About
Get inspired and increase joy in your daily work
What?
One day of workshops and two days of tech talks - memories made every evening.
Learn about the latest trends, best practices, and strategies for developing better apps in Swift across Apple's platforms.
Sauna, ice swimming, northern lights, and drinks to help you forget about work and connect with like-minded developers.
All this while we remembering respectful code of conduct towards each other.
Where?
The conference is held in Theatre Rio, which is located in the heart of the city of Oulu.
Programme
Speakers and workshop hosts
Aurelius Prochazka
Founder of AudioKit
Ben Scheirman
Lead iOS Engineer @ Nike
Paul Hudson
Author & Educator @ Hacking With Swift
Alaina Kafkes
Senior iOS Engineer @ Calm
Pol Piella Abadia
Independent Developer
Chris Price
Professor @ Aberystwyth University
Mikaela Caron
Independent Developer
Daniel Steinberg
Educator & Author @ Dim Sum Thinking
Frank Lefebvre
Freelance Software Developer
Daniel Devesa Derksen-Staats
Freelance iOS Accessibility Engineer
Rudrank Riyam
Independent Developer
Priyal Porwal
Senior iOS Engineer @ Salesforce
Hidde van der Ploeg
Independent Developer
Vidit Bhargava
Co-Founder @ Squircle Apps
Pedro Piñera Buendia
CEO @ Tuist
Mohammad Azam
Lead Instructor @ DigitalCrafts
Klemens Strasser
Independent Developer
Marek Fořt
CTO @ Tuist
Joel Kin
Staff iOS Engineer @ Handshake
Ellen Shapiro
iOS and Android Developer @ Pixite
Rob Whitaker
Freelance iOS Accessibility Specialist
Stay tuned for more announcements
Talks
See speaker profiles for more information about the talks.
Ben Scheirman: From Independent to Big Company iOS
Aurelius Prochazka: 10 Years of Magic and Bliss (Just Kidding)
Paul Hudson: TBA
Alaina Kafkes: Long live the code comment!
Pol Piella Abadia: Tuning your app using Xcode's instruments
Chris Price: When Content is King
Mikaela Caron: Let's Table That: Creating Games with TabletopKit for visionOS
Daniel Steinberg: What the heck happened to generics while we weren't looking
Priyal Porwal: Building Maintainable iOS Apps with Swift Macros
Hidde van der Ploeg: Less AI, More Magic
Vidit Bhargava: Action Centered Design - A new approach for designing applications in the Apple Intelligence Era
Klemens Strasser: What Video Games Can Teach us about Accessibility
Joel Kin: iOS Staff+
Ellen Shapiro: An AI Skeptic Implements Apple Intelligence
* A few more talks may be announced, and there could be slight adjustments to the talks listed above.
Schedule
Tuesday
09:00
Full-day workshops begin and half of the half-day workshops begin
13:00
Rest of the half-day workshops begin
18:30
Swift Trivia and registration @ Teerenpeli
Wednesday
08:30
Doors open and registration
09:00
Conference begins
12:30
Lunch
19:00
Live music: Iterum Nata @ Rio
Thursday
08:30
Doors open
09:00
Conference begins
12:30
Lunch
18:00
Visit to Winter Village
Friday - Sunday
Weekend trip to Iso-Syöte ski resort (not included in the ticket price). Read more about the trip and sign up.
* There may be slight changes to the schedule, but we'll do our best to keep it as close as possible.
Full-day Workshops
Let's Create Audio Apps
with Aurelius Prochazka
Explore the World of AI Assisted Coding
with Rudrank Riyam
Hands-on Introduction to Embedded Swift
with Frank Lefebvre
Morning workshops
Pragmatic Unit Testing in iOS
with Mohammad Azam
Introduction to App Intents
with Daniel Steinberg
Prototype Faster with Figma
with Yves Florack
To Be Announced
with Paul Hudson
Afternoon workshops
Scale Your Swift App Development
with Pedro Piñera and Marek Fořt
Ship Your Apps Faster With Xcode Cloud
with Pol Piella Abadia
Architecting Feature Walkthroughs, pre- and post-TipKit
with Alaina Kafkes
From Zero to Accessible
with Daniel Devesa Derksen-Staats and Rob Whitaker
Free Workshops
Tickets
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Blind bird
399 €
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Early bird
449 €
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Late bird
549 €
Last chance for getting a ticket
All prices include 25.5% VAT.
Unless sold out - Regular Bird tickets are available for:
Ticket includes
A gift bag (Early Bird attendees will receive extra goodies as a reward for their enthusiasm)
Workshop of your choice on Tuesday
Ticket to the main conference on Wednesday and Thursday
Lunch, coffee, snacks, and drinks during the main conference days
Something special every evening (live music, sauna, drinks etc.)
Invoicing and group discounts
Please contact us if you want us to invoice you and pay via bank transfer.
Group discounts are available on request:
-5% for 5-9 attendees
-10% for 10-14 attendees
-15% for 15-19 attendees
-20% for 20+ attendees
Diversity scholarship tickets
We also have a few diversity scholarship tickets available. The scholarship includes only a ticket to the conference. Travel and accommodation will fall on the shoulders of the applicant.
To apply send us an open application via email with a subject "Diversity Scholarship Application".
Deadline for applications is on February 7th 2025.
Location
A city of creative and laid-back people in the happiest country in the world
Silicon Valley of the North
Oulu is known of its vibrant tech-scene and innovation ecosystem.
Local companies and research institutions have been major players behind technologies such as 5G, GSM, IRC, heart-rate monitoring, and wearable fitness devices.
Subarctic climate
March is the best time to visit Oulu during a winter - it's still cold but not extremely freezing and it's the most likely month to have a good amount of snow.
Just remember to dress multiple layers of clothing when you go outside and you'll be fine.
Less than 8 hours of flying from any European capital city.
The night train from Helsinki is also quite cozy and it has one of the best bars in Finland.
Additional information:
TRAVEL INFORMATION FINNAIR VR
Accommodation
Stay where everybody else is staying in the heart of the city
Original Sokos Hotel Arina
Sokos Hotel Arina has offered us a limited amount of rooms for a fixed price.
It's a four-star hotel located less than a two-minute walk from the main venue.
Prices with code BAPPLE
Night for one 135 €
Night for two 155 €
Rates include breakfast, use of sauna facilities, and are available for a limited time.
BOOK A ROOM
Skiing trip
We are going to a skiing resort with the speakers and there's still room in the bus!
Post-conference weekend trip to Iso-Syöte
Skiing, snow shoeing, snow mobile safaris, karaoke, fat biking, pantsdrunk, sauna, jacuzzi, hiking, board games - some ideas what the weekend could be.
You'll have to self-book your accommodation, but we'll promise
that you'll be in great company if you decide to join us!
You'll have to self-book your accommodation, but we'll promise that you'll be in great company if you decide to join us!
Accommodation
We recommend booking a cottage together with the other attendees, because it's cheaper and there's a great chance for making lifelong friends.
If your colleagues are not coming, and you're not familiar with the international Swift community yet, you can try your luck in finding flatmates in the conference Slack.
SYÖTE BOOKING CENTREThere are also two hotels at the resort:
HOTEL ISO-SYÖTE KIDE HOTELTransportation
The bus will leave on Friday 14th at 10:30, and return to Oulu on Sunday 16th by 13:00.
A return ticket costs 20 €.
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ARCtic Conference is organized by Luotu Oy with valuable support from Oulu's developer community and the global Apple developer network.
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