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Swift Rockies 2026

July 22-23, 2026 · Wilder Institute Calgary Zoo · Calgary, Alberta

Swift Rockies 2026 group photo at the Calgary Zoo

This page is provided for attendees who need documentation for conference reports, expense submissions, or continuing education records. It includes the full schedule, all speakers, and all talk titles from July 22-23, 2026, plus the optional pre- and post-conference workshops.

Pre-Conference Workshops

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 · Optional, sold separately

  • 9 AM - 4 PM
    What's New and Interesting in App Intents
    Daniel Steinberg
  • 9 AM - 5 PM
    Swift Concurrency Lab
    Matt Massicotte
  • 9 AM - 5 PM
    From Passion to Product: The App Strategy Workshop
    Abbey Jackson

Day 1

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

  • 8:00 AM Doors Open & Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM
    Custom Styleable Containers in SwiftUI
    Dave DeLong
  • 9:30 AM
    Faster Builds With Xcode Compilation Cache
    Francis Chary
  • 10:00 AM
    Practical Guide to Swift Macros
    Mahmood Tahir
  • 10:30 AM Coffee Break
  • 11:00 AM
    Swift beyond Apple: Making Software for the Physical World
    Joannis Orlandos
  • 11:30 AM
    Accessibility for the App You're About to Ship
    Adrian Eves
  • 12:00 PM
    Engineering Culture: A Shared Build
    Ines Rosales
  • 12:30 PM Lunch
  • 1:30 PM
    More AI, More Human: Why the new tools demand more care, not less
    Krishna Satya
  • 2:00 PM
    Swift Concurrency's Pit of Success
    Matt Massicotte
  • 2:30 PM
    The Myth of the Self-Taught iOS Developer
    Stewart Lynch
  • 3:00 PM Coffee Break
  • 3:30 PM
    CloudKit Public Database as a Backend
    Danijela Vrzan
  • 4:00 PM
    Instruments: Profiling Your App in Practice
    James Dempsey
  • 4:30 PM
    Breathe
    Daniel Steinberg

Day 2

Thursday, July 23, 2026

  • 8:00 AM Doors Open & Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM
    My Slow Return to a Swift Career
    Ash Furrow
  • 9:30 AM
    How I Bought My Way Into Tech: Rethinking Who Gets In
    Abbey Jackson
  • 10:00 AM
    Keynote Karaoke
    Philippe Casgrain
  • 10:30 AM Coffee Break
  • 11:00 AM
    Scaling Swift Development
    Marek Fořt
  • 11:30 AM
    Goodbye Simulator, Hello Device Hub
    Mikaela Caron
  • 12:00 PM
    Arts and Crafts
    Ellen Shapiro
  • 12:30 PM Lunch
  • 1:30 - 3:00 PM
    Discover what's next: The biggest updates from WWDC26 Apple Session
    Apple
  • 3:00 PM Coffee Break
  • 3:30 - 5:00 PM
    Live Podcast Recording: Launched Live Recording
    Charlie Chapman with Abbey Jackson & Krishna Satya
  • 5:00 PM Break
  • 5:30 - 6:00 PM
    Live Musical Performance Performance
    James Dempsey and the Breakpoints (Danijela Vrzan, Rob Napier, Ellen Shapiro, Adrian Eves)

Post-Conference Workshops

Friday, July 24, 2026 · Optional, sold separately

  • 9 AM - 5 PM
    Building Local AI Systems with Swift and WendyOS
    Joannis Orlandos
  • 9 AM - 5 PM
    Scaling Swift Development
    Marek Fořt