pyGrunn is the “Python and friends” developer conference with a local footprint and global mindset. Firmly rooted in the open source culture, it aims to provide the leaders in advanced internet technologies a platform to inform, inspire and impress their peers.
Sponsors
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schedule
request for proposals
For pyGrunn 2026
Want to inform, impress, and inspire hundreds of enthusiastic Pythonistas? Fill out the RFP!
location
pyGrunn will take place on Friday May 8th, 2026 at Forum Groningen in Groningen.
Forum Groningen is a cultural living and working environment. A place where artists, creative people, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts can meet. A perfect spot for pyGrunn! It is a 10-minute walk from the central train station and in the heart of the city.
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Sponsoring
pyGrunn is made possible through the efforts of volunteers, speakers and participants, but also by the financial support of a growing number of sponsors. With your contribution pyGrunn has become the largest and most visited Python Conference in the Netherlands.
With more than 400 participants and international speakers, for
one entire day, Groningen can call itself the Python capital of the Netherlands. Your contribution would give pyGrunn a solid financial base in order to achieve everything
mentioned above.
With your contribution, we can:
- Keep the ticket prices low;
- Provide a decent location to host pyGrunn;
- Reimburse the travel and accommodation costs of our international speakers;
- Provide catering;
- Stream talks live for those at home;
- And of course print our extremely popular limited edition t-shirts!
Sponsor Packages
Bronze (€1.000)
Silver (€2.500)
Gold (€5.000)
Kryptonite (€8.000)
blast from the Past
2026
Gijs Molenaar – Keynote: Python at Spotify: Twenty Years
Stef van Houten – Leveraging AI to Simplify Complex Configurations
Jan Murre – HTMX, KISS to the max
Bart Dorlandt – How to store and route your (physical) mail like a pro
Michiel Beijen – Introducing httpxyz: forking a top-100 Python package
Ard Timmerman – From YOLO to Secure Autonomous Dev Agents
Wieneke Keller & Sebastian Lenartowicz – From Farm to Cloud: Building a massive Real-Time Streaming Data Ingest Pipeline in Python
Mike Huls – Layered Architecture for Readable, Robust, and Extensible Apps
Reinout van Rees – Upgrading Python/Django projects with Docker
Jelle Klaver – Generating one platform at a time
Sven Vintges – Homecoming: Why AI is the best thing that happened to developers
Rutger Prins – FastAPI-Restly: A New REST Framework
Kees Hink – Love your editor again
Aimaybel Wolfrat – Level Up Your Python: Into Data Science & Machine Learning
Artur Barseghyan – Agentic Engineering
Vincent Luder – Can you VibeCode a business?
Doeke Zanstra – List-Man: Pragmatic System Integration
Jaap Bresser – Testing for Confidence
Yonatan Alexander – The Dark Arts of ML Benchmarking
Hugo Buddelmeijer – Rebuilding the World: Python in Guix
Ruslan Korniichuk – Football Analytics 201: Validating Tactical Principles
Bart Dorlandt – Json freedom or chaos; how to trust your data
code of conduct
At pyGrunn, we expect everyone to behave with common decency and we expect that everyone is treated with equal respect. pyGrunn staff will take any measures necessary to uphold these golden rules of life.
For details see the complete code of conduct here.