PGConfEU 2023 at Prague

The largest and most beautiful PostgreSQL Conference in Europe will take place in Prague from December 12 to 15!  Greatest time of the year, you can also take part in the famous Christmas markets in Prague.

This year's conference is the 13th Annual PostgreSQL Conference Europe, and for this year we are going to Prague, Czechia. The conference is organised by PostgreSQL Europe, with participation from most of the PostgreSQL user groups around Europe, and is intended to be an important meeting and cooperation point for users both in and out of Europe.

PGConf.EU is a unique chance for European PostgreSQL users and developers to catch up, learn, build relationships, get to know each other and consolidate a real network of professionals that use and work with PostgreSQL.

The event is moved between major cities in Europe each year, to make it easy for as many people as possible to come to the conference. We have so far visited these cities:

1. 2008 — Prato, Italy
   This first conference was technically not a PostgreSQL Conference Europe, but it is included here because it is where the idea of holding a continent-wide conference first germinated.
1. 2009 — Paris, France
2. 2010 — Stuttgart, Germany
3. 2011 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
4. 2012 — Prague, Czech Republic
5. 2013 — Dublin, Ireland
6. 2014 — Madrid, Spain
7. 2015 — Vienna, Austria
8. 2016 — Tallinn, Estonia
9. 2017 — Warsaw, Poland
10. 2018 — Lisbon, Portugal
11. 2019 — Milan, Italy
12. 2020 — cancelled due to COVID-19
13. 2021 — cancelled due to COVID-19
12. 2022 — Berlin, Germany
13. 2023 — Prague, Czech Republic

Ever since the PGConfEU 2017, we have been an annual sponsor and partner of this largest European conference around PostgreSQL. Also this conference in 2023 we are Silver Partner. PostgreSQL is an important database platform for OptimaData and with our organization and promotion of PostgreSQL in the Netherlands, also through our role in and with the PostgreSQL Usergroup NL we want to contribute significantly to the growth of PostgreSQL in Europe and the Netherlands.

The conference covers a wide range of topics, as we expect talks ranging from internals discussions led by leading developers to end-user case-studies from small companies as well as large multinational corporations and government organisations, all who run their businesses on PostgreSQL.

The conference will run multiple parallel tracks, covering the different technical levels to make sure there is always something interesting for everybody.

…and let's not forget the all important hallway track full of caffeine infused discussions with interesting peers from the community. We also run after hours social events at which the hallway track lasts all night.

Given this wide range of talks, the conference is suitable for many different audiences:

• DBAs already using PostgreSQL, or considering doing so
• Developers of any kind of application, from hobbyists to large web and enterprise applications
• Decision-makers interested in evaluating the world's most advanced open source database as an alternative to traditional proprietary products
• PostgreSQL contributors — code, documentation, support — whatever you help the project with
• Open source enthusiasts in general

Next to the conference, we will also team up with several companies who offer PostgreSQL training, for a day of discounted short PostgreSQL training sessions. More info on available sessions can be found on the training page.

If you want more information or to register for this conference, check out the PGConfEU 2023 website.