PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2026

At EDB, what truly sets us apart as an employer is our deep, foundational connection to the PostgreSQL project. We aren't just a company that uses Postgres, we are actively building it. Since 2006, our engineers have been responsible for writing and maintaining over 30% of the modern PostgreSQL codebase. And then there are projects like PgAdmin, Barman, CloudNativePG and WarehousePG as well, that can count on contributions from the EDB team.

Beyond code contributions our team members contribute by maintaining package managers, participating in different committees and working groups, organizing community conferences, and sharing their knowledge through talks and workshops.

We’ll narrow the focus to PostgreSQL 19, we’re particularly looking forward to users getting their hands on REPACK, pg_plan_advice, the latter is a feature Robert Haas developed. Álvaro Herrera and Antonin Houska (Cybertec) teased the REPACK CONCURRENTLY functionality at last year’s PGConf EU. The pitch? REPACK goes further where VACUUM FULL falls short, removing table bloat without locking tables. Peter Eisentraut has put a bunch of work into PGQ for PG19, which is going to open PostgreSQL as a database for graph database workloads.

We’re especially proud that PostgreSQL 19 will see the first pieces of a project aimed to provide SQL functions that emit the Data Definition Language (DDL) for any database object, because this is a contribution by participants in EDB Developer U program: Akshay Joshi, Nishant Sharma, Manni Wood, Mario Gonzalez, and Bryan Green. The first round of these cover global object types: databases, roles and tablespaces. The group is set on covering the remaining database object types for release 20.

Our commitment to the open-source community runs deep: seven of our colleagues are PostgreSQL committers, while others serve on committees (like the security and infrastructure teams), drive project translations, and organize community events. We fully back their dedication to these essential roles.

And our aforementioned EDB Developer U program empowers promising colleagues to elevate their PostgreSQL development skills. We provide the mentorship needed to successfully submit patches and master the community's distinct mailing list culture and CommitFest workflows.

We return to PGConf EU every year because it is a vital meeting space where we collaborate on patches, drive community initiatives, and give committee members a rare chance to align in person. Just as importantly, it connects us face-to-face with the customers and partners who experience the real-world impact of our work.

As a remote-first company, this in-person time is invaluable for our teams to bond, culminating in our annual awards ceremony to celebrate our colleagues' exceptional achievements. Ultimately, PGConf EU isn't just an event, it’s a celebration of our technology, our people, and our community in the broadest sense.

We have several sessions on the schedule. Topics span our PostgreSQL 19 contributions, software packaging, and securely giving agents access to your (production) database. We’ll also share a case study for Active-Active, typically only presented as an “afternoon demo”, with no reality in “day 2 operations”.

We look forward to the Community Events Day, several EDB colleagues are co-hosting and presenting at these mini-events.

Floor Drees co-hosts the PostgreSQL on Kubernetes Summit to dive into the cloud-native world, as well as an open town-hall discussing the potential for a Postgres Ecosystem Foundation to support maintainers and manage project risks. Vibhor Kumar co-hosts Autonomous Postgres to explore real-world automated tuning and machine learning beyond the hype. Community growth is championed by Andreas Scherbaum, who co-hosts the New PostgreSQL Community Members Summit, alongside a practical workshop on Organizing and Growing Community Events to train future volunteers. Finally, Boriss Mejías co-hosts Storytelling for Technical Communication, a hands-on workshop dedicated to helping developers translate complex technical ideas into compelling narratives.

A three-day conference is a marathon, not a sprint. Maybe you’re even planning to go the distance with the four-day stretch including the Community Events Day. In any case, with around 800 attendees expected, the energy will be high, which means planning ahead is key to avoiding a crash.

Take a close look at the schedule and pick your must-attend sessions, but leave plenty of blank spaces. Prioritize the "hallway track", some of the best insights and connections happen during spontaneous chats between sessions. And intentionally carve out quiet moments throughout the day to step away and recharge.

We’ll let our PostgreSQL contributors share their stories. Vadim Mikheev: "I remember the first time ever meeting face to face with the core team in early March of 2000, in San Francisco. I had just moved there, and preferred to avoid traveling. With Berkeley being the Postgres birthplace, we met in my new hometown! It was a truly historical meeting, with Andrew Yu and Jolly Chen there. A great joy finally seeing each other, after working together for four years."

Gabriele Bartolini: "In July 2007 the Prato Linux User Group organised a Postgres event that became the largest gathering of Postgres people in the world at the time: over 250 people from around the globe, across two days. That event laid the foundations for PostgreSQL Europe and, eventually, PGConf.EU. Postgres was never just software. Like music or football, it's something that can unite people around a shared passion. I realised there was business in helping organisations run their data on open source. Simon Riggs, a friend we lost in 2024, took me on at 2ndQuadrant and changed the course of my life. Since then, Postgres has never once let me sit in a comfort zone (which is just as well, because I can't sit still anyway)."