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Speakers

Christophe Pettus

Employers on the program

  1. 2024–2026PGX, Inc.3 talks
  2. 2019–2025PostgreSQL Experts, Inc22 talks
Events22
Conferences10
Talks26
Years active2019–2026
Talk freshness1004 different talks in 4 · 1 circuit, 24 monthsMiles between events45,08118 in-person events · 9 countries

The year around now

Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPGConf.devPGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)
Held in the past 12 months Next 12 months Today, Nov 9, 2026

Appearances by year

201920202021202220232024202520262027
  • Nordic PGDay
  • PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)
  • PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)
  • FOSDEM
  • FOSDEM PGDay
  • PGDay Chicago
  • pgDay Paris
  • PGDay/MED
  • 2 other conferences

Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
May 19, 2026PGConf.dev 2026PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)speakerWhy is PostgreSQL Terrible?
as PGX Inc.

Date: 2026-05-19 Time: 13:30–14:20 Room: Fletcher (1900) Level: Intermediate

Sep 29, 2025PGConf NYC 2025PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)sponsored talkBad Vibes: When should you use AI in database management (if at all)?
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.
The last two years in technology have been The Years of AI. AI-based tools are appearing everywhere, in everything, doing things that we all thought required…Show less

The last two years in technology have been The Years of AI. AI-based tools are appearing everywhere, in everything, doing things that we all thought required human beings.

Sep 29, 2025PGConf NYC 2025PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)speakerCheck Your Privileges: The PostgreSQL Role System
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

PostgreSQL has a very sophisticated role privilege system that can control access to database objects on a very granular level… if you use it properly!

Mar 18, 2025Nordic PGDay 2025Nordic PGDaylightning talkLightning Talk: First Responders
as PGX

How to participate in PostgreSQL forums as a question answerer rather than asker.

Sep 30, 2024PGConf NYC 2024PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)speakerHuman Beings Do Not Have a Primary Key
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

... or, Data Modeling in the Age of Social Networks.

Sep 30, 2024PGConf NYC 2024PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)sponsored talkWhere does it hurt? Gathering information to help us help you
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.
PGX is a boutique PostgreSQL consultancy, and we see a lot of broken databases. One of the first things we do is information-gathering to find out what the…Show less

PGX is a boutique PostgreSQL consultancy, and we see a lot of broken databases. One of the first things we do is information-gathering to find out what the problem is.

Apr 26, 2024PGDay Chicago 2024PGDay ChicagospeakerHuman Beings Do Not Have a Primary Key
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.
... or, Data Modeling in the Age of Social Networks. We're now building systems that collect data on every aspect of someone's life: Not just their name and…Show less

... or, Data Modeling in the Age of Social Networks. We're now building systems that collect data on every aspect of someone's life: Not just their name and address, but their gender(s), family, relationships, movements, preferences...

Mar 12, 2024Nordic PGDay 2024Nordic PGDayspeakerExtreme PostgreSQL
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

Databases in the petabytes? Tables with billions of rows? A million transactions per second?

Slides
Mar 12, 2024Nordic PGDay 2024Nordic PGDaysponsored talkWorking with a PostgreSQL Consultant
as PGX
Everyone needs a little bit of help sometimes, and an outside PostgreSQL consultant can help overcome knotting problems, and allow your engineering staff to…Show less

Everyone needs a little bit of help sometimes, and an outside PostgreSQL consultant can help overcome knotting problems, and allow your engineering staff to focus on what they do best: running the infrastructure of the business.

Dec 12, 2023PGConf.EU 2023 (13th PostgreSQL Conference Europe)PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU)speakerWhy is PostgreSQL Terrible?
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

PostgreSQL isn't actually terrible, of course. But it's not perfect, either, and it's important to be honest about what is wrong with it so we can improve it.

Oct 3, 2023PGConf NYC 2023PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)speakerLooking It Up: PostgreSQL Indexes
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.
PostgreSQL has a huge range of possible index types above the traditional B-Tree: GiST, GIN, SP-GiST, BRIN, Hash… and some that aren't even part of the core.…Show less

PostgreSQL has a huge range of possible index types above the traditional B-Tree: GiST, GIN, SP-GiST, BRIN, Hash… and some that aren't even part of the core. When do you use them?

Oct 3, 2023PGConf NYC 2023PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)speakerWorking with a PostgreSQL Consultant
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.
Everyone needs a little bit of help sometimes, and an outside PostgreSQL consultant can help overcome knotting problems, and allow your engineering staff to…Show less

Everyone needs a little bit of help sometimes, and an outside PostgreSQL consultant can help overcome knotting problems, and allow your engineering staff to focus on what they do best: running the infrastructure of the business.

May 30, 2023PGCon 2023PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)speakerWriting a Foreign Data Wrapper
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

Date: 2023-06-01 Time: 10:00–10:45 Room: DMS 1140 Level: Intermediate

Apr 13, 2023PGDay/MED 2023PGDay/MEDspeakerExtreme PostgreSQL
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

Databases in the petabytes? Tables with billions of rows? A million transactions per second?

Mar 21, 2023Nordic PGDay 2023Nordic PGDayspeakerReal-World Logical Replication
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

Logical replication has been available in PostgreSQL since version 9.4 using pg_logical, and since version 10 in-core.

Sep 22, 2022PGConf NYC 2022PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)speakerDatabase Disasters and How to Find Them
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

You get the call at three in the morning: "The application is throwing 500 errors. We think the database is down." What do you do?

May 25, 2022PGCon 2022PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)speakerDatabase Disasters and How to Find Them
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

Date: 2022-05-26 Time: 09:00–09:45 Room: Stream 2 Level: Intermediate

Mar 22, 2022Nordic PGDay 2022Nordic PGDayspeakerDatabase Disasters and How to Find Them
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

You get the call at three in the morning: "The application is throwing 500 errors.

Feb 6, 2021FOSDEM 2021FOSDEMspeakerDatabase Disasters and How to Find Them
as PostgreSQL Experts

You get the call at three in the morning: "The application is throwing 500 errors. We think the database is down." What do you do?

SlidesVideo
Mar 26, 2020pgDay Paris 2020pgDay ParisspeakerDatabase Disasters and How to Find Them
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

You get the call at three in the morning: "The application is throwing 500 errors.

Mar 24, 2020Nordic PGDay 2020Nordic PGDayspeakerHosted Environments for PostgreSQL: An Objective Look
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

Companies are turning more and more to hosted environments (Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Azure Database, and others) to host their PostgreSQL environments.

Jan 31, 2020FOSDEM PGDay 2020FOSDEM PGDayspeakerHosted Environments for PostgreSQL: An Objective Look
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

Companies are turning more and more to hosted environments (Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Azure Database, and others) to host their PostgreSQL environments.

Slides
Sep 11, 2019PostgresOpen 2019PostgresOpenspeakerLooking It Up: PostgreSQL Indexes
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

PostgreSQL has a huge range of possible index types above the traditional B-Tree: GiST, GIN, SP-GiST, BRIN, Hash… and some that aren't even part of the core.

Slides
May 28, 2019PGCon 2019PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)speakerBreaking PostgreSQL at Scale

Database systems don't just slow down in a clear, linear way. They reach a certain point and start failing, often very suddenly and surprisingly.

Mar 19, 2019Nordic PGDay 2019Nordic PGDayspeakerLooking It Up: PostgreSQL Indexes
as PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.

PostgreSQL has a huge range of possible index types above the traditional B-Tree: GiST, GIN, SP-GiST, BRIN, Hash… and some that aren't even part of the core.

Slides
Feb 2, 2019FOSDEM 2019FOSDEMspeakerBreaking PostgreSQL at Scale
as PostgreSQL Experts

Database systems don't just slow down in a clear, linear way. They reach a certain point and start failing, often very suddenly and surprisingly.

Video

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Bruce Momjian10—2026
Claire Giordano10—2026
Tomas Vondra9—2026
Magnus Hagander9—2025
Pavlo Golub8—2026
Karen (Karrie) Jex8—2024
Andres Freund7—2026
Melanie Plageman7—2026
Peter Eisentraut7—2026
Boriss Mejias7—2025
Amit Kapila6—2026
Andrey Borodin6—2026
Jimmy Angelakos6—2026
Ryan Booz6—2025
Lætitia AVROT6—2023

Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.