SCHEDULE

PYCON DAVAO AT A GLANCE

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration

Finister Auditorium

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

Opening Remarks

Finister Auditorium

9:10 AM - 9:40 AM

ADDU Keynote - Father Karel

Fr. Karel San Juan, SJ

University President • Ateneo de Davao University

Finister Auditorium

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Rethinking Multilingual Machine Translation at Scale with PyTorch

Kristine Mae Adlaon

Head of Research • Mindanao Natural Language Processing R&D Lab, University of the Immaculate Conception

Finister Auditorium

10:35 AM - 11:05 AM

What Python Communities Taught Me About Building a Career

Arnel Jan Sarmiento

Solutions Architect | Community Lead • Amazon Web Services (AWS) | DurianPy - Davao Python User Group

Finister Auditorium

10:35 AM - 11:05 AM

Python (and LaTeX) Is All You Need: Agentic Documents and The \write18 Problem

Zildjian California

Computational Research Assistant | Security Department Head • University of the Philippines - Mindanao

F613E

10:35 AM - 11:05 AM

Building Golden Paths: Taking Python to Production

Nhyl Bryle Ibañez

Platform Engineer • Confide Platform

F612 (Mac Lab)

10:35 AM - 11:05 AM

Low-Key Agentic AI in Resource Constrained Environments

Dominique Gerald Cimafranca

System Architect • Apollotech Software Corporation

F600-F601 Combined

11:10 AM - 11:40 AM

Automating the Future: AI Automation

Jaime Emanuel Lucero

Full-stack AI Developer • Inventiv

Finister Auditorium

11:10 AM - 11:40 AM

End to end data lifecycle on AWS and Snowflake: from ingestion to self-service analytics

Jerry Marte

Analytics Engineer | Fractional Data Consultant • Data Engineerinc Cebu

F613E

11:10 AM - 11:40 AM

Rapid Prototyping with MicroPython: I Built an Instant Camera Twice

Jan Dexter Diaz

Freelance Software Engineer | AWS Student Builder Group Leader • AWS Student Builder Group - Apex (AdDU)

F612 (Mac Lab)

11:10 AM - 11:40 AM

Automating Python Package Versioning and Publishing to AWS CodeArtifact

Mel Cadano

Backend Engineer

F600-F601 Combined

11:40 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

F711-F712 Combined

1:10 PM - 3:10 PM

From Python to AI-Powered Django: Build a Quiz & Reviewer App

Jeremy Patrick Pacabis

Software Developer • Ingenuity Software

F612 (Mac Lab)

1:10 PM - 3:10 PM

Speech Processing Using PyTorch: Paminaw! Teaching Machines to Listen in Cebuano and Tagalog

Nash Golosino

Speech & ML Researcher | CS Student, UIC • University of the Immaculate Conception

F600-F601 Combined

1:10 PM - 1:40 PM

Your Embedding Model Might Be Overqualified for the Job

Jansen Marson Ang

Machine Learning Engineer • Maya Philippines Inc.

Finister Auditorium

1:10 PM - 1:40 PM

So You Think You Know Python?

Jordan Duabe

Software Engineer • Anaqua

F613E

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM

Your Agent Works. Now What? Production AI Agents with Microsoft Foundry

Mark Anthony Estopace

Senior Full Stack Developer • Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Finister Auditorium

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM

Buy Now or Wait? Predicting Steam Sales with Logistic Regression

Brian Benedict de Castro

Data Analyst | Data Engineer • AWS Student Builder Group - UP Mindanao | Coca Cola Europacific Aboitiz Philippines

F613E

1:55 PM - 3:25 PM

Open Space / Networking

7th Floor 2nd Lounge

1:55 PM - 3:25 PM

Career Mixer

F711-F712 Combined

2:20 PM - 2:50 PM

Your Agent Is Already a Python Developer. Here's Proof.

Zorex Salvo

Software Engineer • PythonPH

Finister Auditorium

2:20 PM - 2:50 PM

Navigating the Grey: Building Resilient Python Scrapers That Survive at Scale

Alpha Romer Coma

Senior Data Engineer • ViableView

F613E

2:55 PM - 3:25 PM

Panel Discussion

Finister Auditorium

3:45 PM - 4:25 PM

Lightning Talks

Finister Auditorium

4:25 PM - 4:35 PM

Raffle Session

Finister Auditorium

4:35 PM - 4:45 PM

Closing Remarks

Finister Auditorium

Time

Finister Auditorium

F613E

F612 (Mac Lab)

F600-F601 Combined

7th Floor 2nd Lounge

F711-F712 Combined

8:00 AM

8:30 AM

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

10:30 AM

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

12:30 PM

1:00 PM

1:30 PM

2:00 PM

2:30 PM

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

4:00 PM

4:30 PM

8:00 AM

60 min

Registration

9:00 AM

10 min

Opening Remarks

9:10 AM

30 min

ADDU Keynote - Father Karel

Fr. Karel San Juan, SJ

University President • Ateneo de Davao University

9:45 AM

30 min

Rethinking Multilingual Machine Translation at Scale with PyTorch

Kristine Mae Adlaon

Head of Research • Mindanao Natural Language Processing R&D Lab, University of the Immaculate Conception

10:35 AM

30 min

What Python Communities Taught Me About Building a Career

Arnel Jan Sarmiento

Solutions Architect | Community Lead • Amazon Web Services (AWS) | DurianPy - Davao Python User Group

10:35 AM

30 min

Python (and LaTeX) Is All You Need: Agentic Documents and The \write18 Problem

Zildjian California

Computational Research Assistant | Security Department Head • University of the Philippines - Mindanao

10:35 AM

30 min

Building Golden Paths: Taking Python to Production

Nhyl Bryle Ibañez

Platform Engineer • Confide Platform

10:35 AM

30 min

Low-Key Agentic AI in Resource Constrained Environments

Dominique Gerald Cimafranca

System Architect • Apollotech Software Corporation

11:10 AM

30 min

Automating the Future: AI Automation

Jaime Emanuel Lucero

Full-stack AI Developer • Inventiv

11:10 AM

30 min

End to end data lifecycle on AWS and Snowflake: from ingestion to self-service analytics

Jerry Marte

Analytics Engineer | Fractional Data Consultant • Data Engineerinc Cebu

11:10 AM

30 min

Rapid Prototyping with MicroPython: I Built an Instant Camera Twice

Jan Dexter Diaz

Freelance Software Engineer | AWS Student Builder Group Leader • AWS Student Builder Group - Apex (AdDU)

11:10 AM

30 min

Automating Python Package Versioning and Publishing to AWS CodeArtifact

Mel Cadano

Backend Engineer

11:40 AM

80 min

Lunch

1:10 PM

120 min

From Python to AI-Powered Django: Build a Quiz & Reviewer App

Jeremy Patrick Pacabis

Software Developer • Ingenuity Software

1:10 PM

120 min

Speech Processing Using PyTorch: Paminaw! Teaching Machines to Listen in Cebuano and Tagalog

Nash Golosino

Speech & ML Researcher | CS Student, UIC • University of the Immaculate Conception

1:10 PM

30 min

Your Embedding Model Might Be Overqualified for the Job

Jansen Marson Ang

Machine Learning Engineer • Maya Philippines Inc.

1:10 PM

30 min

So You Think You Know Python?

Jordan Duabe

Software Engineer • Anaqua

1:45 PM

30 min

Your Agent Works. Now What? Production AI Agents with Microsoft Foundry

Mark Anthony Estopace

Senior Full Stack Developer • Cambridge University Press & Assessment

1:45 PM

30 min

Buy Now or Wait? Predicting Steam Sales with Logistic Regression

Brian Benedict de Castro

Data Analyst | Data Engineer • AWS Student Builder Group - UP Mindanao | Coca Cola Europacific Aboitiz Philippines

1:55 PM

90 min

Open Space / Networking

1:55 PM

90 min

Career Mixer

2:20 PM

30 min

Your Agent Is Already a Python Developer. Here's Proof.

Zorex Salvo

Software Engineer • PythonPH

2:20 PM

30 min

Navigating the Grey: Building Resilient Python Scrapers That Survive at Scale

Alpha Romer Coma

Senior Data Engineer • ViableView

2:55 PM

30 min

Panel Discussion

3:45 PM

40 min

Lightning Talks

4:25 PM

10 min

Raffle Session

4:35 PM

10 min

Closing Remarks

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