This is the third annual Midwest PHP Conference located in downtown Minneapolis at the University of St Thomas campus. This is a two day PHP conference put on by the Minnesota PHP User Group. Tickets will go fast so make sure to get yours as soon as possible. For more information about the conference please visit midwestphp.org.

Saturday 14th March 2015

09:00 Accessibility: The Forgotten Piece you need to know to become a complete Developer
Keynote by Joe Devon in Auditorium (45 minutes)

Accessibility: The Forgotten Piece you need to know to become a complete Developer

10:00 Your inner Sysadmin
Talk by Chris Tankersley in Auditorium (45 minutes)

Your inner Sysadmin

PHP Extensions
Talk by Elizabeth Marie Smith in Room 235 (Law School) (2 hour)

PHP Extensions

Hack - Why Should I Care?
Talk by Joel Clermont in Room 236 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Hack - Why Should I Care?

11:00 Developing and Deploying PHP with Docker
Talk by Patrick Mizer in Auditorium (45 minutes)

Developing and Deploying PHP with Docker

Getting TLS Right
Talk by Zack Tollman in Room 236 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Getting TLS Right

13:00
17
The Only Girl in the Room
Talk by Beth Tucker Long, Gary Hockin, Eryn O'Neil in Auditorium (45 minutes)

The Only Girl in the Room

MySQL 5.7 -- New Features, Better Performance, and Things That Will Break
Talk by Dave Stokes in Room 235 (Law School) (45 minutes)

MySQL 5.7 -- New Features, Better Performance, and Things That Will Break

Drupal 8: The Crash Course
Talk by Larry Garfield in Room 236 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Drupal 8: The Crash Course

14:00
13
Beautiful Architectures with ES6
Talk by Nate Abele in Auditorium (45 minutes)

Beautiful Architectures with ES6

Practical Deployments for Average Projects
Talk by Jonathan Reinink in Room 235 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Practical Deployments for Average Projects

Container Coding
Talk by Patrick Schwisow in Room 236 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Container Coding

15:00 You Can UX Too: Avoiding the Programmer's Interface
Talk by Eryn O'Neil in Auditorium (45 minutes)

You Can UX Too: Avoiding the Programmer's Interface

Bringing Sculpin to Life
Talk by Beau Simensen in Room 235 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Bringing Sculpin to Life

What's in Your Project Root?
Talk by Jeremy Lindblom in Room 236 (Law School) (45 minutes)

What's in Your Project Root?

Sunday 15th March 2015

09:00
15
Inside Laravel 5.0
Talk by Yitzchok Willroth in Auditorium (45 minutes)

Inside Laravel 5.0

Continuous Integration: Stop Procrastinating and Build Often!
Talk by Patrick Mizer in Room 235 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Continuous Integration: Stop Procrastinating and Build Often!

Speak HTTP and Consume APIs With Guzzle
Talk by Jeremy Lindblom in Room 236 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Speak HTTP and Consume APIs With Guzzle

10:00 Licensing and You
Talk by Chris Tankersley in Auditorium (45 minutes)

Licensing and You

Mentoring: Change the World One Hour at a Time
Talk by Beth Tucker Long in Room 235 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Mentoring: Change the World One Hour at a Time

Demystifying the REST API
Talk by Samantha QuiƱones in Room 236 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Demystifying the REST API

11:00 Navigating Your Git Repository
Talk by Gemma Anible in Auditorium (45 minutes)

Navigating Your Git Repository

Scaling WordPress
Talk by Zack Tollman in Room 235 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Scaling WordPress

Demilitarizing HTTP -- Developing API's for Hostile Mobile Developers
Talk by Maxwell Vandervelde in Room 236 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Demilitarizing HTTP -- Developing API's for Hostile Mobile Developers

13:00
14
Getting off the Freelance Roller-Coaster
Talk by Yitzchok Willroth in Auditorium (45 minutes)

Getting off the Freelance Roller-Coaster

Scaling Magento - Reaching Peak Performance
Talk by Mathew Beane in Room 235 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Scaling Magento - Reaching Peak Performance

From Zero to Silex
Talk by Larry Garfield in Room 236 (Law School) (45 minutes)

From Zero to Silex

14:00
6
Breaking the Stereotype
Talk by Amy Gebhardt in Auditorium (45 minutes)

Breaking the Stereotype

Project Triage: What to do When Everything Hits the Fan
Talk by Eryn O'Neil in Room 235 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Project Triage: What to do When Everything Hits the Fan

Service Oriented Architecture: It's Time to Play Nice With Others!
Talk by Mike Willbanks in Room 236 (Law School) (45 minutes)

Service Oriented Architecture: It's Time to Play Nice With Others!

15:00
18
Give it Back - Getting Involved in Open Source
Keynote by Elizabeth Marie Smith in Auditorium (45 minutes)

Give it Back - Getting Involved in Open Source