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X-WR-CALNAME:PyCon 2025 Open Spaces
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DESCRIPTION: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!\r\n\r\nIf 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…
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LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250516T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Neurodivergent Pythonista Social Space
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DESCRIPTION:Young professionals unite! This is a space to hang out\, talk about Python\, and meet other people early in their career. Best meme of the hour wins ☠️
DTEND:20250518T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250518T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Young Professionals Meetup!
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DESCRIPTION:Come chat with the team building marimo\, a reproducible notebook that aims to replace Jupyter\, Streamlit\, Papermill as a unified tool. Topics could include: getting started\, versioning with git\, sharing notebooks as apps and/or scripts\, your hopes and dreams for data science/notebooks\, contributing to marimo\, or whatever else is on your mind!
DTEND:20250517T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250517T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Reproducible notebooks with marimo!
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DESCRIPTION:Come chat with the team building marimo\, a reproducible notebook that aims to replace Jupyter\, Streamlit\, Papermill as a unified tool. Topics could include: getting started\, versioning with git\, sharing notebooks as apps and/or scripts\, your hopes and dreams for data science/notebooks\, contributing to marimo\, or whatever else is on your mind!
DTEND:20250518T150000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250518T140000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Reproducible notebooks with marimo!
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DESCRIPTION:There are dozens of us! Come say hi\, talk about anything\, or just show up and listen. \r\n\r\nAnyone is welcome!
DTEND:20250517T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250517T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] LGBTQ Hangout
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DESCRIPTION:Python and RF nerdery.
DTEND:20250516T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250516T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Gnu Radio/ Ham Radio
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 5K fun run along the river (approximately 9:30 per mile pace) with enough time to make it to breakfast and lighting talks! Meet outside the East Lobby of the Conference Center at 6:20 am for stretching. Departing at 6:30 am SHARP!
DTEND:20250517T111500Z
LOCATION:Conference Center East Lobby
DTSTART:20250517T102000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Fun Run 5K
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DESCRIPTION:Building and launching a product on your own?\r\nWorking at a small startup?\r\nCurious/Interested in any of the above?\r\n\r\nChat\, hang out\, network\, seek advice\, etc
DTEND:20250517T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250517T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Startups & Solopreneurs
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DESCRIPTION:We’re gathering our favorite Vim plugins and command-line tools — from productivity boosters to hidden gems.\r\n\r\n🛠️ What’s in your toolkit?\r\nDrop your must-haves in the comments or join the conversation!
DTEND:20250518T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250518T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] 🚀 Vim & CLI Power Users – Let's Share Tools!
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DESCRIPTION:In 2020 I decided I'd be vegan by 2030. I'm almost there. I've done a lot of reading and thinking and I am very happy to discuss your (likely very valid!) questions and concerns. I'd love to chat with you. - Trey
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LOCATION:4th floor tables (under the tents)
DTSTART:20250518T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Ask a Friendly Meat-Loving Vegan
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DESCRIPTION:Are you a software engineer\, data engineer\, cybersecurity specialist\, cloud engineer\, or other employee in the first few years of your career? Are you someone with more years under their belt that wants to share what they've experienced and learned? \r\n\r\nPlease stop by with questions or comments for discussion related to career or personal development\, coding practices\, navigating new work environments\, and any other related topics.
DTEND:20250517T150000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250517T140000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Junior Engineer Advice Session
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DESCRIPTION:- 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.\r\n\r\n- Improving Ecosystem Types: We’ve made steady progress typing Pandas and Numpy. How do we get more community involvement? \r\n\r\n- 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…
DTEND:20250517T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250517T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python Typing: Improving Types in the ecosystem\, 2025 typing survey and typing stubs
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DESCRIPTION:Some of you might have some tips\, tricks\, or really cool things in your dotfiles. I may\, too.\r\n\r\nLet's hang out and talk about the ways we do\, have\, or will configure our shells and other things.
DTEND:20250518T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250518T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Dotfile Nerds
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DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250516T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250516T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python for Advocacy\, Activism\, and Civics
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DESCRIPTION:We'll meet up and depart at 5:10pm to head to FA Climbing Station Square to boulder together. New and experienced boulderers welcome!
DTEND:20250517T233000Z
LOCATION:Meet *outside* room 315
DTSTART:20250517T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Climbing The Stack
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DESCRIPTION:Do you have strong feelings about LangChain? Do you struggle to understand why Google provides two separate APIs to call the same Gemini models? Are you tired of hearing the word "agentic" (or do you love it)?\r\n\r\nThen this is the space for you! Come talk about infra and platforms for building with LLMs and GenAI.
DTEND:20250518T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250518T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Let's talk LLMOps
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DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250518T150000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250518T140000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python in Aviation
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DESCRIPTION:Let's talk about how to make Django fast. Discuss techniques for caching\, optimizing database queries\, performance monitoring\, scaling\, using CDNs\, and more.
DTEND:20250518T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250518T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] High Performance Django
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DESCRIPTION: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.\r\n\r\nFind out how we can build a newer better\, Internet together with Python!
DTEND:20250517T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250517T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Web Dev Tools with Django & Wagtail
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DESCRIPTION:Let's get together and talk about what Twisted has been doing in the past year. Topics may include the recent WebSockets implementation and the upcoming deployment of PSF funds for paid maintenance\, but any topics from users\, maintainers\, or curious potential users would also be great!
DTEND:20250518T150000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250518T140000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Twisted Community
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DESCRIPTION:A chance to share what's good (and bad) about using AI as part of a data science workfow
DTEND:20250516T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250516T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] AI for data science
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DESCRIPTION:Do you write software for research? Then you might be a research software engineer.
DTEND:20250517T140000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250517T130000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Research Software Engineers meetup
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DESCRIPTION:Chat about the portable Python distribution that uv\, hatch\, poetry\, and others can install\, why you'd want to use it\, and any issues you're having with it. (General discussion about building and packaging Python etc. also welcome.)
DTEND:20250518T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250518T163000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] python-build-standalone
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DESCRIPTION:The game is simple. \r\n\r\nThe round ends when only one person is standing\, The person with the most points wins. \r\n\r\nPeople will “face off” in pairs\, count to three\, and then display either a 1 or a 2. If you both display a 1\, you both stay in the game and receive 2 points each.  \r\n\r\nYou cannot play the same player 2 times in a row. \r\n\r\nIf you display a 2 you knock the other player out and receive 4 points. \r\n\r\nCome in with or without a strategy. Perhaps make teammates and plan a strategy together.
DTEND:20250517T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250517T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Programmers Dilemma! A Game Theory Experiment
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DESCRIPTION: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.\r\n\r\nCKAN Project Update - Ian Ward\r\nCKAN POSE Project Update - Jamaica Jones\r\nTexas Water Data Hub Overview - Ben Bright\r\nWestern PA Regional Data Center (WPRDC) Overview - David Walker\r\nAutomagical Metadata Inferencing from Raw Data - Joel Natividad\r\nOpen D…
DTEND:20250517T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250517T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] CKAN Community
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DESCRIPTION:Meet other PyCon attendees who run Python at scale! This open space dives into High Performance Computing (HPC) workflows\, use cases\, and pain points. We'll swap tips on distributed programming frameworks like mpi4py\, dealing with HPC job schedulers like Slurm\, and the intersection of Python and HPC packaging systems like Spack and softenv. Bring your toughest cluster tales and clever hacks\; from kernel-writing wizards to beginning computational scientists\, this session is open to anyone doing science at s…
DTEND:20250518T150000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250518T140000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python on HPC Supercomputers
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DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250516T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250516T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] CTF tips & tricks
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DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250516T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250516T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Outer Space Open Space
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DESCRIPTION:Whether you've heard about Golang as a solution for cloud development and want pointers on getting started\, or you're a Gopher in diaspora here among the Pythons\, come chat\, share\, and learn.
DTEND:20250518T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 319
DTSTART:20250518T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Go
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DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250518T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250518T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Still on Python 2?
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DESCRIPTION:If you know\, you know.\r\nIf 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.
DTEND:20250516T230000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250516T220000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Ensemble (mob) programming
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DESCRIPTION:Curious about GPU-accelerated data science in Python? Join us for an open discussion on RAPIDS — a suite of open-source tools like cuDF and cuML that bring pandas- and scikit-learn-like APIs to the GPU. All experience levels welcome!\r\n\r\nSome topics:\r\n- Interoperation with the CUDA Python & PyData ecosystems\r\n- Zero code change with cudf.pandas / cuml.accel (import *magic*)\r\n- Polars GPU backend\, XGBoost\, ...\r\n- Bring your questions!
DTEND:20250518T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250518T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] GPU Accelerated Data Science with RAPIDS
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DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand\r\nWe'll break up into groups of 3 to 5\, each with their own instance of https://mobti.me\r\nand rotate through the roles of: Driver\, Navigator\, and Next.
DTEND:20250518T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250518T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Ensemble (mob) programming
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DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250518T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250518T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Beautiful Soup: Ask Me Anything
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DESCRIPTION:Bring your A game and maybe a game and we will be SET! Will have an assortment of game generes and lengths 🎲♥️
DTEND:20250518T230000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250518T220000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] More boardgames!
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DESCRIPTION:I found this great used bookstore last year and invite anyone interested to visit it with me again this year!\r\n\r\nMeet by the info desk. Located approximately 3.5 miles from the convention center\, in the Oakland neighborhood. We will take Lyft/s to get there unless enough people with cars are willing to drive.
DTEND:20250518T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250518T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Caliban Book Shop
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DESCRIPTION:SeleniumBase is a Python web automation framework with lots of powerful features built-in\, such as handling 2-factor login (MFA)\, test reports\, real-time dashboards\, CAPTCHA-bypass abilities\, and reliable test automation. With over 10K GitHub Stars (https://github.com/seleniumbase/SeleniumBase)\, SeleniumBase offers several features that other test automation frameworks don't have. Come learn how it works\, and be sure to ask lots of questions! This Open Space will be run by the maintainer of SeleniumBase: M…
DTEND:20250518T150000Z
LOCATION:Room 319
DTSTART:20250518T140000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] SeleniumBase Deep Dive
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DESCRIPTION:Come discuss the struggles that you\, your team\, and/or your organization encounter when trying to adopt Python's type system. Do you or someone in control simply not like types? Do they seem like too much trouble or risk to adopt? Is it an educational issue\, or do people not understand the value? Contrarian opinions are welcome -- the goal is to understand the challenges and hurdles.
DTEND:20250518T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 310/311
DTSTART:20250518T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Types: What is Preventing Adoption?
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:All things 3d Printing for nerds and newbs alike.
DTEND:20250517T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250517T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] 3d Printing
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DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250517T210000Z
LOCATION:West Atrium
DTSTART:20250517T194500Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Juggling!
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DESCRIPTION:Come to have Mullie's ice cream with Cheuk\, we will meet at the registration (or where it was) after the closing ceremony (after the Sprint project introductions). If you don't know what is a sprint that happens on Monday\, come and Cheuk will explain it over an ice cream.
DTEND:20250518T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250518T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] [Outing\, see description] Ice Cream sprint
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DESCRIPTION:Do you use CoPilot\, Cursor\, ChatGPT? Don’t use them but want to learn more?\r\n\r\nCome talk about different uses of LLMs\, share stories with others in a round table discussion. \r\n\r\nAll experiences welcome.
DTEND:20250517T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250517T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Coding with LLMs
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DESCRIPTION:Curious how Python is being used (or could be used) in the real estate or construction world? From data models and energy efficiency to proptech\, project management\, or generative design—let’s gather and swap stories\, challenges\, and ideas.\r\n\r\nWhether you’re in the industry or just intrigued by the possibilities\, come hang out with others exploring the intersection of Python and the built environment.
DTEND:20250518T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250518T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python for Real Estate & Construction
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:OpenAPI specifications let you define your web APIs. The new Arazzo specification lets you define workflows or sequences of those API calls. Come chat about all things OpenAPI with one of the authors of the Arazzo spec!
DTEND:20250518T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250518T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] OpenAPI and Arazzo specifications
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Open-space discussion about free-threaded Python (PEP 703)\, implementation details and migration support (https://py-free-threading.github.io/).
DTEND:20250516T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250516T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Free-threaded Python
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Interested in writing\, or are you already a writer? Let's talk about all things writing: how to get started\, where it's going\, where to publish\, writing books\, and of course: "will we be replaced by AI?" The author Bruce Eckel will be there as well as any other writers who join and all can offer opinions and experiences.
DTEND:20250518T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250518T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] The Writer's Nook
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DESCRIPTION:Are you a data scientist\, engineer\, or analyst using Python in your day-to-day work? This meetup is for you!\r\n\r\nJoin 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!
DTEND:20250516T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250516T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Enterprise Python Data Practitioners Roundtable
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Come chat with the Astral team (or\, at least Zanie) about uv.\r\n\r\nTopics might include: installing Python\, inline script metadata\, installing tools\, working on projects\, using workspaces\, packaging woes\, build systems\, writing Rust\, etc.
DTEND:20250517T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250517T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Astral's package manager\, uv
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DESCRIPTION: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
DTEND:20250516T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250516T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] WheelNext - Let's re-invent the Wheel
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DESCRIPTION:It's like tennis\, but smaller. No previous experience or equipment required. We'll meet up in the room after the closing session\, and go to a nearby park where there are courts.
DTEND:20250518T230000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250518T213000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Pickleball
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Python in the physical world: manufacturing\, energy\, water\, robotics\, data centers\, telco\, buildings\, transportation\, logistics\, warehouses\, agriculture\, etc..
DTEND:20250517T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250517T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Physical World Python
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:The Pydantic team are here to answer your questions about Pydantic AI. Come learn how to build AI agents\, the more ideas of things you want to try the better!\r\n\r\nCaveat: no polar bears will be present.
DTEND:20250518T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 319
DTSTART:20250518T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Come play with Pydantic AI agents!
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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?\r\n\r\nIf 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.
DTEND:20250517T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250517T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Data engineering in Python the right way
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Informal discussion among those of us who use Python (particularly PyVISA) to automate control of real-world electronic test equipment hardware (e.g oscilloscopes\, power supplies\, spectrum analyzers\, etc.)
DTEND:20250517T230000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250517T220000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Test Equipment Automation
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Share your experience with using Python as a hardware maker - robots\, art\, manufacturing\, and anything in between.  Show and tell encouraged!
DTEND:20250518T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250518T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python for Hardware Folks
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Bridging the gap between teams? Introducing devops to data scientists?  Is it full of frustration or has it gone swimingly? Holding a space for the hybrid role.  Whether you're a data scientist who now knows too much\, or a data/software engineer who wishes others would just get on board\, come chat and build community.
DTEND:20250518T190000Z
LOCATION:Lounge area on third floor between 309 and 308
DTSTART:20250518T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Headache or Harmony: Engineering meets Data Science
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Clouds are bad. ☁️🙁\r\nSun is good. ☀️😀\r\n\r\nAre 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
DTEND:20250516T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250516T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] On Premise Python
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Let's chat about Python skill-building over lunch on the roof. Hosted by Trey Hunner of Python Morsels (one of many Python skill-building resources). The rooftop terrace can be reached via any of he 4 doors on either side of the long 3rd walkway.
DTEND:20250518T170000Z
LOCATION:4th floor tables (under the tents)
DTSTART:20250518T163000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python Skill-Building
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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!
DTEND:20250516T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250516T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Educators: Share Your Secrets
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:An open space to discuss Plotly and Dash for data app development. Also\, learn about the Sprints on Monday.
DTEND:20250518T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250518T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Plotly Data Viz - Meet & Greet
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:A quick and cozy open space discussing and interacting with Entertainment Robots\, sentiment analysis\, context dependent communication\, and Natural Language Processing. (Ft. AIBO)
DTEND:20250518T163000Z
LOCATION:Outside the staff room
DTSTART:20250518T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Entertainment Robots and the Pragmatics of Contextual Analysis.
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Let’s talk about event sourcing
DTEND:20250518T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250518T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Event sourcing
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Q & A for the Unlearning SQL talk
DTEND:20250518T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250518T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Unlearning SQL
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Do you use python for scientific research studies? \r\n\r\nI 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!
DTEND:20250516T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250516T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python for Science & Research
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Are you building\, or interested in building AWS architecture using CDK? \r\n\r\nCome share your thoughts\, troubles\, tricks and triumphs! \r\n\r\nLet’s discuss how to\, or how not to\, be pythonic about building with CDK.
DTEND:20250517T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250517T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Architecting in AWS Python+CDK. ☁️➕🐍
UID:18e02935-7bb3-5277-b0d6-ffe4782bd550
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:pyOpenSci is a non profit organization that supports researchers in creating\, contributing to and building better\, more reusable code and software. \r\nWe have been working on beginner friend packaging resources and also lessons that support our beginner-friendly sprints. Join us and provide input on what you want to see pyOpenSci focus on in the next year.  \r\n\r\n Topics may include:\r\n* Lessons on packaging and packaging security\r\n* Tools and approaches that you want more support\, training and learning resour…
DTEND:20250518T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250518T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] 🌸  pyOpenSci 🌸 Python\, packaging and making sharing code easier for everyone\, everywhere.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Lets discuss the latest trends in 3D Reconstruction\, Computer Vision\, SFM\, SLAM\, etc and how we leverage Python.
DTEND:20250517T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250517T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] 3D and Computer Vision Meet
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Love fantasy sports? Obsessed with stats? Come join the Fantasy Sports Analytics Open Space!\r\n\r\nWhether 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.\r\n\r\nBring your qu…
DTEND:20250516T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250516T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Fantasy Sports Analytics Meetup
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Hey there\, my name is Cristián and I work at The Qt Company.\r\nI'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.
DTEND:20250517T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250517T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Let's talk about the Qt Framework
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Let's chat about using Nix with Python! Reproducible Python dev envs\, building packages with nix\, any cool projects or challenges\, or if you're just interested in learning more!
DTEND:20250517T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250517T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] NixOS + Python = ♥️
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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.\r\n\r\nCome hang out\, talk about how we can invent this together:\r\n\r\n- HTML templating that taps into static analysis and type checking like TSX\, but is also interoperable with all the great systems already in place\r\n- What does tooling need in order to find the structure?\r\n- What should the stan…
DTEND:20250517T154500Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250517T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] t-strings: Let's build powerful templating together
UID:2bda4d5e-9e80-5881-bf8b-56e30e56bb0d
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:We will discuss the problem of ensuring the responsible and safe operation of AI applications\, particularly those utilizing LLMs. These systems are currently LLMs that perform classification tasks on incoming requests from users and either accept or deny them.
DTEND:20250517T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250517T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Discussing LLM guardrails
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Working on a video game?\r\nCurious about making games in Python or other game engines?\r\nJust passionate about video games?\r\nCome hang out!
DTEND:20250518T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 310/311
DTSTART:20250518T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Game Devs
UID:67e0fa42-5a36-52e0-a2e5-7907a95ae643
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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…
DTEND:20250517T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250517T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] "Nebraska" Maintainers Round-table
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Teahouse Hosting is now doing static hosting! Come ask the creators questions or create a website.
DTEND:20250518T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250518T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Hosting with Teahouse
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:if you are from asia or live now \r\nor plan to visit asia.\r\n\r\nwe can make connections\, ask
DTEND:20250518T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250518T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] PAO\, PyhtonAsia community and make connections
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Do you have thoughts on how to make the Python community more inclusive\, diverse\, and equitable? The members of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group of the Python Software Foundation would love to meet you. Please come join us for a discussion about the importance of D&I work in strengthening the global Python community.
DTEND:20250517T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250517T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Diversity and Inclusion Working Group
UID:7abd2581-270a-5748-88ea-780bb8e1c347
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Do you have thoughts or ideas on keeping Python accessible broadly? Do you have insights on how we can provide accommodations for people with disabilities or special needs? Let's discuss how to keep the Python community\, especially at events and conferences\, openly accessible to a wide audience.
DTEND:20250518T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250518T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Accessibility Solutions
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250517T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250517T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Actually Usable Estimation with Quantified Tasks
UID:438d639f-6a7b-53f1-ad9e-8044ffcbe676
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Like SQL and Python? Join us! \r\nLike DuckDB? Join us!\r\n\r\nHow do you combine SQL and Python? Let's learn from each other and share our SQL "war" stories.
DTEND:20250517T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250517T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] DuckDB <3 Python
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual Black Python Devs open space. A chance for us to all get to get her in a room to celebrate our successes and support each others struggles. And of course we will get our group picture at the end!
DTEND:20250518T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250518T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Black Python Devs
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Use Vim?  Neovim?   Just the bindings in those other editors?\r\n\r\nCome share your fancy macros\, how you manage your vim wiki\, and help the people just trying to quit.\r\n\r\nWe'll use https://leancoffee.org/ to organize the conversation:\r\n* write a post-it for what you want to talk about\r\n* put a check-mark on the post-its you'd like to cheer for\r\n..and we'll try to talk about topics in check-mark cardinality order!
DTEND:20250517T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250517T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Vim
UID:9e5e5493-4ac1-5183-b394-3ed2f64e280f
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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!
DTEND:20250516T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250516T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Education and Outreach Working Group Open Space
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:The conference might be wrapping up\, but the conversations don’t have to! If you’re still around and looking to unwind\, come join us for a casual post-PyCon dinner & drinks hangout in the city close to the venue (pay for your own food)\r\n\r\nEveryone’s welcome—whether you're flying solo or with friends\, come hang out! 🐍🍻🌮 (We will wait until 17.20pm and then head out to a dinner spot)\r\n\r\nGroup chat: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Is1AbXC5UP5DEXt6gvCeYv
DTEND:20250518T212000Z
LOCATION:Outside Hall B\, or join the whatsapp group
DTSTART:20250518T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Food & Drinks
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250516T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250516T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Tea with Cheuk
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250517T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250517T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Help using Python types and getting Pyrefly type checking working in your IDE
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Meet at room 321\, then leave for the hike promptly at 4:05pm.\r\n\r\nWe'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.\r\n\r\nRain probability is 15% at 4pm\, so odds are on our side 😀
DTEND:20250516T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250516T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Hike a bit of Three Rivers Heritage Trail
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Easy run/walk down to Point State Park (where the three rivers meet) and back.\r\n\r\nI (Matt Harrison) will be outside the conference center at 6:55 am and leave at 7. Join me if you are interested.
DTEND:20250517T120000Z
LOCATION:Meet at entrance to conference center (outside doors)
DTSTART:20250517T110000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Easy Run/Walk down to Point State Park
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Whether you're an enthusiastic Hypothesis user curious about our upcoming secret project\, or just dipping your toes into randomized testing and want to find out what all the fuss is about... come hang out and talk to us!\r\n\r\nCompliments and complaints equally welcome\, we just want to hear from users and non-users alike.\r\n\r\nhttps://hypothesis.readthedocs.io/ to find out more.
DTEND:20250517T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250517T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Testing and Fuzzing with Hypothesis!
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Start your day with coffee. Good coffee. And if you’re feeling adventurous\, try the Orange Espresso.  We’ll chat and walk to the keynote after that :)\r\n\r\n\r\nhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/Mrqm4rK862xUzR4S9?g_st=ic
DTEND:20250517T124000Z
LOCATION:La Prima cafe
DTSTART:20250517T113000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Orange Espresso chat
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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.\r\n\r\nSign up for lightning talks here:\r\n\r\nhttps://forms.gle/B3HanjcJHvC5ToFh6
DTEND:20250517T163000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250517T143000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Supply-Chain Security
UID:e9b1b500-786f-5300-b472-aabb3f9bf7b3
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Eurovision spillover!
DTEND:20250517T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250517T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Song For Europe
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:🚀 GDSFactory is a Python library for designing chips — including Photonics\, Analog\, Quantum\, MEMS\, as well as PCBs and 3D-printable objects.\r\n\r\nOur mission is to make hardware design accessible\, intuitive\, and fun\, empowering everyone to build the future of technology.\r\n\r\n💻 Next week (Monday–Thursday)\, we'll be sprinting on GDSFactory!\r\nJoin us on GitHub to discuss the open PyCon issue and contribute — whether it’s fixing a typo\, cleaning up code\, or adding new features. Everyone is welcome!
DTEND:20250518T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250518T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] GDSFactory: Build the future of quantum and integrated circuit design — with Python.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:CUDA Python and beyond\, let's talk about the way you're using Python and magic math boxes together. \r\n\r\nYou'll likely find the talks leading up to this open space in Ballroom BC starting at 10:30 a.m. of interest:\r\n\r\n10:30 - Scale Smarter\, Not Harder\, with cuPyNumeric.\r\n\r\n11:15 - When GPUs Make Python Slower: Patterns and Pitfalls\r\n\r\n12:00 - GPU Programming in Pure Python
DTEND:20250517T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250517T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python on GPUs
UID:1c9e9c14-ef34-50ad-8dd3-53ec766b3aa2
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250517T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250517T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Current & Displaced Federal Data Professionals Open Space
UID:4eba28ff-b511-5456-984e-9260943c9470
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Let's talk about the use of Python in different humanitarian aid contexts! Both internationally and domestically.
DTEND:20250517T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250517T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] The Red Cross and Other Humanitarian Organizations
UID:c154a47a-5333-5911-ba4b-97f7d1654cd7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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.\r\n\r\nYou are welcome to join to observe\, participate\, or stage a -hostile- gentle takeover of our post-production processes. :)
DTEND:20250516T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250516T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Live Recording: AI in Education and CS classrooms
UID:7f231990-48d0-5a35-b581-9b9de96ae0dd
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Are you an artist of any kind? Come hang out!
DTEND:20250518T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250518T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Artist Meetup
UID:8a593a85-baab-56df-946a-9522f1ecde28
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250517T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250517T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Rust in Python Open Space
UID:afc1ad79-b3ff-522c-993c-b6502664da33
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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…
DTEND:20250516T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250516T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Making Python Better for New Programmers
UID:e9f64d36-fc54-5e7e-8d4f-7de98916770c
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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).\r\n\r\nThis 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.\r\n\r\nDo you work wi…
DTEND:20250517T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250517T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] RobotPy: Python for the FIRST Robotics Competition
UID:f6c890ec-d436-5866-b07f-c5bc408827f0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:This open space is devoted to creative or artistic expression with Python. Let's talk about the Python libraries and tools we use to create art and other beautiful things! Let's learn from each other and have fun sharing our work.
DTEND:20250518T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250518T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Creative Coding with Python
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DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250517T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250517T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python\, Electronics\, datasheets\, and component OCR
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DESCRIPTION:Calling all climate-curious Pythonistas! Whether you're building tools to fight climate change\, wrangling data for a greener future\, or just wondering how Python fits into the climate tech puzzle\, we’d love to hang out!
DTEND:20250518T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250518T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python for Climate Tech
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DESCRIPTION:Putting Python to work to make the energy transition happen. Renewable energy\, storage\, energy efficiency\, distributed energy resources -- maybe even alternative futures like degrowth or solarpunk? All welcome: professionals\, amateurs\, academics\, and the curious.
DTEND:20250518T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250518T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python and the Energy Transition
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DESCRIPTION:A space to meet other tabular (data analysts\, data scientists\, programmers) users.
DTEND:20250516T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250516T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] All things tabular (Pandas\, Polars\, duckdb...)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:If you are building an MCP server or want to learn from others come join this open space!
DTEND:20250517T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250517T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] All things MCP!
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Ask a teenager anything within reason!\r\nWe are not all brainrot!\r\nAsk questions and talk to me!\r\nLearn brainrot!\r\n\r\nBRING YOUR BEST MEMES\r\n\r\n\r\nDisclaimer: the description is pretty satire but yea just ask me anything! No brainrot will be shown or talked about! 😃
DTEND:20250518T204000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250518T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Ask a teenager anything! BRING MEMES!!
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DESCRIPTION:Get ready for an engaging hour as we dive into all things data engineering.\r\n\r\n​Chat data engineering\, connect with peers and throw down some hot takes.\r\n\r\n​Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn\, network\, and unwind with the community!
DTEND:20250516T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250516T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Data Engineering Meetup: PyCon 2025
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DESCRIPTION:Curious how coding can help journalists with reporting? \r\n\r\nwant to share your hot tip on making data wrangling easier? \r\n\r\ncome hang out with your fellow coding journalists after the marshall project keynote
DTEND:20250518T150000Z
LOCATION:Room 310/311
DTSTART:20250518T140000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Computer Assisted Reporting and Investigative journalism
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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! :)
DTEND:20250516T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250516T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Scaling Python: What's the secret sauce?
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal open space where community experts share their real-world experiences with AI evaluation systems. This isn't a structured talk - it's a chance to hear honest stories about what works\, what fails\, and how practitioners actually tackle the messy realities of evaluating AI systems in production.\r\n\r\nWhat to Expect: We'll create a comfortable environment to ask questions and learn from practitioners who have battled with the challenges of evaluating LLMs\, RAG systems\, and other AI applic…
DTEND:20250518T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 319
DTSTART:20250518T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Geeking Out about AI Evals
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Most people learn debugging by dealing with whatever bugs happen to show up in their code. py-bugger lets you introduce specific kinds of bugs into your code\, so you can practice debugging in an intentional way. It's useful for teachers\, trainers\, and independent learners. py-bugger is in early development\, so come help shape the vision for this new tool. py-bugger.readthedocs.io
DTEND:20250517T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250517T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] py-bugger: An intentional way to practice debugging.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Excited by music and what you can do with Python in the creative process?\r\nJoin 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.
DTEND:20250516T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250516T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Pythonic Music 🎼 MIDI\, Synthesis and more
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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.\r\n\r\nIf you are the kind who can't resist pulling on loose threads to see what unravels\, join us!\r\n\r\nWe have stickers!
DTEND:20250516T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250516T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Mysterious Sticker
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DESCRIPTION:Maybe you ignored the signs. Maybe you missed the cues. Maybe you haven't realized something was hidden in plain sight in the sticker exchange table. Don't worry! By reading this\, you are one step closer to discovering the truth. If you have already taken the first step\, come share your progress\, ask questions\, or work with other people seeking answers. And if you have found the truth\, come get the solution sticker!
DTEND:20250517T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250517T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Mysterious Sticker
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Python language implementations and tooling (interpreters\, compilers\, typecheckers\, linters\, codemods\, etc) are intimately tied to the details of the language\, and often to the internals of CPython. This leads to a large amount of work every time a new python version comes out\, to reflect the changes in the language.\r\n\r\nThis is a space for developers of these projects to compare notes\, and discuss ways in which some of this work can be developed more collaboratively. People interested in the space are welc…
DTEND:20250517T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250517T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Keeping Up With CPython: Alternative implementations and language tools
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DESCRIPTION:If you worked through the puzzles in the Mother of Exiles sticker\, come learn more about the project and collect solution stickers. If you finished all the puzzles\, come get the special prize sticker. If you have not tried yet\, come get started. You can continue solving after PyCon US ends.
DTEND:20250518T150000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250518T140000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Mysterious Sticker
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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!
DTEND:20250517T150000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250517T140000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Astral’s type checker\, ty
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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!
DTEND:20250518T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250518T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Simplifying initial Django deployments
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DESCRIPTION:Sprints are cool! You should do them! \r\n\r\nCome as we try to explain sprints and answer questions without prior preparation or slides.\r\n\r\nMaintainers\, please come and help explain it.
DTEND:20250518T230000Z
LOCATION:Room 310/311
DTSTART:20250518T220000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] a worse ad-hoc intro to sprints
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy the beauty and the madness of the Eurovision Song Contest!
DTEND:20250517T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250517T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Songs for Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy the beauty and the madness of the Eurovision Song Contest! All levels of appreciation welcome -- from first-time Eurovision-curious to serious year-long fans!
DTEND:20250517T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250517T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Songs for Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Join this PyCon Open Space on GPU Python programming\, where we'll discuss how to leverage GPU acceleration in Python using CuPy\, Numba CUDA\, and RAPIDS to achieve faster results for compute-heavy tasks such as data science\, AI\, and scientific computing. This self-organized gathering offers a perfect opportunity to discuss real-world applications\, share experiences\, troubleshoot common challenges\, and learn how these powerful tools can help you implement custom algorithms that aren't easily described by com…
DTEND:20250517T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250517T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] GPU Programming in Python
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Connect with the authors of many of your favorite Python books. Come meet us\, ask questions\, and even get autographs.\r\n\r\nThis is also a great opportunity if you’ve ever thought about writing a Python book and want to learn more about the process.
DTEND:20250517T194500Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250517T181500Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Python Book Author Meet-and-Greet
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Let's talk about the most replicatable database\, CouchDB
DTEND:20250516T170000Z
LOCATION:PSF Couch
DTSTART:20250516T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Chat about CouchDB
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:An open space to discuss Plotly\, data viz\, and data app development. We will also share info about the development sprint planned for Monday.
DTEND:20250517T230000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250517T220000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Plotly Data Visualization Meet & Greet
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Come learn how to embed Python inside a batch file\, no dependencies.
DTEND:20250518T170000Z
LOCATION:Room 315
DTSTART:20250518T160000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] PyBatch
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Curious about functional programming in Python? Come hang out at the Functional Programming Open Space!\r\n\r\nWhether 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.\r\n\r\nWe’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 …
DTEND:20250517T140000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250517T130000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Functional Programming Open Space
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Recent scientific research has uncovered some interesting aspects of consciousness. What all life forms are conscious? Is consciousness fundamental or emergent? Aren't qualia crazy?
DTEND:20250518T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250518T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Consciousness
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DESCRIPTION: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
DTEND:20250518T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 310/311
DTSTART:20250518T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] PSF & Meetups Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Want to get better\, or help others do so?\r\nWant to know how to start\, or help others do so?\r\n(Not just for PyCon US)
DTEND:20250518T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250518T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] All Presenters/Speakers
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DESCRIPTION:Open forum for discussing popular libraries and approaches for exposing C++ code to Python.\r\nLet's share challenges\, find out what's worked for others and brainstorm what would help us go further.
DTEND:20250516T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250516T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] nanobind\, pybind11 and other C++ binding libraries
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by Marc Gibbon's Talk "Finding 2.0" (https://us.pycon.org/2025/schedule/presentation/158/) \, in which he shared his personal journey with cancer and finding his own version 2.0\, this open space is geared towards discussing how we can all share ideas about how we can find our version 2.0.
DTEND:20250517T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250517T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Finding 2.0 Support Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Pandas has been the erstwhile go-to default for data professionals but with new packages like polars\, ibis etc. there are great new options. Come debate what are the pros/cons of each and where the community is headed
DTEND:20250517T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250517T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Which Data Package? pandas\, polars\, ibis\, duckdb ?
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a public garden in Pittsburgh known for its historic glasshouse\, themed plant exhibits\, and commitment to sustainability. Founded in 1893\, it features indoor and outdoor gardens\, seasonal flower shows\, and innovative green buildings. Phipps also offers educational programs and promotes environmental awareness through science\, design\, and community engagement.\r\n\r\nMeet at Phipps after the keynote! it is only open until 5pm today.
DTEND:20250518T210000Z
LOCATION:Phipps Conservatory
DTSTART:20250518T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Trip
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Let's discuss testing! Unit? Integration? Contract? TDD? None?
DTEND:20250518T160000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250518T150000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Testing!
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:HI PYCON I'M TIMMY! I'm confused\, is this anthrocon? Where's all the fursuits?\r\n\r\nFurry 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.\r\n\r\nIntentionally scheduled soon before the bowling furmeet Saturday at 7pm at AMF Mt Lebanon lanes :3\r\n\r\nI'll have a bag of candy bars to hand …
DTEND:20250517T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250517T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] IT mullet: Business in the front\, fursuit tail in the back
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:When you think ORM\, do you feel like 😩 or 😆?\r\n\r\nIf 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.
DTEND:20250517T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 316
DTSTART:20250517T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] ORM OMG!
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Come discuss improving: developer experience – engineering productivity – mitigating human errors – modern software engineering – taming tech debt
DTEND:20250518T150000Z
LOCATION:Room 308
DTSTART:20250518T140000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Engineering Productivity
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Let’s chat about software engineering management. Challenges with business teams? Hiring? Resourcing? Team organization? Growth? Great success stories? Let’s get together and share our experiences and tips.
DTEND:20250518T190000Z
LOCATION:Room 321
DTSTART:20250518T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Software Engineering Managers Meetup
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:How are you predicting and modeling with the crown jewels (CSV or excel)?\r\n\r\nCome meet other users.
DTEND:20250516T200000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250516T190000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Tabular ML (sklearn\, xgboost\, catboost\, & friends)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:A one hour intro class to historically-informed LED saber combat
DTEND:20250518T190000Z
LOCATION:garden outside 315
DTSTART:20250518T180000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Intro to Lightsaber Combat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION: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.
DTEND:20250517T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 309
DTSTART:20250517T170000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Challenges to deploying data science apps and docs
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Live to code\, love to roam? Come connect at the Digital Nomads Open Space!\r\n\r\nWhether you work from cafés in Lisbon\, beaches in Bali\, or your favorite local park — this open space is for anyone balancing a love of travel and remote work with Python and tech.\r\n\r\nShare tips on visas\, gear setups\, managing client time zones\, and finding great WiFi. Whether you’re a seasoned nomad or just curious about the lifestyle\, join us for a casual chat with other wandering coders.
DTEND:20250517T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 320
DTSTART:20250517T210000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Digital Nomads Open Space
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Come play board games! Bring a game to share or come learn a new one!
DTEND:20250517T210000Z
LOCATION:Room 318
DTSTART:20250517T200000Z
SUMMARY:[open-spaces] Board Games!!!
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