Bastian Hofmann, one of ResearchGate’s very own software engineers, will be sharing his technical know-how at two upcoming developer conferences:

PHP Conference 2011 - at Rheingoldhalle - Mainz on the 10th and 11th of October. 

Web Dev Con - at the Intercontinental - Hamburg on the 17th and 18th of October. 

As an advocate of cross-platform web development, Bastian is committed to raising awareness of OpenSocial. In addition to his work at ResearchGate, Bastian is a committer and PMC member at the Apache Shindig Poject and a participant in the OpenSocial Foundation. 

A frequent speaker at conferences throughout the world, Bastian recently presented at the world-renowned open source convention OsCon in Portland, Oregon, where he covered advanced techniques for modern web applications using JavaScript. Bastian’s upcoming presentation will focus on OpenSocial, JavaScript mashups, Oauth, OpenID and other online identity management solutions.