It’s official, PHP North West 2010 is definitely happening … and for that we’ll need some people to pop along and give a talk! As in previous years, we’ll first of all deal with selecting the papers for our main conference day, 9th October. Talks can be 60 minutes or 30 minutes, can be on any subject if you can persuade us it’s relevant to PHP developers, and speakers anywhere on the spectrum from expert to newbie are welcome.

So what are you waiting for? Go submit your talk at our call for papers page. If you need more assistance then you should check out these resources (and yes, some of them are mine but I feel strongly about this topic and want all you interesting and hesitant people to start speaking!)

• podcast: How and Why to Become a Speaker (lornajane.net)
• How to Submit a Conference Talk (lornajane.net – and I know more about this now, maybe I should update it?)
• Getting Accepted (tek.phparch.com)

Are you submitting? What tips would you offer to those thinking of doing so? Already we’re at over 50 submissions, more than last year, so competition is tough but oh my goodness, I’m so excited :)