PyCon US 2026 Open Spaces Schedule

Staking out a space to connect with folks doing projects with geospatial/remote sensing/+ data. I'm envisioning swapping notes, talking projects, and showing a sampler of what folks are up to and what you want to build in the future, keeping it casual.`

The maker landscape changes every year. Folks who are thinking about buying their first printer have a lot of questions to answer and a lot of questions they don't even know are questions! Come to a mini-presentation and discussion with the person behind the largest physical 3D printing archive in the world (filamentcolors.xyz) in a space where no question is a dumb question!

You may have noticed the zine. You may have looked inside. You may have found something else. If you did, the door is open. Come find us in the open space. If you didn't — come anyway, and bring your curiosity. (Zines available at the door.)

I started as a bench scientist in cancer immunology, moved into biotech IT, and now I’m doing a masters in data science. I am self-taught most of the way and still learning Python. With AI everywhere, I’m still figuring out how best to leverage Python and AI tools across R&D, clinical operations, biometrics, and pharmacovigilance (the list goes on…), and what’s actually worth learning. Whether you took a non-linear path or already had a trajectory planned, let’s chat and exchange ideas together.

Do you deal with data? Are the worlds cron, DAGs, ETL, schedulers, orchestrators, python, SQL part of your regular vocabulary? Whether you consider yourself a data engineer or not chances are you deal with data in one form or another. Come talk, meet, and share ideas (and frustrations) with like-minded Pyhtonistas.

Bringing back the Open Space from PyCon US 2024, come learn about Tarot, and astrology, and how you can explore both with Python.

Are you skipping default Permissions mode with guilty or mixed feelings? Let's talk! When turning off permissions requests, we typically want to guard against filesystem damage, prompt injection that exfiltrates secrets, and oversharing to cloud model providers (ie, Anthropic, OpenAI). We compare sandbox layers, egress filtering, and auth for remote development. Let's also talk about developer experience and rough edges of current sandboxes. Outline - Round the room: who runs agents unsandboxed, …

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

Do you love maps and/or work with geospatial data in Python? Join us to discuss the latest in GIS and Python, learn from one another about different workflows, or geek out on geography!

Do you use Mastodon, Lemmy, Piefed, Peertube, Bluesky or any other decentralized software? Come meet your peers in person, make new connections, and just chat about digital sovereignty.

Board at PyCon? Come join us for some board games, we have a couple games but need your help to play them all. Bring some games to share, and if we run out of slots you can hang with some Pythonistas who love playing games Come play board games. We have 3 games. Byog if you have them.

Interested in speaking at a conference? Nervous about crafting your proposal? Come out to our workshop to get some advice and suggestions on how to make a great proposal. Veteran speakers are encouraged to come out to share your wisdom and experience.

1. Do you help organize an in-person Python or tech meetup in your community? 2. Are you interested in creating spaces in your community to connect Python fans and other tech folks together? 3. Or have you done this in the past and want to share your expertise? Let’s chat about our experiences (and dreams!) of organizing meetups locally, and share what works. Discussion moderated by Nic Moe, organizer of Long Beach-based meetup “Tech by the Beach”.

Do you like the YouTuber hbomberguy? Do you want to talk about his videos with other nerds? Come join us at this unofficial fan meetup! We'll talk about our favorite videos and how some of the ideas discussed in hbomberguy's videos and fan community relate to the world of open source software. Swag will be available. After the meetup is over, meetup attendees are invited to get dinner together.

The Python Developer Survey reaches thousands of people and shapes decisions across the ecosystem. It has also received similar community feedback for a couple of years without many changes. Not because no one cares, but because the PSF isn’t composed of survey experts and there's no current process for the community to get involved or for their input to be integrated. This open space is about figuring out what a community-based process for the survey could look like. One where the feedback loop affect…

“Let’s talk Rust!” is an open space session for Python developers curious about Rust and the growing overlap between the two communities. Many Rustaceans start their journey in Python, and many Python developers are increasingly drawn to Rust and we can talk about what motivates the interest. From there, let's share personal stories and practical advice on getting started with a language that’s powerful, but often perceived as complex and hard to learn. Participants are invited to discuss learning stra…

Come discuss improving: developer experience – engineering productivity – mitigating human errors – modern software engineering – taming tech debt

The PSF Board will host an open space to talk about strategic planning. More details to follow.