Thank you for your interest in speaking at POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2027! Back for its 6th year, POSETTE is brought to you by the Postgres team at Microsoft, in partnership with AMD. Accepted talks are pre-recorded in advance by the POSETTE team, with you presenting remotely from your own time zone. Here's everything you need to know before you submit.

First-time speakers & experienced speakers are both welcome! If you are a first-time speaker and are not sure whether to submit, we encourage you to do so! 

Remote friendly, no travel required: All you need is a good internet connection, a quality webcam and microphone, and good lighting. The organizers will take care of the video production of your talk. 

Format & logistics of the event:

• New this year: Talks will be either 20-minute talks or 5-minute lightning talks
• All talks are in English
• You can submit up to 4 total talk proposals
• High-res 1000x1000 speaker bio pics are required
• Talks will be pre-recorded by the POSETTE team during the weeks of 8 & 15 Feb 2027 (with you presenting remotely)
• Talks will stream in one of the 2 livestreams on 30 & 31 March
• Speakers will be asked to join the online text chat during the livestream of their pre-recorded talk
• All talks will be published on YouTube right after the event
• Published talks will include high-quality captions in 17 languages

Topics: Any Postgres topic is welcome, as a 20-minute talk or a 5-minute lightning talk. This year's theme is education, so whatever your topic, we're looking for talks that teach people something they can use. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

• Postgres internals & hacking
• New Postgres features (or your favorite older ones)
• Generally interesting Postgres knowledge & tips
• Performance tuning & benchmarking
• Data modeling & SQL tricks
• Building AI apps with Postgres
• Analytics on Postgres
• JSON, graphs, queues & more in Postgres
• Lessons from running Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• What’s new with Azure HorizonDB
• Security best practices
• Replication, HA & DR
• How AI agents are changing Postgres workflows
• Using Postgres with Python, Java, .NET & more
• Extensions & tools like PostGIS, Citus & Patroni
• Success stories & interesting failures
• Postgres community

Before you submit: Take a look at the POSETTE 2027 CFP page, where you'll find:

• Tips for a great POSETTE talk proposal
• How the talk selection process works
• Who's on the talk selection team

Code of Conduct: There is a Code of Conduct for POSETTE. Please help us to provide a respectful, friendly, professional experience for all involved.

Important Dates:

• 13 Nov 2026 – Call for proposals (CFP) opens
• 3 Jan 2027 – CFP closes @ 11:59pm PST (UTC-8)
• 13 Jan 2027 – Speakers notified
• 26 Jan 2027 – Schedule & sessions announced
• 4 Feb 2027 – Virtual Speaker Meet & Greet
• Weeks of 8 & 15 Feb 2027 – Pre-record all talks
• 30 & 31 March 2027 – POSETTE livestreams happen

Stay in touch: Ask questions about the CFP in the #posetteconf channel on the Microsoft Open Source Discord, or follow POSETTE on social (event hashtag is #PosetteConf):

• LinkedIn: POSETTE: An Event for Postgres
• X/Twitter: @PosetteConf
• Mastodon: @posetteconf@mastodon.social
• Bsky: @posetteconf.com

Thank you for your participation—we can’t wait to see what stories you want to share!

CFP will close on Sunday 3 January 2027 at 11:59pm PST (UTC-8).