Lightning Talks
11-02, 13:25–14:05 (America/New_York), Central Park West (Room 6501)

Lightning Talks will be in Central Park East/West after lunch. Sign up for a talk Thursday morning at the NumFOCUS table on the 5th floor.


A PyData NYC tradition. Hosted by Erin Mikail Staples, lightning talks are fast-paced 5-minute talks by conference attendees.

Want to know more about what to expect? Jessica Garson has written up some great advice on how to prepare and make the most of it! https://dev.to/jessicagarson/how-giving-lightning-talks-helped-me-gain-technical-confidence–2omm

No previous knowledge is expected; all levels are welcome to listen or present (limited slots available!).


Prior Knowledge Expected

No previous knowledge expected

Erin Mikail Staples is a developer advocate, community human, tech educator, and comedian living in Brooklyn, NYC🗽 by way of Reno, NV 🤠.

She is currently a Developer Experience Engineer at LaunchDarkly. Erin hosts the DevRel(ish) podcast and performs and produces comedy in NYC.

Erin's various shenanigans have taken her to speaking at events like PyData Berlin and PyCon, garnered Jeff Staple's attention, appeared in The New York Times, broadcasted across the sound waves on the Practical AI podcast, or in USA Today's Storytellers Project, exist in the archive of the Museum of Alternate History and her mom's dogs's Instagram account.

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