Call For Papers
We are now accepting proposals for Swiss PGDay 2026!
We would love to hear about your project, your experiences (good or mixed), your favorite extensions, or any other interesting topic around PostgreSQL and its community.
The submission deadline is April 7, 2026 at 23:59:59 CEST.
CfP Rules
Talks may be on any topic related to PostgreSQL in some way.
Proposals from speakers affiliated with companies sponsoring the event are not privileged and will be treated equally.
Each session lasts 50 minutes including time for questions. Presentations are accepted in English or German. You may submit the same talk in both languages if you wish.
Confirmed speakers will get free access to the conference and are invited to the speaker's dinner the night before the conference. A separate registration is not needed. If there is more than one speaker in your session, we ask that the second person in the session purchases a ticket to help cover the cost.
The submission deadline is April 7, 2026 at 23:59:59 CEST. Selected speakers will be notified by April 24, 2026.
Talk Selection Committee
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Marion Baumgartner
Camptocamp SA, Lausanne
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Tobias Bussmann
Swiss Academy of Sciences, Bern
Chair (non-voting)
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Andreas Geppert
ZKB, Zürich
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Stefan Keller
IFS Institute for Software - OST, Rapperswil
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Stephan Wagner
ITos-GmbH, Ebnat-Kappel
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Michelle Willen
Bedag, Bern
The Talk Selection Committee can be reached at tsc@pgday.ch.
Talk Selection Process
All submissions are looked at and considered by the program committee by reading abstracts, titles and submission notes. The program committee members each vote on every submission with a score of 1 through 9. We abstain from voting (i.e. vote NULL, not 0) on submissions by ourself or coworkers. We try hard not to have repeated speakers and to promote diversity. The selection committee reserves the right to invite keynote speakers outside the CfP. All members need to agree on a proposed keynote talk.
Other ways to contribute
Poster Exhibition
In addition to the sessions, we offer a complementary presentation platform: You can create a poster to be displayed in the exhibition area. All displayed posters will be listed on the homepage and their authors will be invited to present and discuss their work during the extended coffee & poster break in the exhibition area.
Topics for posters can include scientific work related to databases, you can present your favourite software projects, extensions, tools, blog posts or your own success stories and use cases. Please note that commercial advertisements, company or product presentations are not allowed on posters. For these, you are free to sponsor the event or use the job board.
To participate in the poster exhibition, please email the topic of your poster with a short abstract to info@pgday.ch by June 8, 2026. If accepted, please send your poster (same email address) in high-resolution PDF format (preferrably A0 portrait or A3 portrait) by June 18, 2026, and indicate whether you will be able to bring a physical copy. If you need assistance with printing, we can provide a limited service.
Lightning Talks
On the second day of the conference there will be a Lightning Talk session. This will consist of a series of short talks of no more than 5 minutes each, submitted by attendees and selected during the conference itself.
To register, we invite participants to write their name and talk title on a board during the conference. In order to encourage new contributors, we also allow proposals to be submitted by email to lt@pgday.ch up to a week in advance of the conference allowing more time for preparation. Depending on the number of submissions, talks will be selected by the Lighting Talk host and the Programme Committee to ensure a diverse line-up and new speakers.
You will need to be prepared to email your slides in PDF format no later than 14:00 on June 26, 2026 to lt@pgday.ch. Please note that we do not allow laptop swaps for lightning talks.