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 freelance 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, he supports various companies in modernising their software.

Dietmar Rietsch

Topic: to be announced

Dietmar has not yet revealed the exact topic of his keynote speech at Pimcore Community Dev Day. But anyone who knows him knows that his presentations are always visionary, inspiring and full of practical insights. Look forward to exciting insights directly from the inventor of Pimcore – exclusively with us!

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.

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