You are probably searching for great tech conferences to get your skills to the next level, right?
There are so many conferences and only so much time (and money), so it might be time to start planning your year in conferences. Finding great conferences to attend is difficult. But no worries, we have created the list of great PHP conferences you should attend in 2016. Check it out.
We’ll keep this list updated so come back for new info.
Ski PHP Conference 2016
January 14th – 15th, 2016, Salt Lake City, Utah
A weekend on the slope
Do you love skiing? Here’s an event for you.
Visit Salt Lake City for two days of learning, mingling and of course, skiing. The tracks include diverse topics: CLI, Data, DevOps, Frameworks, HTML/CSS, PHP Language, Security, Testing and more.
This is a third conference organized by the Utah PHP User Group, and although relatively new kid on the block, the team behind gathers some amazing people to share and talk about PHP and related topics. For adventurers, this is a great way to start a year.
Follow their Twitter account: @skiphp, hashtag #SkiPHP
PHPBenelux Conference 2016
January 29th – 30th, 2016, Antwerp, Belgium
A decision to make for January 2016
The 7th PHPBenelux Conference will bring 2 days of PHP goodness. Come to learn, connect and share ideas, listen to inspiring speakers, and meet like-minded PHP enthusiasts.
As every year, the conference gets together good speakers and offer great talks in a wide variety of interesting topics, ending each day with great social events. The first day is all about tutorials while the second day is devoted to multi-track hour sessions about best practices and solutions for common problems.
Follow their Twitter: @phpbenelux, hashtag: #phpbnl16
SunshinePHP 2016
February 4th – 6th, 2016, Miami, Florida
Something for every level of PHP developer
Sunny February days, tempting right? But this isn’t your only reason to visit Miami – the 4th SunshinePHP conference brings two days of great workshops and talks on PHP and the latest technology, and gathers some important people from the PHP community.
The conference kicks off with a full day of 8 PHP related tutorials and workshops – each is a 3-hour in-depth educational training, continues with 2 days of 5 awesome keynotes from some of the most inspirational people, and 30 PHP talks over 3 tracks.
Keep up to date: Twitter: @sunshinephp, hashtag: #ssphp16
The PHP UK Conference
February 18th -19th, 2016, London, UK
Exciting two days of learning
Whether you are a professional or a beginner, PHP UK conference has something to offer to everyone interested in PHP. A two-day event offers up-to-date content about PHP and related web technologies.
On Wednesday evening, you can attend a pre-conference pubcon, and the next two days enjoy in inspiring keynote presentations from international speakers and delegates.
Follow their Twitter account @PHPUKConference, hashtag #phpuk16
ConFoo
February 24th – 26th, 2016, Montreal, Canada
Web conference for web developers
Montreal hosts the annual multi-technology conference for web developers and gathers speakers from around the world to share pragmatic solutions and best practices in web development.
A one of the world’s leading get-together for web devs, the conference covers all aspects of web development, and you can hear great talks and attend workshops created by the developers from Githhub, Pivitol Labs, Shopify, Twitter, MongoDB, PayPal, Microsoft and much more. The diversity of speakers and presentations makes the event good for all developer levels and regardless of programming language.
This three-day event should become a fixture in your calendar as you get to learn from 100 international experts.
Follow them on Twitter @confooca
MIDWEST PHP conference
March 4th – 5th, 2016, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Are you interested in speaking at a tech conference?
Midwest PHP conference covers a wide range of topics, such as JavaScript, Frameworks, CMS, Database & Server Administration, DevOps, Mobile Development, offering as well different non-technical and business related workshops.
Since 2012, they are bringing together experts and top notch professionals from around the world to share best practices, ideas, and techniques.
The Midwest PHP 2016 call for papers is open now through November 15, 2015, and it’s a great opportunity to show what you know and share it with the community. You can choose from many interesting topics: Drupal, CSS, JavaScript, Deployment, Testing, and more.
For more info follow their Twitter account
PHP Day (The Italian PHP conference)
May 13th – 14th 2016, Verona, Italy
Do you want to meet the most important international PHP gurus?
phpDay conference in Verona aims to connect the most important international PHP gurus with European developers during two days of talks and workshops.
The talks and keynotes are focused on the development of PHP and innovation, but also include various PHP-related technologies like Zend Framework2, Symfony2, Laravel, Drupal and WordPress.
For more info follow their Twitter @phpday
PHPKonf
May 21st – 22nd 2016, Istanbul, Turkey
Great keynotes for PHP developers of all levels
PHPKonf in Istanbul brings together the best from the PHP community. Organized by the Istanbul PHP user group, a two-day conference is designed to cover subjects of interest for PHP developers of every level.
You will be impressed by the list of keynote speakers, some of who are the founder of Symfony, Fabien Potencier, and Yitzchok Willroth.
For more information, follow @IstanbulPHP
php[tek] 2016
May 23rd – 27th 2016, St. Louis, Missouri
Meet the brightest experts from the PHP community
Since 2006, the team behind php[architect] magazine, have been organizing an annual PHP conference, gathering many creative minds from the community.
“At php[tek], you will find a familiar atmosphere that revolves around people, and not around business interests. Speakers, organizers, sponsors and attendees mingle and learn from each other as much in the “hallway track”, as in the sessions themselves.”
The 11th edition of php[tek] conference brings great keynote speakers, some of the top PHP community members.
The first day of the conference gives you a great opportunity to learn Laravel and PHP essentials, as well as web security while the second day is a tutorial day with some great educators and workshops.
For more info follow their Twitter account @phparch, official hashtag is #phptek
DPC 2016
June 23rd – 25th, 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Meet the European PHP community
The 10th Dutch PHP Conference, with a pre-conference tutorial day, is all about know-how, best practice, networking and tips and tricks.
The program of the conference is targeted at PHP and Mobile Web Developers of all levels, as well as software architects, and managers.
Check out their list of speakers and for more information follow their Twitter @dpcon
php[cruise]
July 17th – 24th, 2016, Out of Baltimore, MD
A 7-day conference-cruise to the Bahamas
The first conference cruise ran in 2004, but now it’s back, so if you are looking for a truly exciting learning experience, look no further. The organizers wanted to give you a unique experience, so you can also bring your family.
A 7-day PHP conference-cruise to the Bahamas is packed with great sessions and workshops, bringing many from the community together to learn from each other.
See the schedule, and for more information follow @phparch
php[world]
November 14th – 18th 2016, Washington, DC
The whole world of PHP together in one place
php[world] conference is being planned and tThe Call for Speakers is open until June 6th.
“We especially want to see sessions that are designed to encourage people to mingle and be exposed to other PHP communities that they don’t interact with on a daily basis.”
Stay tuned for more info and follow @phparch on twitter for updates.
Check back regularly, we’ll update the list with new conferences.
So, what’s your next destination?
