We’re proud to announce that our call for proposals for the PHPBenelux Conference 2016 is now open. If you want to have a chance to get on the stage and tell us about how to become better developers here is your chance.

Friday 29th January 2016

08:30
11
Tutorial registration (30 minutes)

Tutorial registration

09:00
5
Introduction to Angular using EcmaScript 6
Workshop by Jad Joubran (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Introduction to Angular using EcmaScript 6

Develop RESTful API in PHP using Apigility
Workshop by Enrico Zimuel (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Develop RESTful API in PHP using Apigility

2
Modelling By Example
Workshop by Paweł Jędrzejewski (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Modelling By Example

6
Manage Your Content with Elasticsearch
Workshop by Samantha Quiñones (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Manage Your Content with Elasticsearch

Introduction to Event Sourcing and CQRS with Broadway
Workshop by Beau Simensen (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Introduction to Event Sourcing and CQRS with Broadway

4
Vagrant and Ansible
Workshop by Michael Heap (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Vagrant and Ansible

Web Security Essentials
Workshop by Eli White (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Web Security Essentials

2
Symfony2 security
Workshop by Joshua Thijssen (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Symfony2 security

12:30
5
Registration Conference (30 minutes)

Registration Conference

13:30
43
Down The Rabbit Hole​
Keynote by Cal Evans (1 hour)

Down The Rabbit Hole​

14:40
11
Security Theatre
Talk by Thomas Shone (1 hour)

Security Theatre

10
Build RESTful APIs easily with Symfony
Talk by Sarah Khalil (1 hour)

Build RESTful APIs easily with Symfony

“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.
Talk by Rafael Dohms (1 hour)

“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.

AST + Better Reflection (Mirror, mirror on the wall)
Talk by James Titcumb (30 minutes)

AST + Better Reflection (Mirror, mirror on the wall)

15:40
1
Break (20 minutes)

Break

16:00 Five Weird Tricks to Become a Better Developer
Talk by Jordi Boggiano (1 hour)

Five Weird Tricks to Become a Better Developer

HTTP/2.0 101 Introduction
Talk by Bastian Hofmann (1 hour)

HTTP/2.0 101 Introduction

10
Puli: PHP's Next Package Revolution
Talk by Bernhard Schussek (1 hour)

Puli: PHP's Next Package Revolution

Technical Debt: why it is crippling you and what to do
Talk by Tobias Gies (30 minutes)

Technical Debt: why it is crippling you and what to do

16:30 GrumPHP
Talk by Toon Verwerft (30 minutes)

GrumPHP

17:10 PHP: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Talk by Patrick Allaert (1 hour)

PHP: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

22
Rewriting 12-Year-Old Code
Talk by Anna Filina (1 hour)

Rewriting 12-Year-Old Code

10
DevOps for Developers
Talk by Michael Heap (1 hour)

DevOps for Developers

Live Streaming 101
Talk by Gabriel Somoza (30 minutes)

Live Streaming 101

17:40
4
Using Circuit Breakers in PHP
Talk by Bastian Hofmann (30 minutes)

Using Circuit Breakers in PHP

18:20
2
Symfony3, Hot off the Griddle
Talk by Andreas Hucks (1 hour)

Symfony3, Hot off the Griddle

7
How machine learning can save your life
Talk by Nick Trogh (1 hour)

How machine learning can save your life

Encryption, authentication and data integrity in PHP
Talk by Enrico Zimuel (1 hour)

Encryption, authentication and data integrity in PHP

3
PHPStorm like a pro
Talk by Rick Kuipers (30 minutes)

PHPStorm like a pro

18:40
4
7 steps to become a mediocre programmer
Talk by Pim Elshoff (30 minutes)

7 steps to become a mediocre programmer

19:20
11
Sandwiches/Beer/Social/Fries (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Sandwiches/Beer/Social/Fries

Saturday 30th January 2016

08:30
1
Registration (New visitors only) (30 minutes)

Registration (New visitors only)

09:00 The quest for global design principles
Talk by Matthias Noback (1 hour)

The quest for global design principles

A complex ORM... faster than SQL?
Talk by Marco Pivetta (1 hour)

A complex ORM... faster than SQL?

9
PHP Data Structures (and the impact of PHP 7 on them)
Talk by Patrick Allaert (1 hour)

PHP Data Structures (and the impact of PHP 7 on them)

Wtf is Hadoop
Talk by Joeri Sebrechts (1 hour)

Wtf is Hadoop

10:10 The Lost Art of Defensive Programming
Talk by Jeremy Coates (1 hour)

The Lost Art of Defensive Programming

6
PHP object mocking framework world: PHPUnit and Prophecy
Talk by Sarah Khalil (1 hour)

PHP object mocking framework world: PHPUnit and Prophecy

11
SOLID Refactoring
Talk by Scato Eggen (1 hour)

SOLID Refactoring

0
Break (30 minutes)

Break

2
Running effective code-reviews
Talk by Sander Bol (30 minutes)

Running effective code-reviews

10:40
0
Backing up your Laravel app
Talk by Freek van der Herten (30 minutes)

Backing up your Laravel app

11:40
5
PHP 7, PHPUnit 5, and Beyond
Talk by Sebastian Bergmann (1 hour)

PHP 7, PHPUnit 5, and Beyond

How I learned to stop worrying and love Regular Expressions
Talk by Jordi Boggiano (1 hour)

How I learned to stop worrying and love Regular Expressions

14
How to Migrate Anything with DDD
Talk by Gabriel Somoza (1 hour)

How to Migrate Anything with DDD

A functional guide to cat herding with PHP generators
Talk by Mark Baker (1 hour)

A functional guide to cat herding with PHP generators

12:10 Communication! Tips, make people happier, ....
Talk by Grummfy (10 minutes)

Communication! Tips, make people happier, ....

12:40
0
Lunch (1 hour)

Lunch

13:40
10
Service discovery and configuration provisioning
Talk by Mariusz Gil (1 hour)

Service discovery and configuration provisioning

Composer the Right Way
Talk by Rafael Dohms (1 hour)

Composer the Right Way

4
One extension, three engines
Talk by Derick Rethans (1 hour)

One extension, three engines

4
Get up, stand up
Talk by Jelrik van Hal (30 minutes)

Get up, stand up

14:10
3
Micro-services at home, lessons learned
Talk by Dennis de Greef (30 minutes)

Micro-services at home, lessons learned

14:50
12
Caching on the Bleeding Edge
Talk by Samantha Quiñones (1 hour)

Caching on the Bleeding Edge

Extracting wisdom from stupidity
Talk by Ramon de la Fuente (1 hour)

Extracting wisdom from stupidity

Let's write some History!
Talk by Willem-Jan Zijderveld (1 hour)

Let's write some History!

1
Unleashing frameworks
Talk by Paul Dragoonis (30 minutes)

Unleashing frameworks

15:20
0
Deterministic Deployments with BOSH
Talk by Omar Reiss (30 minutes)

Deterministic Deployments with BOSH

15:50
1
Break (20 minutes)

Break

16:10 Hexagonal architecture - message-oriented software design
Talk by Matthias Noback (1 hour)

Hexagonal architecture - message-oriented software design

4
Hello, PSR-7.
Talk by Beau Simensen (1 hour)

Hello, PSR-7.

5
Speed Up Your Database 300 Times
Talk by Anna Filina (1 hour)

Speed Up Your Database 300 Times

6
Level up your team
Talk by Stefan Koopmanschap (1 hour)

Level up your team

17:10
13
Closing & Raffles (Beethoven Auditorium) + Post conference social (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Closing & Raffles (Beethoven Auditorium) + Post conference social