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The Asia leg of my 2024 conference tour consisted of a talk and sprint at PyCon Taiwan in Kaohsiung City along with a talk at PyCon Japan in Tokyo.

Over the span of 23 days, I circumnavigated the globe, stepped foot on every hemisphere, and visited three new countries (bringing my total up to 43). I made this trip in order to present at three new conferences – Kiwi PyCon, PyCon Poland, and PyCon Estonia – which happened to be taking place over three consecutive weeks.

EuroPython 2024 was a conference of firsts for me: my first time presenting my new workshop on pre-commit hooks and my first time organizing a development sprint. During my time there, I was also feeling very creative and built out some new pages for my website. In this post, I share my experiences during this week.

Over the past few years, I have had the privilege to present at many conferences around the world. However, I had never been involved with the organization of one. I was approached to help the PyCon Portugal team review proposals for this year's event, and I jumped at the opportunity to help an event that I've been fortunate to present at since its inception.

My first time presenting in South America was a resounding success. In addition to giving a talk in the largest room I've presented in to date, I also delivered a workshop in one of the classrooms at the EAFIT university in Medellín – all a part of PyCon Colombia 2024.