PyCon US 2026 Open Spaces Schedule

Come discuss and parctice CTF. Don't know what a CTF challenge is come and learn about this gamefied tool to learn about cyber security

Come discuss and practice your CTF skills. Don't know what CTF is? Come and learn about this tool used to teach cyber security skills. All experience levels welcome.

Come pull up a chair, say hello, and hang out in a welcoming environment. Chat about anything, or just sit back and listen. Friends/allies welcome. There are dozens of us!

PyBites is an online community about learning Python one bite at a time. It's about learning by doing and building Python developers at all levels.

The world of "extended reality" (VR/AR, etc) is just getting started. Apps that go beyond basic gaming are beginning to seeing the light of day, but reimagining software to bring us out of Flatland is essentially still a greenfield project. Come share your XR successes, failures, and ideas as we contemplate Python's present and future in the XR development landscape.

There is a [spec for AI skills](https://agentskills.io/home) -- "a lightweight, open format for extending AI agent capabilities with specialized knowledge and workflows." For some packages, it makes a lot of sense to provide an AI skill that is specific to that package. How should these AI skills be packaged and installed? Should they be included inside a wheel or available separately? Should an installer like `pip` or `uv` automatically install it directly? Or should the installer have a hook to call …

Discuss Nix/Nixpkgs/NixOS! Note: we'll likely go for dinner after too! Nix is a widely-used cross-language declarative build tool and package manager, with Nixpkgs as the widest and freshest set of package definitions of any package manager, and NixOS an OS built with those packages. Based on previous years, we always run out of time and want to keep the discussion going, hence dinner :)

Inspired by [BrainMade](https://brainmade.org), and the 2022 book “Resisting AI”, discuss the how and the why of software development that eschews LLMs. The BrainMade logo is licensed as Creative Commons 0.

Let’s discuss how you're using Python for 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.

Native Performance Compiler... Easy Development Experience Interpreter... Why not both? https://github.com/spylang/spy

Open discussion for anyone on building in healthcare, biotech, AI, scientific computing, clinical data, lab tooling, research engineering, or adjacent scientific domains. Come share what you’re building, what’s broken, what challenges exist, and the tools or workflows you wish existed.

Do you organizer a conference or other technical event or want to?) Come by and share tips, tricks, and stories with each other and network with other organizers. Conferences, meetups and communities oh my!

Do you use LLMs to create written content, videos, images, or basically anything that ISN’T code? Come chat about what you’ve found that works and what doesn’t.

marimo is a next generation Python notebook — reactive, reproducible, and reusable. Run a cell or interact with a UI element, and marimo automatically runs dependent cells (or marks them as stale), keeping code and outputs consistent. marimo notebooks are stored as pure Python, executable as scripts, and deployable as apps. We will showcase: - marimo pair: A canvas where agents and developers collaborate on research and data work; structured working memory and a reactive Python runtime for agents. - m…

The Python packaging ecosystem has two main package index types, two metadata formats, two resolver conventions, and increasingly one user base that expects them to work together. If you have ever hit a wall trying to get PyPI and conda packages to coexist, you belong in this room too. We'll open with a hands-on look at conda-pypi, now in beta: native wheel installation directly into conda environments, no conversion required. Bring your environment, try it live, and tell us what breaks. From there, th…

PyLadiesCon is designed to promote diversity, learning, and empowerment within the Python community. We would not be able to run this conference without help from our volunteers. We would like to host a Q&A session about PyLadiesCon and how people can support and contribute to the conference.

Space robots, underwater robots, any type of robots! Join us if you would like to talk about robots, and how Python in used in robotics!

Python Developers Chat and Chill: This is an opportunity for Black Pythonistas to meet, network, and discuss ongoing topics in the Black Python developer community. note: While the conversation will focus around Black cultural experiences, this event is open to participation from all conference attendees.

The PSF Diversity and Inclusion Working Group is developing practical accessibility guidelines for Python meetups, conferences, workshops, and community events. Our goal is to make the guide concrete and useful. We also want to ensure that event accessibility fosters inclusivity and belonging, and meets the needs of the entire Python community. If you have suggestions, examples, resources, or lessons learned, we’d love to hear from you.