Conference Schedule
The schedule for talks for Swiss PGDay 2026
This schedule is subject to changes. This page will be updated when any changes occur. All times are in CEST / UTC+2.
You can also refer to the list of sessions to get a quick overview.
Thursday June 25
- English
- German
3.008
3.010
Thursday 08:15
08:15 – 09:00
Cafeteria in building 8
Registration / Coffee
Thursday 09:00
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome
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Stefan Keller
OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
Stefan Keller OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
Thursday 09:15
09:15 – 10:00
The Next Generation Story of PostgreSQL: From Systems Mechanics to Experience Builders
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Josef Machytka
credativ GmbH
Josef Machytka credativ GmbH
Thursday 10:00
10:00 – 10:20
Cafeteria in building 8
Break
Thursday 10:20
10:20 – 11:10
Beginner's guide to PostgreSQL Hacking
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Suraj Kharage
EnterpriseDB
Suraj Kharage EnterpriseDB
10:20 – 11:10
Nachhaltiges Datenbank Performance Profiling in PostgreSQL
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Dirk Krautschick
Aiven
Dirk Krautschick Aiven
Thursday 11:20
11:20 – 12:10
The Need for Speed: Mastering WAL-G for High-Performance Backup & Recovery on Kubernetes
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Sudeepta Patra
Schwarz Digits
Sudeepta Patra Schwarz Digits
11:20 – 12:10
Zeilensperren in PostgreSQL: eine anatomische Betrachtung
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Laurenz Albe
CYBERTEC
Laurenz Albe CYBERTEC
Thursday 12:10
12:10 – 13:20
Mensa in building 4
Lunch
Thursday 13:20
13:20 – 14:10
Running PostgreSQL on Kubernetes: Is It a Blessing or a Curse?
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Emrah Becer
European Patent Office (EPO)
Emrah Becer European Patent Office (EPO)
13:20 – 14:10
Geodaten-Management mit PostGIS
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Marion Baumgartner
Camptocamp SA
Marion Baumgartner Camptocamp SA
Thursday 14:20
14:20 – 15:10
Teaching the Elephant to Swim: In-Place Analytics with Kafka and pg_duckdb
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Jan Suchánek
Baremon
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Barbora Linhartová
Baremon
Jan Suchánek Baremon
Barbora Linhartová Baremon
14:20 – 15:10
Optimizer Hints in PostgreSQL
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Michael Banck
credativ GmbH
Michael Banck credativ GmbH
Thursday 15:10
Thursday 15:40
15:40 – 16:30
Getting Started with pgwatch: Features, Installation, and Use Cases
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Pavlo Golub
CYBERTEC
Pavlo Golub CYBERTEC
15:40 – 16:30
Fun With Radios: Using PostGIS and PostgreSQL in Amateur Radio
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Grant Fritchey
Redgate Software
Grant Fritchey Redgate Software
Thursday 16:40
16:40 – 17:30
Extend your PostgreSQL: The world of PostgreSQL extensions
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Devrim Gunduz
EDB
Devrim Gunduz EDB
16:40 – 17:30
Zooming in on OOM: A Deep Dive into Postgres and Linux Memory
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Oleksii Kliukin
Tiger Data
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Dimitris Sideris
Tiger Data
Oleksii Kliukin Tiger Data
Dimitris Sideris Tiger Data
Thursday 18:00
Friday June 26
- English
- German
3.008
3.010
Friday 08:30
08:30 – 09:00
Cafeteria in building 8
Registration / Coffee
Friday 09:00
09:00 – 09:50
SQL Injection Is Boring-Advanced Threats You’re Not Watching
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Domenico di Salvia
Amazon Web Services
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Harmeet Singh
Amazon Web Services
Domenico di Salvia Amazon Web Services
Harmeet Singh Amazon Web Services
09:00 – 09:50
Was wir schon über PostgreSQL 19 wissen
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Daniel Westermann
dbi services
Daniel Westermann dbi services
Friday 10:00
10:00 – 10:50
Deep dive into the PostgreSQL FrontEnd/BackEnd protocol
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Xavier Fischer
EDB
Xavier Fischer EDB
10:00 – 10:50
Suche gefunden: Text-Suche ohne Overengineering
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Stefan Keller
OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
Stefan Keller OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
Friday 11:00
11:00 – 11:50
Surviving pgvector in Production: A Reality Check
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Miguel Toscano
Google
Miguel Toscano Google
11:00 – 11:50
Decoding postgresql.conf - which parameters to tweak and when?
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Divya Sharma
Supabase
Divya Sharma Supabase
Friday 11:50
11:50 – 13:00
Mensa in building 4
Lunch
Friday 13:00
13:00 – 13:50
Bad Prompts, Bad Plans: Teaching AI to Understand PostgreSQL
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Bertrand Hartwig-Peillon
HUG
Bertrand Hartwig-Peillon HUG
13:00 – 13:50
PgLite - Bring PostgreSQL to the Browser
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Andrea Minetti
WSL
Andrea Minetti WSL
Friday 14:00
14:00 – 14:50
The cost of security debt in PostgreSQL when implementing AI workflows
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Adrien Obernesser
dbi-services
Adrien Obernesser dbi-services
Friday 14:50
14:50 – 15:10
Cafeteria in building 8
Break
Friday 15:10
15:10 – 16:10
Lightning Talks
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Could be You!
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Vik Fearing (Moderator)
SQL StdDev
Could be You!
Vik Fearing (Moderator) SQL StdDev
15:10 – 16:10
'Birds of a Feather'-Sessions
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All interested
All interested
Friday 16:10
16:10 – 16:30
Closing
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Stefan Keller
OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
