We're at #dddmelb this weekend, sponsoring the community hall!
Join us for a sticker swap in the "pink" Collins room to meet the local Melbourne community, and learn about the #pyconau CFP!
Make sure you say hi to the PyCon AU team in their swanky 2026 shirts! 👕 They might just have some exclusive stickers to share that aren't on the table. 🤫
Oh, and one last thing... if you register this weekend you can still snap up one of the last remaining blind bird tickets!
🚨 Almost sold out of Blind Bird tickets for PyCon AU 2026. If you’re planning to attend, now’s the moment.
Tickets → https://2026.pycon.org.au/tickets #pyconau
Specialist Track spotlight: Research Software Engineering 🔬
Making research software more robust, reusable, and reproducible.
From applying software engineering practices to research codebases, to tooling in the RSE ecosystem and building bridges between Python and research communities, we want your stories.
Researchers, research software engineers, and managers alike: share your experience.
Learn more → https://2026.pycon.org.au/cfp
#pyconau #cfp
Specialist Track spotlight: Developer Relations 🥑
Developer advocacy, community building, documentation, and sharing the craft of developer relations.
Learn more → https://2026.pycon.org.au/cfp #pyconau #cfp
Specialist Track spotlight: Platform Engineering 🏗️
DevOps, SRE, infrastructure, developer experience, and platform war stories.
Share what you’ve learned → https://2026.pycon.org.au/cfp #pyconau #cfp
Specialist Track spotlight: Cybersecurity 🔐
Security at every stage of the technology lifecycle.
From emerging threats and defensive engineering to incident response, red/blue teaming, and GRC. This track is for developers, ops, security practitioners, and leaders alike.
Talks don’t need a specific Python angle.
Learn more → https://2026.pycon.org.au/cfp
#pyconau #cfp
Specialist Track spotlight: Education 🎓
Teaching Python in schools, clubs, tertiary, or informally? Tried something that worked, or didn’t?
We’d love to hear about it → https://2026.pycon.org.au/cfp
Specialist Track spotlight: Data & AI 🤖
Data analysis, engineering, machine learning, AI engineering, ethics, evaluation, and societal impact across industry and research.
Learn more → https://2026.pycon.org.au/cfp
#pyconau #cfp
CFP workshops are free and obligation-free: you don’t have to commit to submitting.
They’re hands-on and help you brainstorm, structure, and write stronger proposals.
Find a workshop → https://2026.pycon.org.au/cfp
Quick CFP tip: proposals at PyCon AU are reviewed anonymously to reduce bias. Put identifying information in your Pretalx profile, not in the proposal text.
Details → https://2026.pycon.org.au/cfp #pyconau #cfp
Ticket heads-up 👀
Blind Bird (2nd release) is close to selling out: just a handful left at the current price.
If you already know you’re coming to Brisbane in August, now’s a good time to lock it in!
Tickets → https://2026.pycon.org.au/tickets #pyconau
Submitting to specialist tracks? Select one primary track first, then you can choose additional relevant tracks later in the Pretalx form.
Please only select tracks that genuinely fit your talks: selecting everything won’t help. https://2026.pycon.org.au/cfp #pyconau #cf
The PyCon AU CFP is open and we welcome proposals from everybody. That includes first-time speakers, people new to Python, folks who’ve built (or broken!) interesting things, and people bringing expertise from outside tech.
Submit by 29 March (AOE) → https://2026.pycon.org.au/cfp #pyconau #cfp
The #pyconau 2026 CFP is now open!
We've refreshed our site with all new guidance for 2026, so visit https://2026.pycon.org.au/cfp to get all the details.
Attend CFP workshops around the country in February and March to help polish up that idea you've been sitting on!
Submissions close 29 March 2026, AOE
The core team for #pyconau came together recently for a weekend working bee!
In addition to getting to know one another over lunch 🍣 , we pulled together some exciting plans for our CFP (opening really soon!)
So from us to you, kanpai friends!
Are you at @everythingopen this week? Say hi to @gdayitsjack and @chelsea and grab a #pyconau sticker!
Our call for specialist tracks closes soon too! If you have an idea for a track now is the time to let us know!
Check out https://2026.pycon.org.au/specialist-tracks/ for more details (or snag a blind bird ticket!) and catch Jack and Chelsea on-site before Friday!
Super early start off to @everythingopen and the @linuxaustralia AGM this week!
If you spot my mohawk in the hallway come and say hi! My icebreaker topics are @pyconau, #PyConAU and sometimes also PyCon AU.
And yes I have stickers! 🐍
RE: https://mastodon.pycon.org.au/@pyconau/115884491716404767
It's now or never friends! We're looking for the last set of specialist tracks before the deadline lands at the end of next week!
If you have an idea for a theme or specialist interest room at #pyconau this year, join us Thursday night to have a friendly chinwag about how to bring it to life! 👇
For friends who saw me at #PyConAU, this is the same helmet -- and yes, since 2023, US/EU certified helmets are legal in Australia!
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vfjqojex2kyxdwkt3a6hkupr/post/3mbn7i6agn223
