Line-Up
These are the names that will shine their light at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht!!
PGDay Lowlands is thrilled to announce confirmed talks and speakers coming to TivoliVredenburg for this 2026 edition. Speakers will take the stage of "Cloud Nine" and "The Pit" for two tracks featuring 25 and 45 minute talks, the striking lightning talks, and the Lowlands Debate where arguments will be presented around the idea of using "PostgreSQL for everything!". A few more talks and the details of the current line up will be announced soon.
Talks
- "A look at the Elephants Trunk - PostgreSQL 19" - Magnus Hagander
- "Your Database Has No Idea Who's Asking" - Bilge Ince
- "Surviving pgvector in Production: A Reality Check" - Miguel Toscano
- "What does the EU Cyber Resilience Act mean for PostgreSQL and its community?" - Peter Eisentraut
- "Optimizer Hints in PostgreSQL" - Michael Banck
- "Is PostgreSQL On My Raspberry Pi Faster Than Your Cloud PostgreSQL Instance" - Chris Ellis
- "Three Paths to Analytics: Native ELT Patterns in Postgres" - Marc Linster
- "Hanging hundreds of Postgres shutdowns with a simple CDC plugin" - Yoann La Cancellera
- "Discover your contribution-magic" - Cornelia Biacsics
Lightning Talks
- "TDE status update" - Jan Wieremjewicz
- "My Lightning Talk Disaster" - Cornelia Biacsics
- "Let me tell you something" - Gülçin Yıldırım Jelínek
- "When partitioning has a side-effect" - Ellert van Koperen
Debate "PostgreSQL for Everything"
Debaters
- Olena Kutsenko
- Marc Linster
- Mayuresh Suresh Bagayatkar
- Sebastiaan Alexander Mannem
Sponsors Track
- "From data model to impressive application, in record time with Pulsar" - Rob Sijmons - Nibble IT
- "PostgreSQL: Your Hidden Cloudcost Enabler" - Gerard Zuidweg - OptimaData
- "The Best Things About PostgreSQL 19" - Christoph Berg - CYBERTEC
- "PostgreSQL: Digital Sovereignty for Your Data. From Migrations and Operations to Strategic Independence" - Patrick Lauer - credativ
