PyLadiesCon 2025 Recap (#321)

Thank you everyone for your hard work to support PyLadiesCon 2025! We appreciate you!

Author: Mariatta

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+title: "PyLadiesCon Recap"
+meta_title: "PyLadiesCon Recap"
+description: "We are grateful to have you at our conference. With your support, PyLadiesCon is more successful than ever!
+"
+date: 2025-12-10T12:00:00-07:00
+image: "/images/posts/2025-pyladiescon-recap.png"
+categories: ["Blog Post",]
+authors: ["Mariatta"]
+tags: ["python", "community", "conference", "public speaking", "pyladies", "recap", "statistics", "data"]
+draft: false
+---
+
+
+Thanks for joining us at PyLadiesCon!
+
+We are grateful to have you at our conference. With your support, PyLadiesCon is more successful than ever!
+
+For transparency, we have built a [dashboard](https://portal.pyladies.com/stats) where you can review
+our conference statistics in real-time. Through the dashboard, you can see the numbers such
+registrations info, sponsorships, fundraising progress, as well as volunteer and audience demographics.
+
+Below are some highlights from conference by the time the conference ends.
+
+|                                      | 2023       | 2024       | 2025       |
+|--------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|
+| Number of registrations              | 600        | 732        | 906        |
+| Number of first time attendee        | -          | -          | 767 (85%)  |
+| Number of proposals                  | 164        | 192        | 194        |
+| Number of sponsors                   | 8          | 11         | 20         |
+| Sponsorships raised                  | $10,500.00 | $10,000.00 | $55,555.00 |
+| Number of individual donations       | 58         | 105        | 94         |
+| Donations raised                     | $650.00    | $1,520.00  | $2,565.44  |
+| Proceeds (sponsorships + donations)  | $11,150.00 | $11,520.00 | $58,120.44 |
+
+We are thrilled to have more registrations, proposals, and donations this year.
+We are also grateful for the tremendous support from our sponsors and donors. Together, we raised more than twice
+the amount of sponsorships and donations from the last two years combined!
+
+
+
+## Rewatch all the sessions
+
+Re-live the conference all over again by watching all the talks on our YouTube
+[playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOItnwPQ-eHxvEOnu1MsRX_qkX7dyXAZS).
+
+## Donate to PyLadiesCon
+
+Even though our conference is over, you can still make an impact and support us by [donating](https://2025.conference.pyladies.com/en/donate/).
+
+
+## Nominate an Outstanding PyLady
+
+If you enjoyed the talks, workshops, and activities during the conference, or if any of our volunteers and team members
+have been extra helpful to you, we encourage you to show your gratitude by nominating any of them for the [Outstanding
+PyLady Award](https://kit.pyladies.com/en/latest/global/award.html). Nominations are accepted year-round, however for
+recognition at PyCon US 2025, nominations must be received by December 31, 2025.
+
+Learn about the award recipients from [2024](https://pyladies.com/blog/Inaugural-Winners-of-the-Outstanding-PyLady-Award/outstanding-pylady-winners/)
+and [2025](https://pyladies.com/blog/Celebrating-the-Recipients-of-the-Outstanding-PyLady-Awards-2025/outstanding-pylady-winners/).
+
+## Help us improve
+
+We hope you found the event informative, engaging, and valuable for your professional development. To continually
+improve our conferences and better serve our community, we invite you to participate in our [post-conference survey](https://forms.gle/GzkQvxxU6dg4gR7v9).
+
+Your feedback is crucial in helping us understand what worked well and where we can enhance future events.
+
+
+## Thank you!!!
+
+We also want to extend our thanks especially
+to all of our [keynote speakers](https://2025.conference.pyladies.com/en/#keynotes), [speakers](https://2025.conference.pyladies.com/en/speakers/),
+[sprints mentors](https://2025.conference.pyladies.com/en/sprints/), [sponsors](https://2025.conference.pyladies.com/en/#sponsors),
+[donors](https://2025.conference.pyladies.com/en/#individuals-sponsors), [volunteers](https://2025.conference.pyladies.com/en/volunteers/),
+and our [core organizers](https://2025.conference.pyladies.com/en/#organization).
+
+### Keynote speakers
+
+- Abigail Afi Ggbadago
+- Alyssa Coghlan
+- Dawn Wages
+- Imogen Wright
+- Micaela Reyes
+- Patty Trejo
+- Sarah Abderemane
+
+### Speakers
+
+- Aisha Bello
+- Aishat Muibudeen
+- Amanda Savluchinske
+- Ana Cecília Vieira
+- Ana Laura Diedrichs
+- Anna Eilering
+- Ava Katushka
+- Azul Garza
+- Barbara Asiamah
+- bonny p mcclain
+- Carla Marcela Florida Román
+- Carol Willing
+- Cary Jim
+- Cathy Hui
+- Cecilia Tivir
+- Chioma Oselu (Onyido)
+- Daphne Choong
+- Deborah Hanus
+- Dingding Lu
+- Dorothy Ewuah
+- Dr Drew B. Mallory
+- Ellaine Dela Cruz
+- Erica Wolf
+- Fay Shaw
+- Françoise CONIL
+- Frankie
+- Gauri Kasar
+- Giulia Silvestro
+- Hwayoung Cha
+- Ilerioluwakiiye Abolade
+- Inessa Pawson
+- Ingrid Solis
+- Irene Donato
+- Isabel Zimmerman
+- Iulia Feroli
+- Jashlein Leanne Marquez
+- Jessica Ertel
+- Jessica Greene
+- Jessica Hedges
+- Jodie Burchell
+- Juliana Karoline de Sousa
+- Juliany Raiol
+- Karina Fernanda Pérez
+- Karla Angelica Doctor Mauricio
+- Leah Wasser
+- Leanne Fok
+- Liliana Garmendia
+- Lilinoe Harbottle
+- Lois Bassey
+- Loredana Horezeanu
+- Lydia Peabody
+- Maggie Wolff
+- María-Fernanda Villalobos
+- Mars Weng
+- Meagen Voss
+- Milena Miernik
+- Muh Naufal Muzhaffar
+- Nicole Franco Leon
+- Oluwakemi Omowunmi Jacobs
+- Pamela Fox
+- Parul Gupta
+- Patty Chow
+- Rachel Kaufman
+- Rahmat Akintola-Oyewole
+- Rosio G Reyes
+- Samiksha Khadka
+- Sheena
+- Silvia Larasatul M
+- Sofia Toro
+- Sreya Ghosh
+- Sumaiya Nalukwago
+- Swarooprani Manoor
+- Tanvi Sharma
+- Tereza Iofciu
+- The Joy of Tech
+- Tomoko Furuki
+- Ubaida Abdulai
+- Una Galyeva
+- Vassiliki Dalakiari
+- Vitoria Rodrigues
+- Yashasvi Misra
+- Zuotian Tatum
+
+### Sprint Mentors
+
+- DataJourney: Sayantika Banik
+- Skrub: Jérôme Dockes, Marie Sacksick
+- Python Docs El: Panagiotis Skias, Artemis Leonardou, Stelios Rotas
+- PyLadiesCon Website Translation: Vassiliki Dalakiari
+
+### CoC Committee
+
+- Cecilia Tivir
+- Micaela Reyes
+- Nathan Bransby
+- Jessica Greene
+- Debbie Chou
+- Monica Iyabo
+- Vicky Twomey-Lee
+- Maaya Ishida
+
+### PyLadies Chapters Around the World Video Contributions
+
+- PyLadies Kampala, Uganda
+- PyLadies Boston, United States
+- PyLadies Cochabamba, Bolivia
+- PyLadies Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
+- PyLadies Maputo, Mozambique
+- PyLadies Munich, Germany
+- PyLadies Taiwan
+- PyLadies Yogyakarta, Indonesia
+
+### Outstanding PyLadies Award Recipients
+
+- Cecilia Tivir
+- Karolina Surma
+
+### Python Core Developers
+
+- Alyssa Coghlan
+- Carol Willing
+- Emily Morehouse
+- Emma Harper Smith
+- Joannah Nanjekye
+- Mariatta Wijaya
+- Savannah Ostrowski
+
+### Volunteers
+
+- Amethyst Reese
+- Ana Claudia Caloi Zanon
+- Anacaloi
+- Angela Cabanes
+- Ariane Djeupang
+- Az Zahra H Haris
+- Carla Camacho
+- Cecilia Tivir
+- Claire Chong
+- Debbie
+- Ege Akman
+- Elise Kasai
+- Ellaine Dela Cruz
+- Freilla Mae Espinola
+- Halimatu Mohammed Gali
+- Hannah Hontiveros
+- Isadora Micaela Dos Santos
+- Jessica Greene
+- Joyce Dzifa Lokko
+- Kalyan Prasad
+- Laís Carvalho
+- Laura Langdon
+- Lorena Mesa
+- Maaya Ishida
+- Marco Richetta
+- Micaela Reyes
+- Monica Iyabo
+- Nathalie Falck
+- Nathan Bransby
+- Nina Comia
+- Nydia Mejia
+- Peerawut Jindaluang
+- Persephone Megaliou
+- Raffaella
+- Rahmat Akintola
+- Raquel Dou
+- Reshama Shaikh
+- Rodrigo Girão Serrão
+- Rodrigo Silva Ferreira
+- Rose Oketch
+- Sayantika Banik
+- Stefanie Molin
+- Thaily Samaniego
+- Tilda Udufo
+- Ubaida Abdulai
+- Vassiliki Dalakiari
+- Wendy N. Sánchez
+
+### Core Organizers
+
+- Abigail Dogbe
+- Cristián Maureira-Fredes
+- Denny Perez
+- Georgi Ker
+- Naa Ashiorkor Nortey
+- Mariatta
+- Maria Jose Molina
+- Vicky Twomey-Lee
+
+
+### Champion Sponsor
+
+- Meta
+
+### Supporter Sponsors
+
+- Optiver
+- Microsoft
+- Anaconda
+- Kraken Technologies
+- Google Open Source
+
+### Other sponsors
+
+- Gel Data
+- Python Software Foundation
+- Henkel
+- Europython Society
+- Ataccama
+- Numberly
+- Willing Consulting
+- Black Python Devs
+- Quansight
+- Django Software Foundation
+- Probabl
+- Caktus Consulting Group
+- Lincoln Loop
+- SixFeetUp
+
+Thank you for making this event memorable! See you next year!