PyCon India CFP review

I was one of the reviewers for Talk proposals in PyCon (Python Conference) India 2019, which happened in Chennai. This article is written to help someone for submission of CFP in future PyCon India. Especially how their proposals will get reviewed.

There had been around 280 Talk proposals received. We had to limit the numbers to below 30. There was a hefty amount of work involved.

Each selected proposal has to go through three stages.

Stages of a Talk proposal:

• CFP coordinators review phase
• Field Experts review phase
• Final review phase by CFP coordinators and organizers

The narrowing down process:

Almost 150 proposals got rejected due to:

• No or limited supporting materials.
• There was not enough content to make to the next stage.
• No response from the proposer after repetitive reminders.

These activities were carried out by the CFP Organizers. We the reviewers did not get involved on this stage.

The rest of the Talks were categorized into followings:

1. Game Design and 3D Modelling — Python in developing games, 3-D modelling and animation