The team of organizers is planning the third PHP Unconference Europe. This event will take place on the island of Majorca - probably in May 2014.

Would you like to sponsor this event? You find the sponsor information attached to this blog posting.

Don't hesitate to contact us, if you have any questions.

Welcome to #PHPucEU!

Use the Wifi with the SSID "conference". The password is "23nvscnc". Please document every session in our wiki: phpuceu.wikidot.com. 

If you need any assistence, ask the team of organizers.

The mission of PHP Unconference Europe is to bring together an international group, who have detailed knowledge of PHP and related web technologies.

Being an unconference, the exact content is decided upon by the attendees of the event. Add you contributions in our contribs system.

We are going to start the PHPucEU 2013 on Saturday at 9.30 with a breakfast.

We opened our contribs system for the PHP Unconference 2013. Add your ideas & suggestions to our system. 

We are going to vote the topics at the beginning of the unconference. Never the less it's easer if all have an idea which topics might be interesting for the attendees of the PHPucEU. 

So, let's go: http://contribs.eu.phpunconf.org/

InnoGames supports the PHPucEU in 2013 as a Bronze sponsor! Thanks a lot ;-)

thePHP.cc is offering a two-day training course on developing and testing professional PHP code right after PHP Unconference Europe. PHP Days in Berlin will be held by Sebastian Bergmann, Arne Blankerts and Stefan Priebsch.

The price for this training course includes admission to the PHP Unconference Europe. PHP Unconference Europe is the perfect preparation for attendees to get the most out of PHP Days in Berlin.

PHP Unconference Europe in an international event, the language of which is English. To ensure that no single language is in the majority, the organizers are selling only 40% of the tickets to German-speaking attendees, and the remaining 60% to foreign attendees.

The organizers of PHP Unconference Europe are looking for people to help out on the day at the Free University of Berlin (Department of Informatics).

Please contact us, if you are willing to offer some assistance.

The organizers of the #PHPucEU have started to plan the PHP Unconference 2013. Good news: thePHP.cc is going to support again the event as Gold sponsor.

We learnt last year, that there exists an excited and enthusiastic PHP audience in Europe. We would like to repeat the success of the PHPucEU 2011.

But we need your support: we are looking for a fitting town, a nice venue .... and a date.

So..., your ideas are welcome!

Please document your session in our WIKI (http://eu.php-unconference.de/). Please comment the sessions on http://www.joind.in/.

We have set up a joind.in account for PHP Unconference Europe. Add your talk to our joind.in page so that other attendees can post feedback and constructive criticism:

http://joind.in/event/phpuceu

Similarity, if you are attending the unconference, click on I'm attending.

We are delighted to announce that KAYAK is sponsering PHP Unconference Europe. KAYAK joined the team back in November 2010.

Without the inspiration of Ulf Wendel and Lars Jankowfsky, the unconference would never have taken place.

Thank you, KAYAK!

If you are arriving in Manchester on Friday afternoon, you may be looking to go out on Friday night. Although, not an official part of PHP Unconference Europe, some attendees have suggested meeting up at the following fine establishment. The organizers, therefore, designate this as the pre-unconference meet up point.

Dukes 92

In addition to their generous offer of vouchers and books, we are delighted to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) are also sponsoring PHP Unconference Europe.

Thank you again, Amazon Web Services!

PHP Unconference Europe is a community event. Its main purpose is to facilitate the exchange of information about PHP and related web technologies among attendees. The sessions are a starting point, but the most interesting exchanges take place in the breaks between the sessions. This year, the venue has been specifically chosen to encourage this inter-attendee exchange.

Being entirely community-powered, we need your help on the day to assist us run the unconference. Here is how you can help the organizers:

We are delighted to announce that dmr solutions are sponsoring PHP Unconference Europe.

Thank you, dmr solutions!

We are delighted to announce that PHP Days, the two-day training course directly after PHP Unconference Europe, will take place at:

Manchester Conference Centre

Weston Building

Sackville Street

Manchester

M1 3BB

Date: Monday, 21 February 2011 and Tuesday, 22 February 2011.

Time: 9:00 to 17:00.

This venue is just a few minutes walk from PHP Unconference Europe.

We are delighted to announce that Galileo Press will be supporting PHP Unconference Europe. They have offered to donate ten German books to give away at the event on Saturday and Sunday.

Thank you, Galileo Press!

We are delighted to announce that cloudControl is sponsoring PHP Unconference Europe. Additionally, they will be donating vouchers to use their services free-of-charge to all unconference attendees.

cloudControl is a cloud hosting platform made available as a service. You only pay for the resources you actually use.

Thank you, cloudControl!

We are delighted to announce that LiveDocx has donated the following:

• lanyards
• badge holders
• attendee badges
• vote posters

LiveDocx offers developers a really easy way to generate PDF, DOCX, DOC and RTF documents by combining structured data from PHP with a template, created in a word processor.

Thank you, LiveDocx!

We are delighted to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) have donated the following:

• 60 vouchers at $20 each for use with Amazon Web Services
• 24 copies of Host Your Web Site In The Cloud

We will distribute these goodies at PHP Unconference Europe on Saturday and Sunday.

Also be sure to checkout out Matt Wood's session on High Performance Websites in the Cloud.

Thank you, Amazon Web Services!

We are delighted to announce that APress will be supporting PHP Unconference Europe. They have offered to donate upto ten books of our choice to give away at the event on Saturday and Sunday.

Thank you, Apress!

We are delighted to announce that PHP Unconference Europe will take place at:

Pitcher & Piano

Arch 9 & 10

Deansgate Locks

Whitworth Street

Manchester

M1 5LH

Date: Saturday, 19 February 2011 and Sunday, 20 February 2011.

Time: 9:00 to 17:00.

There will be a social event on Saturday evening at the same venue.

You decide on the programme! At PHPucEU, you state the topics in which you are interested and we all look for speakers and moderators.

The idea is simple: You submit a topic, about which you would like to hold a session (a so called "contribution"). Or you submit an interest, about which someone else may be willing to hold a session (a so called "interest").

The Tickets for the PHP Unconference Europe 2011 are on sale! Hope to see you there on Feb. 19th + 20th!

Due to the international nature of PHP Unconference Europe, you will be able to purchase admission tickets in either EUR or GBP. The charge is EUR 46.00 or GBP 40.00.

Hello there

PHP Unconference has established itself as a forum for core developers, developers and users to discuss PHP and other related web technologies.

The next PHP Unconference will take place on 19th & 20th February, 2011 in Manchester, UK. The organizers are expecting 180 participants from all over Europe. Learn more about PHP Unconference Europe. The tickets will go on sale shortly.

Due to the international nature of PHP Unconference Europe, you will be able to purchase admission tickets in either EUR or GBP.

The charge will be EUR 46.00 or GBP 40.00.

The ticketing system will be open in a few days.

The PHP Consulting Company (thePHP.cc) is offering a two-day training course on developing and testing professional PHP code right after PHP Unconference Europe. PHP Days in Manchester will be held by Sebastian Bergmann, Arne Blankerts and Stefan Priebsch.

The price for this training course includes admission to PHP Unconference Europe. PHP Unconference Europe is the perfect preparation for attendees to get the most out of PHP Days in Manchester.

We are delighted to announce that PHP Unconference Europe will take place on 19th & 20th February, 2011 in Manchester, UK.

We will announce the exact venue in the next few weeks. It will be in a city centre location with good access to all three train stations and the airport.

Watch this space!

Following the feedback on our original blog post about finding the right date for PHP Unconference Europe in Manchester, UK, we realize that there were some serious clashes with other PHP and Open Source events (FOSDEM, PHPBenelux and PHP UK). We want to avoid this at all costs.

What is the right date for PHP Unconference Europe? Our goal is that the event takes place on 29 to 30 January 2011. Please contact us, if you know of any good (PHP) reasons for another date.

Would you like to sponsor PHP Unconference Europe? Contact us! If you are not familiar with the idea of unconferences, please take a look at Introducing PHPucEU.

Last night, the organizers of PHP Unconference Europe met up via Skype to talk about the next steps. New todo lists were distributed and the current status was discussed.

If you are interested in organizing a PHP unconference in your hometown, please read "how to organize a PHP unconference".

Learn how to do it. It's easy and it's funny ;-)

The organizers of PHP Unconference Europe are meeting on November 21, 2009 and November 22, 2009 to discuss some initial ideas and to reflect on what we have already discussed with the community. No doubt, we will have a fun-filled weekend!

We would like to establish PHP Unconference Europe in 2010 (PHPucEU 2010). We are currently soliciting opinions on this idea. Please answer the following questions in the comments section below or using the contact form:

1. What is the intention of the people who attend such an event?
2. Describe in a few words what you expect from a European PHP unconference.
3. Where should the event take place?
4. In which season should the event take place?
5. How many participants would you expect?
   
6. Where will most delegates come from?
7. Would you be interested in assisting with the organization of the event?
   How much time are you able to invest?
8. Who should we ask these questions?
   

Please leave your name and e-mail address in the comments below, so that we can get in touch with you for further information, if necessary.

We are delighted to announce that Markus Wolff has decided to become one of the PHP Unconference Europe organizers. If you would like to volunteer some of your time and are interested in organizing an inspiring and international event, please contact us!

We are delighted to announce that Hinrich Sager has decided to become one of the PHP Unconference Europe organizers.

If you would be interested in assisting with the organization of PHP Unconference Europe, please contact us.

jimdo.com supports PHP Unconference Europe. Our new URL is http://www.phpuceu.org/.

You can also follow us on Twitter and tweet, using the official hash tag #PHPucEU.

If you are interested in helping us organize the unconference, please contact us.If you are interested in supporting / sponsoring us, contact us also!

If you are in interested in joining the organization team, please contact us.

The following points need to be tackled first: