Postgres Conference
South Africa 2018
Johannesburg / South Africa
October 09 - 10, 2018
South Africa 2018
PostgresConf South Africa 2018
The second South African PostgresConf takes place in Johannesburg on 9 October 2018, with attendees representing a diverse class of professionals and companies from around the country and across the continent. This is an excellent opportunity for the database administration and developer community who use PostgreSQL to get to know each other, exchange ideas and learn about the current features and upcoming trends within PostgreSQL.
Open Source Week
Open Source Week is a first for South Africa with PostgresConf South Africa 2018 taking place the day after LinuxConf [ZA] 2018 and before PyConZA, the Python programming conference, with all three conferences hosted at the same venue.
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Ticket sales have closed
Ticket sales for the conference have now closed, but you can still grab a ticket for the performance tuning working on Wednesday, 10 October up until the evening of the 8th.
If you have any questions about the conference, please send us an email to organisers@postgresconf.co.za.
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Program
SouthAfrica2018 has the most awesome program ever! See rock-star speakers cover the topics of
Operations and Administration
Using ZFS (on Linux) with PostgreSQL by Hendrik Visage
A talk about indexes by Malcolm McLean
Performance tuning PostgreSQL by Malcolm McLean
Migrating away from Oracle to PostgreSQL by Abhinav Singh
PostgreSQL resources for new team members by Johan Zietsman
PostgreSQL replication by example by Kobus Wolvaardt
Wait Events in PostgreSQL by David Wein
Enhance your psql client experience by Nico Schlebusch
PostgreSQL administration with Ansible by Johan Zietsman
All the dirt on VACUUM by David Wein
Row Level Security by Bennie Swart
ZFS in practice for SysAdmin & DBA by Hendrik Visage
Azure Database for PostgreSQL Technical Overview by Donovan White
Development
Introduction to CTEs by Terence Zekveld
Introduction to PostGIS by Mureithi Runji
Constraints in PostgreSQL by George Nel
JSONB functions, operators and use cases by Jacques Combrink
Asynchronous code with PostgreSQL by Christo Goosen
Big Data Machine Learning in SQL for Developers by Helge Reikeras
Window Functions by Willem Booysen
Use Cases
Face recognition and PostgreSQL by Kobus Wolvaardt
Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre
Located within minutes of OR Tambo airport and with easy access to major highways, the Birchwood Hotel offers over 600 rooms, 3 restaurants and the Mangwanani Spa, making it the perfect place to stay while attending the conference. A free shuttle service between the hotel and airport is offered to all guests flying in, irrespective of whether you are staying at the hotel or not.
The Birchwood Hotel has us discounted rate for a limited number of rooms valid until end July 2018, where after the standard rates will apply.
Rooms may be booked via the Birchwood booking site, and remember to use the code POSTGRES to get the discounted rates.
Johannesburg / South Africa
Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre 14 View Point Rd, Boksburg
Johannesburg, Gauteng
South Africa
Where to stay in Johannesburg
We recommend these accommodations for your visit.
The Birchwood Hotel
The Birchwood Hotel has us discounted rate for a limited number of rooms valid until end July 2018, where after the standard rates will apply.
Rooms may be booked via the Birchwood booking site, and remember to use the code POSTGRES to get the discounted rates.
Afrique Boutique Hotel
A boutique hotel just a few blocks from the conference.
Rooms may be booked via their website.
Holiday Inn Johannesburg Airport
A hotel around the corner from the conference.
Rooms may be booked via the IHG website.