PyCon US Maintainers Summit 2026

Topics

Sessions for Saturday, May 16, 2026 in Room 201A, Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, CA.

10:30 am Talk Inessa Pawson, Leah Wasser, Mariatta Wijaya

Welcome and overview of the day from the summit organizers.

10:35 am Talk Dharhas Pothina

Lessons from sustaining the Nebari community through strategic pivots and the rise of AI.

10:55 am Talk Shauna Gordon-McKeon

Practical strategies for welcoming and ramping up new contributors to your project.

11:15 am BoF

Open discussion on the impact of generative AI on open source maintenance.

1:30 pm Talk Mike Fiedler

A look at the legitimacy and trust questions facing open source today.

1:50 pm Talk Holden Karau, Devin Petersohn

Strategies for building and maintaining libraries that depend on APIs you don't control.

2:10 pm Talk Felipe Moreno

An inside look at how translation workflows are run for Python open source projects.

2:30 pm Lightning Sarah Kaiser, Avik Basu, Leah Wasser, Zanie Blue, Chase Million, Cameron Riddell, Peyton Murray, Cary Hawkins

A series of lightning talks on tools that help maintainers do their work.

4:15 pm Panel

Small-group discussions on topics chosen by attendees.

5:30 pm Talk

Wrap-up and reflections on the day.