Maintainers Summit

The vibrant Python open source community is comprised of people with diverse skills and backgrounds. The Maintainers Summit at PyCon US is where the Python community comes together to discuss, learn, and share best practices to develop, nurture, and sustain open source projects and their associated open source communities.

This year we will have a combination of dynamic speakers and short ignite talks where you can share an experience, new tool or lesson learned in open source. We welcome pythonistas of all experience levels to attend, submit talks, and participate in this year's event.

Join us to share your thoughts and ideas and learn from your peers!

Get Excited for Ignite Talks!!!

Do you have an idea that could spark discussion while helping the audience learn something new? Ignite talks are your chance to share it—quickly! Ignite talks can highlight tips, tricks, challenges, and lessons learned that help others navigate open source contributions. Storytelling and personal experiences are welcome as ways to connect with the audience and share impactful lessons learned.

Submit a Talk Proposal Today!

We are currently accepting both 10-15 minute and 5-minute ignite talk proposals for the 2025 Maintainers Summit.

The call for proposals closes on Feb 22nd, 2025.

The schedule will be posted once we have the speakers confirmed. Please check back later!

Where and When

DATE: Friday, May 16th, 2025

LOCATION: Room 402, David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Event Schedule

2:15 -- 3:20pm Presentations

3:20 -- 3:30pm Break

3:30 -- 4:15pm Round Table Discussions

4:15 -- 5:00pm Ignite talks (New this year!)

5:00 -- 5:45pm Round Table Discussions

Important Dates

CFP opens: Jan 22nd, 2025

CFP closes: Feb 22nd, 2025

Deadline to apply for PyCon US travel grant: Feb 18th, 2025 (apply if you will need help with covering travel expenses to present at the Summit)

CFP acceptance notifications: March 3rd, 2025

Deadline to confirm participation: March 10th, 2025

Deadline to submit slide decks: May 14th, 2025

Organizers

Inessa Pawson (NumPy, Albus Code, OpenTeams)

Mariatta Wijaya (PyLadies, CPython)

Leah Wasser (pyOpenSci, stravalib)

Code of Conduct

All attendees of the Maintainers Summit must adhere to the PyCon US Code of Conduct.

Health and Safety Guidelines

PyCon US continues to keep the safety of our community as the top priority and wishes PyCon US to be an event that everyone feels safe attending. For full details, read the PyCon US 2025 Health & Safety Guidelines.

Questions?

Please email us with any questions that you have!