PyCon US Maintainer Summit 2026

Topics

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

10:30 amTalkInessa Pawson, Leah Wasser, Mariatta Wijaya

Welcome and overview of the day from the summit organizers.

10:35 amTalkDharhas Pothina

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

10:55 amTalkEvan Kohilas

Strategies for maximizing impact through systems thinking.

11:15 amBoF

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

1:30 pmTalkMike Fiedler

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

1:50 pmTalkHolden Karau, Devin Petersohn

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

2:10 pmTalkFelipe Moreno

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

2:30 pmLightningSarah Kaiser, Avik Basu, Leah Wasser, Zanie Blue, Cameron Riddell, Peyton Murray, Cary Hawkins

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

4:15 pmPanel

Small-group discussions on topics chosen by attendees.

5:30 pmTalk

Wrap-up and reflections on the day.