the translation of documentation to Spanish.
To keep the group in sync, to have discussions and to build new things, we created a group in telegram which we invite you to check out: https://t.me/jupyter_latam. Everyone is welcome to participate! Join us!
Why organize a workshop for South American contributors?
The main driving idea was to conglomerate (and foster) a group of people interested in the Jupyter ecosystem, plant some seeds and spread the interest across the regions the attendees came from.
The Jupyter community is the vital force that builds and sustains the Jupyter ecosystem.
We were also interested in increasing the diversity of our current Jupyter community - bringing not only new ideas but also new Jupyter developments and solutions to solve some of the problems we see in South America.
What did the attendees get from the event?
We got to know each other, we kick off some interesting discussion and conversations, we helped each other to understand some of the particularities of the Jupyter ecosystem and we brainstormed future steps for this group’s point of view and how it could help the whole Jupyter community.
In the midst of all this activity we also had fun! We hacked together, we solved problems and found new questions, we were inspired to continue contributing, we got more experienced about Jupyter tools, and we leveraged each others expertise to build new and exciting things.
In summary, a wonderful experience ;-)
What’s happening next?
We discussed the pros and cons of the event format and how could eventually replicate the experience in other parts of South America. Stay tuned for news about the upcoming events in the future!
Acknowledgments
This event would not have been possible without the generous financial support provided by Bloomberg.
Many thanks to Lisa Martin and Lynn Brubaker (from NumFocus) and Ana Ruvalcaba from Project Jupyter for their help and advice. I would also like to thank my co-organizer, Daniela Bermejo, for her endless help in all the tasks related to the event organization.
Finally, I would like to offer a sincere thank you to all the attendees who shared their personal time to come together to help create a community with a wonderful future.
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