Our Speakers

Abigail Afi Gbadago is a software engineer and developer advocate with a deep passion for technology and community. She serves on the Django Software Foundation board, is the programme chair for DjangoCon US 2025, is the regional executor for Black Python devs, and is a Microsoft MVP for the Python and Web track. Additionally, Abigail is a contributing member of the Python Software Foundation, a contributor to the Django Newsletter, and a Djangonaut. She has served on various organising teams, including the programme committee for the Open Source Summit Europe 2024 (Linux Foundation) and as an organiser for PyCon UK 2025. Afi is passionate about building tech spaces and contributing to global tech ecosystems through her leadership.

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Alyssa has been a CPython core contributor since 2005, and served on the inaugural Python Steering Council in 2019. She was the default approval delegate for Python packaging interoperability PEPs from 2013 to 2018. She was elected for two terms on the Python Software Foundation Board of Directors (2014-2016), and founded the PyCon Australia Education Seminar in 2015. Professionally, Alyssa's career has spanned high frequency radio communications in the Australian defence sector, automated hardware integration testing infrastructure for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, remote management and monitoring of global EV fast charging systems, and, most recently, enabling local execution of generative AI language models.

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Dawn Gibson Wages is a software engineer, ethical open source advocate, and community leader. She is the former Chair of the Python Software Foundation (volunteer) and currently works as Director of Community and Developer Relations at Anaconda, the largest scientific Python distribution in thr world. Her deep investment in the community is spent championing inclusive practices and sustainable growth in open source ecosystems. Dawn’s work bridges technical expertise with a commitment to equity, sovereignty, and collaboration in the developer community. When she's not working in the Python ecosystem, she is watching Star Trek in Philadelphia with her wife and two dogs.

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Imogen Wright (they/them) is a South African software engineer and bioinformatician who has spent the last two decades trying to make complex systems behave—in theoretical physics, HIV drug resistance and COVID genomics, healthcare communications, cloud technologies and even ad tech. They studied computer science and physics at Rhodes University, completed a masters in theoretical physics at the Perimeter Institute (where Stephen Hawking was guest of honour at their graduation), and earned a PhD in bioinformatics from the University of the Western Cape. Imogen co-founded Hyrax Biosciences, whose Exatype software helps track HIV drug resistance across Africa and assembled the first Omicron variant SARS-CoV-2 genomes. Their work has been recognised by the Innovation Prize for Africa, various publications, two patents, and a long list of disasters that now fuel their favourite stories.

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Micaela Reyes builds systems that align tools and technology with human needs. She helps ideas move from intent to impact, working through uncertainty and limited resources to reach ambitious goals. Drawing from her roots as a software engineer, she now builds ecosystems at the intersection of technology, education, and social impact—translating vision into systems that actually work through her roles at Ateneo TRL (Technical Resource Lab) and PythonPH. She is a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation and a recipient of its Community Service Award for sustaining the Python community in the Philippines. Volunteers at PythonPH fondly call her “Ate Mickey” (older sister), a gesture of closeness that she deeply values. Python has been at the center of her journey—not just as a programming language, but as a community she has chosen to serve. As a woman in tech, Micaela sees empowerment as a matter of deliberate action: not just being heard, but making change where it counts.

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CTO | Tech Strategy | Digital Transformation | Agile Leadership | High-Performance Teams Ejecutiva de tecnología con más de 15 años liderando equipos de ingeniería e iniciativas de transformación digital en organizaciones de alto impacto. Me apasiona desarrollar capacidades organizacionales escalables, desde empoderar a equipos tecnológicos autónomos hasta promover la excelencia operativa y la mejora continua. Especializada en entrega de software, métricas de flujo, metodologías ágiles, diseño organizacional y liderazgo técnico. Mi experiencia abarca startups, scaleups, empresas tradicionales y consultoras internacionales, combinando siempre pensamiento estratégico, ejecución ágil y una mentalidad centrada en las personas. Mi propósito: ayudar a equipos y organizaciones a alcanzar su máximo potencial fomentando las estructuras, habilidades y mentalidades adecuadas para un impacto real. 📢 Public Speaker | 📊 Data-Driven Delivery | 🛠️ Lean Inception Facilitator | 🤝 Tech & Leadership Mentor

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Sarah Abderemane (sabderemane) is a software engineer at Kraken in France. She is currently vice president of the Django Software Foundation and a member of the Django Accessibility team. She organizes the Django Paris meetups and co-created Djangonaut Space, a mentoring program aimed at helping people contribute to the Django ecosystem.

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