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Cover image for PyCon Italia 2025 🇮🇹

This year's PyCon Italia was in Bologna, the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region. In addition to presenting a talk, I got to enjoy spectacular food and company and get a taste of Modena and Ravenna (two nearby cities in Emilia-Romagna).

Cover image for The One with a Speaker Impact Award and a Tutorial that Almost Didn't Happen

While I've presented several times at ODSC and PyCon US in the past few years, this trip was filled with unexpected developments. For one, I was presented with my first ever speaker award, which I will cherish forever ❤️ You'll have to read this post to learn about the rest.

Back to Baltics

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Cover image for Back to Baltics

After a few months without any conferences or travel, I started off 2025 with my first ever keynote, which required several months of preparation. In this post, I talk about how the keynote for PyCon Lithuania came together, from the opportunity to the final result, and what I did to get a taste of both Lithuania and Latvia before heading back home.

Cover image for Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia

For my final trip of 2024, I spent a month on the opposite side of the globe in Oceania, visiting Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia, in addition to giving multiple presentations at my first PyCon Australia.

Cover image for The Transatlantic Tour

For my penultimate trip of 2024, I presented at conferences on both sides of the pond. First, I flew cross-country to San Francisco for a couple of days at ODSC West. From there, I headed to Strasbourg for my first PyCon France. Finally, I spent a week in London attending a training before heading home.