Keynote
From Scratch to Scale: How Far Python Takes You in Building LLMs
Meet one of the most widely followed voices in AI education.
PyCon DE & PyData 2026
darmstadtium, Darmstadt
13 April 2026 · Sprints & Community Day
14 April - 16 April 2026 · Conference
17 April 2026 · Masterclasses
We get things done.
Europe’s largest Python, AI & software engineering conference—where open-source practitioners share real use cases and over a decade of AI-in-production experience, turning hard-won lessons into the insights that shape what teams build next.
Keynote
The Multimodal Era of Machine Learning (and How Python Made It Possible)
Core Faculty at Tübingen AI Center, leading researcher in multimodal learning and video understanding.
Hackerspace
Feminist AI Hackerspace — 3 Days of Building, Hacking & Connecting
Offener Hackerspace parallel zur Konferenz — kein Ticket nötig, einfach vorbeikommen.
Panel
What Should We Learn in the Future?
AI & agents everywhere what does this shift mean for learning?
Talk
Lightning Talks & Community Highlights
Discover community-driven sessions, lightning talks, and surprise highlights at PyCon DE 2026.
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Masterclass
AI-Assisted Coding with Claude Code
Full-day hands-on: agentic workflows to plan, steer, and verify code changes with AI.
Masterclass
Introduction to Agentic AI
Build agentic AI systems in Python — ReAct and Plan-and-Execute patterns with tools, memory, and MCP.
Masterclass
Pytest Tips and Tricks
Full-day deep dive: advanced fixtures, parametrization, mocking, plugins, and Hypothesis.
Masterclass
Securing Your LLM Usage
Protect your data with LLMs: system architecture, red teaming, guardrails, and prompt sanitization.
Masterclass
Fast Python Development with uv
Replace pip, virtualenv, and poetry with one tool that's 10-100x faster. Hands-on.
Masterclass
The Magic of Decorators
Master Python decorators: function-wrapping, closures, class-based patterns, and best practices.
Masterclass
Leading Under Pressure
For tech leads and engineering managers: lead effectively under pressure without burning out.
Masterclass
Decoupled Data: Clean Database Connections
Build a production-grade Python REST API with Repository Pattern, DuckDB, SQLModel, and MongoDB.
Masterclass
Reproducible Dependency Management with Pixi
Manage conda and pip dependencies with Pixi for fully reproducible Python environments.
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