"State of Symfony 2" Conference Hubs

June 9, 2010 · Published by

Fabien Potencier

You might already know about the "State of Symfony 2" online conference that will take place on June 22nd and 23rd. To make this an even more vibrant experience, we came up with the concept of conference hubs.

The idea is pretty simple: Instead of watching the conference home alone, you could just organize or join one of the conference hub near your home. A hub is nothing but a physical place that will add the social aspect to an already super interesting conference. A place to watch the conference together and talk about the presentations. And who knows, maybe we'll even have small hack sessions all over the hubs, playing with the new Preview Release after the presentations.

Now, here is how you need to proceed in order to help our community by hosting one of these hubs:

Get 5 tickets to the conference
Announce the hub on your company blog
Leave a comment here
Set up a projector, get a somewhat decent sound system

That's it. You're in! By running a conference hub you become a central player in animating and developing our fantastic community. We already talked to the people from Liip, who will host a hub in Zürich, Switzerland. If you just want to join an existing hub, come back in a couple of days and check the comments of this post. You should find one close by.

Thanks to the Liip team (Lukas Kahwe Smith and Pierre Spring) for the idea and for writing this post.

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Comments

Russ said on Jun 9, 2010 at 10:44

Anyone from the Oslo (Norway) area is welcome to join us at the Redpill Linpro offices http://www.redpill-linpro.com/

Drop me a line if you want to come along as we will order food and arrange a decent sized meeting room accordingly.

Russ said on Jun 9, 2010 at 10:46

I'm russ @ the above domain by the way... or eatmymonkeydust.com

(forgot that email address not published... oops)

Peter said on Jun 9, 2010 at 11:25

Why the need to get 5 tickets before hosting a hub? In an area full of freelancers, one person buying more than one ticket is... tricky.

Gilles Doge said on Jun 9, 2010 at 11:54

In Lausanne, Switzerland. We welcome you at Antistatique.net office. Check our blog for more informations (in french) http://www.antistatique.net/blog/2010/06/09/conference_symfony_2/

In addition to the conference, we'll provide you some good local drinks.
See ya

Henrik said on Jun 9, 2010 at 13:10

@Peter im pretty sure the need to buy 5 ticket is to help cover for the conference costs. Event though its online it still costs some money to set it all up and plan it all.

Klemens said on Jun 9, 2010 at 15:13

Great Idea! What exactly is the difference between the "hub" and the normal participation?

Russ said on Jun 9, 2010 at 15:37

@Klemens, @peter

You will still use the same connection as everybody else, whether you are a few guys sharing one computer screen (aka a hub) or just one guy using his/her own.

The only difference is the sense of community by getting together, and the potential to save some money if you can muster more than 5 people to come along.

If you are only 3 people, and still want to be a "hub" - just buy 3 tickets and sit together anyway :o)

Joshua May said on Jun 9, 2010 at 19:31

Anyone in Vancouver interested? if a couple of people want to get together, I'll organise the rest

Wil Sinclair said on Jun 9, 2010 at 20:01

Hacker Dojo (http://www.hackerdojo.com) would make an excellent location for a hub in Silicon Valley. While I'm not a currently a Symfony 2 user, I am interested in the state of it and would be happy to host the conference on June 23.

,Wil

Nate Michael said on Jun 9, 2010 at 20:22

#10

Seattle/Bellingham/Vancouver BC:

We welcome you to the brand new Cranberry Venture Partners office in Ferndale, WA where we will be hosting a conference hub for the June 23rd session.

Check our blog for more information at: http://blog.cranberry.com

Anyone is welcome to join us and we look forward to networking with fellow Symfony users or potential users looking for more information or community assistance.

In addition to the conference we will be providing beverages, our address and contact information is below.

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Cranberry Venture Partners
6220 Portal Way
Ferndale, WA 98248

Contact: Nate Michael / 408-372-6283

Thanks!

Sergi said on Jun 10, 2010 at 11:46

#11

I'll be surfing in France the 23th. Any hub in Hossegor I could attend?

MyBuilder said on Jun 10, 2010 at 12:32

#12

MyBuilder.com is hosting a State of Symfony 2 Hub in London.

Our office is in Clerkenwell, about 5 mins walk from Farringdon station.

Sign up: http://www.meetup.com/Symfony-Hub-London/

Lukas said on Jun 10, 2010 at 20:27

#13

Here some infos for the Liip Zurich hub:
http://blog.liip.ch/archive/2010/06/10/zurich-symfony-live-hub.html

Tom Boutell said on Jun 10, 2010 at 21:04

#14

We'll be a Syfmony Conference Hub in Philadelphia! We purchased our fifth ticket today and should be ready to roll. You can read the blog post here:

http://window.punkave.com/2010/06/10/symfony-hub-bub/

Chip Hayner said on Jun 11, 2010 at 06:31

#15

CentreSource (www.centresource.com) will be hosting a hub In Nashville, TN on June 23rd! Email Brent Shaffer at bshaffer @ our domain for more details!

Tanaka said on Jun 11, 2010 at 08:45

#16

Anybody in Tokyo / Japan?

Peter said on Jun 11, 2010 at 12:00

#17

@Russ - gotcha, I was figuring everyone watching at a hub would have bought their own tickets anyway, so why an extra 5 was needed I couldn't figure :)

Kieu Anh Tuan said on Jun 13, 2010 at 20:27

#18

I'm looking for a hub in Paris for the 23rd June, already purchased my ticket :)

burgua said on Jun 15, 2010 at 16:35

#19

Someone from Koblenz?

H-art said on Jun 15, 2010 at 18:41

#20

H-art will host a conference hub for "State of Symfony 2" online event, to watch the conference together and talk about the presentations (http://www.symfony-live.com/schedule)
You are invited to watch the live session in comfort of our offices, located in Ca' Tron estate, between Treviso and Venice province (Via Sile 41, 31056 Ca' Tron - Roncade - TV)
Map: http://bit.ly/c3uc4Q
Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy us watching the conference, we look forward to seeing you.
To confirm your participation go to: http://hartsymfonyhub.eventbrite.com/

Åsmund Garfors said on Jun 15, 2010 at 23:46

#21

I've booked a meeting room at HiB Mediesenteret in Bergen, Norway. No official HUB, as we won't reach five people. But if you're nearby, by all means join:

http://mediesenteret.no/