The Call for Proposals to present at Postgres Conference: 2026 is open!
Postgres Conference 2026 needs your voice. We're seeking speakers who can educate, inspire, and engage with the PostgreSQL community. Our six tracks span technical deep dives, operational best practices, career development, and yes, even your non-database passions. Share what you know, what you've learned, or what matters to you.
Join us April 21-23, 2026, in San Jose, California, for three days of learning, networking, and celebrating everything that makes the PostgreSQL community exceptional.
Six Tracks, Unlimited Possibilities at Postgres Conference: 2026
- Postgres Extensions Day: Dedicated to developers building and maintaining PostgreSQL extensions. Share your work, learn from others, and connect with the extensions community.
- Dev Track: Application development with PostgreSQL. Topics include using extensions like pg_vector for enhanced search performance, creating custom data types, building applications, and leveraging PostgreSQL features in your development workflow.
- Ops Track: Operational practices for PostgreSQL and related technologies. Covers deployment, monitoring, performance tuning, backup strategies, high availability, replication, and infrastructure management.
- Essentials Track: Deep dives into core PostgreSQL functionality. Explore data types, built-in features, query optimization, indexing strategies, and fundamental concepts. If it's in the documentation or should be, this track explores it thoroughly. Core PostgreSQL knowledge that provides long-term career value.
- Life and Fun Track: Non-technical topics that make us human. Share your hobbies, side projects, and interests outside of databases. Topics include beekeeping, gardening, homesteading, solar projects, IoT experiments, mountain biking, camping, and anything else that brings you joy.
- Professional Development & Wellness Track: Career growth and personal well-being. Topics include career advancement, managing burnout, work-life integration, mental health, communication skills, leadership development, and building sustainable careers in technology.
Choose Your Format
We offer four session formats to match your content and presentation style:
- Talk (50 minutes): The standard conference format with time for depth and detail. Ideal for comprehensive technical topics, case studies, architectural overviews, or storytelling that needs room to breathe. Includes time for audience questions and discussion. Plan for 40-45 minutes of content to allow for Q&A.
- Presentation (20 minutes): Focused, fast-paced format for specific topics or techniques. Perfect for introducing a new tool, sharing a specific solution to a common problem, or delivering a concentrated dose of knowledge. Get in, deliver value, get out. No time for Q&A during the session, but speakers should make themselves available afterward for an impromptu hallway session
- Mini-tutorial (90 minutes): Hands-on learning sessions where attendees follow along on their own laptops. Best for teaching practical skills, walking through implementations, or guided problem-solving. Assumes attendees will have their development environment ready. Include setup instructions in your proposal and plan for troubleshooting time.
- T3D Session (10 minutes): Tips, Tricks, and Deep Dives. Lightning-fast knowledge bombs. Share one powerful technique, one crucial insight, or one problem-solution pair. No fluff, no long introductions. These sessions are scheduled back-to-back, so timing is strict. Perfect for that one thing you wish everyone knew about PostgreSQL and related open source technologies.
Why Speak at Postgres Conference?
Speaking at Postgres Conference connects you with hundreds of PostgreSQL professionals, from developers and DBAs to architects and business leaders. You'll share your expertise, build your professional network, and contribute to the community that makes PostgreSQL thrive.
First-time speakers and conference veterans alike are welcome. We're committed to diverse voices and perspectives across all our tracks.
Submit Your Proposal
- Ready to share your knowledge? View our presentation guidelines and submit your proposal here by January 30, 2026.
- Have questions about your submission? Reach out to our program committee. We're here to help you craft a proposal that showcases your expertise.
- View the full conference details
Sponsorship Opportunities
Interested in supporting the PostgreSQL community and connecting with decision-makers in Silicon Valley? Download our sponsorship prospectus or contact us to discuss partnership opportunities
We'll see you in sunny San Jose in April 2026. Let's build something great together.
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