API Platform Con 2026: Highlights & Must-See Talks
Published on 18 May 2026
The API Platform Conference schedule went live last week, and this sixth edition is shaping up to be our most ambitious yet. Between the AI surge, the production-grade maturity of FrankenPHP, and critical resilience challenges, the lineup is exceptionally dense. Whether you’re here for pure code or high-level architecture, here is our curated selection of sessions you cannot miss this September 17-18 at EuraTechnologies.
API Platform Through the Expert Lens
As the event’s cornerstone, the framework will be explored through its most advanced use cases. Abdellah El Ghailani, Imen Ezzine, and Benjamin Georgeault will share their field experience on decoupling complex architectures and ensuring resilience. Meanwhile, Robin Chalas will provide a deep dive into a major migration to API Platform 4.
Design patterns are also taking center stage: Mathias Arlaud revisits DDD patterns four years after his acclaimed talk, and Matthieu Werner will demonstrate how to position the framework as a semantic hub to orchestrate microservices. On the frontend and DX side, Tanguy Lemarié will showcase reactive DataTables integrations.
From AI Hype to Business Pragmatism
Artificial Intelligence has moved past the “gadget” phase. Sébastien Rogier (Semji) will share a valuable retrospective on five years of LLM stack evolution, from simple API calls to complex asynchronous agent systems. Echoing this, Diana Scharf (Beyond Code), a leading figure in the Laravel ecosystem, will tackle the tough questions: in a world where code “writes itself,” where do human expertise and the “joy of coding” fit in?
The Maturity of FrankenPHP
This year’s program gives FrankenPHP the spotlight it deserves. Our CTO and core team member Alexandre Daubois will detail runtime observability for precise performance monitoring, while Benjamin Eberlei (Tideways) will present a benchmark showdown against FPM and Swoole.
For more unconventional use cases, Joomla co-founder Johan Janssens will discuss using FrankenPHP for desktop application development. Finally, architect Xavier Leune will offer a deep dive into worker mode, backed by production data from a major media outlet.
DX & Accessibility: Making Deployment Seamless
Deployment shouldn’t be a pain point. Yoan Bernabeu will introduce FrankenDeploy, a tool to ship Symfony apps in a single command, while Stephan Hochdörfer will show us how to polish local environments using DDEV. We are also excited to welcome Jérémy Nikolic (Laravel), who will demonstrate how to deploy a Symfony application on Laravel Cloud.
Security & Foundations
Security is being handled by the best. Two Symfony Core Team members will lead the way: Florent Morselli will review HTTP headers as the first line of defense, and Mathieu Santostefano will guide us through securing APIs with OAuth2 and Keycloak.
Introspective Talks
Don’t miss Derick Rethans (author of Xdebug) on reclaiming the web via the ActivityPub protocol, nor Helvira Goma’s unique session on how neuroscience and music impact developer focus. Finally, Pauline Vos, a regular on our stage, will return to discuss the vital importance of investing in Open Source.
Secure your spot!
With a lineup this sharp, tickets are moving fast. Join the elite of the PHP and Go ecosystems for two days of high-level exchange and technical inspiration. Get your Regular ticket now, we’re not just hosting an event; the whole community is coming together.
