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EuroPython
Name	EuroPython
Status	Active
Genre	Conference
Focus	Python programming language
First	2002
Frequency	Annual
Venue	Various
Country	Europe

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EuroPython EuroPython is a major annual conference for the Python (programming language) community in Europe. It brings together developers, educators, researchers, and industry representatives from projects such as Django (web framework), Flask (web framework), Pandas (software), NumPy, SciPy, TensorFlow, and PyTorch (machine learning) alongside contributors to tooling like pip (package manager), setuptools, virtualenv, and pytest. Attendees include members of organizations such as the Python Software Foundation, Open Source Initiative, Mozilla Foundation, Linux Foundation, and companies including Google, Microsoft, IBM, Red Hat, Canonical (company), and Netflix. The event features tutorials, talks, sprints, and networking with projects like Jupyter Notebook, Ansible (software), SaltStack, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, and GitLab.

History

EuroPython traces roots to early European gatherings of developers who worked on CPython and extensions like Cython. Early editions overlapped with conferences such as PyCon US, PyCon UK, PyCon Australia, and regional meetups tied to institutions like ETH Zurich and University of Cambridge. Founders and early organizers included contributors connected to Guido van Rossum, Alex Martelli, David Beazley, and maintainers of modules like Twisted (software), Zope, and Pyramid (web framework). Over time the conference grew in scale similar to the expansion seen with FOSDEM, LinuxTag, EuroLLVM, and JAX London. EuroPython adapted through periods of technological change influenced by releases such as Python 2.7 end-of-life and migrations to Python 3, responses to incidents that reshaped community policy like those at PyCon US 2018, and public-health disruptions paralleling reactions at FOSDEM 2020 and SXSW (conference). The governance model evolved with stewardship from groups akin to Open Knowledge Foundation chapters and local meetups rooted in cities like Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Dublin, Bilbao, and Brussels.

The conference is organized by volunteer teams and nonprofit bodies echoing models used by the Python Software Foundation and regional entities such as EuroPython Society. Programming committees curate proposals from speakers familiar with ecosystems including Kivy (framework), BeeWare, Pillow (PIL fork), SQLAlchemy, Celery (software), and aiohttp. Formats include full-day tutorials inspired by workshops at ICML, NeurIPS, and Strata Data Conference; short talks akin to sessions at PyCon US; lightning talks used by Hack Brighton; and contributor sprints modeled on practices at Mozilla Festival and ApacheCon. Logistics coordinate with venues like International Congress Centre Berlin, Fiesta Conference Centre Bilbao, Paasitorni Conference Centre Helsinki, and hotel partners used by ACM SIGPLAN events. Accessibility, code of conduct enforcement, and volunteer staffing reference policies used by ACM, IEEE, and Linux Foundation projects.

EuroPython has been hosted in major European cities including Brussels, Prague, Vilnius, Berlin, Bilbao, Basel, Florence, Dresden, Bristol, Warsaw, Bucharest, and Copenhagen. Venues have ranged from conference centres similar to those used by EuroPython Society partners to university sites like Technical University of Madrid, Politecnico di Milano, and University of Oxford colleges. Special editions aligned with thematic tracks mirrored formats from SciPy (conference), EuroSciPy, and EuroIA. Satellite events and local meetups have occurred alongside larger fairs such as CeBIT, Mobile World Congress, and Gamescom, and have coordinated with regional hubs like Silicon Roundabout, Station F, Technopark Zurich, and Cambridge Science Park.

EuroPython supports community building with initiatives for educators, students, and underrepresented groups similar to outreach by Girls Who Code, Women Who Code, PyLadies, Black Girls Code, Out in Tech, and Code Club. It hosts hiring fairs connecting employers like Stripe, Atlassian, and Booking.com with candidates from bootcamps such as Le Wagon and university programs from University College London and Technical University of Munich. Collaboration with civic and cultural institutions such as European Commission programmes, UNESCO-aligned tech education projects, and city incubators like Station F have enabled public workshops. Volunteer sprints and contributor rooms have seen participation from projects like Django REST framework, Sphinx (documentation tool), Read the Docs, mkdocs, Black (formatter), isort, and Hypothesis (software testing).

EuroPython recognizes contributors and projects with awards modeled after prizes given by Python Software Foundation and industry bodies like ACM A.M. Turing Award-adjacent commendations. Sponsors have included technology firms such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon (company), IBM, Red Hat, JetBrains, Canonical (company), Intel, NVIDIA, ARM Holdings, and cloud providers including DigitalOcean and Hetzner Online. Collaboration grants and sponsorship levels echo programs from Mozilla Open Source Support, GitHub Sponsors, Open Collective, and Linux Foundation funding tracks. Community scholarships and bursaries have been funded by foundations like NumFOCUS, Python Software Foundation, and corporate partners to support participation from institutions including Universidade de Lisboa, Universität Hamburg, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and Universität Zürich.

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