Hey there! 👋
Hope you're all having a fantastic March. We sure have been busy and we’ve got some exciting updates for you as we gear up for EuroPython 2026. This year the conference will take place in Kraków, the city of castles and dragons 🐉 Let’s dive right in!
🗃️ Programme Updates Coming Shortly
Our Programme Team is hard at work putting the final touches on an amazing lineup. We received 635 fantastic proposals this year, a whooping record high at EuroPython. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who took the time to write a proposal — the conference wouldn’t be possible without you.
We closed the Community Voting phase with 20,799 individual reviews! Being able to use the views of the community to inform our selection process is super important to us, and such a great turnout really helps us create the best conference possible. Anyone who participated in EuroPython in the past 3 years or submitted a proposal this year was eligible to vote, and almost 400 people took part in the review process.
We are currently finalising the selection and will start sending emails out to all submitters in the coming days. Hang in there!
🤖 Beyond Python
EuroPython is not just a conference focused on Python internals, tooling, and libraries - although we’ll have plenty of those sessions of course! For a few years now, the conference has included two other major topics related to our favourite programming language:
➡️ Data Science
Tutorials and talks in this area have been covering data preparation and visualisation, data engineering, MLOps, as well as Jupyter and scientific Python.
➡️ Machine Learning & AI
From machine learning research and application, through to natural language processing, computer vision, ethics, and beyond — we’re covering it all at EuroPython.
Do you know someone who is interested in these topics? Let them know and we’ll see you all in Kraków!
💰 Sponsorship: Early Bird Ends on March 31st
If you're passionate about supporting EuroPython and helping us make the event accessible to all, consider becoming a sponsor or asking your employer to join us in this effort.
By sponsoring EuroPython, you’re not just backing an event – you're gaining highly targeted visibility that will present your company or personal brand to one of the largest and most diverse Python communities in the world!
But don’t take our world for it, hear what sponsors from 2025 have to say about EuroPython:
EuroPython 2025 Sponsor Highlights
We offer a range of sponsorship tiers, some with limited slots available. Along with our main packages, there are optional add-ons and extras to craft your brand messaging in exactly the way that you need.
Don’t wait too long if you’d like to sponsor the conference. We’ve already sold out 80% of the Gold packages!
🐦 We have an Early Bird 10% discount for companies that sign up by March 31st.
👉 More information at: https://ep2026.europython.eu/sponsorship/sponsor/
👉 Contact us at sponsoring@europython.eu
💰 Financial Aid
Our Financial Aid Program is here to make sure that your financial situation never stands between you and EuroPython.
We want to support those who make the Python community a positive, inclusive, and welcoming space. We especially encourage applications from speakers, students, volunteers, community organizers, and open-source contributors who need financial support to attend.
👉 For more information about our Financial Aid programme and our selection criteria, please visit https://ep2026.europython.eu/finaid/
🤝 Community Partners
EuroPython organisers are dedicated to supporting and growing the European Python community — even beyond the conference. We are proud that our Community Partners, who all share our mission, include some of the most established meetups and organisations across Europe. Meet some of the local communities that will be joining us in Kraków this year:
🚣 Python Łódź
Python Łódź is a local community of Python enthusiasts organizing regular meetups in Łódź, Poland. They bring together developers of all experience levels to share knowledge and connect.
Their events take place on the 13th floor with a beautiful view of the city, are streamed live on YouTube, and - for a bit of fun and nostalgia - even recorded on cassette tapes.
Python Łódź is currently looking for additional sponsors to support their events, as well as people interested in helping with organisation and community building. Any support - financial, logistical, or promotional - would help them grow and keep the meetups accessible and high-quality.
👉 Reach out to Python Łódź directly https://www.linkedin.com/company/python-lodz/
🐴 Pykonik
Python user group based in Kraków organizing regular meetups for enthusiasts. The main goal of the initiative is to exchange experiences face-to-face and channel the energy of enthusiasts of this dynamic programming language into concrete actions for the good of humanity.
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At their latest meetup Pykonik members discussed what should there be more of at EuroPython 2026
Fun fact: the name “Pykonik” is a play on words Python and Lajkonik, an unofficial symbol of Kraków.
🌐 You can find more information about EuroPython 2026 Community Partners at https://ep2026.europython.eu/community-partners/
📣 Community Outreach
The EuroPython Society isn’t just present at other Python events—we actively support them too! As a community partner, we love helping local PyCons grow and thrive. We love giving back to the community and strengthening Python events across Europe! 🐍💙
🍕Python Pizza Ostrava
In February we joined our friends in Ostrava to support Python Pizza. Organized entirely by volunteers, the event brought the Python Community together for some amazing original Pizza™ and Python Talks. It was hosted by Impact Hub Ostrava and each talk was 10 minutes long.
📽️ Watch the stream from the micro conference Ostrava Python Pizza 2026
🌐 Have a look at their website: https://ostrava.python.pizza/
🔓FOSDEM 2026
FOSDEM is Europe's largest free and open source software conference, bringing together thousands of developers every year in Brussels. Members of the EuroPython Society have been attending for a long time, and this year marked the first time in many years that the Python community had a stand at the event.
We were so pleased to share a spot in the exhibition space with our friends at the Django Software Foundation and the Python Software Foundation. Thanks to everyone who came to say hello!
🌐 You can find our full report at https://europython-society.org/europython-society-at-fosdem-2026/
💝 Humans of EuroPython
EuroPython – the oldest Python conference – is led by volunteers. In 2025, EuroPython was a gathering of over 1,500 attendees and 160+ speakers across six tracks. We hosted tutorials, summits, workshops, and a full day of events for beginners.
Organising all of this took a lot of time and care: building the programme, ordering catering, answering help desk questions, MCing each stage, and much more. None of this would have been possible without the (huge!) group of committed volunteers who dedicated their time to making EuroPython happen.
Here’s what two of them said about their experience volunteering last year:
“I’ve built lasting friendships, met people I had only known from online talks and tutorials, and had the chance to become a familiar face in the community myself. Every EuroPython, and every local conference, strengthens those connections and leaves you with renewed energy and inspiration to keep contributing.”
Jakub Červinka, Operations Team
“Seeing how an event like this is created from the inside is incredible, plus the team is lovely, and you'll learn a lot because you’ll be surrounded by top people from the community.”
Marina Moro López, Programme Team
We wanted to shine a light on some of the members of the EuroPython 2025 organising team in our interview series Humans of EuroPython.
📰 Read what Jakub, Marina, and others gained whilst contributing to the conference https://blog.europython.eu/tag/humans-of-europython/
👋 Stay Connected
Follow us on social media for all the updates:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/europython/
- X/Twitter: https://x.com/europython
- Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@europython
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/europython.eu
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/europython/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EuroPythonConference
That's all for now! Keep an eye on your inbox, our website, and social media for more news and announcements. We're counting down the days until we can come together in Kraków to celebrate our shared love for Python. 🐍❤️
Cheers,
The EuroPython Team