The PyCon US Blog

We are super excited to announce the launch of the PyCon US 2022 Sprints! When : Sprints will take place on May 2nd and May 3rd Where : At Pycon US at the Salt Palace Convention Center Project Signups : Get your project listed so that attendees can help support it by signing up here: https://us.pycon.org/2022/events/development-sprints/   What are Sprints? PyCon Development Sprints are up to two days of intensive learning and development on an open source project of your choice, in a team environment. It's a time to come together with colleagues, old and new, to share what you've learned and apply it to an open source project. It's a time to test, fix bugs, add new features, and improve documentation. And it's a time to network, make friends, and build relationships that go beyond the conference. PyCon provides the opportunity and infrastructure; you bring your skills, humanity, and brainpower (oh! and don't forget your computer). For those that have never attended ...

The PyCon US 2022 staff, committees, and volunteers know that for many attending PyCon US 2022 next week the Health and Safety Guidelines and Vaccine Verification policy along with a commitment to enforce them via our Code of Conduct have provided the information necessary to weigh the risks and make attendance decisions that best meet their needs. We remain committed to those policies and procedures set forth from the start to deliver the safest possible environment for all attendees. That commitment extends to ensuring that attendees are aware of the venue layout and shared spaces where our policies cannot apply. What you need to know: The Salt Palace Convention Center will be hosting another event concurrently with PyCon US , the USA Gymnastics T&T Region 1&2 Championships. The gymnastics event will not be requiring masks for their attendees and does not currently have a published set of policies or statements regarding vaccines.  Venue Details While the layout of the...

It's official! The Startup Row lineup has been finalized, and we're very excited to give eight early-stage companies a unique opportunity to share what they're working on with the vibrant, diverse group of folks who come to PyCon US. Selected through a competitive application process, Startup Row companies receive the perks of conference sponsorship without the financial burden. Many companies which previously presented on Startup Row come back to PyCon as sponsors. Ultimately, though, Startup Row is the PSF's way of giving back to technical entrepreneurs who expand and enrich the Python ecosystem. Popular tools like Pandas, Plotly, and Docker were all created by Startup Row companies. And some of the companies coming to Salt Lake City may soon become the standard-bearers of their categories. After a challenging couple of years, it's going to be great to get back to the in-person conference experience, and 2022's Startup Row batch is perhaps the most impressive...

We’re getting excited for the return of the PyLadies Auction at PyCon 2022! Since this will be the first in-person live auction since 2019, we’re looking forward to seeing our supportive regulars and our new friends! If you have yet to attend a PyLadies Auction at previous PyCons, don’t miss out this year. Help raise money for PyLadies , an international mentorship group that focuses on helping more women become active participants and leads within the PyCon open source community. Not only will your donations make a huge impact, but you will also have a great evening with lots of laughter, friendly competition, and unique, one-of-a-kind donations . For last year’s virtual event with 21 items auctioned off, PyLadies raised $19K to support future PyCon US travel grants. The previous in-person auction in 2019, over $44K was raised from 58 items auctioned. Let’s outdo ourselves this year! The Details Date & Time : Saturday, April 30th at 6:30pm Location : The City Creek Grand Ballroom...

We are thrilled to announce that the schedule for PyCon US 2022 has been published!  Here you will find Tutorials, Talk Tracks, Charlas Track, and Sponsor Workshops. This year, posters will be displayed during all open hours of the Expo Hall as well as alongside presentations by the authors on Sunday, May 1, 2022. A huge shout out to all those who took the time to submit proposals! PyCon US could not continuously have a full and diverse schedule without the efforts of the community. It is heartwarming to see how much support this community gives. Thank you Committees and Reviewers We want to send a special thank you to the committee members that volunteered their time and hard work in launching the PyCon US Call for Proposals! Their commitment to managing the process of preparing for CFPs to launch and managing the review process began over 6 months ago. We truly could not have accomplished the final result of launching the schedule today without each of them. Tutorial Committee...

As we're ramping up preparations for an in-person PyCon US 2022 in Salt Lake City, the PyCon US organization wants to take a moment to talk about the decisions we made, the precautions we are taking, and what we are expecting from attendees to have a safe event. The main decision we've taken is to hold an in-person event, with significant measures to protect health and safety. We understand that there are tradeoffs to each part of the decision we've made, and that each person's decision of whether and how to participate is an individual one. Overall, given the current circumstances, we believe that we can hold a safe, valuable, and enjoyable PyCon US that benefits the community. Preparations for PyCon US Organizing a large event like PyCon US takes many years of planning and preparation. Host city selection usually starts three years before the event, with a thorough evaluation of potential sites, combined with our best estimates for conference size and needs. Salt Lake...

It’s official: PyCon 2022 in Salt Lake City will mark more than a decade of support for early-stage startups, and applications are now open!  For the “do first and read later” folks reading this, applying for a spot on Startup Row is as easy as creating an account or logging into your existing account on the PyCon 2022 site and submitting an application . Chances are, you’ve already answered very similar questions about your startup before, so the application is quick and straightforward.  Please submit your application before midnight on February 24, 2022! About Startup Row As the name may suggest, Startup Row is a row of booths at PyCon US specially reserved for early-stage companies that use the Python programming language in new and interesting ways. Since 2011, well over 100 companies have been given the opportunity to share what they’re building (and how they’re building it) with thousands of engineers, scientists, students, tinkerers, and all-around enthusiasts who c...

Our favorite time of the year is finally here! Registration for PyCon US 2022 is now open and we are so excited to give you the details... Health & Safety Guidelines To gather in-person again safely and protect the health and safety of our community, we have implemented COVID-19 guidelines and protocols to be followed by all attendees during the event. We ask that you  please review these guidelines  prior to registration.  Please note : The Health & Safety Guidelines will be updated based on new or current protocol suggested by the United States CDC at the time of the event. Please check our guidelines page regularly to stay up to date on current guidelines.  How to register Once you have created an account on the  PyCon US 2022 conference website , you can register via the registration button on your dashboard . Head over to our Registration Information page  to get all the details on how to register.  Registration Costs Corporate - $700 US...

It's that time! PyCon US 2022’s Call for Proposals has officially opened for Talks, Tutorials, Posters, and Charlas. We are excited to gather in person again in Salt Lake City, UT, where all of our speakers will present their topics in person at the Salt Palace Convention Center . PyCon US is made by you, so we want you and your ideas at PyCon US! Please make note of the important deadline for submissions: All proposals are due December 20, 2021 AoE We need beginner, intermediate, and advanced proposals on all sorts of topics. We also need beginner, intermediate, and advanced speakers to give said presentations. You don’t need to be a 20-year veteran who has spoken at dozens of conferences. On all fronts, we need all types of people. That’s what this community is comprised of, so that’s what this conference’s schedule should be made from. For more information on where and how to submit your proposal, visit the main Speaking page on the PyCon US 2022 website . We've provided ...

With PyCon US 2022 planning underway, we are excited to be launching the conference website along with our sponsorship program. Our team is planning to host the event in person with an online component. Head over to the PyCon US 2022 website for details about the conference and more information about our sponsorship program. You will not want to miss the opportunity to be part of this event! If your organization depends on the Python ecosystem, check out our prospectus online, and sign up today !   The PSF's comprehensive sponsorship program allows organizations to support community programs financially and delivers a variety of benefits that provide visibility across PyCon US, pypi.org, python.org, and much more:  Outreach & Networking: Access to 2,000+ attendees interested in your products and services to generate qualified leads. Recruiting : Access to qualified job candidates. If you’re hiring, there’s no better place to find Python developers than PyCon US. Marketi...

Want to play a pivotal role in the planning and success of PyCon US? Here’s your chance! Join our team by volunteering for one of our Call for Proposal Committees. We are looking for motivated volunteers who want to contribute their time and knowledge to make this year’s conference a great success. As a committee member, you’ll have the opportunity to be part of the PyCon US staff team, meet and work with organizers, volunteers, and speakers, and share your diverse skillset with the Python community. PyCon US is seeking volunteers of all experience levels and backgrounds to join our Program, Tutorial, and Posters Committees. Learn more about each committee and where to submit your application on the PSF website . Thank you for considering this opportunity. PyCon US would not be a success without the support of community members like you!  

The PyCon US 2021 recordings are available on our YouTube channel .  Be sure to subscribe to our channel for notifications of new content. This channel will be used for all future conferences in order to keep all content in one channel. The recordings are synced with the available live captions taken during the event. There are some tutorials whose files did not align with the recordings for many unforeseen reasons. Please utilize the closed captions offered on YouTube for those without the caption files synced.  There are three tutorials that needs some fine tuning and will be available next week: Introduction to Decorators: Power UP Your Python Code / Geir Arne Hjelle Effective Data Visualization / Husni Almoubayyed A Hands-On Introduction to Multi-Objective Optimisation / Eyal Kazin We can not mention enough times our heartfelt gratitude to all the presenters of the tutorials, talks, keynote addresses, posters, workshops, summits and lightning talks for their time ...

We’re pleased to announce our location for PyCon US for 2024 and 2025: It’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! As PyCon US 2021 is taking place virtually, we’re excited to let you know about the next four years of in-person PyCon US conferences. When we announced the cancellation of our in-person events at PyCon US 2021, and confirmed our venue for 2022 and 2023 ( Salt Lake City, which we’d locked in before the pandemic even began ), we heard from so many of you that they were disappointed that we’d have to miss out on Pittsburgh entirely. We also recognize that as people are reluctant to travel long distances, we want people on the eastern side of North America to be able to look forward to another nearby PyCon with some certainty. With that in mind, we’re so pleased you’ll get another chance to take part in PyCon US and enjoy everything Pittsburgh has to offer! PyCon US will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh on the following dates: In 2024: May 1...

2021 marks the tenth year that PyCon has granted booth space to early-stage startups that use Python in new and interesting ways. And what a decade it has been! Startup Row has given over 100 companies a platform to share what they're working on with the Python community, and the past ten years of Startup Row shows off the technical diversity and depth of the Python ecosystem. Ranging from data science and visualization, to many flavors of back-end tooling, productivity and communication platforms, super-niche software applications, and even a couple of hardware ventures, the flexibility of the Python language and its uses are on full display on Startup Row. Startup Row at PyCon 2021 Without further ado, here's the Startup Row lineup at PyCon 2021 (in alphabetical order): Bit.io is a cloud database company which allows data teams and data enthusiasts to upload, query, and share data repositories internally or with the world. Dagster is a data orchestration tool for machine l...

The Salesforce team is looking forward to meeting you remotely at PyCon 2021! In the meantime, check out this case study on how they solved the challenge of assisting customer service agents in finding answers to customer problems. Problem Statement and Background The problem we are tackling here is assisting customer service agents in finding answers to customer problems accurately and fast. To answer customer questions, customer service agents typically rely on Information Retrieval (Search) systems fetching data from heterogenous data sources. These customer questions are often long text and not well-suited for a search system to handle as-is. To that end, we built a content-based recommendation system that matches incoming customer questions, in the form of a customer case or ticket, to the knowledge article that will help address the customer issue. Approach The system we built machine learns on a customer’s data corpus and returns the best matching articles when customers ask the...