Upcoming2027
PyCon US Maintainer Summit 2027
Date to be announced · Long Beach
The 2027 Maintainer Summit is being planned. Dates, the call for proposals, and details of the program will be announced here.
PyCon US
Maintainer Summit
The PyCon US Maintainer Summit brings together maintainers, contributors, researchers, policymakers, and everyone invested in the health and sustainability of the open source Python ecosystem.
2019
first summit
8
summits
80
speakers
Free
with PyCon US registration
What happens at the summit
A day for the people who keep Python running
Talks & lightning talks
Maintainers share lessons learned: sustainability, governance, funding, tooling, and everything in between.
Discussions & roundtables
Open conversations about the challenges of maintenance, with people who have faced the same ones.
A community of peers
Meet the humans behind the projects you depend on, and the ones who depend on yours.
This year's summit
All events This year's summit
News
All news Latest news
Aug 2026 · Mariatta Wijaya
Welcome to the Maintainer Summit website
Announcing the PyCon US Maintainer Summit website.
The team
2027 organizers
The volunteers who make the summit happen.
PyLadies Toronto, PyCon US Chair 2025-26, PSF Board, csvconf
2027
Director, Python Software Foundation, open source community builder, and longtime newsroom technologist focusing on making the people and systems behind collaborative projects more sustainable.
NumPy, OpenTeams
20202021202220232024202520262027
NumPy Steering Council, PyOpenSci Advisory Council, Scientific Python Ecosystem Coordination Committee, OpenTeams OSPO.
PyLadies, CPython
202520262027
Multi-award-winning open source maintainer and contributor. CPython core developer. Serial conference organizer. Runs PyLadies Vancouver.
Get involved
Attend, speak, or help organize
Read the attendee guide, submit a talk proposal, or join the organizing team.