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Cover image for PyCon Portugal 2025 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น

The fourth edition of PyCon Portugal was in Cascais, and, just like last year, I was one of the volunteers that helped organize the conference program. In addition to unexpectedly presenting a talk in addition to my workshop, I also learned how to make pastel de nata.

Cover image for SciPy 2025 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

After PyCon Italia in May, I had the full month of June at home. I used this time without any travel to update two of my workshops for the SciPy conference. For the first time ever, I would be presenting two workshops at a single conference โ€“ both of which were four hours long.

Cover image for PyCon Italia 2025 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

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 โค๏ธ You'll have to read this post to learn about the rest.

Back to Baltics

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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.