I attended the PHP Developers Summit 2010 today presented by the PHP User Group Philippines in partnership with Microsoft Philippines. The event was held in Hotel Rembrandt, Quezon City. I went with my co-workers Edwin, Randy and Clair with our registrations fees sponsored  by the awesome  Orange & Bronze Software Labs. (Thank you!)

The summit featured topics presented by various speakers from different Philippine companies:

Website Spark and Bizspark
Alezandra Nicholas (Microsoft Developer Evangelist)

Adventures in the Age of Frameworks
Vedasto Rey Portugal (8layer Technologies)

Introduction to Globe API using PHP
Greg Igaya (Globe Labs)

PHP in IIS7 (using Fast CGI)
PHP and ASP.NET interop via SOAP
Rodney C. Jao (MVP for Device Application Development)

Git Version Control System
Alec Joseph Rivera (8layer Technologies)

Scaling your PHP applications
Paolo Alexis Falcone (Senior Developer, Friendster Inc.)

Introduction to Venture Capital for Beginners
Chin Hin Low (CEO of PhiLabs, Head of Internet Investment of parent SR Capital Holdings Inc.)

Windows Cache Extension for PHP
Rick Bahague, Jr. (Computer Professionals’ Union)

Why you should start a startup and what it takes
JP Dela Torre (Development Director and Co-Founder, Pigmata Media Inc. and Pinoy Web Startup)

(Full programme details and speaker info, some sessions were skipped for various reasons)

Even though I feel there are some areas that lack organization, I did enjoy some of the talks such as the PHP and ASP.net Interoperability and the Globe API. I saw my old friend Kirby and some familiar faces from the community. There were freebies galore, good food and bottomless coffee for the coffee addicts and perhaps to keep people up and alert  (though the venue’s lighting didn’t help in that area). Unfortunately there was no WiFi (sad.) which I think for such web people meet-ups is essential.  Nope, hotel’s wifi won’t work, too.

I didn’t win any of the raffles but I did learn new things and went home with a fancy Microsoft USB drive. =) I wanted a hoodie though because I was feeling cold… haha.. well, maybe next time!

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