Our keynote speaker, Kate Chapman, shares her journey in tech from learning programming as a child to her current work at the intersection of mapping and programming. Kate discusses her non-profit work, focusing on solving problems that people assume are solved, but aren’t. Kate will be coming to PyCon US for the first time, and she’s excited to connect with the Python community. Come join and meet Kate at PyCon US 2024! Bio: Kate Chapman is a technologist, geographer and farmer who believes in the power of digital commons to change the world. She serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Open Supply Hub leading technical strategy to bring transparency to supply chains. Additionally Kate is the President of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) where she is a passionate supporter of open mapping for more resilient communities. Kate focuses on socio-technical systems linking humans and computers together to create better information for decision making. Previously Kate served as the Director of Engineering Enablement at the Wikimedia Foundation, Chief Technology Officer of the Cadasta Foundation and Executive Director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. A long time advocate and participant in the free culture movement she believes it is important to put people first. When not thinking about virtual systems she is at home thinking about physical systems on her miniature dairy goat farm. PyCon US is the largest Python community conference in the world. May 15 - 23, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Register: https://us.pycon.org/2024/registration/register Full schedule: https://us.pycon.org/2024/ Keynote speakers: https://us.pycon.org/2024/about/keynote-speakers/ This video was produced, directed, and edited by Mariatta Wijaya (https://mariatta.ca) #PyConUS #PyCon #ThePSF #Python #Community #Conference