PHP Unconference Europe Blog Archive

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PHPucEU goes WEucEU

After the last years on Majorca an a lot of great topics which are not directly PHP related, we decided to change the focus of the PHPucEU more into Web Engineering. Therefore we change the name to Web Engineering Unconference Europe or WEucEU.

 

You can find more infos here: http://weuceu.org

Timetable for Saturday

The audience (110 participants) voted the sessions for Saturday. 

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Topics voted for sunday

Topics voted for saturday

Parties and Unconference timetable

Dear participants,

 

we are very much looking forward to seeing you all on Marjoca this weekend! It's going to be two (and a half) awesome days filled with topics that really matter to you.

 

It's not just the sessions we are looking forward to, but every minute we can spend with you. There will be a pre-party on Friday and an after show party on Saturday, thanks to our sponsor trivago.

 

In case you are not sure what you have to expect: http://www.phpuceu.org/introducing-phpuceu/how-it-works/

 

Unfortunately we don't have a sponsor for the preparty. So please make sure to have some money on you.

 

Pre-party:

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Friday at 7 pm

Ginbo

Passeig de Mallorca, 14A

07012 Palma

Illes Balears, Spanien

 

Public transport from bus stop

starting at the hotel: 64-Joan Miró 144, Spanien

exiting 54-Jaume III 22

then go a few steps back and turn right

 

 

The PHPucEU starts on

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Saturday at 9:30 am

Sunday 10:00 am

 

Hotel Catalonia Majorica

Carrer Garita 3

07015 Palma de Majorca

Spain

 

The detailed timetable can be found on our homepage: http://www.phpuceu.org/2015/05/04/timetable-phpuceu-2015/

 

The After-party on saturday is hosted by trivago

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Party starts at 6:00 pm

Avenida Joan Miró, 147 . 07015. Palma

 

We'll have a beer or two, get some pizza and we'll have the possibility to watch the champion league final starting at 9:00 pm

 

All this is only possible thanks to our awesome sponsors: trivago, shopware, Aspera and Syseleven

And a big thank you to Zend for providing us with a couple of elePHPants

 

 

If you're worried about food supply:

During the event itself (Saturday morning until afternoon and Sunday morning until afternoon) breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks are provided and included in your ticket.

 

Looking forward to see you and safe travels!

 

Timetable PHPucEU 2016

It's an unconference. Be prepared!

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We Want you!

Hi Folks,

 

It has been quite a long time since the last PHP Unconference last year. We hope you all have had a good christmas and a good start to the new year!

 

We would like to remind you that the PHP Unconference 2016 takes place on the 28th and 29th May on the island of Mallorca and we would be happy to see you there. So if you like meeting other PHP folks exchange about hot topics you decide follow the link and joins us!

 

http://www.phpuceu.org/phpuceu-2016/tickets/ 

PHPucEU 2016 - Tickets available now!

Hi Folks,


Its nearly 3 months ago that I have seen you on the island of Mallorca for the PHPucEU 2015 and I am still memorizing the event everyday because I absolutely loved learning new stuff and discussing in the coffee breaks.


The team and me are preparing the event for the next year but one thing is missing - You!  Because the great topics and discussions is all about you. So I am happy to announce that Ticketsale for the PHPucEU 2016 has started now. I am looking forward to see you on 28th + 29th May 2016.


Your super excited ElePHPant!

PHPucEU 2015 - Review

Dear attendees,

 

time passed by since the PHPucEU 2015 took place. We hope you all enjoyed the event and the island of Marjoca. We would like to use this email to mention a few things.

 

The first thing we want to say is: thank you for joining us - you made this unconference with a lot of inspiring and interesting sessions happen.

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Team of organizers... ;-)

We are happy to announce that Daniel Kröger joined the Team of Organizers. 

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A big Thank you

Dear attendees and dear sponsors,

we would like to say

 

Thank you very much! You are the best!

 

We hope you enjoyed the Unconference as much as we did. You made the Unconference a special event for all of us. More than 110 people attended 26 talks, workshops, and discussions.

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Winner Photo (Photo Safari 2015)

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Photo Impressions  #PHPucEU 2015 (Update)

We are collecting some impressions of the PHPucEU 2015. If you want to add photos, just drop an e-mail: phpuceu at googlegroups dot com.

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Timetable #PHPucEU Sunday 

The attendees of the #PHPucEU voted for the Sunday Sessions. If you want to change your room to the roof top (SUN!), then change the location of the session on our wall board.


Please notice: if you are going to offer more sessions, just add them to our session wall board. 

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Night Event at Anima Beach

You are invited to our night session at "ANIMA BEACH". The night event is not an official part of the #PHPucEU. 

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PHPucEU Partner Happiness Program -- yeah!

We started this year with our first PHPucEU partner happiness programm. A lot of partners accompany attendees of the PHPucEU. At 11.30 all partners meet for their own voting -- and for their program on saturday. 

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Win the red ElePHPant - Photo Safari!

This year a RED ELEPHPANT is on photo safari. Support the ElePHPant and win it!

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Timetable for Saturday

The audience (110 participants) voted the sessions for Saturday. 

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Short Reminder for your weekend with Us

Dear attendee,

 

we are looking forward to see you in Palma and have a great weekend together. Here are important things to know about the PHPucEU.

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Shopware, our third gold sponsor

We are proud, that Shopware is supporting us in our effort to connect the whole PHP community. This is how Shopware is describing itself:


shopware AG is a German software manufacturer for online shop systems. Established in the year 2000, with its 90 employees, the company is currently focusing on its core product Shopware, a new and leading shop software for companies and online shops of all sizes. With more than 32,000 customers and over 900 sales partners, shopware AG is currently one of the most successful manufacturers of shop software and is also one of the biggest drivers of innovation in German eCommerce. As a joint stock business, the company is 100 per cent owner-managed, independent and equity-financed, therefore guaranteeing a high degree of flexibility. Please follow us at twitter and find us at Github.

InnoGames, OUR Second Gold SPONSOR 

We would like to introduce InnoGames to you. InnoGames is one of our Gold Sponsors this year and we are proud that they help us to bring the PHP community together. This is how InnoGames describes themselves.


InnoGames, based in Hamburg, is one of the leading developers and publishers of online games with more than 150 million registered players around the world. We have been characterized by dynamic growth ever since the company was founded in 2007. In order to further expand our success and to realize new projects, we are constantly looking for young talents, experienced professionals, and creative thinkers.

Do you have ideas for saturday eve?

Hey! Good news from the team of organizers. We found a lot of sponsors (still looking for new sponsors), and more than 60 participants already registered for the PHP Unconference Majorca. 


It's time to make plans for friday and saturday eve (2015, 8th + 9th of May).

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Support the ElePHPant on his way to Majorca!

The ElePHPant is dreaming from Majorca. And he couldn't wait for May, so he started right now his travel to the #PHPucEU.

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Join the Un-Training with Sebastian Bergmann & Arne Blankerts!

For years, the concepts and ideas of open spaces and unconference have become ever more popular in the PHP community. About time to adapt them for tutorials! Join Arne Blankerts and Sebastian Bergmann (thePHP.cc) for this participant-driven workshop.

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Sponsoring PHPucEU 2015!

The team of organizers is planning the fourth PHP Unconference Europe. This event will take place again on the island of Majorca -  on May 9th + 10th 2015. Tickets are on sale for 150 participants.

 

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.

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Recap of PHPucEU 2014

Dear attendees,

we would like to thank you. You were really really awesome attendees and you made this event a successful story. We planned this event over a year ago and we are happy about how it took place.

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Welcome Julia!

Julia Schmidt joined the team of organizers. Julia attended the PHP Unconference 2014 as a participant (read here about her experiences as a participant - in german)... and decided afterwards to add her organizational skills to our team.

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So long, goodbye + see you next year!

90 PHP enthusiasts on the island of Majorca - nice conference rooms, sun & good meals. And phantastic sessions - we enjoyed the #PHPucEU 2014. We hope to see you again in 2015!

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The ElePHPant went back from the Photo Safari!

The ElePHPant enjoyed the sun on the island of Majorca!
The ElePHPant enjoyed the sun on the island of Majorca!
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Sessions #PHPucEU 2014

Saturday

Sunday


Timetable PHPucEU 2014

It's an unconference. Be prepared!

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Two topics on the PHP Day: Secure Web Development & Riskfree Framework Usage

thePHP.cc is offering two one-day training courses right before the PHP Unconference Europe 2014. The PHP Day in Palma de Majorca will be held by Arne Blankerts and Stefan Priebsch.

 

On Friday, May 16th, they will give training courses about secure web development and riskfree framework usage.

 

The price for these training courses include admission to the PHP Unconference Europe.

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See you on the island of Majorca in May 2014!

Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
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Looking for sponsors for 2014

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.

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Impressions PHPucEU 2013

Wifi & Wiki

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.

Timetable for PHPucEU 2013

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.

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Add your ideas & suggestions to our contribs system!

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/

Thanks to InnoGames!

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

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PHP Days in Berlin

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.

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Organizing a Truly International Event

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.

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Looking for support at the FU Berlin

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.

#PHPucEU 2013: starting by ....

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!

 

 

Documentation of PHP Unconference Europe

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

Getting feedback from your sessions

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.

KAYAK sponsors PHP Unconference Europe

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 Jankowfskythe unconference would never have taken place.

 

Thank you, KAYAK!

PHP Unconference Europe Warm-Up Party

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

 

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Amazon Web Services sponsor PHP Unconference Europe

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!

Get involved at PHP Unconference Europe

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:

 

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dmr solutions sponsor PHP Unconference Europe

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

 

Thank you, dmr solutions!

PHP Days venue details

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.

Galileo Press supports 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!

cloudControl sponsors PHP Unconference Europe

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!

LiveDocx supports PHP Unconference Europe

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!

Bring your own extension lead!

As all attendees of PHP Unconference Europe will be bringing and using their laptop, phones and other electronic gizmos at the event, there will be a shortage of power sockets. You can be sure of this!

 

Therefore, we kindly ask you to bring your own extension lead with you. One ideally with more than 1 socket on it, so that others may also use it.

 

Note to attendees from outside the UK: Remember, the UK has a different plug system from the rest of Europe (see photo!), so you will also need an EU to UK plug adapter.

 

Thank you!

Amazon Web Services supports PHP Unconference Europe

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

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!

APress supports PHP Unconference Europe

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!

PHP Unconference Europe venue details

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.

Contribution & Interests System is now live

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").

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Tickets on sale!

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.

Save the date: 19th & 20th February, 2011

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.

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Admission charge for PHP Unconference Europe

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.

PHP Days in Manchester

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.

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Save the date: 19th & 20th February, 2011, 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!

Still looking for the right date

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.

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Galileo Press supports PHPucEU

Galileo Press supports PHP Unconference Europe with ten books and training videos.

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Looking for the right date

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.

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Looking for sponsors

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.

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LiveDocx supports PHP Unconference Europe

LiveDocx is a document generation platform that allows well formatted documents to be created, by combining structured data from PHP with a template, created in a word processor. LiveDocx is delighted to support PHP Unconference Europe.

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One step nearer to the unconference

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.

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How to organize a PHP unconference

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 ;-)

Initial meeting ends up with mission statement of PHP Unconference Europe

PHPucEU / Draft Mission Statement
PHPucEU 2010: On the flip chart: 1st version of mission statement.

After one weekend of debate, we now know exactly what the goal of PHP Unconference Europe is:

 

To provide a platform that will enable the exchange of information about PHP and related web technologies and Open Source projects.

 

 

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Initial meeting of the PHPucEU organizers

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!

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Thinking about PHP Unconference Europe

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.

Another organizer joins the team

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!

Hinrich Sager joins the organizers

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

Want to help organize PHP Unconference Europe?

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

jimdo.com supports PHP Unconference Europe

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!

 

First issues for a new event.

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

The following points need to be tackled first:

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