ZendCon 2016 schedule

With more than 250 million PHP applications and websites driven by a global community of 5 million+ active developers, ZendCon 2016 brings you a curated selection of the best experts, training, and networking opportunities to help you become a PHP authority.

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Tuesday 18th October 2016

09:00	3 Getting Git Workshop by Jason McCreary in Festival 1 (3 hour) Getting Git
	3 PHP Cert Bootcamp I Workshop by Christian Wenz in Festival 2 (3 hour) PHP Cert Bootcamp I
	0 Demystifying object-oriented programming Workshop by Alena Holligan in Festival 3 (3 hour) Demystifying object-oriented programming
	10 Docker for developers Workshop by Chris Tankersley in Artist 3/4 (3 hour) Docker for developers
	6 Building middleware applications with Zend Framework 3 Workshop by Enrico Zimuel in Artist 5/6 (3 hour) Building middleware applications with Zend Framework 3
	10 Building APIs with Apigility Workshop by David Stockton in Studio 1A (3 hour) Building APIs with Apigility
	1 Intro to Magento 2: Your first module Workshop by Ben Marks in Studio 1B (3 hour) Intro to Magento 2: Your first module
	1 DB2 and SQL in depth for PHP on IBM i Workshop by Alan Seiden in Studio 3A (3 hour) DB2 and SQL in depth for PHP on IBM i
	0 Intro to PHP on IBM i workshop I Workshop by Mike Pavlak in Studio 3B (3 hour) Intro to PHP on IBM i workshop I
13:00	4 PHP dependency management with Composer Workshop by Clark Everetts in Festival 1 (3 hour) PHP dependency management with Composer
	1 PHP cert bootcamp II Workshop by Christian Wenz in Festival 2 (3 hour) PHP cert bootcamp II
	2 A MySQL DBA primer Workshop by Ligaya Turmelle in Festival 3 (3 hour) A MySQL DBA primer
	4 All the Laravel things: up and running to making $$ Workshop by Joe Ferguson in Artist 3/4 (3 hour) All the Laravel things: up and running to making $$
	9 Building PHP daemons and long-running processes Workshop by Tim Lytle in Artist 5/6 (3 hour) Building PHP daemons and long-running processes
	4 BDD with Behat for beginners Workshop by Adam Englander in Studio 1A (3 hour) BDD with Behat for beginners
	1 The enterprise Wor/d/thy/Press Workshop by Jeroen van Dijk in Studio 1B (3 hour) The enterprise Wor/d/thy/Press
	0 Zend Framework 2 certification launchpad Workshop by Gary Hockin in Studio 3A (3 hour) Zend Framework 2 certification launchpad
	1 Intro to PHP on IBM i workshop II Workshop by Mike Pavlak in Studio 3B (3 hour) Intro to PHP on IBM i workshop II

Wednesday 19th October 2016

08:30	21 keynote Keynote by Andi Gutmans, Rod Cope in The Joint (1 hour) keynote
10:15	6 Strategic modernization with PHP Talk by Alan Seiden in Festival 1 (1 hour) Strategic modernization with PHP
	17 Bringing old legacy Apps to PHP 7 and beyond Talk by Sammy Kaye Powers in Festival 2 (1 hour) Bringing old legacy Apps to PHP 7 and beyond
	1 Magento 2 development best practices Talk by Ben Marks in Festival 3 (1 hour) Magento 2 development best practices
	6 Hypermedia: Why you need it, and why you're doing it wrong Talk by Mike Stowe in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) Hypermedia: Why you need it, and why you're doing it wrong
	8 10 things you didn't know you could do with Composer Talk by Patrick Schwisow in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) 10 things you didn't know you could do with Composer
	0 Building custom applications using Joomla! & Fabrik Talk by Tessa Mero in Studio 1A (1 hour) Building custom applications using Joomla! & Fabrik
11:30	11 Building tools people love to use Talk by Taylor Otwell in The Joint (1 hour) Building tools people love to use
	0 PCI compliance for Magento in the hipster age Talk by Phillip Jackson in Festival 1 (1 hour) PCI compliance for Magento in the hipster age
	2 Drupal 8: The crash course Talk by Larry Garfield in Festival 2 (1 hour) Drupal 8: The crash course
	3 Integration and Asynchronous Processing with ActiveMQ and Camel Talk by Justin Reock in Festival 3 (1 hour) Integration and Asynchronous Processing with ActiveMQ and Camel
	14 Be ready For ZF3 Talk by Gary Hockin in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) Be ready For ZF3
	2 30 PHP tips on IBM i in 60 minutes Talk by Mike Pavlak in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) 30 PHP tips on IBM i in 60 minutes
	2 Bootstrapping WordPress Talk by Andreas Heigl in Studio 1A (1 hour) Bootstrapping WordPress
13:30	21 Keynote Keynote by Laura Thomson in The Joint (1 hour) Keynote
14:45	7 Asynchronous programming in PHP Talk by Adam Englander in The Joint (1 hour) Asynchronous programming in PHP
	6 MySQL server performance tuning 101 Talk by Ligaya Turmelle in Festival 1 (1 hour) MySQL server performance tuning 101
	4 Web performance 2016: Myths and truths Talk by Christian Wenz in Festival 2 (1 hour) Web performance 2016: Myths and truths
	4 Build your framework like Constructicons Talk by Stefan Koopmanschap in Festival 3 (1 hour) Build your framework like Constructicons
	3 How to use SELINUX (No, I don't mean turn it off) Talk by Chuck Reeves in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) How to use SELINUX (No, I don't mean turn it off)
	4 Robust 2nd-factor Authentication with PHP Talk by Tim Lytle in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) Robust 2nd-factor Authentication with PHP
	3 A real Zend Expressive application on the IBM i Talk by Clark Everetts in Studio 1A (1 hour) A real Zend Expressive application on the IBM i
16:00	5 Practicing YAGNI Talk by Jason McCreary in The Joint (1 hour) Practicing YAGNI
	0 Conversational commerce and Magento: Breaking new ground with Facebook, Alexa, and Slack Talk by Phillip Jackson in Festival 1 (1 hour) Conversational commerce and Magento: Breaking new ground with Facebook, Alexa, and Slack
	9 High availability PHP Talk by Josh Butts in Festival 2 (1 hour) High availability PHP
	3 Let's make your PHP app even faster Talk by Gregory Chris in Festival 3 (1 hour) Let's make your PHP app even faster
	4 Debugging your web application on IBM i from A to Z (Apache to Zend) Talk by Stephanie Rabbani in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) Debugging your web application on IBM i from A to Z (Apache to Zend)
	5 Kicking off with Zend Expressive and Doctrine ORM Talk by James Titcumb in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) Kicking off with Zend Expressive and Doctrine ORM
	0 Extend your database creativity with PHP 7 Talk by Shlomo Vanunu in Studio 1A (1 hour) Extend your database creativity with PHP 7
	2 WordPress REST API hacking Talk by Jeroen van Dijk in Studio 1B (1 hour) WordPress REST API hacking
17:15	6 Refactoring legacy code Talk by Adam Culp in The Joint (1 hour) Refactoring legacy code
	2 Composer for corporate use Talk by Stephan Hochdörfer in Festival 1 (1 hour) Composer for corporate use
	9 Build web APIs using Zend Expressive, the way to Apigility 2.0! Talk by Enrico Zimuel in Festival 2 (1 hour) Build web APIs using Zend Expressive, the way to Apigility 2.0!
	2 Introduction to graph databases with Neo4j Talk by Michael Moussa in Festival 3 (1 hour) Introduction to graph databases with Neo4j
	1 From Docker to production Talk by Chris Tankersley in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) From Docker to production
	4 The art of transduction Talk by David Stockton in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) The art of transduction
	4 PHP internal architecture Talk by Elizabeth Marie Smith in Studio 1A (1 hour) PHP internal architecture
	1 PHP installed on IBM i - the nickel tour Talk by Rod Flohr in Studio 1B (1 hour) PHP installed on IBM i - the nickel tour

Thursday 20th October 2016

09:00	24 Keynote Keynote by "Uncle" Bob Martin in The Joint (1 hour) Keynote
10:15	10 Composing PHP applications with middleware Talk by Josh Butts in The Joint (1 hour) Composing PHP applications with middleware
	2 Containing chaos with Kubernetes Talk by Terrence Ryan in Festival 1 (1 hour) Containing chaos with Kubernetes
	2 Jenkins for PHP projects Talk by Stephan Hochdörfer in Festival 2 (1 hour) Jenkins for PHP projects
	1 Branching strategies: Choose wisely to minimize costs Talk by Georgiana Gligor in Festival 3 (1 hour) Branching strategies: Choose wisely to minimize costs
	10 Websockets and event-driven programming with ReactPHP Talk by Steve Meyers in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) Websockets and event-driven programming with ReactPHP
	5 Hacking your way to better security Talk by Colin O'Dell in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) Hacking your way to better security
	1 Directory authentication with LDAP Talk by Andreas Heigl in Studio 1A (1 hour) Directory authentication with LDAP
	4 Who's doing what with PHP on IBM i Talk by Mike Pavlak in Studio 1B (1 hour) Who's doing what with PHP on IBM i
11:30	4 Wrangling order from chaos: Practical approaches to OSS compliance Talk by Dave McLoughlin in The Joint (1 hour) Wrangling order from chaos: Practical approaches to OSS compliance
	1 Use Zend components anywhere Talk by Enrico Zimuel in Festival 1 (1 hour) Use Zend components anywhere
	6 My journey to the center of PHP Talk by Sammy Kaye Powers in Festival 2 (1 hour) My journey to the center of PHP
	6 Aphorisms of API design Talk by Larry Garfield in Festival 3 (1 hour) Aphorisms of API design
	3 Symfony2 best practices from the trenches Talk by Stefan Koopmanschap in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) Symfony2 best practices from the trenches
	7 Taming the resource tiger Talk by Elizabeth Marie Smith in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) Taming the resource tiger
	3 Bringing modern PHP development to IBM i Talk by James Titcumb in Studio 1A (1 hour) Bringing modern PHP development to IBM i
	1 Uncon - Designing Entity Relationships in ORM Talk by Tom Anderson in Studio 1B (1 hour) Uncon - Designing Entity Relationships in ORM
13:30	6 Keynote Keynote by Bill Weinberg in The Joint (1 hour) Keynote
14:45	4 Laravel: How the sausage is made Talk by Taylor Otwell in The Joint (1 hour) Laravel: How the sausage is made
	4 Powerful & flexible SQL generation — without the hassle Talk by Matthew Setter in Festival 1 (1 hour) Powerful & flexible SQL generation — without the hassle
	9 Job queues with Gearman Talk by Michael Moussa in Festival 2 (1 hour) Job queues with Gearman
	2 ELK: Ruminating on logs Talk by Mathew Beane in Festival 3 (1 hour) ELK: Ruminating on logs
	1 DO ALL THE THINGS!!! Talk by Patrick Schwisow in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) DO ALL THE THINGS!!!
	3 Nom Nom: Consuming REST APIs Talk by Tessa Mero in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) Nom Nom: Consuming REST APIs
	0 Agile team development with Zend Studio, Bugzilla, and MyLyn Talk by Peter MacIntyre in Studio 1A (1 hour) Agile team development with Zend Studio, Bugzilla, and MyLyn
	3 Understanding shell environments on IBM i Talk by Kevin Adler in Studio 1B (1 hour) Understanding shell environments on IBM i
16:00	10 Curing the common loop (with collection pipelines) Talk by Adam Wathan in The Joint (1 hour) Curing the common loop (with collection pipelines)
	2 Phing all the things! Talk by Omni Adams in Festival 1 (1 hour) Phing all the things!
	2 Modern PHP: Command buses, event handlers, and more! Talk by Brandon Savage in Festival 2 (1 hour) Modern PHP: Command buses, event handlers, and more!
	1 Console Apps: php artisan forthe:win Talk by Joe Ferguson in Festival 3 (1 hour) Console Apps: php artisan forthe:win
	1 Enough about classes, let's talk templates Talk by Jonathan Reinink in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) Enough about classes, let's talk templates
	11 Extremely defensive PHP programming Talk by Marco Pivetta in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) Extremely defensive PHP programming
	3 Zend Framework 2 and 3 for the IBM i Talk by Stephanie Rabbani in Studio 1A (1 hour) Zend Framework 2 and 3 for the IBM i
	3 MySQL replication update Talk by Dave Stokes in Studio 1B (1 hour) MySQL replication update
17:15	10 Exploiting the brain for fun and profit Talk by Alena Holligan in The Joint (1 hour) Exploiting the brain for fun and profit
	1 Linux 101 Talk by Justin Reock in Festival 1 (1 hour) Linux 101
	4 Modernize your app with Zend Expressive Talk by Jan Burkl in Festival 2 (1 hour) Modernize your app with Zend Expressive
	2 TDD with phpspec Talk by David Stockton in Festival 3 (1 hour) TDD with phpspec
	1 Middleware pattern is good for IBM i Talk by Massimiliano Cavicchioli in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) Middleware pattern is good for IBM i
	0 Building your API for longevity Talk by Mike Stowe in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) Building your API for longevity
	0 Time to know better your PHP applications Talk by Gregory Chris in Studio 1A (1 hour) Time to know better your PHP applications
	1 Uncon - Community Building Talk by Adam Englander in Studio 1B (1 hour) Uncon - Community Building

Friday 21st October 2016

08:00	4 Debugging effectively Talk by Colin O'Dell in The Joint (1 hour) Debugging effectively
	1 Z-Ray: A customizable development tool belt Talk by Mathew Beane in Festival 1 (1 hour) Z-Ray: A customizable development tool belt
	2 Large-scale website performance optimization tricks. Airline case study Talk by Georgiana Gligor in Festival 2 (1 hour) Large-scale website performance optimization tricks. Airline case study
	1 Database optimization for web developers Talk by Steve Meyers in Festival 3 (1 hour) Database optimization for web developers
	3 Background processing, do's and don'ts Talk by Chuck Reeves in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) Background processing, do's and don'ts
	2 The Docker development template Talk by Jan Burkl in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) The Docker development template
	2 Install MariaDB on IBM i - Tips, troubleshooting, and more Talk by Rod Flohr in Studio 1A (1 hour) Install MariaDB on IBM i - Tips, troubleshooting, and more
	0 Simple plugin creation in WordPress Talk by Peter MacIntyre in Studio 1B (1 hour) Simple plugin creation in WordPress
09:15	5 Encryption, authentication, and data integrity in PHP 7 Talk by Enrico Zimuel in The Joint (1 hour) Encryption, authentication, and data integrity in PHP 7
	1 Rethink image manipulations with Glide Talk by Jonathan Reinink in Festival 1 (1 hour) Rethink image manipulations with Glide
	0 Best Practice Recommendations for Utilizing Open Source Software (from a Legal Perspective) Talk by Dave McLoughlin in Festival 2 (1 hour) Best Practice Recommendations for Utilizing Open Source Software (from a Legal Perspective)
	3 Test driven Laravel Talk by Adam Wathan in Festival 3 (1 hour) Test driven Laravel
	0 Get to inbox zero for production issues Talk by James Smith in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) Get to inbox zero for production issues
	9 The programmer's dilemma Talk by Brandon Savage in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) The programmer's dilemma
	0 Application development for IBM i database server with PHP 7 Talk by Shlomo Vanunu in Studio 1A (1 hour) Application development for IBM i database server with PHP 7
	1 Uncon - PHP-FIG 3.0: What's new, what's up, what's going on? Talk by Larry Garfield in Studio 1B (1 hour) Uncon - PHP-FIG 3.0: What's new, what's up, what's going on?
10:30	2 Building rock solid software in the real world Talk by Omni Adams in The Joint (1 hour) Building rock solid software in the real world
	4 MySQL as a document store Talk by Dave Stokes in Festival 1 (1 hour) MySQL as a document store
	3 Does your code measure up? Talk by Adam Culp in Festival 2 (1 hour) Does your code measure up?
	6 Event sourcing: The good, the bad, and the complicated Talk by Marco Pivetta in Festival 3 (1 hour) Event sourcing: The good, the bad, and the complicated
	5 A continuous delivery pipeline from the future Talk by Massimiliano Cavicchioli in Artist 3/4 (1 hour) A continuous delivery pipeline from the future
	5 Building powerful and scalable micro applications with Zend Expressive Talk by Matthew Setter in Artist 5/6 (1 hour) Building powerful and scalable micro applications with Zend Expressive
	0 How to compile open source on IBM i Talk by Kevin Adler in Studio 1A (1 hour) How to compile open source on IBM i
	0 Uncon - Building a solid cloud architecture for SMBs Talk by Ahmed Dirie in Studio 1B (1 hour) Uncon - Building a solid cloud architecture for SMBs
11:45	9 Groupies, Roadies, Rockstars Keynote by Cal Evans in The Joint (1 hour) Groupies, Roadies, Rockstars

ZendCon 2016 18 - 21 Oct 2016 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Schedule

Tuesday 18th October 2016

Wednesday 19th October 2016

Thursday 20th October 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

ZendCon 2016
18 - 21 Oct 2016 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino