Discover how Python is empowering the future of e-commerce. Join industry experts, developers, and researchers for 3 days of deep-dives into personalisation, AI marketing, and intelligent platforms.
Learn from top engineers and researchers driving e-commerce innovation.
Practical sessions covering feature engineering, streaming, and more.
Exclusive capacity to ensure high-quality networking and interactive learning.
A 3-day in-person forum dedicated to exploring how Python empowers the future of e-commerce.
From cutting-edge personalisation algorithms to AI-powered marketing automation and intelligent voucher ecosystems, we gather to share practical insights, technical frameworks, and real-world case studies. The event features technical deep-dives, interactive demos, and strategic discussions—providing a full-spectrum view of how Python transforms the e-commerce landscape.
Python's Evolving Role in AI
The Python E-Commerce Forum sits at the intersection of modern retail and the AI world. For technical leaders and developers, a critical question remains: how will Python scale as e-commerce AI infrastructure matures?
Sebastian Raschka's keynote will explicitly address this shift. While Python is the undisputed language for prototyping personalisation algorithms and predictive marketing models, the heavy lifting for real-time recommendation engines often moves to Rust, C++, or custom kernels. Understanding where Python excels—and where it hands off to lower-level systems—is vital for building high-performance retail platforms.
Raschka brings unparalleled expertise to this challenge. Known for his foundational PyTorch tutorials and co-developing LitGPT at Lightning AI, his deep understanding of machine learning architectures offers invaluable insights for teams deploying intelligent shopping assistants and large-scale AI pipelines into production.
Scaling Next-Gen E-Commerce Architectures
At the bleeding edge of retail engineering, the demand for high-availability systems running complex machine learning inferences in real-time has never been greater. Ryan Lee will address how the modern e-commerce stack is evolving to meet these challenges.
Ryan's keynote will explore the intersection of data science and platform engineering, focusing on how organisations can bridge the gap between building intelligent prototypes and deploying them seamlessly to millions of concurrent users. He will discuss architectural patterns, the strategic role of Python in the service mesh, and the integration of highly performant microservices.
Bringing years of hands-on experience scaling distributed systems, Ryan has consistently contributed to major open-source infrastructure tools used throughout the retail sector. His insights will prove invaluable for technical leaders and developers looking to future-proof their commercial platforms in an AI-first paradigm.
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