Why Attend Virtual PyBay

Stay on the cutting edge

Boost your skills and keep abreast with the latest developments in Python via in-depth talks from the most influential industry practitioners and core Python developers. Whether you’re interested in web technologies, data, devops, Python internals, or performance, or whether you're a beginner or seasoned developer, join us to stay on top of your game.

Celebrate Covid-19 heroes

We can't thank the front-line healthcare and essential workers enough, but let's not forget the back-end heroes who have leveraged Python to build tools and technologies that help us stay safe and manage the pandemic. Get inspired, learn from, and celebrate your peers who have met the challenge and made lemonade out of lemons.

Connect via Hallway Track

Human connection is more important than ever. That's why we are hosting a virtual conference that features video chat rooms for attendees to interact with speakers and sponsors, start your special interest group, play music or take a yoga class to decompress. We're in this together. Let's make the world closer via our virtual "hallway track"!

PyBay2020...online this year...reinvented to help strengthen our community

With the special year this is, we want to make PyBay2020 the most fun and memorable conference to everyone around the globe where you'll learn a lot, share a lot, and help each other beat the isolation blues!

With your ticket, you'll enter a virtual conference environment complete with a bar and a party boat so you can take a break and stretch between the amazing talks and fireside chats ;-)

That's right, the hallway track you love at conferences is back!

Make new friends or make it a reunion with your colleagues, classmates, and folks you've met at meetups. DM within the platform to invite folks to your table for a video chat. Or, take it up a notch, ditch the talks, and head to the Party Boat -- the Royal Coding Cruiser ;-) -- to catch up!

When you feel like it, catch another talk or fireside chat. If your questions to the speakers didn't get voted up by others, you can catch them afterwards at the Expo Hall for extended Q&A in a small group setting. While there, get some swag from sponsors, check out their live demos, or talk to them about job opportunities. Even if you're not looking for jobs now, your friends might be.

Want to have an un-conference, give a talk, lead a discussion, or sprint on a project together? Announce it on Slack and head to the Hallway Chat / Open Space room, where the tables let you screen share and even whiteboard.

As if that's not enough, we've just added a job fair and some workshops on Monday for those that have a bit more time on hand during the week to continue to network and upgrade their skills.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why should I attend when I can watch talk videos on YouTube later?

Recorded talks are great, but with the global call for physical distancing, we think Pythonistas will benefit from a forum to connect, help, and support each other during the pandemic.

With that in mind, we've gone out of the way to fill PyBay2020 with opportunities for you to reconnect with people you haven't talked to for a while. Similar to an in-person conference, there will be hallway tracks for you to bump into people, make new friends, share your knowledge and lessen the isolation blues.

In short, PyBay2020 is unlike most online tech conferences these days. Check it out!

Can I give a talk or lead a discussion?

25 and 40 mins talk slots are accounted for but you can

Give a lightning talk. We've gotten some submissions for lightning talks and will let ticket holders know if we need more.

Start a round table discussion on a topic of your choice in our breakout hall. Similar to PyCon's open space sessions, you'll advertise what you want to talk about and when you want to talk about it in our discord channel. One of our volunteers will rename a table for you at our breakout hall for your session.

Start a Testing BOF! Similar to PyCon, if you'd like to lead a testing BOF with folks giving lightning talks one after the other, write grace@pybay.com to get the load down on how to get it done!

What bandwidth or platform do I need to participate?

You will get the best experience from Chrome on MacOS or Windows and a minimum of 8 Mb/s download speed and 8 Mb/s upload speed to maintain a stable connection. See supported OS/Browser, supported mobile devices, and bandwidth, firewall and network requirements.

If you have other devices, use links above to test your set up, it may still work.

Do you need help?

YES! I can benefit from folks with the following expertise:

Diversity and inclusion outreach

Social media and marketing communication

Speaker coordination and event emceeing

Producing demo videos to onboard attendees, speakers, sponsors, close captioning

Slack or forum moderating

Please email Grace if you'd like to help!

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