If you are coming to the Conference by car and staying for the Sunday events we would like to give you the opportunity of spending some time with one of the Conference speakers!

A number of them will be flying out of Manchester airport on Sunday morning and afternoon and at this moment in time we do not have a lift for them. We would like to honour them and look after them, rather than leaving them to make their own way.

One speaker will be leaving first thing, another mid-morning and two more mid-afternoon.

If you could help us out, we would really appreciate it as the conference Team will be busy during the conference and de-rigging after the event too.

If you would like to help us and the Speakers please email us at:conference@phpnw.org.uk

If your coming to the Conference in Manchester don’t forget to bring your umbrella,  it is true that it does rain in Manchester!

If you are coming for the first time we have now uploaded a few maps and videos of the area around the Conference centre so it should look familiar by the time you arrive.

We hope this adds to the welcome for those of you who are not Northeners!

Only 10 days to go to the conference start!
See you there.

The BBC is standardising on PHP as its web tier development tool and its new web tier framework will be based on Zend.Framework.

This is from a recent posting by the BBC.  Great news as the Beeb moves North!

A big welcome to the PHP/ZF crew at the BBC  from the PHPNW Community as we look forward to hearing the latest at the Conference regarding PHP & ZF.

Its a long time (1981) since the launch of BBC Micro model A & B and its wonderful to have pioneers on our doorstep and to hear the current news of the BBC in their recent enlightenment!

Welcome Auntie Beeb to the North and to PHP!

The PHPNW10 Conference looks like being an outstanding success in every way.

We almost have a full capacity crowd and an excellent line up of speakers with topics that will be of interest to all. With 3 Tracks this year it will not be possible to hear them all live, which is the primary reason why we have arranged to have them video recorded (thank you Facebook) so that the choice does not become too difficult!

We are well supported with Sponsors financial contributions and hence the reason that we have been able to keep the ticket price to a minimum. For those eligible for concessions we have been able to offer discounted tickets which we are sure will have been a great encouragement.

Thank you Sponsors for all your investment and encouragement to the PHPNW Community.  Our thanks go out to:-

• Magma Digital
• Microsoft Webmatrix
• Facebook
• Zend
• Apress
• PHP Architect
• 1st Easy
• Plusnet
• Docnet
• Manchester Digital
• University of Salford
• Ibuildings
• Pale Purple
• H.M.Government