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Speakers

Jonathan Katz

Employers on the program

  1. 2024–2026Databricks4 talks
  2. 2022–2024Amazon Web Services10 talks

Bluesky: @jkatz05.com

Events8
Conferences4
Talks18
Years active2022–2026
Miles between events16,5308 in-person events · 3 countries

Appearances by year

201920202021202220232024202520262027
  • AWS re:Invent
  • PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)
  • Percona Live
  • PGDay UK

Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
May 19, 2026PGConf.dev 2026PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)panelist30 Years of PostgreSQL Retrospective
as Databricks

Date: 2026-05-20 Time: 16:30–17:30 Room: Fletcher (1900) Level: Beginner

May 19, 2026PGConf.dev 2026PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)speakerPostgreSQL as an open data format: 100x faster TPC-H queries through direct storage reads
as Databricks

Date: 2026-05-21 Time: 11:00–11:50 Room: Fletcher (1900) Level: Advanced

Slides
May 13, 2025PGConf.dev 2025PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)speakerVector search is now boring, but PostgreSQL has ways to go
as Databricks

Date: 2025-05-15 Time: 13:30–14:20 Room: Regence B2C Level: Advanced

Dec 2, 2024AWS re:Invent 2024AWS re:InventbreakoutA practitioner’s guide to data for generative AI
as AWS
In this session, gain the skills needed to deploy end-to-end generative AI applications using your most valuable data. While this session focuses on the…Show less

In this session, gain the skills needed to deploy end-to-end generative AI applications using your most valuable data. While this session focuses on the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) process, the concepts also apply to other methods of customizing generative AI applications.

Video
Dec 2, 2024AWS re:Invent 2024AWS re:InventbreakoutBest practices for querying vector data for gen AI apps in PostgreSQL
as AWS
PostgreSQL makes it easier to store and query vector data for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) use cases with the pgvector extension.…Show less

PostgreSQL makes it easier to store and query vector data for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) use cases with the pgvector extension. Learning best practices for vector search will help you deliver a high-performance experience to your customers.

Video
Dec 2, 2024AWS re:Invent 2024AWS re:InventworkshopBuild generative AI–powered search with Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS [REPEAT]
as AWS
The integration of embeddings generated from LLMs for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL presents a powerful and…Show less

The integration of embeddings generated from LLMs for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL presents a powerful and efficient solution for optimizing the product catalog similarity search experience.

Sep 11, 2024PGDay UK 2024PGDay UKspeakerVectors: Building support for a nasty data type
as AWS
May 28, 2024PGConf.dev 2024PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)speakerVectors: how to better support a nasty data type in PostgreSQL
as Databricks

Date: 2024-05-30 Time: 11:30–12:20 Room: Fletcher(1900) Level: Advanced

SlidesVideo
Nov 27, 2023AWS re:Invent 2023AWS re:InventbreakoutAWS open source strategy and contributions for PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is a popular open source relational database that is available on Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora and also helps power Amazon.com. Given the importance…Show less

PostgreSQL is a popular open source relational database that is available on Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora and also helps power Amazon.com. Given the importance of PostgreSQL to Amazon and AWS users, AWS is committed to investing in PostgreSQL to help both the project and its builder community be successful.

Video
Nov 27, 2023AWS re:Invent 2023AWS re:InventbreakoutBest practices for querying vector data for gen AI apps in PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL makes it easier to store and query vector data for AI/ML use cases with the pgvector extension. Learning best practices for vector search will help…Show less

PostgreSQL makes it easier to store and query vector data for AI/ML use cases with the pgvector extension. Learning best practices for vector search will help you deliver a high-performance experience to your customers.

Video
Nov 27, 2023AWS re:Invent 2023AWS re:InventworkshopBuild generative-AI-powered search with Amazon Aurora & Amazon RDS
The integration of embeddings generated from LLMs for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL presents a powerful and…Show less

The integration of embeddings generated from LLMs for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL presents a powerful and efficient solution for optimizing the product catalog similarity search experience.

Nov 27, 2023AWS re:Invent 2023AWS re:Inventchalk talkDiscovering the vector database power of Amazon Aurora & Amazon RDS [REPEAT]
In this chalk talk, learn about the vector database capabilities of the pgvector extension in Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for…Show less

In this chalk talk, learn about the vector database capabilities of the pgvector extension in Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL.

Nov 28, 2022AWS re:Invent 2022AWS re:Inventchalk talk[NEW LAUNCH!] Adding safe extensions to PostgreSQL
as Amazon Web Services
PostgreSQL’s extensible architecture is one of its superpowers, allowing people to plug in additional capabilities to meet their needs. However, building those…Show less

PostgreSQL’s extensible architecture is one of its superpowers, allowing people to plug in additional capabilities to meet their needs. However, building those extensions and deploying them to production is complex and can lead to instability issues for the first-time extension developer.

Slides
Nov 28, 2022AWS re:Invent 2022AWS re:Inventchalk talkBuild for the future quickly with Amazon RDS open-source database engines
as AWS
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it fast and simple for you to get started with familiar database engines. As your business begins to grow,…Show less

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it fast and simple for you to get started with familiar database engines. As your business begins to grow, you need a cloud solution that scales with you.

Slides
Nov 28, 2022AWS re:Invent 2022AWS re:InventworkshopImplement GitOps and manage your Amazon RDS resources using ACK from K8s
as AWS
In this workshop, learn to deploy a continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflow using GitOps and the AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) service…Show less

In this workshop, learn to deploy a continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflow using GitOps and the AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) service controller for Amazon RDS on Amazon EKS to create and manage Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 databases effectively. GitOps relies on Git as the single source of truth for declaratively managing containerized infrastructure and application...

Slides
Nov 28, 2022AWS re:Invent 2022AWS re:InventbreakoutIntroducing Trusted Language Extensions for PostgreSQL
as Amazon Web Services
One reason for PostgreSQL’s growing popularity is its feature-rich extensions. However, installing extensions can introduce software defects that can corrupt…Show less

One reason for PostgreSQL’s growing popularity is its feature-rich extensions. However, installing extensions can introduce software defects that can corrupt data or crash a database.

SlidesVideo
May 16, 2022Percona Live 2022Percona LivespeakerGet Your Insecure PostgreSQL Passwords to SCRAM!
as Amazon Web Services
PostgreSQL 10 introduced SCRAM (Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism) to securely authenticate passwords. The SCRAM algorithm lets a client and…Show less

PostgreSQL 10 introduced SCRAM (Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism) to securely authenticate passwords. The SCRAM algorithm lets a client and server securely validate a password without ever exchanging the password using a series of cryptographic methods!In this talk, we will...

May 16, 2022Percona Live 2022Percona LivespeakerLooking Ahead at PostgreSQL 15
as Amazon Web Services
Feature freeze for PostgreSQL 15 has come and gone. What does this mean for the upcoming release? This talk explores many of the new features that will be…Show less

Feature freeze for PostgreSQL 15 has come and gone. What does this mean for the upcoming release? This talk explores many of the new features that will be released in the next major version of PostgreSQL and explains how they can impact your workload. Some of the features may change before...

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Dilip Kumar5—2026
Jim Mlodgenski422024
Douglas Bonser4—2024
Yahav Biran4—2024
Bruce Momjian312026
Melanie Plageman312026
Chirag Dave312024
Alastair Turner3—2026
Alena Rybakina3—2026
Andreas Scherbaum3—2026
Andres Freund3—2026
Andrey Borodin3—2026
Claire Giordano3—2026
David E. Wheeler3—2026
David Rowley3—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.