2008 DC PHP Conference & Expo, June 2-4, 2008

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Keynote Presentations

Kshemendra Paul
Office of Management and Budget Executive Office of the President

Paul is responsible for leading all Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) activities; developing and overseeing implementation of required polices, and guiding, formulating, supporting, and overseeing cross-Federal initiatives; and using the FEA to inform and shape investment decisions to improve the performance of government for its citizens.
Christopher Jones
Product Development, Oracle

Christopher has worked for Oracle in both the US and Australia, liaising closely with the PHP community. He is a lead maintainer of the OCI8 extension, and a proponent for the PDO V2 project. He is the author of several technical articles on PHP and Oracle, and he co-released The Underground PHP and Oracle Manual (free from http://otn.oracle.com/php). Christopher has presented at conferences including the International PHP Conferences, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, and the Zend/PHP Conferences. He also presents Oracle-PHP tutorials and PHPFests worldwide. Christopher's blog is at http://blogs.oracle.com/opal/.
Chris Shiflett
Chief Technology Officer, OmniTI

Chris Shiflett is the Chief Technology Officer of OmniTI, where he leads the web application security practice and guides web development initiatives.

Chris is a thought leader in the PHP and web application security communities-a widely-read blogger at shiflett.org, a popular speaker at industry conferences worldwide, and the founder of the PHP Security Consortium.

His books include the critically-acclaimed Essential PHP Security (O'Reilly) and HTTP Developer's Handbook (Sams). His writing has also appeared in a number of other popular books including Programming PHP (O'Reilly), PHP Cookbook (O'Reilly), and PHP in Action (Manning).


PHP IDEs Panel: Form vs. Function!

  • Keith Casey, Moderator
  • Cal Evans, Zend
  • Wez Furlong, OmniTI
  • David Sklar, Ning
  • Eli White, Digg
  • Jeff Griffiths, Activestate

There has been much discussion in recent months and years on which PHP IDE is the “best”. Some people prefer a more project-centric approach with integrated debuggers, etc while others prefer a leaner tool with unlimited flexibility. This panel will cover a variety of tools - Zend IDE, Vi/Vim, Emacs, Textmate, Komodo, and potentially others - describing and contrasting them to finally find the one PHP tool to rule them all.

See the panel at 2:00pm on Tuesday, June 3!


Conference Overview

In its third year, the DC PHP Conference will bring together PHP practitioners, business managers, and government officials from around the world for three days of exceptional presentations and outstanding networking events. The DC PHP Conference returns to George Washington University, Washington, DC, June 2 – 4, 2008, and promises to be the biggest DC PHP Conference yet!

In 2008 we look forward to expanding the content offered at DC PHP to include not only PHP in the government sector, but also cover both technical and business aspects of PHP. DC PHP will include tracks pertaining to business cases, best practices, the art of PHP, PHP applications, PHP in the enterprise, and Open Source.

Join PHP experts and community members who will share their experiences, expertise, and best practices in a wide variety of sessions. Attendees will also have the opportunity to practice in in-depth tutorials, case studies, roundtables and view an exhibit hall with leading companies displaying cutting-edge solutions.

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DC PHP Developers Group

Proudly presenting the third annual DC PHP Conference & Expo, the DC PHP Developers Group invites the worldwide PHP community to participate in this year's event.

As host to the DC PHP Conference & Expo, DC PHP Developers Group is the leading PHP users and developers' organization in the Washington, DC region. One of its chief goals is to leverage PHP within the federal marketplace and promote interoperability through open standards.

Since its inception in 2004, DC PHP Developers Group has extended its reach into the community by hosting monthly developers' group meetings and PHP tutorials. These meetings are regularly attended by business owners, core developers, and government technology experts. DC PHP Developers Group is looking to extend its community by organizing this annual, international showcase dedicated to PHP.

Become an active member of the DC PHP Developers Group and receive a discount to attend the conference!

DC PHP Developers Group
342 Commerce Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
http://www.phpdc.org


What you'll find at the DC PHP conference

PHP Developer...
Catch up on the emerging trends and latest developments in your field. Meet other developers and deepen your connections within the DC PHP Community. Come network with recruiters and companies that use PHP daily. Most importantly, learn how more companies are turning to PHP and what skills are quickly becoming more and more in demand.

Gov't IT Decision Maker...
Learn why and how PHP is gaining ground as programming language and enterprise-class technology. Gain insight into the advantages of implementing PHP into your daily operations. Meet the local PHP community and learn how it keeps PHP stable and secure.

Company That Uses PHP in its daily operations...
Federal agencies handed out $123 billion in information technology contracts in 2005. Learn how to gain entry into this lucrative market, and why small businesses won 22% of all federal contracts in 2004. Network with recruiters and developers that use and are learning to use PHP in their daily operations.

Non Profit Organization...
Come see why so many non-profits find open source to be such a valuable tool. Learn about the advantages of PHP and how it can save your organization time and money on development and licensing costs. Meet companies and developers that produce open source solutions and learn how they can help you achieve your mission.

IT Recruiter...
Come mingle with organizations that use PHP in their daily operations. Meet PHP developers and learn which players are demanding PHP talent.