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+title: ⛰️ Postgres Ecosystem Summit EU
+slug: postgres-ecosystem-summit-eu
+date: 2024-10-09T15:27:43Z
+lastMod: 2024-10-09T15:27:43Z
+description: |
+  The sequel to the successful PGConf.dev event, the Extension Ecosystem Summit
+  EU will showcases some exemplary extension use cases.
+tags: [Postgres, PGXN, Extensions, PGConf, Athens, Summit]
+type: post
+---
+
+Given the success of the [Extension Ecosystem Summit][ees] at [PGConf.dev]
+back in May, my colleague [Floor Drees] has organized a sequel, the [Extension
+Ecosystem Summit EU][invite] on Tuesday, October 22, at the Divani Caravel
+Hotel in Athens. That's "Day 0" at the same hotel as [PGConf.eu]. [Tembo],
+[Percona], [Xata], and [Timescale] co-sponsor.
+
+While the [May event][ees] took the form of an [open-space technology]
+(OST)-style [unconference] aimed at extension developers, the EU event aims to
+inform an audience of Postgres users about the history and some exemplary use
+cases for extensions. From the [invite]:
+
+> Join us for a gathering to explore the current state and future of Postgres
+> extension development, packaging, and distribution. Bring your skills and
+> your devices and start contributing to tooling underpinning many large
+> Postgres installations.
+>
+> *   Jimmy Angelakos - [pg_statviz]: pg_statviz is a minimalist extension and
+>     utility pair for time series analysis and visualization of PostgreSQL
+>     internal statistics.
+> *   Adam Hendel (Tembo) - [pgmq]: pgmq is a lightweight message queue. Like
+>     AWS SQS and RSMQ but on Postgres. Adam is pgmq’s maintainer since 2023,
+>     and will present a journey from pure Rust → pgrx → pl/pgsql.
+> *   Alastair Turner (Percona) - [pg_tde]: pg_tde offers transparent
+>     encryption of table contents at rest, through a Table Access Method
+>     extension. Percona has developed pg_tde to deliver the benefits of
+>     encryption at rest without requiring intrusive changes to the Postgres
+>     core.
+> *   Gülçin Yıldırım Jelínek (Xata) - [pgzx]: pgzx is a library for
+>     developing PostgreSQL extensions written in Zig.
+> *   Mats Kindahl (Timescale) - TimescaleDB (C), [pgvectorscale] (Rust) and
+>     pgai (Python): maintaining extensions written in different languages.
+
+I will also deliver the opening remarks, including a brief history of Postgres
+extensibility. Please join us if you're in the area or planning to attend
+[PGConf.eu]. See you there!
+
+  [ees]: https://www.pgevents.ca/events/pgconfdev2024/schedule/session/191
+    "PGConf.dev 2024 Extension Ecosystem Summit"
+  [PGConf.dev]: https://2024.pgconf.dev "PostgreSQL Development Conference 2024"
+  [Floor Drees]: https://dev.to/@floord
+  [invite]: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1022518730047 "Extension Ecosystem Summit EU"
+  [PGConf.eu]: https://2024.pgconf.eu "PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2024"
+  [Tembo]: https://tembo.io "Tembo: Goodbye Database Sprawl, Hello Postgres"
+  [Percona]: https://www.percona.com "Percona: Open Source Database Software Support & Services"
+  [Xata]: https://xata.io "Xata: Database platform for PostgreSQL"
+  [Timescale]: https://www.timescale.com "Timescale PostgreSQL ++ for time series and events"
+  [open-space technology]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_space_technology
+    "Wikipedia: Open space technology"
+  [unconference]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference "Wikipedia: Unconference"
+  [pg_statviz]: https://github.com/vyruss/pg_statviz
+  [pgmq]: https://github.com/tembo-io/pgmq
+  [pg_tde]: https://github.com/Percona-Lab/pg_tde
+  [pgzx]: https://github.com/xataio/pgzx