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The DjangoCon US 2026 Call for Proposals 📢 has been extended one week!
✅️ Already got yours submitted? This is a great time to tell a friend that you'd love to see them talk.
📝 Still working on yours? You have a little extra time. If you'd some mentorship just email program at djangocon dot us
Thanks for all the wonderful talk proposals! Our CFP has closed and there are a lot of great looking talks for us to review. Remember, early bird tickets are available, but they'll go away before the schedule is published.
🛎️ Our hotel reservation link is live for booking at voco Downtown in Chicago. We're glad we were able to keep the nightly price the same as last year!
https://2026.djangocon.us/venue/#welcome
For folks looking for cheaper options, there are some not too far away, but we'd suggest booking soon.
Don't forget to grab your Extra Early Bird ticket, too. 📈 Prices go up after Monday!
Carson Gross's 2025 Keynote: Lateral Thinking with Weathered Technology: How The Nintendo Philosophy Applies to Modern Web Development
We'd love to have you on our stage this year, but you have to get your talk proposal in by Monday at 11am Chicago time: https://pretalx.com/djangocon-us-2026/cfp
2025 Keynote: All The Ways To Use Django with Zags
If you're excited by Zags's ideas about Django's future, we'd love to have you talk this year. Get that proposal in by Monday at 11am Chicago time: https://pretalx.com/djangocon-us-2026/cfp
Opportunity Grant application deadline is in about 3 hours!
👉️ https://forms.gle/xYSsdAGR5RbvtH9q7
Extra-Early Bird ticket prices end today, too.
👉️ https://ti.to/defna/djangocon-us-2026
Extra-Early Bird tickets 🎟️ for DjangoCon US 2026 are still available. These are the lowest ticket prices we offer all year and they go away after March 16.
Join us August 24–28 in Chicago for five days of talks and sprints with the global Django community.
💸 Need help getting to DjangoCon US 2026? Opportunity Grants are available!
Grants can cover travel, lodging, and other conference-related costs. No need to be a speaker or first-timer to apply — we consider everyone.
⏰ Deadline: March 16 at 11AM CDT
👉 https://forms.gle/xYSsdAGR5RbvtH9q7
3️⃣ days until the DjangoCon US CFP closes. We're seeing lots of good proposals come in today... is yours next?
https://pretalx.com/djangocon-us-2026/cfp
We'll even cover some of your travel costs to beautiful downtown Chicago if your
talk is accepted.
