The biggest Sylius event is quickly approaching! We’re bringing even more speakers, more sponsors, and next-level content that you won’t want to miss. If you are into Sylius, there is no better place to learn and network than SyliusCon and its surrounding before/after parties.
The SyliusCon 2024 conference will be held on November 13, 2024, in Lyon, France, at the Centre Congrès de Lyon. It’s the third annual conference dedicated to the Sylius ecosystem, bringing together developers, eCommerce experts, and business leaders from around the world.
The event will feature insightful talks, hands-on workshops, networking opportunities with the best developers in the Sylius community, and much more! Whether you’re looking to deepen your technical knowledge or explore new business opportunities, SyliusCon 2024 is the place to be.
As there will be a lot to see and experience, we decided to describe everything in today’s blog.
Let’s begin with the accommodation topic so you can quickly get to the event and stay at Lyon.
There are several hotels near the venue:
The venue is approximately 30 kilometers from the Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, about a 25-minute drive.
The venue is 4.2 kilometers from the train station, roughly a 12-minute drive or 40-minute walk.
Located near the Lyon Part-Dieu bus station, providing easy access to the venue. It’s about 5.8 kilometers from the venue, an 18-minute drive or 1-hour walk.
At the event, you’ll find all the information you need to navigate Lyon and make the most of your SyliusCon24 experience. If you want to view a map or get more detailed information, please visit the event’s official website.
For the be(er)fore for SyliusCon, we will meet on November 12 at 8 P.M. at BeerKing Pub, located at 246 Cours Lafayette, Lyon, in the 3rd arrondissement. The pub is conveniently situated near the Gare Part-Dieu, making it easily accessible for attendees arriving by train. The venue offers a casual atmosphere perfect for networking and relaxing with the Sylius fans. Its central location in Lyon makes it an ideal spot for an enjoyable time before the conference.
The SyliusCon afterparty will be on November 13, 2024, from 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM. Apériklub, 13 Place Jules Ferry in the 6th arrondissement (69006) of Lyon.
Place Jules Ferry is a famous square in Lyon, so you should be able to find and get to the venue easily. It’s the perfect place to network, relax, and celebrate the end of SyliusCon in the heart of Lyon.
Share your conference highlights, exchange contact details, and make connections that will last after the conference is over.
P.S. Curious about what to expect? Check out how amazing last year’s SyliusCon afterparty was!
The agenda includes a variety of session topics like plugin development, payment systems, and scaling for high-traffic events. There are three presentation tracks. Two are related to technology, and one touches on more business-related topics. Let”s take a look:
Stéphane DECOCK is a passionate PHP/Symfony/Sylius developer, a valued member of the Sylius Core Team, and a Certified Sylius Trainer. Stéphane will present “The Missing Piece in the Developer’s Toolkit: Communication”, where he will delve into the critical role of communication in software development. In this insightful talk, he will highlight why clear communication is essential for reducing errors and boosting efficiency.
A co-presenter will join Hélèna Gravelier to discuss their experience replatforming a major luxury retail brand using Sylius. Hélèna will delve into the strategic and technical challenges her team faced throughout the process, providing insights on how they successfully overcame these obstacles. The presentation will offer a deep dive into the practical aspects of managing a large-scale replatforming project, showcasing how Sylius can drive success in the luxury e-commerce sector.
Our Strategic Partnership Manager, Przemysław, will present “Future-Proofing E-commerce: Preparing for Sylius 2.0”. This presentation will focus on the strategic you should take to prepare for the migration to Sylius 2.0. It will also highlight the key business benefits of upgrading, such as improved performance, enhanced scalability, and access to new features that drive innovation.
Zrinka Dedic is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. Currently, she is a Product Manager at Locastic. Zrinka is passionate about blending business and technology and has shared her expertise as a speaker at various conferences.
In her talk titled „Transforming the Retail Industry with Sylius”, Zrinka will explore how Locastic successfully transformed Tommy.hr retail operations with Sylius, covering specific strategies and changes implemented using Sylius to improve efficiency and operational effectiveness in the retail sector.
Kuba Zwolinski is the Chief Experience Officer at IronPlane & Snowdog Group, with over 15 years of experience in open source and eCommerce. His presentation, “Building a Sustainable Accessibility Program for Your Team,” will explore the importance of accessibility in web development and how to build a successful accessibility culture within a company. Kuba will also discuss the implications of the ADA law in the USA and the upcoming European Accessibility Act, emphasizing the need for proactive accessibility implementation.
Gregor is a Senior Backend Developer at Creatim with five years of experience working with Symfony and Sylius. In his presentation titled “Multiple webshops with case-specific sales processes on one Sylius instance – a case study,” Gregor will dive into a case study on DZS, a leading publishing house in Slovenia, and explain how his team built a unified Sylius-based platform to manage various B2C, B2B, and CMS experiences under one platform.
Julien, CTO of Mezcalito, will take you through the journey of Une Petite Mousse, a popular online beer shop, and their successful transition from an internal solution to Sylius. He will share the challenges they overcame, the innovative solutions they developed, and how Sylius helped brew up tangible, sparkling results.
Joachim Løvgaard is a Sylius Core Team member and developer known for his significant contributions to the Sylius ecosystem. He will present “Create World Class Sylius Plugins,” sharing insights from his extensive experience in plugin and bundle development. Joachim’s talk will cover crucial topics such as code quality, dependencies, and developer experience, drawing from his impressive portfolio of over 75 plugins and 35 bundles.
Jacques Bodin-Hullin, the founder of the French web agency Monsieur Biz will give a speech entitled “Sylius Beyond E-commerce: Building the Perfect WordPress Competitor,” where he will showcase the innovative plugins developed by his team, NoCommerce & Rich Editor. These plugins transform Sylius into a robust and flexible framework, ideal for creating non-commercial websites.
Francis Hilaire, as a full-stack web engineer at HARMAN International and a Sylius Core Team Member, will present “Sylius Payment: Overview and Future” where he will delve into the history and future developments of the Sylius payment system. Francis will discuss how his work has laid a solid foundation for handling payments in Sylius 2.0, addressing one of the most significant breaking changes in the framework’s evolution.
The powerful duo of Luca Gallinari & Manuele Menozzi from Webgriffe will talk about “Adapting Price Calculation to B2B Needs”, where they will discuss how to effectively tailor price calculation systems in a B2B environment using Sylius. They will cover both basic and advanced modification techniques and demonstrate how to use automated tests to ensure that price calculations are always accurate.
Viorel Tudor (Freshful by eMAG Group) is a senior software developer with over 8 years of experience in crafting robust and scalable applications across various industries. He will present “Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Unlocking User Value with Profilation and Adaptable Architecture,” where he will showcase how Freshful leverages Sylius to create consumer-centric solutions. By utilizing Sylius’s capabilities, Viorel and his team build detailed profiles that enable personalized experiences. Despite using a monolithic structure, they achieve microservice-like agility through modular components.
The two well-known members of the Sylius Core Team – Łukasz Chruściel and Mateusz Zalewski, from Commerce Weavers, will present a session titled “Handling Background Processing in Sylius”. They’ll discuss efficiently managing background tasks, which is essential for building responsive and scalable Sylius applications. Their presentation will cover different approaches – from basic Symfony console commands, through using Symfony Messenger for more advanced processing, all the way to sophisticated methods that include architectural concerns like high availability, fault tolerance, and observability.
Here is the next SyliusCon speaker from SensioLabs – Guillaume Loulier, an experienced PHP developer who has been building and breaking things at SensioLabs for nearly six years.
Guillaume will present “Building a Semantic Search Experience Using PHP and Meilisearch.” He will address the challenges of creating effective search experiences and discuss how traditional keyword-based searches often fall short, explaining how recent advancements in machine learning and search engines can now introduce context and improve search accuracy.
Loïc Caillieux, CEO of EMAGMA, is passionate about everything web and open-source. His enthusiasm and expertise have driven numerous successful projects in the digital space. Loïc is deeply involved in the Sylius ecosystem through his work and by organizing events like the popular Ecommerce Party, which has gained significant attention.
At SyliusCon, Loïc will present “Boost your Sylius Frontend with Hotwire, aka Symfony UX.” showing how to enhance the Sylius frontend experience using Hotwire actions. Through live examples, Loïc will demonstrate the core concepts of Hotwire, its benefits for backend developers, and the developer experience gains achieved with Symfony UX.
Loïc Fremont is a dedicated member of the Sylius Core Team, creator of Monofony, an open-source enthusiast, and a talented guitarist. He is also an experienced developer working with our partner – Akawaka.
Loïc will present “Admin Panel (R)evolution for Your Symfony Projects”, where he will guide us through the evolution of Sylius. In this captivating talk, he will briefly describe the changes made in Sylius throughout the years, cover the latest advancements, and identify the essential elements that make the new Sylius Stack an invaluable tool for any Symfony project, extending far beyond eCommerce applications.
Meet Thomas di Luccio, who “explains things for a living” as a Senior Developer Advocate at Platform.sh and Blackfire.io.
Thomas will present “Prepping for Black Friday: improve, scale, and stress test your Sylius app.” The holiday shopping season, especially Black Friday, presents a significant growth opportunity for eCommerce applications. However, without proper preparation, your app could struggle with the surge in traffic, leading to poor user experiences or even server crashes.
Romain Ruaud, co-founder and CTIO of Gally + ElasticSuite will share the story behind the inception and development of Gally, an open-source search engine solution for product discovery. You’ll learn how to build a REST/GraphQL layer on top of Elasticsearch using API Platform and Symfony. Romain will also cover key technical principles, such as Elasticsearch index abstraction, automatic mapping computation, and GraphQL stitching.
Kévin is the CEO of Les-Tilleuls.coop and an experienced software architect. He’s behind tools like API Platform (REST and GraphQL framework) and protocols like Mercure.rocks and Vulcain.rocks. He’s also made key contributions to Symfony components like Panther, PropertyInfo, and WebLink, and to over 100 open-source projects, including PHP, Laravel, Doctrine ORM, React, and Kubernetes.
Many recognize Kevin as the figure behind FrankenPHP. His con-talk, “Boost your Sylius apps and simplify deployment with FrankenPHP.”, will be a unique chance to hear about the details behind the technology by the author himself.
Stephan is the Head of IT Business Operations at bitExpert AG, which specializes in pro-code and low-code software development. In his role, he oversees software development processes, technical operations, sales, and strategic planning.
At the conference, Stephan will present “Simplifying Sylius Containerization with DDEV”. Stephan will explain how DDEV abstracts Docker and Docker Compose, offering a standardized input layer while still allowing for customizations, making containerization more accessible to those unfamiliar with the technology.
Ksenia Zvereva is the Developer Community Lead at Mollie, where she fosters engagement between product engineering teams and the developer community, with 10 years of IT industry expertise, such as data protection, cloud infrastructure, eCommerce, and community initiatives.
During the presentation “Developer Docs: The Write Way to Streamline Projects,” Ksenia will share insights on how effective documentation can significantly impact project success. She will use a practical case study to illustrate how her team revamped developer documentation, highlighting strategies to make internal documentation more appealing and its impact on both external and internal projects.
As can be seen, the agenda includes a variety of sessions focused on Sylius applications, with topics like plugin development, payment systems, and scaling for high-traffic events. For more details, visit the conference website.
The naming sponsor of the event is Platform.sh – an efficient, reliable, and secure Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution. The Platform.sh PaaS simplifies cloud infrastructure management and streamlines development-to-production workflows, accelerating application building and deployment. It delivers efficiency, reliability, and security, empowering development teams with both control and peace of mind.
Crafted for developers by developers, Platform.sh has been embraced by over 16,000 developers and 7,000 customers. Their unmatched flexibility, security, and automation make them a perfect match for open-source projects like Symfony and, of course, Sylius. 🦢
BitBag is the world’s first eCommerce development company that has grown directly from Sylius. The company specializes in creating tailor-made eCommerce platforms with complete infrastructure. BitBag provides comprehensive services, from building eCommerce platforms and implementing PIM and CMS systems to developing custom eCommerce applications, B2B solutions, and migration from other platforms.
BitBag collaborates with customers worldwide and has completed over 150 projects. Their clients include both small companies and large international enterprises. They have worked with significant brands such as Mytheresa, Foodspring, Planeta Huerto (Carrefour Group), Albeco, Mollie, Ayden, and ArtNight. It’s worth noting that in recent years, they have released over 35 valuable plugins, which have been downloaded over two million times.
DATASOLUTION is a leading IT services and consulting company specializing in eCommerce solutions and digital transformation. With a strong focus on Sylius implementations, they offer end-to-end services from strategy and design to development and ongoing support. DATASOLUTION excels in creating scalable, customized eCommerce platforms that integrate seamlessly with existing business systems. Their expertise extends to complex B2B solutions, omnichannel retail experiences, and performance optimization for high-traffic sites.
Mollie is a pioneering payment service provider that has revolutionized online payments for businesses of all sizes. As a key player in the eCommerce world, Mollie offers a comprehensive suite of payment solutions that seamlessly integrate with platforms like Sylius. Trusted by brands like Gymshark, LEGO, Decathlon, Mazda, Unicef, Acer, and Deliveroo, Mollie has become the go-to payment gateway for over 200,000 businesses across Europe.
Mollie has been a Strategic Technology Partner of Sylius since 2018, consistently supporting our community. From developing a payment integration to participating in events like SyliusCon, SyliusDays, Mollie has always been by our side.
Synolia is a versatile digital solutions provider that goes beyond Sylius implementations. Their expertise spans across multiple eCommerce and CRM platforms, including Magento, BigCommerce, OroCommerce, SugarCRM, and Akeneo. They also work with advanced analytics platforms tailored to client needs.
The company’s 150-strong team of specialists has successfully served more than 200 clients globally. They’re known for delivering innovative, tailored digital solutions that streamline operations and offer the best user experience.
For more than ten years, Les-Tilleuls has played a key role in shaping web and cloud technologies. They’ve done this largely through their work on open-source projects, including FrankenPHP (a new type of PHP server) and API Platform, which helps developers around the globe. The company continues to be an important part of the Symfony community, actively contributing to its growth and development.
This is their second engagement of bitExpert AG in developing the Sylius community – a few months ago, they organized SyliusDays at their location in Mannheim, and now they are supporting us as sponsors at the biggest conference around Sylius. 🦢
bitExpert AG is a German agency with over 20 years of experience, specializing in creating professional web and mobile applications, as well as solutions such as ERP, CRM, business intelligence systems, and quality management systems. Some in our community might be familiar with them owing to their robust Magento knowledge, but bitExpert AG’s expertise extends beyond that. The company offers comprehensive services in developing client and server applications, combining modern technologies with a deep understanding of business processes.
Ergonode PIM offers a state-of-the-art solution for managing product data across diverse industries, from fashion and engineering to retail and pharmaceuticals. Their innovative platform simplifies product workflows, maintains data consistency, and facilitates smooth operations in global markets.
A standout feature is Ergonode’s Sylius Connector, which enables easy integration between Ergonode PIM and Sylius eCommerce platforms. This integration ensures real-time product information updates, significantly boosting efficiency in online sales.
Webgriffe is a digital agency specializing in eCommerce solutions that brings a wealth of experience to our conference. Their services range from creating digital strategies and eCommerce optimization to creative design and content and social media marketing. Webgriffe’s impressive portfolio includes collaborations with prestigious brands such as Pagani and Jeep, demonstrating their capacity to manage high-profile projects. Notably, they hold official partnerships with leading eCommerce platforms, including Magento, Shopware, and Sylius.
AKAWAKA is a technology company based in Lyon, France, specializing in web development and e-commerce solutions. They leverage the Sylius platform along with other key technologies such as PHP, Symfony, and JavaScript to create robust online retail environments. The company adheres to modern architectural principles and thorough testing practices to ensure high-quality deliverables for every project.
A notable aspect of AKAWAKA’s profile is their direct involvement in Sylius’s development. Loïc Fremont, a member of their team, serves on the Sylius Core Team, contributing significantly to the platform’s ongoing evolution. This connection underscores AKAWAKA’s expertise in Sylius and their commitment to advancing open-source e-commerce technology.
Adyen provides a comprehensive payment processing platform, supporting global industry leaders like Meta, Uber, Spotify, H&M, and eBay. Its integration of online, mobile, and in-store channels facilitates smooth shopping experiences all around the world.
Adyen’s market dominance was underscored in 2023 when it processed transactions totaling nearly one trillion euros. The company’s innovative solutions, including Tap to Pay for Android and iPhone, coupled with cutting-edge security measures, empower businesses to do more than just process payments.
Monsieur Biz is a PHP development agency from Paris, France. By leveraging Sylius, they craft tailored solutions to meet their client’s diverse needs, offering services ranging from technical audits to comprehensive system migrations and maintenance. However, Monsieur Biz goes beyond mere implementation work. The team actively supports the Sylius ecosystem by developing open-source plugins and educating clients about the advantages of this framework. Their expertise and dedication have enabled Sylius to power businesses across various sectors, extending from France to international markets.
SensioLabs, the creators of Symfony—the foundation of Sylius—hardly needs an introduction. For years, they have been at the forefront of global web development, driving innovation and setting industry standards.
SensioLabs not only provides excellent tools but also supports businesses worldwide in PHP, Symfony, and Sylius development. Their services range from expert consulting to specialized training programs. These initiatives equip developers with essential skills for success in web application development.
The company offers comprehensive training programs, including open sessions for developers from across Europe at their headquarters in Paris. These sessions provide invaluable opportunities for hands-on learning and professional growth.
EMAGMA, a cherished member of our community, has been an integral part of our journey since 2017. As one of the pioneering Sylius partners, they demonstrated their expertise by embarking on their first project even before the official release of Sylius 1.0.
For those new in the ecosystem, EMAGMA is a French agency specializing in Sylius-based projects, delivering advanced eCommerce solutions and developing various plugins. They’re also an Official Training Partner, sharing their knowledge to help businesses and developers fully leverage Sylius’ potential. 🦢 Their impressive portfolio of case studies, available on our website, showcases a wide range of implementations for different clients, further proving their commitment to our solution.
SyliusCon 2024 is set to be the largest Sylius-focused event in France, and it’s the perfect opportunity to dive into the Sylius ecosystem. With presentations led by Sylius experts and top industry leaders, you’ll get an exclusive look at the latest advancements from the Sylius Product Team regarding the final release of Sylius 2.0.
Whether you’re a merchant, agency, or developer, SyliusCon offers invaluable insights, networking opportunities, and the chance to connect with like-minded professionals. Plus, enjoy the energy of the before and after parties to foster even more meaningful connections.
