Call for Proposals open for POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026!

# The CFP is now open & will close on Feb 1, 2026!
The 5th annual **POSETTE: An Event for Postgres** will take place on Jun 16-18, 2026 and the [Call for Speakers](https://posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/) is now open—**until Feb 1, 2026**! POSETTE is a free & virtual developer event organized by the Postgres team at Microsoft. The name POSETTE stands for **P**ostgres **O**pen **S**ource **E**cosystem **T**alks **T**raining & **E**ducation.
**First time & experienced speakers are welcome!** Whether you’re a first-time speaker or a regular speaker at conferences, we’d love to consider your talk proposal(s) about Postgres and the rich tooling and extensions (like PostGIS, Citus, & Patroni) in the Postgres ecosystem—both open source and for Postgres in the cloud on Azure.
## 4 Unique Livestreams
There will be 4 unique livestreams: 2 in Americas workday timezones (PDT), and 2 in EMEA workday timezones (CEST). Each livestream will have its own keynote and set of talks—no repeats among the livestreams.
## Important Dates & Deadlines
• **Nov 12, 2025** – Call for proposals (CFP) opens

• **Feb 01, 2026** – CFP closes @ 11:59 pm PST

• **Feb 11, 2026** – Speakers notified

• **Feb 25, 2026** – Schedule & sessions announced

• **Mar 25, 2026** – Virtual Speaker Meet & Greet

• **Apr 20-24 and Apr 27-May 1, 2026** – Pre-record all talks

• **Jun 16-18, 2026** – POSETTE happens! Join the livestream virtually to chat with attendees and other speakers.

## Key things to know
Even more information on the **[POSETTE CFP page](https://posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/)**

• **Format**: Four 6-hour livestreams at different times of day

• **CFP closes**: Feb 1, 2026

• **Length**: 25 mins / talk

• **Virtual & free**: no travel (or funding) required

• **Video recording & production**: All talks will be pre-recorded by the POSETTE team at Microsoft—all speakers need is a good microphone & a decent webcam. We’ll take care of the rest—including all editing, caption QA, and caption translation.

• **Speaker resources**: on our **[CFP page](https://posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/#speaker-resources)**

• **Submit your proposal**: **[on Sessionize](https://sessionize.com/posette2026/)**

## Topics
Here are some of the topics we would like to see at POSETTE: An Event for Postgres. This list is not exhaustive, other Postgres topics are welcome too!

• Open source user stories

• How you run your workloads on Postgres on Azure

• New capabilities in PostgreSQL

• Postgres community

• Generally interesting Postgres knowledge & tips

• How you use Postgres extensions such as pgvector, PostGIS, Citus, & more

• Data modeling and SQL best practices

• Explaining Postgres internals

• Tips for building your application on Azure Database for PostgreSQL

• Building AI applications with Postgres

• Security Best Practices

• How Postgres workflows are changing with LLMs

• Benchmarking & performance tuning

• HA and DR techniques

• Migrating to Postgres on Azure

• Monitoring tools for Postgres

• Building data analytics pipelines with data lakes and Postgres

• Case studies & success stories (or interesting failures)

• Developing extensions in Postgres

• Azure ecosystem integrations with Postgres

• Running SaaS applications built with Ruby, Python, Node.js, Java, or .NET—and running on Postgres

## Other useful links
- **[Code of conduct](https://posetteconf.com/2026/conduct/)**
- **[Talk selection team](https://posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/#talk-selection-team)**