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Thursday 27 August 2026

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Ballroom 1
Ballroom 2
Ballroom 3
8:30 am
8:30 am - 9:00 am
First Timers Session (in Lyon) Jack Skinner
9:00 am
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Conference welcome Jack Skinner, Sophie Quinn-Graham, Nic Crouch
9:15 am - 10:00 am
30 to 70 PRs a day: How we managed to not wreck our systems Liz Fong-Jones
9:30 am
10:00 am
Morning Tea 10:00 am - 10:45 am
10:30 am
Platform Engineering
10:45 am - 11:20 am
Kubernetes as LEGO: Building Platforms one block at a time Dipendra Paudel
10:45 am - 11:20 am
Switching from Sphinx to Markdown Kattni
Data & AI
10:45 am - 11:20 am
AI-assisted coding, Python and dbt: taking Chronos live in two days Jay Stein, Sergio Pintaldi
11:00 am
11:30 am
Platform Engineering
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Automation First, Regrets Later Alisdair Robertson
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
from where?!? import what?!? Alyssa Coghlan
Data & AI
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Ship Reliable RAG: Evals That Grow with Your Retrieval Complexity Ravi Vats
12:00 pm
Platform Engineering
12:05 pm - 12:35 pm
TOGA: Checklists and Safety Measures for "Yoloing" in Prod Chelsea Finnie
12:05 pm - 12:35 pm
Enterprise Grade Accessibility for Everyone Erin Zimmer
Data & AI
12:05 pm - 12:35 pm
Why Your ML Pipeline Needs an Agent (and How to Build One) Yusuke Shibui, Prashanth Gurram
12:30 pm
Platform Engineering
12:40 pm - 1:10 pm
Developing Problem Solvers under Pressure: SREs, DBREs and Ponies <3 Zoe
12:40 pm - 1:10 pm
Your Python container is 90% stuff you didn't ask for Scott Norris
Data & AI
12:40 pm - 1:10 pm
From Pixels to Points: Inferring Archery Scores with Computer Vision Jacob Seiler
1:00 pm
Lunch 1:10 pm - 2:05 pm
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
Platform Engineering
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
From On-Prem to the Cloud and Back Again Luke
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
An Intro to Glue Work Jade Edward
Data & AI
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Please Don't Put That in a Dict: Better Data Models in Python Arshia Sharma
2:30 pm
Platform Engineering
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
What Happened in Production?! Instrumenting with OpenTelemetry David Bell
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Goodbye GIL: Exploring the Free-threaded mode in Python Adarsh Divakaran
Data & AI
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Stop Prompting, Start Composing: Agent Skills in Practice Marty Kieliszek
3:00 pm
Platform Engineering
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Just Enough Reliability Shaun O'Keefe
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Adventures in FastAPI: A Choose-Your-Own PyCon AU Talk Jack Reichelt
Data & AI
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Vibing Vision: how we built a pose tracking art installation in two weeks Charli Posner, Will Cohen
3:30 pm
Afternoon Tea 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Thursday lightning talks Daisy Leigh Brenecki, Nic Crouch
5:00 pm

8:30am

8:30am – 9:00amFirst Timers Session (in Lyon)
Jack Skinner
9:00am – 9:15amConference welcome
Jack Skinner, Sophie Quinn-Graham, Nic Crouch
9:15am – 10:00am30 to 70 PRs a day: How we managed to not wreck our systems
Liz Fong-Jones

10:00am

Morning Tea10:00am–10:45am

10:45am

Platform Engineering
10:45am – 11:20amKubernetes as LEGO: Building Platforms one block at a time
Ballroom 1Dipendra Paudel
10:45am – 11:20amSwitching from Sphinx to Markdown
Ballroom 2Kattni
Data & AI
10:45am – 11:20amAI-assisted coding, Python and dbt: taking Chronos live in two days
Ballroom 3Jay Stein, Sergio Pintaldi

11:30am

Platform Engineering
11:30am – 12:00pmAutomation First, Regrets Later
Ballroom 1Alisdair Robertson
11:30am – 12:00pmfrom where?!? import what?!?
Ballroom 2Alyssa Coghlan
Data & AI
11:30am – 12:00pmShip Reliable RAG: Evals That Grow with Your Retrieval Complexity
Ballroom 3Ravi Vats

12:05pm

Platform Engineering
12:05pm – 12:35pmTOGA: Checklists and Safety Measures for "Yoloing" in Prod
Ballroom 1Chelsea Finnie
12:05pm – 12:35pmEnterprise Grade Accessibility for Everyone
Ballroom 2Erin Zimmer
Data & AI
12:05pm – 12:35pmWhy Your ML Pipeline Needs an Agent (and How to Build One)
Ballroom 3Yusuke Shibui, Prashanth Gurram

12:40pm

Platform Engineering
12:40pm – 1:10pmDeveloping Problem Solvers under Pressure: SREs, DBREs and Ponies <3
Ballroom 1Zoe
12:40pm – 1:10pmYour Python container is 90% stuff you didn't ask for
Ballroom 2Scott Norris
Data & AI
12:40pm – 1:10pmFrom Pixels to Points: Inferring Archery Scores with Computer Vision
Ballroom 3Jacob Seiler

1:10pm

Lunch1:10pm–2:05pm

2:05pm

Platform Engineering
2:05pm – 2:35pmFrom On-Prem to the Cloud and Back Again
Ballroom 1Luke
2:05pm – 2:35pmAn Intro to Glue Work
Ballroom 2Jade Edward
Data & AI
2:05pm – 2:35pmPlease Don't Put That in a Dict: Better Data Models in Python
Ballroom 3Arshia Sharma

2:40pm

Platform Engineering
2:40pm – 3:10pmWhat Happened in Production?! Instrumenting with OpenTelemetry
Ballroom 1David Bell
2:40pm – 3:10pmGoodbye GIL: Exploring the Free-threaded mode in Python
Ballroom 2Adarsh Divakaran
Data & AI
2:40pm – 3:10pmStop Prompting, Start Composing: Agent Skills in Practice
Ballroom 3Marty Kieliszek

3:15pm

Platform Engineering
3:15pm – 3:45pmJust Enough Reliability
Ballroom 1Shaun O'Keefe
3:15pm – 3:45pmAdventures in FastAPI: A Choose-Your-Own PyCon AU Talk
Ballroom 2Jack Reichelt
Data & AI
3:15pm – 3:45pmVibing Vision: how we built a pose tracking art installation in two weeks
Ballroom 3Charli Posner, Will Cohen

3:45pm

Afternoon Tea3:45pm–4:30pm

4:30pm

4:30pm – 5:30pmThursday lightning talks
Daisy Leigh Brenecki, Nic Crouch
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