We are headquartered at the Residence Inn on Main Street in Cupertino, CA.

Main Street has lots of hip little shops, cafés, and restaurants, plus you can walk to the Apple Visitor Center to explore swag.

Others in the community are planning events, and dates are coming together (as per our calls with community leaders.) We count 12 events total that we’re aware of so far.

Stay tuned in our newsletter or the swift community forums for updates.

Are you interested in planning a morning, daytime, evening, or weekend event? Please let us know and we might send you special invitations. And remember, we’re accepting special event proposals.

This inaugural year has us excited to be square amid Apple’s greater campus, in walking distance to Apple Park, and surrounded by thousands of Apple employees in the area and Infinite Loop.

Part of what has made WWDC-week conferences such a magical experience in our past has been the proximity to the thousands of developers that Apple flies in from around the world. Main Street in Cupertino has been a popular area for WWDC afterparties in recent years and the mingling between these groups and conferences will happen naturally.

Commonly called that “one fun place in Cupertino”, Main Street has many places to enjoy gatherings and hosted events that bring us together.

Nearby hotels include AC Hotel, Hilton Garden Inn, Courtyard by Marriott, Hyatt House. Airbnb is also a popular choice.

We are headquartered at Residence Inn, so that’s also a wonderful choice, but please note those rooms are at a very high premium and will be gone early and quickly. 

Many attendees will be coordinating with others around housing. One place to explore this is the Swift Community Forums. 

We have a legacy (this is a new conference greatly-inspired by past conferences) of being centered around free admission, and we are designing this new conference around ensuring this continues. We value the magic that happens when we gather in greater numbers. We value people flying in from out of town and driving to be here, to see the same faces year after year. We value this whether or not you actually come through the doors of this conference — just come and be in the area.

There are reasons that AltConf and Layers haven’t come back — a big one is that we have fewer sponsors.

To reach our funding goals for a year of community-comeback, we are offering some guaranteed seats to ticket holders, among other perks. The majority of seats will be available as first-come-first-serve and we are working to expand those numbers further. 

You will have guaranteed entry every day in one of our locations. This does not guarantee that you will have entry to every event that you would like to go to, but it will be easier for you to get in and we will be holding space for ticket holders in each room.

All attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at our conference are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organisers will enforce this code throughout the event. We expect cooperation from all participants to help ensure a safe environment for everybody.

The Quick Version

Our conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organisers.

The Less Quick Version

Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion, technology choices, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.

Sponsors are also subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, sponsors should not use sexualised images, activities, or other material. Booth staff (including volunteers) should not use sexualised clothing/uniforms/costumes, or otherwise create a sexualised environment.

If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the conference organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference with no refund.

If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of conference senior staff immediately. Conference senior staff can be identified as they’ll be wearing branded clothing and/or badges.

Conference senior staff will be happy to help participants contact hotel/venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. We value your attendance.

We expect participants to follow these rules at conference and workshop venues and conference-related social events.

(source: confcodeofconduct.com)

What a great name; thumbs up. No, we are not affiliated with One More Thing Australia from 2013.

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