Heikki Linnakangas
Employers on the program
- 2026Databricks1 talk
- 2022–2026Neon10 talks
- 2019–2022Pivotal2 talks
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.
Appearances by year
- PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU)
- PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)
- Helsinki Data Week
- Nordic PGDay
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | PGConf.EU 2026 (16th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | speaker | Signals, Latches, and Interrupts as Databricks How do backend processes communicate with each other in a PostgreSQL server? We have built many different mechanisms over the years, ranging from Unix signals…Show lessHow do backend processes communicate with each other in a PostgreSQL server? We have built many different mechanisms over the years, ranging from Unix signals and semaphores to co-operative signal handling through "interrupts" and homegrown condition variables. | Slides |
| May 19, 2026 | PGConf.dev 2026 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | discussion lead | Multithreading working group as Neon Date: 2026-05-19 Time: 13:30–14:20 Room: Xerox (1500) Level: Advanced | |
| May 19, 2026 | PGConf.dev 2026 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | panelist | Panel Discussion: Real-Time Patch Idea Evaluation as Neon Date: 2026-05-19 Time: 11:30–12:20 Room: Fletcher (1900) Level: Intermediate | Slides |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Helsinki Data Week 2025 | Helsinki Data Week | sponsored talk | Data After Hours: Lakebase (Databricks) as Neon | |
| Oct 22, 2024 | PGConf.EU 2024 (14th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | sponsor keynote | Making Postgres serverless as Neon What does it take to make Postgres serverless? What were the difficulties, what has worked well. | Video |
| Oct 22, 2024 | PGConf.EU 2024 (14th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | speaker | The Wire Protocol as Neon The current PostgreSQL wire protocol was introduced in version 7.3, in 2002. A lot of new features have been added since to the backend since, but the protocol…Show lessThe current PostgreSQL wire protocol was introduced in version 7.3, in 2002. A lot of new features have been added since to the backend since, but the protocol has stayed largely unchanged. | SlidesVideo |
| Oct 22, 2024 | PGConf.EU 2024 (14th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | sponsored talk | Time travel with Neon as Neon Neon's storage system is like a WAL archive on steroids. It makes it possible to retrieve database pages at any point in time, which makes fast startups and…Show lessNeon's storage system is like a WAL archive on steroids. It makes it possible to retrieve database pages at any point in time, which makes fast startups and branching possible. | Video |
| May 28, 2024 | PGConf.dev 2024 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | speaker | Multi-threaded PostgreSQL? as Neon Date: 2024-05-30 Time: 09:00–09:50 Room: Canfor(1600) Level: Intermediate | Video |
| Dec 12, 2023 | PGConf.EU 2023 (13th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | speaker | Multi-threaded PostgreSQL? as Neon, Inc I started a thread on pgsql-hackers "Let's make PostgreSQL multi-threaded" in June. That spurred a lot of discussion, which even made it to LWN and hacker news. | SlidesVideo |
| Oct 25, 2022 | PGConf.EU 2022 (12th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | speaker | Neon, cloud-native storage backend for PostgreSQL as Neon, Inc Neon is a new storage backend for PostgreSQL. It separates storage from compute and leverages cheap cloud storage. | Slides |
| May 25, 2022 | PGCon 2022 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | speaker | Neon, cloud-native storage backend for PostgreSQL as Neon, Inc Date: 2022-05-26 Time: 12:00–12:45 Room: Stream 2 Level: Intermediate | |
| Mar 22, 2022 | Nordic PGDay 2022 | Nordic PGDay | speaker | Zenith, cloud-native storage backend for PostgreSQL as Pivotal Zenith is a new storage backend for PostgreSQL. It separates storage from compute and leverages cheap cloud storage. | Slides |
| Oct 15, 2019 | PGConf.EU 2019 (11th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | speaker | ZedStore - Column store for PostgreSQL as Pivotal I and colleagues have been working on a new column store implementation for PostgreSQL, using the new table AM APIs that were introduced in PostgreSQL v12. In…Show lessI and colleagues have been working on a new column store implementation for PostgreSQL, using the new table AM APIs that were introduced in PostgreSQL v12. In this presentation, I will talk about the design goals and non-goals of ZedStore, and current status of the project. | Slides |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Haas | 8 | 1 | 2026 |
| Claire Giordano | 7 | — | 2026 |
| Karen (Karrie) Jex | 7 | — | 2026 |
| Andres Freund | 6 | 1 | 2026 |
| Peter Eisentraut | 6 | 1 | 2026 |
| Boriss Mejias | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Lætitia AVROT | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Tomas Vondra | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Thomas Munro | 5 | 1 | 2026 |
| Andreas Scherbaum | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Bruce Momjian | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Dave Page | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Devrim Gündüz | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Hans-Jürgen Schönig | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Henrietta Dombrovskaya | 5 | — | 2026 |
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.