VLDB will feature three exciting panels!
1) Data Agents: Rethinking Data Systems in the AI Agent Era
2) HW-SW Co-Design for Databases in the Age of AI-for-Systems
3) Publish or Ship? The Research-to-Production Gap in Data Systems
vldb.org/2026/panels.html
The VLDB 2026 program is now available online. The conference will feature workshops, demos, research papers, and keynotes from @rxin and Jingren Zhou!
vldb.org/2026/program.html
🔦 Workshop Spotlight: VecDB
Dozens of posters combining practical insights from real vector DBs with theoretical advances, along with a keynote from Piotr Indyk (MIT), and more!
Hosted by @utokyo_bunnyvecdb-ws.github.io/vldb2026/
🔦 Workshop Spotlight: DASHSys
How can we make deployed agents reliable, interpretable, and aligned with our intent?
Keynotes include @lateinteraction (MIT & DSPy), @sh_reya (CMU & DocETL), Fatma Özcan (Google & AI SQL), and more!
Hosted by @subZero_sajdashsys-workshop-vldb.github…
There's still time to sponsor VLDB and start recruiting top data and systems talent!
We'll start showcasing our sponsors soon, so don't let your organization miss this opportunity!
Interested in making your brand visible to the top talent in data management? Looking to recruit highly specialized data and systems engineers? Consider sponsoring VLDB!
vldb.org/2026/sponsorship.ht…
ALT Banner image promoting “Why Sponsor VLDB 2026.” The top shows a networking scene at a professional conference with attendees talking in a booth area. Below, large text reads “Why Sponsor VLDB 2026,” followed by a description about measurable returns in brand visibility, talent acquisition, thought leadership, and partnerships. Four highlighted sections list benefits: Brand Visibility, Targeted Reach, Thought Leadership, and Talent & Community Access, each with brief explanatory text.
ALT Slide titled “OVERVIEW: What’s waiting for us!” describing the value of VLDB as a bridge between academia and industry. It lists key conference statistics: 1,100+ attendees, approximately 12 main conference tracks, approximately 7 workshop tracks, and approximately 15 workshops. Program highlights from previous VLDB events include 3 keynotes, 66 research sessions, 6 industry sessions, 4 panel sessions, 13 tutorial sessions, 3 demo sessions, 3 poster sessions, 5 sponsor sessions, and 2 community events. A note at the bottom states that numbers are estimates based on recent years and may differ for VLDB 2026.
Hello world!
We're organizing a new interdisciplinary workshop @VLDBconf focused on data management challenges in biomedical research and healthcare.
🗓️ Submit talk proposals by May 15th 🗓️
➡️ More info: biodms.org/ ⬅️
💬 Discord server: discord.gg/mR7Fmh9JtG 💬
If you’re planning a #VLDB2027 submission, a quick heads-up from @matthiasboehm7 and me:
Abstracts are now due on the 25th of the previous month.
April 1 deadline → abstract due March 25
Also new: yearly cap (12/author) + reproducibility
vldb.org/2027/call-for-resea…@VLDBconf
📣 VLDB 2026 PhD Workshop!
PhD students: share your research, get feedback from leading experts, and connect with peers at a premier database conference.
🗓️ Submit by May 25, 2026 (5pm PT)
🎓 Open to all PhD stages
📄 4-page single-author papers
🔗vldb.org/2026/call-for-phd-w…
VLDB 2026 has 14 workshops covering topics from agentic data management to quantum computing! See the full list here: vldb.org/2026/workshops.html
ALT Slide titled “VLDB 2026 Workshops” with a 4×4 grid listing workshops and their topics. Workshops shown are: ADMS (Modern Processors + Storage), AIDB (AI for Databases), QDB (Data Quality), QCDKM (Quantum Computing), CDMS (Composable Systems), Agents+Graphs (Agents for Graph Databases), BioDMS (Biomedical Data Management), SCCP (Consistency Checking), TPCTC (Performance and Benchmarking), ADS (Agentic Data Systems), TaDA (Tabular Data Analysis), NOVAS (Optimization for AI Systems), VecDB (Vector Databases), and DASHSys (Data Agents with Humans in the Loop). A note in the lower right reads: “+ more emerging topics at the main conference!”
Interested in making your brand visible to the top talent in data management? Looking to recruit highly specialized data and systems engineers? Consider sponsoring VLDB!
vldb.org/2026/sponsorship.ht…
ALT Banner image promoting “Why Sponsor VLDB 2026.” The top shows a networking scene at a professional conference with attendees talking in a booth area. Below, large text reads “Why Sponsor VLDB 2026,” followed by a description about measurable returns in brand visibility, talent acquisition, thought leadership, and partnerships. Four highlighted sections list benefits: Brand Visibility, Targeted Reach, Thought Leadership, and Talent & Community Access, each with brief explanatory text.
ALT Slide titled “OVERVIEW: What’s waiting for us!” describing the value of VLDB as a bridge between academia and industry. It lists key conference statistics: 1,100+ attendees, approximately 12 main conference tracks, approximately 7 workshop tracks, and approximately 15 workshops. Program highlights from previous VLDB events include 3 keynotes, 66 research sessions, 6 industry sessions, 4 panel sessions, 13 tutorial sessions, 3 demo sessions, 3 poster sessions, 5 sponsor sessions, and 2 community events. A note at the bottom states that numbers are estimates based on recent years and may differ for VLDB 2026.
VLDB is welcoming Industrial Track submissions that cover all aspects of innovative, commercial, and industrial-strength (incl. open source) DBMSes and solutions! The deadline is March 2, 2026.
More info: vldb.org/2026/call-for-indus…