We are thrilled to announce the first of our fantastic speakers for CodeWorks 2009! Derick Rethans will be joining us for all seven cities. Derick is a well-known and well-respected PHP expert who has spent years actively contributing to the PHP project and spreading his PHP knowledge to others. He will be speaking on the topics of Xdebug, date/time specifics, and improving your development process. We are very excited to have Derick on tour with us!

We’re proud to introduce our newest and most exciting conference initiative yet: a touring series of two-day conferences designed to take a great community atmosphere on the road for a unique learning and networking opportunity. CodeWorks will visit seven different cities in the US from September 22 and October 5—and, with prices starting as low as $99 per attendee, there’s bound to be a conference near you that you don’t want to miss!