AI policy speakers in Europe, verified
115 people who demonstrably gave a talk on AI policy at a European event — most recently active first, every talk linked to its public agenda.
“Panel 20 - Fair, Explainable, Accountable: Building Responsible AI in Production”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Workshop 2 - When code is cheap, governance is the hard part”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 20 - Fair, Explainable, Accountable: Building Responsible AI in Production”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Keynote 53 - The Wrong Question: Why Human-in-the-Loop Is No Longer Enough”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 15 - Who's Really Deciding? Human Agency in the Age of AI”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Keynote 43 - The 10x Enterprise: Scaling AI Platforms for Compound Value”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 15 - Who's Really Deciding? Human Agency in the Age of AI”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 3 – AI Act × AI Value Chain and Governance”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 18 — BlueTechPort: Shaping Responsible AI for the Blue Economy”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Debate 1 — Agents: The Real Platform Shift, or 2026's Most Overhyped Demo?”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
and 2 talks before it
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last spoke Sept 2026“Workshop 16 - "Who Owns What AI Made? A Practical Framework for IP, Compliance, and Trust in AI-Driven Creative Work"”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Debate 3 — Sovereign AI or Surrender? Should Europe Stop Outsourcing Its AI Future?”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
and 1 talk before it
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 15 - Who's Really Deciding? Human Agency in the Age of AI”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 3 – AI Act × AI Value Chain and Governance”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Debate 3 — Sovereign AI or Surrender? Should Europe Stop Outsourcing Its AI Future?”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 3 – AI Act × AI Value Chain and Governance”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Debate 3 — Sovereign AI or Surrender? Should Europe Stop Outsourcing Its AI Future?”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 3 – AI Act × AI Value Chain and Governance”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 15 - Who's Really Deciding? Human Agency in the Age of AI”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 15 - Who's Really Deciding? Human Agency in the Age of AI”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Keynote 32 - In Medio Stat AI: Governing Artificial Intelligence in a Fragmented World”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Demo 16 - AI in High-Stakes Environments: A Practitioner's Framework for Responsible, Explainable, and Secure Deployment”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Demo 20 - Inside the architecture: Building a production-ready AI venture”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 18 — BlueTechPort: Shaping Responsible AI for the Blue Economy”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 13 - Energy Resilience & AI Climate Adaptation”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
and 1 talk before it
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 20 - Fair, Explainable, Accountable: Building Responsible AI in Production”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
Took a stage in
ES
last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 18 — BlueTechPort: Shaping Responsible AI for the Blue Economy”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 17 - AI vs AI: Deepfakes, Detection & the Trust Gap”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Debate 3 — Sovereign AI or Surrender? Should Europe Stop Outsourcing Its AI Future?”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 3 – AI Act × AI Value Chain and Governance”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Demo 5 - Scaling the AI Explosion: Why Platform Engineering is the Secret to AI Governance”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 17 - AI vs AI: Deepfakes, Detection & the Trust Gap”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
Took a stage in
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 18 — BlueTechPort: Shaping Responsible AI for the Blue Economy”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
Took a stage in
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last spoke Sept 2026“Debate 3 — Sovereign AI or Surrender? Should Europe Stop Outsourcing Its AI Future?”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 20 - Fair, Explainable, Accountable: Building Responsible AI in Production”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
Took a stage in
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last spoke Sept 2026“Panel 17 - AI vs AI: Deepfakes, Detection & the Trust Gap”·AI Summit Barcelona 2026·source · aisummitbarcelona.com
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last spoke Sept 2026CT
Cheuk Ting Ho
After having a career in Data Scientist and Developer Relations, Cheuk dedicated her work to the ope
verified · 8 talks
“Do you know how well your model is doing? Evaluate your LLMs”·PyData Amsterdam 2026·source · pretalx.com
and 7 talks before it
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last spoke Sept 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke Jul 2026and 1 talk before it
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last spoke Jul 2026“Panel on Regulating AI Wisely: What It Takes Across Politics, Industry, Science, and Law”·MCML Munich AI Day 2026·source · mcml.ai
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DE
last spoke Jun 2026DS
Dagmar Schuller
CCI (IHK) for Munich and Upper Bavaria and Landshut University of Applied Sciences
verified · 1 talk
“Panel on Regulating AI Wisely: What It Takes Across Politics, Industry, Science, and Law”·MCML Munich AI Day 2026·source · mcml.ai
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last spoke Jun 2026“Panel on Regulating AI Wisely: What It Takes Across Politics, Industry, Science, and Law”·MCML Munich AI Day 2026·source · mcml.ai
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last spoke Jun 2026“Panel on Regulating AI Wisely: What It Takes Across Politics, Industry, Science, and Law”·MCML Munich AI Day 2026·source · mcml.ai
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last spoke Jun 2026Took a stage in
GB
last spoke Jun 2026Took a stage in
NO
last spoke Jun 2026KN
Kanishka Narayan
Minister for AI and Online Safety, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
verified · 1 talk
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GB
last spoke Jun 2026and 1 talk before it
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GB
last spoke Jun 2026GL
Gabriel Lipnik
Gabriel Lipnik is an AI engineer and applied mathematician at Anexia Digital Engineering, working on
verified · 1 talk
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last spoke Jun 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke Jun 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke Jun 2026BV
Benjamin Vincent
Ben Vincent is Director of InferenceWorks Ltd and a Principal Data Scientist at PyMC Labs, where he
verified · 1 talk
“Did Your Rollout Actually Work? Measuring Phased Launches with Staggered DiD in Python”·PyData London 2026·source · pretalx.com
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GB
last spoke Jun 2026DB
Daina Bouquin
Daina Bouquin is Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Anaconda with over 12 years of experience sp
verified · 1 talk
“Build your castle, dig your moat: AI sovereignty, provenance and compliance”·PyData London 2026·source · pretalx.com
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GB
last spoke Jun 2026GD
Gergely Daroczi
Gergely Daroczi, PhD, is a passionate R/Python user and package developer for two decades. With over 15 years in the ind
verified · 2 talks
“SELECT instance FROM cloud WHERE workload = ? ORDER BY cost_efficiency”·PyData London 2026·source · pretalx.com
and 1 talk before it
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GB
NL
last spoke Jun 2026NR
Neal Richardson
Neal Richardson is VP of Engineering at Posit and a member of the Apache Software Foundation. He is
verified · 1 talk
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GB
last spoke Jun 2026VK
Viktor Kessler
Viktor Kessler, is Co-Founder of Vakamo and the creator of Lakekeeper, an Apache Licensed Iceberg R
verified · 1 talk
“Governance-as-Code for the Lakehouse: Zero Trust with Iceberg REST Catalog and Policy Engines”·PyData London 2026·source · pretalx.com
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GB
last spoke Jun 2026SC
Samuel Colvin
Hi, I'm Samuel. I'm a Python and Rust developer from London. I'm best known for creating Pydantic -
verified · 4 talks
“Keynote: Samuel Colvin: Pydantic Monty & Logfire: Wild LLMs, from tool calling to computer use”·PyData London 2026·source · pretalx.com
and 3 talks before it
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GB
CZ
last spoke Jun 2026and 1 talk before it
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last spoke May 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke May 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke May 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke May 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke May 2026“From Data to Decisions: Building Trusted Data Products with Purpose and Governance”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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DE
last spoke May 2026“Culture of Caution vs Culture of Confidence”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
and 1 talk before it
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last spoke May 2026“Culture of Caution vs Culture of Confidence”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
and 1 talk before it
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DE
last spoke May 2026EK
Erlend Kühnel
Manager IT-Department - MinebeaMitsumi Technology Center Europe GmbH
verified · 1 talk
“Deploying AI in Regulated Enterprises: Turning Complex Data into Scalable Knowledge Agents”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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last spoke May 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke May 2026“Beyond the Model: Turning AI Ownership & Governance into Measurable Value”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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DE
last spoke May 2026“Culture of Caution vs Culture of Confidence”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
and 1 talk before it
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DE
last spoke May 2026“Scaling GenAI Beyond Pilots: Governance, Reuse & Production-Ready Delivery in a Regulated Enterprise”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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DE
last spoke May 2026“Culture of Caution vs Culture of Confidence”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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DE
last spoke May 2026“Scaling GenAI Beyond Pilots: Governance, Reuse & Production-Ready Delivery in a Regulated Enterprise”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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DE
last spoke May 2026“Beyond the Model: Turning AI Ownership & Governance into Measurable Value”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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last spoke May 2026Took a stage in
DE
last spoke May 2026“Deploying AI in Regulated Enterprises: Turning Complex Data into Scalable Knowledge Agents”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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DE
last spoke May 2026“From Reactive Cloud to Intelligent Sovereignty: The Rise of AI-Native Operations”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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DE
last spoke May 2026“Data Sovereignty 2026: Realität, Relevanz, Roadmap”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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last spoke May 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke May 2026“Push When They Should Pull: How Data Marketplaces Shape Governance”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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last spoke May 2026“Cyber Resilience by Design: From Compliance to Competitive Advantage in the Age of AI”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
and 1 talk before it
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DE
last spoke May 2026“Von der Datenplattform zum Betriebssystem der Organisation. Wie MCP und KI-Agenten die Plattformfrage neu stellen - und warum Governance dabei alles entscheidet”·Tech Show Frankfurt 2026·source · techshowfrankfurt.de
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DE
last spoke May 2026FG
Franziska Giffey
Mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises
verified · 1 talk
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DE
last spoke May 2026IB
Irakli Beridze
Head of Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at UNICRI, United Nations
verified · 1 talk
Took a stage in
DE
last spoke May 2026KZ
Kai Zenner
Head of Office & Digital Policy Adviser (MEP Voss), European Parliament
verified · 1 talk
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last spoke May 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke May 2026“Death by a Thousand Prompts: Can Our Disclosure Standards Survive AI Slop?”·PyCon Lithuania 2026·source · pretalx.com
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last spoke Apr 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke Apr 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke Feb 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke Jan 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke Jan 2026MS
Marietje Schaake
international policy director at Stanford University's Cyber Policy Center
verified · 1 talk
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last spoke Jan 2026Took a stage in
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last spoke Jan 2026“The Tip of the Iceberg: Protecting AI Systems Against Old and New Threats”·BSides Munich 2025·source · pretalx.com
and 1 talk before it
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DE
last spoke Nov 2025“The Tip of the Iceberg: Protecting AI Systems Against Old and New Threats”·BSides Munich 2025·source · pretalx.com
and 1 talk before it
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DE
last spoke Nov 2025“The EU AI Act: Unveiling Lesser-Known Aspects, Implementation Entities, and Exemptions”·PyData Berlin 2025·source · cfp.pydata.org
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last spoke Sept 2025Took a stage in
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last spoke Oct 2024Took a stage in
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last spoke Oct 2024Took a stage in
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last spoke Oct 2024AR
Akinbo Racheal Shade
My name is Akinbo Racheal, an author, writer, and researcher. I Possess a Master's Degree in Compute
verified · 1 talk
“Social Media and Sentimental Analysis: CBN Currency Redesign Policy”·EuroPython 2024·source · programme.europython.eu
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CZ
last spoke Jul 2024OK
Oladapo Kayode Abiodun
Kayode Abiodun, Oladapo (PhD) is currently a lecturer of Computer Science at McPherson University, O
verified · 1 talk
“Social Media and Sentimental Analysis: CBN Currency Redesign Policy”·EuroPython 2024·source · programme.europython.eu
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CZ
last spoke Jul 2024AD
Anwesha Das
Anwesha is a Master of Laws by education and a technologist by passion.She is a fellow at the Python
verified · 2 talks
and 1 talk before it
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CZ
last spoke Jul 2024DN
Deb Nicholson
Deb Nicholson is an open source software policy expert and a passionate community advocate. She is t
verified · 2 talks
and 1 talk before it
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CZ
last spoke Jul 2024DF
Deborah Foroni
I am a master in Technology and a Data Scientist. I am part of technology communities such as Pyladi
verified · 1 talk
“NLP Application in Cases of Violence Against Women”·EuroPython 2024·source · programme.europython.eu
Took a stage in
CZ
last spoke Jul 2024JH
Jonathan Hollenbeck
Jonathan Hollenbeck is a Senior Software Engineer at Bloomberg for the ESG (Environmental, Social &
verified · 1 talk
“How we used vectorization for 1000x Python speedups (no C or Spark needed!)”·EuroPython 2024·source · programme.europython.eu
Took a stage in
CZ
last spoke Jul 2024JW
Justine Wezenaar
Justine Wezenaar is a Software Engineering Team Lead for Bloomberg’s ESG (Environmental, Social & Go
verified · 1 talk
“How we used vectorization for 1000x Python speedups (no C or Spark needed!)”·EuroPython 2024·source · programme.europython.eu
Took a stage in
CZ
last spoke Jul 2024MC
Matthieu Caneill
Matthieu Caneill is a data & software engineer, currently working at Picnic in Amsterdam, where he's
verified · 1 talk
Took a stage in
CZ
last spoke Jul 2024KC
Kir Chou
Kir is a Pythonista from the PyCon Taiwan community and lives in Tokyo. 💼Kir's works: Geo and Sear
verified · 1 talk
Took a stage in
CZ
last spoke Jul 2024MG
Martina Guttau-Zielke
Born in 1987 I grew up in Germany raised by a single, unemployed mother, without any educational bac
verified · 1 talk
Took a stage in
CZ
last spoke Jul 2024RS
Ravi Selker
Ravi works as a (python) software developer at Ordina/Sopra Steria, an IT service provider. He also
verified · 1 talk
Took a stage in
CZ
last spoke Jul 2024SZ
Sebastiaan Zeeff
Sebastiaan is a Python enthusiast who likes to think about good software design and engineering. He
verified · 1 talk
Took a stage in
CZ
last spoke Jul 2024OW
Olamilekan Wahab
I'm an Engineering Manager in the Machine Learning Platform team in Zalando where I build tools to make it easier for ML
verified · 1 talk
Took a stage in
DE
last spoke Apr 2024RM
Rosa Marie Keller
Rosa works as a Data Scientist at the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, wher
verified · 1 talk
Took a stage in
DE
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