The API Platform Conference, the international event dedicated to the API Platform framework and its ecosystem, will take place in two weeks in Lille, France, on September 17–18, 2026. Nearly 30 talks are scheduled, in both French and English, covering case studies around API Platform as well as tools and frameworks related to this project, created in 2015 and now a leading solution for building modern and efficient APIs. This year again, Symfony is a proud community partner of the event: meet us on the exhibition floor!
Among all the speakers and sessions planned during these two days, seven Symfony Core Team members will once again take the stage:
- Kévin Dunglas, API Platform's creator, will open the conference with the opening keynote.
- Nicolas Grekas, Symfony's principal core team member, will deliver a talk on Thursday, right after Soyuka's Keynote. Details on his session are still to be announced.
- Robin Chalas will present From Zend Framework 1 to API Platform 4: Migration Recipe, a real-world migration case study covering legacy modernization and AI-assisted tooling.
- Alexandre Daubois will show how to observe FrankenPHP, putting DX at the service of performance, live and without configuration.
- Mathieu Santostefano will help you keep secure APIs without losing your mind, covering OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, and Keycloak.
- Mathias Arlaud will revisit DDD x API Platform, 4 years later, covering hexagonal architecture and message-oriented patterns.
- Florent Morselli will cover HTTP headers as the first line of defense for APIs and the frontend, with CSP, CORS, COOP, and COEP examples in Symfony and API Platform.
More information about the speakers and schedule can be found on the event's website.
The program leans hard into where PHP is heading next: FrankenPHP performance and tooling, AI agents and MCP as new API consumers, and honest feedback from teams running API Platform in production. Don't miss your chance to attend this incredible event, and make sure to secure your seat before tickets run out.
Any questions about the API Platform Conference 2026? Get in touch with Les-Tilleuls.coop, the event organizers.