The 2026 edition of the EuroPython conference took place both online and in person in July 2026. This was the fourth conference under our current Code of Conduct (CoC), and we had Code of Conduct working group members continuously available both online and in person.
Reports
Over the course of the conference, the Code of Conduct team was made aware of the following issues:
- The program team received an anonymous email regarding the past behaviour of one of the speakers. The CoC team was consulted. However, due to the lack of verifiable details from the report, the organising team decided to not take particular action and keep an eye on the behavior of this reported speaker during the event. No further reports were received regarding this speaker during the conference.
- The CoC team received a report from an attendee regarding information shown in a talk with a map representing a disputed border. It involved showing a map of an area with dispute. The speaker was approached and agreed to add a footnote providing more information about the dispute, and the organisers were advised to add the footnote in the talk recording in post production.
- The CoC team received a report regarding certain behaviour during the Q&A session of one talk. One of the audience members interrupted the Q&A session. Although the CoC team does not find evidence suggesting violation of our current Code of Conduct, the team agreed that this behaviour should not be tolerated. The CoC team advises the conference organisers to make reminders to attendees about proper behavior during Q&A sessions. Such reminders have been made at the beginning of the third day of the conference both via email and onstage. The CoC team agreed that clearer expectations for Q&A etiquette would benefit future events.
- The CoC team received a report regarding non-consensual pictures being taken of one of the attendees. The CoC team approached the reported person, they apologized and have deleted such pictures on the spot with the present of the CoC team members.
We thank everyone who reported concerns during the conference.