What to Expect at PostgresConf.CN & PGConf.Asia 2020: Cloud‑Native Database Insights

About PostgresConf.CN & PGConf.Asia 2020

The future of databases is in the cloud. Alibaba Cloud’s database products have been recognized as a Challenger in Gartner’s Global Database Magic Quadrant and are the only Chinese company to appear for two consecutive years. Leveraging more than a decade of database technology experience and extensive business scenarios within Alibaba Group, Alibaba Cloud offers a portfolio of competitive database products to accelerate enterprise database and application transformation.

Alibaba Cloud actively embraces and contributes to open source. PostgreSQL, one of the world’s most popular open‑source databases with over 30 years of stable development, benefits from Alibaba Cloud’s contributions across multiple PostgreSQL versions.

Agenda Overview

Nov 17 – Alibaba Cloud Special Training Channel Alibaba Cloud database engineers will share original technical insights on storage engines, cloud‑native technologies, analytics engines, intelligent databases, and security, providing comprehensive solutions and industry experience.

Nov 19 – Main Forum Ye Zhengsheng, Senior Product Expert at Alibaba Group and Head of Intelligent Database Product Management & Operations, will discuss database development trends and future possibilities.

Nov 20 – Forum Sessions Multiple Alibaba Cloud database experts will present technical deep‑dives on optimization, distributed systems, data migration, high availability, security compliance, operations, user cases, development, and cloud database services.

Key Sessions and Speakers

Nov 19 14:10‑14:50 – "A Brief Look at Database Development Trends" – Ye Zhengsheng , Senior Product Expert, Alibaba Cloud Intelligent Database.

Nov 20 11:00‑11:40 – "Opportunities and Challenges of Cloud‑Native Data Warehouses" – Zhan Chaoqun , Researcher, Alibaba Cloud OLAP Product Division.

Nov 20 14:50‑15:30 – "Traditional Database Heterogeneous Cloud Migration Practices" – Han Guo , Senior Product Expert, Alibaba Cloud Database.

Nov 20 15:30‑16:10 – "Next‑Generation Cloud Database: MyBase Dedicated Cluster" – Zhou Zhengzhong , Database Expert, Alibaba Cloud.

Nov 17 09:00‑09:40 – "Cloud Native Database Products for PostgreSQL on Alibaba Cloud" – Zhou Xiang , Senior International Product Manager, Alibaba Cloud Database.

Nov 17 09:40‑10:20 – "Inside the Laser Engine Behind TPC‑H First Place" – Wei Chuangxian , Technical Expert, Alibaba Cloud Database.

Nov 17 10:20‑11:00 – "UniqueKey: Making Your Queries Faster" – Fan Zhihui , Technical Expert, Alibaba Cloud Database.

Nov 17 11:00‑11:40 – "Implementation of Global Temp Table" – Zeng Wenjing , Senior Technical Expert, Alibaba Cloud Database.

Nov 17 13:30‑14:10 – "RDS PG Security System Overview" – Wang Tao , Senior Technical Expert, Alibaba Cloud Database.

Nov 17 14:10‑14:50 – "DTS and Its Applications in the PostgreSQL Ecosystem" – Wang Xu , Senior Technical Expert, Alibaba Cloud Database.

Nov 17 14:50‑15:30 – "PG Database Ecosystem Selection and Best Practices" – Fan Wenkai , Solution Architecture Engineer, Alibaba Cloud Database.

Nov 17 15:30‑16:10 – "PostgreSQL CDC Best Practices" – Wang Jian , Senior Operations Engineer, Alibaba Cloud Database.

Speaker Highlights

Speakers include senior product experts, researchers, and technical specialists from Alibaba Cloud who have led the development of products such as PolarDB, AnalyticDB, Data Lake Analytics, and RDS, and hold numerous patents and publications in database systems.