The organizers of the #PHPucEU have started to plan the PHP Unconference 2012. Good news: thePHP.cc is going to support again the event as Gold sponsor .

We learnt last year, that there exists an excited and enthusiastic PHP audience in Europe. We would like to repeat the success of the PHPucEU 2011.

But we need your support: we are looking for a fitting town, a nice venue .... and a date.

So..., your ideas are welcome!

Please document your session in our WIKI (http://eu.php-unconference.de/). Please comment the sessions on http://www.joind.in/.

We have set up a joind.in account for PHP Unconference Europe. Add your talk to our joind.in page so that other attendees can post feedback and constructive criticism:

http://joind.in/event/phpuceu

Similarity, if you are attending the unconference, click on I'm attending.

We are delighted to announce that KAYAK is sponsering PHP Unconference Europe. KAYAK joined the team back in November 2010.

Without the inspiration of Ulf Wendel and Lars Jankowfsky, the unconference would never have taken place.

Thank you, KAYAK!

If you are arriving in Manchester on Friday afternoon, you may be looking to go out on Friday night. Although, not an official part of PHP Unconference Europe, some attendees have suggested meeting up at the following fine establishment. The organizers, therefore, designate this as the pre-unconference meet up point.

Dukes 92

18 Castle Street

Castlefield

Manchester

M3 4LZ

Date: Friday, 18 February 2011.

Time: 19:00.

The first people that get there should tell the bar staff that they are part of the "PHP Unconference Group", so that other people can ask and get pointed into the right direction.

This venue is just a few minutes walk from PHP Unconference Europe.

In addition to their generous offer of vouchers and books, we are delighted to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) are also sponsoring PHP Unconference Europe.

Thank you again, Amazon Web Services!

PHP Unconference Europe is a community event. Its main purpose is to facilitate the exchange of information about PHP and related web technologies among attendees. The sessions are a starting point, but the most interesting exchanges take place in the breaks between the sessions. This year, the venue has been specifically chosen to encourage this inter-attendee exchange.

Being entirely community-powered, we need your help on the day to assist us run the unconference. Here is how you can help the organizers:

Registration Desk Agent

We need 2 volunteers to assist on Saturday and Sunday morning to man the registration desk. This job involves taking and checking the attendee's entry ticket and handing out the pre-printed attendee badge and lanyard. You would be working together with one of the organizers, who will show you the ropes. Maximum involvement is about 4 hours, split across the two days.

Session Timekeeper

We need 2 volunteers to ensure that the sessions do not overrun. This job involves standing up at the end of a session and ensuring that the presenters stop talking. You may use all reasonable and legal means to achieve this! These 2 volunteers need to ensure that they are never in the same session.

Want to get involved? Contact us!

If you would be willing to volunteer some of your time, for a very good cause, please contact us.

Thank you in advance!

We are delighted to announce that dmr solutions are sponsoring PHP Unconference Europe.

Thank you, dmr solutions!

We are delighted to announce that PHP Days, the two-day training course directly after PHP Unconference Europe, will take place at:

Manchester Conference Centre

Weston Building

Sackville Street

Manchester

M1 3BB

Date: Monday, 21 February 2011 and Tuesday, 22 February 2011.

Time: 9:00 to 17:00.

This venue is just a few minutes walk from PHP Unconference Europe.

We are delighted to announce that Galileo Press will be supporting PHP Unconference Europe. They have offered to donate ten German books to give away at the event on Saturday and Sunday.

Thank you, Galileo Press!

We are delighted to announce that cloudControl is sponsoring PHP Unconference Europe. Additionally, they will be donating vouchers to use their services free-of-charge to all unconference attendees.

cloudControl is a cloud hosting platform made available as a service. You only pay for the resources you actually use.

Thank you, cloudControl!

We are delighted to announce that LiveDocx has donated the following:

• lanyards
• badge holders
• attendee badges
• vote posters

LiveDocx offers developers a really easy way to generate PDF, DOCX, DOC and RTF documents by combining structured data from PHP with a template, created in a word processor.

Thank you, LiveDocx!

We are delighted to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) have donated the following:

• 60 vouchers at $20 each for use with Amazon Web Services
• 24 copies of Host Your Web Site In The Cloud

We will distribute these goodies at PHP Unconference Europe on Saturday and Sunday.

Also be sure to checkout out Matt Wood's session on High Performance Websites in the Cloud.

Thank you, Amazon Web Services!

We are delighted to announce that APress will be supporting PHP Unconference Europe. They have offered to donate upto ten books of our choice to give away at the event on Saturday and Sunday.

Thank you, Apress!

We are delighted to announce that PHP Unconference Europe will take place at:

Pitcher & Piano

Arch 9 & 10

Deansgate Locks

Whitworth Street

Manchester

M1 5LH

Date: Saturday, 19 February 2011 and Sunday, 20 February 2011.

Time: 9:00 to 17:00.

There will be a social event on Saturday evening at the same venue.

You decide on the programme! At PHPucEU, you state the topics in which you are interested and we all look for speakers and moderators.

The idea is simple: You submit a topic, about which you would like to hold a session (a so called "contribution"). Or you submit an interest, about which someone else may be willing to hold a session (a so called "interest").

One of the first things we do at PHPucEU is to vote on which sessions we want to have held.

To give you some idea about the current topics at PHPucEU, please take a look at the Contribution & Interests System.

Please submit your contributions (left hand side) or express your interests (right hand side).

Each contribution and interest will be printed on to a "vote poster" and be voted upon at PHPucEU. At the event, contributions and interests can be changed, merged and added.

It is your unconference and you decide upon the programme!

Judith

PHPucEU Organizer