Sustainability of Very Large Databases
About
The goal of the VLDB Summer School is to bring together early-stage research students and international experts in Database Management Systems for a multi-day event. The Summer School has two roles: On the one hand, it will educate on state of the art topics in Sustainability of Very Large Databases. On the other hand, the Summer School is a networking event, with many opportunities for students to exchange experience with each other and to discuss in a friendly, collegial, setting with the expert speakers at the event.
The Summer School will take place in person, between the 10th and 13th of August 2026, at the University of Wrocław. It will consist of tutorials and research talks covering state-of-the-art research projects and future challenges, and a Poster Session. In the Poster Session all participants will have a chance to showcase their Phd/Postdoc research topic and results (or their Master’s thesis topic, in case they are still in the Master’s degree), and get feedback from the experts present at the event.
The VLDB Summer School is committed to ensuring an inclusive and diverse environment with zero tolerance for discrimination, harassment, or any other form of misconduct. To support Database education and research internationally, we will provide also discounted participation fees (see next section on Costs), thanks to the generous support of the VLDB SPEND Committee.
Confirmed Speakers
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Important Dates
- School: August 10-13, 2026
Organization
The VLDB Summer School has received financial support from the VLDB SPEND Committee. The persons co-organizing the Summer School are:
- Tilmann Rabl, Professor for Data Engineering Systems, Digital Engineering Fakultät, University of Potsdam, Hasso Plattner Institute
- Sarah Kleest-Meissner, Postdoc, Data & AI, Hasso Plattner Institute
- Piotr Wieczorek, an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Wrocław.
Local organization
Location
The summer school lectures take place at:
Institute of Computer Science, University of Wrocław
Joliot-Curie 15, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
Past Editions
VLDB Summer School 2025 has been held in Wrocław, Poland
VLDB Summer School 2024 and VLDB Summer School 2023 have been held in Cluj, Romania