Percona University is coming to Montevideo. On September 23rd, 2026, we’re getting together for a full day of technical talks on open source software, and you are invited!

If you work or study with open source software in Uruguay, this one is for you. It’s a whole day of learning, with the people who build and run these systems every day. No sales pitch, just good technical content and a community that likes to share what it knows.

Let me tell you what to expect, and why it’s worth a spot on your calendar.

Percona has run these events for years across the world, including a few stops in South America already. This is the third time it will be held in Uruguay. The idea is simple: bring the open-source database community together to share knowledge for free.

The word “University” is the important part here. This is an educational event, and not a sales one. The talks are technical, and the goal is that you walk out having learned something you can use daily.

You don’t need to be a Percona customer, and you definitely don’t need to be an expert. You just need to be curious about open source databases and want to spend a day getting better at them. Bring your questions, bring a notebook and your laptop, and plan to stay for the conversations between sessions.

Come if you work with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or anything in the open source data world. It’s a great place for DBAs, backend developers, SREs, students, and people just getting started to come together and learn from each other. The talks cover real problems: performance tuning, upgrades, monitoring, the things we all fight with in production.

Networking with peers is what I like the most about events like this. You get to meet the people behind the tools, ask engineers the questions you’ve been sitting on for months, in person, and actually talk it through. You meet other folks in Uruguay doing the same work you do, and those hallway conversations are worth as much as the talks themselves.

Open source is built by the community, and it’s nice to see that community in person. We don’t get a full day of this in Montevideo very often at all, so it’s worth showing up!

Here’s what you need to know:

• When: September 23rd, 2026, from 09:00 to 18:00
• Where: Regency Way Montevideo Hotel. Av Gral Rivera 3377
• Cost: FREE!
• Language: talks will be in English and Spanish, with slides you can review afterward

• Opening Session, State of Open Source Database Ecosystem. Peter Zaitsev
• Beyond “Postgres is up”: detecting failures and performance tuning with Coroot. Nikolay Sivko / Agustín Gallego
• bpftrace 301: tracing variables life cycle for advanced bug investigations. Marcos Albe
• TiDB 101. Fernando Ipar
• MySQL 8.4 Upgrade: Best Practices For Zero-Surprise Prod Migration. Fernando Mattera
• From Reactive to Ready: How AI Changed My Work as a Service Delivery Manager. Mariana Bonsignore
• 5-minute lightning talks at the end… and there are still some available slots for talks, so submit yours!

We’re lining up talks from Percona engineers and guest speakers from the region. Expect a mix of topics, with plenty of practical hands-on content. Since it runs all day, there’s room for deeper sessions than a normal meetup allows, plus breaks to grab a coffee and keep talking. The full agenda will live on the Eventbrite page (we’ll keep adding talks as they are confirmed).

Registration is free on Eventbrite, and it’s quick.

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/percona-university-montevideo-uruguay-tickets-1997688670590?aff=Blogpost

Grab your spot early, since seats are limited.

In short, Percona University Montevideo is a full day to learn, meet the community, and get better at the open source databases we all rely on. It’s happening on September 23rd, and everyone is welcome to attend.

Register, tell a coworker, tell a friend, and come say hi. We hope to see you there!