10th October 2009 sees the second annual PHP Conference to be held in Manchester,
PHP North West. As one of the organisers I've been watching the arrangements come together with growing excitement: this year we have a new venue, a
schedule literally packed with excellent sessions, plenty of social activity, and some community-driven input on Sunday morning - I'll even be speaking myself this year. Some of the topics at this year's conference include various PHP frameworks, performance, Drupal, project management, and much more.
The conference is a regional event aimed at PHP developers of all levels as well as their managers, coming together and exchanging ideas around developing PHP within teams today. Our attendees range from those living locally or making a daytrip of it right across to speakers and attendees flying in from mainland Europe. We're very grateful to all our sponsors, they've stepped up to get involved even in the difficult economic climate and without them this entirely volunteer-organised conference simply couldn't happen.
With a speaker lineup that wouldn't look out of place at any PHP conference, technical merit is one aspect that we haven't compromised on. This is probably the best possible value that you can get for your training budget - the event is very reasonably-priced (50 pounds for an
early bird ticket until 11th September), and it takes place on a Saturday. So why not offer your team the chance to attend some excellent technical sessions across the weekend and the opportunity to network with the best in the community?
Like the sound of it? Then I hope to see you in Manchester!