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| 3 | +title: "pyOpenSci at PyCon US 2025 - Python, Packaging and Community" |
| 4 | +excerpt: "pyOpenSci is excited to be at PyCon US for the third year in a row! Find us at the Maintainers summit on May 16th and then join us for a beginner-friendly sprint after the meeting." |
| 5 | +author: "Leah Wasser" |
| 6 | +permalink: /blog/pyopensci-at-pyconus-2025.html |
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| 8 | + overlay_image: images/blog/headers/pycon-us-2024-header.png |
| 9 | +categories: |
| 10 | + - blog-post |
| 11 | + - community |
| 12 | +classes: wide |
| 13 | +toc: true |
| 14 | +comments: true |
| 15 | +event: |
| 16 | + start_date: "2025-05-16" |
| 17 | + location: Online |
| 18 | +last_modified: 2025-05-06 |
| 19 | +--- |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +<div class="notice" markdown = "1"> |
| 22 | +## TL;DR |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +* We’re excited to get back to PyCon US this year! |
| 25 | +* Join us for the Maintainers Summit, community events, and the Packaging Summit. At the end of each meeting, we will hold beginner-friendly sprints. |
| 26 | +* Join us in our beginner-friendly sprints on Monday / Tuesday following the conference. |
| 27 | +* Last year’s recap: [Read about pyOpenSci at PyCon US 2024](recap-pyos-pyconus-2024.html) |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +</div> |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +## PyCon US Maintainers Summit: Co-hosted by pyOpenSci |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +I'm thrilled to be a second-time organizer of the PyCon US [Maintainers Summit](https://us.pycon.org/2025/events/maintainers-summit/) alongside long-time organizer [Inessa Pawson](https://github.com/InessaPawson) and Python Steering Council alum and past PyCon chair [Mariatta Wijaya](https://github.com/mariatta). This annual event brings maintainers, contributors, and community leaders together to share challenges and strategies in maintaining and sustaining open source software. |
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| 36 | +<figure> |
| 37 | + <picture> |
| 38 | + <source srcset="/images/events/pyconus-maintainers-summit-2025.webp" type="image/webp"> |
| 39 | + <img src="/images/events/pyconus-maintainers-summit-2025.png" alt="Group of attendees collaborating at round tables during the PyCon US Maintainers Summit 2025, with text that reads ‘Join Us! PyCon US Maintainers Summit 2025 – Friday 16 May 2025’. Two organizers pose and smile in the foreground wearing conference badges and masks."> |
| 40 | + </picture> |
| 41 | +</figure> |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +All are welcome to attend, listen to talks, and connect with fellow Pythonistas who care about maintaining open source software! |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +## Python packaging summit |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +We’re also excited to attend the **Packaging Summit** this year. There's been a lot of work to improve the Python packaging ecosystem in the past year. This event is an excellent opportunity to learn more about current efforts. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +## Community lead activities |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +Our advisory council member Chase Million will be hosting a space-focused open space (that's a mouthful!!), so if you are in the space science arena, keep an eye out on the Open Space board in the Hallway track at PyCon US for that! |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +Also, check out [Zack Weinberg's talk on writing Extensions in Python that can be interrupted if you need to pause the task](https://us.pycon.org/2025/schedule/presentation/39/). |
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