PERCONA.CONNECT
BRUSsels
Everyone's running open source in production now. Almost nobody's talking about what that actually takes.
Percona.Connect Brussels is for people actually running databases in production. Not the people who sell them.
Across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Valkey and the broader open source database ecosystem, speakers and open source advocates will get into what's actually working, what's breaking, and what nobody tells you until you hit it in prod.
From PostgreSQL's evolving capabilities and MongoDB's role in the agentic era to running PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Valkey, and the wider database ecosystem, Percona.Connect Brussels brings the open source data ecosystem together in one room.
No vendor pitches. Just open source, covered properly.
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Agenda Highlights
Scaling Databases in the Cloud
Security and Compliance for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
Open Source Adoption: Challenges and Solutions
Success Stories from the Field
Case Studies from GSIs, Startups, and Enterprises
WHY ATTEND?
PRACTITIONERS LED SESSIONS
Learn from engineers and architects with real production scars across the open source database ecosystem.
Hear adoption stories and honest post-mortems from startups, enterprises, and global systems integrators.
FIELD-TESTED LESSONS
Sessions cover performance tuning, high availability, and cloud-native database deployment without skimming the surface.
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
technical depth
Meet peers, practitioners, and leaders shaping open source database innovation.
Whether you're optimizing an existing deployment or exploring new database options, this is your chance to connect with the people shaping modern data infrastructure.
Space is limited, and we’ll review registrations to help ensure the best possible experience for all attendees.
ready to get started?
Discover how our expert support, services, and enterprise-grade open source database software can make your business run better.
When?
Tuesday, 01 December, 9:00AM
BeCentral (Cantersteen 12, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium)
Where?
agenda
Registration, Welcome Coffee & Networking
⏱︎ 9:00 - 09:55 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
⏱︎ 09:55 - 10:00 AM
Lunch & Networking
⏱︎ 12:00 - 13:00 PM
MongoDB in the Cloud: How to Reduce Infrastructure Costs in the Cloud, and monitor it in real time via PMM
⏱︎ 11:15 - 12:00 AM
Coffee break
⏱︎ 11:05 - 11:15 AM
Vector Search in Percona Server for MySQL
⏱︎ 10:00 - 10:45 AM
From Database Troubleshooting to Modern Data Platforms: My Journey at Percona
⏱︎ 13:00 - 13:45 PM
pg_dump or not pg_dump: when it's time for pgBackRest
⏱︎ 13:45 - 14:45 PM
Closing Remarks
⏱︎ 14:45 - 15:00 PM
Drinks & Networking
⏱︎ 15:00 PM Onwards
SPEAKERS
Hicham Kannoufi
Sr. Account Executive, EMEA
PERCONA
TAKIS STATHOPOULOS
Enterprise Architect, Solutions Engineering
PERCONA
Tuesday, 01 December at 9:00AM | Venue: BeCentral
Stefan Fercot
Senior Software Engineer - PostgreSQL
Percona
Dimitri Vanoverbeke
Senior Solutions Engineer
PERCONA
PERCONA.CONNECT
BRUSSELS
Everyone's running open source in production now. Almost nobody's talking about what that actually takes.
Percona.Connect Brussels is for people actually running databases in production. Not the people who sell them.
Across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Valkey and the broader open source database ecosystem, speakers and open source advocates will get into what's actually working, what's breaking, and what nobody tells you until you hit it in prod.
From PostgreSQL's evolving capabilities and MongoDB's role in the agentic era to running PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Valkey, and the wider database ecosystem, Percona.Connect Brussels brings the open source data ecosystem together in one room.
No vendor pitches. Just open source, covered properly.
Tuesday, 01 December at 9:00AM | Venue: BeCentral
WHY ATTEND?
Hear adoption stories and honest post-mortems from startups, enterprises, and global systems integrators.
FIELD-TESTED LESSONS
PRACTITIONERS LED SESSIONS
Learn from engineers and architects with real production scars across the open source database ecosystem.
technical depth
Sessions cover performance tuning, high availability, and cloud-native database deployment without skimming the surface.
Meet peers, practitioners, and leaders shaping open source database innovation.
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Whether you're optimizing an existing deployment or exploring new database options, this is your chance to connect with the people shaping modern data infrastructure.
Space is limited, and we’ll review registrations to help ensure the best possible experience for all attendees.
When?
Tuesday, 01 December
BeCentral (Cantersteen 12, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium)
WHERE?
AGENDA
Registration, Welcome Coffee & Networking
⏱︎ 9:00 - 09:55 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
⏱︎ 09:55 - 10:20 AM
MongoDB in the Cloud: How to Reduce Infrastructure Costs in the Cloud, and monitor it in real time via PMM
⏱︎ 10:20 - 11:05 AM
Tea, Coffee & Lunch preparation
⏱︎ 11:05 - 11:30 AM
⏱︎ 11:30 - 12:00 PM
Lunch & Networking
From Database Troubleshooting to Modern Data Platforms: My Journey at Percona
⏱︎ 12:00 - 12:45 PM
Drinks & Networking
⏱︎ 14:00 PM Onwards
pg_dump or not pg_dump: when it's time for pgBackRest
⏱︎ 12:45 - 13:45 PM
Closing Remarks
⏱︎ 13:45 - 14:00 PM
SPEAKERS
Hicham Kannoufi
Sr. Account Executive, EMEA
PERCONA
stefan FERCOT
Senior Software Engineer - PostgreSQL
Percona
Dimitri Vanoverbeke
Senior Solutions Engineer
PERCONA
ready to get started?
Discover how our expert support, services, and enterprise-grade open source database software can make your business run better.
takis stathopoulos
Enterprise Architect, Solutions Engineering
Percona
Dmitry Lenev
Principle Software Engineer - MySQL
PERCONA