Keynote:
Postgres 19 Hackers Panel: What’s In, What’s Out, & What’s Next

What happens in the lead-up to a Postgres feature freeze, and why do some patches make the cut while others stall? Join four of the project’s open source contributors—Álvaro Herrera, Heikki Linnakangas, Melanie Plageman, and Thomas Munro—for a conversation about Postgres 19. With a combined ~75 years of experience hacking on Postgres, this panel will talk about some of the successful collaborations that pushed key features into Postgres 19, as well as the "missed the boat" list: features they wished had made the PG19 freeze (but are still in the works for the future.)

You’ll also get an early look at big-ticket items being engineered for Postgres 20 and beyond (yes, including multithreading.) From the technical hurdles of working on Postgres to the personal reasons that keep these hackers coming back to this database, you’ll get a peek into what’s coming next with Postgres.

Note: At the time of the recording of this keynote panel in April 2026, Postgres 19 will have just reached feature freeze and is expected to reach GA in the Sep/Oct 2026 timeframe.