Speak at PGDay Mumbai
Call for Papers
Share your PostgreSQL expertise with practitioners across Mumbai.
PostgreSQL Mumbai Meetup (PG Mumbai) is a community-driven initiative focused on real-world PostgreSQL usage, learning, and collaboration. Every Postgres event starts with great speakers. Whether you're a first-time speaker or a regular at Postgres conferences, we'd love to consider your talk proposal(s) about Postgres.
PGMumbai bring together Solution Leaders, DB Heads, DBAs, Developers, Architects, SREs, Data Engineers across India to share their practical experiences and insights from the PostgreSQL ecosystem.
At each PGMumbai event, we ensure captivating presentations from both new and experienced speakers. The audience will love your stories about Postgres and its extensions & tools too.
We welcome proposals from across the spectrum—industry experts, startups, enterprises, and the open-source community. Each session comprises a 30-minute talk followed by a dynamic 10-minute Q&A.
Why Speak at PGMumbai?
- Share real-world PostgreSQL experience with a growing community
- Meet PostgreSQL experts and contributors
- Inspire first-time PostgreSQL users
- Contribute to the open-source PostgreSQL ecosystem
- First-time speakers are welcome and encouraged
Who Should Submit?
- PostgreSQL DBAs & Architects
- PostgreSQL Contributors
- Solution Leaders & Lead Architects
- Engineering Leaders
- Data, Analytics & AI Engineers
- Application & Backend Developers
- Platform / Cloud / Kubernetes Engineers
Topics We're Looking For
- PostgreSQL internals & performance tuning
- High availability, replication & disaster recovery
- PostgreSQL on Kubernetes & cloud
- Modernization & migration stories (Oracle / MySQL / SQL -> PostgreSQL)
- PostgreSQL at scale (large datasets, high concurrency)
- Security, compliance & observability
- Analytics, partitioning & time-series workloads
- PostgreSQL for AI, vector search & modern apps
- Tools, extensions & ecosystem integrations
- Application use cases with PostgreSQL
Session Formats
What Makes a Strong Proposal?
- What problem are you solving?
- Why should PostgreSQL users care?
- What will attendees learn?
- Any real-world use cases, lessons, demos, or takeaways?
- We value practical experience over theory
Submission Requirements
- Session title
- Abstract (100 - 400 words)
- Session format (Talk or Lightning Talk)
- Speaker bio (100 - 150 words)
- Optional links (GitHub, blog, LinkedIn, slides)
Speaker Benefits
- Free event pass
- Speaker recognition on website & social media
- Networking with PostgreSQL professionals
Important Dates
Review & Selection
- Proposals are reviewed by the PG Mumbai CFP Committee
- Selection is based on relevance, clarity, originality, and community value
- We aim for topic diversity and speaker diversity
CFP Committee
Code of Conduct
All participants must follow the PG Mumbai Code of Conduct. We are committed to a safe, inclusive, and respectful community.
FAQ - Call for Papers
Contact
Questions? Feel free to reach out to us at postgresmumbai@gmail.com
Please take a moment to read our Terms and Conditions and Code of Conduct
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