PostgreSQL Edinburgh Meetup October 2026

Be part of our Edinburgh PostgreSQL Meetup!

Join the PostgreSQL Edinburgh organisers and fellow PostgreSQL enthusiasts at Room 1.21, Paterson's Land, University of Edinburgh! Connect with peers (all levels welcome!) for an evening of insightful discussions, networking, pizza, and refreshments.

Agenda

• 6:00 PM: Doors Open, Pizza & Networking
• 6:55 PM: Introductions & Community Announcements
• 7:00 PM: Elizabeth Garrett Christensen (Snowflake) – What's happening in Postgres 19?
  Postgres 19 is expected to be released at the end of October. Elizabeth will review some of the major new features to be on the lookout for and some you might have missed in Postgres 18. Plus we'll talk about some of the features that almost made it to to this version so we'll cover a bit about what's coming in the future too.
• 8:00 PM: Jimmy Angelakos – Lightning talk: pg_lakekeeper
pg_lakekeeper aims to integrate the Lakekeeper Apache Iceberg REST catalog with PostgreSQL.
• 8:40 PM: Wrap-up
• 8:45 PM: Event End & Post-Meetup Social – We will be heading over to The Canons' Gait (just a short walk away) to continue the conversation. Whether you're joining for a pint, a soft drink, or just to hang out and chat, we'd love for you to drop by!

This meetup is bound by the PostgreSQL Code of Conduct.

If you'd like to speak at one of our meetups, please drop us an email at info (at) postgres.scot.

Event kindly sponsored by pgEdge.