Join us at PyCon US 2026 in Long Beach - we have new AI and security tracks this year

This article announces PyCon US 2026, taking place May 13-19 in Long Beach, California, marking the conference's return to the West Coast. It highlights two new dedicated tracks: an AI track on Friday and a Security track on Saturday, with detailed schedules for the AI track including talks on AI-assisted contributions, Python-powered education, low-resource language identification, LLM quantization, edge AI, async patterns for AI agents, GPU memory, and real-time voice agents. The author shares personal enthusiasm for the community-focused event, noting lightning talks, PyLadies auction, sprints, and open spaces. The article is relevant to IT/technology as it covers Python programming, AI, and security topics.