2024 DjangoCon US Recap

September 22-27, 2024

DjangoCon US 2024 was hosted in Durham, North Carolina for the second time and brought together over 300 attendees from all over the world!

Wow, what a ride! With three days of Django magic and two days of sprints, over 440 of us came together both online and in-person to learn, share and grow.

DjangoCon US continues to be a hallmark event for the Django community, and strives to bring together the people behind the projects we all know and love. We had a great time learning from each other, sharing our experiences, and making new friends.

We thank our fantastic sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and the City of Durham for making this event possible.

Awesome Talks and Tutorials

Speakers shared over 50 talks & tutorials this year. Here are some crowd favorites!

Junior Ballroom
Audience level: All

Keynote - Power to the People who Teach the People
Presented by
- Sheena O'Connell
Junior Ballroom
Audience level: All

Keynote - How To Be A Developer and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves
Presented by
- Mario Munoz
Junior Ballroom
Audience level: All

Keynote - The Fellowship of the Pony
Presented by
- Natalia Bidart
Junior Ballroom

A Brief History of Django
Presented by
- Frank Wiles
Grand Ballroom III

An Opinionated Guide to Modern Django Forms
Presented by
- Josh Thomas
Junior Ballroom

Django: the web framework that changed my life
Presented by
- Sage Abdullah

Watch Talks on YouTube See list of all talks

Our Presenters are Amazing

Adarsh Divakaran
Amanda Savluchinske
Andrew Mshar
Avindra Fernando
Benjamin "Zags" Zagorsky
Carlton Gibson
Chris May
Christopher Adams
Daniel Ramas
Daniele Procida
Elizabeth Garrett Christensen
Eva Nanyonga
Felipe de Morais
Frank Wiles
Harmony Elendu
Hernan Lozano
Hugo Bessa
Ilerioluwakiiye Abolade
Jack Linke
Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Jessica Garson
Johanan Oppong Amoateng
Josh Thomas
Karen Tracey
Kasey Kelly
Ken Whitesell
Kojo Idrissa
Kuldeep Pisda
Lacey Henschel
Lee Trout
Lorenzo Peña
Marc Gibbons
Mario Munoz
Meagen Voss
Micah Lyle
Michael Riley
Miguel Sanda
Mohammad Ahtasham ul Hassan
Natalia Bidart
Paolo Melchiorre
Peter Grandstaff
Ron Maravanyika
Ryan Cheley
Ryan Hiebert
Sage Abdullah
Samweli Mwakisambwe
Sarah Boyce
Scott Cranfill
Shafqat Farhan Ahmed
Sheena O'Connell
Simon Willison
Thibaud Colas
Tim Bell
Tim Schilling
Vaarun Sinha
Velda Kiara
Vince Salvino
Will Vincent
Willem Van Onsem
Álvaro Justen

Picture Perfect

We captured so many Kodak moments over the week! Thanks to Bartek Pawlik for being our official conference photographer and saving these memories for us.

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Meeting during sprints at DjangoCon US 2024

DjangoCon US 2024 was
possible through lots of ❤️

Our organizers put hundreds of hours of heart and soul into this conference. We couldn't do it without each and every one of you!

Abigail Afi Gbadago

Program Committee, Website Committee
Adam Fast

A/V Chair, Code of Conduct team
Andrew Mshar

Lightning Talks Chair
Ariane Djeupang

Programme, Communications, Social events, Opportunity Grants
Benedict kofi Amofah

Opportunity Grants Team, Online Conference Team, Communication Team
Carol Ganz

DEFNA Director, Opportunity Grants Chair, Code of Conduct team
Catherine Holmes

Sponsors & Tickets Chair, Code of Conduct team
Doreen Peace Nangira Wanyama

Hackathon lead, Django Girls Organizer, Sprints, Code of Conduct
Drew Winstel

DEFNA Vice President, Program Co-Chair, Opportunity Grants team, Code of Conduct team
Emmanuel Asuah Danful

Planning, Hackathon
Emmanuel Owusu

Community Team, Opportunity Grants Team
Erin Mullaney

Program Co-Chair, Public Health Chair
Ezra Yendau

Opportunity Grants Team, Social Team
Hope Adoli

Website, Social media/communications, Swags
Jason Judkins

Marketing Chair, Community Chair, Social Events co-chair
Jeff Triplett

DEFNA Cofounder, Code of Conduct team
Julius Boakye

Opportunity Grants co-chair
Katherine "Kati" Michel

DEFNA Director
Keanya Phelps

Conference Co-chair, Contribution Sprints Chair, DjangoGirls Durham 2024 Organizer
Kojo Idrissa

Orientation Chair
Kudzayi Bamhare

Program Committee, Sprints Committee
Lidya K Tilahun

Program, Communications and Opportunity Grants committee
Monica Oyugi

Volunteer Co-Chair
Nathan Zeager

Community Chair
Nicole Dominguez

DEFNA Director, Swag team, Website team
Noah Alorwu

Onsite Coordinator, Visa Support
Peter Grandstaff

DEFNA President, Conference Chair, Venue Chair
Rachell Calhoun

Volunteer Chair, Sprints Co-chair
Salim A Nuru

Website, Hackathon Organizer, Automation
Tim Allen

Social Chair
Tim Schilling

DEFNA Secretary, Marketing co-chair, Community team, Code of Conduct team
Velda Kiara

Code of Conduct Team, Website

2024 DjangoCon US Recap

DjangoCon US 2024 was hosted in Durham, North Carolina for the second time and brought together over 300 attendees from all over the world!

Awesome Talks and Tutorials

Presented by

Sheena O'Connell

Presented by

Mario Munoz

Presented by

Natalia Bidart

Presented by

Frank Wiles

Presented by

Josh Thomas

Presented by

Sage Abdullah

Our Presenters are Amazing

Adarsh Divakaran

Amanda Savluchinske

Andrew Mshar

Avindra Fernando

Benjamin "Zags" Zagorsky

Carlton Gibson

Chris May

Christopher Adams

Daniel Ramas

Daniele Procida

Elizabeth Garrett Christensen

Eva Nanyonga

Felipe de Morais

Frank Wiles

Harmony Elendu

Hernan Lozano

Hugo Bessa

Ilerioluwakiiye Abolade

Jack Linke

Jacob Kaplan-Moss

Jessica Garson

Johanan Oppong Amoateng

Josh Thomas

Karen Tracey

Kasey Kelly

Ken Whitesell

Kojo Idrissa

Kuldeep Pisda

Lacey Henschel

Lee Trout

Lorenzo Peña

Marc Gibbons

Mario Munoz

Meagen Voss

Micah Lyle

Michael Riley

Miguel Sanda

Mohammad Ahtasham ul Hassan

Natalia Bidart

Paolo Melchiorre

Peter Grandstaff

Ron Maravanyika

Ryan Cheley

Ryan Hiebert

Sage Abdullah

Samweli Mwakisambwe

Sarah Boyce

Scott Cranfill

Shafqat Farhan Ahmed

Sheena O'Connell

Simon Willison

Thibaud Colas

Tim Bell

Tim Schilling

Vaarun Sinha

Velda Kiara

Vince Salvino

Will Vincent

Willem Van Onsem

Álvaro Justen

Picture Perfect

DjangoCon US 2024 was possible through lots of ❤️

Abigail Afi Gbadago

Adam Fast

DjangoCon US 2024 was
possible through lots of ❤️