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SwiftLeeds 2026

SwiftLeeds is a modern, inclusive conference for the Swift developer community held in the north of the UK. Organized by volunteers and run as a non-profit, it offers an opportunity to connect with fellow developers, learn from industry experts, and participate in interactive sessions including an evening talk show. The conference emphasizes community-buildi…

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20Speakers
2Sponsors
19On the bill · sessions
10Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at SwiftLeeds, in alphabetical order.
Antoine van der Lee
Founder of SwiftLee & RocketSim
Claire Sivadier
iOS Developer
Daniel Jilg
Makes apps & analytics, rides bikes, loves space
Danijela Vrzan
Indie iOS Developer
Eli Perkins
Engineer @ Particle News · Particle News
Eric Bariaux
Nelcea, Founder · Nelcea
Eyad Kelleh
Cursor Ambassador
Hidde van der Ploeg
Joe Allen
Teleprompter Pro
Kevin Morales
Sr. Mobile Engineer
Letizia Granata
Lab Assistant Coding at imaginary institute · imaginary institute
Marcel Kulina
Platform Lead iOS @ adesso SE · kulina.dev · adesso SE
Maurice Pfurr
Cursor Ambassador
Natalija Marcinska
Product Leader at the BBC Mobile · BBC Mobile
Nikki Eke
Mobile Engineer, Rive Ambassador.
Pulkit Midha
Senior Mobile Developer at Couchbase · Couchbase
Sean Allen
Tim Condon
Vapor Core Team
Yeskendir Salgara
Staff iOS Engineer at Trackman · Trackman
Yuki Aki
Software Engineer at Yappli · Yappli
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
CodeMagic
Screenshotbot
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Agenda

Selected from 19 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 – 10:45

    Bringing back the love of Swift ❤️

    TBC

  • 10:00 – 10:45

    Building with iOS Screen Time APIs: The Talk I Wish I'd Had

    On paper, FamilyControls, DeviceActivity, and ManagedSettings give you everything you need to build focus apps, parental controls, and digital wellbeing tools. In practice, you spe…

  • 10:45 – 11:15

    Why Does Our Swift Code Work? Understanding Swift Through Platforms, Runtime, and the Compiler

    Swift often looks simple on the your writing code, but every line depends on layers most app developers rarely see: the platform, the runtime, and the compiler. Have you ever wonde…

  • 10:45 – 11:30

    Swift for Game Development: The Wins, The Walls, The Gaps

    iOS developer by day, game engine developer by night. Two worlds with little in common. I loved my engine project, but eventually wondered if Swift, my favourite language, could wo…

  • 11:30 – 12:15

    From Code to Outcomes: Building with User Impact in Mind

    Modern software engineering is no longer just about writing good code. It is about making good decisions. In this talk, I explore how developers shape product outcomes through the…

  • 11:45 – 12:15

    CarPlay from Zero: Building Your First In Car Experience

    We're iOS developers building Charge a Smile, an EV charging app that helps drivers across Germany find charging stations, compare prices, and plan routes. We've expanded the app b…

  • 13:30 – 14:15

    CloudKit Public Database as a Backend

    CloudKit is best known for syncing user data across Apple devices, but it can do more than that. In addition to the private database, CloudKit also offers public and shared databas…

  • 13:30 – 14:15

    Vapor 5 is actually here

    Finally (finally!) Vapor 5 is here. This talk will cover the journey taken to releasing a new major version of a framework used by thousands of companies, both big and small and ex…

  • 14:15 – 14:45

    Swift Meets Kotlin: Lessons in Building Cross-Platform Architecture

    We shipped a complex production app on both Apple and Android platforms by combining Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) for shared logic with SwiftUI on iOS and Jetpack Compose on Android,…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 10 companies, parsed from the program.

Ten companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
2Sponsoringsponsor only
8Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

10% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner210%
  • Manager / Lead210%
  • Engineer · IC735%
  • Other roles945%

Of 20 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01CodemagicSp
  2. 02ScreenshotbotSp
  3. 03adesso SE1V
  4. 04BBC Mobile1V
  5. 05Couchbase1V
  6. 06imaginary institute1V
  7. 07Nelcea1V
  8. 08Particle News1V
  9. 09Trackman1V
  10. 10Yappli1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified2
100% of 2