The decision which proposal to pick is never easy. Here are the selected speakers for our upcoming 2025 online conference.
Tanya Janca, aka SheHacksPurple, is the best-selling author of ‘Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding’, ‘Alice and Bob Learn Application Security’ and the ‘AppSec Antics’ card game. Over her 28-year IT career she has won countless awards (including OWASP Lifetime Distinguished Member and Hacker of the Year), spoken all over the planet, and is a prolific blogger. Tanya has trained thousands of software developers and IT security professionals, via her online academies (We Hack Purple and Semgrep Academy), and her live training programs. Having performed counter-terrorism, led security for the 52nd Canadian general election, developed or secured countless applications, Tanya Janca is widely considered an international authority on the security of software.
Haim Michael is a veteran software development trainer, entrepreneur, and lecturer with nearly three decades of experience empowering developers worldwide. He is the founder of life michael (lifemichael.com), a global training brand recognized for delivering high-quality courses in Java, Python, JavaScript, Scala, Kotlin, and many other technologies. Since 1996, Haim has combined academic teaching with professional industry training, lecturing at top Israeli academic institutions, while also consulting and training development teams at leading high-tech companies. Renowned for making complex concepts practical, engaging, and accessible, Haim Michael continues to inspire developers at all levels to master modern technologies and adapt to the rapidly evolving software landscape.
Avraam Tolmidis is an accomplished engineering leader with a diverse background spanning automotive, banking, and big tech. He began his career at ZF, where he established the company’s first localization and mapping team, driving significant advancements in autonomous driving technology. He then joined Aptiv, leading teams focused on behavioral functions for automated driving and contributing to breakthroughs in ADAS systems. At Backbase, he managed teams that delivered core features for business and retail banking platforms, enabling strategic partnerships with major clients such as Navy Federal. Currently, Avraam serves as a Software Engineering Manager at Meta, where he leads cross-functional teams in developing and deploying cutting-edge machine learning solutions.
Senior software developer and architect with 12+ years of experience leading international teams, launching startups, speaking at technology conferences, writing and reviewing hundreds of thousands of lines of code, and сontributing to the open-source community as an award-winning code mentor.
Afif Akbar Iskandar is a data science professional with over 10 years of experience in the field. Having earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Universitas Indonesia, Afif boasts a solid academic foundation in the field. As a dedicated data science mentor, Afif utilizes his extensive knowledge to educate others. Driven by his enthusiasm for technology, he operates the YouTube channel “NgodingAI” previously “NgodingPython” featuring insightful content on Python programming, data science, IoT, and beyond.
Team lead at Habana Labs (an Intel company), specializing in AI training Runtime for custom accelerators. An expert in large-scale deep learning infrastructure, including memory management, graph execution, and synchronization. Experienced in distributed training and communication libraries such as HCCL, deep technical background in performance optimization. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Semi-professional artist in digital and classic art.
Specializes in CPython internals, optimization, and high-performance computing. Driven by GPU acceleration, CPU vectorization. Evolved from ML systems to CPython core research engineer. 8+ years leading teams in AI, maths, and physics. PyCon speaker: Free Threading: Future of CPython. Lecturer at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology – top 1 Russian university. Open to talks and collaboration.
Over 14 years of experience in IT industry. Working as DevOps R&D Engineer in Nokia Networks for past 3 years. Worked on cloud environments like AWS and Azure. Migrated the on premises environments in Nokia to different cloud providers saving cost to company. Intermediate skills in Python. Experience in containerization platform Docker and Containerization Orchestration platform Kubernetes.
Vignesh Iyer is a passionate Software Engineer at NVIDIA who believes in building software that creates a meaningful, positive impact. With a deep curiosity and a constant drive to learn, Vignesh enjoys exploring new technologies, crafting innovative projects, and actively contributing to the open-source ecosystem.
Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft and Tech & AI content creator with over 500,000 audience across socials. I have extensive experience in Python backend development, AI agent architectures, and developer education. Previous speaking experience at PyCon Hong Kong and Xtreme Python Conference. Currently focused on AI workflows, MCP server development, and educating developers about emerging AI integration patterns through technical content and workshops.