September 19, 2023
12:00 - 4:00 PM

A discussion of programming language creators about
the past and future of language design.

Language Creators Charity Fundraiser

Ticket prices

  • General: $229

  • VIP: $389

  • Nonprofit/Startup: $99

  • Student: $75

Donations of $50 - $250 receives a limited edition t-shirt

Location

Cinemark Lincoln Square, Cinemas and IMAX

700 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 310 Bellevue WA 98004

Event Summary

PyData Seattle presents its inaugural charity event. The event will feature the creators of C#, Java, Perl, Python, TypeScript, and Smalltalk in a conversation about programming language design.

The charity event brings together this unique group of computer science pioneers, unlike any event held before. These great minds come together for what will surely be a fantastic night of discussion as the panel delves into the past and future of programming language creation. The event will attract innovators and engineers from Seattle, the nation’s fastest-growing technology hub.

The event is a benefit for Last Mile Education Fund and NUMFOCUS.

Featuring Language Creators:

  • Guido Van Rossum - Python

  • Anders Hejlsberg - Turbo Pascal, C#, TypeScript

  • James Gosling - Java

Panelists

  • Guido van Rossum - Python

  • Anders Hejlsberg - Turbo Pascal, C#, TypeScript

  • James Gosling - Java

About Last Mile Education Fund

The Last Mile Education Fund closes critical gaps in financial and career support for financially vulnerable underrepresented college students in the “last mile” to graduation, addressing both economic mobility and the diversity and talent crises in tech and tech-enabled industries. Launched in 2020, Last Mile has invested over $5.5M to support persistence and degree completion for 5,132 individual students, of whom an estimated 1650 have graduated. Last Mile grantees are 42% Black, 19% Hispanic, 15% White, 13% Asian, 2% Indigenous. 58% of grantees identify as women on non-binary. Learn more: www.lastmile-ed.org.

About NumFOCUS

NumFOCUS, whose mission is to promote open practices in research, data, and scientific computing. NumFOCUS accomplishes its mission by sponsoring open source software projects and organizing educational programs, events and initiatives in collaboration with the community.

Event Leadership

  • Ruthe Farmer

    Founder & CEO at Last Mile Education Fund, Tech Inclusion Advocate and Entrepreneur

  • Carol Willing

    Moderator -- Steering Council member and developer for Project Jupyter and Python

  • Eloisa Elias T

    Fundraising Chair -- Founder of the Women in Data Science WiDS, Data Scientist Advisor for City of Bellevue

  • Don Sheu

    Vice Chair -- Early stage investor in deeptech companies

  • Josh Ayala

    CEO at Perfect Day Productions

  • Mike Miranda

    Software Engineer at Google

  • Pierre Brunelle

    Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Noteable

Sponsors

Diamond

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Community Partners