# Zend/PHP Conference 2007


By Ben Ramsey

Published on September 28, 2007


In just over a week, I'll be flying to sunny California to attend and speak at the [Zend/PHP Conference and Expo](http://web.archive.org/web/20071001162350/http://zendcon.com/). I'll be giving two talks at the conference: "Give Your Site a Boost With Memcached" and "Mobilizing & Sharing: How the Zend Framework Builds Community for Nokia MOSH." The former is an updated version of a talk I gave earlier this year in Germany; the latter is a new talk I'm giving with my colleague [Brian DeShong](http://www.deshong.net/), and it's more or less a case study of [Schematic's](http://www.schematic.com/) use of the Zend Framework in building Nokia's mobile social networking website, [MOSH](http://web.archive.org/web/20070929043458/http://mosh.nokia.com/).

A month ago, I [wrote about](/blog/2007/08/php-unconference-07-and-zendcon-irc-channel/) the [unconference being held at ZendCon](http://web.archive.org/web/20071101024626/http://zendcon.com/wiki/index.php?title=Uncon) this year. The unconference is a community space provided by Zend and organized by [Patrick Reilly](http://preilly.me/) to facilitate discussion among members of the PHP developer community. This space is open to all conference attendees, who are free to schedule a time slot to lead a discussion or give a presentation. This is a perfect opportunity for you if you're interested in testing the presentation waters by giving your first talk at a conference, trying out a new (or rehashing an old) presentation, or just sharing your knowledge with and learning from others. [Be sure to add your session to the schedule soon!](http://web.archive.org/web/20071101024626/http://zendcon.com/wiki/index.php?title=Uncon)

I'll be giving a new talk at the unconference with the obnoxiously long title "Getting Information About Your Upload Before It's Finished Uploading _or_ How To Use A Very Long Presentation Title To Otherwise Say I'm Talking About pecl/uploadprogress." (Look for a blog post about [pecl/uploadprogress](http://pecl.php.net/package/uploadprogress) from me soon.)

Finally, don't forget about the [#zendcon](irc://chat.freenode.net/#zendcon) channel on the Freenode IRC network. That's your place to chat with other attendees during the conference and find out where everyone's going for food and drinks in the after-hours. In addition, there is a [@zendcon twitter user](http://twitter.com/zendcon). Start following it today to get zendcon tweets during the conference.