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hpday is the annual gathering for developers, professionals, and PHP enthusiasts, dedicated to sharing insights, expertise, and advancements in web programming. The event offers a mix of technical sessions, hands-on workshops, and opportunities to connect with industry leaders. First organized in 2003 as the first conference created by GrUSP, phpday continu…

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19Voices
17Underwriters
0Exhibitors
17On the bill · sessions
24Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at phpday, in alphabetical order.
Alessandro Lai
Head of Platform · Facile.it
Carolina Greno
Speaker & Communication Mentor
Daniel Leech
Software Engineer
Derick Rethans
Independent contractor
Estelle Gaits
Web developer @Akawaka and @Sylius Key Contributor
Gary Hockin
Associate · Rove
Gina Peter Banyard
PHP core developer & conference speaker
Grzegorz Drozd
Lead PHP Developer, Payments team
Jessica Smith
Senior Principal Software Engineer · DigiCert
Johannes Pichler
Teamlead Webdevelopment · Wimberger Management GmbH
Luca Lusso
Lead developer · Sparkfabrik
Marco Pivetta
Consulting Software Architect · Roave
Michelle Sanver
Independent senior software architect
Norbert Orzechowicz
Software Architect / Consultant
Paul Conroy
CTO · Square1.io
Roberto Gallea
Senior Information Technology Officer · UniPa
Sara Golemon
PHP Foundation Board
Stéphane Decock
CTO · DigtAg
Volker Dusch
Head of Engineering, PHP 8.5 Release Manager · Tideways
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
UmanaPlatinum
A-CubeGold
ImmobiliareLabsGold
SparkfabrikGold
TidewaysGold
VianovaGold
WorkwaveGold
BooleanSilver
Daruma ConsultingSilver
KanbanboxSilver
MadisoftSilver
OpenapiSilver
Private PackagistSilver
RoaveSilver
XoloSilver
PostPickrBronze
xdebug cloudBronze
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The Programme

Selected from 17 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:45 - 10:30

    Communication for devs: explaining complex ideas simply

  • 09:45 - 10:30

    It Depends

  • 11:00 - 11:50

    Better Debugging With Xdebug

  • 11:00 - 11:50

    Introduction to the Sylius Stack

  • 11:00 - 11:50

    Shipping PHP 8.5

  • 11:00 - 11:50

    Understanding Modern Identity: From Login Basics to OIDC and Passkeys

  • 11:55 - 12:45

    Avoiding Déjà Vu: Building Resilient APIs with Idempotency

  • 11:55 - 12:45

    PHP’s Real-time Toolkit: All the Ways to Notify Clients

  • 11:55 - 12:45

    PHP, Value Objects and You 🫵

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 24 companies show up — and 3 bet on three roles at once?

24 companies. three are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
3All threespeak · spons · exh
14Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
7Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Roave·Sparkfabrik·Tideways

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

21% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite211%
  • Director / Head of211%
  • Manager / Lead316%
  • Engineer · IC632%
  • Advisor / Investor15%
  • Other roles526%

Of 19 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01RoaveSp·S1V
  2. 02SparkfabrikSp·G1V
  3. 03TidewaysSp·G1V
  4. 04A-CubeSp·G
  5. 05BooleanSp·S
  6. 06Daruma ConsultingSp·S
  7. 07ImmobiliareLabsSp·G
  8. 08KanbanboxSp·S
  9. 09MadisoftSp·S
  10. 10OpenapiSp·S
  11. 11PostPickrSp·B
  12. 12Private PackagistSp·S
  13. 13UmanaSp·P
  14. 14VianovaSp·G
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum1
6% of 17
gold6
35% of 17
silver8
47% of 17
bronze2
12% of 17
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters