# PostgreSQL@SCaLE24x call for papers closes November 1 for April 2027 Pasadena event

> **Key takeaway:** The PostgreSQL track at SCaLE 24x is accepting talk proposals through November 1, 2026, for a two-day community event focused on production operations, internals, and cloud-native deployments.

**Published:** 2026-10-28T14:29:46.722954+00:00 
**Source:** PostgreSQL Official News 
**Category:** databases-storage 
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/postgresqlscale24x-call-for-papers-closes-november-1-for-apr.html 

## Summary
The PostgreSQL project has announced that its dedicated track at SCaLE 24x, running April 1-2, 2027, at the Pasadena Convention Center, will close its call for papers on November 1, 2026. The two-day PostgreSQL@SCaLE event is part of the larger SCaLE 24x conference (April 1-4) and targets database administrators, backend developers, SREs, and Kubernetes practitioners running PostgreSQL in production environments.

The program structure includes a full-day training track on Thursday and technical talks on Friday covering PostgreSQL internals, performance tuning, replication, reliability engineering, and modern workloads including AI and cloud-native deployments. An Ask Me Anything session will provide direct access to core contributors and experienced operators. Submissions must be tagged 'PostgreSQL' to reach the dedicated program committee.

## Event structure and submission requirements
- **Training track:** One full-day Thursday session dedicated to hands-on PostgreSQL education led by experienced practitioners, distinct from the main conference talks.
- **Technical scope:** Talks cover internals, performance optimization, replication architectures, reliability patterns, tooling ecosystems, and emerging workloads in AI and cloud-native environments.
- **Target audience:** Explicitly designed for production operators including DBAs, SREs, platform engineers, and Kubernetes practitioners, not exclusively core developers.
- **Submission mechanics:** Proposals must be tagged 'PostgreSQL' in the SCaLE CfP system to be routed to the PostgreSQL@SCaLE program committee for review.
- **Timeline:** CfP closes November 1, 2026, giving speakers approximately five months advance notice before the April 1-2, 2027 event dates.

## Why it matters
Community-run PostgreSQL events at established conferences like SCaLE sustain knowledge transfer between core contributors and production operators outside the major PostgreSQL Europe and PGConf series. For the Linux and open-source infrastructure ecosystem, this track provides a West Coast venue for practical operational knowledge that directly feeds into how PostgreSQL deployments run on Linux systems in cloud-native and Kubernetes environments.