PHP Conference Niigata 2026
Overview
The second edition of Niigata's regional PHP conference, themed "Savour it in Niigata, connect, create, toward the next future." It plans 25 sessions across two tracks for an expected 200 attendees. Having moved from Kaishi Professional University to Toki Messe, it shows a Shinetsu engineering community scaling up under its own steam.
Program
- 25 sessions across two tracks (Track A and Track B)
- 14 twenty-minute talks and 11 lightning talks in two LT blocks
- Elevator pitches and sponsor LTs during the lunch break
- Opening, self-introduction segment and closing
- After-party for holders of after-party tickets
Foundation
- Founded
- 2025
- Founder
- PHP Conference Niigata Executive Committee
First held on 31 May 2025 at Kaishi Professional University's Yoneyama Campus under the tagline "The joy of connecting, in Niigata." For its second edition in 2026 it moved to Toki Messe and expanded to a two-track programme.
Transition
- 2025 First edition held at Kaishi Professional University Yoneyama Campus
- 2026 Call for proposals run on fortee, closing in June
- 2026 Second edition held on November 14 at Toki Messe, with 25 sessions across two tracks
Voices
A talk on typing paired with Niigata's food and good discussion on working with generative AI (from a Gnavi engineer's 2025 report, in Japanese)
True to the tagline, the programme was full of deliberate connection-making, with plenty of mingling at sponsor booths (from a participant's note post, in Japanese)
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