PyLadies × R-Ladies Vancouver Lightning Talks

PyLadies Vancouver and R-Ladies Vancouver are teaming up for a night of lightning talks: short talks from speakers in both communities. Come for a fast, friendly mix of Python and R, ideas, tools, and stories, all in bite-sized form.

📢 We're looking for speakers!

We're looking for short presentations, 5 to 15 minutes long, from speakers in either community, PyLadies or R-Ladies.

• Beginners especially encouraged. A lightning talk is a great first talk, and great practice before a conference.

• Never done public speaking? We'd love to debut you and help launch your speaking journey.

• Yes, you can reuse a talk you've given elsewhere. New members may not have heard it.

• Python or R, plus adjacent technology topics. When we polled our last meetup, people asked for: AI/ML and LLMs, web development, data science,Python internals, testing and tooling, and live coding.

• Not sure your topic is interesting enough? Let us be the judge, sign up with your idea.

New to the format? Our lightning guide covers what a lightning talk is, how to prepare, topic ideas, example talks to watch, and common questions.

Sign up to give a lightning talk.

📍 VISST, 1490 West Broadway, Vancouver

🗓 Wedneday, August 19, 2026⏰ 6 to 8 PM

Free to attend. We're run entirely by volunteers, so donations are always appreciated and help keep our meetups free and welcoming: https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=60

Everyone is welcome. This is a joint event with R-Ladies Vancouver.

PyLadies events follow the PyLadies Code of Conduct.

If it's your first R-Ladies event, please review the R-Ladies Global Code of Conduct.

Both communities share a focus on supporting women and gender-diverse people in ourfield.

A big thank you to VISST for hosting us.