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.
News: Keynotes for 2026
We're thrilled to announce our keynote speakers for SwiftCraft 2026!
Keynotes
If you use Photoshop on your iPad or now on your iPhone even, you've already benefited from Laura Savino's Swift. Laura is a Photoshop engineer at Adobe who has been writing Swift in production since the very first release. What makes her one of the most recognisable voices in this community isn't just the code she ships, it's how she thinks and talks about the craft of working with it.
Her keynotes and sessions have covered the stuff most conferences avoid: how we communicate through code, how we survive other people's codebases, and how we stay effective when a codebase surprises you at every turn. She's given keynotes at NewCrafts, CocoaConf, DDD Europe, Qt World Summit and CppCon - rooms full of developers who leave feeling both seen and challenged.
We're genuinely over the moon to welcome Laura as our Tuesday opening keynote speaker.
Do you know the app on your phone that plays your music? Janina Kutyn helped ship that. As part of the Apple Music launch team, Janina has worked at the very edge of what iOS can do - UIKit performance, CALayers, the kind of deep craft that makes apps feel effortless to use and deeply satisfying to build. She's worked across Vancouver, London, Silicon Valley, Amsterdam, and Singapore. She brings a perspective that's genuinely hard to find on a conference stage.
She's spoken at Pragma, iOS Conf, try! Swift, and ARCtic. We couldn't be more thrilled to welcome her as our Tuesday closing keynote.
If you've spent any time in Swift development, there's a good chance you've already learned from Daniel Steinberg. Currently giving workshops on App Intents and Foundation Models ahead of upcoming books on those topics. Writing books on Swift Concurrency, Swift Testing, SwiftUI, and others going back to the first book on Swift, "A Swift Kickstart". Writing apps for iPhone and iPad since the very first SDKs. Teaching Swift to engineers at Apple, Google, and eBay. Presenting at conferences on every continent. Daniel has shaped how a generation of developers thinks about this platform, and he does it with a warmth and curiosity that's rare.
We're honoured to have Daniel close out SwiftCraft 2026 as our Wednesday keynote speaker.
This year your conference ticket includes workshops - no separate purchase needed.
Early bird pricing ends when the schedule goes live the week of March 23rd, so now is the time to grab your tickets. You're going to want to be in the room for these.
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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.