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
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
ROB WHITAKER
OLIVER BINNS
MICHAEL HULET
KOSALA JAYASEKARA
JANE CHUBENKO
ALEX OZUN
BURCU K. KUTLUAY
CAITLIN STEELE
MICHAEL SKIBA
MURALIDHARAN KATHIRESAN
JOSEPH EL MALLAH
PAUL HUDSON
KAYLEE SERENA CALDEROLLA
LENA MATTEA STÖXEN
DOUG GREGOR
JOANNIS ORLANDOS
BEYZA İNCE
CORUT FABRIZIO-IONUT
BATUHAN SAKA
DANIEL DEVESA DERKSEN-STAATS
POL PIELLA ABADIA
DMITRII IVANOV
Bronze Partner
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.