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Good morning, PyCon. I am so happy to see

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you all here. Welcome.

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PYONU 2025 is held on the lands of the

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Orangji Woi Warang people of the of the

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Koulen Nation. We pay our respects to

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their elders, past and present.

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Welcome to PYON.

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Uh couple of quick housekeeping notes to

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start the day. So, we do have the front

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left of each of the ballrooms as a mask

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zone. Many attendees at PYON uh prefer

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to wear a mask, and we'd ask that you

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respect those sections at the front of

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the room. So, thank you everyone for

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doing so.

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We all deserve to feel safe,

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comfortable, and welcome. and our code

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of conduct is highly valued and we um

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value you to abide by that code of

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conduct. The safety team members can

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help you navigate any concerns you'd

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like to raise and their contact details

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are on the back of your badge. You can

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also look out for a red badge in the

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audience or find other team members from

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across the pike on your volunteer and

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core organizing team with our blural and

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green badges.

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Here's a map of our venue. I don't think

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you need it because you've all managed

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to find the right ballroom. You are

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here, I hope, for the data and AI

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specialist track. We are in ballroom one

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and we have the entire foyer outside of

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our ballrooms and progressing up towards

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the rejo desk. If there are any speakers

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in the audience, you have a speaker test

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station for AV slightly further up

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towards where the boardrooms are marked

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and those are the orange icons on this

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map.

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We don't do that here. We don't trash

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talk other communities. We don't assume

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the person next to you is not a

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programmer. And we don't make jokes at

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the expense of others.

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These are the behaviors that we find

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help make this a welcoming and inclusive

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community conference.

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More details about our culture are

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online. We publish and share our in

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jokes because every community has them

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and we want to share them with all of

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our new members.

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Even yesterday we were seeing pull

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requests to add new references to in

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jokes and past conferences.

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Please don't h judge us too harshly

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about the website either. Not everyone

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here is a software engineer building

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websites. We have a wide range of

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professional skills in the audience. Not

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all of us build websites.

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The bathroom facilities are a little bit

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different from prior years if you've

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been to a PyCon in the past. Today our

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bathroom facilities are shared with

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another event on this floor and that

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means they will be gendered for the

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remainder of the day. Tomorrow and sat

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Sunday and to the rest of the conference

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they will be gender neutral. So please

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use the bathroom that best suits your

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needs. All of the bathroom facilities

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have

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bathroom baskets with um some amenities

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and essentials if you need. Please take

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what you need. Please leave some for

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others and please let us know if they

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need restocking. If anyone today would

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like a genderneutral bathroom, there is

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an option on the ground floor near

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There is Wi-Fi at the conference. There

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is a QR code QR code you are all welcome

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to scan now and the details are up on

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screen. I'll leave this up for a few

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more moments

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while about 100 people raise their

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This is one of those moments that I wish

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I could get a photo of you scanning the

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All righty, I'm going to keep

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progressing. If anyone's missed it, turn

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to the person next to you and share a

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There is a Discord and I would strongly

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encourage everyone to please join that

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Discord. It is a really important place

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for us to share communication and

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updates throughout the conference, but

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it's also an opportunity to gather and

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uh have birds of a feather sessions, to

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share your travel pics, to share photos

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of your fur babies back home that you're

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missing. The Discord is a really great

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place to gather asynchronously

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um organize dinners throughout the

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conference. Join the Discord. The link

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is in your email address. You go to the

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pretix order page and there is a big

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button that says join discord. If you

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have trouble joining the discord, have a

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chat to the rejo desk and we'll help you

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There are communication stickers that

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have been set out across the conference.

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Um, feel free to add these to your badge

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if you'd like. The green circle means

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that you're happy to chat to anyone. The

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yellow triangle means check in with them

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first. Some people need to decompress a

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little bit. And the red octagon

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indicates that you let them in, uh,

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initiate some conversation.

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uh, the stickers are reusable and so you

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can change your stickers throughout the

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day if you'd like. Please respect other

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people's preferences.

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Now, the Pac-Man rule is one that I

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especially love at PyCon.

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It's one that helps facilitate open

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conversations.

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So, what is the Pac-Man rule? Well, the

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Pac-Man rule states that when you're

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having a conversation with a group of

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people, you may end up forming a circle.

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that can let someone else join your

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always create a Pac-Man.

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And in this way, we can welcome new

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people into our community without being

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that awkward person in the corner that

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doesn't quite get a starting

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Now, the snowball rule. Can I get a

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quick show of hands? Who has been to a

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encourage is the snowboard rule. So, for

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example, if you've been to three pyons

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before, my challenge to you is to try

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and meet three new people each day.

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indicated these are organized through

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the Discord. The birds of a feather

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sessions are there um to create uh

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focused communities of shared interest.

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with wide varied topics. Programming,

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queerness, crochet, running, you name

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it, there's someone here at a PyCon that

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shares your hobby or your interest. They

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Advertise your buff in the Discord. I

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at some point, but the Discord's the

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asynchronously. Uh, and that way you can

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If you find something or you lose

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something, please pop by the Rejo desk

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and we'll help try and reconnect those

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items with their owner.

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And t-shirts. If you've ordered a

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t-shirt and a t-shirt size was included

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in your order during registration, then

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they will be available from lunchtime.

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Importantly, please bring your ticket

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with you. That is the ticket you

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registered with this morning and not the

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QR code on your badge.

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From afternoon tea, and this will

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probably progress through the weekend,

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we will do our best to facilitate size

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swaps. So, if you put the wrong size in

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or you've changed your size of t-shirt,

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we'll do our best to accommodate.

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Now, our sponsors are the lifeblood of

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running a conference like this. We

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cannot run a PyCon without those

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sponsors.

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These sponsors help us facilitate

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discounted tickets. They help us fund

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our financial assistance programs.

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And I'd like to give a big thank you to

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our sponsors today. Our platinum

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sponsor, Valky. Thank you very much,

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Valky.

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And our gold sponsors, Snowflake and the

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Python Software Foundation.

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and to our the rest of our sponsors,

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Google, Elastic, AWS, Planet Innovation,

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Kraken, and Electron Workshop. We cannot

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do this without you. And additionally to

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Linux Australia, Linux Australia

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provides a lot of the infrastructure and

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support for us to run a conference like

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PyCon. And so we are also under Linux

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Australia's uh subcommittee um event

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subcommittee. So big round of applause

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for all of our sponsors. Thank you very

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There are workshops on Monday. They are

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very popular and have sold out. Uh we

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will send an email later today to make

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sure that if you are registered for a

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workshop, you're still going to attend

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because we will then open up a wait list

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for anyone that needs to drop out and

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provide a seat for someone else. If you

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can no longer attend the workshop,

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please let us know and we will help

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provide that seat to someone else who's

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keen to be there.

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There is a jobs board to be found out in

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the foyer. If you are hiring, post a job

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out there. And if you are looking for

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work, post your skills and your contact

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details to try and connect with

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employers. The jobs board has been a

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really strong point of connection at

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prior PyCons. And a lot of people have

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found their next job, their next career

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opportunity through PyCon.

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speakers. If there are any speakers in

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the audience today, please check into

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the room monitor in the room um before

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the block of talks. So, in the schedule,

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if there's three talks in a block,

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please make sure that you're in that uh

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room before the block starts. It's

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really important that we know that

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you're there because we are excited for

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your talk.

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And that my friends is a PYON AU.

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But today we have the data and AI

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specialist track and I'm going to drag

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up to the front my friend and co-host

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Nick Crouch.

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[Applause]

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So as a as a bit bit of a quick

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introduction. Uh so my name is Jack. Uh

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Nick and I are the co-organizers of the

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data and AI specialist track and we

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started a conversation about six months

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ago I think and we said what could we do

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that's a bit different than the AI hype

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cycle right now what conversations could

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we start that are interesting technical

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but how do we build AI

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why do we build AI

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what are the ethical considerations

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around AI. What conversations can we

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start at a conference that make us

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beyond the conference?

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am so excited about our conference

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lineup today.

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Um, so my name is Jack. I'm going to

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disappear throughout the morning because

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conference. I'm going to hand over to

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Nick for a brief introduction and uh

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we're going to run the data on AI track

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today. Thank you so much for being here.

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All right. Uh suit not uh not

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forthgiving. Uh you're not here to see

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me, so I'm going to jump straight into

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uh the next presentation. Um, thank you

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all so much for being here today. Um, we

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really appreciate it. I am stoked.

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There's so many here. Um, if you've got

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a spare seat next to you, um, or if you

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can shuffle over and make a little room.

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I I'm not seeing a bunch of people, but

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Yeah, thank you so much. Um, people up

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the back. There's there's a couple of

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seats up here if you want to come

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forward and grab one. Um, I cannot

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believe we are standing room only. Um,

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without any further ado, uh,