On the PHP-GTK Community site today, there's a call for speakers that's been issued for the upcoming Forum PHP 2007 happening in Paris (September 21st and 22nd).

They [the organizers of the conference] are looking for French speaking experts, who want to share their know-how and enthusiasm. This two day conference features one technical day, with the most advanced PHP techniques and a business day, with case studies and examples of successful projects..

The theme for the conference focuses on the latest generation of clients and databases in PHP. Those interested in submitting a talk should check out the guidelines the groups given including the deadline and what kinds of "perks" speakers get for presenting.

On the Symfony blog today, Francois Zaninotto points out a workshop that two of the framework's developers will be holding in Paris on June 8th through 6th.

The target audience is beginner to intermediate, and the workshop will be given in English. This is a unique opportunity to learn symfony from its creators. [...] At the end of the workshop, you will be able to develop high quality web applications on your own, you will understand the mechanics behind the curtain, locate code parts in a snap, and feel confident with the rapid application development techniques.

The event will be held at the Hotel Concorde Montparnasse and the cost for the event starts at 950 Euro for teams and 1200 Euro for early registrations. Check out this page for more details on the event.

Francois Zaninotto has posted about two upcoming instances where the Symfony Framework's presence can be seen - a conference about it in Paris and at the PHP Quebec Conference.

Two upcoming events may be of great interest for symfony fans. The French PHP User association (AFUP) organizes a conference about symfony 1.0 in Paris. [...] Also, the PHP Quebec Conference features two sessions about symfony, one in English and one in French.

The Paris confernece is happening on March 6th and the PHP Quebec Conference March 14th through the 16th in Montreal.

Pierre-Alain Joye has posted a reminder about an event happening on the 29th of January (2007) with Damien Séguy in Paris concerning PHP security.

He will focus on the XSS and CSRF aspects of the web applications: sources of the vulnerabilities, attacks/exploits and the defense techniques. I will sadly not attend but such events are rare enough to be mentioned loudly.

The talk is a part of this meeting and requires a RVSP to attend, so if you'd like to attend, please sign up today.

The Symfony Project has a quick note on their blog about an upcoming conference - Forum PHP in Paris - and their attendance.

If you plan to go to the PHP Forum in Paris next week (Thursday 9 and Friday 10), this might be a good opportunity to meet with François and Fabien, who will be attending the Forum.

If you have questions about the framework or just want to get to meet up with the developers, track them down there at the conference. They're even trying to get an informal meeting together to help make it easier.

The AFUP (Association Française des Utilisateurs de PHP) has officially issued their Call for Papers for their upcoming conference - Forum PHP 2006.

This year's conference will be taking place in Paris at the SNHF (Société Nationale d'Horticulture) on Thursday and Friday (the 9th and 10th) of November 2006. You can get more of the details concerning what needs to be in the proposals and how to submit them from this post on the AFUP website.