The Swift Craft 2025 Conference Call for Speakers runs until midnight (GMT) Friday, 15th November 2024. But don't wait until then! Get your proposal in early to avoid missing out.
We look forward to and welcome submissions from everyone, including those who might otherwise feel excluded. If you would like help in submitting a proposal please reach out to us.
The conference will run on the 20th and 21st May 2025, with a pre-conference workshops day on the 19th.
The main conference will mostly feature 30 and 60 minute presentations, but we can also include one or two 90 minute sessions. Please allow 5-10 minutes for Q&A.
The pre-conference workshops day will feature 180 minute (half-day) tutorials for more in-depth and/ or interactive content. Instructors will receive a share of the ticket sales.
Lightning talks will run on one of the evenings, but will be organised closer to and during the event.
What should I present on?
The theme of the conference is the craft of writing code in Swift, so any topics that fit this theme will be given priority. But overall any topics that relate to the Swift language and eco-system (including Swift on the server, or other platforms) or developing for Apple platforms (iOS, of course, but also macOS, watchOS, tvOS, even visionOS) are welcome. Even Objective-C is not excluded 😂
Proposals on design, architecture, testing and other quality related topics are also on theme.
Who should present?
We want to put on the best conference possible. We believe that this means hearing from voices from different backgrounds and experience levels. As part of this commitment, the main round of submission reviews is anonymized (so please try to avoid including personally identifiable words or phrases in your title, abstract and outline).
We'd also like to make especially clear that people from all backgrounds - minorities or otherwise - are not only welcome, but we will do whatever we can to actively support you.
How long do I have?
The Call for Speakers will remain open until midnight (GMT) on Friday, 15th November 2024.
Benefits - for 30-90 minute speakers
- Full access to the main conference days. (Note that, because tutorials are ticketed separately, and profit is shared with the instructors, these are not included in the free entry package)
- Complimentary Early Access to the videos of sessions before they are publicly released.
- A photo-shoot with our conference photographer.
- One ticket for the conference dinner.
- Up to two nights accommodation, including breakfast, at the conference hotel. Long haul travellers may request an additional free night. If you wish to extend your stay further you may do so at your own (or your company's) expense.
- Travel costs to the venue (flights or trains) subject to the following limits:
- £100 GBP - within the UK
- £400 GBP - within or near Europe
- £1000 GBP - long haul
- Travel expenses within these limits should be automatically approved (but please treat them as limits not targets!). If you are unable to stay within the limits please communicate with us before booking anything. We cannot commit to covering over-expenses without prior approval!
- If your travel and accommodation expenses can be covered by your employer we will gladly display the company logo on the conference website as a sponsor, with a link to a url of your choice.
Please note that for talks with co-presenters the travel and accommodation allowances are split between the two.
Speaker expenses are one of the biggest costs the conference has. We do believe that speakers should not be personally left out of pocket, but for the event to be sustainable we do need to keep them managed. If there is any way that your travel and/ or accommodation could be covered by an employer it would really make a big difference to us.
Benefits - for tutorial day instructors (half-day workshops)
- Full access to the main conference days.
- Instructors will receive 25% of the (pre-VAT) sales of the day rate for the attendees in their session.
- One night's accommodation is covered. If an instructor is also presenting a conference session then up to three nights accommodation can be covered.
- Travel is covered in the same way as for main-conference speakers.
Submit your ideas here
Please use our Speaker Portal to submit and manage your proposals: