Keynote Speaker - Sumana Harihareswara

Sumana Harihareswara (harihareswara.net/) is an open source contributor and leader who has managed work on pip, PyPI, GNOME, MediaWiki, HTTPS Everywhere, autoconf, GNU Mailman, and other projects -- and who is working on a book to teach what she's learned along the way. Between 2016 and 2021, Harihareswara led fundraising for and managed the next-generation overhauls of PyPI and of pip's dependency resolver and user experience. Her work has earned her an Open Source Citizen Award and a Google Open Source Peer Bonus.
Harihareswara has keynoted LibrePlanet, code4lib, SeaGL, and other conventions, and has previously spoken at PyCon US and PyGotham. She also performs stand-up comedy, and volunteers to improve local emergency preparedness and open data. She lives in New York City, runs Changeset Consulting, and microblogs in the Fediverse.