Conference Venue
PyConZA 2024 is a hybrid conference. This means that we will be having an in-person conference this year, and we will be making sure that those folks who want or need to join us remotely still get a great experience.
In-person conference location
The in-person portion of the event will be hosted at the Belmont Square Conference Centre in Rondebosch.
Extra parking will be available at the Rygersdal Sports Club nearby. A shuttle service between the parking and the venue will be provided on Thursday and Friday.
Remote attendees
The remote portion of the conference will be handled via Discord for interaction and streaming talks to youtube.
See the Discord page for more details.
In person attendees are also encouraged to join the server.
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Why allow remote attendees?
Pulling off a hybrid conference ain't easy. The team have decided to do it for a few reasons:
Firstly, many people may want to take part in the conference but might still feel unsafe. We want to include those folks. We also want to keep the door open to people who might find it challenging to travel to the conference for whatever reason, for example international guests, and folks without the finances or time to come through.
We don't want to stay fully remote because in-person conferences are just wonderful - it's always been our intention to see each other in person again.
So we are aiming for the best of both worlds. We're confident that we can do something quite special this year.
Accommodation
Cape Town offers a lot of options for accommodation and we would like to highlight some options close to the conference venue. (PyConZA is not affiliated with any of these venues, and the listed prices are from their publicly available information)
| Accommodation name | Location | Contact phone | Type of accomm. | Avg. room rate per night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protea Mowbray | Mowbray | +27 21 442 5300 | Hotel | R 1 800 |
| Hilton Doubletree | Salt River | +27 21 404 0570 | Hotel | R 2000 |
| River View Lodge | Observatory | +27 21 4479056 | B&B | R 5 000 |
| Obz Cottages | Observatory | +27 21 4484552 | Self-catering | On request |
| Lighthouse Farm Lodge & Backpackers | Mowbray | +27 21 447 9165 | Backpackers | R 220 (dorm room) |
| Medindi Manor | Rondebosch | +27 21 686 3563 | B&B | R 2 000 |
| Banksia Boutique | Rosebank | +27 21 689 2992 | Hotel | R 2 500 |
| Southern Sun Newlands | Newlands | +27 21 683 6562 | Hotel | R 2 600 |
| Wild Olive Guest House | Newlands | +27 21 683 0880 | B&B | R 2 500 |
| Forest Cottage | Pinelands | +27 21 531 6123 | B&B | R 800 |
| Thirty On Grace | Claremont | +27 21 761 6025 | B&B | R 2 000 |
| All Africa House | Rondebosch | +27 21 650 1050 | B&B | R 1 300 |
| Westbury House | Rondebosch | +27 82 562 6947 | B&B | R 450 |
