Laracon Europe is a three-day event in historic Amsterdam where developers will improve their knowledge and awareness of modern engineering techniques and strengthen their network of like-minded developers.

Thursday 28th August 2014

11:00 Beyond PHP: It’s Not (Just) About the Code
Talk by Wim Godden (45 minutes)

Beyond PHP: It’s Not (Just) About the Code

Handling Highly Connected Data with Neo4j Graph Databases
Talk by Michelle Sanver (45 minutes)

Handling Highly Connected Data with Neo4j Graph Databases

13:00 Getting Started with Package Development for PHP and Laravel
Talk by Hannes Van De Vreken (20 minutes)

Getting Started with Package Development for PHP and Laravel

11
Integrating Doctrine with Laravel
Talk by Mitchell van Wijngaarden (20 minutes)

Integrating Doctrine with Laravel

13:30
5
Feature Induced Happiness
Talk by Xander Smalbil (20 minutes)

Feature Induced Happiness

Filesystem Abstraction with Flysystem
Talk by Frank de Jonge (30 minutes)

Filesystem Abstraction with Flysystem

14:00 In-depth Laravel Tips and Tricks
Talk by Andreas Lutro (45 minutes)

In-depth Laravel Tips and Tricks

TDD: The Good Parts
Talk by Adam Wathan (45 minutes)

TDD: The Good Parts

15:30 Coding Like a Girl
Talk by Gabriela Davila Ferrara (45 minutes)

Coding Like a Girl

Principles of PHP Package Design
Talk by Matthias Noback (45 minutes)

Principles of PHP Package Design

16:30
9
The use of multiple Laravel applications within a huge sports platform
Talk by Dirk Jan Menkveld (20 minutes)

The use of multiple Laravel applications within a huge sports platform

16:50
8
Q&A with Taylor Otwell
Talk by Taylor Otwell (30 minutes)

Q&A with Taylor Otwell

Friday 29th August 2014

11:00 Sharing Laravel
Talk by Matt Stauffer (45 minutes)

Sharing Laravel

13:00 Portable Environments with Vagrant
Talk by Erika Heidi (45 minutes)

Portable Environments with Vagrant

14:00 Comprehensive Validation with Laravel 4
Talk by Kirk Bushell (45 minutes)

Comprehensive Validation with Laravel 4

16:00 Discovering ElasticSearch
Talk by Ben Corlett (45 minutes)

Discovering ElasticSearch

17:00
12
The State of Laravel
Talk by Taylor Otwell (45 minutes)

The State of Laravel

Saturday 30th August 2014

10:00 Decoupling the Model from the Framework
Talk by Mathias Verraes (45 minutes)

Decoupling the Model from the Framework

11:00 PHP Annotations: They exist!
Talk by Rafael Dohms (45 minutes)

PHP Annotations: They exist!

13:00 The Code Manifesto: Empowering our Community
Talk by Graham Daniels (45 minutes)

The Code Manifesto: Empowering our Community

14:00 Design How Your Objects Talk Through Mocking
Talk by Konstantin Kudryashov (45 minutes)

Design How Your Objects Talk Through Mocking

16:00 Lisp
Talk by Igor (45 minutes)

Lisp

17:00 Things I Believe Now That I’m Old
Keynote by Ross Tuck (45 minutes)

Things I Believe Now That I’m Old