PIMCORE Community Dev Days 2025

On November 13, 2025, the Pimcore, Symfony and PHP community will meet at the Holiday Inn Frankfurt Airport for a compact and top-class developer event: the Pimcore Community Dev Days 2025!

This year, the focus will be on Pimcore Studio, the brand new React-powered Pimcore backend, its technical foundations and its impact on developers and businesses. We will also look at Symfony best practices, PHP performance optimizations and scalable architectures, making this a must-attend event for anyone working with Pimcore, Symfony or enterprise PHP applications.

Whether you are a Pimcore developer, Symfony enthusiast or PHP architect, this event will provide in-depth technical insights, real-world case studies and networking opportunities with leading industry experts and community leaders.

New: 🧑🏽‍💻 LinkedIn event page for networking and interaction – click here.

What you can look forward to

In-depth sessions on Pimcore Studio, its capabilities and future roadmap
Speakers from the Symfony, Pimcore and PHP community
45-minute presentations with Q&A and discussion
Long breaks for networking and collaboration
Muesli bars, fresh fruit and savory snacks + coffee/tea/water/juices/soft drinks throughout the day
Lunch buffet incl. water/soft drinks
optional community event with speakers & participants the evening before with dinner buffet (November 12 from 6:30 pm)

Expert Speakers 🎤

Stefan Priebsch

Topic: Why Clean Code Matters

Clean code is not a question of style, but the basis for maintainable and scalable software. What does ‘clean code’ really mean - and how do you implement it in everyday life? In his session, Stefan Priebsch will demonstrate three central principles using concrete before-and-after examples. The focus is on practical aha-moments rather than theory. Whether with Pimcore, Symfony or PHP: You'll go home with clear insights and fresh motivation for better code.

The speaker

Stefan Priebsch is a software success consultant, co-founder of the PHP Foundation, CEO of The PHP Consulting Company and author of numerous books and articles. He is an internationally sought-after speaker and co-organiser of ComoCamp, an annual non-profit conference.

Alexander M. Turek

Topic: Deep Dive into Symfony's Dependency Injection Component

The Dependency Injection component acts as the glue that holds our application together. In a modern Symfony application, auto-wiring, auto-configuration and auto-discovery are used to generate the correct dependency tree. But how do these processes work behind the scenes? What would happen if they weren’t there?

The speaker

Alexander M. Turek is a software developer and member of the Symfony Core Team. After studying computer science at KIT, he specialised in Symfony, Doctrine and open source projects. Today, as a staff engineer, he is responsible for development methodology and processes at easybill.

Dietmar Rietsch

Topic: Agentic PXM

Autonomous agents and AI are no longer futuristic concepts - they’re actively transforming how companies manage product experiences today.

In this forward-thinking masterclass, Dietmar Rietsch unveils the paradigm shift to Agentic Product Experience Management (Agentic PXM). Discover how AI/ML and agent-based systems are revolutionizing core disciplines like PIM, DAM, and DXP by automating workflows, scaling personalization, and unlocking unprecedented operational efficiency.

This session goes beyond theory - it features live showcases of Pimcore Studio Apps that bring this vision to life. See how these apps use autonomous agents to handle complex tasks and collaborate intelligently within the Pimcore ecosystem

You’ll learn how businesses can:

Accelerate time-to-market through automated enrichment, validation, and distribution
Continuously optimize content and product data dynamically, in real time
Empower digital teams to collaborate seamlessly with AI-powered co-workers
Backed by strategic insights and practical demos, this session equips digital leaders to harness the next wave of innovation in product experience management - today, not tomorrow.

The speaker

Dietmar Rietsch is the founder of Pimcore, an entrepreneur and a visionary in the open source sector. He started his career as a software architect before developing Pimcore to support companies in their digital transformation. Today, he drives the further development of the platform and inspires developers worldwide.

Marko Čučković

Topic: Pimcore & AI – New possibilities with RAG and MCP

This presentation explains why companies need precise AI beyond the hype and how Pimcore, as a central data hub, delivers reliable information for trustworthy results. Topics include: Pimcore Copilot, RAG for real business data, vector databases with interchangeable adapters, avoiding vendor lock-in through open source and new standards such as MCP.

The speaker

Marko Čučković is Tech Lead at Factory.dev and a senior full-stack web developer. He has more than 12 years of experience and has specialised in Pimcore for six years. He has also implemented several AI agents and AI-based projects.

Practical information

📆 When: Thursday, November 13, 2025

📍 Where: Holiday Inn Hotel Frankfurt Airport

🎟️ Tickets:

Community Day € 229,- incl. VAT.
Community Day incl. Social Event the evening before € 299,- incl. VAT.

To the ticket booking

🏨 Accommodation: We have reserved a room contingent for participants at the Holiday Inn Frankfurt Airport at discounted rates. Please note that the final accommodation prices, booking details and conditions are the responsibility of the hotel.

Room booking contingent

🧑🏽‍💻 Who: This event is organized by the Pimcore Solution Partners +Pluswerk AG, Konrad-Zuse-Platz 8, 81829 Munich, Germany (also the financially liable partner) and CORS GmbH, Zeileisstraße 6, 4600 Wels, Austria.

Außenansicht der Hotels Holiday Inn Frankfurt Flughafen. — The venue