The Lone Star PHP Conference in Dallas, Texas has officially announced their 2013 event and the opening of their Call for Papers:

Welcome back to Lone Star PHP for another great year! We're in our third year and we're making things better all the time. This year's event will provide all of the great PHP speakers and content you've come to expect from Lone Star PHP. There'll be plenty of time to spend with the local PHP community too through after-parties and other events.

The event is happening on June 28th and 29th at the Addison Conference Center in Dallas. The Call for Papers ends on February 28th (end of this month) so be sure to get those proposals in soon!

The Dutch PHP Conference has officially opened their Call for Papers for this year's event (happening in early June):

We're back! And we are glad to announce that we'll be organising another edition of the Dutch PHP Conference, which will be held in Amsterdam from 6th to 8th June 2013.

Submissions should be relevant to PHP developers, to help them to expand their skill set and improve their practices. In particular we'd like to receive proposals regarding emerging technologies, performance and scalability, platforms and best practices. The standard conference sessions should be 45 minutes and tutorials are 3 or 6 hours in length (note that 6 hours is our preference).

As always we're excited about all kinds of different topics. You could say that as long as it's somehow related to PHP and you're really excited about it, we want to hear it!

You can find out more about the conference in general from the main conference site.

php|architect has officially announced their php|tek conference for next year (2013) happening in Chicago, Illinois May 14th through 17th. Additionally, they've also opened their Call for Papers!

So we've been hearing rumors that tek13 wasn't even going to happen this year. Nonsense! We've been extremely busy behind the scenes getting organized as we've been working on the transition of the PHP|architect brand from Blue Parabola to Musketeers.me. Eli, Sandy, Oscar, and Kevin are planning on carrying on the great tek tradition of quality content and community that we're all used to from the BP crew!

The conference will be happening at the usual location just outside of Chicago, near the airport. Registration isn't open quite yet, but the pricing for this year's event has already been posted (including Blind Bird and Early Bird prices). Additionally, if you our your organization are interested in sponsoring the event, you can find out more here.

The Call for Papers will close on January 15th, so be sure and get those submissions in soon!

On the Symfony blog they talk about the SunshinePHP Conference (happening in Miami, February 8th and 9th) and it's dedicated Symfony track.

The SunshinePHP conference will take place in M-I-A-M-I, what a cool place for a Symfony conference during cold winter time! Save the date, on February 8th & 9th, you can register for two days of Symfony sessions, making this the first Symfony event on the east coast of the USA. The Call for Papers is still open, so do not hesitate to submit a talk about Symfony.

The conference isn't just limited to Symfony sessions either - you can submit on whatever web or PHP-related topics you might like to present. Hurry though, because the Call for Papers ends in less than a week (on December 1st)! For more information about the event or to get your Early Bird tickets (just $159 USD) head over to the main conference site.

Lorna Mitchell has posted to her site today about the Call for Papers that's now open for this year's FOSDEM event (happening in Brussells in February 2013).

There's an excellent open source conference that happens every year in Brussels in February, called FOSDEM. It consists of some main tracks, plus a series of sub-rooms, where various technical communities are given some space to use for whichever talks they choose; the schedules are centralised so that people can pop in and visit any talks in any room that looks interesting. This year, for the first time, this includes a "PHP and Friends" room - I'll be organising this and I'm looking for your input, please.

The event is on the 2nd and 3rd of February and is an interdisciplinary conference of open source minded developers from all over the world. There's lots of different rooms that make up the event and they're accepting submissions for the PHP room right now through December 1st.

The PHP community has a new conference that's been announced - Sunshine PHP, a conference being held in South Florida during the first part of February (the 8th-9th) in 2012.

With such a large PHP community in Florida it's about time someone organized a PHP developer conference here, so this is it! We will be hosting some of the best speakers, latest technology, and up to date news in the industry. So register now while space is still available, and if you are a speaker please submit your talks before the call for papers ends on Dec. 1st.

Their Call for Papers is now open through December 1st. The conference hasn't selected a location yet, but chances are it'll be somewhere near Boca Raton/Ft. Lauderdale. You can follow them on Facebook or Twitter for the latest info.

The PHPBenelux conference has officially announced the opening of the Call for Papers for their 2013 event (happening January 25th and 26th):

fter three successful conferences earlier this year and last year, the PHPBenelux team is proud to announce the 4th edition of the PHPBenelux Conference. Like last year, the conference will last two full days, starting with a half day tutorial followed by 1.5 days of conference. The conference is on Friday 25th January and Saturday 26th January 2013 in Antwerp, Belgium. Become part of this year's speaker schedule at the PHPBenelux Conference 2013. Each chosen speaker receives a speaker package!

There's two types of sessions - the 60 minute regular sessions and 3 hour tutorials. Suggested topics include "Content Management Systems", "Frameworks", "Best Practices" and "HTML5". The Call for Papers is only open until October 1st so be sure to submit your ideas today!

Anna Filina has posted a reminder for all of those that wanted to put their hat into the ring for this year's ConFoo conference - the Call for Papers is now open!

The ConFoo team just opened its call for papers. Candidates can submit proposals until September 23. Consult the call for papers page for details and to start submitting. That page also explains what expenses ConFoo can cover for speakers. You can even get advice on how to write proposals. The call for papers is public, meaning that all proposals get published on the website for others to vote and comment on.

This year's event is happening from February 25th through March 1st in Montreal, Canada with tracks covering things like .NET development, Project Management, Web Standards, DevOps and, of course, PHP. The Call for Papers closes on September 23rd so you have less than a month to get your proposals in!

Anna Filina has a quick new post to her site about the upcoming ConFoo conference happening February 25th through March 1st in Montreal, Canada.

If you have never heard of ConFoo, it is one of the most important developer-oriented conferences. The team brings you speakers from around the globe to share their hands-on experience with various web technologies. The best news is: it's driven by the community and is non for profit!

The call for papers opens on August 27 and is important even if you are not a speaker. You can vote on all the proposals as they come in, telling the team exactly what you wish to learn.

If you're interested in speaking this year, you can sign up for their newsletter and get notifications. If you'd just like to find out more about the event, check out the main conference site. (For a look at last year's event, take a look at its schedule.)

A new PHP conference has just been announced to the community - the True North PHP Conference (2012). The event will be held in Toronto, Ontario November 2nd and 3rd and is currently running their open Call for Papers.

We are firm believers that the PHP community is second to none. We also believe that Toronto has an awesome PHP community and deserves an equally awesome conference. Those beliefs are what inspired us to create True North PHP, a conference designed to showcase Toronto's talent and give back to the community that has given us so much.

If you're interested in speaking, you can find out more and submit your topics or, if you're just interested in attending, you can already pick up your Early Bird tickets.