Call for Proposals for DjangoCon US 2026 Website!

DjangoCon US 2026 needs new branding, art direction, graphic design, website design, conference swag, etc.

Published by DEFNA on Nov 9, 2025

DjangoCon US: Call for Venue Proposals 2027-28

We’re wrapping up DjangoCon US 2025, so it’s time to think about 2027 and possibly 28!

Published by DEFNA on Sep 10, 2025

Celebrating 20 Years of Django: Looking Back, Moving Forward

This year marks a remarkable milestone: the 20th anniversary of Django, the web framework that has empowered developers and organizations around the world since its first public release...

Published by Carol Ganz on Jul 21, 2025

Defna Board Member Update July

Board Member Update for 2025

We have two new board members as of July 2025!

Published by on Jul 18, 2025

Join DEFNA! Board Member Recruitment

Join the DEFNA Board as Corporate Secretary!

Published by Velda Kiara on Feb 27, 2025

DjangoCon US 2025 has been announced!

Hello everyone, DjangoCon US 2025 will be in Chicago, Illinois on September 8-12th, 2025.

Published by Peter Grandstaff on Dec 31, 2024

DjangoCon US: Call for Venue Proposal 2025 extension

First off, thank you to the teams who sent in proposals. We’re very appreciative of the time and effort that you’ve put in to this point.

Published by DEFNA on Oct 16, 2024

DjangoCon US: Call for Venue Proposal 2025

Edit 2024-07-30: We did not receive any submissions by the original deadline of July 28th. We are extending it to August 13th, 2024.

Published by DEFNA on May 28, 2024

Board Member Update for May 2024

We have a new board member as of May 2024!

Published by Tim Schilling on May 1, 2024

Join DEFNA! Board Member Recruitment

Django Events Foundation North America (DEFNA) is looking for another board member. We have a nine-member board; one of our board members will be stepping down as soon...

Published by DEFNA on Mar 26, 2024

DjangoCon US 2024 has been announced!

Hello everyone, DjangoCon US 2024 has dates! September 22nd-27th.

Published by Tim Schilling on Jan 17, 2024

Call for Proposals for DjangoCon US 2024 Website!

We are looking to hire a person, firm or company to assist with our DjangoCon US website design, conference swag, and art direction.

Published by DEFNA on Jan 12, 2024

Board Member Update for July 2023

We have a new board member as of July 2023!

Published by Tim Schilling on Jul 24, 2023

Board Member Update for 2023

Outgoing Directors

Published by Jeff Triplett on Feb 17, 2023

Call for Proposals for DjangoCon US 2023 Website!

Introduction

Published by DEFNA on Jan 1, 2023

Join DEFNA! Board Member Recruitment

Django Events Foundation North America (DEFNA) is looking for another board member. We have a nine-member board; one of our board members is stepping down at the end...

Published by DEFNA on Nov 5, 2022

DjangoCon US: Call for Venue Proposal 2023

We’re in the middle of planning DjangoCon US 2022, so it’s time to think about 2023! Where will we be next year? We need your help in making...

Published by DEFNA on May 20, 2022

DjangoCon US 2022 is live!

We are very excited to announce that the website for DjangoCon US 2022 is live!

Published by DEFNA on May 10, 2022

Join DEFNA! Board Member Recruitment

Django Events Foundation North America (DEFNA) is looking for another board member. We have an eight member board; last year one of our board members stepped down. We...

Published by DEFNA on Feb 2, 2022

Board Updates

Our DEFNA Officers and Directors for 2021 are:

Published by Jeff Triplett on Apr 9, 2021

Join DEFNA! Board Member Recruitment

Django Events Foundation North America (DEFNA) is looking for another board member. We have a seven member board; this year one of our board members, Craig Bruce, is...

Published by DEFNA on Jan 29, 2021

DjangoCon US 2020!

Thank you to all of you that participated and watched!

Published by Katia Lira on Oct 30, 2020

DjangoCon US 2020 Video

We miss you!

Published by Katia Lira on Oct 21, 2020

Vendor Update

Since 2015, DjangoCon US has used Conference Badge as a vendor to handle printing our conference badges. Conference Badge released October 18th 2019 Incident Post-mortem, which...

Published by Jeff Triplett on Apr 15, 2020

Board Updates

Our DEFNA Board Members and Officers for 2020 are:

Published by Jeff Triplett on Mar 2, 2020

Congratulations Jeff!

Last May the Python Software Foundation released a call for Board Directors, DEFNA’s President Jeff Triplett was nominated by current PSF Board Member Trey Hunner with these words:

Published by DEFNA on Sep 24, 2018

Semester Grants Report

At DEFNA we know that organizing great events is hard work, and we’d like to give you a little push by encouraging all event organizers in North America,...

Published by DEFNA on Sep 10, 2018

Join DEFNA! Board Member Recruitment

Django Events Foundation North America (DEFNA) is looking for another board member. Last year we expanded our board from three members to seven; this year one of our...

Published by DEFNA on Jan 23, 2018

DjangoCon US 2018 in San Diego

We are pleased to announce that the DjangoCon US 2018 conference will take place in San Diego, California from October 14-19, 2018!

Published by DEFNA on Nov 2, 2017

Call for Proposals for DjangoCon 2018 Website!

Updated: October 31st, 2017 to extend our CFP deadline.

Published by DEFNA on Oct 12, 2017

The Joys of Catering, Part 1: Tickets Sold Does Not Equal Catering Count

The first challenge with conference catering is figuring out how many people you are actually going to feed. While ticket sales are part of that equation, there are...

Published by DEFNA on Aug 1, 2017

Welcome New Board Members

The DEFNA board is excited to announce our expansion and the addition of our four new board members. We are excited to see what our new members accomplish....

Published by DEFNA on Jul 20, 2017

Two Weeks Left to Submit DjangoCon Venue Proposals for 2018 and 2019!

We wrote to you in May that we are accepting proposals for DjangoCon venues for 2018 and 2019 and that we need your help in making that decision!...

Published by DEFNA on Jul 19, 2017

DjangoCon US: Call for Venue Proposal 2018 and 2019

We’re almost ready for DjangoCon US 2017, so it’s time to think about 2018 and possibly 2019! Where will we be next year? Where will be for the...

Published by DEFNA on May 10, 2017

DEFNA Board Member Recruitment: Join US!

Django Events Foundation North America (DEFNA) is looking for board members! If you’re looking for a way to participate in the Django community, this may be what you’re...

Published by DEFNA on Apr 4, 2017

DjangoCon US 2017 in Spokane, Washington

We are pleased to announce that the DjangoCon US 2017 conference will take place in Spokane, Washington from August 13-18, 2017!

Published by DEFNA on Dec 1, 2016

DEFNA Phase II

DEFNA is excited to announce further resources in its work to support the education and outreach of Django. We have established an annual fund to provide grants for...

Published by DEFNA on Jul 20, 2016

DjangoCon US: Call for Venue Proposal 2017

We’re almost ready for DjangoCon US 2016, so It’s time to think about 2017! Where will we be next year? We need your help in making that decision!

Published by DEFNA on Jun 8, 2016

DjangoCon US 2016 in Philly

We are pleased to announce that the DjangoCon US 2016 conference will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from July 17-22, 2016 at The Wharton School at the University...

Published by DEFNA on Feb 10, 2016