Speakers

We've assembled a heroic lineup of speakers. You can read all about them on our Speakers page.

Don't forget to leave feedback for them on Joind.in:
https://joind.in/event/madison-php-conference-2018

Schedule

Note: Schedule is subject to change without notice.

Friday, November 2nd, 2018 - Tutorial Day

Room A

Room D

Room E

8:30 am - 9:00 amCheck-in
9:00 am - 10:30 am Binary for IoT (Part 1)
Edward Barnard
 Native Mobile Apps with Tabris.js (Part 1)
Tim Bond
 Simplify Your Workflow With Docker (Part 1)
Trezy
10:30 am - 11:00 amMorning Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Binary for IoT (Part 2)
Edward Barnard
 Native Mobile Apps with Tabris.js (Part 2)
Tim Bond
 Simplify Your Workflow With Docker (Part 2)
Trezy
12:30 pm - 1:30 pmLunch - provided
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Call... Text... Video Me Maybe? (Part 1)
Mike Stowe
 WordPress Security Auditing, Applied (Part 1)
David Hayes
 Laravel: Building APIs Like a Pro (Part 1)
Justin Yost
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmAfternoon Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Call... Text... Video Me Maybe? (Part 2)
Mike Stowe
 WordPress Security Auditing, Applied (Part 2)
David Hayes
Laravel: Building APIs Like a Pro (Part 2)
Justin Yost
6:00 pm - 10:00 pmHackathon

Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 - Conference Day

Room A

Room D

Room E

8:30 am - 9:00 amCheck-in
9:00 am - 9:50 am Keynote: How We Got Here, A Brief History of Open Source
Chris Tankersley
10:00 am - 10:50 am Object-oriented Programming in Practice
Oscar Merida
 Getting Started with WP-CLI
Nate Finch
 Communication Boot Camp for Developers
Debbie Marks
11:10 am - 12:00 pm Beyond FizzBuzz: Master Job Interview Coding Challenges
Vesna Kovach
 Extending and Writing with Gutenberg
Daniel Greig
 MySQL 8 -- A New Beginning
Dave Stokes
12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLunch -- provided
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm

Speed Interview Sessions

Are you looking for a new job? Our speed interview session (in the vein of speed dating events) will give you a chance to talk with multiple employers one-on-one right at the conference.
Make sure you have purchased a conference ticket, and then fill out the Speed Interview Session Sign-up Form. 		Using Our Powers for Good: Tech and Social Impact
Hilary Stohs-Krause
 Building a Cloud-friendly Application
Larry Garfield
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Localizing Websites
Philipp Strazny
 PHP and The MySQL Document Store
Dave Stokes
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm More Secure API Requests with WordPress Helper Functions
Nate Finch
 Tmux and VIM as an IDE
Gunnard Engebreth
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Doing more with SSH
Corey Halpin
 Plugins. What Are They Good For?
Daniel Greig
 Machine Learning Algorithms
Naveen VK
3:40 pm - 4:30 pm UX Design for the Internet of Things
Hrushikesh Ghatpande
 Git Legit
Pauline Vos
4:40 pm - 5:10 pm Web Access Jeopardy
Marsha Schwanke
5:20 pm - 5:50 pm Keynote: Conquering Your Inner Critic
Debbie Marks
5:50 pm - 6:00 pmClosing Remarks
6:00 pm - 7:00 pmReception