As the PHP landscape continues to evolve, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive and enriching environment for PHP developers, enthusiasts, and professionals. With this goal in mind, we are expanding its track topics to encompass a wider range of subjects. Our aim is to foster diverse learning experiences and promote the growth of the PHP community as a whole.

The track topics for PHP Conference 2024 include: Core PHP Development: Delve into the inner workings of PHP, exploring its core functionalities, performance optimization, and upcoming features.

Frameworks: Engage with attendees about various PHP frameworks that drive modern web applications. From Laravel to Symfony, your organization can demonstrate its expertise and commitment to innovation.

Content Management Systems (CMS): Showcase your dedication to enhancing PHP-based CMS platforms, sharing insights about the latest trends and best practices.

Cutting-Edge Technologies: Position your organisation at the forefront of PHP development by contributing to discussions on emerging trends, tools, and techniques.

Beyond PHP: Embrace the opportunity to diversify the conversation. Share knowledge on topics not directly tied to PHP, yet contribute to the overall ecosystem and inspire new perspectives.

PHP UK Conference is focused on education and discussion of the PHP programming language. We aim to attract the best speakers, contributors, and educators from around the world in hopes of providing the community with the best resources on the PHP programming language every year.

We are looking for speakers and instructors to give talks and hands-on classroom sessions. We are seeking talks covering mainstream, advanced, niche or non-technical topics aimed at a multitude of skill levels.

PHP UK seeks to deliver ‘wow’ talks that are fresh and inspiring about cutting edge topics or new perspectives on common problems. The audience will be from all backgrounds varying in skill level from beginner to intermediate to advanced, so talks varying widely in topic and skill levels are required. Most of all we want speakers who have a deep knowledge about the topics they are proposing and can’t wait to share that knowledge with a whole group of of eager listeners. Tell us what you’re most passionate about and why we should be passionate about it as well.

Talk Types

We are looking for 3 different types of talks for the event:

Keynotes

• Opening and closing sessions each day of the conference
• Motivational, big ideas, inspirational, and community related topics
• Full conference audience
• 30 minutes length
• No Q&A
• 4 keynote sessions will be selected

Talk Sessions

• Breakout sessions throughout the conference
• Technical, educational, research, new technology, case studies
• Partial conference audience (split across 3 tracks)
• 60 minutes length
• Q&A at speaker’s discretion (within 45m limit)
• 30 talk sessions will be selected

Tutorials

• Classroom style
• Technical, in depth tutorial content on a specific topic
• 2 hours length
• Suggested 1 hour slide content, 1 hour hands-on exercises
• Partial conference audience (split across 3 tracks)
• Not video recorded or distributed online
• 8 tutorial sessions will be selected

Videos

Both keynotes and talk sessions are video recorded and distributed for free along with your slides on our YouTube channel.

Speakers

We believe diversity of speakers and topics makes our event better. We welcome speakers of all programming languages, experience levels and backgrounds. We welcome speakers of any gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, or religion. We welcome new speakers and experienced speakers alike.