CERN PGDay 2027: Announcement and CfP

CERN PGDay 2027
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Date: *Friday, February 12, 2027*
Location: CERN Campus, Geneva, Switzerland / Suisse Romande
Language: English
Organizers: Swiss PostgreSQL Users Group (SwissPUG) & CERN
Format: Single-track (6–7 sessions) followed by networking social event
Homepage: swisspug.org/cern-pgday-2027[1]

About the Event
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Continuing in the line of work of the past editions, CERN PGDay 2027
returns as the annual gathering for PostgreSQL users, developers, and
enthusiasts across Suisse Romande (western Switzerland) and the
neighboring French border regions.

Co-organized by CERN and SwissPUG, this single-day community conference
offers a premier opportunity to network, share practical experiences,
and explore the future of the world’s most advanced open-source
database. The event takes place in the unique, international environment
of Geneva—a hub for major scientific institutions, non-governmental
organizations, and financial and tech enterprises.

Format & Venue
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Single-Track Schedule: The program consists of a single track featuring
6 to 7 technical sessions presented entirely in English.

Social Event & Networking: Following the technical presentations, a
social event will take place to facilitate community networking,
discussions, and collaboration in the inspiring atmosphere of CERN.

CERN Visits: Attendees are encouraged to arrange their schedules before
or after the event to take advantage of the conference location and
visit CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Call for Papers (CfP)
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Speaker proposals for CERN PGDay 2027 can be entered online via
Indico[2]. Call for Papers closes: /November 8, 2026 (23:59 CET)/

Call for Sponsors (CfS)
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Sponsors proposals for CERN PGDay 2027 are welcome. Please find the
contract with all details online[3].

Registration
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Registration[4] is already possible and closes on /February 7, 2027/.

Key Themes
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We welcome talk proposals covering broader PostgreSQL and community
trends and localized enterprise & scientific topics:

- High-Performance Science & Big Data: Managing massive datasets,
extreme write throughput, partitioning, and high-availability database
architectures in large-scale setups.
- AI & Vector Search Integration: Best practices for pgvector, machine
learning pipelines, RAG, and AI-driven data workloads built directly
on PostgreSQL.
- Enterprise Security, Sovereignty & Compliance: Data protection, cloud
sovereignty, encryption, and auditability.
- Extensibility & Core PostgreSQL: Performance tuning, query
optimization, new features, and extension development.

Policies & Code of Conduct
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CERN PGDay 2027 is a community event recognized under the PostgreSQL
Community Event Guidelines[5]. All participants, speakers, sponsors, and
organizers are required to adhere to the PostgreSQL Community Code of
Conduct to ensure a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for
everyone.

CERN PGDay Organizing Committee

[1]: <https://www.swisspug.org/cern-pgday-2027.html>
[2]: <https://indico.cern.ch/event/1720940/abstracts/>
[3]: <https://www.swisspug.org/cern-pgday-2027.html#sponsoring>
[4]: <https://indico.cern.ch/event/1720940/registrations/131638/>
[5]: <https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/conferences/>