Thread: Call for Posters: PGConf.dev 2025

Dear pgsql-hackers,

As we prepare for the PostgreSQL Development Conference 2025 (PGConf.dev 2025), scheduled for May 13–16 in Montreal,
Canada,we are excited to host a poster session showcasing the contributions and projects within our community. 

If you’re planning to attend PGConf.dev 2025, your participation would be an invaluable addition, and we’d love to
showcaseyour work.  

I've contacted several authors of patches that have been rescheduled multiple times in the CommitFests. But then
decidedto make a broader call for posters. 

The goal of the poster session is to visually present your patch or project on an A2-sized poster (ANSI C, 17" × 22").
Weencourage you to include: 
/*
 * A visual representation of your patch or project.
 * The conference logo and year.
 * Information on what attention or collaboration your project requires.
 * Contact details for potential collaborators to reach you or your team.
 * (E.g. a QR code to your patch or project, email, or messenger)
 */

If you're unsure where to start, I'll be happy to send you my own poster soon (created in PowerPoint) as a stub.
Additionally,it would be greatly appreciated if your poster could be used as an example for others in their work. 

We hope to print and bring all the posters to the conference, but if you prefer to handle your poster's printing and
transportation,it would certainly be appreciated. Posters will be displayed in dedicated conference spaces and removed
afterthe event, and you are welcome to take them home if you wish. 

If you want to read about typical poster sessions you can reffer to this wiki page [0]. However, there are some
differences.Please note that our poster session will be somewhat experimental. The main focus is on improving
collaboration:attracting coauthors, reviewers, maybe committers, improving the overall discussion, etc. Let me know if
youwould like to present your poster or have a question. 

Thank you for your ongoing contributions to PostgreSQL, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,
Andrey Borodin

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poster_session

Thanks for running this.  Four logistical questions:

1. By what timestamp should one submit?
2. Where does one send the submission?

On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 04:01:56PM +0500, Andrey Borodin wrote:
> The goal of the poster session is to visually present your patch or project on an A2-sized poster (ANSI C, 17" ×
22").We encourage you to include:
 

3. Should it be portrait orientation, landscape orientation, or no preference?

> /*
>  * A visual representation of your patch or project.
>  * The conference logo and year.

4. Is there an official way to place the logo on a white page?
   https://2025.pgconf.dev/ puts it on different dark backgrounds.  If there's
   a preferred way (or a desire for all posters to have dark backgrounds),
   that would be good to know.

> On 15 Apr 2025, at 01:52, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for running this.  Four logistical questions:
>
> 1. By what timestamp should one submit?

If prospect participant is going to bring their poster to Montreal themself (or hand via friends) - it’s good to have
onconf venue on May 13, so I can put it on walls before conf starts. This is most preferred way. 

For participants that cannot hand their posters to Montreal I’m going to print their posters on May 8th before my
flightto Canada. If something does not go smoothly, probably, I’ll be able to print in Montreal, but I’m considering
thisas an edge case. 

Anyway, it’s good to express interest and intention to draw poster by next week, so I can estimate demand.

> 2. Where does one send the submission?

Off-list response to this thread is fine. Or, perhaps, any email to me would work too. I think I’ll create a Telegram
chatfor quick feedback and so that I can show how posters look on the wall. 

>
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 04:01:56PM +0500, Andrey Borodin wrote:
>> The goal of the poster session is to visually present your patch or project on an A2-sized poster (ANSI C, 17" ×
22").We encourage you to include: 
>
> 3. Should it be portrait orientation, landscape orientation, or no preference?

I made my poster in portrait orientation. I do not know how exactly I’ll be able to display posters on the conf venue,
sothere is no clear preference. I hope I wont need to hang posters rotated by 90 degrees. 

Speaking about poster format, I’ve chosen A2 as a very safe option. A2s are easy to bring and hang, unlike A1 and A0.
ButI’m afraid that they are too small to accommodate all the details in big letters and pictures... 

>> /*
>> * A visual representation of your patch or project.
>> * The conference logo and year.
>
> 4. Is there an official way to place the logo on a white page?
>   https://2025.pgconf.dev/ puts it on different dark backgrounds.  If there's
>   a preferred way (or a desire for all posters to have dark backgrounds),
>   that would be good to know.

I’d suppose white background can save a lot of ink :) I’ve inverted colors of logo from the website, PFA. But I’m too
farfrom design to call any graphics of my production “official”. Also logo from the website lacks year, and I do not
knowwhich type is used to produce the logo... 

Thank you for your questions!


Best regards, Andrey Borodin.