Here's a neutral and interesting summary of the text: The author attended the EDBT conference in Uppsala, where they presented on Graph Databases and data-local processing. The event showcased the growing interest in database technology, particularly with cloud computing platforms and distributed data storage approaches. Many talks highlighted the potential of processing graph structures and data-local analytics for complex problem-solving. The author found it encouraging to see research around traversing graphs and expressing queries without requiring the entire dataset. The Property Graph Model is gaining traction, with various databases implementing support for it, making querying with Pipes and Gremlin a universal option. Overall, the event was a great opportunity to be in the graph database space.