If Andrew Burkhalter weren't getting married, I'd be spending the weekend of August 4-6 at the Vancouver Python Conference, drinking beer with Andy McKay in knowledge from Python luminaries such as Guido van Rossum of Google, Jim Hugunin from Microsoft and Ian Cavén of Lowry Digital Images.

Andy and friends have put together a great 2+ days of talks covering a wide range of Python and Zope/Plone topics suitable for everyone from beginners to experts.  And it's a steal at $100 ($50 for students, speakers and the unemployed).  But hurry, because rates rise to $150/$75 on July 1.

You can register online, and it even looks like they may still have a few slots for late breaking talks.