Love fantasy sports? Obsessed with stats? Come join the Fantasy Sports Analytics Open Space! Whether you're a fantasy sports veteran, a Python data junkie, or just curious about how data and analytics power modern fantasy leagues, this is your spot. We'll chat about drafting strategies, predictive modeling, player projections, win probability tools, platforms with (private) APIs and good data sets, leveraging betting lines and how to turn your Python skills into fantasy sport victories. Bring your qu…

The initial Python learning experience for folks who are entirely new to programming can be a rough experience. The official Python tutorial is written for programmers who are new to Python, not new programmers. There are a number of tools available that can help with this, but there's no definitive officially supported workflow to address this issue. I want to encourage the conversation about what we can do to improve this process. I want to know what beginners are successfully using to learn, and what ed…

Do you like outer space? And doing outer space things with Python? Like doing science, processing data, controlling spacecraft, designing and running missions. So do we. Let's talk about doing outer space things with Python.

Clouds are bad. ☁️🙁 Sun is good. ☀️😀 Are you running python on premises: self hosted servers, private data center, in a broom closet, etc.? Meet with others to discuss the how and why of operating outside the major cloud providers

Let’s discuss how Python is being used in advocacy, activism, and social impact work. Whether you're working with data for policy change, building tools for nonprofits, or civic engagement, join us to share projects, tools, and ideas.

Do you have any idea about what we can, as a community, promote Python to more people? Or are you interested in education in Python and would like to get more support? The members of the Education and Outreach Working Group of the Python Software Foundation would love to listen and collaborate with you. Please come join us!

Let's talk about the most replicatable database, CouchDB

There are rumors that a mysterious sticker is making the rounds at PyCon. Some say it's just another piece of conference swag, but if you stare at it long enough, it appears to be hiding something. If you are the kind who can't resist pulling on loose threads to see what unravels, join us! We have stickers!

Teaching, explaining, tutoring, or mentoring? Let’s meet up and share all the tricks, tips, and tools we’ve learned. What worked? What didn’t? I want to know your secrets!

A chance to share what's good (and bad) about using AI as part of a data science workfow

Come share your tips and tricks for CTF problems. Don't know what CTF is? Come learn about these fun activities for learning and sharpening cyber security skills.

Open-space discussion about free-threaded Python (PEP 703), implementation details and migration support (https://py-free-threading.github.io/).

WheelNext is an open-source initiative (https://github.com/wheelnext & https://wheelnext.dev/) aiming to improve the user experience in the Python packaging ecosystem, specifically around the scientific computing and machine/deep learning space. Come and help us design the future of Python Packaging

A space to meet other tabular (data analysts, data scientists, programmers) users.

Get ready for an engaging hour as we dive into all things data engineering. ​Chat data engineering, connect with peers and throw down some hot takes. ​Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn, network, and unwind with the community!

Do you use python for scientific research studies? I am a biomedical research engineer at the University of Pittsburgh and use python for building systems to run experiments for neurotechnology clinical trials (including brain-computer interface research). This is an open discussion and meetup for fellow researchers, scientists and engineers in academia. Stop by to talk about code, science, Pittsburgh, or just wish me a happy birthday!

How are you predicting and modeling with the crown jewels (CSV or excel)? Come meet other users.

Excited by music and what you can do with Python in the creative process? Join us and talk about Python and MIDI, audio synthesis, and other related topics and experiences that you wish to share. There’s plenty of room for contributions in the Python space in these areas, in addition to plenty of tools to help.

Come have English tea and biscuits with Cheuk. Let's talk about Python, community and PyCharm over an aromatic brew. Everyone is welcomed to my tea party.

Join Kelly and Sean from the Teaching Python podcast for a live recording of the show! We want this to be an interactive session with YOU. Come share your experiences with AI in your classroom, teaching, or education content. You are welcome to join to observe, participate, or stage a -hostile- gentle takeover of our post-production processes. :)

Are you neurodivergent or questioning? Would you like to meet other friendly people at Pycon? You are welcome at the neurodivergent social space! It can be tough as a neurodivergent person to meet others at a large conference like Pycon, and not everyone may understand neurodivergent ways of socializing--this is our space to build some relationships! If you would like, bring something that shows your personality or come willing to tell us what something about something you are interested in (personal or…

Open forum for discussing popular libraries and approaches for exposing C++ code to Python. Let's share challenges, find out what's worked for others and brainstorm what would help us go further.

Have you or your team scaled a python-based service, are interested in doing so, or just curious? Let's talk tech stacks, ideas, and pitfalls! :)

Meet at room 321, then leave for the hike promptly at 4:05pm. We'll hike part of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail starting at the convention center and returning to the convention center. We can either go to Point State Fountain Park or Mr. Rogers Memorial based on popular vote. Rain probability is 15% at 4pm, so odds are on our side 😀

Are you a data scientist, engineer, or analyst using Python in your day-to-day work? This meetup is for you! Join fellow practitioners for an hour of open conversation about the tools, trends, and challenges shaping enterprise data today. Bring your wins, challenges, and war stories: What are you building? What's keeping you up at night? What new tools or trends are you watching? Connect, learn, and exchange ideas with others navigating the ever-evolving Python data landscape!

If you know, you know. If you don't know, then drop in and practice team coding using a timer (https://mobti.me) to rotate through three roles: Navigator, Driver, and Next.

Easy run/walk down to Point State Park (where the three rivers meet) and back. I (Matt Harrison) will be outside the conference center at 6:55 am and leave at 7. Join me if you are interested.

Curious about functional programming in Python? Come hang out at the Functional Programming Open Space! Whether you're an FP enthusiast, a Pythonista wanting to write cleaner, more expressive code, or just someone wondering what the fuss is about map, filter, and reduce, this session’s for you. We’ll talk about immutability, pure functions, higher-order functions, recursion, functional libraries, and how to sneak in FP habits at work. No prior experience necessary — bring your questions, favorite FP …

Come chat with the team building the new super-fast Astral type checker, ty! Topics could include: ty's architecture and design goals, your hopes and dreams for Python typing, contributing to ty, or whatever else is on your mind!

Come learn what’s new and upcoming for supply chain security in the Python ecosystem. This open space will be relevant to both maintainers and users. A mix of longer presentations, lightning talks and open discussion will include overviews of new best practices and plans for the future.

Rust is part of the Python ecosystem now—for those of you who are interested in Rust in Python come to join the discussion and learn more.

Python in the physical world: manufacturing, energy, water, robotics, data centers, telco, buildings, transportation, logistics, warehouses, agriculture, etc..

Come chat with the Astral team (or, at least Zanie) about uv. Topics might include: installing Python, inline script metadata, installing tools, working on projects, using workspaces, packaging woes, build systems, writing Rust, etc.

Stuck on sprints? Story points getting you down? T-shirt sizes don't seem to fit your tasks? Come to this session to learn about a surprisingly simple new way to estimate effort that is actually useful, and will radically transform how your team communicates.

t-strings are in Python 3.14 and they offer a chance for Python to build a broad ecosystem of implementations and interoperability. We have a chance for common tooling that dramatically increases developer experience. Come hang out, talk about how we can invent this together: - HTML templating that taps into static analysis and type checking like TSX, but is also interoperable with all the great systems already in place - What does tooling need in order to find the structure? - What should the stan…

Impacted by resignations, RIFs, or cuts to grants and contracts? Join us for an Open Space focused on community, support, and shared purpose. We'll hold discussion space on career pivots, personal resilience, and how we can continue to uphold and advance public-sector data, programming, and AI innovation. Can’t make the session? Email elaynemorrison@gmail.com to receive the shared resource list and stay connected.

It's pretty easy to build an engaging data app or document locally, but finding ways to deploy feels challenging - especially for those on a budget. I'd love to hear what challenges you've faced and what approaches or solutions have unblocked you.

Do you identify as a "Nebraska" maintainer? Have you been thanklessly maintaining Open Source projects that large companies depend on? I want to hear your story! My name is Chad Whitacre, Head of Open Source at Sentry and director of the Open Source Pledge. I recently launched a YouTube show called Open Path about Open Source sustainability and more. I want to include perspectives from maintainers in future episodes, so we will be filming this session. Let's bring some attention to the Open Source sustaina…

There are dozens of us! Come say hi, talk about anything, or just show up and listen. Anyone is welcome!

Do you have or are interested in a career in aviation? Pilots, fleet management, weather, maintenance, engineering and simulation, plane spotting, or a big fan of going up and down. All are welcome.

Hey there, my name is Cristián and I work at The Qt Company. I'd like for people using Qt via PySide or PyQt to gather and share their experience and feedback. Additionally, I'd like to announce a new Qt and Python project that we are working on to hopefully make available later this year.

Do you use CoPilot, Cursor, ChatGPT? Don’t use them but want to learn more? Come talk about different uses of LLMs, share stories with others in a round table discussion. All experiences welcome.

If you are building an MCP server or want to learn from others come join this open space!

Connect with the authors of many of your favorite Python books. Come meet us, ask questions, and even get autographs. This is also a great opportunity if you’ve ever thought about writing a Python book and want to learn more about the process.

RobotPy is a volunteer project that maintains Python libraries that high school students can use to control their robots in the FIRST Robotics Competition (and FIRST Tech Challenge starting in 2027). This turns out to be a lot of work and encompasses a lot of different skillsets: pybind11/nanobind, native packaging and cross-compilation, pytest customization, translating from Java/C++ to Python, github actions, documentation, vscode extension development, maybe asyncio/NoGIL, and more. Do you work wi…

- Typing Survey for 2025: I’m hoping we can do this again over the summer. What questions would you like to see included in this year’s survey? How do we get more participation from non typing-enthusiasts. - Improving Ecosystem Types: We’ve made steady progress typing Pandas and Numpy. How do we get more community involvement? - Type Stubs Plan by PyCon 2026: A plan for a plan. At the 2026 Typing Summit, can we have a plan to make the ecosystem of stubs more sustainable for maintainers and consisten…

Like SQL and Python? Join us! Like DuckDB? Join us! How do you combine SQL and Python? Let's learn from each other and share our SQL "war" stories.

This meetup is for people who build awesome websites with Python or people who want to learn more about building awesome websites with Python. We'll have Jeff Triplett from the Django community and Meagen Voss from the Wagtail community to will provide overviews on their web frameworks. And we'll leave plenty of time for questions and for everyone else to share their favorite web tools too. Find out how we can build a newer better, Internet together with Python!

Come juggle with us! No experience necessary, we will teach you. Or bring your awesome skillz. Bring props if you have them. We will have beanbag balls to use.

Connect with fellow Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) users, contributors, and newcomers for updates, lightning talks, and casual conversation. Whether you're deep into data or new to CKAN, stop by to share ideas and help shape what’s next. CKAN Project Update - Ian Ward CKAN POSE Project Update - Jamaica Jones Texas Water Data Hub Overview - Ben Bright Western PA Regional Data Center (WPRDC) Overview - David Walker Automagical Metadata Inferencing from Raw Data - Joel Natividad Open D…

This open space is for those that are interested in electronics and organizing your electronics collection, come join an open space. I will demo my working prototype, ic_ocr_cataloger and talk about my challenges. Bring your stories, experience, and own interests to contribute to the conversation.

Do you love Python but are stuck using SQL? Have you discovered tips and tricks for data engineering in Python that you want to share? Are there aspects of data engineering where you haven't found a good Python-native solution? If you said yes to any of those questions—or if you just want to hear what the community has to say—come discuss the future of Python-first data engineering. Data engineers, data scientists, and anybody else who works with data are welcome.

When you think ORM, do you feel like 😩 or 😆? If you're on either side (or in between) come and chat about your ORM experience. Also, we'll talk about a way to stop re-implementing similar database operations each time you start a new project.

Come play board games! Bring a game to share or come learn a new one!

The Pyrefly team will be available to answer questions about types in your code and packages your rely on. We can also help set up Pyrefly in your IDE and answer any questions you have about using the type checker.

HI PYCON I'M TIMMY! I'm confused, is this anthrocon? Where's all the fursuits? Furry or curious? Just bored but not ready to go bar hopping or to your hotel? Wondering if it's okay to fursuit to your company Halloween party? Maybe discuss your experiences with overlapping furry hobbies and professional spheres. Network with other furries in the Python community. Intentionally scheduled soon before the bowling furmeet Saturday at 7pm at AMF Mt Lebanon lanes :3 I'll have a bag of candy bars to hand …

An opportunity for software maintainers who are still supporting Python 2.x to talk with people who are still using Python 2.x. What do users need before we can migrate? What do maintainers need to know or get before we can fully deprecate 2.x support? What funding might be necessary to make these happen? A supportive and nonjudgmental discussion facilitated by Sumana Harihareswara.

Deployment is one of the sticking points in learning (and using) Django. [django-simple-deploy](https://django-simple-deploy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) solves this problem by automating deployment to a variety of hosting platforms. We keep up with each platform's docs, so your deployment works the first time you try. If you'd like to learn more about the project, offer feedback, or start contributing, please stop by!

The PSF & Meetups Discussion is organized by the PSF board. We’re looking to make this year’s PyCon US session into a jumping off point for a global conversation that we hope to see happen regularly in lots of places around the world – as well as online. If you’ve got ideas or want to be involved in this conversation, please email community-organizing@pyfound.org

An open questions session with Leonard Richardson, the maintainer of screen-scraping library Beautiful Soup. If you've ever used or tried to use it, share your questions, confusions, stuff you've made, concerns, ideas, offers of help, etc. with Leonard in person. If we don't have a ton of questions, we might do some impromptu usability testing to check whether the new type hints help you use the library. Facilitated by Sumana Harihareswara.