Add October 2025 meetup

Author: cookieguru

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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace MergePHP\Website\Meetup;
+
+use DateTimeImmutable;
+use DateTimeZone;
+use MergePHP\Website\AbstractMeetup;
+
+class Meetup20251009RollYourOwnGraphDrivenMcpServer extends AbstractMeetup
+{
+	public function getTitle(): string
+	{
+		return 'Roll Your Own Graph-Driven MCP Server';
+	}
+
+	public function getDescription(): string
+	{
+		return <<<END
+		Receive a ready-to-use blueprint for building your Model Context Protocol server with Neo4j. We'll start with
+		a quick survey of driver options across languages, then dive into how we built one using the PHP driver in a
+		Symfony app, covering connection setup, session, and transaction handling before wrapping it all up with a
+		live demo that ties it all together.
+		END;
+	}
+
+	public function getDateTime(): DateTimeImmutable
+	{
+		/** @noinspection PhpUnhandledExceptionInspection */
+		return new DateTimeImmutable('2025-10-09 19:00:00', new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
+	}
+
+	public function getImage(): string
+	{
+		return '/images/roll-your-own-graph-driven-mcp-server.jpg';
+	}
+
+	public function getSpeakerName(): string
+	{
+		return 'Ghlen Nagels';
+	}
+
+	public function getSpeakerBio(): string
+	{
+		return <<<END
+		Ghlen Nagels is a Belgian entrepreneur and senior software engineer who runs a small IT consulting firm with
+		teams in Belgium and Mumbai, India. He maintains the Neo4j PHP driver, contributes to open-source projects,
+		and partners with startups and SMEs on cloud applications using PHP, graph and relational databases. Beyond
+		his work life, he's an avid runner with a passion for craft beer.
+		END;
+	}
+}