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Schedule 2026

14 May

09:00

Check-in
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09:30

Welcome
👋 Opening by GrUSP

09:45

Keynote
Track 1
Track 2
It Depends
It Depends
- 45 min
- 09:45 - 10:30
- Eng
Speaker:
- Gary Hockin
  Associate @ Roave

10:30

Restaurant
☕️ Coffee Break

11:00

Talk
Track 1
Shipping PHP 8.5
Shipping PHP 8.5
- 50 min
- 11:00 - 11:50
- Eng
Speaker:
- Volker Dusch
  Head of Engineering @ Tideways, PHP 8.5 Release Manager
Talk
Track 2
Understanding Modern Identity: From Login Basics to OIDC and Passkeys
Understanding Modern Identity: From Login Basics to OIDC and Passkeys
- 50 min
- 11:00 - 11:50
- Eng
Speaker:
- Roberto Gallea
  Senior Information Technology Officer @ UniPa

11:55

Talk
Track 1
PHP’s Real-time Toolkit: All the Ways to Notify Clients
PHP’s Real-time Toolkit: All the Ways to Notify Clients
- 50 min
- 11:55 - 12:45
- Eng
Speaker:
- Grzegorz Drozd
  Lead PHP Developer, Payments team
Talk
Track 2
Avoiding Déjà Vu: Building Resilient APIs with Idempotency
Avoiding Déjà Vu: Building Resilient APIs with Idempotency
- 50 min
- 11:55 - 12:45
- Eng
Speaker:
- Paul Conroy
  CTO @ Square1.io

12:45

Restaurant
🍽️ Lunch Break

14:05

Talk
Track 1
Reliable, reproducible, immutable deployments
Reliable, reproducible, immutable deployments
- 50 min
- 14:05 - 14:55
- Eng
Speaker:
- Marco Pivetta
  Consulting Software Architect @ Roave
Talk
Track 2
Data Processing in PHP
Data Processing in PHP
- 50 min
- 14:05 - 14:55
- Eng
Speaker:
- Norbert Orzechowicz
  Software Architect / Consultant

15:00

Talk
Track 1
Building your apps in offline-first mode
Building your apps in offline-first mode
- 50 min
- 15:00 - 15:50
- Eng
Speaker:
- Wim Godden
  Lead Architect at Cu.be Solutions
Talk
Track 2
Packets, Protocols and PHP: Networking Fundamentals for Developers
Packets, Protocols and PHP: Networking Fundamentals for Developers
- 50 min
- 15:00 - 15:50
- Eng
Speaker:
- Jessica Smith
  Senior Principal Software Engineer @ DigiCert

15:50

Restaurant
☕️ Coffee Break

16:20

Talk
Track 1
Advanced Serializing in PHP: Speed it up!
Advanced Serializing in PHP: Speed it up!
- 30 min
- 16:20 - 16:50
- Eng
Speaker:
- Michelle Sanver
  Independent senior software architect
Talk
Track 2
Securing Your API: The OWASP Top 10
Securing Your API: The OWASP Top 10
- 30 min
- 16:20 - 16:50
- Eng
Speaker:
- Rob Allen
  Independent API and backend web development specialist

16:55

Talk
Track 1
PHP Foundation Updates
PHP Foundation Updates
- 30 min
- 16:55 - 17:25
- Eng
Speaker:
- Sara Golemon
  PHP Foundation Board
Talk
Track 2
Mastering Failures: Building Resilient PHP/Symfony Apps with Domain-Driven Exceptions
Mastering Failures: Building Resilient PHP/Symfony Apps with Domain-Driven Exceptions
- 30 min
- 16:55 - 17:25
- Eng
Speaker:
- Stéphane Decock
  CTO @ DigtAg

17:25

Closing
👋 See you tomorrow

15 May

09:30

Welcome
👋 Opening by GrUSP

09:45

Keynote
Track 1
Track 2
Communication for devs: explaining complex ideas simply
Communication for devs: explaining complex ideas simply
- 45 min
- 09:45 - 10:30
- Eng
Speaker:
- Carolina Greno
  Speaker & Communication Mentor

10:30

Restaurant
☕️ Coffee Break

11:00

Talk
Track 1
Better Debugging With Xdebug
Better Debugging With Xdebug
- 50 min
- 11:00 - 11:50
- Eng
Speaker:
- Derick Rethans
  Independent contractor
Talk
Track 2
Introduction to the Sylius Stack
Introduction to the Sylius Stack
- 50 min
- 11:00 - 11:50
- Eng
Speaker:
- Estelle Gaits
  Web developer @Akawaka and @Sylius Key Contributor

11:55

Talk
Track 1
The PHP AI Battleground: Choosing Your Agentic Framework
The PHP AI Battleground: Choosing Your Agentic Framework
- 50 min
- 11:55 - 12:45
- Eng
Speaker:
- Luca Lusso
  Lead developer @ Sparkfabrik
Talk
Track 2
PHP, Value Objects and You 🫵
PHP, Value Objects and You 🫵
- 50 min
- 11:55 - 12:45
- Eng
Speaker:
- Daniel Leech
  Software Engineer

12:45

Restaurant
🍽️ Lunch Break

14:05

Talk
Track 1
Track 2
⚡️⚡️ Lightning Talks
⚡️⚡️ Lightning Talks
- 40 min
- 14:05 - 14:45
- Eng

14:45

Panel
Track 1
Track 2
Panel: the future of PHP
Panel: the future of PHP
- 1 h
- 14:45 - 15:45
- Eng
Speaker:
- Volker Dusch
  Head of Engineering @ Tideways, PHP 8.5 Release Manager
- Gary Hockin
  Associate @ Roave
- Gina Peter Banyard
  PHP core developer & conference speaker
- Derick Rethans
  Independent contractor
- Sara Golemon
  PHP Foundation Board

15:45

Keynote
Track 1
Track 2
Progress lies within Backwards Compatibility breaks
Progress lies within Backwards Compatibility breaks
- 45 min
- 15:45 - 16:30
- Eng
Speaker:
- Gina Peter Banyard
  PHP core developer & conference speaker

16:30

Goodbye
👋 Closing by GrUSP

16:40

Restaurant
🍹 Networking
- 30 min
- 16:40 - 17:10