The PyCon US Blog

PyCon US 2025 is quickly approaching and we can’t wait to see all of you there! We're reaching out to our community to help support one of our favorite events: the PyLadies Auction . Our wonderful community is bursting with creative, artsy, and generous folks and we invite you to donate items to this year’s Auction. If you’d like to support PyLadies by making a donation, please fill out the PyLadies Charity Auction donation form . To learn more about the event and what to donate, read on! What to Donate Need inspiration? Over the years, we’ve seen that people love to bid on items that are artsy, nerdy, and Python-specific. Art, decor, customized tech, and vintage PyCon or Python-related swag are all examples of things that will inspire a friendly bidding war. To get more inspiration search ‘PyLadies Auction’ on social media or check out the PyLadies Instagram . Items that are personalized or have a story tend to attract bidders– DIYers, artists, crafters, and collectors, this is ...

We’re excited to announce the full schedule for PyCon US 2025! For another year in a row, PyCon US received over 900 proposal submissions with this year’s final count totalling 938 proposals! We are so excited to have so many people in our community share their work and ideas with us. Thank you to everyone who submitted their proposals!   With these many proposals received, we could easily have enough speakers to fill the program for multiple Python conferences! Our volunteer Program Committee has worked hard to select only 15% of the many strong proposals to create an excellent conference program that covers a wide range of subjects for attendees to enjoy. We’re looking forward to meeting all the presenters and learning from them at PyCon US 2025. Meet Our Keynote Speakers We are thrilled to announce our Keynote speakers. Please welcome Lynn Root, the Marshall Project; Geoff Hing and Tom Meagher , Cory Doctorow, and Dr. Kari L. Jordan who will be sharing their insights and perspec...

  We are pleased to announce the return of the Hatchery program in PyCon US 2025. What is the Hatchery program? This program offers the pathways for PyCon US attendees to introduce new tracks, activities, summits, demos, etc., at PyCon US—activities that all share and fulfill the  Python Software Foundation’s mission  within the PyCon US schedule. The program began as a trial led by Ee Durbin and Naomi Ceder in 2018, resulting in the creation of several new tracks that are now staples of PyCon US, for example: PyCon US Charlas, Mentored Sprints, and Maintainer’s Summit. With the Hatchery program, we want to provide the opportunity for you, the Python community members, to take active participation and lead new activities and events at PyCon US. We want to provide a transparent process for this, and we also want to ensure that every attendee, whether they are new to the community, or have been at the conference for the 10th time, have the equal opportunity to propose ideas...

Calling all startup founders and aspiring entrepreneurs: did you know that PyCon US has been giving away free booth space to early-stage tech companies since 2011? Did you know that, since then, over 150 companies have gotten the opportunity to show off the cool stuff they’re building with Python? Would you have guessed that some of the most popular open source Python packages — Pandas, Plotly, and more — were developed by or spun out from companies that presented on Startup Row at PyCon US. Good news: Startup Row applications are now open! But if you’re the action-oriented type who wants to skip all this reading and get straight to the point, here’s the direct link to the application . Applications close on March 14th, so don’t delay. That’s right. As you might have guessed from the name, Startup Row is its own corner of the PyCon US expo hall offering free booth space to early-stage tech companies. The objective of this program is to give startups the best of what PyCon US has to o...

The news you’ve been waiting for is finally here - registration for PyCon US 2025 is officially open! PyCon US will take place May 14 - May 22, 2025, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center . The core of the conference, May 16 - May 18, 2025, packs in three days worth of our community’s best talks, amazing keynote speakers, and our famed lightning talks to close out each day— but it is much more than that! It’s gathering together with the members of our community, to learn from, share with, and connect. It’s joining a conversation in the hallway with the creators of open source projects. It’s taking yourself from beginner to intermediate; intermediate to advanced; or advanced to cutting edge. For some, it’s getting started with Python for the first time. We have loads of exciting plans in the works for this year, and we can’t wait to spend this special time with you! How to Register Once you have created an account on the PyCon US 2025 conference website ...

We’re super excited to announce that PyCon US 2025 is back in Pittsburgh! If you missed our first time here, please check out our PyCon US 2024 recap  and video recordings . We’re also excited to announce the launch of our conference website , along with Call for Proposals and our sponsorship program ! We’re Coming Back to Pittsburgh! We will be hosting PyCon US 2025 again in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We will continue to return in person, with Health and Safety Guidelines in place. PyCon US 2025 will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the following dates: May 14-15, 2025 - Tutorials May 15, 2025 - Sponsor Presentations May 16-18, 2025 - Main Conference Days—Keynotes, Talks, Charlas, Expo Hall, and more May 19-22, 2025 - Sprints Introducing PyCon US Co-Chair, and Future Conference Chair: Jon Banafato!: "Hi folks! I'm Jon, and I've been a Python community organizer for the past decade and change. You may recognize me from my...

PyCon US is the largest and longest-running annual gathering for the community using and developing the open-source Python programming language. It is produced and underwritten by the Python Software Foundation (PSF), the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing and promoting Python and its community. The PSF is a grant-giving non-profit and the revenue generated by PyCon US is essential to our continued community support and operations. Check out our Mission and our latest Annual Impact Report to get an idea of the scope of work our foundation is responsible for. Many misunderstand or are unaware of this relationship, but the PSF relies on maintaining a strict budget for the operation of PyCon US in order to continue its grants programs and other financial responsibilities. With this in mind, PyCon US has taken on many expenses in the years following the pandemic, including the losses associated with canceling PyCon US 2020 and the move to PyCon US 2021 online. Addit...

As we wrap up PyCon US 2024, we can’t express enough gratitude to everyone who joined us, whether in-person or online, and made our first time together in Pittsburgh, PA a special and unforgettable experience. Not to mention, a record-breaking year - for the first time since before 2020, PyCon US sold out in-person tickets with over 2,700 tickets sold! We had an amazing and diverse group of community members join us for PyCon US 2024, attending from 95 different countries! By the numbers, we saw a total attendance of 2,991 – with 2,551 attendees joining us in person and 440 joining us online. We couldn’t be more grateful for all who supported the Python ecosystem and helped make PyCon US 2024 a huge success. Check out a full comprehensive recap of this year’s PyCon US conference here: Find more photos from PyCon US 2024, captured by PSF Board Member, Kushal Das, here .  We are also excited to announce that all PyCon US 2024 recordings are now available on the PyCon US YouTube chan...