Hi, While 2026.pgconf.dev has already selected its full lineup of talks, the call for papers for community discussion sessions remains open until April 14th,[1] which is now just a few days away. The reason for this is that there was a concern that community discussions might be needed to cover topics that came up at the last minute, or that looked different after feature freeze than they did before. I assume a lot of people are still pretty wiped out from all the work they did leading up to the feature freeze, but we really can't leave the call for community discussion sessions any longer than the current deadline, because we need to have time to decide what to accept, schedule the things that do get accepted into rooms, and publish the final schedule. Therefore, if there is something you want to discuss on May 19th with your fellow pgconf.dev attendees, please submit a CDS proposal today.[2]
Think of this as a proposal for a hallway track discussion except you don't have to have it in the hallway: we provide you with a time slot and a room! One final note: You can mention in your submission who your key attendees are and we will attempt to schedule at a time that they can make. However, you MUST check with your key attendees before submitting. Don't send us a proposal that says that Tom Lane will be joining your discussion unless you've corresponded with Tom Lane and he has said that he will in fact be doing that. Contrariwise, if somebody tells you that they want to list you as a key attendee, please look at the schedule[3] before accepting. If you're already committed to going to a bunch of things or if the other stuff that's already happening looks more interesting than the proposed session, just say no. The person can still submit the session, but you'll spare me and the rest of the Tuesday planning committee[4] the joy of trying to schedule around a constraint that doesn't really exist. I can absolutely promise you that scheduling around the real constraints is hard enough already. Thanks, and looking forward to seeing many of you at the event! -- Robert Haas PGConf.Dev 2026 Organizing Committee [1] https://2026.pgconf.dev/cfp.html [2] https://www.pgevents.ca/events/pgconfdev2026/callforpapers/ => New Submission [3] https://2026.pgconf.dev/schedule/tuesday [4] https://2026.pgconf.dev/about => scroll down to "Tuesday Planning Committee"
