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In a virtual world where Zoom fatigue has fewer people registering for — and finding value in — online events, more than 300 people from 41 countries and 21 time zones attended the 3rd annual Python Web Conference, the most in-depth Python conference for web developers. Six Feet Up, the conference organizer, and JetBrains, the event’s Diamond Sponsor, saw a 12% increase in 2021 attendance compared to 2020.

The five-day international conference, hosted virtually on LoudSwarm by Six Feet Up from March 22-26, 2021, featured 55 talks and five tutorials across four daily tracks: AppDev, PyData, Cloud and Culture.

According to attendees and sponsors alike, highlights from this year’s event included:

• the new “Culture” track featuring soft-skill topics like techniques for building and leading a great dev team, tools for hosting more productive meetings, tips for working from home, and tech tutorials including a deep dive into the .git folder;
  
  
• meaningful engagements across the Python community thanks to:
  • Face2Face — an interactive feature, exclusive to LoudSwarm by Six Feet Up, that recreates the experience of attendees approaching a speaker at the podium at the end of an in-person talk via video conference,
  • end-of-day socials hosted via Zoom break-out rooms and custom-built Gather.town events, and
  • Slack channels that will keep Pythonistas talking until the 2022 Python Web Conference takes place (March 21-25, 2022);
• physical swag bags complete with pour-over coffee, microfiber cloths, t-shirts, name badges and more; and
  
  
• a refined schedule featuring five half days compared to four full days in 2020 — a big hit for the conference’s large European audience.

2021 Presentations

Top names in the Python community — including speakers from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Anvil, CapitalOne, IBM, JetBrains, MongoDB, Red Hat, Snyk and more — attracted a wide range of participants from beginners to senior-level executives.

This year’s presentations provided valuable insights into the future of Python, its tech culture, and how attendees can continue contributing to the language.

Hot-button topics addressed included:

• how to interpret data from COVID-19;
• why redesigning the tech talent pipeline matters;
• tips for debugging and designing smarter, more efficient applications;
• best practices about privacy security, accessibility, Django, Plone, Async, OpenShift; and so much more!

All 2021 Python Web Conference recordings are now available exclusively to registered attendees in LoudSwarm by Six Feet Up. Post-event access tickets are available to those who did not attend the conference for $100.

Explore the complete 2021 Python Web Conference event schedule and presentation details here. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities for the 2022 Python Web Conference, reach out to the conference organizers at events@sixfeetup.com.

More information about the Python Web Conference, speakers, sponsors, and where to purchase post-event access can be found at pythonwebconference.com.