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## Showcases ## Showcases
### PyCon Ireland 2023 Trip ### PyCon Ireland 2024 Trip
For proof of trip attendance please see <<https://cp.ulwolves.ie/manage/events/15130>> To prove trip attendance, please see <<https://cp.ulwolves.ie/manage/events/16284>>
This was a trip made by UL Computer Society to PyCon Ireland 2023, hosted in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Dublin on November 11th-November 12th, 2023. This was a trip made by UL Computer Society to PyCon Ireland 2024,
hosted in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Dublin on November 16th-November 17th, 2024.
This section will cover the organization of the trip. This section will cover the organization of the trip.
Since we had to find transportation for this trip, preparation for this event took a lot of organization. Since we had to find transportation for this trip, preparation for this event took a lot of organization.
We needed to find transport for all Computer Society members that wanted to attend the event from Limerick to Dublin and back to Limerick without being late for the event in addition to getting tickets for our members, the cost of which was subsidized by the Society itself. Thankfully, we had lots of information from previous years to help us with this.
We were able to coordinate the committee towards surveying our members to find those that were interested in attending the conference, finding and paying for transportation to and from Limerick to Dublin, and negotiating bulk ticket purchasing deals with the staff at PyCon Ireland. We arranged transport for all members to and from Dublin & Limerick, and their event tickets.
Once we had the numbers regarding who were planning on attending, we booked the tickets for the events and the buses from Limerick to Dublin and back. The cost for both transport and tickets was subsidized from us,
making attendance to the event much cheaper for our members.
We used interest checks and surveys to gauge how many members were interested in attending the event, using that information to know how many tickets we needed to buy.
We were also able to negotiate a group discount for the tickets, which helped us save money.
Once we had the numbers regarding who were planning on attending,
we booked the tickets for the events and the buses from Limerick to Dublin and back.
Things went smoothly, and we were able to adhere to our initial itinerary. Things went smoothly, and we were able to adhere to our initial itinerary.
The return journey also went smoothly. We didn't have to rush coming back to Limerick, since we gave ourselves plenty of time to get back.
This gave us more time for things like unplanned bathroom breaks.
### RetroPi ### SISTEM
In Semester 2 of this year we ran a RetroPi presentation event in which our Society collaborated with UL Games Development Society and Games Society to present RetroPi, a system that uses Raspberry Pis to play retro games. In Semester 2 of this year we helped run an event called SISTEM,
We made an interactive presentation where we showed off what the Raspberry Pi is capable of, and demonstrated how it can be used to play retro arcade games. the Student Inter-Society Technology and Enterprise Meetup.
It also offered our members a hands-on demonstration of how Raspberry Pis work and how we can run programs on it. This was a large event that happened in the Kemmy Business School on March 29th, 2025.
Usually, this event is run by multiple societies, across multiple universities in Ireland.
It is the largest event of its kind in Ireland, an entirely-student run event.
We had 30-40 people attending, across multiple universities, like UL, UCC, and UCD.
The event also gathered sponsorship from LERO, and assistance from Google.
In addition to the sponsorship and assistance, we also had industry speakers from companies like Google, and LERO at the event.
They would give talks about specific topics they're currently working on, with plenty of time for questions and answers.
One of the more impressive events that UL Computer Society was able to run this year,
we were able to hit the record for the number of pizzas ordered for an event in UL history.