First draft of EuroPython WASM summit report. TODO: @jezdez to add more notes.

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+# EuroPython 2023 Web Assembly Summit
+
+Held in Prague. Event website here: https://ep2023.europython.eu/wasm
+
+We had around 30 folks register, with the vast majority turning up, along with
+"on the day" hangers on.
+
+The day was organised as an un-conference by Nicholas and Roman and split in
+two parts: ad hoc presentations in the morning, with discussions, hacking etc
+in the afternoon.
+
+## Presentations
+
+The talks presented in the morning were:
+
+* PyScript - a quick overview (Nicholas Tollervey - Anaconda)
+* Load time and download size for Python in the browser (Roman Yurchak -
+  Pyodide)
+* Emscripten Forge (Thorsten Beier - Quantstack)
+* The state of packaging in Pyodide (Hood Chatham - Anaconda / Pyodide)
+* A history of Python in the Browser (Pascal Chambon)
+* Python is the browser - Grail! (Russell Keith-Magee - Anaconda)
+* Introducing SPy: Python-ish compiled directly to WASM (Antonio Cuni -
+  Anaconda)
+
+These were presented in a "seminar fashion" where people were encouraged to
+respectfully interrupt, question, debate and otherwise constructively engage
+during the presentation of the subject matter.
+
+## Packaging debate
+
+The main focus for discussion in the afternoon was packaging in the context of
+WebAssembly. The TL;DR is something we've named the Lemburg Paradox (named
+after Marc-Andre Lemburg who coined the concept):
+
+> "The only conclusion we can reach when it comes to Python packaging, is that
+> there is no conclusion."
+
+These words of wisdom were uttered after an extensive, deep and broad debate 
+containing many attendant experts in the field (Jannis Leidel [conda/PSF],
+Thorsten Beier [EmscriptenForge], Hood/Roman [Pyodide], RKM [BeeWare] etc...).
+It was suggested at the start of the conversation that we should aim to
+conclude with a to-do list of next steps / collaborations / tasks we all agreed
+ought to be done in the packaging space. In the end, so broad, diverse and
+different are the various contexts in which people are working on packaging,
+that the only rational conclusion is the Lemburg Paradox.
+
+However, perhaps the most important side-effect of these presentations and
+discussions was the friendliness of the debate and the resulting community
+strengthening as all the different people working in this space were able to
+meet, share ideas and learn something of the emergent geography of the
+WASM/packaging community.
+
+It was agreed we should do this again, and soon, in a similar format.
+
+## Photos
+
+The WASM EuroPython class of '23.
+
+![The WASM EuroPython class of '23](wasm_europython2023.jpeg "The WASM EuroPython class of '23")
+
+## Post Event Buzz
+
+The summit was discussed at some length in the following episode of PyScriptTV:
+
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QPXCEC1OoMM" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>