James Blackwood-Sewell
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
- AWS re:Invent
- PG Down Under
- PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU)
- Prague PostgreSQL Developer Day (P2D2)
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | PG Down Under 2026 | PG Down Under | speaker | Fearless Extension Development with Rust and PGRX as ParadeDB I’ve been working with Postgres since 2010, and over the years there have been many times when I’ve hit functionality or performance barriers and wanted to…Show lessI’ve been working with Postgres since 2010, and over the years there have been many times when I’ve hit functionality or performance barriers and wanted to extend PostgreSQL to do new things. | |
| Oct 22, 2024 | PGConf.EU 2024 (14th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | speaker | Fearless Extension Development With Rust and PGRX as Timescale I’ve been working with Postgres since 2010, and over the years there have been many times when I’ve hit functionality or performance barriers and wanted to…Show lessI’ve been working with Postgres since 2010, and over the years there have been many times when I’ve hit functionality or performance barriers and wanted to extend PostgreSQL to do new things. This presented a problem for me: I knew I needed to use C, but as someone who didn’t have years of professional experience writing code for production this felt error-prone and daunting. | SlidesVideo |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | lightning talk | Transform your business with time-series data (sponsored by Timescale)The world is changing at warp speed, thanks to our ability to capture and analyze more data than ever. Time-series data is at the heart of this transformation,…Show lessThe world is changing at warp speed, thanks to our ability to capture and analyze more data than ever. Time-series data is at the heart of this transformation, driving innovation in everything from IoT-powered transportation networks and autonomous financial trading algorithms to SaaS application analytics. | SlidesVideo |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Prague PostgreSQL Developer Day 2022 | Prague PostgreSQL Developer Day (P2D2) | speaker | Aggregates in PGX: An Adventure as Timescale PostgreSQL provides a lot of functionality to create custom aggregates, a design feature that’s essential to the success of TimescaleDB. |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roneel Kumar | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Grant McAlister | 2 | — | 2024 |
| Magnus Hagander | 2 | — | 2024 |
| Peter Eisentraut | 2 | — | 2024 |
| Tomas Vondra | 2 | — | 2024 |
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.