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PyCon Austria 2025 took place on April 6th and 7th, 2025.
PyCon Austria 2025 was a free, public event, hosted at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland (campus Eisenstadt), in collaboration with the local Linux user group Linuxwochen Eisenstadt. PyCon Austria 2025 became a reality thanks to the unwavering support of Robert Matzinger from the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland.
A very special thank-you to Robert for you incredible help, constant support, and for always bringing such a warm and positive spirit to everything he does.
The conference welcomed:
- 230 attendees (430 were registered)
- 53 speakers
- 10 volunteers
- 42 talks across 4 lecture tracks
- 12 workshops in 3 workshop tracks
- 2 panel discussions
- 2 lightning talk sessions
- We had 3 community tables, hosted by:
- Týna Doležalová, founder of PyLadies Vienna
- Jacqueline Berger, lead of Women in AI Austria
- Michael Wissgott, founder of Wikiphilo
More information can be found at our website : https://at.pycon.org
We are deeply grateful for the generous support of our sponsors and their invaluable assistance in making our conference a success.
We sincerely appreciate our speakers for joining us, taking the time to share their knowledge, and contributing their experience to our community.
We were absolutely delighted to welcome so many participants from over 20 countries like USA, Chile, Indonesia,France, England, Latvia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Ukraine, India, South Korea,Nigeria. Their presence made our conference truly international, vibrant, and filled with some of the most intelligent, talented, and passionate people in the Python ecosystem.
Sponsors
Our two biggest sponsors were the EuroPython Society and the Python Software Foundation.
- Thanks to the incredible support from the EuroPython Society, we were able to provide badges for all registered participants, as well as T-shirts for speakers, volunteers, and attendees.
We also partnered with the student dormitory ÖJAB to reserve 53 rooms, which worked out wonderfully. Speakers could live next to the conference venue, had breakfast together in the university canteen Küchen Burgenland / Gästehäuser Burgenland, and enjoyed easy access to the conference. This setup created more opportunities for networking and meaningful conversations throughout the event. - Thanks to the generous support from the Python Software Foundation, we were able to offer breakfast and lunch to all speakers and volunteers and give every speaker a welcome package! On the evening of April 5th, we hosted a casual party, and on April 6th, we organized an evening with food and drinks. These moments gave participants the chance to connect, share their experiences, exchange knowledge, and simply enjoy spending time together.
We also appreciate the support from the following companies:
- Sentry, who gave us a strong sense of confidence that the conference would happen! We couldn’t be more proud to have the support of Armin Ronacher, and we’re grateful for his talk “Do Dumb Things.” A big thank-you to Ivana Kellyer for her wonderful talk “Embracing Weird Code: Tales of an SDK Engineer,” and for designing a special logo just for PyCon! Fabian Schindler contributed with his insightful talk, “Concurrency in Python,” and a big “thank you” to Daniel Szőke for a great Lightning Talk.
- AWS, with support from Ricardo Sueiras, who generously gave his time and created a welcoming space where people could ask questions, have great conversations, and make meaningful connections.
We’re also thankful for his talk, “Zero to Shipped in 30 Minutes with AI Coding Assistants.” - BitPanda, and a huge thanks for the talk “Python Security: Because ‘Nobody Would Hack My Project’ Is Not a Security Strategy” presented by Pamphile Roy and Benjamin Müllner.
- Python Software Verband e.V. for their early and non-bureaucratic support
- Netidee for support and the practical gift for our participants
- jetbrains for support our event by providing 3 free annual Personal subscriptions for a raffle
speakers
Each of our speakers brought something unique and inspiring — for us, every single one was a highlight.
table of talks
Two rooms were recorded, and we hope to upload the videos to YouTube soon.
Workshops
We were very proud to host 12 workshops led by 14 amazing workshop leaders — thank you all for your incredible work and dedication!
table of workshops
| 1. Týna Doležalová | Exploring Data with Python: From Raw Numbers to Insights (by PyLadies Vienna) |
| Jacqueline Berger | #IamRemarkable |
| Alex Shershebnev | Developing production-ready apps in collaboration with AI Agents |
| Carolina Lennon | A Hands-On Workshop on Parsing Wikitext |
| Isabella Nowotny & Shirley Werchota | Prompt like a queen |
| Jan Pipek | Data Analysis, the Polars Way |
| Siddharth Gupta | Streamlit 101 to Build & Deploy Apps like a Data Scientist |
| Octaviano Pratama | Music Classification using Deep Learning based on Python |
| Stefan Trenkwalder | Test-Driven-Development in Practice |
| Alfarabi Issakhanov | Create interactive explanation of ML algorithms using Plotly |
| Karl Deix& Christoph Müller | Structural Optimization in Architecture with Blender3D, Python and Phänotyp |
| Vic Zagranowski | You Meet at the Tavern: Scraping Your Way to the Perfect D&D Game with Scrapy 🧙♂️ |
Panels
We were thrilled to host two engaging panels during PyCon Austria 2025.
Panel 1 – “Women in IT” (April 6th)
This inspiring panel featured some of the most successful and professional women in the tech world, sharing their stories, insights, and advice:
- Týna Doležalová – Founder of PyLadies Vienna, Geospatial Data Scientist
- Jacqueline Berger – Lead of Women in AI Austria, Cyber Defense Center Analyst at Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Data & AI Enthusiast
- Barbara Ondrisek – Founder of Women and Code and CEO
- Ivana Kellyer – Senior Software Engineer
- Valeria Jankowskaja – Software Engineer at Google
- Daria JENS -moderator of Panel, economist, PyCon organizing team
We were honored to give space to these incredible women, whose contributions are shaping the future of IT.
Panel 2 – “Learning and Teaching Python” (April 7th)
This panel brought together educators, developers, and community builders to discuss how Python is being taught and learned across different contexts:
- Christoph Müller – Entrepreneur (bewegende-architektur.com), and lecturer in digital methods at the University of Art and Design Linz and the Technical University of Vienna
- Ralf Schlatterbeck – Software developer and academic
- Alexander Fomin – Python instructor and community contributor
- Pamphile Roy – working at Bitpanda
- PJ Hagerty – Developer Relations expert and community advocate
- Horst Jens – Python educator, PyCon organizing team
Lightning Talks
We also hosted two Lightning Talk sessions — one on Sunday and one on Monday. These short and dynamic talks covered a wide range of topics and brought great energy to the event.
They were recorded, and we’ll be sharing the videos as soon as they are available!
Organizing team, volunteers, code of conduct
On behalf of the organizing team — Horst Jens, Daria Jens, and Thomas Mitzka — we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our volunteers.
Without them, this conference simply wouldn’t have been possible.
volunteers
Christoph Schindler leader of the Python User Group Austria (Vienna) “PyUGAT“
Bernd Schlapsi (PyUGAT)
Dennis Daniels
Ralf Schlatterbeck
Max Schlatterbeck
James Donahue
Karin Ruckenbauer
Ossi Maenner
Harald Pichler
Video recording team (Michael Ebner and Peter Buzantis (from Luga – LinuxGroup Austria )
Our youngest helpers: Paul Pleischl, Lukas Rottenthaler and Rudolf Jens
Code of Conduct
We truly appreciate that no intervention because of a Code of Conduct violation was needed — everyone was extremely polite, positive, and respectful. It was a joy to see such a thoughtful and well-mannered community come together. Daria JENS and Horst JENS ( official Code of Conduct team) are eternal grateful that Carolina Lennon volunteered to be our Code of Conduct first-responder!
staff
Finally, a big “Dankeschön” for the amazing work of the staff at Hochschule Burgenland: IT-Support, Kitchen, Media team, Administration: All worked together and gave their best, even on a sunday, to create an amazing event for all of us.
What went well
- The overall atmosphere of the conference was incredibly warm, inclusive, and energetic. We were thrilled to see such a diverse group of attendees from over 20 countries, creating a truly international and vibrant environment.
- Our speaker lineup was strong, and many talks sparked great conversations and knowledge sharing — both during sessions and in the hallways.
- The collaboration with the student dormitory worked out very well. It gave our speakers and visitors a convenient, social experience, which helped build community.
- Our team of volunteers was simply amazing — dedicated, kind, and always ready to help.
What we’d like to improve next time
- We want to streamline the registration process and check-in flow to avoid delays and confusion at the start of the event.
- We’d like to offer more activities outside of talks — like guided discussions, hands-on workshops, or community meetups — to increase engagement.
- We also aim to close the Call for Proposals earlier and promote it more broadly to reach even more speakers from underrepresented groups.
Previous conferences
Future plans
PyCon Austria 2025 was the first conference in Austria with the official name “PyCon”, but it was not the first Python conference in Austria: We built upon the proud tradition of and the positive experience of PyDays Vienna 2017, PyDays Vienna 2018 and PyDays Vienna 2019, organised by Claus Aichinger in Vienna at FH Technikum Wien, together with Linuxwochen Wien.
PyDays 2017-2019 were successful, free, public events. Participants were able to share knowledge about Python and its applications, meet like-minded people and discuss the latest trends – and above all, have a good time!
The Python community in Vienna came up with the idea of organizing another Python conference in 2025 while meeting at the PyCon conference in Bratislava (Slovakia).
Thanks to the enthusiasm of our speakers and visitors, many of whom told us they’d love to see the conference return next year, we’re excited to announce that PyCon Austria 2026 will happening! Details like exact date are being figured out now and will soon be announced.
We count on you to spread the word about it.