It’s taken nearly a month—actually, it’s taken exactly a month—of work, but we’ve finally managed to distill the hundreds upon hundreds of proposals that we have received down to the official schedule for this year’s php|tek.

As always, we’ve got a great mix of presenters and topics that cover the entire range of the PHP world, touching not just on the language, but on the technologies that PHP developers work with, the community, and its inhabitants.

We look forward to seeing you there—don’t forget that our Early-Bird Special ends on February 28th.

The 31st is sneaking up on us, and just like the year, the call for papers for next year’s editions o php|tek is rapidly coming to a close.

If you haven’t submitted your proposals yet, now is a great time to do so (you know, before the new-year celebrations kick in, and you get distracted by more… urgent fun). Don’t forget, you don’t need to be a professional speaker to present at tek—all you need is a great idea and an infective passion that will rub off on your fellow attendees. Some of the best speakers we’ve ever hosted were first timers—and we love to invite new people to speak every year!

Well, what are you waiting for? Head on over to our CfP page, where you can find out more about the proposal process, and submit several of your ideas. We look forward to hearing from you.

As it is customary, while we work on receiving proposals, rating them, and coming up with a final schedule for php|tek 2012, we are offering “Charter tickets†at close to 50% off the full price for a “Full Experience†ticket that includes access to both the tutorial day and the main conference—that’s four days of learning, networking, and just plain fun for the lowest price we’ll ever offer, period.

Hurry, though: we only have about two dozens of these tickets available, and they always sell fast. They’re only available when signing up online until January 10th, or until we run out.

Sign up today!

Welcome to another year of php|tek!

We’re happy to announce that our 2012 PHP conference (the best PHP conference around, if you ask us) will take place in Chicago between May 22nd and 25th. Once again, we will be at the Sheraton Gateway Chicago O’Hare, which has hosted us for the last four years and will be completely renovated from head to toe for the occasion of our fifth year there!

The 2012 Call for Papers is also live, and will be open until December 31st. If you’ve ever wanted to present in front of a crowd of the brightest (and—let’s face it—most beautiful) PHP developers in the world, this is your opportunity!

Like in past years, we’re planning all sorts of different activities and cool things to do for our three days in Chicago… stay tuned (or, better yet, subscribe to our RSS feed) for more information!