[pgcon-announce] Accommodation - book early

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

Please book your accommodation for PGCon 2014 early.  The Saturday night for 
PGCon is very busy in Ottawa.  Be sure to book as soon as soon as you can.

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Re: [pgcon-announce] PGCon 2014 - Tutorials

[Dan Langille]

My apologies.  I got the days of the week correct, but the date incorrect.

The correction appear below.

On Feb 19, 2014, at 6:44 PM, Dan Langille d...@langille.org wrote:

 It is with great pleasure that I announce the tutorials for PGCon 2014.
 
 Tuesday 2014-05-21

That should be 5-20. Tuesday is correct.

 
 Morning: Using PostgreSQL with Java: The elephant and Duke playing together
 • Álvaro Hernández Tortosa
 
 Afternoon: PostgreSQL (System) Administration Tutorial
 • Stephen Frost
 
 
 Wednesday 2014-05-22

That should be 5-21.  Wednesday is correct.

 
 Morning: The Art of Indexing : How to get most out of B-tree indexes
 • Markus Winand
 
 Afternoon: Working with PostgreSQL network data types: A hands-on workshop, 
 Working examples of how to validate, load, store and operate on IPv4/6 and 
 MAC address data
 • James Hanson
 
 The talks will be announced soon.
 
 I wish to thank our 2014 sponsors, who make PGCon possible.  Thank you.
 
 EnterpriseDB   - http://www.enterprisedb.com/
 Vertabelo  - http://www.vertabelo.com/
 PGExperts  - http://www.pgexperts.com/
 Citus Data - http://www.citusdata.com/
 JackDB - http://www.jackdb.com/
 
 Follow us:
 
 Google+:  https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/109158564828766727391/
 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=267114355903ref=ts
 Twitter:  http://twitter.com/#!/pgcon
 
 
 -- 
 Dan Langille - http://langille.org
 

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[pgcon-announce] Future dates changed

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

As previously announced[1] on this mailing list, we have been discussing[2] 
changing
future PGCon conferences to the month of June.

A decision has been made. These are current plans for future PGCon:

2015 16-20 June
2016 14-18 June
2017 13-17 June
2018 12-16 June
2019 11-15 June

The best case we can hope for: this change is good for more people than it is 
bad for.


As this is an announce-only list, please contribute to the conversations at 
these locations:

https://twitter.com/pgcon/status/500398966958473216
https://plus.google.com/109158564828766727391/posts/5VrpSxoZDAa
https://www.facebook.com/groups/267114355903/




*


1 - http://lists.pgcon.org/pipermail/pgcon-announce/2014-July/000114.html
2 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/267114355903/
 - https://twitter.com/pgcon/status/493106513238835200
 - https://plus.google.com/109158564828766727391/posts/9CHJHRxmLoD
 - https://plus.google.com/109158564828766727391/posts/84YjDoKVwRy

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2015 call for papers

[Dan Langille]

PGCon 2015 will be on 18-19 June 2015 at University of Ottawa.

* 16-17 (Tue-Wed) tutorials
* 18-19 (Thu-Fri) talks - the main part of the conference
* 20 (Sat) The Unconference (very popular)

PLEASE NOTE: PGCon 2015 is in June.

See http://www.pgcon.org/2015/

We are now accepting proposals for the main part of the conference (18-19 May).
Proposals can be quite simple. We do not require academic-style papers.

If you are doing something interesting with PostgreSQL, please submit
a proposal.  You might be one of the backend hackers or work on a
PostgreSQL related project and want to share your know-how with
others. You might be developing an interesting system using PostgreSQL
as the foundation. Perhaps you migrated from another database to
PostgreSQL and would like to share details.  These, and other stories
are welcome. Both users and developers are encouraged to share their
experiences.

Here are a some ideas to jump start your proposal process:

- novel ways in which PostgreSQL is used
- migration of production systems from another database
- data warehousing
- tuning PostgreSQL for different work loads
- replication and clustering
- hacking the PostgreSQL code
- PostgreSQL derivatives and forks
- applications built around PostgreSQL
- benchmarking and performance engineering
- case studies
- location-aware and mapping software with PostGIS
- The latest PostgreSQL features and features in development
- research and teaching with PostgreSQL
- things the PostgreSQL project could do better
- integrating PostgreSQL with 3rd-party software

Both users and developers are encouraged to share their experiences.

The schedule is:

1 Dec 2014 Proposal acceptance begins
19 Jan 2015 Proposal acceptance ends
19 Feb 2015 Confirmation of accepted proposals

NOTE: the call for lightning talks will go out very close to the conference.
Do not submit lightning talks proposals until then.

See also http://www.pgcon.org/2015/papers.php

Instructions for submitting a proposal to PGCon 2015 are available
from: http://www.pgcon.org/2015/submissions.php

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http://langille.org/

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[pgcon-announce] HEADS UP: PGCon 2015 major schedule changes

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

By request, the format of PGCon 2015 will differ significantly from previous 
year.
Our goal is to give you more of what you want while still keeping the stuff 
you've always liked.

In June 2015, PGCon will be structured as follows:

Unconference: 16-17 June 2015 (Tue afternoon  all day Wed)

Beginner Tutorials: 17 June 2015 (Wed)

Talks: 18-19 June 2015 (Thu-Fri)

Advanced Tutorial: 20 June 2015 (Sat)

The big changes are:
- Unconference moved to weekdays and now 1.5 days (was one day; Saturday)
- Tutorials split between beginner and advanced, and now on Wednesday  Saturday
   (was Tuesday  Wednesday)

Why?

The unconference has become a bigger and more significant part of PGCon
for PostgreSQL contributors.  It has moved to earlier in the week to
coordinate with other developer meetings, in order to expand the
participation in development discussions and meetings around PGCon.
Additionally, the shift of some tutorials to Saturday allows tutorials to 
involve key PostgreSQL contributors without schedule conflicts.

Unfortunately, this meant moving something else to Saturday, at least for this 
year.
We considered moving the talks to earlier in the week, but we felt that our 
changes
were already disruptive and wanted to minimize the effects this late change may
have on people who have already booked travel / accommodation.  To those 
affected, we apologize and hope that this new structure will benefit everyone.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2015 call for papers - reminder

[Dan Langille]

PGCon 2015 will be on 18-19 June 2015 at University of Ottawa.

* 16-17 (Tue-Wed) tutorials
* 18-19 (Thu-Fri) talks - the main part of the conference
* 20 (Sat) The Unconference (very popular)

PLEASE NOTE: PGCon 2015 is in June.

See http://www.pgcon.org/2015/

We are now accepting proposals for the main part of the conference (18-19 June).
Proposals can be quite simple. We do not require academic-style papers.

You have about two weeks left before submissions close.

If you are doing something interesting with PostgreSQL, please submit
a proposal.  You might be one of the backend hackers or work on a
PostgreSQL related project and want to share your know-how with
others. You might be developing an interesting system using PostgreSQL
as the foundation. Perhaps you migrated from another database to
PostgreSQL and would like to share details.  These, and other stories
are welcome. Both users and developers are encouraged to share their
experiences.

Here are a some ideas to jump start your proposal process:

- novel ways in which PostgreSQL is used
- migration of production systems from another database
- data warehousing
- tuning PostgreSQL for different work loads
- replication and clustering
- hacking the PostgreSQL code
- PostgreSQL derivatives and forks
- applications built around PostgreSQL
- benchmarking and performance engineering
- case studies
- location-aware and mapping software with PostGIS
- The latest PostgreSQL features and features in development
- research and teaching with PostgreSQL
- things the PostgreSQL project could do better
- integrating PostgreSQL with 3rd-party software

Both users and developers are encouraged to share their experiences.

The schedule is:

1 Dec 2014 Proposal acceptance begins
19 Jan 2015 Proposal acceptance ends
19 Feb 2015 Confirmation of accepted proposals

NOTE: the call for lightning talks will go out very close to the conference.
Do not submit lightning talks proposals until then.

See also http://www.pgcon.org/2015/papers.php

Instructions for submitting a proposal to PGCon 2015 are available
from: http://www.pgcon.org/2015/submissions.php

—
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http://langille.org/

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Re: [pgcon-announce] Schedule not ready yet

[Dan Langille]

 On Feb 20, 2015, at 10:56 AM, Dan Langille d...@langille.org wrote:
 
 According to the CFP, speakers were to be notified yesterday.  That did not 
 happen.
 
 The Program Committee is working on some important issues related to the 
 schedule.
 
 We expect to have something ready by 27 Feb 2015.

We are still not ready yet.  Sorry.

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[pgcon-announce] 6 weeks until PGCon 2015

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

In just 6 short weeks, people from all over the world will converge upon Ottawa 
for PGCon 2015.

The Unconference, with a proven track record over the past two years, has been 
expanded.
We know there will be more developers at the Unconference than ever before.

We have a great list of talks: http://www.pgcon.org/2015/schedule/events.en.html

Given by a great group of speakers: 
http://www.pgcon.org/2015/schedule/speakers.en.html

If you haven't registered yet, do it today: 
http://www.pgcon.org/2015/registration.php

Talk to anyone who has been to PGCon and you'll see why you'll want to be there 
too.

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[pgcon-announce] 5 weeks until PGCon 2015

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

It's only 5 weeks until PGCon 2015.

If you haven't registered yet, do it today: 
http://www.pgcon.org/2015/registration.php

Talk to anyone who has been to PGCon and you'll see why you'll want to be there 
too.

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Re: [pgcon-announce] PGCon 2015 location food details

[Dan Langille]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Dan Langille d...@langille.org wrote:
 Hello,

 I write with some details about PGCon 2015 you need to know.

 We are at 223 attendees and the Unconference starts Wednesday afternoon.

That's Tuesday afternoon it starts.
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[pgcon-announce] 4 weeks until PGCon 2015

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

It's less than 4 weeks until PGCon 2015.

If you haven't registered yet, do it today: 
http://www.pgcon.org/2015/registration.php

We order the t-shirts tomorrow, and if you register now, it helps us with an 
accurate count.

Talk to anyone who has been to PGCon and you'll see why you'll want to be there 
too.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2016 - User unconference Saturday

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

There will be a PostgreSQL User Unconference this Saturday:

DMS 1160
Saturday, May 21st
10 AM
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Pgcon2016userunconference

*All* topics related to PostgreSQL are welcome for this unconference.
If you have a new PostgreSQL-based technology, or a database problem you
want to discuss with other DBAs, or you want a discussion to follow up
on one or more regular sessions during the week ... bring it along!

But remember, if you want to schedule a session, you need to be there by
10am on Saturday.

As a component of the User Unconference, we will be discussing the draft
PostgreSQL Code of Conduct at 11:15AM in DMS 1160.  Members of the
community are strongly encouraged to attend and provide feedback in
order to make this the best possible CoC. (if you don't want to discuss
CoCs, there will be other sessions in the same time slot)

Users are strongly encouraged to sign up for accounts on the wiki so
that they can take notes on the unconference sessions.
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/WikiEditing

Thanks to our sponsors

Fujitsu- http://www.fujitsu.com <http://www.fujitsu.com/>
Heroku - http://www.heroku.com/ <http://www.heroku.com/>
EnterpriseDB   - http://www.enterprisedb.com/ 
<http://www.enterprisedb.com/>
Salesforce - http://www.salesforce.com/ <http://www.salesforce.com/>
NTT- http://www.oss.ecl.ntt.co.jp/ossc 
<http://www.oss.ecl.ntt.co.jp/ossc>
Crunchy Data Solutions - http://crunchydatasolutions.com 
<http://crunchydatasolutions.com/>
2ndQuadrant- http://2ndquadrant.com/ <http://2ndquadrant.com/>
PostgreSQL Experts - http://www.pgexperts.com/ <http://www.pgexperts.com/>
SRAOSS, Inc- http://www.sraoss.com/ <http://www.sraoss.com/>
Citus Data - http://www.citusdata.com/ <http://www.citusdata.com/>
Postgres Professional  - http://www.postgrespro.com/ 
<http://www.postgrespro.com/>
JackDB - http://www.jackdb.com/ <http://www.jackdb.com/>
Intelerad  - http://www.intelerad.com/ <http://www.intelerad.com/>
Redpill Linpro - http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ 
<http://www.redpill-linpro.com/>
PostgreSQL-Consulting  - http://postgresql-consulting.com/ 
<http://postgresql-consulting.com/>
Turksat- https://www.turksat.com.tr/en 
<https://www.turksat.com.tr/en>
Noah Misch - n...@leadboat.com <mailto:n...@leadboat.com>


Follow us:

Google+:  https://plus.google.com/+PGConORG <https://plus.google.com/+PGConORG>
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PGCon/ 
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/PGCon/>
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/pgcon <https://twitter.com/pgcon>

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2016 call for lightning talks

[Dan Langille]

You want to give a lightning talk at PGCon!

Yes, you do.  The fun, the glory, the laughter, the everlasting fame!  These 
can all be yours.

Be one of the "brave and true" who put together five minutes about PostgreSQL 
tools, experiences, forks, ideas, websites, or even (especially) jokes.
Anything from "hacking wal files" to "the PostgreSQL drinking game" is an 
acceptable topic for the lighting talks.

A short schedule:

• Right Now: send your lightning talk idea to light at pgcon.org 
<http://pgcon.org/>.We'll need a title, speaker full name, speaker cell 
phone number, and brief (one sentence) description.
• Send in your PDF slides for the talk by 2pm on Thursday Jun 19
• Thursday, Jun 19, 3:45 PM: meet Magnus Hagander (or perhaps his 
proxy) in the plenary presentation room for your order of speaking.
• Thursday, Jun 19, 4:00PM to 4:45PM: you and the others deliver your 
talks

Fine print: Lightning talks are strictly five (5) minutes in length, and 
speakers who run over will be cut off.  PDF slides or browser access only, 
which will be presented on the conference laptop, so no demos, animations, 
private network access, or installed software.

When submitting, keep our anti-harrassment policy in mind:  
http://www.pgcon.org/2016/harassment.php 
<http://www.pgcon.org/2016/harassment.php>

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2016 - bus rerouting

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

In this note:

- Bus rerouting
- About PGCon
- The Unconferences
- If you meet our sponsors


* Bus rerouting

Many PGCon attendees take the city bus (OCTranspo) to and from the airport.
Please be aware that the routing has changed slightly because of construction.
The CAMPUS stop is closed for construction. We recommend using the Laurier
stop instead.  The following map is also available from our website on the Maps
page:

   
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1mwLKqt_XFF558zug6sXVeFk_524=sharing
 


* About PGCon

PGCon 2016 will be held on 17-21 May (Tue-Sat) at University of Ottawa.

Tutorials will be on 17-18 May (Tue & Wed).

Talks/lectures will be on 19-20 May (Thu & Fri).


* The Unconferences

There will be two Unconferences.  Both are free, and anyone may attend.

The topics are decided by those who attend. Show up. Volunteer to talk.
Ask for a talk on a topic you are interested in.

  1 - Developer Unconference (Wed) - topics will be restricted to contributing 
to PostgreSQL and major features currently under development
  2 - User Unconference (Sat) - anything PostgreSQL related

What is an Unconference?  Read this: 
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgConUnconferenceFAQ 
<https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgConUnconferenceFAQ>


* If you meet our sponsors

If you meet our sponsors, please thank them and mention you know they are 
sponsoring PGCon 2016.


Fujitsu- http://www.fujitsu.com <http://www.fujitsu.com/>
Heroku - http://www.heroku.com/
EnterpriseDB   - http://www.enterprisedb.com/
Salesforce - http://www.salesforce.com/
NTT- http://www.oss.ecl.ntt.co.jp/ossc
Crunchy Data Solutions - http://crunchydatasolutions.com
2ndQuadrant- http://2ndquadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Experts - http://www.pgexperts.com/
SRAOSS, Inc- http://www.sraoss.com/
Citus Data - http://www.citusdata.com/
Postgres Professionals - http://www.postgrespro.ru/
JackDB - http://www.jackdb.com/
Redpill Linpro - http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
PostgreSQL-Consulting  - http://postgresql-consulting.com/
Turksat- https://www.turksat.com.tr/en
Noah Misch - n...@leadboat.com  

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2016 - don't forget your travel visa

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

PGCon 2016 is now 4 weeks away.  Some tutorial sessions are filling up faster 
than expected, but there's still room in all.

As in previous years, we have a strong lineup of talks, with a wide range of 
topics:

   https://www.pgcon.org/2016/schedule/events.en.html 
<https://www.pgcon.org/2016/schedule/events.en.html>

When booking your travel to PGCon 2016, do not forget to get your Electronic 
Travel Authorization (eTA). Feedback from attendees 
indicates the process is straight forward and quick.

   "Starting March 15, 2016, visa-exempt foreign nationals who fly to or 
transit through Canada will need an 
Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA). Exceptions include U.S. citizens and 
travellers with a valid visa. Read 
about the changes and how they may affect you."

See https://www.pgcon.org/2016/travel.php 
<https://www.pgcon.org/2016/travel.php> for details. 

We look forward to seeing you at PGCon 2016.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2017 registration now open

[Dan Langille]

Join us in Ottawa for the 11th annual PGCon.  On May 23-26, users and 
developers from 
around the world arrive for what has become a traditional gathering of the 
PostgreSQL
community.

There will be two days of tutorials on Tuesday and Wednesday.  The best of the 
best 
will be available to help you learn great things about PostgreSQL and its tools.
See http://www.pgcon.org/2017/schedule/track/Tutorial/index.en.html 


On Wednesday, there will be a Developer Unconference (non-developers are 
welcome 
too).  The Unconference first appeared at PGCon 2013 and was a instant success.
See https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgCon_2017_Developer_Unconference 


For Thursday and Friday, the submitted talks will be presented as everyone 
gathers in 
one location to learn, discuss, and collaborate.

Full list of talks: http://www.pgcon.org/2017/schedule/events.en.html 


In summary:

• Tutorials: 23-34 May 2017 (Tue & Wed)
• Unconference: 24 May 2016
• Talks: 25-26 May 2016 (Thu-Fri).

Registration is now open at http://www.pgcon.org/2017/registration.php 


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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2017: call for lightning talks

[Dan Langille]

You want to give a lightning talk at PGCon!

Yes, you do.  The fun, the glory, the laughter, the everlasting fame!  These 
can all be yours.

Be one of the "brave and true" who put together five minutes about PostgreSQL 
tools, experiences, forks, ideas, websites, or even (especially) jokes.
Anything from "hacking wal files" to "the PostgreSQL drinking game" is an 
acceptable topic for the lighting talks.

A short schedule:

• Right Now: send your lightning talk idea to light at pgcon.org.
We'll need a title, speaker full name, speaker cell phone number, and brief 
(one sentence) description.
• Send in your PDF slides only for the talk by 2pm on Thursday May 25
• NOTE: Only PDFs are acceptable. All others will be rejected.
• Thursday, May 25, 3:45 PM: meet Magnus Hagander and/or Greg Stark in 
the plenary presentation room for your order of speaking.
• Thursday, May 25, 4:00PM to 4:45PM: you and the others deliver your 
talks

Fine print: 

* Lightning talks are strictly five (5) minutes in length, and speakers who run 
over will be cut off.
* PDF slides only, which will be presented on the conference laptop, so no 
demos, animations, private network access, or installed software.

When submitting, please keep our anti-harrassment policy in mind:  
http://www.pgcon.org/2017/harassment.php

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2018: call for lightning talks

[Dan Langille]

You want to give a lightning talk at PGCon!

Yes, you do.  The fun, the glory, the laughter, the everlasting fame!  These 
can all be yours.

Be one of the "brave and true" who put together five minutes about PostgreSQL 
tools, experiences, forks, ideas, websites, or even (especially) jokes.
Anything from "hacking wal files" to "the PostgreSQL drinking game" is an 
acceptable topic for the lighting talks.

A short schedule:

• Right Now: send your lightning talk idea to light at pgcon.org 
<http://pgcon.org/>.We'll need a title, speaker full name, speaker cell 
phone number, and brief (one sentence) description.
• Send in your PDF slides only for the talk by 2pm on Thursday May 31
• NOTE: Only PDFs are acceptable. All others will be rejected.
• Thursday, May 31, 3:45 PM: meet Magnus Hagander and/or Greg Stark in 
the plenary presentation room for your order of speaking.
• Thursday, May 31, 4:00PM to 4:45PM: you and the others deliver your 
talks

Fine print: 

* Lightning talks are strictly five (5) minutes in length, and speakers who run 
over will be cut off.
* PDF slides only, which will be presented on the conference laptop, so no 
demos, animations, private network access, or installed software.

When submitting, please keep our anti-harrassment policy in mind: 
https://www.pgcon.org/2018/harassment.php

-- 
Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon
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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2018 website online

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

The PGCon 2018 website is now online at https://www.pgcon.org/2018/

The CFP will go out soon

Thank you.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2018 - selected talks

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

Here are the talks for PGCon 2018. The full schedule will be published soon.

ASSERTIONs: David Fetter
Aurora PostgreSQL Deep Dive: Grant McAlister
Authentication in PostgreSQL: Michael Paquier
Beyond JDBC: Michael Glaesemann
Building web applications with PostgREST and Elm: Diogo Biazus
Continuous Integration for Commitfests: Thomas Munro
Credereum - blockchain-enabled Postgres: Alexander Korotkov
De-mystifying contributing to PostgreSQL: Lætitia AVROT
Deep dive into PostgreSQL Authentication Methods: Abbas Butt
Flexible Indexing with Postgres: Bruce Momjian
Growing up new PostgreSQL developers: Aleksander Alekseev, Anastasia Lubennikova
Hacking on PostgreSQL: Stephen Frost
How PostgreSQL Extension APIs are Changing the Face of Relational Databases: 
Ozgun Erdogan
Introducing PMDK into PostgreSQL: Takashi Menjo, Yoshimi Ichiyanagi
Jsonb flexible indexing: Oleg Bartunov
Let's Build a Complex, Real-Time Data Management Application: Jonathan S. Katz
Let's pull the plug on the autovacuum?!: Alexey Lesovsky
Linux IO internals for database administrators: Ilya Kosmodemiansky
Migration of a 5 Node Oracle RAC to PostgreSQL: Avinash Vallarapu
Next generation PostgreSQL replication with pglogical 3 and BDR 3: Peter 
Eisentraut
Partitioning improvements in PostgreSQL 11: Alvaro Herrera
pg_chameleon: Federico Campoli
PostgreSQL Partitioning: Robert Treat
PostgreSQL Partitioning: Then & Now: Keith Fiske
Recovery use cases for Logical Replication in PostgreSQL 10: Konstantin Evteev, 
Mikhail Tyurin
Reviewing PostgreSQL Patches for Fun and Profit: David Steele
Scaling WAL apply performance on Followers: Sean Chittenden
Securing PostgreSQL: Joe Conway
Securing Your Data On PostgreSQL: Payal Singh
Standard SQL Gap Analysis: Markus Winand
The Buildfarm client as a development tool: Andrew Dunstan
The State of Postgres JIT - 2018 Edition: Andres Freund
Towards scalable ACID PostgreSQL with partitioning, postgres_fdw and logical 
replication: Arseny Sher
VACUUM more efficient than ever: Masahiko Sawada
What's in a Plan?: Robert Haas
Your Herd of Elephants: PostgreSQL Replication: Christophe Pettus
zheap: less bloat, fewer writes, and just plain smaller: Robert Haas, Amit 
Kapila


Thanks to our sponsors

Crunchy Data   - http: //www.crunchydata.com/
Citus Data - https: //www.citusdata.com/
12apollos  - https: //www.12apollos.nl/
JetBrains  - https: //www.jetbrains.com/datagrip/

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2018 videos

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

The videos from PGCon 2018 are now online.

 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuJmmKtsV1dOGaKJuHOH0GIfvFOBghu7O

Sorry they took so long.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2019 call for papers

[Dan Langille]

PGCon 2019 will be on 30-31 May 2019 at University of Ottawa.

* 28-29 May (Tue-Wed) tutorials
* 29 May (Wed) The Unconference
* 30-31 May (Thu-Fri) talks - the main part of the conference

See http://www.pgcon.org/2019/

We are now accepting proposals for the main part of the conference (30-31 May).
Proposals can be quite simple. We do not require academic-style papers.

If you are doing something interesting with PostgreSQL, please submit
a proposal.  You might be one of the backend hackers or work on a
PostgreSQL related project and want to share your know-how with
others. You might be developing an interesting system using PostgreSQL
as the foundation. Perhaps you migrated from another database to
PostgreSQL and would like to share details.  These, and other stories
are welcome. Both users and developers are encouraged to share their
experiences.

Here are a some ideas to jump start your proposal process:

- novel ways in which PostgreSQL is used
- migration of production systems from another database
- data warehousing
- tuning PostgreSQL for different work loads
- replication and clustering
- hacking the PostgreSQL code
- PostgreSQL derivatives and forks
- applications built around PostgreSQL
- benchmarking and performance engineering
- case studies
- location-aware and mapping software with PostGIS
- The latest PostgreSQL features and features in development
- research and teaching with PostgreSQL
- things the PostgreSQL project could do better
- integrating PostgreSQL with 3rd-party software

Both users and developers are encouraged to share their experiences.

The schedule is:

1 Dec 2018 Proposal acceptance begins
19 Jan 2019 Proposal acceptance ends
19 Feb 2019 Confirmation of accepted proposals

NOTE: the call for lightning talks will go out very close to the conference.
Do not submit lightning talks proposals until then.

See also http://www.pgcon.org/2019/papers.php


Instructions for submitting a proposal to PGCon 2019 are available
from: http://www.pgcon.org/2019/submissions.php

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2019 CFP closes on 19 January

[Dan Langille]

A reminder that the CFP for PGCon 2019 closes on 19 January.
That's a Saturday, but in reality, we don't start closing access off
until Monday, so you have the whole weekend to get your submission in.

PGCon 2019 will be on 30-31 May 2019 at University of Ottawa.

* 28-29 May (Tue-Wed) tutorials
* 29 May (Wed) The Unconference
* 30-31 May (Thu-Fri) talks - the main part of the conference

See http://www.pgcon.org/2019/ <http://www.pgcon.org/2019/>

We are now accepting proposals for the main part of the conference (30-31 May).
Proposals can be quite simple. We do not require academic-style papers.

If you are doing something interesting with PostgreSQL, please submit
a proposal.  You might be one of the backend hackers or work on a
PostgreSQL related project and want to share your know-how with
others. You might be developing an interesting system using PostgreSQL
as the foundation. Perhaps you migrated from another database to
PostgreSQL and would like to share details.  These, and other stories
are welcome. Both users and developers are encouraged to share their
experiences.

Here are a some ideas to jump start your proposal process:

- novel ways in which PostgreSQL is used
- migration of production systems from another database
- data warehousing
- tuning PostgreSQL for different work loads
- replication and clustering
- hacking the PostgreSQL code
- PostgreSQL derivatives and forks
- applications built around PostgreSQL
- benchmarking and performance engineering
- case studies
- location-aware and mapping software with PostGIS
- The latest PostgreSQL features and features in development
- research and teaching with PostgreSQL
- things the PostgreSQL project could do better
- integrating PostgreSQL with 3rd-party software

Both users and developers are encouraged to share their experiences.

The schedule is:

1 Dec 2018 Proposal acceptance begins
19 Jan 2019 Proposal acceptance ends
19 Feb 2019 Confirmation of accepted proposals

NOTE: the call for lightning talks will go out very close to the conference.
Do not submit lightning talks proposals until then.

See also http://www.pgcon.org/2019/papers.php 
<http://www.pgcon.org/2019/papers.php>


Instructions for submitting a proposal to PGCon 2019 are available
from: http://www.pgcon.org/2019/submissions.php 
<http://www.pgcon.org/2019/submissions.php>

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2019 schedule has been released

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

The PGCon 2019 schedule, already 'leaked' at https://gist.github.com/, is now 
on our website. 

See https://www.pgcon.org/2019/schedule/ for all the great talks and tutorials.

Registration will open soon.

Thank you for your continued support.  We appreciate it.

PGCon would not be possible without our sponsors.

Fujitsu- http://www.fujitsu.com/postgres
Microsoft  - https://www.microsoft.com/
Pivotal- https://pivotal.io/
Salesforce - https://www.salesforce.com/
Amazon Web Services- https://aws.amazon.com/
NTT- http://www.oss.ecl.ntt.co.jp/ossc/
Crunchy Data   - http://www.crunchydata.com/
Citus Data - https://www.citusdata.com/
EnterpriseDB   - http://www.enterprisedb.com/
SRA OSS, Inc.  - https://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php
2nd Quandrant  - https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/
PostgreSQL Experts - http://www.pgexperts.com/
Highgo Software- http://www.highgo.com/
Avito  - https://avito.ru/

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2019: call for lightning talks

[Dan Langille]

You want to give a lightning talk at PGCon!

Yes, you do.  The fun, the glory, the laughter, the everlasting fame!  These 
can all be yours.

Be one of the "brave and true" who put together five minutes about PostgreSQL 
tools, experiences, forks, ideas, websites, or even (especially) jokes.
Anything from "hacking wal files" to "the PostgreSQL drinking game" is an 
acceptable topic for the lighting talks.

A short schedule:

• Right Now: send your lightning talk idea to light at pgcon.org 
<http://pgcon.org/>.We'll need a title, speaker full name, speaker cell 
phone number, and brief (one sentence) description.
• Send in your PDF slides only for the talk by 2pm on Thursday May 30
• NOTE: Only PDFs are acceptable. All others will be rejected.
• Thursday, May 30, 4:45 PM: meet Magnus Hagander and/or Greg Stark in 
the plenary presentation room for your order of speaking.
• Thursday, May 30, 5:00PM to 6:00PM: you and the others deliver your 
talks

Fine print: 

* Lightning talks are strictly five (5) minutes in length, and speakers who run 
over will be cut off.
* PDF slides only, which will be presented on the conference laptop, so no 
demos, animations, private network access, or installed software.

When submitting, please keep our anti-harrassment policy in mind: 
https://www.pgcon.org/2019/harassment.php



Thanks to our sponsors

Fujitsu- http://www.fujitsu.com/postgres
Microsoft  - https://www.microsoft.com/
Pivotal- https://pivotal.io/
Salesforce - https://www.salesforce.com/
Amazon Web Services- https://aws.amazon.com/
NTT- http://www.oss.ecl.ntt.co.jp/ossc/
Crunchy Data   - http://www.crunchydata.com/
Citus Data - https://www.citusdata.com/
EnterpriseDB   - http://www.enterprisedb.com/
SRA OSS, Inc.  - https://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php
Timescale  - https://www.timescale.com/
2nd Quandrant  - https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/
PostgreSQL Experts - http://www.pgexperts.com/
Highgo Software- http://www.highgo.com/
Data Egret - https://www.dataegret.com
Avito  - https://avito.ru/
Adjust - https://www.adjust.com
Zalando- https://www.zalando.com
Credativ   - https://www.credativ.com


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[pgcon-announce] BoF: Postgres binary extensions / forks

[Dan Langille]

There are several organizations that maintain extensions or forks of Postgres 
that interact with core code at a very low level. This is an opportunity to 
discuss common pain points and how we might improve them.

Please meet Friday May 31 at noon in DMS 1120. 

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2019 - registration, opening session, tutorials, social

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

I write about PGCon 2019 registration, opening session, tutorials, and the 
social event.

Please see previous announcements at 
https://lists.pgcon.org/pipermail/pgcon-announce/


1 - Registration

To pick up your badge and swag, please come to The Royal Oak on Wednesday at 
161 Laurier Ave E (near King Edward) between 3pm and 7pm.

If you can't get there then, you can pick up from the Registration table, in 
the DMS lobby, on Thursday or Saturday during usual conference hours.

 https://www.pgcon.org/2019/schedule/day_2019-05-30.en.html
 https://www.pgcon.org/2019/schedule/day_2019-05-31.en.html

Fair warning: on Thursday morning there will be long lines. Don't risk missing 
the opening session.Come to the Royal Oak and avoid the huge queues on 
Thursday. Thank you.

Going to a tutorial? There will be a volunteer, in the room, with a sign-in 
sheet. Pick up your registration gear later.


2 - Opening session

The Opening Session is a PGCon tradition but it was pointed out that
it had not been added to the schedule. This has been fixed. The opening
session is set for Thursday May 30 at 9:30 in DMS 1160

DMS is the Desmarais Building, at 55 Laurier Avenue East, between Nicholas and 
Waller.

All our lecture halls are on the ground floor, with DMS 1160 being immediately 
to your right
as you enter from Waller Street.

Tea, coffee, and light snacks will be available in the lobby from 9:00.

Maps page: https://www.pgcon.org/2019/maps.php


3 - Tutorials

If you are attending a tutorial, they are on the ground floor of the Desmarais 
Building, at
55 Laurier Avenue East, between Nicholas and Waller. There are two tutorials 
running
each day. Please be sure you know the room you should be in.

For those attending both morning and afternoon tutorials, box lunches will be 
available
in DMS 1120. If your tutorial is in DMS 1110, you'll need to grab your lunch 
from the 
other room.

 https://www.pgcon.org/2019/schedule/day_2019-05-28.en.html
 https://www.pgcon.org/2019/schedule/day_2019-05-29.en.html

There have been two tutorial cancellations for reasons beyond our control. The 
speakers are unable to attend. The cancelled tutorials are:

- (Tue PM) Rank and Highlight Your Results
- (Wed PM) WAL for DBAs: Everything you want to know

We have replaced the Wed PM tutorial with:

* PostgreSQL Administration Training - 
https://www.pgcon.org/2019/schedule/events/1413.en.html

We are working on a replacement for the Tue PM tutorial and will advise you as 
soon as we have the final details

We apologize for the inconvenience. Refunds will be available after the 
conference should you wish.


4 - Social event & menu

The menu details for the social event on Saturday night have been posted. 
Thursday 30 May from 6:00 PM at Lowertown Brewery - 73 York Street, Ottawa

More details and the menu outline are at 
https://www.pgcon.org/2019/schedule/events/1410.en.html

If you have dietary needs which are not met by that menu, please let us know 
via email to info at bsdcan.org with subject "Meals" as soon as you can. The 
venue is happy to help but we need to let them know by end of Monday 27th. This 
applies both to the social event and the tutorials/talks. If you need 
something, please let us know.

The venue will not have music. Conversation should be easy, not shouted over 
music.

Non-alcoholic beverages will be available free of charge.

Have a great time at PGCon 2019

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Re: [pgcon-announce] PGCon 2019 - registration, opening session, tutorials, social

[Dan Langille]

> 1 - Registration
> 
> To pick up your badge and swag, please come to The Royal Oak on Wednesday at 
> 161 Laurier Ave E (near King Edward) between 3pm and 7pm.
> 
> If you can't get there then, you can pick up from the Registration table, in 
> the DMS lobby, on Thursday or Saturday during 
> usual conference hours.

Thursday or Friday

> 
> 4 - Social event & menu
> 
> The menu details for the social event on Saturday night have been posted. 
> Thursday 30 May from 6:00 PM at Lowertown Brewery - 73 York Street, Ottawa

Thursday night.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2020 call for papers

[Dan Langille]

PGCon 2020 will be on 26-29 May 2020 at University of Ottawa.

* 26 May (Tue) first day of tutorials
* 27-28 May (Wed-Thu) talks - the main part of the conference
* 29 May (Fri) The Unconference & second day of tutorials

NOTE: In its 6th year, the Unconference is moving to Friday
by request. As in past years, the unconference covers mostly
hacking topics. As a result, the talks are on Wednesday and
Thursday.

See https://www.pgcon.org/2020/ for more information.

We are now accepting proposals for the main part of the conference (27-28 May).
Proposals can be quite simple. We do not require academic-style papers.

If you are doing something interesting with PostgreSQL, please submit
a proposal.  You might be one of the backend hackers or work on a
PostgreSQL related project and want to share your know-how with
others. You might be developing an interesting system using PostgreSQL
as the foundation. Perhaps you migrated from another database to
PostgreSQL and would like to share details.  These, and other stories
are welcome. Both users and developers are encouraged to share their
experiences.

Here are a some ideas to jump start your proposal process:

- novel ways in which PostgreSQL is used
- migration of production systems from another database
- data warehousing
- tuning PostgreSQL for different work loads
- replication and clustering
- hacking the PostgreSQL code
- PostgreSQL derivatives and forks
- applications built around PostgreSQL
- benchmarking and performance engineering
- case studies
- location-aware and mapping software with PostGIS
- The latest PostgreSQL features and features in development
- research and teaching with PostgreSQL
- things the PostgreSQL project could do better
- integrating PostgreSQL with 3rd-party software

Both users and developers are encouraged to share their experiences.

The schedule is:

5 Dec 2019 Proposal acceptance begins (we were 4 days late, sorry)
19 Jan 2020 Proposal acceptance ends
19 Feb 2020 Confirmation of accepted proposals

NOTE: the call for lightning talks will go out very close to the conference.
Do not submit lightning talks proposals until then.

See also http://www.pgcon.org/2020/papers.php

Notes on submitting a proposal to PGCon 2020 are available
from: http://www.pgcon.org/2020/submissions.php

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2020

[Dan Langille]

Hello folks,

PGCon 2020 will held May 26-29 in Ottawa, at the University of Ottawa.

This year, the Unconference is on Friday.  The two main days of talks
are Wednesday and Thursday.  Tutorials are on Tuesday and Friday.

Please be sure to book your travel and accommodation early as we know
that week will be busy in Ottawa. If you book now, you'll have no issues.

Also, there is about a week left in the call for papers.  Please submit
your proposal via https://www.pgcon.org/2020/papers.php - the deadline
is 19 January.

Thank you.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2020 - go/no-go date

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

We have mentioned on social media that it was too early to cancel the 
conference.

Eventually, we will have to make a decision.

We have decided on a go/no-go date. If things do not improve by 1 April, we 
will move to an online conference.

We will not post anything on that date so as to avoid confusion. Instead, we 
will post shortly thereafter. 

Hope this helps.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2020 schedule

[Dan Langille]

As previously mentioned, here is the schedule, still subject to change:

https://www.pgcon.org/events/pgcon_2020/schedule/

All times are Ottawa.  UTC -4
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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2020 - online overview

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

This has been a long time coming. I apologize. I hope this overview of what to 
expect helps. More information is coming soon.

The talks will be broadcast at set times (schedule coming later today). The 
date of the talks, tutorials, and unconference are shown below. The video will 
be uploaded and freely available some time after the conference.

The conference will be schedule based on Ottawa time (-4 UTC). It is impossible 
to please everyone with any schedule for an online event. Sorry about that.

re https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/canada/ottawa

Speakers may be available for Q after their talks. Not all speakers will 
participate.

There is no charge to view the talks & tutorials.

You can view talks using your browser - no special client required.

Zoom will be used for the tutorials and unconferences

Links and more information soon.


• Tutorial Day 1: 26 May 2020 (Tue)
• Talks: 27-28 May 2020 (Wed-Thu)
• Tutorial Day 2: 29 May 2020 (Fri) (we might put all the tutorials on Tuesday)
• Unconference: 29 May 2020 (Fri)

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2020 - online, not in person

[Dan Langille]

Hello everyone,

We said we'd wait and see if things improve and decide by 1 April.

Things are clearly not improving and let's not wait.

PGCon 2020 will be an online conference. It will not be in person.

Details will soon follow.  Hope this helps in the short term.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2020 - online starts Tue 26 May

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

PGCon 2020 starts online on Tuesday 26 May at 9:00 EST (UTC 1300).

There is no registration, just show up.

The first day includes three 2-hour tutorials.

Wednesday starts with the opening session at 8:45 EST.

Thursday starts at 9:00

Friday has the unconference from 10:00 EST

More details at https://www.pgcon.org/2020/

Thank you.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2020 videos

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

Here we have the PGCon 2020 playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuJmmKtsV1dP8IGGH6Z_sYQKxfDqtoSLj

My apologies for it taking so long.

We'll have news about PGCon 2021 soon.

Thank you.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon Unconference - corrections

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

The PGCon 2021 Unconference is this upcoming Friday, May 28th starting at 10 AM.

Times are based in Ottawa, Canada which is UTC-4 - the schedule is at:

  https://www.pgcon.org/events/pgcon_2021/schedule/

This schedule is also available in iCalendar format as well as an XML format 
suitable for scheduling apps. See the above URL.

This URL helps with additional information about the Unconference:

  https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgConUnconferenceFAQ

To propose a topic, you need to be involved with the first session of the day - 
the 'Pitches and Scheduling' session.

You can participate over IRC or Zoom.

We'll be on the irc.libera.chat IRC network - the website will have an embedded 
IRC client if you prefer to use that. Channel details will be available on the 
day via the website.

At present, the links to the streams go to the home page. They will ready in 
time for the Unconference.

The original post contained the wrong month and the wrong UTC offset. Sorry 
about that.

Thank you.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2021 Unconference - this coming Friday

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

This coming Friday, May 28, the PGCon 2021 Unconference will be help. Show up, 
propose topics, vote, watch presentations.

Details coming soon.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon Unconference

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

The PGCon 2021 Unconference is this upcoming Friday, June 28th starting at 10 
AM.

Times are based in Ottawa, Canada which is +4 UTC - the schedule is at:

  https://www.pgcon.org/events/pgcon_2021/schedule/

This schedule is also available in iCalendar format as well as an XML format 
suitable for scheduling apps. See the above URL.

This URL helps with additional information about the Unconference:

  https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgConUnconferenceFAQ

To propose a topic, you need to be involved with the first session of the day - 
the 'Pitches and Scheduling' session.

You can participate over IRC or Zoom.

We'll be on the irc.libera.chat IRC network - the website will have an embedded 
IRC client if you prefer to use that. Channel details will be available on the 
day via the website.

At present, the links to the streams go to the home page. They will ready in 
time for the Unconference.

Thank you.

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Re: [pgcon-announce] PGCon Unconference

[Dan Langille]

On Tue, May 25, 2021, at 8:40 PM, Dan Langille wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The PGCon 2021 Unconference is this upcoming Friday, June 28th starting 

May.  Not June. Sorry.

> at 10 AM.
> 
> Times are based in Ottawa, Canada which is +4 UTC - the schedule is at:
> 
>   https://www.pgcon.org/events/pgcon_2021/schedule/
> 
> This schedule is also available in iCalendar format as well as an XML 
> format suitable for scheduling apps. See the above URL.
> 
> This URL helps with additional information about the Unconference:
> 
>   https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgConUnconferenceFAQ
> 
> To propose a topic, you need to be involved with the first session of 
> the day - the 'Pitches and Scheduling' session.
> 
> You can participate over IRC or Zoom.
> 
> We'll be on the irc.libera.chat IRC network - the website will have an 
> embedded IRC client if you prefer to use that. Channel details will be 
> available on the day via the website.
> 
> At present, the links to the streams go to the home page. They will 
> ready in time for the Unconference.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -- 
>   Dan Langille
>   d...@langille.org


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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2022 call for papers

[Dan Langille]

PGCon 2022 will be on 24-27 May 2022 at University of Ottawa.

* 24-25 May (Tue-Wed) tutorials
* 25 May (Wed) The Unconference
* 26-27 May (Fri) talks - the main part of the conference

NOTE: The unconference covers mostly hacking topics.

See https://www.pgcon.org/2022/ for more information.

We are now accepting proposals for the main part of the conference 
(26-27 May). Proposals can be quite simple. We do not require 
academic-style papers.


If you are doing something interesting with PostgreSQL, please submit
a proposal.  You might be one of the backend hackers or work on a
PostgreSQL related project and want to share your know-how with
others. You might be developing an interesting system using PostgreSQL
as the foundation. Perhaps you migrated from another database to
PostgreSQL and would like to share details.  These, and other stories
are welcome. Both users and developers are encouraged to share their
experiences.

Here are a some ideas to jump start your proposal process:

- novel ways in which PostgreSQL is used
- migration of production systems from another database
- data warehousing
- tuning PostgreSQL for different work loads
- replication and clustering
- hacking the PostgreSQL code
- PostgreSQL derivatives and forks
- applications built around PostgreSQL
- benchmarking and performance engineering
- case studies
- location-aware and mapping software with PostGIS
- The latest PostgreSQL features and features in development
- research and teaching with PostgreSQL
- things the PostgreSQL project could do better
- integrating PostgreSQL with 3rd-party software

Both users and developers are encouraged to share their experiences.

The schedule is:

 1 Dec 2021 Proposal acceptance begins
19 Jan 2022 Proposal acceptance ends
19 Feb 2022 Confirmation of accepted proposals

NOTE: the call for lightning talks will go out very close to the 
conference. Do not submit lightning talks proposals until then.


See also http://www.pgcon.org/2022/papers.php

Notes on submitting a proposal to PGCon 2022 are available
from: http://www.pgcon.org/2022/submissions.php


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[pgcon-announce] BSDCan CFP extended to Feb 7

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

The CFP is now open until end of February 7

Why? We know people who did not submit because they did not want to 
present in person.


Now they can submit.

see https://pgcon.org/2022/papers.php

Thank you
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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2022 - online only

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

Despite earlier hopes, PGCon 2022 will be online-only. We will not be 
meeting in Ottawa this year. I know this is disappointing, but the 
current situation is not promising. I would rather cancel now than have 
everyone book travel and then have to cancel in a few months. I'm not 
sure about travel restrictions or even about meeting-in-large-groups. 
With all that, let's go online for 2022.


The review of the accepted proposals will begin soon. It was delayed 
until this go/no-go decision was reached. I expect the announcement of 
accepted talks will be later than the scheduled 19 February because of that.


Thanks all for your understanding.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2022 schedule is out

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

Rather later than in previous, apologies, the PGCon 2022 schedule is out.

   https://www.pgcon.org/events/pgcon_2022/schedule/

The empty slots are those for which speakers have not yet confirmed. As 
soon as they confirm, their talk will appear.


Everything will be online. Details for streams etc will be ready soon. 
As in past years, you'll be able to view the sessions with a web browser.


The process has not been as smooth as in previous years. I apologize.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2022 - how to view it?

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

PGCon 2022 starts later this week. Some things to keep in mind:

* all times are Ottawa/New York
* you can view the talks from your web browser
* to interact, during the Unconference, you need to use Zoom
* all talks, withever pre-recorded or live, will be available later

The Unconference on starts on Wednesday at 10:00 AM. To view a given stream, 
click on the room name (e.g. Stream 1). These links appear both on the schedule 
page and on the talk description page.

You don't need the following links, but they are here anyway:

 https://www.pgcon.org/2022/stream1.php
 https://www.pgcon.org/2022/stream2.php
 https://www.pgcon.org/2022/stream3.php

At present, these pages just redirect to the home page. When we are live, 
they'll contain the streams.

If you have Twitter, I'm happy to answer questions tweeted out to @pgcon or in 
our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/267114355903

Thank you

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2023 call for papers

[Dan Langille]

PGCon 2023 will be on May 30 - June 2 at University of Ottawa.

* Tutorials: May 30 2023 (Tue)
* Talks: May 31 - June 1 2023 (Wed-Thu)
* Unconference: June 2 2023 (Fri)

NOTE: The unconference covers mostly hacking topics.

Seehttps://www.pgcon.org/2023/ <https://www.pgcon.org/2022/>  for more 
information.

We are now accepting proposals for the main part of the conference
(May 31 - Jun 1). Proposals can be quite simple. We do not require
academic-style papers.

My apologies for the lateness of this email announcement. The CFP was
mentioned on the website and various social media, but we did not post
to the list until today. Again, sorry for that.

If you are doing something interesting with PostgreSQL, please submit
a proposal.  You might be one of the backend hackers or work on a
PostgreSQL related project and want to share your know-how with
others. You might be developing an interesting system using PostgreSQL
as the foundation. Perhaps you migrated from another database to
PostgreSQL and would like to share details.  These, and other stories
are welcome. Both users and developers are encouraged to share their
experiences.

Here are a some ideas to jump start your proposal process:

- novel ways in which PostgreSQL is used
- migration of production systems from another database
- data warehousing
- tuning PostgreSQL for different work loads
- replication and clustering
- hacking the PostgreSQL code
- PostgreSQL derivatives and forks
- applications built around PostgreSQL
- benchmarking and performance engineering
- case studies
- location-aware and mapping software with PostGIS
- The latest PostgreSQL features and features in development
- research and teaching with PostgreSQL
- things the PostgreSQL project could do better
- integrating PostgreSQL with 3rd-party software

Both users and developers are encouraged to share their experiences.

The schedule is:

 1 Dec 2022 Proposal acceptance begins
19 Jan 2023 Proposal acceptance ends
19 Feb 2023 Confirmation of accepted proposals

NOTE: the call for lightning talks will go out very close to the
conference. Do not submit lightning talks proposals until then.

See alsohttp://www.pgcon.org/2023/papers.php 
<http://www.pgcon.org/2022/papers.php>

Notes on submitting a proposal to PGCon 2023 are available
from:http://www.pgcon.org/2023/submissions.php 
<http://www.pgcon.org/2022/submissions.php>



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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2023 - in Ottawa

[Dan Langille]

Hello folks,

PGCon 2023 will held May 30 - June 2 in Ottawa, at the University of Ottawa.

The format is:

* Tutorials #1: May 30 (Tue)
* Talks: May 31 & June 1 (Wed/Thu)
* Tutorials #2 & Unconference (Fri)

Please be sure to book your travel and accommodation early as we know
that week will be busy in Ottawa. If you book now, you'll have no issues.
 
The Call for Papers will open in early December.


Thank you.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2023 registration is now open

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

Registration for PGCon 2023 is now open.

The schedule: https://www.pgcon.org/events/pgcon_2023/schedule/

Register: https://www.pgcon.org/2023/registration.php

Thank you

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[pgcon-announce] Residence rate code deadline

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

Please book your PGCon 2023 accommodation early. It's a busy time in Ottawa.

In particular , the on-campus Rate code (PGBSD2023) is guaranteed until April 
1st, 2023 (that's this coming Saturday).  UOttawa may or may not honour that 
rate after that date, depending on availability; see URL below.

  https://www.pgcon.org/2023/accommodations.php

Also, the schedule should be ready for release soon. All the speakers have been 
notified.

Thank you

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2023 schedule

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

The PGCon 2023 schedule has been released. It can be viewed at the URL 
below.


There are two items still to be added:

* one more talk
* the social event

See https://www.pgcon.org/events/pgcon_2023/schedule/

Registration should be open by the end of the week.

Thank you.

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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2023: call for lightning talks

[Dan Langille]

You want to give a lightning talk at PGCon!

Yes, you do.  The fun, the glory, the laughter, the everlasting fame!  These 
can all be yours.

Be one of the "brave and true" who put together five minutes about PostgreSQL 
tools, experiences, forks, ideas, websites, or even (especially) jokes.  
Anything from "hacking wal files" to "the PostgreSQL drinking game" is an 
acceptable topic for the lighting talks.

A short schedule:

• Right Now: send your lightning talk idea to li...@pgcon.org.We'll 
need a title, speaker full name, speaker cell phone number, and brief (one 
sentence) description.
• Send in your PDF slides only for the talk by 2pm on Wednesday May 30
• NOTE: Only PDFs are acceptable. All others will be rejected.
• Wednesday, May 30, 3:45 PM: meet Magnus Hagander and/or Greg Stark in 
the plenary presentation room for your order of speaking.
• Wendesday, May 30, 3:50PM to 5:00PM: you and the others deliver your 
talks

Fine print: 

* Lightning talks are strictly five (5) minutes maximum in length, and speakers 
who run over will be cut off.
* For scheduling reasons, if your talk is significantly shorter than 5 minutes, 
please let us know in your submission.
* PDF slides only, which will be presented on the conference laptop, so no 
demos, animations, private network access, or installed software.

When submitting, please keep our anti-harassment policy in mind: 
https://www.pgcon.org/2023/harassment.php



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[pgcon-announce] PGCon 2024 / PostgreSQL Development Conference in Vancouver

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

I'm writing to you because you have supported PGCon in the past.

During the closing session of PGCon 2023, I mentioned that I was stepping aside 
and a new group of people would be taking on the organization of future 
conferences. In 2024, the Postgres developers will be meeting at the PostgreSQL 
Development Conference in Vancouver. Their CFP is now open 
https://2024.pgconf.dev/ <https://2024.pgconf.dev/> 

Please support their conference. I hope to see you there.

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