The Sunshine PHP Conference (happening in February 2016 in Miami, Florida) has officially announced their speaker list for their upcoming event on the main conference website.

Speakers and topics for this year's event (well, the 2016 one) include:

• Adam Wathan: "Applying the 4 Rules of Simple Design"
• Amanda Folson: "Give Me a REST!"
• Chris Russell: "The Pattern to Design Patterns"
• Dave Stokes: "MySQL's JSON Data Type"
• Eli White: "Web Security and You"
• Gemma Anible: "Navigating Your Git Repository"
• Jessica Mauerhan: "Behat: Beyond the Basics"

...and much more. Check out the speakers page for more information about the who and what of this great conference. They've also already opened registration so if you want to pick up tickets, head over to the Registration page and get yours today. Early bird tickets are available until December 15th and are only $240 USD each.

The Sunshine PHP conference has officially announced the opening of their Call for Papers for their 2015 event happening February 5th through 7th in Miami, Florida.

We’re pleased to announce our conference, SunshinePHP should be one of the best PHP conferences where community members from around the world come together to learn and share information about the latest trends and technologies in professional PHP development. [...] We know speakers are key to the success of a conference and hope many will submit talks. In appreciation of their efforts, our speaker compensation package includes: a full conference pass, access to conference tutorials, complimentary airfare/travel, 2 complimentary hotel nights, lunch and a hotel shuttle for travel to and from the airport.

They're looking for sessions covering a a wide range of topics including things like Javascript, HHVM, user experience, framework-related sessions and developer management. The Call for Papers ends on September 30th (end of this month) so be sure to get those submissions in while you still have time! If you're interested in what's been presented before, check out last year's conference site.

The Sunshine PHP Conference has announced their opening keynote speaker for this year's conference (in Miami, Florida February 8th and 9th) - Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the PHP language.

SunshinePHP Developer Conference is proud to announce the opening keynote speaker Rasmus Lerdorf. In February 2013 when it is cold in most places around the world, it is still sunny and beautiful in Florida. So come down to Miami for a few days and enjoy sun, community, and learn all in one great conference.

Tickets for the event are already on sale with an Early Bird price (pre-November 30th) of $159.95 USD. If you're more inclined towards speaking at the event, their Call for Papers is only open until December 1st so hurry and get those submission in!

If you've been planning on attending either the Miami, Washington/Baltimore or New York City stops of the CodeWorks 2009 conference, you'll be happy to know they've announced the venues for each of the locations.

We're happy to finally be able to announce the CodeWorks 09 locations for our Miami, Washington/Baltimore and New York City locations—and, in case you were waiting to find out where each event was going to take place, we're extending the early-early-bird special all the way to July 31st!

Here's the list of locations:

• New York will be at the New York Marriott Brooklyn Bridge
• Washington/Baltimore will be at the Embassy Suites Old Town Alexandria
• Miami will be at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel

You can get more information about the conference (including how to register - the Early Bird special is still going) from the main conference website.