PyCon Lithuania 2026

Juan Luis Cano Rodríguez

Juan Luis (he/him/él) is an aerospace engineer with a passion for tech communities and sustainability. He is currently working at Canonical as Developer Success Engineer, dedicating his time to amplify the global impact of open source. Juan Luis has a decade of experience as developer advocate, software engineer, and Python trainer in several industries, in companies of the likes of McKinsey, Read the Docs, Satellogic, Telefónica, and others.

PSF Fellow since 2017, he has made significant contributions to the PyData stack, published several open-source packages, and organized the first seven PyCons in Spain. Currently, he is the lead organizer of the PyData Madrid monthly meetups.

Obsessed about systemic change and looking for a way to live within our planetary boundaries ♻️


Twitter handle. For example (@handle-name):

X = CSAM


Notable open source projects that you contribute to. Add URLs, one per line.

https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro
https://github.com/astrojuanlu/copier-pylib
https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro
https://github.com/canonical/mysql-k8s-operator


Sessions

04-08
11:00
90min
The year of [packaging your Python app for] the Linux Desktop
Juan Luis Cano Rodríguez

In the last few years, we’ve seen amazing progress around Python packaging for library code. Packaging applications usually requires more work, but thanks to recent developments it’s getting easier than ever. Will this be the year of packaging your Python app for the Linux Desktop?

Python Day - Apr 8
Inovation hall (4th building)
04-09
11:00
25min
How I mapped 10 000 illegal Airbnbs with Python
Juan Luis Cano Rodríguez

In the spring of 2024, a cry erupted across Spain: "The Canary Islands have reached their limit." Soon, massive demonstrations followed in other regions facing similar tensions: "Mallorca is not for sale," "Enough of Ibiza," "Cantabria will defend itself." Meanwhile, in Madrid, the capital, a similar discontent had been brewing for years. Could open data be used to understand the phenomenon, and do something about it?

Data Day - Apr 9
Great hall, (3rd building)