Alexander CS Hendorf

Open Space / Problem Clinic A moderated hour under Chatham House Rule with 20 practitioners from five regulated industries (banking, pharma, medical-product development, healthcare IT providers, critical infrastructure).

Chinese and American open-source LLMs are competing head-to-head — from DeepSeek and Qwen to Llama and Mistral. The model landscape is broader than ever, yet in Germany the debate still circles around waiting for the next breakthrough.

Challenges in economics and governance models for open-source scientific projects In this presentation, the CEOs of two companies at the forefront of open-source scientific software development - Sylvain Corlay of QuantStack and Yann Lechelle of Probabl - examine the intricate challenges of...

Using AI agents and automation, PyCon DE & PyData volunteers have transformed chaos into streamlined conference ops. From YAML files to LLM-powered assistants, they automate speaker logistics, FAQs, video processing, and more while keeping humans focused on creativity.

This fireside chat brings together leading voices from industry and open-source to explore how artificial intelligence is being meaningfully integrated into enterprise environments—beyond the buzzwords.

Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to models and APIs—it now shapes systems, hardware, and real-world agents. In this talk, I reflect on strategic insights gained at NVIDIA’s GTC 2025, where AI’s convergence with simulation, synthetic data, and robotics signals a fundamental shift.

A joyful journey through a decade in the 🐍 Python community! In this talk, I'll share my experiences of 10 years community events. We'll explore the magic of organizing, the art of leadership, and the impact of Python on personal and professional growth. Let's learn, laugh, and lead together! 🤗🚀

PyCon DE & PyData Berlin is volunteer run. This session aims to underscore the significant role that volunteer organization plays in cultivating environments of authenticity, inclusion, and diversity within tech communities.

For the past decade, my journey as a dedicated community organizer has allowed me to immerse myself deeply in the Python community, experiencing its extraordinary growth firsthand.

As a community organizer, I have had the privilege of being a part of the Python community for the past ten years. In that time, I have seen the community grow and evolve in countless ways.

Did you know that Python conferences are primarily organized by the community? Go backstage and join us at the Python Join us for an engaging and insightful discussion as we bring together a group of passionate Python conference organizers from the community.

An opinionated talk on fastAPI in practice. FastAPI is great, it helps many developers create REST APIs based on the OpenAPI standard and run them asynchronously. This talk will point out some obstacles and dark spots that I wish we had known about before and show solutions.

An exchange of views on fastAPI in practice. FastAPI is great, it helps many developers create REST APIs based on the OpenAPI standard and run them asynchronously.

spaCy is a free, open-source library for advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Python. It was specifically designed for production use and it's a great tool to build applications that process text and help to “understand” large corpuses.