The scientific Python community, like the rest of the world, faces a set of interlocking crises. Longstanding questions over how to sustainably develop, fund and maintain open-source scientific software, open data, reproducible research and collaborative training are being magnified by a variety of forces from the AI boom, to government disinvestment, to economic disruption. Combining a short panel with audience discussion and Q&A, this virtual BoF will reflect on these challenges and crowdsource ideas for how the SciPy community (including future conferences) can serve as a vehicle for bolstering scientific open ecosystems.
This is a virtual Birds of a Feather section. It will take place on the virtual platform for the conference, Airmeet. All attendees will have access to Airmeet. NOTE: This session will observe Chatham House rules.
Hybrid committee co-chairs Puneet Kollipara and David Nicholson will host and moderate this panel discussion.