Hello and welcome to the post-conference newsletter! We really hope you enjoyed EuroPython 2024, cause we sure did and are still recovering from all the fun and excitement :)
We have some updates to share with you, and also wanted to use this newsletter to nostalgically look back at all the good times we had just last month, surrounded by old friends and new in the beautiful city of Prague ❤️.
🏛️ EuroPython Society (EPS)
This year we had a booth for the EuroPython Society at the conference. What is the EPS? The EPS is the running engine behind the EuroPython Conference. The EPS board is made up of up to 9 directors (including 1 chair and 1 vice chair). It runs the day-to-day business of the EuroPython Society, including running the EuroPython conference series, and supports the community through various initiatives such as our grants programme. The board collectively takes up the fiscal and legal responsibility of the Society.
For the next few weeks, the board is working with our accountant and auditor to get our financial reports in order. As soon as that is finalised, we will be excited to call for the next Annual General Assembly (GA); the actual GA will be held at least 14 days after our formal notice.
General Assembly is a great opportunity to hear about EuroPython Society's developments and updates in the last year and a new board will also be elected at the end of the GA.
All EPS members are invited to attend the GA and have voting rights. Find out how to sign up to become an EPS member for free here: https://www.europython-society.org/application
At the moment, running the annual EuroPython conference is a major task for the EPS. As such, the board members are expected to invest significant time and effort towards overseeing the smooth execution of the conference, ranging from venue selection, contract negotiations, and budgeting, to volunteer management. Every board member has the duty to support one or more EuroPython teams to facilitate decision-making and knowledge transfer.
In addition, the Society prioritises building a close relationship with local communities. Board members should not only be passionate about the Python community but have a high-level vision and plan for how the EPS could best serve the community.
How can you become an EPS 2024 board member?
Any EPS member can nominate themselves for the EPS 2024 board. Nominations will be published prior to the GA.
Though the formal deadline for self-nomination is at the GA, it is recommended that you send in yours as early as possible (yes, now is a good time!) to board@europython.eu.
We look forward to your email :)
📝 Feedback & Numbers
Thanks to everyone who filled in the feedback form! In total, 157 attendees gave their feedback, which represents around 13% of the onsite attendees and around 11% of total attendees. One caveat when reading the results below: it’s difficult to say whether this sample was representative of all attendees as we didn’t collect demographic data.
Satisfaction with the conference
On average, attendees let us know that they were very satisfied with the conference, with a mean overall satisfaction rating of 4.3. Moreover, attendees were satisfied with most specific aspects of the conference, including the venue (mean = 4.6), food (mean = 4.0), and the social event (mean = 4.0). Prague was a particularly popular choice of location, getting a mean rating of 4.7.
We also had a look to see which of these aspects were most strongly related to overall satisfaction with the conference. Using a Spearman correlation, we found that satisfaction with the food (rs = 0.20) and the social event (rs = 0.17) had the highest relationship with overall satisfaction with the conference. However, any fellow stats nerds reading this might have noticed that these are not particularly strong relationships, likely meaning that other factors we didn’t explicitly measure are driving how much people liked the conference.
If you’re interested in seeing more of the results we got from the feedback form, we published a blog post where we deep dive into everything we found in much more detail. And we promise there will be lots of pretty graphs!
https://blog.europython.eu/europython-2024-post-conference-feedback/
🦒 Speaker’s Mentorship Programme
It was another successful year for our Speaker Mentorship Programme! Here are some key highlights from this year:
- Each mentee had the opportunity to receive personalized feedback, support, and guidance on their talk or proposal from an experienced mentor. We successfully supported 29 mentees, most from underrepresented communities, by pairing them with 29 seasoned mentors!
- Six mentees were given the opportunity to attend a public speaking workshop to further enhance their skills.
- On June 3rd, we held a fantastic first-time speakers' workshop where attendees engaged with experienced speakers, receiving valuable advice and feedback for their presentations.
Last but not least, a huge THANK YOU to all our mentors who volunteered their time to guide mentees in submitting their proposals and delivering their talks
🐍 PyLadies day
EuroPython this year had an entire day dedicated to PyLadies events. We started with Moderni Soberana giving a workshop on how to establish boundaries and stop abusive behaviour in society. This was followed up by the PyLadies lunch, sponsored by Kraken Technologies, that had 120 allies joining us for a truly empowerment session.
The afternoon had a #IAmRemarkable workshop hosted by Lola Onipko! We also had a Meet & Greet session where beginners and experienced PyLadies shared knowledge and insights of the tech industry.
💬 Python Organisers Discussion
We had +35 community members joining us to discuss how the EuroPython Society can better support Python Communities.
✍️ Community write-ups
It warms our hearts to see posts from the community about their experience and stories this year! Here are some of them, please feel free to share yours by tagging us on socials @europython or mailing us at news@europython.eu
Anwesha Das about EuroPython 2024:
A conference that believes community matters, human values and feelings matter, and not afraid to walk the talk. And how the conference stood up to my expectations in every bit.
Keep reading here: https://anweshadas.in/looking-back-to-euro-python-2024/
Grete Tungla, PyCon Estonia’s Head Organiser shares her insights from EuroPython 2024: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/europython-2024-insights-from-pycon-estonias-head-organiser-
Jakub Cervinka shares how he was to participate in the Operations team organising EuroPython 2024: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/thank-you-europython-2024-jakub-červinka-eusme
❤️ Thank you Volunteers & Sponsors
Year after year EuroPython shines because of the hard work of our amazing team of volunteers!
But beyond the logistics and the schedules, it's your smiles, your enthusiasm, and your genuine willingness to go the extra mile that truly made EuroPython 2024 truly special. Your efforts have not only fostered a sense of belonging among first time attendees but also exemplified the power of community and collaboration that lies at the heart of this conference. (And if you check out our blog post about the post-conference feedback, you'll see that community was the thing people reported liking most about EuroPython this year!)
Once again, thank you for being the backbone of EuroPython, for your dedication, and for showing the world yet again why people who come for the Python language end up staying for the amazing community :)
We built a page on our website to thank everyone for their effort on making EuroPython 2024 what it was! Check it out: https://ep2024.europython.eu/thank-you
And a special thank you to all of the Sponsors for all of their support!
Special thanks to StickerApp for the awesome stickers, Evolabel for shipping, Pretalx for the partnership and Kraken Technologies for the PyLadies lunch!
🎥 Conference Photos & Videos
The official conference photos are up on Flickr! Do not forget to tag us when you share your favourite clicks on your socials 😉.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/europython/albums/
While our team edits the conference videos, we've put together a EuroPython 2024 livestream playlist with all the daily links. We hope this helps you easily find and enjoy the talks you want to catch up on Youtube.
We also have a sweet video featuring the amazing humans of EuroPython sharing why they volunteer!
🤝 Code of Conduct
Code of Conduct Transparency Report is now published on our website: https://www.europython-society.org/europython-2024-code-of-conduct-transparency-report/
🐍 Note from The PSF
The Python Software Foundation is proud to support EuroPython Prague 2024 with a grant in support of our mission to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers. We send congratulations and thanks to the organizers for their work to create a wonderful experience for the Python community!
The PSF is the non-profit charitable organization behind the Python language. We empower the Python community in a variety of ways including paying developers to work directly on CPython, PyPI, and security, hosting projects like PyLadies and Pallets, organizing PyCon US, and awarding community grants like this one. We welcome you to be a part of the PSF by signing up for PSF membership or supporting our mission and initiatives with a one-time, monthly, or annual donation. If your company uses Python and wants to support our community, you can find more information and submit a sponsor application on our website. We’re happy to answer any questions at sponsors@python.org.
🗓️ Upcoming Events in the Python Community
EuroPython might over but fret not there are a bunch of more PyCons happening
- PyCon Estonia https://pycon.ee/ 🇪🇪
- PyCon PT https://2024.pycon.pt/ 🇵🇹
- PyCon ES https://2024.es.pycon.org/ 🇪🇸
- PyCon SE https://www.pycon.se/ 🇸🇪
- PyCon IE https://python.ie/pycon-2024 🇮🇪
- PyLadiesCon https://conference.pyladies.com/ 🌎
- Swiss Python Summit https://www.python-summit.ch/ 🇨🇭
- EuroScipy: https://euroscipy.org/2024/ 🇪🇺
- PyCon FR: https://www.pycon.fr/2024/ 🇫🇷
- PyCon PL: https://pl.pycon.org/2024/ 🇵🇱
- PyCon NL: https://nl.pycon.org/ 🇳🇱
Enjoy a 30% discount for PyCon Estonia 2024 on Late Snake tickets with the code "EPSXPYCONEST24" over here: https://gateme.com/event/98762/
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