The 23rd Dutch-Belgian DataBase Day (DBDBD) 2026

๐ŸŒŸ DBDBD 2026 โ€“ Welcome & Important Information

The 23rd edition of the Dutch-Belgian DataBase Day will be held in Delft, The Netherlands on Friday 4 December 2026.

We invite submissions of 1-page abstracts for posters and oral presentations. Review the submission scope and deadlines on the Call for Abstracts page ๐Ÿ“„.

The workshop venue is finalized at Lijm & Cultuur (Rotterdamseweg 272, Delft). Check our Venue page for directions and travel guidance ๐Ÿ“.


For any questions or inquiries, please contact the organizing committee at dbdbd2026@googlegroups.com.

Delft City Center and Canal, The Netherlands Delft, The Netherlands

Date: Friday 4 December 2026, in Delft

The Dutch-Belgian DataBase Day (DBDBD) is a yearly one-day workshop, organized in turn by a Belgian or Dutch university, with a focus on database research. DBDBD 2026 will take place at Lijm & Cultuur in Delft, The Netherlands.

At DBDBD 2026, junior and senior researchers from the Netherlands and Belgium will present their recent results and connect with colleagues in the field of data management. The workshop offers an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas, discover ongoing research in Dutch and Belgian universities, and foster new collaborations.

The program will feature poster sessions and selected oral presentations. There are no printed proceedings. Abstracts of accepted contributions will be published on the DBDBD 2026 website.

We invite submissions (1-page abstracts) on a broad range of database and database-related topics. This includes core areas such as data storage and management, database theory, querying, semantics, and ontologies, as well as work at the intersection of databases with other disciplines such as machine learning, large language models, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, distributed systems, and data science. Based on the submissions, the workshop will be organized into sessions that highlight different themes.


๐Ÿšจ News

๐Ÿš€ Call for Papers

Call for Abstracts Open

Submit your 1-page abstract on data management and related topics for poster and oral presentations.

Submission details →
๐Ÿ“ Venue Finalized

Venue: Lijm & Cultuur

DBDBD 2026 will take place at Lijm & Cultuur, an industrial-heritage event site on the Schie canal adjacent to TU Delft.

Directions & travel →
๐ŸŽค Keynote

Keynote: Lieven Vandersypen

We are delighted to announce Prof. Lieven Vandersypen (Director of Research at QuTech / TU Delft) as keynote speaker!

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๐ŸŽค Keynote

Keynote Speaker II (TBA)

The second keynote speaker will be announced shortly. Stay tuned for further speaker announcements!

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๐Ÿค Community

SIKS Participation

Organized in cooperation with SIKS (Netherlands Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems).

Registration info →

๐ŸŽค Invited Keynote Speakers

DBDBD 2026 will feature two distinguished keynote presentations by leading researchers:

Prof. dr. ir. Lieven Vandersypen

Prof. dr. ir. Lieven Vandersypen

Director of Research at QuTech • Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor in Quantum Nanoscience, TU Delft
Keynote: Quantum Computing & Quantum Technologies

Prof. Vandersypen is an internationally renowned pioneer in quantum computation, leading world-class research on quantum dot spin qubits, fault-tolerant quantum algorithms, and scalable quantum architectures at QuTech and Delft University of Technology.

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Keynote Speaker II

To be announced • Leading Expert in Database Research
Keynote presentation details coming soon

The second keynote speaker will be announced shortly. Stay tuned for further speaker and program announcements!

Program updates →

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Organizing Committee

Organized by Web Information Systems & Data-Intensive Systems at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).

Aditya Shankar
Aditya Shankar
Data-Intensive Systems
TU Delft
Oto Mrรกz
Oto Mrรกz
Data-Intensive Systems
TU Delft
Eva Eleonora Ferradosa
Eva Eleonora Ferradosa
Web Information Systems
TU Delft
Tim Littau
Tim Littau
Web Information Systems
TU Delft
Yuandou Wang
Yuandou Wang
Web Information Systems
TU Delft
Rihan Hai
Rihan Hai
Web Information Systems
TU Delft