This year, for the first time, the EuroPython Society had a booth at PyCon US. 🎉
It was a great chance to meet people from other Python communities, catch up with old friends, and make some new ones. At our booth, we gave out stickers (including a sneak peek of our 2025 ones), talked about our grants programme, and shared what the Society has been up to.
PyCon US was also where something special was announced. The filmmakers from Cult Repo, formerly known as Honeypot, are working on a documentary about the history of Python and its vibrant community. It features over 20 core developers, from the early days of Python to the newest contributors. They showed a trailer during the opening session on the third day and announced that the premiere will happen at EuroPython!
We managed to take a group photo with some of us during the PyLadies auction, which many of us attended. With such a full schedule, it can be tricky to get everyone together, so we were happy to catch that moment.
Outside of the talks and sessions, we also spent some evenings together just hanging out and catching up. These moments are always a highlight of any conference.
We are especially happy to share that our chair, Artur Czepiel, received a community award. So did Laís Carvalho, a former board member, and Raquel Dou, a former chair.
Karolina Surma, a member of Czech PyLadies and the 2023 programme team, also received an Outstanding PyLady Award for her contributions to the PyLadies community in the Czech Republic
Congratulations to all of you and thank you for all the time and energy you give to the community!
Thank you to the PyCon US organisers for running such a fantastic event and for giving us space to be part of it.
Thank you to our board member Ege Akman for sorting out materials and helping get everything ready for the booth.
And a big thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat. It was a pleasure to meet you. See you next year!