We are very excited to invite everyone back for PyCon KE 2025! PyCon KE is seeking speakers of all experience levels and backgrounds to contribute to our conference program! If you use Python professionally, as a hobbyist, or are just excited about Python or programming and open source communities, we’d love to hear from you.
We are providing useful and important information below that will help you submit an informed and successful proposal, so please take the time to read everything thoroughly.
Timeline
- April 5, 2025 - Call For Proposals Opens
- June 22, 2025, 11:59 PM EAT — Call For Proposals Closes
- July 6, 2025 — Notifications are sent to speakers
- July 27, 2025 — The schedule is posted here on the PyCon KE website
- August 28-30, 2025 — PyCon KE 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya
Part of PyCon KE purpose is to generate materials to help with Python education and advocacy all over the world, so we intend to record all PyCon KE Keynotes, Talks and Lightning Talks and release the recordings on our YouTube channel.
Please note: all presentations at PyCon KE 2025 will be in person only with no live stream taking place.
Guidelines for Proposal Submission
Everyone is encouraged to submit a proposal, regardless of experience level. PyCon KE thrives on having talks ranging from introductory to advanced. If you are reading this, and you are interested in speaking at PyCon KE, we want you to submit a proposal.
Important Note: Proposal submissions that are solely or to a large extent written or include AI-generated text by a large-scale language model (LLM) such as ChatGPT will not be accepted and disregarded without a second chance to submit.
Proposal Limit
- Submission Limit: Each individual may submit a maximum of one proposal, of any type.
- Co-Speaking Count: Proposals where you are a co-speaker will count as one of your one submission.
- Non-Compliance: If an individual submits more than one proposals, none of their submissions will be reviewed by the committee.
PyCon KE would love to invite as many speakers as possible to our conference, however, it’s important to maintain a diverse range of topics and speakers. This year, each proposal may include a maximum of two speakers.
Code of Conduct
All speakers are expected to have read and adhere to the conference Code of Conduct. In particular for speakers: slide contents and spoken material should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate, and neither is language or imagery that denigrates or demeans people based on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, physical appearance, disability, body size, or any other dimension of diversity.
Where to Submit Your Proposal
Please review our submission instructions for more details and guidelines on submitting your proposal on sessionize.