Closing session

This video is from DjangoCon Europe 2025 in Dublin, Ireland.

Closing session
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Published June 13, 2025
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Closing Session

Summary

The organizers thanked sponsors, grant providers, volunteers, the content reviewers, and the technical team for making DjangoCon Europe 2025 possible and affordable. The conference brought together 450 attendees—318 in person and 139 online—with three keynotes, 25 talks, eight workshops, and 27 lightning talks; more than €8,000 in grants supported 18 in-person and 57 virtual participants. Attendees received reminders about the evening party, transport, workshops, sprints, and T-shirt orders. The closing also marked Django’s 20th anniversary, noting its July 2005 start and encouraging Django events to celebrate throughout the year.

Key takeaways

  • DjangoCon Europe 2025 had 450 attendees: 318 in person and 139 virtual.
  • The program included three keynotes, 25 talks, eight workshops, and 27 lightning talks.
  • More than €8,000 in grants supported 75 participants across in-person and virtual attendance.
  • The organizers credited sponsors, grant providers, reviewers, volunteers, and the technical team.
  • Django began in July 2005, and attendees were encouraged to celebrate its 20th anniversary at events throughout the year.

Summarised automatically from the transcript.

Transcript

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0:05

Speaker 1: So, have you enjoyed DjangoCon Europe? Twenty twenty-five. So our first word is for the sponsors. They help uh the team that is organizing DjangoCorn to make the prices affordable. Uh we uh we need that uh quite a bit. Uh venues are getting expensive. Um and this year we have to thank MongoDB, Monet. Ambient Cactus eighty-nine grands, making media,

0:52

Speaker 1: centry IT Shulugan dot com, sorry Hamilton Rock DVU, Linkin, Lincoln Loop, and for the grants we have to thank Django Software Foundation, Europe Item Society. Python software found foundation. University of Porto basically allowed me to be here without spending personal time. That's why It's here. And Evolution is uh the company that is that has been supporting our um our work in the last few years in terms of uh Hosting Django Farm

1:46

Speaker 1: Where where is the bow? Ah

1:54

Speaker 2: I know, right? That's great. Thank you. If if there is anything you want to report, you can still do reports just fine. And just a reminder that the code of conduct will also apply. this evening at the party as well as tomorrow. Thank you all.

2:20

Speaker 1: T-shirts, not uh at this place, but uh you can still order it and we will mail it anywhere in the world. Uh tomorrow there will be Django Girls workshops The venue plant for the next few next two days is pretty similar. The place where we have our coffee breaks will host the sprints. Uh the space that was the quiet room will host the Django Court Django Girls Workshops. And since we are using the space where we ate for the springs, there is another space for eating. Uh and there will be a party later on

3:07

Speaker 1: somewhere where Miguel can present better It

3:11

Speaker 3: I don't know why it is uh the party always ends up uh on me. But uh yeah. We'll have a party in a couple of hours. It will be in the Camden, it's uh in town. There is a free drink per person. Just need to bring your badge. You don't need to buy anything. Just show up at the dorms for the batch. First come, first served. What does that mean? Uh what do you mean? So yeah, like uh J just be on time. If you're on time, I'm sure we'll uh we'll get something. Um and yeah. Uh so how to get to the to the venue.

3:58

Speaker 3: So there are two options. Uh taxi or a buzz. There is a a bus that stops right across the street. Uh it's the E two bus. It takes 37 minutes. For the buzz, you need to play with coins. As you probably noticed, uh there is no option to play with credit card. Uh there is a thing called a lip card that you can put money on, but by this time you should already be used to it. And it takes 37 minutes. And the other option is we'll uh if you want to take a cab. And you want to share with other attendees, you can just meet at the reception. So that's easier to find other people that also want to share the taxi. If you're alone or just two, you can group together and share a taxi.

4:43

Speaker 3: So that's more uh convenient for everyone.

4:45

Speaker 1: Isn't it funny that uh one of the cities with uh the most tech companies still relies on coins Yeah.

4:55

Speaker 3: Okay. And uh yeah, we got to the running numbers of the conference. So this edition we had a total of four hundred and uh fifty attendees So three hundred and eighteen are in person. It's uh you over here. And uh one in the thirty-nine are virtual, which is you over here. Uh over twenty volunteers. We have uh three keynotes, twenty-five talks, eight workshops.

5:41

Speaker 3: Twenty-seven lightning talks, thirty-nine speakers, plus the lightning talk speakers. So it's uh uh yeah, it's lots.

5:52

Speaker 1: And this was from a pool of 163 submissions with a ecolonial work of four eight hundred -four hundred forty-five revisions of content.

6:05

Speaker 3: So uh I want to give a shout out to Marius. And all of the content team for the reviews. And then in terms of grants, we have over eight thousand euros in grants. That was uh uh to support eighteen physical participants and fifty-seven virtual participants, and I wanna thank the the people that were able to donate and uh Django Software Foundation, EuroPython Society and the Python Software Foundation. and also the team that uh was behind the selection of all of those uh

6:51

Speaker 3: grants. And uh In a couple of hours we'll have one elephant party. Uh of course this wouldn't be possible with our great technical team that's sitting over them. So I know we caught them a bit off guard. Like they're on their phone. It doesn't look like they're w working that much, but I'm I'm sure that uh

7:36

Speaker 3: Like whatever I say, it shows up here, so it's working. Uh yeah. And uh now I would like to invite everyone that's uh physically in the conference and as a mint t-shirt and as a volunteer to come around the stage. And join us.

8:38

Speaker 1: Not all volunteers are here as you noticed, but uh all of all of those names they have done an amazing job with us. Some could not make it here, but they gave their best to help us having this amazing conference.

9:08

Speaker 3: And finally, thank you all for joining us at another DjangoCon Europe. And uh Yeah, a big round of applause for all of you. We have um you might have noticed the the balloons here, the happy birthday behind. Uh Tivo. You reminded us that it was the Django's twentieth birthday. Yes. So it's turning into a teenager.

9:50

Speaker 2: It's uh turning to eight this year. It started in 2005 in July. We're gonna have a party in July. Hopefully you're all invited in person and online if we can make it work And we encourage all Django events this year to celebrate it and we'll share some uh event marketing kits, a few activities we're preparing and Yeah, it's gonna be great.

10:13

Speaker 3: And uh for today we have a little bit of champagne for uh toast with uh all of you. So I would like to ask the volunteers to to earn their t-shirts and help us open the champagne and uh all of you to queue up and uh grab a glass I want to see better.

Questions this talk answers

How do I get to the DjangoCon Europe party?

The party is at Camden, in town. Take the E2 bus (about 37 minutes; you’ll need coins) or meet other attendees at reception to share a taxi. Bring your badge for a free drink, available first come, first served.

Discussed at 3:11

How many people attended DjangoCon Europe 2025, and what was on the program?

There were 450 attendees in total: 318 in person and 139 virtual. The program included three keynotes, 25 talks, eight workshops, and 27 lightning talks.

Discussed at 4:55

When did Django start, and how is its 20th birthday being celebrated?

Django began in July 2005, and the speaker says a birthday party is planned for July. Django events are encouraged to celebrate too, with event materials and activities being prepared.

Discussed at 9:08

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