Kicking Off 2026 with Record-Breaking Energy: First Speakers Announced for the Dutch PHP Conference 2026

Best wishes to the Dutch PHP Conference community

First of all, we wish the entire Dutch PHP Conference community a happy, healthy, and inspiring new year. As we move into 2026, one thing is undeniable: the PHP community continues to grow, mature, and actively share knowledge.

Behind the scenes, we’ve been busy. Since December 19, our team has been fully focused on reviewing the Call for Papers for Dutch PHP Conference 2026. And once again, the response exceeded all expectations, we received an impressive 1,144 submissions.

A record-breaking Call for Papers for the Dutch PHP Conference

This record number of submissions shows just how engaged and passionate the PHP community is. From backend engineering and software architecture to testing, security, and developer productivity, developers from all backgrounds stepped forward to share their experience and insights.

At the Dutch PHP Conference, we believe that strong ideas matter more than titles. Whether you’re a long-time speaker or presenting for the first time, the conference offers a welcoming stage for PHP developers who want to inspire, educate, and challenge the community.

A conference for modern PHP developers

What defines the Dutch PHP Conference is its deep focus on modern PHP development. The conference brings together developers working with PHP, event-driven systems, modular architectures, testing strategies, security, and emerging tools that shape the future of backend development. The Dutch PHP Conference is designed for backend developers, software architects, technical leads, and full-stack developers who build, scale, and maintain PHP applications in complex, real-world environments.

First confirmed speakers & sessions for Dutch PHP Conference 2026

After an intensive review process, we’re excited to share the first confirmed speakers and sessions for Dutch PHP Conference 2026:

Mike van der Bijl with: Becoming the Godfather of Threat Modeling
Arne Blankerts with: Beyond Database Transactions: Reliable Workflows in PHP
Sebastian Bergmann with: From Events to Insights: Testing and Documenting Event-Based Software
Jeroen Keppens with: Getting started with Claude Code
Dariusz Drobisz with: Modular Monolith in Practice: Problems, Patterns and Practical Examples
Alexandre Daubois with: Supercharge your PHP apps with Go-powered PHP extensions
Gerard van Engelen with: Testing in production with Synthetics: See it before they do
Ondrej Mirtes with: Use Generics in PHP. Today.
Henning Schwetner with: Workshop: Domain-Driven Design hands-on

Together, these sessions highlight what the Dutch PHP Conference stands for: practical PHP development, strong architectural foundations, modern tooling, and deep technical insight, always grounded in real-world use cases.

More to come

This first announcement is just the beginning. Many more speakers and sessions will be revealed in the coming weeks. We’ve already started sharing announcements on our social channels, so be sure to follow along and stay up to date.

See you at Dutch PHP Conference 2026

We can’t wait to welcome you in March and make Dutch PHP Conference 2026 another unforgettable edition. With a passionate community, a strong technical program, and a shared love for PHP, everything is in place for an inspiring conference.

Stay tuned and see you soon at the Dutch PHP Conference in March!