Swiss PGDay
- Organizer
- Swiss PostgreSQL Users Group (SwissPUG)
- Category
- Database
- Website
- pgday.ch
- Social
- X / Twitter · LinkedIn · Mastodon
- Typical place
- Rapperswil, Switzerland
- Topics
- Database systems
Annual community PostgreSQL conference ("The Swiss PostgreSQL Conference") held at the university campus in Rapperswil (HSR until 2019; OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Campus Rapperswil, from 2021 on), run not-for-profit under the PostgreSQL Community Conference Recognition rules ("PGDay" trademark licensed from PostgreSQL Europe). Talks in English and German in two tracks. Earlier editions in a different format 2014-2015, current series since 2016 (2026 = 9th). 2019 one day; 2020 and 2021 cancelled (COVID-19); 2022 one day; 2023 1.5 days; 2024-2026 two days. Per-year sites: www.pgday.ch/<year>/ up to 2024, 2025.pgday.ch, 2026.pgday.ch (pgeu-system template); www.pgday.ch redirects to the current edition. Twitter/X (@swiss_pgday, linked up to 2024) and Mastodon (@swiss_pgday on fosstodon, linked 2023+) are the conference's own accounts; LinkedIn and Meetup belong to the organizer, SwissPUG. No 2027 edition announced as of 2026-11-08.
Activity by year
Sponsor companies per year
Distinct companies sponsoring any event that year.
- Partial or unverified list
6 of 8 years have a partial, unverified or missing sponsor list, so their bars undercount.
Speakers per year
Distinct people on stage at any event that year; same year axis as sponsors.
Events
| Dates | Event | Place | Format / status | Attendance | Sponsors | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25–26, 2026 | Swiss PGDay 2026 (9th Swiss PGDay) | Rapperswil, Switzerland | — | 14 | 35 | |
| Jun 26–27, 2025 | Swiss PGDay 2025 | Rapperswil, Switzerland | 125 | 13 | 34 | |
| Jun 27–28, 2024 | Swiss PGDay 2024 | Rapperswil, Switzerland | 110 | 11 | 32 | |
| Jun 29–30, 2023 | Swiss PGDay 2023 | Rapperswil, Switzerland | — | 9 | 19 | |
| Jul 1, 2022 | Swiss PGDay 2022 | Rapperswil, Switzerland | — | 9 | 13 | |
| Jul 1–2, 2021 | Swiss PGDay 2021 | Rapperswil, Switzerland | Cancelled | — | — | — |
| Jun 18–19, 2020 | Swiss PGDay 2020 | Rapperswil, Switzerland | Cancelled | — | — | — |
| Jun 28, 2019 | Swiss PGDay 2019 | Rapperswil, Switzerland | — | 8 | 13 |
Attendance over time
Reported attendance for 2 of 8 events; figures are as published by the organizer.
Most frequent speaker companies
Speaker appearances across all events, by the speaker's company.
Similar conferences
Conferences with the most similar speaker mix: their speakers come from the same companies. Bars are cosine similarity on a 0–1 scale; between conferences even the closest pairs share only part of their crowd.
Compared as part of PGDays & regional Postgres events: the small regional Postgres events are analysed as one unit.
- PostgreSQL Conference Europe0.47
- PGConf.dev0.40
- PGConf NYC0.32
- PGConf India0.24
- Postgres Conference0.24
Sponsors over the years
Top 25 of 26 sponsoring companies, ranked by years sponsored. Each cell shows the highest tier that year; hover for the events.
- Community
- Other / unspecified