Last Saturday I was at the 4Developers Conference in Poland, as I mentioned before.

There weren't many PHP developers at the conference, and I could really feel the language barrier was a problem (many of the English speaking speakers drew much smaller audiences than the Polish ones), but I met some nice people (such as Neal Ford, Ted Neward and Raymond Lewallen), and in terms of speaker treatment this was by far one of the best conferences I've been to. If you get a chance to speak at one of the conferences that ProIdea organizes, don't hesitate and go!

The amount of speaker dinners/lunches, and long nights in bars with countless Vodka (in the form of so-called 'Polish Mad Dogs') and other alcoholic beverages, and in general the way speakers were supported was amazing! Andrzej, Anna and Magda: thanks for making this a great experience for us, and if you ever do a PHP conference, ping me

Here are the slides from my presentation:

Those who have seen me speak before will notice that this is a more generic version of my "Enterprise PHP" talk, catered to a mixed audience.

Last week, I explained on our company blog that I'm a fan of the London PHP Conference since its first edition 2 years ago, so I'm really proud that this weekend I've been contacted to do a talk there.

The slot became available when Wez Furlong had to cancel due to unforseen circumstances, which is very unfortunate. I hope to be able to do a worthy replacement presentation.

My talk will be about the PHP development process, related to the book I'm writing for php architect. There are so many area's to cover there that I have no doubt I will be able to fill the one hour slot I have available.

More info on the conference can be found at the conference website. There's an early bird discount: registration is only 90 GBP at the moment.