Talks, Beer & Python:
My Overseas
PyCon Journey

Takanori Suzuki

PyCon Taiwan 2026 / 2026 Oct 17

Who am I?

• Takanori Suzuki / 鈴木 たかのり ( @takanory)

• PyCon JP Association: Chair

• BeProud Inc.: Director / Python Climber

• Love: Ferrets, LEGO, 🍺 / Hobby: 🎺, 🧗‍♀️

Been to an overseas PyCon?

你參加過海外 PyCon 嗎？

Many hurdles to go overseas

參加海外 PyCon 有各種困難

• Language 🗣️

• Money 💰 → Financial Aid / PSF Grants

• Travel ✈️

Overseas PyCons are worth it!

海外 PyCon 很值得！

Unique value you can only get there

Submit a proposal first, think later!

My Overseas PyCon Journey

我的海外 PyCon 之旅

My Overseas PyCon Journey

25+ PyCons / 13+ countries & regions

🇹🇼 🇰🇷 🇭🇰 🇨🇳 🇵🇭 🇹🇭 🇲🇾 🇸🇬 🇮🇩 🇺🇸 🇨🇭 🇮🇪 🇨🇿

16 Talks / 8 LTs / 2 Posters

What if your proposal is rejected?

如果提案被拒絕了呢？

Rejected too!

我也會被拒絕

• I have been rejected too 😇

• But sometimes I can give an LT like this!

What I got

我的收穫

Friends around the world

Travel, food & beer

Speaking in English & growth

Let’s try overseas PyCons!

挑戰海外 PyCon 吧！

• Step 1: Attend 🎫

• Step 2: Talk 🎤

• Giving a talk is more fun! 🎉

  • Questions & feedback on your talk

  • Beer after your talk tastes the best 🍺

Any recommended events?

有推薦的活動嗎？

PyCon mini Tokyo with PythonAsia

PyCon mini Tokyo with PythonAsia

• 📅 2026 Dec 12 (Sat)

• 🎤 Keynotes: Seth Larson & Mike Fiedler

• 🌏 English talks & ⚡ Lightning talks too!

• 🔗 pyconjp.connpass.com/event/404336

More PyCons

• 🇭🇰 PyCon HK 2026: Nov 14-15, Hong Kong

• 🇺🇸 PyCon US 2027: May 12-18, USA

• 🇸🇬 PythonAsia 2027: TBA, Singapore

• 🇯🇵 PyCon JP 2027: Sep 24-26, Japan

Find more: pythondeadlin.es

See you at PyCon somewhere!

在某個 PyCon 見面吧！

Thank you / 謝謝

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