PyData Global 2026

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PyData Global 2026 is the annual online conference of the PyData network, the international community of users and developers of open source data tools. It is aimed at data scientists, data engineers and the developers who build data analysis libraries, and it covers data management, processing, analytics, visualisation and machine learning across Python, Julia, R and other languages. The event runs virtually from 8 to 10 December 2026, organised to be accessible from any time zone rather than tied to a single city. Over three days the programme combines live keynotes, talks and lightning talks with opportunities to meet members of the wider PyData community. The 2026 keynote speaker is Dr. Katrina Riehl of NVIDIA, who leads the company's Python numerical libraries group. Because it is fully online, PyData Global reaches practitioners who may not be able to travel to regional PyData conferences. Participants can pick up practical techniques for working with data, hear about developments in widely used open source libraries and exchange ideas with peers worldwide. As the one PyData gathering that spans every region at once, it plays a distinct role in keeping a geographically scattered open source community connected.