PostgreSQL Conference Japan 2026
Overview
Japan's largest comprehensive PostgreSQL conference, held annually by the Japan PostgreSQL Users Group (JPUG). Developers and DBAs gather for a full day of two morning talks and fourteen sessions across three afternoon tracks, spanning new core features, cloud, extensions, and operations. The 2025 edition drew 226 attendees, the most in eight years, with committers and vendor engineers from Japan and abroad on stage.
Foundation
- Founded
- 1999
- Founder
- Japan PostgreSQL Users Group (JPUG)
An annual conference run by JPUG (founded 1999) to promote PostgreSQL adoption and technical exchange in Japan. Talks are primarily in Japanese, with some English sessions accepted.
Transition
- 1999 日本PostgreSQLユーザ会（JPUG）設立。以後カンファレンスを例年開催
- 2025 AP日本橋で開催、226名来場で直近8年最多を記録
- 2026 AP東京八重洲で開催。午前2講演・午後3トラック14講演を予定
Voices
A travel-tech company that sponsored at silver tier shares a four-member attendance report on standout sessions (from Forcia's report, in Japanese)
A Wantedly infrastructure engineer, attending for the second straight year, reports the largest turnout in eight years (from the Wantedly story, in Japanese)
An engineer's Zenn write-up summarizes takeaways from new-feature sessions such as pg_lake (from tomatommy's report, in Japanese)
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