Joe Conway
Employers on the program
- 2020–2026Amazon Web Services9 talks
- 2019–2020Crunchy Data5 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
- FOSDEM PGDay
- PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)
- FOSDEM
- PGConf India
- PG Down Under
- Postgres Conference (PostgresConf)
- PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU)
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | PG Down Under 2026 | PG Down Under | keynote | PostgreSQL: An Unexpected Journey as AWS I have been participating and contributing to the PostgreSQL community for over 26 years, and been interested in data and databases much longer than that. | Slides |
| May 19, 2026 | PGConf.dev 2026 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | discussion lead | Give feedback to the PostgreSQL Security Team as Amazon Date: 2026-05-19 Time: 13:30–14:20 Room: Labatt (1700) Level: Intermediate | |
| May 19, 2026 | PGConf.dev 2026 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | discussion lead | Recognizing Contributions as Amazon Date: 2026-05-19 Time: 11:30–12:20 Room: Labatt (1700) Level: Beginner | |
| Mar 11, 2026 | PGConf India 2026 | PGConf India | sponsor keynote | AWS Diamond Sponsor Keynote: The Community and Contribution as AWS The PostgreSQL community is vast, vibrant, and a major force in the tech world. This talk will explore the history and development process behind PostgreSQL and…Show lessThe PostgreSQL community is vast, vibrant, and a major force in the tech world. This talk will explore the history and development process behind PostgreSQL and the countless ways people contribute to its success, including recent contributions from AWS. | Video |
| Mar 5, 2025 | PGConf India 2025 | PGConf India | speaker | Collation Challenges: Sorting it Out as AWS | SlidesVideo |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Postgres Conference: Seattle 2024 | Postgres Conference (PostgresConf) | speaker | Collation Challenges as AWS Background: "libc" is commonly used as a shorthand for the "standard C library", a library of standard functions that can be used by all C programs. | SlidesVideo |
| Feb 2, 2024 | FOSDEM PGDay 2024 | FOSDEM PGDay | speaker | Collation Challenges - Sorting it Out as Amazon Background: "libc" is commonly used as a shorthand for the "standard C library", a library of standard functions that can be used by all C programs. | Slides |
| May 30, 2023 | PGCon 2023 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | speaker | Sorting Out glibc Collation Challenges as Amazon Date: 2023-05-31 Time: 10:00–10:45 Room: DMS 1140 Level: Intermediate | |
| May 26, 2020 | PGCon 2020 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | speaker | Deep Thoughts: Betting on Security as Amazon Date: 2020-05-27 Time: 09:00–09:45 Room: Stream 2 Level: Intermediate | Video |
| Feb 1, 2020 | FOSDEM 2020 | FOSDEM | speaker | SECCOMP your PostgreSQL as Crunchy Data SECCOMP ("SECure COMPuting with filters") is a Linux kernel syscall filtering mechanism which allows reduction of the kernel attack surface by preventing (or at…Show lessSECCOMP ("SECure COMPuting with filters") is a Linux kernel syscall filtering mechanism which allows reduction of the kernel attack surface by preventing (or at least audit logging) normally unused syscalls. Recent security best-practices recommend, and certain highly security-conscious organizations are beginning to require, that SECCOMP be used to the extent possible. | SlidesVideo |
| Jan 31, 2020 | FOSDEM PGDay 2020 | FOSDEM PGDay | speaker | Deep Thoughts: Betting on Security as Crunchy Data For all combinations of who/which/what, list who currently has which type of permissions for what objects in your most important database(s)? | Slides |
| Oct 15, 2019 | PGConf.EU 2019 (11th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | speaker | How Green Was My Valley - Spatial Analytics with PostgreSQL, PostGIS, R, and PL/R as Crunchy Data Increasingly today, collected data includes a spatial component. PostgreSQL + PostGIS, combined with R via PL/R, provides an awesome tool-chain for advanced…Show lessIncreasingly today, collected data includes a spatial component. PostgreSQL + PostGIS, combined with R via PL/R, provides an awesome tool-chain for advanced spatial analytics on such data! | Slides |
| Feb 2, 2019 | FOSDEM 2019 | FOSDEM | speaker | PostgreSQL Goes to 11! as Crunchy Data The latest and greatest version of PostgreSQL is PostgreSQL 11. | SlidesVideo |
| Feb 1, 2019 | FOSDEM PGDay 2019 | FOSDEM PGDay | speaker | Security Best Practices Deep Dive as Crunchy Data There are many aspects and considerations when securing PostgreSQL, with several examples of best practices embodied by compliance profiles such as the…Show lessThere are many aspects and considerations when securing PostgreSQL, with several examples of best practices embodied by compliance profiles such as the PostgreSQL STIG (USA) and the PostgreSQL CIS Benchmark (international). | Slides |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claire Giordano | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Tomas Vondra | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Stephen Frost | 5 | — | 2024 |
| Alexander Kukushkin | 5 | — | 2023 |
| Ilya Kosmodemiansky | 5 | — | 2023 |
| Andres Freund | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Christophe Pettus | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Pavlo Golub | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Thomas Munro | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Amit Langote | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Amul Sul | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Andrey Borodin | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Ashutosh Bapat | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Bruce Momjian | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Dilip Kumar | 3 | — | 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.