diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+++ b/MANIFEST.in
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+include README LICENSE
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+import symposion
+
+
+setup(
+    name="symposion",
+    author="James Tauber",
+    author_email="jtauber@jtauber.com",
+    version=symposion.__version__,
+    description="A collection of Django apps for conference websites.",
+    url="http://pinax.github.com/symposion/",
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=["symposion_project"]),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    classifiers=(
+        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Framework :: Django",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "Natural Language :: English",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    ),
+)
diff --git a/symposion/__init__.py b/symposion/__init__.py
index e69de29b..52799e96 100644
--- a/symposion/__init__.py
+++ b/symposion/__init__.py
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+__version__ = "1.0b1"