# Off to the Zend/PHP Conference and Expo


By Ben Ramsey

Published on October 29, 2006


I'm flying out to San Jose tomorrow for the Zend/PHP Conference and Expo. Does anyone know the way? ;-)

I'll be speaking at this conference on Tuesday during the 2:30pm time slot. My presentation is an overview of Web Services entitled "XML & Web Services With PHP (An Overview)." The abstract follows:

> What is XML? What are Web Services? This talk will answer both of these questions, exploring ways to use the powerful features of PHP 5 to consume and create XML-based Web Services. Topics will include SOAP, XML-RPC, and REST, giving real-world examples and explaining the differences between and benefits of each.

There are many things I'm looking forward to during this conference, including:

* Meeting [Eli White](http://eliw.com/) of [digg.com](http://digg.com/) and seeing his presentation on "High Volume PHP & MySQL Scaling Techniques"
* Meeting and visiting with many #phpc friends (from Freenode IRC) and [wearing our t-shirts on Tuesday](/blog/2006/10/phpc-t-shirts/)
* Seeing [Marcus Boerger's](http://marcus-boerger.de/) and [Sara Golemon's](http://blog.golemon.com/) "Extending PHP" tutorial.
* [Aaron Wormus's](http://www.wormus.com/aaron/) talk about migrating to PHP 5
* The happy hour sponsored by [OmniTI](http://www.omniti.com/) on Wednesday evening
* Rooming with Aaron Wormus
* Touring the [Winchester Mansion](http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/) on Halloween night
* Meeting old friends and making new ones

For more information about the conference, check out the [Zend/PHP Conference and Expo Web site](http://web.archive.org/web/20060904043247/http://www.zendcon.com/). Also be sure to check out the [sample PDF program](http://web.archive.org/web/20061208083455/http://www.zendcon.com/files/PROGRAM.pdf) they have posted on their site. It looks pretty slick, and I can't wait to see the print versions.