19 May 2025
20-21 May 2025

Swift Craft is a new Swift developers' conference in the UK. In a theater, set in the coastal cliffs of Folkestone overlooking the English Channel, this is an event with more than just UIViews!

With international experts to engage, educate and entertain us, we put the focus back on the craft of writing Swift code.

Our keynote Speakers

DOUG GREGOR

CAITLIN STEELE

PAUL HUDSON

News: Schedule for 2025


11th January 2025 at 16:29

We've been a bit quiet since we launched the Call for Speakers last year. That doesn't mean we've been doing nothing! We've been super busy combing through an incredible list of submissions. Thanks to all our reviewers for your help in getting the initial rankings. We had nearly 10x as many submissions as we have places on the schedule, so even then the final selections were a painstaking - and heartbreaking - job!

Well, the selections have now been made and the schedule has been built.

But let's introduce our keynote speakers:

Keynotes

We're thrilled to announce that Caitlin Steele, who spoke last year, is returning - now as a keynote speaker. Caitlin is uniquely positioned to set the tone of the event, having worked in roles from front-end development, product management and product design - with many in-between.

We have also one of the giants of the Swift team at Apple! Non other than Doug Gregor! Doug works directly on Swift as a language and is on the language steering group, as well as working on the compiler. So we are privileged and humbled that he has agreed to join us for our event - especially at such a busy time on Apple's internal calendar.

And finally, we have Paul Hudson, who is known to ... literally everyone, as the man behind Hacking With Swift. So we're super excited to have him join us this year, too.


All our speakers and instructors

LENA MATTEA STÖXEN

MICHAEL HULET

JOSEPH EL MALLAH

ROB WHITAKER

POL PIELLA ABADIA

ALEX OZUN

KAYLEE SERENA CALDEROLLA

CAITLIN STEELE

DOUG GREGOR

BURCU K. KUTLUAY

JANE CHUBENKO

BATUHAN SAKA

CORUT FABRIZIO-IONUT

DMITRII IVANOV

PAUL HUDSON

DANIEL DEVESA DERKSEN-STAATS

KOSALA JAYASEKARA

MICHAEL SKIBA

BEYZA İNCE

MURALIDHARAN KATHIRESAN

JOANNIS ORLANDOS

OLIVER BINNS


Location

Swift Craft is hosted at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone in Kent, UK, overlooking the English Channel. This historic seaside town is also home to the channel tunnel and, as such, has excellent links to the rest of europe. It's also very accessible from London with the UK's (currently) only high speed link, the HS1.

The Leas Cliff Hall is a working theater that also has a dedicated conference suite. Built into the cliffs, and with floor-to-ceiling glass overlooking the sea on three sides, the views are spectacular!

The venue is about a 15 minute walk from Folkestone Central station, or ten minutes walk to the bustling town centre. As well as the modern town the old quarter, home to art galleries, curio shops and bohemian cafes and restaurants, extends down to the picturesque harbour. It's no wonder The Times voted it one of the best places to live in 2023.

Although the venue is split across three floors, connected via staircases, it is also fully accessible via elevator.