Speaker: Kavya Joshi gevent is an open source Python library for asynchronous I/O. It provides a powerful construct to build concurrent applications; think threads, except lightweight and cooperatively scheduled. We will delve into how gevent is architected from its building blocks — sophisticated coroutines, an event loop, and a dash of creativity to neatly integrate them. Slides can be found at: https://speakerdeck.com/pycon2016 and https://github.com/PyCon/2016-slides