At this year’s EuroPython Society General Assembly (GA), planned for Wednesday, December 17th, 2025, 20:00 CET, we will vote in a new board of the EuroPython Society for the term 2025/2026

List of Board Candidates

The EPS bylaws require one chair, one vice chair and 2 - 7 board members. The following candidates have stated their willingness to work on the EPS board. We are presenting them here (in alphabetical order by first name).

The following fine folks have expressed their desire to run for the next EPS board elections: Angel Ramboi, Aris Nivorils, Artur Czepiel, Ege Akman, Mia Bajić, Yulia Barabash.

Angel Ramboi

Engineer / Gamer / Geek / Wanderer

Hello everyone! My name is Angel, I’m a seasoned engineer with more than 20 years experience designing and building software and web apps. My current role doesn't involve much coding these days, still Python and its community is where my heart is. ☺️

My first EuroPython was in Florence 2012 where I was blown away by the amazing people gathered around the conference and the language. It was like nothing I've ever experienced before and the energy was palpable ... I was hooked!

Since then I've attended many EuroPythons, I was board member for the 2020 edition (briefly), an active on-site volunteer in 2019 and 2023, and joined the awesome Sponsors team for Prague 2024.

As a board member, one of my focus areas will be optimizing processes with the aim to make the organizing experience less stressful for the people involved, and whatever else is needed of me of course. Also bringing in positive vibes and fresh energy to every meeting. 🤩

Looking forward to an amazing conference next year. 🚀

Aris Nivorlis

Geoscientist / Data Steward / Pythonista

Aris is a geophysicist and data steward at Deltares, where he leverages data and tooling to tackle complex subsurface challenges. He’s passionate about promoting sustainable and reproducible scientific coding practices, and he actively contributes to the European Python community through conferences and initiatives.

Aris has been involved with EPS for the past two years; first as Ops Team Lead (2024) and currently as a board member (2025). He is the Chair of PyCon Sweden and has been a core organizer for the past four conferences. Aris is running for the EuroPython Society (EPS) Board to continue working in shaping its future direction.

He is particularly interested in how EPS can further support local Python communities, events, and projects, while ensuring the success of the EuroPython conference. Aris aims to build on the efforts from previous years toward a more independent and sustainable organisation team for EuroPython. One of his key goals is to lower the barriers for others to get involved as volunteers, organizers, and board members, fostering a more inclusive and accessible society.

Artur Czepiel (nomination for Chair)

Software developer

I’m a Software Developer based in Poland. I attended my first EuroPython in 2016, joined the organising team after the 2017 conference, and have since served five terms on the EPS Board, two of them as Chair.

Over the years, I have contributed to various parts of the Conference and the Society, including infrastructure, programme, community outreach, and most of the financial spreadsheets 🙂

My main focus for next year would be to set up a local presence at the EP2026 location (on the fiscal, legal, and community sides), improve our internal processes around financial aid and reimbursements, and continue infrastructure upgrades. As a bonus goal, I would like to lay the groundwork for a Fiscal Sponsorship programme.

Ege Akman

Pythonista / Open Source Advocate / Student

I started using Python in 2019 and since then I’ve tried to give back to the communities that shaped me, including starting the Python in Turkish documentation effort in 2021 with Python Turkey. I discovered EuroPython in 2023, was genuinely moved by how much people pour into it, and wanted to help make that kind of community possible for others too.

Over the past year on the EPS Board, I focused on removing blockers and making progress more feasible. On infrastructure, I helped migrate the old website setup to a more maintainable structure (with static content now on static.europython.eu) and back-ported the Program API for the last four EuroPython editions so historical data is available again. Alongside this, I supported core conference operations (volunteers, website updates), helped run the grants program in the second half of the year, and represented EPS at multiple community events.

Later in the year, I coordinated with the CPython core team to bring the Language Summit to EuroPython 2026 (still ongoing, and super excited for it!!), and I contributed to the 2026 venue selection discussions, with most of the work carried by our amazing venue team ❤️. Also, stay tuned for a conference companion app this year; it’s coming soon!

It was a year with ups and downs, and at times it was mentally and emotionally difficult, but I’m proud of what we delivered and grateful for the people I worked with. This year also made me much more conscious of the culture I want to help strengthen within the EPS: one grounded in trust, openness, kindness, and care for the people who make this community possible. I feel clearer than ever about my North Star, and I’m ready to work hard to live it and help it grow.

With the experience I have now, I expect to deliver more by strengthening student involvement through collaborations with organizations like AIESEC (stay tuned!), supporting volunteers more sustainably, continuing to improve our infrastructure, and helping the Board make progress without burning people out.

Mia Bajić (Nomination for Vice Chair)

Software Engineer & Community Events Organizer

I’m a software engineer and community events organizer. Since joining the Python community in 2021, I’ve led Python Pyvo meetups in Prague, brought Python Pizza to the Czech Republic, contributed to PyCon CZ 23 as well as EuroPython 2023 and 2024, and served as Vice-Chair of the EuroPython Society in 2025.

I’ve spoken on technical topics at major conferences, including PyCon US, DjangoCon, FOSDEM, EuroPython, and many other PyCons across Europe.

I’ve shared a reflection on the past year on my blog, including what went well, what I learned, and some ideas for the year ahead. If you’d like to check it out, you can find it here: https://clytaemnestra.github.io/tech-blog/eps-reflection

I’d like to continue working on the topics that are relevant for the next year: hiring a second event manager, improving our fiscal processes, and strengthening our relationships with European communities.

Yuliia Barabash

Over the past two years, I have been involved in EuroPython as part of the programme organisation team and general conference support. In particular, I have helped with the CFP and talk selection process, schedule preparation, and communication with speakers. Through this work I have gained a good understanding of how EuroPython operates, and the expectations of our community.

In the next Board term, I would like to continue contributing to the programme team, while also taking a stronger role in infrastructure topics. My main focus areas would be:

• Community voting: improving and maintaining the systems we use for voting (e.g. for programme selection or community decisions) to make them more reliable, transparent, and pleasant to use.
• Infrastructure and automation: helping to modernise, deploy, and automate core pieces of our conference infrastructure.

I care a lot about EuroPython as a welcoming, community-driven conference and would be happy to support it at Board level, working collaboratively with the rest of the Board and organisers.

What does the EPS Board do ?

The EPS board is made up of up to 9 directors (including 1 chair and 1 vice chair); the board runs the day-to-day business of the EuroPython Society, including running the EuroPython conference series, and supports the community through various initiatives such as our grants programme. The board collectively takes up the fiscal and legal responsibility of the Society.

For more details you can check our previous post here: https://europython-society.org/general-assembly-2025/#what-does-the-board-do

In April, our top priority was to kick off discussions about the 2026 venue. We successfully launched the Call for Venues and are now actively working on choosing a new location for next year.

We also helped release the schedule and coordinated all the related activities.

On top of that, we worked with our event manager to confirm a few more details, sign contracts, handle billing, and take care of similar administrative tasks.

Individual reports:

Artur

• Sponsor management
• Various small infrastructure updates, mainly in our static files hosting and the internal discord bot.
• Adding data sync and parsing from pretalx and pretix to the internal discord bot.
• Call for venues 2026 and related calls with communities
• Regular sync with the event manager
• Program: coordination of the documentary premiere with producers

Mia

• Communications: migration to Canva; copywriting for social media & articles
• Call for Venues 2026: kick-off and calls with communities
• Payments
• Design: coordination of design items with the designer; reviews
• Website: PR reviews; page updates
• Grants program: communication with recipients and administrative tasks
• Community outreach: DjangoCon Europe
• Program: coordination of the documentary premiere with producers
• Regular sync with the event manager
• PSF Grant Work

Aris

• Ops team activities, meetings and planning
• Tickets/vouchers documentation and workflow
• Accounting updates
• Payments

Ege

• Promotional material orders for PyCon US: Stickers, Posters, Retractable roll up banner, laminated info sheets
• Website and Programme API updates
• PR reviews

Shekhar

• FinAid: Completed Round 1 of our Financial Aid Programme
• Visa Application Letter: Distribution and Management

Anders

• VAT Report for March

Cyril

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This year, for the first time, the EuroPython Society had a booth at PyCon US. 🎉

It was a great chance to meet people from other Python communities, catch up with old friends, and make some new ones. At our booth, we gave out stickers (including a sneak peek of our 2025 ones), talked about our grants programme, and shared what the Society has been up to.

PyCon US was also where something special was announced. The filmmakers from Cult Repo, formerly known as Honeypot, are working on a documentary about the history of Python and its vibrant community. It features over 20 core developers, from the early days of Python to the newest contributors. They showed a trailer during the opening session on the third day and announced that the premiere will happen at EuroPython!

We managed to take a group photo with some of us during the PyLadies auction, which many of us attended. With such a full schedule, it can be tricky to get everyone together, so we were happy to catch that moment.

Outside of the talks and sessions, we also spent some evenings together just hanging out and catching up. These moments are always a highlight of any conference.

We are especially happy to share that our chair, Artur Czepiel, received a community award. So did Laís Carvalho, a former board member, and Raquel Dou, a former chair.

Karolina Surma, a member of Czech PyLadies and the 2023 programme team, also received an Outstanding PyLady Award for her contributions to the PyLadies community in the Czech Republic

Congratulations to all of you and thank you for all the time and energy you give to the community!

Thank you to the PyCon US organisers for running such a fantastic event and for giving us space to be part of it.

Thank you to our board member Ege Akman for sorting out materials and helping get everything ready for the booth.

And a big thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat. It was a pleasure to meet you. See you next year!

Are you a community builder dreaming of bringing EuroPython to your city? The Call for Venues for EuroPython 2026 is now open! 🎉

EuroPython is the longest-running volunteer-led Python conference in the world, uniting communities across Europe. It’s a place to learn, share, connect, spark new ideas—and have fun along the way.

We aim to keep the conference welcoming and accessible by choosing venues that are affordable, easy to reach, and sustainable. As with the selection process in previous years, we’d love your help in finding the best location for future editions.

If you'd like to propose a location on behalf of your community, please fill out this form:

👉 https://forms.gle/ZGQA7WhTW4gc53MD6

Even if 2026 isn’t the right time, don’t hesitate to get in touch. We'd also like to hear from communities interested in hosting EuroPython in 2027 or later.

Questions, suggestions, or comments? Drop us a line at board@europython.eu—we’ll get back to you!

EuroPython Society Board

In March, we achieved two significant milestones alongside several smaller improvements and operational work.

We launched our ticket sales, dedicating substantial effort to setting up the ticket shop, coordinating with multiple teams, and promoting the event.

We also open our call for sponsors, investing considerable time in budgeting, setting up and improving the process, and onboarding our sponsors.

Individual reports:

Artur

• Budget projection updates
• Ticket launch and related activities.
• Sponsor setup update and managing some of the sponsor interactions
• Configuration upgrade of our static sever.
• Catering negotiations.
• Internal discord bot updates.
• Financial aid meetings.
• Billing flow updates.

Mia

• Website: Ticket requirements, PR review, and content updates.
• Design: T-shirt review, creation of social media assets for ticket sales and sponsors, and a briefing with a designer.
• Budget: Budget proposal.
• Sponsors: Cold emailing, sponsor packages, and coordination of the sponsor launch.
• Comms: Creation, review, and scheduling of content for the ticket sale launch and call for sponsors; speaker cards; automation proof of concept; International Women’s Day communications; newsletter writing and review; board report; and YouTube videos communications.
• PyCon US Booth: Coordination and paperwork.
• Grants Program: Communication with recipients.
• Venue: Re-signed contract.
• Calls with the event manager.
  

Aris

• OPS work, meetings, planning.
• Accounting updates.
• Billing workflow.
• Payments
  

Ege

• Read the Docs previews
• Programme API setup.
• Implementing a redirection system in the website.
• Dependency updates and tailwind migration.
• Website: issues and PR reviews.
  

Shekhar

• Financial Aid: Planned how to handle responses and evaluated the process.
• Ops: GitHub for task tracking and monitored integrations with team members.
  

Cyril

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Anders

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We, the EuroPython Society, were proud partners of Brno Python Pizza. Here’s what they shared with us about the event.

By now, the concept of combining Pizza and Python is well established and documented, it just works! But adding Brno into the mix makes it feel a little bit special for our local community. This was the second Pizza Python in Czechia, following the highly successful event in Prague.

While Prague set a high bar with its buzzing gathering of Python enthusiasts and pizza lovers, Brno brought its own unique flavor to the table, that was definitely no pineapple.

Attendees

We capped the event at 120 attendees — the comfortable maximum for our venue. While we didn’t require attendees to disclose gender or dietary info, we did include optional fields in the ticket form. Based on the responses, we had 99 men and 34 women registered, including both in-person and online tickets. Unfortunately, nobody ticked the box for non-binary or transgender options, which will serve as valuable information for future inclusivity improvements..

We also asked about dietary preferences so we could make sure everyone would be fed and happy. The majority (98) had no restrictions, but we were glad to accommodate 6 vegetarians, 6 vegans, 2 gluten-free eaters, 1 halal, and one “no bananas 🍌”. The last one was the hardest to accommodate because when we called up pizzerias and told them how many pizzas we would like, they thought we were certainly bananas…

The event ran smoothly, with no breaches of the Code of Conduct reported—a testament to the respectful and friendly atmosphere fostered by the community.

The menu

At Brno Python Pizza, we served up a feast sliced into 21 talks on the schedule, several lightning talks and plenty of opportunities to network. Each talk was kept short and snappy, capped at 10 minutes, ensuring a fast-paced and engaging experience for attendees. This is absolutely perfect for us that are having slightly underdeveloped focus glands. Not everyone likes mushrooms on their pizza, neither does everyone enjoy listening purely about AI advances. That’s why we curated a diverse menu of topics to cater to our diverse audience.

Feedback, Things to improve and the Future

From what we’ve gathered, people enjoyed the event and are eager to attend again. They enjoyed the food, talks and that topics were varied and the overall format of the event.

The feedback gathering is also the main thing to improve as we have only anecdotal data. For the next time we have to provide people with a feedback form right after the event ends.  

If you ask us today if we would like to organise another edition of Python Pizza Brno, we will say "definitely yes", but we will keep the possible date a secret.

Stream and more photos

Stream is available here and rest of photos here.

In February, our top priority was event logistics and organizational planning. We worked closely with our event manager, Anežka, on important aspects such as the venue, catering, and other logistics. We're happy to announce that the contract with the venue has been signed!

Another priority was budget planning. Our funding comes from ticket sales and sponsors. We reviewed fixed costs and discussed our strategy for this year. We want to keep the event as affordable as possible to allow more people to attend while also attracting sponsors. At the same time, we need to make sure that the event breaks even and remains financially sustainable in the long term. We also worked on defining sponsorship packages.

The third priority was onboarding the remaining co-leads and teams. Some board members are still involved in specific teams to support new co-leads and other newcomers. We're making sure that everyone has the support and tools they need to contribute.

Individual reports:

Artur

• Budget: Discussing different scenarios and overall plan for the budget.
• Sponsorship setup: Packages, team meetings and internal sponsorship flow and infrastructure
• Updates to the internal discord bot and the community voting app
• Community: Attending FOSDEM & Python Pizza Brno
• Finaid: onboarding and working out the plan for setup updates for 2025.
• Event logistics: Working with Anežka and the rest of the team on various items regarding different providers, contracts and payments.

Mia

• Comms & Design: worked on the design brief and budget proposal. Drafted and scheduled some community voting and reviews posts. Reviewed others. Comms & Design team calls. Website design coordination & calls.
• Budget: worked on the proposal & spreadsheets.
• Sponsorship: helped define sponsorship packages and pricing. Reviewed and helped prepare content for the web and other materials. Coordinated communication between multiple people.
• Infrastructure: code reviews.
• Community: attended Brno Python Pizza.

Aris

• Billing: Setup payments for grants and vendors
• Billing: Looked into the current billing workflow and how it can be optimized.
• Budget: Onboarding myself to the spreadsheet, looked and discussed the different scenarios
• Ops: Onboarding team members, capacity planning and kickoff meeting
• Community: Attending FOSDEM & Python Pizza Brno

Ege

• Transfer 2025 Discord server ownership to EPS account
• 22-24 website migration
• Website PRs
• Program API setup with the new deployment logic

Shekhar

• PR for Visa Application process for EuroPython 2025 Conference.
• Overviewing Budget sheet for EuroPython 2025 Conference
• Overviewing Grant programme and the existing proposals from various conferences.
• Finaid team coordination and helped launch the FINAID programme.

Cyril

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Anders

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The top priority for the board in January was finishing the hiring of our event manager. We’re super excited to introduce Anežka Müller! Anežka is a freelance event manager and a longtime member of the Czech Python community. She’s a member of the Pyvec board, co-organizes PyLadies courses, PyCon CZ, Brno Pyvo, and Brno Python Pizza. She’ll be working closely with the board and OPS team, mainly managing communication with service providers. Welcome onboard!

Our second priority was onboarding teams. We’re happy that we already have the Programme team in place—they started early and launched the Call for Proposals at the beginning of January. We’ve onboarded a few more teams and are in the process of bringing in the rest.

Our third priority was improving our grant programme in order to support more events with our limited budget and to make it more clear and transparent. We went through past data, came up with a new proposal, discussed it, voted on it, and have already published it on our blog.

Individual reports:

Artur

• Updating onboarding/offboarding checklists for Volunteers and Board Members
• Started development of https://github.com/EuroPython/internal-bot
• Event Manager onboarding
• Various infrastructure updates including new website deployment and self-hosted previews for Pull Requests to the website.
• Setting up EPS AWS account.
• Working out the Grant Guidelines update for 2025
• Attending PyConWeb and FOSDEM
• Reviewing updates to the Sponsors setup and packages for 2025
• More documentation, sharing know-how and reviewing new proposals.

Mia

• Brand strategy: Analysis of social media posts from previous years and web analytics. Call with a European open-source maintainer and a call with a local events organizer about EP content.
• Comms & design: Call for proposal announcements, EP 2024 video promotions, speaker mentorship, and newsletter. Video production - gathering videos from speakers, video post-production, and scheduling them on YouTube shorts, and social media.
• Event management coordination: Calls with the event manager and discussions about previous events.
• Grants: Work on new grant guidelines and related comms.
• Team onboarding: Calls with potential comms team members and coordination.
• PR: Delivering a lightning talk at FOSDEM.
  

Cyril

• Offboarding the old board
• Permission cleanup
• Team selection
• Onboarding new team members
• Administrative work on Grants

Aris

• Worked on the Grants proposal
• Teams selection
• Follow-up with team members
• Board meetings
• Financial updates
• Community outreach: FOSDEM

Ege

• Working on various infrastructure updates, mostly related to the website.
• Reviewing Pull Requests for the website and the internal bot
• Working on the infrastructure team proposal.

Shekhar

• Timeline: Discussion with the Programme Team, and planning to do the same with the other teams.
• Visa Request letter: Setup and Test Visa Request Automation for the current year
• Team selection discussion with past volunteers
• Board Meetings

Anders

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The board has been working tirelessly over the past month to bootstrap the organization of the 2025 conference and lead the Society toward a more sustainable and stable future!

In December, we focused on three main areas:

1. Onboarding
2. Hiring an Event Manager
3. Bootstrapping the 2025 conference

Onboarding:

All board members received access to the tools and resources they needed and went through important information in the board wiki to help everyone get started smoothly. We also had 6 board meetings.

Hiring an Event Manager:

This was a big priority and an important step for the future of the Society. We reached out to a candidate and we’re excited that they are interested to cooperate with us! We worked together to define their role, gathered resources for them, and drafted the first version of their contract. We are looking forward to working with them soon!

This is a big move toward making the Society’s future more stable and sustainable.

Bootstrapping the 2025 conference:

In December, we announced that the 2025 conference is happening in Prague. We also have a new website with a new logo. We defined team responsibilities, launched the Calls for Contributors, and promoted it within the EPS, the local community, and on social media. We reached out to our first co-leads to get things moving and currently we are onboarding our first team members.

Individual reports:

Artur

• Onboarding new board members - setting up access, sharing resources, setting up the board wiki and documentation
• Wrapping up the GA2024, and publishing missing records for GA2023
• Setting up the new server for EP websites
• Helping with the helpdesk migration
• Setting up new infrastructure for EP2025
• Coordinating the EP2025 conference launch
• Setting up the framework for the Event Manager - responsibilities and the paperwork
• Setting up Project Management tools for the Board/2025 Team.
• Board Meetings

Mia

• Finished all tasks and released videos and materials for GA 2023 and GA 2024.
• Went through the board Wiki and onboarded to board resources and tasks.
• Scheduled social media posts regarding the conference announcement and informed the local community about it.
• Updated the team descriptions document and the Calls for Contributors form, then launched the Calls for Contributors. Announced the Calls for Contributors internally and on social media. Delivered a lightning talk announcing the Calls for Contributors on the local meetup.
• Worked on the brand strategy: documented the current state and described personas. Analyzed our media and web presence, attendance data, community voting, and participant feedback. Researched similar-sized conferences for inspiration. Finally, created a 2025 brand proposal for the website and documented everything.
• Met with a CPython core developer to brainstorm ideas for the conference, followed by a meeting with the program co-lead.
• Reviewed previous venue contract discussions and compared the current contract to the previous one.
• Had a call with the event manager, helped define their role in the Wiki, and drafted the first version of the Letter of Engagement.
• Scheduled social media posts for the end of the year.

Cyril

• Onboarding to the board tasks (getting access, information on the tools used)
• Checked the 2024 GA recording for flare ups
• Updated the helpdesk instance and other infrastructure tasks
• Looked through the old tickets and tried to understand why they are open
• Set up part of the environments for the new teams
• Helped defining the context for the event manager job
• Looked through the old documents and provided cleaned up versions for part of the teams
• Prepared the responses from potential conference organisers for the selection
• Helped onboard the first Co-Leads

Aris

• Onboarding to the board resources and tasks
• Helped with the EM responsibilities and scope
• Feedback on the call to actions and co-lead recruitment
• Updated accounting information with info from the SEB accounts
• Board meetings

Ege

• Onboarding to the board tasks (getting access, information on the tools used)
• Launched the initial website for 2025
• Prepared call-to-action cards for the website (for CfC and pre-feedback form)
• Discussed the options for the new website/static server/repository structure
• Communicated with the PSF Trademarks Committee for the approval of the new logo variations
• Had a meeting with a CPython core developer to get feedback and explore ideas to improve EuroPython and EuroPython Society
• Discussed ideas for new EuroPython Branding

Shekhar

• Worked on EP Timeline Discussion and facilitation
• Helped to reach previous on-site volunteers for co-lead recruitment
• Board Meetings

Anders

• Initial board meeting
• Initiated data updates to local authorities

We’re happy to announce our new board for the 2024-2025 term:

• Anders Hammarquist
• Aris Nivorils
• Artur Czepiel (Chair)
• Cyril Bitterich
• Ege Akman
• Mia Bajić (Vice Chair)
• Shekhar Koirala

You can read more about them in their nomination post at https://www.europython-society.org/list-of-eps-board-candidates-for-2024-2025/. The minutes and the video recording of the General Assembly 2024 will be published soon.

Together, we will continue to serve the community and head off to the preparations for EuroPython 2025!