Call for Proposals open for POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026!The CFP is now open & will close on Feb 1, 2026!The 5th annual POSETTE: An Event for Postgres will take place on Jun 16-18, 2026 and the Call for Speakers is now open—until Feb 1, 2026! POSETTE is a free & virtual developer event organized by the Postgres team at Microsoft. The name POSETTE stands for Postgres Open Source Ecosystem Talks Training & Education. First time & experienced speakers are welcome! Whether you’re a first-time speaker or a regular speaker at conferences, we’d love to consider your talk proposal(s) about Postgres and the rich tooling and extensions (like PostGIS, Citus, & Patroni) in the Postgres ecosystem—both open source and for Postgres in the cloud on Azure. 4 Unique LivestreamsThere will be 4 unique livestreams: 2 in Americas workday timezones (PDT), and 2 in EMEA workday timezones (CEST). Each livestream will have its own keynote and set of talks—no repeats among the livestreams. Important Dates & Deadlines• Nov 12, 2025 – Call for proposals (CFP) opens • Feb 01, 2026 – CFP closes @ 11:59 pm PST • Feb 11, 2026 – Speakers notified • Feb 25, 2026 – Schedule & sessions announced • Mar 25, 2026 – Virtual Speaker Meet & Greet • Apr 20-24 and Apr 27-May 1, 2026 – Pre-record all talks • Jun 16-18, 2026 – POSETTE happens! Join the livestream virtually to chat with attendees and other speakers. Key things to knowEven more information on the POSETTE CFP page • Format: Four 6-hour livestreams at different times of day • CFP closes: Feb 1, 2026 • Length: 25 mins / talk • Virtual & free: no travel (or funding) required • Video recording & production: All talks will be pre-recorded by the POSETTE team at Microsoft—all speakers need is a good microphone & a decent webcam. We’ll take care of the rest—including all editing, caption QA, and caption translation. • Speaker resources: on our CFP page • Submit your proposal: on Sessionize TopicsHere are some of the topics we would like to see at POSETTE: An Event for Postgres. This list is not exhaustive, other Postgres topics are welcome too! • Open source user stories • How you run your workloads on Postgres on Azure • New capabilities in PostgreSQL • Postgres community • Generally interesting Postgres knowledge & tips • How you use Postgres extensions such as pgvector, PostGIS, Citus, & more • Data modeling and SQL best practices • Explaining Postgres internals • Tips for building your application on Azure Database for PostgreSQL • Building AI applications with Postgres • Security Best Practices • How Postgres workflows are changing with LLMs • Benchmarking & performance tuning • HA and DR techniques • Migrating to Postgres on Azure • Monitoring tools for Postgres • Building data analytics pipelines with data lakes and Postgres • Case studies & success stories (or interesting failures) • Developing extensions in Postgres • Azure ecosystem integrations with Postgres • Running SaaS applications built with Ruby, Python, Node.js, Java, or .NET—and running on Postgres Other useful links |